fandomhigh | Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

"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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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...?"

"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."

"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.

Jake laughed, but nodded. "Sure, let's take a walk, ninja girl."

He turned his back towards her and squatted down to let her hop on.

"I should kick you," she informed him, easily clambering up and settling her arms around his neck. "You didn't need to shrink."

But it had been a nice gesture so she was going to shut up now. "I'm playing dead weight," Ino reminded. "So what happens is up to you."

"As dead weight, you're not allowed to kick either," he informed her, getting lightly to his feet. "I wouldn't recommend it anyway."

"Okay," he nodded and moved towards the bridge, gripping the cords before he tried to see how much weight he could put on it. Not too much as it instantly started creaking. "Awesome. This should be fun. You ready?"

Ino peered off his back to look down at the drop.

"Don't splatter us," she commanded, not too hopeful, really. "But okay. Go."

"You're not worried about a bit of water, are you?" he teased, sounding far too casual about it. He moved slowly on the bridge, taking his time even if it was tempting to just run and be done with it.

The bridge wobbled dangerously, but at least everything seemed to be holding so far.

She stuck her tongue out at the back of his head.

"Not worried at all," she insisted. "Don't be stupid."

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