Teamwork Training and Combat Skills; Thursday, Second Period [11/21].

[sword_chocobro]

The usual training room had been replaced this week with a sort of open-air sports pitch of sorts, and Gladio stood with a big grin on his face as he was flanked by his two coteachers. They each held onto a weapon: Ignis held a sort of double-staff-like weapon, while Prompto was idly swinging what looked like a ball on a rope. Meanwhile, Gladio himself had a much smaller than his usual sword weapon slung over his shoulders with one hand, while the other one was tossing up and catching a skull.

(Not a real skull, it should be noted, although he did consider it, considering they probably had a pretty good resource for that kind of thing!)

"Today," he then announced, "we're going to be playing a game I came across that just looks like a whole lot of fun and could be a good way to work in all those teamwork and combat skills all in one. It's called Jugger, and it's from some apocalyptic movie from Australia, and I've been looking forward to bringing this in ever since I heard about it." He chuckled faintly. "The rules are pretty much like what you'd expect from a field pitch sort of game, like soccer or rugby or something like that...only with weapons and fighting. The goal? Collect the skull," he lifted the one in his hand demonstrably, "and run it to the goal at the opposite end of where your team started. But only one person, the Qwik...or runner, really...is allowed to actually touch the skull, and the remaining people, the pompfers...or enforcers...use these swords, staffs, and chained balls to defend their qwik and stop the other team's pomfers from interfering or the other team's qwik from getting the skull."

"So it basically is quite a bit like rugby, if you're familiar," Ignis offered helpfully, "only with weapons."

"Which makes it even cooler," Gladio said.

"Yes," Ignis sighed, "which makes it even cooler."

"So," Gladio continued, "we're going to break up into teams, and since there's an uneven number of you guys, we're going to join in, too. I'm gonna hop onto the Blue team, and Iggy and Prompto here will be joining Red."

"We'll want everyone to have a chance at being both qwik and pompfer," Ignis added, "so we'll switch things around every period. Now, let's take a moment to learn more about how the game is played and its rules, and then we'll begin. Please remember to warm up and stretch as we explain, as I suspect things will get quite physical once the skull in in play."

"I really wish we'd just call it a ball, you guys," Prompto chimed in with a sigh.

Gladio looked like he was considering it, and then grinned and shook his head. "Nah," he said, and tossed the skull Prompto's way. He struggled a little to catch it, and then looked a little like he wished he hadn't once he did, and then Gladio clapped his hands.

"Alright, guys. Let's get started."

Library, Thursday 11/21

[noonedecidesmyfate]

There was a small group of gremlins seated at a table when Belle arrived. They seemed to be playing cards and occasionally squabbling over the rules.

Belle wasn't terribly familiar with card games and was going to stay well out of it though she did retrieve a few books that dealt with some of the rules of more common games and set them on a nearby table should the gremlins want them.

Once that was sorted for the moment, Belle set to work checking in what seemed like an unusual amount of returned books.

Continued Earth Tourism, Thursday

[unusual_sith]

Lana smiled and nodded to them. She was bundled up warmly and hoped you were, too, as she had handwavily requested.

"We're coming into winter here, and those of you who haven't been through the cold here yet may be surprised at how cold it can get. But it's not all bad. Today I thought we'd go someplace that's already cold and have a bit of fun."

She led them through the portal an into an ice cave. "We're in Chamonix; this is a manmade ice grotto. If you go further in, there are sculptures and it's supposed to be quite lovely. Outside, you can take a train down to the station and see some spectacular scenery and have a bite to eat. So, enjoy yourselves and I'll see you back here later."