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Sneaky Spycraft: Period 4, Week 10

Having ~~handwavily~~ notified students that today's class was in the Danger Shop and to wear clothes that could get dirty, Aly hoped that everyone would find their way easily. When the students entered the room, they would see that it was set up with a series of obstacles and a ropes course. There was a 25 foot high climbing wall at one end of the room and ropes crisscrossed the ceiling in a variety of patterns. On the floor there was a mud pit, cable walk, and other ~~moddable~~ obstacles.

Aly stood at the edge of the obstacles and waited for everyone to arrive. "Okay everyone, this class is for a few reasons. Someone mentioned wanting to learn how to work with a partner last week, and, for most of us, it was a bit of a stressful week so let's play a bit instead." She grinned. "At least I think it's playing. Those of you who were in my class last spring have played with this before. Doesn't mean you can't do it again. The Danger Shop's safeties are on so you're not going to get hurt, but work together like that's not the case. I haven't split you up into teams - you can go ahead and choose two or three people to work with."

"Anytime you're spying, your life is in the hands of your partner, your contact, your handler, your lover. They screw up? And you're going to end up hurt or dead. Today, the stakes aren't nearly as high. So have some fun with it."

Aly grinned, gesturing for them to pair up.

[OOC: OCD threads ~~will be coming~~ is up! I'm going to link to a few different obstacles, then you can feel free to mod whichever others you like.]

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Just Burma Swings (http://www.ropescourseconstruction.com/oneadmin/_files/photogallery/burma_swings_copy.jpg). Nice loops of rope 30 feet above the ground - just walk across them.

No big. Right?

Sokka climbed up to the swings and started across. "Shouldn't be TOO hard, right?" he asked Dōjima.

"Maybe if we relay the swings? Like, I stand on the second one, and grip the rope for the third one while you step on it? That way, our swings don't go swinging in opposite directions?" she suggested thoughtfully. "Otherwise one of us is going to end up on the floor."

Sokka nodded. "Sounds good," he told her. "You're not afraid of heights, are you?"

"It's not the height that bothers me, it's the sudden drop when you fall off," she joked, tentatively reaching for a swing. "At least it's not too high, yeah?"

Sokka shrugged. "Heights don't bother me as much anymore -- you spend enough time on the back of a sky bison, you get used to them. Just let me know if you get too scared." Sokka looked down at the ground, and gripped the ropes a little tighter. That... was pretty high. "And don't look down," he added.

Of course, 'don't look down' made her automatically look, and Dōjima whimpered slightly. "Okay. Um. So. Sky bison. How high do those things go, anyway?" Because focusing on the absurd was going to help. Really. "Do you have to watch the altitude on something like that?"

"They go pretty high," Sokka replied, with a grin. "I mean, you can't go as high as an airplane, because it gets kind of hard to breathe way up there, but... Yeah. When it's raining, or you're trying to be inconspicuous, way above the clouds is the way to go." He shrugged. "And if you're flying bareback, it's only your grip on his fur that keeps you from falling to a horrible, horrible death."

"Horrible horrible death, huh? That's one of the things I like about you, Sokka. Always so cheerful," she teased, holding onto the next swing with a death-grip. "Don't you get wet if you dive through a cloud? I mean, how bad does wet bison smell, with all that fur? At least, I'm assuming that your cows and my cows look something alike. Vaguely. Maybe?"

"Oh, you have NO idea," Sokka told her with a grimace. "We didn't normally go through clouds, but enough rain and Appa got pretty funky. And not in the good way."

He grinned at her as he swung to the next swing. "You shouldn't assume ANYTHING around here. And when it come to my world, you ESPECIALLY shouldn't assume anything about the shapes of animals. The animals here are WEIRD. Do your bison have two big horns, shaggy fur, six legs, and a big, flat tail?"

"I don't think this is my Earth, I'm about a half-step over. There's a distinct lack of Witches in this reality, which I consider a bonus," she said cheerfully, moving on to the next one. "Almost there! No, ah, our bison have two big horns and shaggy fur, but only four legs and a little tail."

"Maybe across the causeway," Sokka replied, "but there're a bunch here at school." He shrugged. "It seems like most of the people here come from a world that's really similar to to this one. I'm just one of the ones who doesn't. I think that's kind of cool, really."

He hopped off the final swing onto the platform on the other side. "Ta-da! No falling!"

"I keep telling myself that the ones here at Fandom are Craft users, not Witches, no matter what they insist on calling themselves. Where I'm from? Witches aren't pleasant people, and the body count racks up pretty fast." She jumped off the swing, landing next to him. "Ta da! Best team ever!"

"Ahhh," Sokka said, nodding. "Evil witches. Sort of like the way that when people around here say 'demon' they only mean the evil ones."

He shrugged. "Not the best team ever," he said with a grin, "but pretty darn good for people with no powers."

"That's why we're the best! No powers, except for the power of pure awesome, and we still kicked butt!" Dōjima twirled in a mini victory dance. "Go us."

"So... you want to show me how it's done?" Triela asked challengingly.

"Not really," Eve grumped from their spot on the little platform at the start. "But I'll do it anyway." She moved forward, grabbing the ropes in her hands as she stepped onto the first board.

"I've never actually seen one of these before," Triela admitted, watching Eve carefully to see if she could pick up any useful techniques.

"I haven't been on these things in... God, years. Last time I was little and played in a park," Eve said. That first step hadn't been too bad... now for the second...

Where she wobbled wildly as soon as she pulled her hand away to grab the rope of the second step.

"That looks very unstable," Triela said not very helpfully.

"That's because it is!" Eve yelped. What followed was a very complicated dance of getting onto the second step, wobbling, nearly falling, and clinging for dear life to the ropes of the second step.

"Um... do you think it would be cheating if I didn't use the step things?" Triela asked. "Because, wow, those look dangerous."

"I think as long as you get across, it counts," Eve said once she'd caught her balance.

The third and fourth steps went much smoother, actually, and resulted in Eve doing a little happy dance once she reached the other platform.

"In that case," Triela grinned, "I think I'll try something different." She turned and climbed up the platform to where the rope the swings were attached to a single line. Then she started moving hand-over-hand across that rope. It really wasn't faster to take the long way around like that, but it did mean she didn't fall off into the mud.

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Sneaky Spycraft: Period 4, Week 10

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