fandomhigh | Escape Artistry: Week 2, Period 3 (Thurs. 07/17)

When students entered the Danger Shop, they'd find themselves transported to the lush, green bank of a huge river. The water in front of them was deep. How deep? Let's stick with very. The water was also dark, meaning if students looked very closely they might chance to see the shadow of creatures lurking beneath the surface. Tied to the riverbank was a large raft with 20 oars, 5 bags of food, and 5 bags of medicine. Should any students be blessed with super sight, they might be able to see the massive rocks dotting the path to the other side through the dense fog that hung in the air.

Again, Ronon was standing in front of the scene, not looking particularly pleased while he waited for the majority of students to show up.

"Everybody on the raft!" Ronon's voice boomed above any chatting that may have been taking place. "Each of you will take a turn guiding us across the river. Try not to kill anyone or lose your supplies and we'll call it a good escape."

[ooc: *blames

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ETA: Use of any and all powers is totally fair game.]

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"So you've said. Without actually saying anything, I might add." If Rodney were capable of raising one eyebrow at a time, he'd be doing it now.

"Well, I suppose that depends on you," she said. "I wanted to make sure you didn't just reject things out of hand. I propose that for each day you run with me, you get a boon of sorts. Of your own choosing. Whatever you wish - within reason. Seven days, seven boons. Though you could always receive more than seven, say if your first boon was for a daily thing - your food personally prepared and served for you each day, for example."

[OOC: And I'm off to opening night! SP?]

"Right, you can bake me cookies and clean my room and whatnot," he snarked. "You know what? I'm not buying it. Is Dex paying you or something?"

[No problem!]

"He says he'll make me TA if you'll run one mile with me everyday for a week," she told him, then frowned. "But you know, I believe it is more the challenge."

"You want to work with the neanderthal voluntarily?" Rodney was flabbergasted. "You need help."

"Well, you could always take the opportunity to explain to me why I shouldn't," she suggested. "And did I mention that I would be running in fairly skimpy clothing?"

"Oh!" Rodney exclaimed. "That is just not fair!"

"Life isn't fair, Rodney," she said kindly. "But I can make it more interesting."

"It's plenty interesting already, believe me," he rolled his eyes. "And you know what? I don't think I appreciate being used like this." He crossed his arms to emphasize his hurt.

She grinned. "Here's the thing I'm learning, Rodney. Everyone gets used. The way to handle it is to use them back. Or get whatever you can out of it."

"Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you," he muttered. "Yes, that's one way to look at things," he acknowledged. "But right now, I'd rather put off starting any of Dex's crazy 'training' activities for as long as possible. Hopefully, it'll be forever, but I'm not that optimistic."

She shrugged. "I cannot force you. But I will remind you that if you chose to run with me - only for a week - you would have me at your beck and call, willing to do whatever you asked."

"That is tempting, but I don't know if I can trust myself with that kind of power," he said honestly. It had been a really long time since he'd been on a date. Then again, it had been a really long time since he'd been on a date. "One week?"

"One week."

"One mile a day?" He wanted to be sure he wouldn't get roped into anything else.

"One mile a day only."

"And you'll do anything I want? Within reason," he hastened to add.

"I will," she said firmly.

"Okay then," he nodded. "When and where are we doing this?"

"Your choice," she said. "We can run outside or in the gym or wherever you'd like and at whatever time you'd like, barring the times I have class." Which she rattled off for him.

He thought about his own schedule for a moment. "I think ~~vague late morning time~~ will work. Let's stick to the gym; there've been pirates around and I'd rather not have a crash course in sword-fighting to go along with all the running."

She nodded. "That will do quite nicely. Starting tomorrow then? And will you meet me there or shall I come and fetch you at your room?"

"I'll meet you there," he decided. He was only slightly tempted to not show up.

"And do you have a boon in mind for your first day?" she asked curiously.

He considered. "I rather liked the 'you cook for me all week' idea. Let's make it easy and just do dinner each day. And one very important thing: absolutely, positively no citrus."

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