#rivalrytask006

BAYVIEW MANOR

for your sixth task, all members of the house will recreate their audition tape for rivalry island. much like the interview from task three, a crew member will assist you in taping your ‘audition’ for the show. think back on how you were feeling when you sent in that first audition tape for the casting directors; now channel that, put on your game face, and get it into action. the tape can be no longer than FIVE MINUTES and must touch on the following topics: why you could win rivalry island, any special talents or skills you have that could set you apart from other applicants, what your current job is, and where you see yourself in five years. this will be completed through SELF PARA, formatted similar to the third task. ( reference here )

PEARL WATERS MANOR

for your sixth task, all members of your house will be needing their swim suits. that’s right, you’re taking a dip. all house members will head down to the docks where a boat will take you to a lagoon, and the fun doesn’t end there. see, we’ve taken the liberty of jumbling some shells and rocks in this marked area of the lagoon--though we can’t stop whatever pleases to swim there from getting in ( or out ). you’ll each be given a snorkel, wet suit, and FIVE MINUTES to find the shell with your name on it. five minutes may sound like enough, but don’t get too comfortable, especially when you see how tricky and crowded it can be under the sea. we suggest you start making friends with the fish now. this will be completed through either self para or thread/para with another member of your house.

SAND LAURELS MANOR

for your sixth task, all members of your house will be completing an obstacle course. ever watched the hit reality competition show survivor?? well, you’ll be taxed with something similar and just as physically demanding, so start stretching now. one by one, each member of the house will have to move a burlap sack containing stones, through the water and course, using the rope the sack it attached to. you’ll maneuver over, under, and through different obstacles to complete the course. oh, and you’ll also only be given FIVE MINUTES to move the bag from the starting platform to the beach, where you’ll dump the stones onto the scale and raise your house flag just a little higher. should any house member fail to complete the course and place the stones in under the allowed time, well... you know what happens. this will be completed through either self para or thread/para with another member of your house. ( reference video here for the course/layout )

SEASCAPE MANOR

Five minutes. Five minutes was all it took to win this little challenge. If he could even call it that. If they wanted to give Sebastian a challenge then it shouldn’t have been something he was mostly good at. Maintaining his balance on the slim wooden perch wasn’t going to be an issue. He had months at a times worth of ballet in training in his back pocket. Years of training on the ice, where balance was absolutely crucial. The only real challenge surfaced with the decision to participate. 

What reason did he have to complete this task? The given opportunity to call home is wasted with him. He could already hear it...his mother’s voice delayed just a few seconds after the message was meant to start to signify that she hadn’t answered the phone. The automated voice telling him to “Laissez un message après le bip.” If by some chance someone did answer the phone they’d probably have no idea who they were speaking to. It wasn’t like they ever paid that much attention let alone let him speak all too often. He didn’t have anyone to speak to back ‘home’. Sebastian wasn’t going to make a phone call.

However, he was well aware that wasn’t the case for everyone. Just because he wasn’t going to get anything significant out of this didn’t mean he had the right to take it away from others. 

He wasn’t doing this for himself. 

In truth, Sebastian didn’t owe anyone anything at all. There was absolutely no one on the show that he had to do anything for. So he wasn’t doing this because he had to. He was doing it because he wanted to. His family life was most likely vastly different than the other’s. He kept that in mind as he stepped up onto the narrow balance beam and steadied himself to also hold up the buoy in a difficult fashion for the allotted time. 

One foot in front of the other, it only took a moment for Sebastian to position himself correctly. The poles he’d use to support the light sky blue buoy in front of him were already in his hands. Placing them into the spherical device proved harder than it seemed. The dips in the side of the ball were no where near as deep as they needed to be if this was going to be easy, but of course it wasn’t. He was facing a double edged balancing act. Having to maintain himself and the round object in the air for five minutes. 

His legs were much stronger than his arms. He hardly ever did much with his arms. All they did was float through the air in an attempt to seem graceful while his lower half did all the work. Holding the buoy in place was difficult. It almost seemed to taunt him each time it moved though it was his own fault. Too much pressure on one side made it tilt towards the other and he had to compensate and squirm some to keep the object balanced against the poles and up in the air. 

Leaning forward some, he clenched his jaw and closed his eyes. Five minutes never seemed very long outside of the time constraint, but he had already lost track of how long it had been and how much longer he needed to stay like that. So he just needed to focus instead. He focused on placing an equal amount of pressure on both ends of the poles to hold the buoy exactly where he wanted it. A few tilts here and there forced his eyes open, but he hadn’t wavered much. He hands and arms were doing a lot more moving than the rest of him. His feet and overall balance kept perfectly fine and planted. 

Sustaining the same position for five minutes straight put a strain on anyone, no matter how simple the task. So it made sense that he could feel the pull of the muscles in his upper arms as the time drew near to a close. He began fidgeting a little more. It was like him to internally panic in the last few seconds. In that home stretch with all of the hunger for success. He never thought clearly. He acted instead. Sometimes they proved to be all the wrong moves. He moved the poles once more and—

Time!

He only looked away for a second. His head turning, attention turning to where the voice had called out to him. He a second, a moment to blink, to look back  at the light blue sphere slipping from its position just two seconds after time had been called. He sprung himself from the beam, moving his foot in time to save it from being hit by the object as it fell. The buoy bounced twice and he dropped the poles on the ground just after.