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]

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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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So you wanna lug me around?" Jake smirked.

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[intraspective]

"I think I'd get the both of us killed," she said, rolling her eyes and amused. "But you can probably cart me over with little effort, huh?"

No, really. She was tiny and stupidly light. Because Kishimoto has no idea what girls should weigh.

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake laughed. "Yeah, but it'd be cheating anyway because I can't switch off my powers. I could pretty much carry you for a day and not get tired."

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[intraspective]

Ino tilted her head at the bridge. "How do you think we ought to get across then?" she wondered. "I can make it no problems--even without my powers, I've got enough balance and speed to get over fairly quick on my own, but...?"

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"If I weren't to use my speed?" he asked. "My weight would definitely make it a problem to go over it slowly. There's the cords, they look pretty strong so mostly just use those to keep my weight off the boards."

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[intraspective]

"And hope it ain't too windy," she said, studying the bridge.

Then shrugged.

"Wanna give that a try anyway?"

Because fear was for the weak. Also: Danger Shop.

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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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[glacial_queen]

Karla was also none-to-keen about this bridge. "I don't know about you, but in real life, I don't think I'd go near it even with my powers," she said to Raven.

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[trigons_child]

"I would merely teleport," Raven said, nodding. "It does not look safe at all, particularly if one were trying to carry someone else." Which for her would be near impossible; she just didn't have the strength.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla wasn't all that strong herself; if something was heavy, she carried with Craft. "What if we tried carrying one another over here, before going near the bridge?" she suggested. "Or we can give Ben puppy-eyes until he agrees to drag us both."

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[trigons_child]

"That might be preferable to either of us accidentally causing the other harm by dragging," Raven said, glancing Ben's way. She wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea of being dragged around while she was perfectly able to walk or teleport, but since there wasn't even any implied violence, she couldn't exactly ask to be excused from the assignment.

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[glacial_queen]

"Seriously, I would just airwalk across," Karla said, shaking her head at the bridge again. "It would be less dangerous than attempting to cross it even with powers. But we should at least try to do it ourselves before we nag Ben. Just so we can say we did."

Karla held out her arms. "C'mere. I'll try to drag you over here, where the scary bridge can't get us."

...She was totally serious about that last part.

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[trigons_child]

Raven stepped closer to Karla, then paused. "Should I lie upon the ground?" she said. "To simulate being rendered unconscious?"

She definitely felt more comfortable with Karla being the one handling her, so to speak, but then again, more uncomfortable in other ways.

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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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[life_inshadow]

"I wish I thought he was kidding," Tara murmured. She usually didn't work with Kennedy in class, but if they were faced with a bridge like that, she'd make an exception.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

If they were faced with a bridge like that, Kennedy would probably have insisted on working with Tara.

"Sadly, not so much," she answered steadily-- or as steadily as she could, which was slightly steadier than the bridge itself looked but not as much as she'd like since she was pretty sure that fifth board along there was about to fall off any second, if she breathed in its direction. "If we had to cross this, would that be a bad use of magic? 'cause I could get us across, but if we could do it faster..."

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[life_inshadow]

"Yeah, but what kind of magic?" Tara asked dubiously. "There isn't magic 'make a bridge get stronger' insurance. I don't think..."

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy gave her a look that said You're asking me?

"I'm not sure," she admitted, and hello, one of her least favorite phrases ever. "This would be so much easier if we could actually balance out the teamwork."

Which was the point, Kennedy.

Okay, too esoteric a train of thought; think practical. "Could you, like, is there a spell that you could use to tell where the weak spots are in the bridge, so we can avoid them?"

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[life_inshadow]

Right. Dumb question.

Tara bit her lip, willing it to come to her. "Nothing ... nothing I know off the top of my head with no supplies," she said apologetically. "Wait, which of us is dead weight?"

Kennedy was stronger, but Tara was bigger (and, thus, harder to drag across a rotted bridge). She could see an argument either way.

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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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[notmyownage]

"So," Claudia said, eying the bridge dubiously. "You wanna be the injured person or the rescuer?"

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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.