Driver's Ed [Wednesday, Period Four]

[doubleohblonde]

The Danger Shop was set up to look like the outside parking lot of a high class European casino at night. There were a number of identical, sleek, gray cars parked near Bond.

"This is the Aston Martin DBS," he began, after the class, with the notable exception of the TA, had assembled, gesturing towards the nearest of the cars. "Handles well, with an excellent turn of speed. You'll be using them in your mid-term today.

"Now, shortly, a car will be passing through that road there, at very high speed, there will be a series of such cars at various intervals. Your task will be to take it in turn to follow a car, as closely as you're able, until the end of the sim. After you've finished the sim, you're free to go."

At that moment, a car came screeching down the road Bond had previously indicated.

"So, who's first?"

[ooc: wait for OCD up]

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Take The Mid-Term - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[doubleohblonde]

 

Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[doubleohblonde]

As closely as you can! You just can't seem to catch up though.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

"I'll go first, sir," Sulley volunteered and squeezed into the car. He took a deep breath and got ready to follow the car up ahead. He wondered if airbags would work considered the tight fit and it occurred to him that even if this wasn't real, it sure felt like it. Well, the anxiousness of driving so fast when he didn't know what he was doing felt real.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber tried to follow as closely as she could and she couldn't help but admire the car she was driving. Wondering how much it might cost, she gave it more gas, trying to catch up to the other car.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was following the car, though he kept trying to push the speed up. And more up.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[likethegun]

Sam was a little uncomfortable driving so fast, but the car handled so well that he was willing to push it to try to catch up.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[absolutesnark]

Summer tried to follow as closely as possible and, surprisingly, didn't slam on the breaks every few seconds.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle sucked in a deep breath, and then, as she let it out, she accelerated quickly and went to the chase, with the same sort of determination she would have were she in a courtroom right now. Which is to say a lot. Which is also to say that she was probably going to be very upset over the fact that she can't catch up.

Turtle Wexler did not do well with failure of any kind.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny drove along at high speed, following the other car and maybe sort of petting the steering wheel a little. This was nice. She was going to have to get one of these.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Yeeeee!" Robin followed the car rather well, and was having a lot of fun.

Re: Mid-Term: Follow that Car! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

Lee followed a little too closely but not enough to cause any trouble. He did have some trouble with the brakes and hit those a few times too many, causing a stutter step sort of motion.

Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[doubleohblonde]

And suddenly you round the corner to see Aravis lying in the middle of the road.

You're going to fast to brake in time, but still, it might be a good idea to try not to hit her.

[Please wait for notqueenyet to ping into the thread first]

Re: Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis, to put things lightly, did not enjoy her current position.

She was doing her best to keep her eyes shut, and remind herself it was a sim, but all in all it was not a particularly good day for her thus far.

Re: Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[likethegun]

As soon as Sam saw Aravis, he slammed on the brakes and swerved the car hard to the side, letting out some very un-Sam-like language.

Re: Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

So there Turtle was, driving along, tra-la-la, only much more frustrated because she couldn't seem to get to the speed she needed to catch up. Her knuckles were white from her grip on the wheel and there was maybe an inch, at most, of her butt actually on the seat, on the edge, as she leaned forward in determination.

Only to turn the corner with a body in her path. Turtle's eyes widened, sputtering out a quick, un-Turtle-like "Oh shi--" before she leaned back against the back of her seat, slamming on the brake and turning the wheel in a desperate attempt to get the car away from where it would run over people, because running over people was bad especially when you were speeding (even if she was only doing what she'd been told), and just hoped, hoped, hoped that there wasn't anything on the side of the road that was going to hurt too much when she inevitably went smashing into it. Or falling off of it. Or any other such terrible, awful scenario that was still better than running over a person.

Re: Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny had been taught that the best way to avoid killing yourself in an accident was to hit the thing in front of you head-on (unless it was, you know, a brick wall). Unfortunately, she had just enough time to process that this probably wasn't what Bond wanted them to do at all. She swerved hard right, shouting, "DOOR DOOR DOOR!" as she did so.

No, she's not crazy.

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin screamed, a lot, and panicked. His flailing at the steering wheel swerved the car off the road, avoiding Aravis.

Sorry for the several mistakes. This time should work.

Re: Mid-Term: Avoid the TA! - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

Sulley saw someone in the road and slammed on the breaks so hard that his foot went through the car floor. He swerved off the road sharply.

Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[doubleohblonde]

Right after trying to avoid TA roadkill.

Because you are, the simulation's been programmed that way.

And if you didn't actually try to avoid the TA, the car will explode.

At least the safeties are on?

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

When the car flipped several times (not enough to break a world record though) and finally came to a stop, Sulley let out a slow breath. That sucked.

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny tumbled out of an orangey, glowing rectangle and laid flat on her back by the side of the road as the car did its dance of crashy death nearby. Without sitting up or looking she took a packet of Silk Cuts out of her pocket, lit one, and inhaled. She needed it after that. "Bloody hell."

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

The car came to a stop finally, rather the worse for wear. Robin did not get out of the car. This was because he was too busy hyperventilating and could not bring himself to move.

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[likethegun]

And there was Sam, still clutching the steering wheel as the car came to a stop and trying to catch his breath.

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"I... I... buh..." Amber was breathing hard, grasping the steering wheel. She knew she was alive, she just couldn't form any coherant thoughts or words.

Re: Mid-Term: Crash - Driver's Ed [Week Eight]

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Oh god, I hate driving," Lee mumbled, still in the car and wondering if he was ever going to be able to remove his hands from the steering wheel.