Olympic Stadium(#23930RLC) From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The leafy crown bends inward over the stadium, providing shade for the grandstands. Educational here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium. The athletic field itself is rather more mundane in nature. A grassy interior with jumping and vaulting pits is surrounded by a red rubber track, marked into lanes. At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the , where the Olympic Flame is kept. At various locations around the stadium, giant screens show the NBC feed. Plenty of stars shine in the early night sky even as they slide southwest. City lights give the horizon a warm glow, and the sky a dark purple tone. It seems to be about 10 pm. Obvious Exits: [F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, [Sky] above N0 E9, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel Contents: Magician-bunny (Harmony), Skyler, Edison, Sally, Samnang, Tamara, Chandra, Xor, A rabbit-eared, raccoon-tailed, elastic coatimundi. (Austin), A tawny-furred manticore (shapeshifter) (Featherwing), a tigress soldier (Aina'), A black-furred wallaby with yellowish eyes (Morticon), Claude, Royce, a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter), a nonanthro white-and-black rabbit (BunnyHugger), and Cadge-Tuesday ## There are possible hidden listeners here. BunnyHugger says, "You can start when ready, Xor!" Morticon says, "This year, the stadium is really set up for all species." NBC lands near a camera and adjusts it. Sally chirps to NBC! A Sea Lion pops up into the spectator pool. He's wearing a waterproof "Birds and Dinosaurs" fez, held on with an elastic band. Tamara says, "Tunnels are great! Easy way to move." NBC chimes G, E, C. Austin says, "Hooray!" Xor says, "Okay. Here I go!" Claude says, "Hello, NBC." Xor runs forth onto the floor, hopping on and bouncing into the air once. She does a half-flip in the air, landing on her head with a solid smack, soon falling onto her back. Don't worry, folks: she's alright. Sally acks! Xor lies there, limply, for a short time, then gradually works her way to her feet. The display that follows is "acrobatic" in only the loosest of senses: she stumbles drunkenly around, hopping on one foot and waiting for her head to clear. Morticon cringes! "My maid! Now how will I get everything vclean.." Xor has connected. [OOC] Xor says, "Sorry, connection." [OOC] Xor says, "Did my second pose go through?" Skyler thinks so! [OOC] Claude says, "Yes!" NBC chimes acknowledgement of signal received. Xor flops onto the floor again, sort of rolling around, log-style. Her eyes aren't quite focused. That first jump took a lot out of her. Morticon cringes! "My maid! Now how will I get everything vclean.." Austin shivers. Xor finishes by crawling back onto her feet, bouncing on the springy floor, making a quadruple pirouette, and falling on her head again. She's showered with rose petals, and drags her way back off the stage. [OOC] Xor says, "There should be four poses after my 'Okay!' Are there? I'm paranoid." Edison peers around the mountain of snacks and memorabilia on his lap, ooing and ahing variously at the spectacle with sincere appreciation. [OOC] Claude says, "I counted four." [OOC] Xor says, "Ah, good. That's it, then! Terrible connection at the moment." BunnyHugger nods. "It was good! Er, at least, it was complete." BunnyHugger applauds. Sally applauds! Xor gives a thumbs-up, and collapses on her face again. BunnyHugger says, "OK, judges, whisper your scores to me when ready." Claude folds a paw under his muzzle, deep in thought. BunnyHugger says, "While they're tabulating, let me roll for order." Skyler thinks, and scratches something down...hm. >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d5, and gets 3 Austin ambles over to the far end of the platform. BunnyHugger says, "OK, once again, the next person will be Austin once judging is completing, and after Austin will be Cadge-Tuesday." BunnyHugger says, "OK, judges, reveal your scores to the audience!" Skyler holds up a 6.25. "First drunken punch gymnastics I've seen!" Claude scribbles furiously on his piece of paper, holding the marker with both paws, then holds up a 6.5 NBC touches a switch and changes the feed on the screens to a closeup of Xor as he gets the scores. Room: Olympic Stadium -Stat-Name----------------Sex---------Species--------------------------------- NBC male peacock IC Harmony[4m idle] Female Rabbit Skyler male cartoon bunny Edison Guy Spotted Hyena Sally[2m idle] female Golden Eagle !kraBSamnang Male Afghan Hound IC Tamara[8m idle] Female Spotted Otter IC Chandra[3m idle] Male Leptailaurian (Serval: al-Alkani) WUT Xor Female Anthropomorphic Cheetah Ph.D.Austin[2m idle] male Elastic Coati drg Featherwing male silver dragon with black feathered wings IC >Aina' Female Tiger |Morticon IC Morticon[5m idle] Male Wallaby meow Claude male LOLcat NEW Royce[21m idle] Male Raccoon IC >Chitter Male Squirrel |BunnyHugger BunnyHugger female Devilbunny IC Cadge-Tuesday[13m idambiguous squirrel ---[ Found 18 characters. ( 16 Awake / 2 Zombies ) ]-------------------------- Claude says, "That wasn't very athletic, but it was hilarious." NBC squawks, and flashes up a technical difficulty card for a moment before correcting Xor's gender to female. Standing before you is Xor, a young, anthropomorphic cheetah. At just about five feet, she's not particularly menacing; this quality is emphasized by the slight grin on her face. Her amber eyes, naturally half-lidded, are therefore typically crinkled further, almost as though she were squinting. Fitting with her species, her frame is slight, but athletic. Her face, like the rest of her body, is dappled with black spots. Golden-blonde hair, darker than her fur, is held by a pink ribbon in a ponytail; this drapes over her shoulder. Currently, she is dressed casually. A pair of thin, white trainers protect her feet; up from here are a pair of simple white athletic socks. Over her thighs is a pair of pink jogging shorts, which drape loosely down to her knees. A bit of her stomach is revealed above her shorts, revealing the creamy fur there. Covering her upper half is a small tee shirt, plain save for a small band logo on the left breast. From the short sleeves, her arms are displayed: while they have some musculature, it looks as though she's better suited to running. Unsurprising, given her ensemble. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5925519/ <-- Picture (though of a different outfit) Carrying: Tinkering Kit, Button: Skirt Enthusiast, Best in Show Ribbon, Adh Venturo Feather Duster of Cleaning +23i, Morph Menu, Homburg, a peek-a-boo icecream sandwich, a rusty syringe, Beltrami for Wizard in 2012 campaign button, and Twelfth Night ornament Morticon runs over to Xor. "Are you.. OK? Can you still remember how to clean?" Xor's smiling happily for the camera. She opines, "Whee! Colors..." BunnyHugger says, "That's 6.375 for Xor, representing Team Boolea." Morticon gets Xor water, a medic, a head transplant.. anything! Austin grins. BunnyHugger says, "OK, Austin, get ready and go. Cadge-Tuesday, also get ready, you're on deck." Austin says, "Ready, then." Cadge-Tuesday nods, tail flicking. Austin looks around, then stands up on his hindpaws, with his tail lowered to parallel the ground. Austin runs on his hindpaws, a long loping move, with his tail batting the ground as he keeps a somewhat precarious balance. Austin comes to a stop, tucks his paws together and his nose to his chest, leans forward, and rolls, tipping to the right as he does, before unrolling and standing up again. Austin drops back to all fours, bows his head, and ambles off the stage. "Thanks." Sally yays! Morticon peeers! BunnyHugger's event organizer objectivity seems to be showing cracks as she stares with open fondness at this rather brief performance. BunnyHugger applauds. Morticon smirks, "That's what he does while running anyway." BunnyHugger says, "Judges?" Morticon injects Xor with some morphine. "Here, this'll help." Claude scratches his head with a hindpaw. NBC flicks the feed to a camera facing the judges. Austin says, "And I do it very well, Morticon! Artistically." Morticon claps anyway. Samnang hops foot to foot, practicing a few quick jab type punches into thin air followed by several hop round house kicks to make sure he's warmed up for when his turn comes. Xor has connected. Harmony has disconnected. Morticon injects Xor with some morphine. "Here, this'll help." BunnyHugger confers with Skyler and then looks to Claude. Claude shakeshakes. Xor wakes up again and applauds Austin, since he seems to be finished! Then goes back into a stupor, giggling at everything. BunnyHugger says, "Also, while they're thinking, I'll roll for next order." >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d4, and gets 3 BunnyHugger says, "OK, after the judges have given their scores we'll have Cadge-Tuesday followed by Samnang!" BunnyHugger says, "Judges, reveal your scores." Claude applies muzzle to bunny ear and whispers something. Then he proceeds to scribble down one digit: 5 Cadge-Tuesday gets ready alongside the mat. Skyler holds up a 6.5! BunnyHugger says, "All right, that's 5.75 for Austin representing Team Ringtail." Morticon has Xor propped up, pain-free after some shots. Now he can watch the remaining participants. BunnyHugger says, "You can go when you're ready, Cadge-Tuesday." Morticon mms. "Tough judges." Xor has disconnected. Claude looks very unsure of himself. Cadge-Tuesday runs across the floor, approaching for a tumble. She dives into the floor lightly, somersaulting with her tail forming a curl to match the line of her body. Then she springs back out of it, doing a leap as she does. Edison, with both hands stuffing caramely candycorn into his face, waves an acorn-logo flag in support of Cadge-Tuesday using a foot. NBC flicks to a medium shot following Cadge-Tuesday. Cadge-Tuesday twirls to face back the way she came, and does a series of higher and higher leaps, as though increasing momentum. On the last leap she lands on her front paws and does a handstand with her tail pointing straight up for a few seconds. Cadge-Tuesday tumbles out of the handstand into a backward somersault and back into another handstand. Then she hops on her front paws into the air, arching her back to land on her hind paws. Cadge-Tuesday lifts one hind foot, ending balanced on the other, with her tail out behind her for balance. Her body stays solidly in place but her tail does flicker slightly as her balance is kept. Cadge-Tuesday (finished!) Tamara claps! "Squirrel good!" Sally applauds! BunnyHugger applauds. Samnang claps for sure Claude earperks. Skyler blinks! Hmms, thnks, and writes after a pause. BunnyHugger says, "Judges, your scores?" Samnang gets on deck to be given the go signal. Claude mrrr... thinkity think. Xor claps, all drugged-up and happy. >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d3, and gets 2 BunnyHugger says, "Samnang will be next followed by Aina." BunnyHugger says, "Judges, you can show your scores." Skyler holds up an 8.75. "She's pretty good at that. I wonder if there's any weight to her!" Cadge-Tuesday returns to the staging area. Claude does his best to make his numbers look round, with little success. 8.5 BunnyHugger says, "And that's 8.625 for Cadge-Tuesday representing Team Incisors! WOO!!! Er, I mean, that'll be the one to beat." Morticon mmms. He calls Larian to make sure he can get his ambulance over here after the competition. Poor Xor. Austin heheees. Featherwing giggles to BH. XD BunnyHugger says, "Four incisors good, six incisors better!!" Morticon hrrfs. Chitter says, "Quiet, Hugger." Chitter looks a little sulky for some reason. A program vendor makes his rounds. Cadge-Tuesday says, "Wow, thank you." NBC gets a reaction shot of Cadge-Tuesday. Xor cheers for Cadge! And Tuesday! And swirling colors! And wheeee. BunnyHugger says, "OK, Samnang, when you're ready. Aina, you will be after Samnang." Samnang makes a few last moment hair flips and hand motions then nods. Featherwing snugs the duo. "Well done, you two." Samnang begins his routine at a corner of the competition floor. Hopping once into a long legged graceful run for seven strides before leaping forward into a series of handstand flips, three in number with the last being a pure kicked flip with two twists in the air. Landing firmly on his feet he arches his chest forward and arms over his head. Next he leaps into a dash only to jump again and hit the ground, rolling into a swift tumble and springing upwards when his feet hit the floor again. This spring flows easily into a tuck and roll to a kneeled pose. Cadge-Tuesday chitters happily. Samnang begins his next set by leaning forward to place his hands firmly on the floor and rolling upwards into a handstand with both hands, then on to one hand balancing. Leaning slowly to bend his legs and back to remain balanced on one hand, he draws his legs down to point each out in a wide v before sitting down on the floor. Leaning to one side to change his hand's position he kicks and swings his legs to spin like he's on a gymnastic's horse. Moving hand to hand as he spins. Samnang eventually spins himself into a standing position, sweeping a foot out behind him with a bent knee pose as he arches backwards enough to just touch the back of his stretched leg with his finger tips. Standing up straight again he takes a few steps to change placements it would seem until he breaks into a swift sprint, five steps in to which he jumps and turns a full rotation flip forward. The landing carries much momentum and he's getting hot. Samnang starts to bring his routine to a slow close with a few more kick spins, moving as if he's ice skating. drawing ever close to the center of the floor where the last kick spin is not caught on his feet or hands. Coming down with his weight to use the floor to help finish in a full split, one leg front the other behind. Arching his back and putting his hands up towards the ceiling, he leans forward, sliding his rear pointed leg around to joint the other in front of him. Pressing his upper body down to touch his chin to his shins for a moment. Whipping back he draws his legs up to help push off as he rolls back towards his shoulders. Flipping upwards as his legs swing over, carrying his weight shift, he lands in a low crouch on his feet. Rising slowly to stand, and bow at the four points, each 90 degrees from each other. Finished. Sally yays! BunnyHugger applauds. Samnang jumps and waves after he's done bowing then heads off the floor. BunnyHugger says, "Wow! OK, judges." Xor clapclapclap. Tamara otts! >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d2, and gets 2 BunnyHugger says, "And for the rest of the order tonight: Aina will be next, then Featherwing, then Tamara will close the event." Xor has disconnected. Morticon's jaw drops. "I didn't know canines could do that..." Claude rubs his eyes. o.o Aina' gets up, one last stretch before heading out to the springboard area. Waiting for the judges to finish. Samnang flops into a chair then gets a cool drink to help cool off. Samnang whuffs, "It helps to know how to do several forms of hand to hand fighting styles." Edison says, "And to be a species habituated to the contortions necessary to lick one's own butt!, I'd imagine." Edison says, "Good show!" Aina' looks intimidated by that performance. But she will do her best! Claude confers with BunnyHugger for a long time. Featherwing whoops, :applauds and pats the hound. "Good show, indeed." Featherwing wows at this failpose. XD BunnyHugger says, "Judges, reveal your scores please." Samnang wags and gives Featherwing a kisslick. NBC closes up on the judges as they reveal. A tense moment. Skyler holds up the card he wrote, with a '9.25' on it. "That was...wow. A lot to take in!" Claude makes two firm strokes with his marker, then holds up the paper. 10! ( The audience is stunned for a second, then erupts in massive cheering! ) Morticon claps! It's hard to disagree with that! Cadge-Tuesday congratulates Samnang but looks just a little disheartened. Xor cheers for numbers! Woo! NBC flips to a sweeping pan of the stadium audience reacting. BunnyHugger says, "Wow!" Sally applauds. Morticon puts a '10' on Xor's lap to use for AIna's upcoming performance. Edison samples the snacks of the spectators nearest him while they are distracted, then joins the cheering himself. Aina' goes! Featherwing oi!s at Morti! Xor starts munching on it. Mm. 2. BunnyHugger says, "That's 9.625 for Samnang representing Team Extremely Ill-Advised, which does not seem like a good name for the team right now!" A group of fans are seated together, all wearing plastic replicas of Kaiser Wilhelm II's helmet, and clutching fairy godmother's wands with blinking LED stars on their ends. Who knows? Aina' starts by running into the competition area, then leaps with a flying kick! Landing, she does a series of flips and cartwheels, all with the feline graces she possesses. The flips in particular have a really nice arching of her body, landing solidly on her feet with only a little bounce. Cat and all... Samnang bows his head then starts to pant. Aina' changes paces, now bouncing more on the floor. Using it to propel her higher in the air, she does a series of rapid spins, arms tucked close for speed, but allowing her tail to stay out for a trailing effect. She's just a blur of stripes and orange! Landing with only a hint of being off balance, she bounces a few times in place. Aina' does a flip-kick at an invisible opponent, followed by a few quick jabs. This comes incredibly quick and would be lethal had someone been there! Aina' ends by leaping from a crouch, angling so she lands on her paws so she can push her whole self up, an upside down jump of sorts! Landing on her feet, her paws raise up, indicating she's done. Taking a bow, the tigress then walks to the bleachers. Sally yays! BunnyHugger applauds. Aina' pants, drinking a bunch of water. Samnang cheers and claps his ahnds so the sound is not unlike slapping tow pieces of 2x4 together BunnyHugger says, "watches the judges confer." Morticon errmms.. "Xor? Ehh.. nevermind." BunnyHugger ahems. Xor applauds. "Yay, comrade!" Chitter says, "Stop narrating your actions, Hugger. You're not at home alone you know." BunnyHugger pokes Chitter! Morticon quietly takes the numbers away from Xor. Claude goes all hm and humm, looking at the empty floor. Aina' looks over at the judges hopefully! Skyler thinks for a bit, before writing on the pad in front of him. BunnyHugger says, "OK, judges, you can show your cards." Claude appears to draw loops on the paper for a while, then reveals an 8. Samnang drinks a chilled gatorade, then offers Aina' one as well. Skyler shows the card, 8.5. BunnyHugger says, "That's 8.25 for Aina 81 representing Team SED!" Aina' accepts, thanking Samnang before gulping it down. It colors her muzzlefur somewhat. "You were really impressive." Morticon cheers! BunnyHugger says, "Featherwing is next and Tamara will follow, closing the competition." Aina' smiles, looking pleased with the numbers. Cadge-Tuesday says, "Good job." Xor is closer to her goal of not placing in any competition! \o/ (That's not sarcasm. That's... that's really my goal.) Tamara rocks on her heels, watching the dragon perform. BunnyHugger says, "By the way, the current top three are Samnang with 9.625, Cadge-Tuesday with 8.625, and Aina 81 with 8.25, so those are the numbers to beat for a medal." Samnang shakes hand with Aina' as well. "Hey that sparring bit, slipped my mind entirely to do something like that too." He chuckles. BunnyHugger says, "Although as usual, everyone gets a medal who competes, even if it's the 'copper medal' that serves as a commemoration of effort and sportsmanship for all Olympians. >:)" Austin nods. Featherwing takes a deep breath, then begins his tumbling routine. After launching about a meter and a half above the ground, the little dragon arches his back, then does several spins, all in the air, looking like a little bit like a ball. NBC follows the movements across the floor and into the air with a gliding camera movment. Featherwing, after completing the spins, runs back to a corner, then tumbles from one corner to the other, wings spread a little bit. He gets up, then repeats (Wings spread a bit wider this time). For the last bit before his dismount, he does backflips to the middle. ( For the dismount, Featherwing spreads his wings completely out, launching a couple meters up, hovering a bit, then twisting and spinning back down to land on his feet with arms raised. He says, "Thank you" as he stands there. ) Sally applauds! BunnyHugger applauds. Aina' shakes Samnang's paw. "Well, it's part of my daily exercises. I thought it might work." Austin says, "Hoorah!" BunnyHugger says, "All right! What say you, judges?" Tamara claps! Samnang nods with a smile, then snaps his fingers. "Should have done music as well, maybe next time." Claude appears conflicted about this one. Xor claps! And will be right back. Aina' thinks, "There were no rules against it..." For next time. BunnyHugger says, "Judges, your scores for the audience, please." Claude draws a whole bunch on angular lines this time. 7.75 Skyler holds up a 7.75, too! Skyler says, "...I didn't talk to Claude! I swear!" Samnang laughs and considers this. "Hey, maybe there could be doubles, like mixing team members to give a very seller routine?" Claude giggles at Skyler. BunnyHugger says, "The first time the judges are in complete agreement! (It happened more last night during Diving.)" Tamara gets up, stretches, and steps over while the judges finish up. Austin woohoos. Aina' nods, "I'd do well with my sisters." BunnyHugger says, "That's 7.75 for Featherwing representing... what's the name of your team, Featherwing? I keep calling it Dragons Team but is that right?" Featherwing nodnods, then applauds himself. He then nods to BH. "That's fine." Tamara starts! BunnyHugger says, "Well, now that everyone's seen a pretty basic and easy way to run an event like this, feel free to put one of your own on the schedule. >:D It's not hard to run, just requires devoting a couple of hours to keeping things moving." BunnyHugger says, "OK, Tamara, go!" Featherwing says, "Granted, you could call it the 'Dragon and fishaspiringtobeadragon team'." Tamara rolls in, as if a cannonball going across the stage. Leaping up, she jumps into the air, sailing as if the otter is swimming! For a moment, it does look as if she's in the water. But it only lasts a second before she has to land, which she does by curling up and rolling onto the floor, a slight bounce. NBC tracks Tamara. Tamara does a series of frog-like leaps and rolls, making her way about the floor, showing off how strong her legs are. She ends with a handstand, holding her form upside down for a moment. Then, she shifts to staying up on just one arm. Tamara bends over backwards, legs in a slight V, getting back on her feet. Taking advantage of her slinkiness, she does a hula-hoop sort of thing, her whole body rippling incredibly smoothly. It's almost hypnotic. Tamara then does some more traditional spins and flips, the otter capable though not as graceful. She bounces once on the floor and grins! "Ott!" And then goes to sit down. BunnyHugger applauds. Claude nods approvingly. Samnang claps as well. "Very nice indeed." Morticon claps! BunnyHugger says, "A great finish to the competition! And now the judges will confer... and soon we'll know who gets what medals." Tamara drinks out of a nearby water fountain. Cadge-Tuesday twitches her tail nervously. Sally applauds! Claude scratches his head again. NBC keeps the camera on the judges, closing up on their faces one at a time. Claude looks more or less lost! Tamara watches a monitor while she drinks. Featherwing is okay with his copper. 'Twas fun regardless. Edison breaks the suspense with an end-of-the-drink strawgurgle from his slurpee. Morticon says, "And if you get enough coppers, you can melt them down into stuff." Samnang whuffs, "Featherwing, would that make you a copper dragon?" BunnyHugger frowns. Morticon says, "Like.. a.. uhm.m. bigger copper medal." Morticon pats Aina on the back. "Here it comes." Aina' nods, finding out if TeamSED will place! Tough compeition today. BunnyHugger says, "All right, here's the big moment. Judges, please reveal!" Tamara ambles over to see the results! Xor has connected. Samnang offers congratulatory handshakes with all of the competition. "Good shows, all of you." Cadge-Tuesday says, "Thanks, you too." Xor looks around. "I'm awake! What happened? Who won?" Claude draws at his figures a lot this time, then shows... an 8.25 Chandra stands and stretches. Tamara otts! Shaking his paw. Chandra starts making his way toward the Beach to go loiter. Featherwing chuckles at Samnang then snuggles them as well. "Well played, everyone. You too 81." :3 Aina' grins. Claude peeks at Skyler? NBC closes up on Skyler, tightly. Tamara says, "Judging hard work, yes?" Skyler holds up an 8.0. BunnyHugger says, "That's 8.125 for Tamara representing Team Land Swimmers!!!" Harmony has connected. Tamara otts and claps for herself, jumping a few times. You say, "Aaaah ooooh!" Sally regreets. Samnang pops some streamers for everyone. Featherwing applauds, then snugs Sally! Sally winghugs :> Austin claps! Cadge-Tuesday leaps in place. Claude bounces over the judges' table and goes to nuzzle the competitors. BunnyHugger says, "Final results:" Featherwing says, "Well, didn't medal medal this time, but it was fun! Congrats to everyone!" He smiles at Claude "Chrr." Samnang cheers for everyone, cause everyone is awesome. BunnyHugger says, "1. Samnang, 2. Cadge-Tuesday, 3. Aina 81, 4. Tamara, 5. Featherwing, 6. Xor, 7. Austin! Congratulations, Olympians!!" BunnyHugger gets out the medals to hang on people!