Beaching It [Week 4, Period 5, Wed. 7/28]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

When students arrived at the rather nice area of the beach John had instructed them to meet at, they would find their teacher ready for the beach and standing next to a table with several items. Oh yes, John was once again prepared to blow their little minds with his amazing lecture on frisbee, beach volleyball, and binoculars.

"Okay guys, today we're hitting on a trio--not dirty, I promise--of sand entertainment. First up we have the frisbee." John picked one up off the table and tossed it down the beach. "I know, it looks pointless, but if you believe gum commercials and terrible 80s movies, this baby could raise the attention of the opposite sex if you throw it right. Needless to say, you gotta practice if you don't wanna look like a fool. Which is why we're here today!" John moved down the table, tugging a volleyball out of a bag full of them and tossing it around. "Now, this is a volleyball. It's basically the same thing as when played inside, only tiny bathing-suit styled uniforms and really tan people. Good sport for a pick up beach game, but again, practice first. You don't wanna serve the ball into the head of your pretty partner. Now, as a real sport, there are rules and you can read them at your leisure since I printed out a copy for you here." He dropped the ball in the sand and moved on to the final object. "Now, last we've got a set of binoculars for each of you. Bring 'em to class each week and then they're yours to keep. Thank the USAF." McKay and his ability to get things was dead useful at times. "So, now you're wondering what we do with these weird binoculars. Well, we look through them," and he demonstrated how and the proper way to focus on something. "And, you know, you can look at just about anything you want. I'm not here to judge."

John clapped his hands together, feeling he'd done enough talking for the day. "Okay guys, now you get to play around with the equipment and hang out for the rest of the period. Gotta love it. I'll be over here with my binoculars, trying to locate any stray dolphins in the bay." You never knew with Fandom.

Comments

Sign In [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Name, beach entertainment, and an icon you find attractive.

Re: Sign In [B4]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy Stonem, people watching.

Re: Sign In [B4]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex Karev, riding a dune buggy

Re: Sign In [B4]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Princess Ariel, treasure hunting!

Lecture [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Blah blah, John talked, did anyone listen?

Re: Lecture [B4]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex listened but that's only because the lecture wasn't hard to follow and was actually amusing. He liked short and sweet lectures.

Re: Lecture [B4]

[notavalleygirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, Kitty was listening. Because Kitty was not all that athletic and had had volleyballs into teammates' heads before.

Re: Lecture [B4]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel actually was listening today, instead of being all impatient to get to the beaching part, because there were new things and games to learn! The frisbee was particularly fascinating, she had to admit, the way it cut through the air and made her wonder if it would move just as easily underwater, and she wanted to make sure she could pursue them without making a fool out of herself.

Not that making a fool of herself would stop her, really...

Activity [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Grab a partner and toss around a ball or frisbee. Or see just how good the zoom is on the binoculars (http://www.binoculars.com/binoculars/bird-watching-binoculars/10x42shortbarrelwaterproofbinoculars.cfm) you were gifted.

Re: Activity [B4]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex grabbed one of the volleyballs before bumping it into the air with his hands a few times. Easy. He'd done this before and took pride in spiking it at people's heads.

Re: Activity [B4]

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Beach volleyball reminded Azula of Kuai Ball (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Kuai_Ball) and the last time she played it with Mai, Ty Lee and her brother.

Since she wasn't up to that particular piece of nostalgia she took the binoculars and peered through them and was very surprised at the distance she could see. It was far more powerful than the one they had in the Fire Nation.

Re: Activity [B4]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel had never really seen a frisbee before, and was utterly fascinated by it. Somehow even more so than the binoculars, but that might be because she'd seen a similar, single looking tube version of it many times before. So she was going to spend an awful lot of time trying to see if she could get it right, tongue poking out of her mouth in concentration as the disk went mostly into the sand with each throw.

But she did get a few of them!

And, as she was finishing up, she wondered if anyone would notice if she slipped her frisbee into her bag. Surely it was okay. They got to keep the binoculars, too, and those were probably much more expensive than some little plastic frisbee, riiiiiight?

Re: Activity [B4]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Ariel! Wanna practice the Frisbee with me?" Robin asked. He was surprisingly good at catching them. It was just throwing that he needed work on.

Re: Activity [B4]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Frog Robin! Ariel smiled, waving her hand in greeting, and bobbed her head in a nod. But she bit her lip a little, lifting an eyebrow with a skeptical expression. It was still so new to her, she didn't know if she'd be any good, and she might wind up hurting---

--oh, he could hold his own! The expression disappeared, replaced with a smirk, and she held up a finger to signal to him to give her a moment and she dashed off to get some distance between them before she pulled back, spun up, and then whoosh! let the frisbee fly.

Whether it even went anywhere near Robin was anyone's guess.

Re: Activity [B4]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Partners weren't really Effy's thing. Ever. So she wasn't actively about to go out and look for one.

She did snag a frisbee to turn over in her hands, though, and try to balance it on the tip of her forefinger. It was entertaining to her.

Re: Activity [B4]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen laid out in the sun and occasionally glanced through the binoculars.

Hang Out [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Again, there's always time to just relax on the beach. Call up a friend to join you, John won't mind.

Re: Hang Out [B4]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

After playing volleyball, Alex stretched out on one of his towels, put his sunglasses on and got some sun. Maybe the sun would keep his ever present bad mood at bay.

Re: Hang Out [B4]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy hadn't so much thrown her frisbee, as twirled it between her fingers for a while and contemplated throwing it. But at the end of that riveting use of time (and figuring that subtly watching him from a distance would get a little too creepy, even for her) came to settle cross legged beside Alex on the sand without a word.

It wasn't an "I'm sorry I'm a emotionally stunted, witholdy pain to care about", but... it never would be. It might almost be classified as 'reaching out', though. If you took that very, very loosely.

Re: Hang Out [B4]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Even with great sports to play, it was manditory to take at least ten minutes to do nothing but hang out. Ahhhhh. The good life.

Re: Hang Out [B4]

[likes_scoundrels]

Times like these, Leia thought this was the best class ever.

Teacher and TA [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Where John and Rose can get talked at.

Re: Teacher and TA [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

And there he was, always ready to help. Or just hang out, he wasn't picky.

Re: Teacher and TA [B4]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

So shoot her, Rose was being lazy today. It was a class about the beach! She was totally allowed to be lazy when she wantd.

OOC [B4]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

I am getting my eyes checked, but if they don't dialate my pupils, I should be around most of the day!