⇨ SPACE OLYMPICS

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 30 - Day 44
Where: The carnival, Zargon, and Olympic Spaceship
What: Things return back to normal as the carnival performs for aliens of all sorts at the Space Olympics. Or at least, as normal as it can be when you've got an underfunded and falling-apart spaceship hovering over a deadly planet.
Warnings: Sports and people's inability to do them.

REACH FOR THE STARS↴ At first glance, the Space Olympics seem marvelous. Aliens from all over the universe, of all shapes and sizes have joined together in an intergalactic display of teamwork and sportmanship. What could be more inspiring than that? It's only when you hang around for a bit that you notice things aren't exactly in tip-top shape. ► OLYMPIC SPACESHIP: This is where most of the events are held. It's a massive spaceship spanning hundreds of miles and consisting of multiple floors. Teleportation discs and space public transport can take you anywhere on the spaceship in a blink of an eye. It has almost every amenity an athlete can think of: multiple gyms, practice arenas, saunas, etc. Likewise, there are plenty of things for civilians and spectators: merchandise stands, shopping malls, grocery stores, and television screens everywhere so people can watch the event. Shuttles to and from Zargon arrive on a regular basis. ► ZARGON: Facility wise, Zargon itself is less impressive than Olympic Spaceship. The carnival and the athlete's village comprise most of the habitable areas. Both are concealed underneath a large biodome, the main thing making the area livable. Enterprising Zargonites have set up stands that let people explore outside of the biodome. Rent a spacesuit and you too can enjoy Zargon's natural wonders, such as the distant red plateaus and the stunning solar winds. Just try and stay away from the toxic mold, naturally occurring pockets of hallucinogenic gas, and ten foot tall Zargon Death Flytrap. ► 1980s TRAINING MONTAGE: Since carnival members can only attempt to medal in one event, why not try different sports to see what that one event is? There's equipment for all sorts of sports: gymnastics, swimming, biathalon, snowboarding, etc. They've even somehow brought space horses up here for Space Dressage! There's also equipment for sports that carnival members might not have even known existed: Space Gymkata, Space Pooh Sticks, Space Limbo Skating, etc. The sky's the limit! ► A BIT OF A BUDGET SNAFU: The Space Olympics is kind of falling apart. After performance week, the carnival is drafted to help out and keep the Space Olympics running as smoothly as possible. This means fixing buildings, breaking up fights, helping in the kitchen, trying to sell merch, etc. If there's a feasible problem, the carnival members will be drafted to help fix it. The biggest problem of all is the multiple mechanical failures: artificial gravity stops working, temperatures on the ship rapidly shift from hot to cold, and the snow machines for Space Slopestyle won't turn off. ► PERFORMANCE: Performance week will start early this stop, to try and get everyone back into the swing of things after the chaos of Wismuth. Athletes from the village roam the carnival, taking in the sights and sounds. A lot of them haven't ever seen anything like the magic of the carnival and it's workers and will proceed to ask question after question about how all of this works: turns out that sci-fi and fantasy don't crossover as much as one would think. Still, don't be alarmed when you turn the corner and there's a Hutt trying his hand at test your strength.

Comments

⇨ SPACE SIGN UPS

[kates]

Want your character to compete in a sport and try to medal? Comment here to do so! One character per comment please. And remember, characters can only attempt to medal in one event.

Name: duh
Sport: all sports inexplicably have the word Space in front of them: Space Biathlon, Space Basketball, Space Hover Motocross, etc.
Ranking: either poor, good, or professional, as explained on the ooc post.
Justification: here's where you explain why your character would be pro level at Space Cheese Rolling.

[motivenotfound]

Name: Mari Makinami Illustrious
Sport: Space LASER TAG
Ranking: Professional!
Justification: Mari uses guns and evasive action with guns pretty much exclusively as an Eva pilot, and that's like... if it's possible for a job to be MORE than life or death, this probably fits the bill. She swapped to the Lance at the Carnival because guns are banned here, but she's been keeping those skills sharp by using her eyeball gun to nail unsuspecting coworkers.

I was looking for a gif of Unit 08 with a gun to be a Cool Kid (TM) with a Real Canon (also TM) but I found this instead so I guess you can admire what a smug piece of shit she is.

this is how you know i have a slow work day whoop

[fortuneglass]

Name: Carly Nagisa
Sport: Space Arrows (archery)
Ranking: Good
Justification: While Carly has had numerous chances to practice using a bow since her time at the manor, even looking into proper techniques and utilizing it as her main weapon during Wismuth, she still has a ways to go before she is...Pro.

But yknow, Space Fire Dancing was Totally Cancelled so

[espigeon]

Name: Julien!
Sport: Space Homing Flight! Much to the dismay of enthusiasts of both Space Flighted Orienteering (for people able to fly under their own power or carried by a flying animal) and Space Extra-Large Pigeonoid Racing (for trained animals), this year they've been combined into one event. This is the ancient, noble sport of being taken somewhere very far away and released to try to get back, a sport of navigation, speed, and endurance which is admittedly not hugely exciting to most crowds, or very popular.
Ranking: Professional.
Why?: Julien's bird self is literally made for this, made for powerful flight and homing ability. He's got the speed, stamina, and navigational suite of a good homing pigeon - a mental map made of the soundscape, starscape, sun angles, magnetic fields, scentscape, gravitational anomalies, and visual landmarks. It's very hard for him to get lost aboveground. Pigeons can fly at highway speeds for over a day at a time and in races readily cover up to six hundred miles, with some extreme cases covering over a thousand miles.

He's also a person and can apply intellect to the issue, he's just well-made for this in general. Having some kind of breathing mask thing will mean scent maps aren't such a thing but that's what's great about multiple redundant navigation-related senses!

Thanks, Marishi

[betheman]

Name: Noboru Gongenzaka
Sport: Space Equestriventing (Eventing. It's dressage, cross country, and then show jumping. WHOO!)
Ranking: Professional...? It might just be good, your call.
Justification: Gongenzaka trains literally every day it makes sense, in running and jumping. Since he'll be the horse in all of this, he...is quite professional.

However-while he has the knowledge and understanding for entertainment matters that will be involved in dressage, he has not trained in THAT, and doesn't actually realize he's signed on until like...day of.

Thanks Marishi. (So if that'd bump him to Good lemme know I guess ahahaaa)

Re: ⇨ SPACE SIGN UPS

[soft_focus]

Name: Reira Akaba
Sport: Space Mule Donsters (duel monsters, in space...)
Ranking: Professional
Justification: Reira was not only quite literally programmed with everything from card names to strategy, she proved she could use it on screen...a lot. Repeatedly, she handles as many as three opponents alone, defeating them in a single turn- this includes literal three by three waves of the same duelists who at one point require the combined efforts of six heavily skilled duelists-and Gon was in that number-to take down (and uh. Two of those guys Pretty Much Died so.)

So...she's...she's pretty good...

She's also been trying to practice the jumping around bit so if they're doing more than floating in zero g with cards, she's not totally screwed! Yayyyy...

(It's also like, the one thing she's good at and she wants to try something on her own instead of as an Order, this time-)

[kingsroads]

Name: Jonathan Strange
Sport: Space Billiards
Ranking: Good
Justification: They didn't have pool tournaments back in the 1810s, but Strange is good enough at billiards that people jokingly accuse him of cheating via magic and douchy enough at billiards that he takes trick shots. unfortunately, he'll be playing billiards with his new space cat paws so that'll make things a bit awkward.

[prazerbutterfly]

Name: Tyki Mikk
Sport: Space Poker
Ranking: Good
Justification: When he's not cheating, he has surprisingly good luck and uses his natural charm, intimidating factor, and an exceptional poker face to win almost any hand. He's observant enough to count cards and his odds and his ability to read body language allows him to pick out tells when needed. While playing the role of a hobo in canon, he uses cards as a way of living in order to afford meals and expenses for his hobo mining friends. Tyki has rarely ever lost a game except to Allen and the Ringmaster but we're not going to go into details about that after learning this supposedly luck based skill set.

[fourthscribe]

Name: Tanyuu Karibusa
Sport: Space Freestyle Swimming
Ranking: Good
Justification: Tanyuu has been swimming daily pretty much ever since Atlantis, and while she's more used to using a...giant snake body to propel herself, she's still super aquatic and knows how to do all that cool stuff.

plus she spaces out at the bottom of the lake so often, if Free! has taught me anything that means she's a god at freestyle okay

[sunflowerfields]

Name: Hinawa
Sport: Space Chopped
Ranking: Good
Justification: She's an excellent cook, it's her job here at the carnival, and she has a dozen more limbs thanks to her temporary alien form. OTOH, the crazy pace of SPACE COOKING is a little too much for her, so she's more likely to be kinda decent instead of amazing.

[criticallyfucked]

Name: Foster van Denend
Sport: Space Eventing
Ranking: Good
Justification: Foster spent his entire childhood being a huge baby jock (he told EVERYONE he was gonna be a pro ball player), but lapsed in his early teens as his mental condition deteriorated and also he ran away to be a homeless person.

That said, he has only been a horse for like... a month or so. He's spent most of that month doing sword training (on the moon) and taking jumps at ridiculously high speeds (Wismuth concert number one), and he has an absurd amount of stamina from.... being a creepy masochist.... but he's still 'good' at best at athletics, and that's very 'at best.'

That said, dressage is scored as much on timing and performance as it is on technique, and let's be honest, Foster has an extremely powerful flair for the dramatic.

[likethelight]

Name: Allen Walker
Sport: Space Poker
Ranking: Professional
Justification: His master made him practice cards and cheating at them since he was 10 years old to make him get good at using his (previously useless) left hand. He then left so many debts to Allen he became a vicious cardshark just to try and keep up and still feed himself.. as a preteen. He never loses. It's probably the most consistent living he's made lmfdks. Supposedly he's stripped many to their underwear. ✨ Because he probably would have died otherwise... Also he has to redeem himself after losing to the Ringmaster. 💔





he's a menace

[shearmadness]

Name: Nui Harime
Sport: Space swords
Ranking: Professional
Justification: Nui is a scary little combat wombat in canon who takes out a kendo master in enhanced armour in under 30 seconds using only her pinky finger and her parasol.

[dressedtothe]

Name: NyanS (9S)
Sport: Space Pod(???) Racing
Ranking: Good to Professional
Justification: 9S is an android built with the knowledge and capability of flying Flight Units (basically a jet plane that turns into a gundam--) without a learning requirement. Though the pods will be different, 9S is a dirty hacker who could hack into the pods' systems and essentially download the user manual into his brain. He's good with machines, even ones he's never used before, is what I'm saying.

Where it gets to professional is dependent on whether he can hack the opponents' pods so they all have 'accidents' during the race. Because that's the sort of dirty thing he would do if he can get away with it. After all, who cares about what happens to a bunch of aliens?

[chronosynthesis]

Name: Syrlya
Sport: Space Fencing
Ranking: Good!
Justification: Because while he's expert at swords, he is not expert at precise fencing rules. Time for a crash course.

[whattaprick]

Name: Lambert
Sport: Space Competitive Eating
Ranking: Poor
Justification: Lambert didn't realize he'd be competing against people with literally ten stomachs.

[pullingamiko]

Name: Miko
Sport: Space Rock Climbing
Ranking: Good
Justification: Miko... basically climbs anything and everything she can get away with. While she isn't exactly doing high-intensity climbing workouts on a regular basis, she has proven to be pretty dang proficient at it when necessary. Like the time she scaled the wall of a bigass canyon with no equipment, that sure as hell was a thing.

[spaghettimonster]

Name: The Great Papyrus
Sport: Space Darts (they're designed to look like retro rocket ships, right?)
Ranking: Good-Poor
Justification: He's very good at aim! Especially so with magic, but still with tossing things around. Unfortunately he has jellyfish tentacles instead of arms, and he is more used to using magic to help.

[everybodypanic]

Name: Jinx
Sport: Space Riflery
Ranking: Good
Justification: Jinx has a lot of experience shooting things, as she's no doubt let everyone know at this point. The finer points (such as sharpshooting) are more than likely lost on her, as she prefers to adopt a more "shower them with bullets and explosions" kind of mentality.

[exaomori]

Name: Shura Kirigakure
Sport: Space Drunk Obstacle Course
Ranking: Good-Professional
Justification: She's been trained in ninjutsu since she was a toddler and is shown in series jumping and leaping to and from great heights and being agile in general. She's also pretty good at drinking and enjoys drinking on the job, so this wouldn't be her first drunken jaunt through dangerous terrain. On the other hand, she's lazy and not super motivated, so she probably won't go all out, so there's that.

[anti_nonsense]

Name: Rita Mordio
Sport: Space Robot Wars
Ranking: Good
Justification: Rita used to perform in-depth research on golems and since coming to the carnival, has expanded that research to include modern machinery. She performs regular maintenance on her android roommate and has some experience building remote-controlled systems and things that shoot fire through her work in Engineering.

She won't have much time to put her robot together before the competition, but it only takes a sleepless night or two for her to assemble one to qualify for one of the lighter weight classes. Her creation, a circular bot she'll name Hecate, will use a full-body spinning blade to shred her opponents and a built-in flamethrower to roast them. That's if she doesn't get crushed in the early rounds, anyway.

[periphrasing]

Name: Peridot
Sport: Space Robot Wars
Ranking: Expert
Justification: Peridot is an alien from a super advanced race who was literally created for the express purpose of building and repairing super advanced alien technology. She has been doing so for a few thousand years now. In one episode she whips together a gigantic pilotable robot made exclusively out of old junk from a barn. In another episode, she is shown to have made a bunch of remote controlled attack drones out of even more junk from the same barn. She also apparently regularly takes apart and reassembles the barn's tractor repeatedly, just for fun? And she loves lasers, and violence. Basically this sport is 10000% her jam.

[scientificist]

Name: Herbert West
Sport: Space Surgery. The budget was so low that the Space Olympics Committee decided to make the medical team (who they had to pay anyway) compete so that they could at least get some Space TV ratings out of them. And Herbert snuck onto the Space Olympics medical team. So...
Ranking: good
Justification: Herbert doesn't know about the alien he's gonna be assigned so not professional despite his years of experience fucking around with surgery unadvisedly but he's inventive and intelligent enough that he wouldn't be poor. If only he'd been to Space Medical College.

[bananaspeedrider]

Name: Yugo
Sport: Space Hover Motocross
Ranking: Good
Justification: A space hoverbike is basically a motorcycle/D-Wheel right?

Re: ⇨ SPACE SIGN UPS

[moonfang]

Name: Zangetsu
Sport: Space Competitive Eating! Slimy, yet satisfying?
Ranking: ProFRESHional.
Justification: He's a Hollow, a being of infinite hunger and infinite stomach space, who regularly eats live squirrels and rotting meat for fun. BRING IT ON, SPACE!