http://idontlooktired.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] idontlooktired.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-06-07 03:16 pm

Detention, Saturday June 7, 2008

When the students came through the door into the Danger Shop, they'd find themselves standing on a grassy knoll. Stretching out before them was an expanse of warm, thick bubbling mud over which a simple ropes course had been built. On the other side of that was a stretch of solid ground, and on the other side of that was a lake.

Harriet was waiting for them, hands behind her back. "Good morning." She favoured them all with a brief smile. "All you have to do is get to the other side." She waved behind them, where the door they'd come through had disappeared, then pointed into the distance, where it could just be seen. "As you can see, that's where the door is now. You will work in pairs to go over the course and across the rope bridge, after which you will build a raft and paddle across the lake. You'll find everything you could possibly imagine you'd need to build one waiting for you."

She announced the pairs -- Ella and Ino, Lois and Gwen, Gavin and John -- and then added, somewhat sharply, "Gavin and John, you're going to have an extra special challenge." Harriet threw a belt with metal loops to each of them, and a length of climbing rope with a carabineer on each end. "You will put those on, and you will stay clipped together until you leave, or we're going to be spending every Saturday from now until the end of time together." She gave them a look. "And I will not be happy about it. Now, off you go!" She smiled again. "I'll be keeping an eye on you from outside."

And she turned away towards the door, walking about two feet above the mud, the ground, and the water, and left.

[ooc: plz to be
waiting for OCD
playing now!]
intraspective: (Oh really?)

Re: Before you start

[personal profile] intraspective 2008-06-07 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ino knew better than to grumble about detention, even if she hadn't done anything to deserve it.

That didn't mean she was precisely happy about, you know, having detention. Even if this one didn't seem so bad. "How much cheating do you think we're allowed?" Ino wondered aloud.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Wondering how exactly she'd managed to get detention, Gwen looked about for Lois.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] armybrat-lois.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey," Lois said. "You're Gwen, right?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
Gwen nodded. "So you'd be Lois, right?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] armybrat-lois.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
"That'd be me. I gotta ask, I'm not the only one here who got detention for no reason, right?" Or maybe the school knew what Lois was like and was doing some preemptive strike.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
"No, it's not just you," Gwen said. "Unless going to the pub is a detentionable offence."

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[identity profile] ella-obeys.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"She didn't say not to cheat," Ella pointed out. "Do you have a good idea?"

She was already annoyed enough to be stuck in detention for absolutely no reason. Cheating was fine.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Gavin stared at the rope. "Oh, come on!"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] missed-the-gate.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, she did just leave..." John pointed out, picking up one end of the rope and twirling it.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"True," Gavin said, looking to the door. "Are there cameras in here?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] missed-the-gate.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know, why'd you have to mention that?" Because of course he couldn't put cameras past the Dean once the idea was brought up.

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Covering our asses," Gavin said. "You wanna spend the rest of your time in detention?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] missed-the-gate.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," John groused, thinking that would ruin his plans for next week. "Are we doing this rope thing, then?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess," Gavin said, picking up his end. "You go first."

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] missed-the-gate.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fine," John shook his head and rolled his eyes as he got his belt situated with the stupid rope. "Happy?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] sixstandingby.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"You look smashing," Gavin said sarcastically. Gavin picked up his end and attached to himself. "God, this is kriffing insane."
intraspective: (are you REALLY sure)

Re: Before you start

[personal profile] intraspective 2008-06-07 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, see, I can walk on water? And the mud isn't a problem either. So it's just the getting over with, well, you that's going to be tricky. 'Cause, yeah. I'm tinier than you and carrying you would be more than a little difficult I'm thinking."

A beat.

"Not, mind, that I'm insulting you or anything. But nearly everyone here is bigger than me."

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] missed-the-gate.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
John had to agree. "Let's just try to get through it fast, okay?"

Re: Before you start

[identity profile] armybrat-lois.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"If it is then I'm going to end up spending a lot of time in detention," Lois mumbled.

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