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Practical Weaponry [Wednesday, Period Four]

Today the Danger-Shop was set up to look like a large plain with a castle in the distance. Bond leant against a large wooden device, looking very pleased with himself indeed.

"This is a trebuchet," Bond began, slapping the side of the device fondly. "It's siege engine dating from the Middle Ages, used mainly for flinging high speed projectiles at fortifications, though occasionally infected corpses were thrown over the walls, and while most of you are unlikely to ever need to use one for its intended purpose, they still provide an excellent exercise in calculating trajectories and distances."

"The principle is fairly simple. A missile is placed in the sling at the long end of the arm, then the counterweight at the short end is raised," he explained, pointing to the relevant parts of the trebuchet as he spoke. "When you wish to fire, this latch is released, the counterweight falls, the long arm rises, one end of the sling is released, and the missile flies off to hopefully destroy your target. Like this."

Bond did not grin as he set off the trebuchet and the stone went flying in the direction of the castle. That would have been unprofessional.

"Your mission today is to try to breach the walls of that castle over there. Who wants to go first?"

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"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Turtle said with a laugh, shaking her head, maybe a little more than she needed to because haaaair. "But, while it's not exactly practical anymore, it is at least fun."

Which was the perfect cue to set off the trebuchet she had been setting up and sending a stone flying.

Karla cheered as the stone went smashing though the castle's fortifications. "Your haircut is really cute, by the way," she said, stepping back to admire it. "It swishes when you move your head."

She paused to help set up the trebuchet for the next launch. "By the way, I was wondering if you'd mind me throwing a slumber party in the cabin either tonight or tomorrow. It would be open to all of us in the cabin of course" Karla hadn't learned about Tahiri being a cougar yet "and some of the other females from school."

"Thaaaanks," Turtle grinned, shaking her head a little more because, shut up, she loved the swishing so much. And then she bounced, a combination of the news, flinging rocks at a castle, compliments to the hair and a generally awesome week for her. "And oooooh, slumber party! Of course I'd be okay with it. Under one condition, of course."

"What's the condition?" Karla asked, a little wary.

Turtle grinned, glad that the appropriate wariness had been achieved.

"You have to let me help plan it," she said. "Or, at the very least, let me provide some snacks and supplies from the store."

"Done and done again," Karla agreed, relieved. "Especially since I don't know much about parties." Her first one had been at least moderately successful, but Karla knew better than to take any credit for it. She'd provided food and that had been about it. "Are there any females you'd especially like to invite? And what's better for you--tomorrow night or Friday?"

"Well," Turtle said, biting her lip a little. "Thursday's can be ~~no computer land for the mun~~ iffy for me, and Friday I've got radio, but radio only takes a little bit and that way I can drag Val with me, too. I could work either one. And I'm sure if you ask a list from me, I'd just send invitation to all the girls, really."

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"That's pretty much what I was planning: a general invite for all the females," Karla said. "There are a whole bunch of newbies I haven't met yet, so this'll help."

"Friday then?"

"Friday for me," Turtle said with a grin, nodding. "At that way, Val and I can also safe-vouch that anything we don't want on radio won't make it on radio, too."

"I like the way you think," Karla said with a wicked grin. "Now I have to come up with things to do that you can deliberately leave off the radio."

Turtle snorted a laugh. "Oh, I'm sure you'll think of something."

Then she grinned at the trebuchet. "Pull!"

Karla pulled sending the rocks high into the sky on an arc destined to hit the back cubby with the lady in it. "Well, if I don't, can I count on you to think of something?" Karla asked, grinning. "You did want to help plan, after all."

Turtle watched the rocks soaring through the air with a fond grin, loving the fact that her life right now involved watching rocks being flung at a big castle and smashing it to smithereens. She sighed, contentedly.

"Clearly," she said, once the damage had been accessed, "it would have to involve a prank of sorts, because then word on the culprits will all be mum."

"That what you get for building such a stupidly shaped castle," Karla told the doomed inhabitants. "I don't care how much stone you use."

Karla wasn't certain she'd be up for pulling shapes that night, but far be it for her to prevent anyone else from doing some. And she could certainly help plan with the best of them. "Oooh, very true. Since most of the females will be at the party, that leaves the males for targets, wouldn't you say?"

"And you smell bad, too!" Turtle offered in addition to taunting the castle as she grabbed another rock to load the trebuchet with, and then she nodded more thoughtfully at Karla, smirking just vaguely.

"You know..." she said. "I remember this one time, it was probably summer, too, where the boys actually did a panty raid. Makes a girl wonder if it's high time for some retribution...."

"Panty raid?" Karla asked. "What does that mean?"

"I guess in this case, it would have to be a boxers or brief raid," Turtle amended with a shrug. And then realized that maybe Karla asked because she needed a more detailed description than that, which turned her face a little red, but she continued on slightly smirkingly anyway.

"You know, panties. Undergarments. In a traditional panty raid, guys go around, sneak into girls' rooms, and steal their underwear. From that point, they either douse them all in water and stick them in the freezer so all the girls have nothing but frozen underwear, or they run them up a flag pole for the girls to find in the morning and be all embarrassed because their panties are up the flag pole."

"Pull!" With that, she let loose the trebuchet, leaving another parapet to its doom.

Karla covered her mouth with both hands to stifle her laughter. "Those things truly happen?" Karla asked, wide-eyed and slightly incredulous. "That's hilarious. I wonder...with enough people willing, we could probably hit every male cabin."

Karla, these are bad thoughts.

"I should probably be able to make a few sight-shields." Actually, on second thought, probably not. "Maybe I could make a few spare necklaces before Friday, hmm..."

"Cabins are gender segregated this time," Turtle pointed out with a grin, "excepting the grad cabin. Should make the job a looooot easier..."

Just what Karla needed: a bad example. Her Uncle Saetan would be just thrilled. Though Karla actually was.

She gave Turtle a delighted grin. "I'm thinking flagpole, you?"

There was a wide grin on Turtle's face as she nodded. "Ohhhh, yeah," she said. "Definitely flagpole."

Karla laughed, flinging three rocks at yet another poorly-designed castle. "Just have to make sure we get it done before you and Val go on air then," Karla said.

Whoooo, flinging rocks! Turtle nodded. "We can maybe let the squirrels know we'll be broadcasting a little bit late, if need be, too."

"That would probably be wise, just so we're not invaded by rum-swilling squirrels halfway through a raid!" Karla said, laughing again. "I think we might lose the element of surprise on that one. Though we might be able to blame the whole thing on the squirrels."

"Hey," Turtle smirked, "what proof would they have against us in that instance, anyway, right?"

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