Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

[raspberryturk]

"You ain't gonna win 'em all." Nope, there wasn't even a 'Yo, Rookies!' today as Reno made his way into the Danger Shop, only a couple of minutes late. There had been an important stop for coffee this morning, which he was now pausing to take a mouthful of as he settled in. Suck it up, kids. "You ain't. And, much as you all wanna think otherwise, you ain't all gonna be able to survive everything that life throws at you without a few bumps an' nicks along the way, yo."

This was Reno-ese for 'people get their idiot butts killed out there all the time.'

"I know, you all been spoiled by Fandom's practically nonexistent mortality rate. An' maybe you figure you're all invincible or some shit as a result, an' you can handle anything that you go up against. But news flash, kiddos: You ain't. And you can't. I don't care how strong you are. I don't care what superhuman abilities you got. Someday, you won't be able to out-run, out-think, or out-fight whatever it is that's comin' down on top of us. Someday, you will be thrust so friggin' hard on your ass that you will consider yourself lucky if someone shows up like a knight in shinin' armor to haul your sorry self outta there."

He smirked. He shrugged.

"So, we're gonna have a bit of a team-buildin' exercise, yo. Bit of a go against the Danger Shop, here. And I want you to all try an' tackle it without powers, to try an' keep things on an even playing field. You're each gonna break off into pairs. One of you's gonna play injured and pretty much useless, and you gotta get your ass rescued, yo. It's up to your partner to drag you outta harm's way." He nodded, and the Danger Shop flickered. And suddenly, everyone was standing on one end of a very shoddy looking suspension bridge. "Across this, zoto."

Really, he didn't even need to toss in enemy fire for this exercise. You guys would have an interesting enough time of this activity as it is.

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[raspberryturk]

Like you get by on a little help from your friends!

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[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

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[trigons_child]

Raven

Lecture!

[raspberryturk]

Pfft, as if you'll ever have to swallow your pride and ask for help, right?

... Right?

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[intraspective]

Ino toyed with her pen as she listened idly. It wasn't that it wasn't a good lesson to learn, because it was.

But it was one that she already had some experience with.

Swallowing pride sucked.

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[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had asked for help a few times...

...and then got put back right in the situation she had needed help to get out of.

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[glacial_queen]

It was for that reason that Blood society had evolved along the lines it had. Defend and protect, with each Circle of the Court knowing they can depend on the others within it to watch their backs.

Sometimes, the problem was getting people to stop helping.

Here at Fandom, however, there seemed to be a decent amount of reciprocity going on. Karla'd needed to be bailed out of a few unpleasant situations every now and again, but had done a fair bit of bailing out herself. That helped sooth the inevitable blow to her pride, she'd noticed.

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[momslilassassin]

For a second, Ben was back aboard the Anakin Solo, upside down and trapped inside the Embrace of Pain, waiting for his father to rescue his stupid ass.

Good times.

Then he shook his head sharply and brought himself back to reality. The bridge looked like the scariest form of Ewok construction.

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana crossed her arms across her chest and tried to look like this didn't apply to her. Really. It didn't. Ignore the slight twitch.

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[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Well, sure, everyone needs help from time to time.

Zatanna was more interested -read, scared to death- of the bridge.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex could call up more than a few instances where she'd thought she could handle things (with magic, no less) and ended up having to ask Justin for help.

Fun times for her, oh yes.

Activity!

[raspberryturk]

Grab a partner, and decide who is going to play injured, and who has the dubious honor of getting to play hero today.

Rescuers, it's up to you to get your partner across the swaying bridge, in spite of deadly bursts of wind, numerous missing planks, rotten boards, the river flowing by right underneath, and the unnerving remains of the bridge that died a horrible death before this one.

Rescuees? Your job is way easier. You get to play dead weight. Make it as difficult on your partner as possible without doing something silly like actively beating on them.

No powers please, guys. And if you fall in, the Danger Shop will just set you down at the beginning of the bridge so that you can try again. Enjoy!

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[intraspective]

She absently wondered if 'no powers' included her ability to stick to things while looking for a partner.

Ino was... fairly sure it did, sigh. Still, she was going to contemplate the bridge thoughtfully, but not worridly. Even if it hadn't been a Danger Shop bridge, she wouldn't have been worried too much.

Of course, outside of the Danger Shop she could also use her powers...

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[trigons_child]

Raven eyed the bridge. She really wasn't too sure about this, especially without her powers.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Across that? That? Really?

Honestly, it was a minor miracle that Kennedy didn't go with her first impulse, which was to demand to know who was in charge of infrastructure around there so she could have Dad bitch them out.

She stood near one end of the bridge, eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to figure out a way across.

...crap.

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[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had no powers that she had to worry about in the Danger Shop. She highly doubted there were dead bodies or ghosts laying around. However, she really wasn't too fond of the looks of the bridge.

Shaking her head, she looked around for a partner.

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[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay didn't exactly have any powers to use anyway. Maybe that's why she was glancing warily at the bridge.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

The bridge looked...

...just about par for the course for Dolf's life prior to coming here. His heart had sunk at the sight of it, but it was true. He really had seen worse. So he steeled himself, setting his jaw, and looked around for a partner.

Talk to the TAs!

[raspberryturk]

Who, Reno is certain, totally know when to suck it up and ask for help.

... Right?

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe knew how to ask for help, absolutely.

She knew how to. That didn't mean she always did.

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Please, Jake was in a pack. Help came without him even having to ask, and that at least was one lesson he had learned. Even if sometimes he didn't get it.

Talk to Reno!

[raspberryturk]

He has coffeeeeeee.

And he is laughing at you all.

Re: Talk to Reno!

[intraspective]

See Rookie. See Rookie wander over to stare at him.

Stare Rookie, stare!

Okay, she mostly wanted to see his reaction to that, shut up. And he had said to bother him about anything else that had happened on the weekend...

OOC!

[raspberryturk]

I'll be out for a few hours today for claaaass of the real-life and ridiculously-expensive persuasion, but I'll grab pings when I get home if anyone needs Reno.

... Being a student is weird.

Re: OOC!

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

OH DEAR GOD THAT BRIDGE.

I crossed the Capilano suspension bridge in BC once; I thought it was all going to be a total breeze until I actually put one foot on the thing.

a;lskdjfpaoewrl;kasjflas.

THE TREE THAT FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE CLIFF AS I WAS PICKING MY WAY ACROSS? DID NOT HELP.