fandomhigh | How to Be the Best at What You Do

In the Danger Shop again this week, Logan had gotten in just early enough to write "CREATIVE THINKING" on a blackboard. That's right, a blackboard. None of this dry erase stuff. There was also a fountain off to the side. There was a reason for that.

"When it comes right down to it, if you wanna be the best at something, you're gonna have to get creative about it," Logan said. "If you're fighting, you need to give your partner something he's not expecting. If you're growing flowers, you've got to figure out how to breed something to set you apart. If you're just plain fast, you're gonna want to figure out how you can use that besides just running around, up, and over stuff."

"So thinking creatively is one of the first building blocks you're going to want to put down if you actually wanna be the best. If you can work on that, you've got a head start to being better than you already are."

"So to check out how creative you kids are, we're gonna do some creative problem solving. Nothing that's likely to bruise you this time. Maybe next week on that. You've got two choices. If you want to do group work, you can play a little game called Roshambo. You probably know it better as Rock-Paper-Scissors or something like that. Only thing is, you can't use rocks, paper, or scissors in this game. You have to figure out what you can use to beat your partner and give a good reason why it beats what they came up with. No nukes, no natural disasters. But if you want to choose a bow and arrow, you better have a good reason for how it can take out a rhino."

"If you want to go solo, I set up a logic puzzle. You probably saw it in a movie sometime. Here you have a running fountain," Logan said, pointing at a fountain off to the side. "Here you have an empty water bottle that can hold five gallons and another one that can hold three. You need to end up with exactly four gallons of water in the five gallon bottle. Only problem is, somebody cut a hole in the bottom of the three gallon bottle. But you have a garbage can over there with all sorts of crap you might be able to use to help you out. Figure it out."

[OOC: And now we get into the meat of what this workshop's going to be like. Enjoy the next few weeks, kids! Heading to sleep shortly, but I'm home early on Thursday, so Logan will actually be around a bit.]

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"Water?" Interesting choice. "Used how?"

"Blast from a hose," Blair said.

"Knocked back by the wind from the fan," Temari replied, arms crossed over her chest.

"Handheld fan or electric?" Blair asked.

"The fan is a weapon," Temari informed her dryly. "A tessan."

"My phone is a weapon if I use it right," Blair said. "Am I to assume you mean handheld then?"

"Yes."

Sometimes she wondered how these people didn't end up dead. Sometimes meaning most of the time.

"All right," Blair said. "Then how are you holding on to it when you're being blasted from a fire hose?"

"Fire hose?"

"Fire hose," Blair repeated, in case the problem was that Temari was slow.

Well they didn't exactly have those in Sunagakure.

"Does that shoot fire?"

"No, it shoots water," Blair said. She was definitely doing her speak-slowly-to-the-special-student voice. "It can also be used to break up riots."

"Hn." Temari was not amused by the special child voice. "A waste of water. Sand is just as efficient."

"Not if you're trying to put out a skyscraper," Blair said. "Or anything not near the beach."

Temari gave her a look. "I'm not from your world. We don't have... skyscrapers. My home in surrounded by desert.s"

Blair gave a look back as if to say that yes, Temari wasn't from Blair's world. In many, many ways. "I'm sure the heavy iron fans come in handy then."

"It's not heavy," Temari said, smiling as nicely as she could. "I could show you how to use it."

"Why would you use a weapon that rusts anyway?" Blair asked.

"All metal rusts eventually," Temari said with a shrug. "If properly cared for, it will stay perfect."

"I don't think hitting it with a fire hose is properly caring for it," Blair pointed out.

"It has been used against worse."

"Have you considered other hobbies?"

"It's more a job than a hobby," Temari replied, smirking a little at that.

"I'm sure you're from a long line of fan-carriers," Blair said.

"A proud tradition," Temari agreed, nodding seriously.

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