http://baskiceball.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] baskiceball.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-06-02 10:26 am
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Beach Play - Tuesday - Period 5

Today the class met in the Danger Shop where it still looked like the beach only now Marshall was in control of everything. It sort of made him feel like a god. Or that dude from The Truman Show. Either way it was badass.

"You might be wondering why we're meeting in the Danger Shop when it's a perfectly nice day outside. No, I just don't have a god complex. I need to make sure it's breezy out because today we are flying these things--" Marshall held up a kite. "For those of you who don't know, this is a kite. The whole point of a kite is to get it to fly in the air and, more importantly, stay in the air. They're not really a fun toy. It's more of a toy used to show off in front of your friends because these little suckers can be hard to work."

Marshall went a little bit into how to get a kite up in the air before actually demonstrating it. He made it look remarkably easy. "Now it's not going to be this easy for all of you. Actually I bet some of you won't be able to do it at all. Some people have the gift and some don't. It's nothing to be ashamed of."

"So each of you grab a kite and practice flying it. If your kite starts going down and heading towards the head of another student please shout 'Fore!' or 'Oh my god, duck!' as a warning," Marshall said. "Don't shout 'heads up' because that is a completely misleading term."

Why would you put up your head if something is about to hit it?

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[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal King

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[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal hadn't flown a kite in...forever. He'd never been much of a kite guy unless it was a on movie and someone was getting electrocuted through it.

Shut up.

Re: Fly a kite

[identity profile] decoder-rings.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal grabbed a kite and, after a few false starts, managed to get it into the air. He did not sing but his kite was high and not coming down.

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Eleanor Robinson

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[identity profile] heartflames.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The only flying Eleanor knew anything about was watching Reggie fly his ultralight when she was a little girl.

...which equated to no experience at all.

Re: Fly a kite

[identity profile] heartflames.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleanor's kite had a wonderful talent for nose diving straight into the ground. She was beginning to wonder if it was defective in some manner.

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Prince Edward
lovemykilt: (not his fault)

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Priestly
lovemykilt: (single brow)

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[personal profile] lovemykilt 2009-06-02 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Priestly totally had that song from Charlie Brown in his head was just glad there were no trees on the fake beach.

Flying a kite was easy enough. Keeping it from kite-eating trees was the hard part, in his opinion.
lovemykilt: (thinking)

Re: Fly a kite

[personal profile] lovemykilt 2009-06-02 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Priestly had managed to find a stunt kite, and was currently attempting to get the sucker to do loops and swoops without losing the wind.

He totally wasn't planning on having it attack other kites. No, really, he swears. . . .

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[identity profile] stylin-wizard.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex Russo

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[identity profile] stylin-wizard.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex couldn't remember the last time she'd flown a kite, but she figured she could do it. It looked easy enough.

Re: Fly a kite

[identity profile] stylin-wizard.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex snagged a kite and managed to get it up into the air with relative ease. It was even staying in the air. She might have been a little proud of herself because of it.
withoutverona: (emo on the beach)

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[personal profile] withoutverona 2009-06-02 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It was unlikely Romeo would cuddle with Jess. Nothing against Jess, you understand, but it wasn't tomorrow quite yet.

He watched the kites soar over the ocean and felt a little homesick.

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[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Jess wasn't exactly interested in cuddling with Romeo either, no offense to him. He was genuinely intrigued by the kites though, never having flown one himself, and he was watching everyone discreetly to try to see how they did it.

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[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Prince Edward had never flown a kite.

It seemed like a peasant activity.

Re: Fly a kite

[identity profile] defeats-buses.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking a moment or five to watch others with their respectable kites, Edward joined in, managing his quite effectively as he stood still, poised with a fisted hand to his hip.

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Maron Kusakabe

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Adora

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[identity profile] fabulous-secret.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Adora could see the potential for rigging these kites with magic and using them to spy on the Horde.

There was always the potential for danger if someone was struck on the head. She would remain vigilant as always.
thatsamilkshake: (fairywee)

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Francine Peters

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[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Merlin
thatsamilkshake: (windy)

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[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-06-02 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Francine could, in fact, fly a kite. Mostly because it didn't really require dexterity or grace, just persistence and the ability to hold on tight. That, she had in abundance.
solo_sword: (amused)

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[personal profile] solo_sword 2009-06-03 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Jaina Solo
solo_sword: (um)

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[personal profile] solo_sword 2009-06-03 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Jaina was staring. And thinking she could be working right now.
solo_sword: (right)

Re: Fly a kite

[personal profile] solo_sword 2009-06-03 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Jaina really could have tried harder to keep her kite up. The way she figured, she was saving her energy for the gym time she'd have to engage in to make up for kite-flying.