fandomhigh | So You Say You Want a Revolution: Week 7, Period 3

Aly waited outside the door to the Danger Shop until the class was assembled. Once they were, she pushed open the door, revealing a room outfitted like a dance studio. Mirrors, barre, sprung floor, and all. Aly waited at the door to make sure every student got in, and none escaped once they saw what was in the room.

Shutting the door behind her, Aly made her way to the center of the room. "Right. This wasn't the original plan, but then I realised Homecoming was this weekend. And if there's anything I want to impart, it's the need to always, always be prepared for anything. When you're planning a revolution of any type, you have to pay attention to the basics before anything else. And today, we're going to start with the most basic of all. Movement."

"Controlled movement, complete control over each muscle is necessary to move silently, to climb well, to fight, to keep your hands steady," she grinned quickly. "You get my drift, right? It just so happens that one of the best way to work on movement control is through dancing." And now Aly looked even more amused. "So, that's what we're going to do today."

Aly raised an eyebrow at Nico. "Want to come up and help me?" It wasn't really a question and soon Aly was reminding Nico just to follow her lead. They demonstrated a trio of dances that, while simple, relying on paired movement and working with your partner, not against him or her.

After the demonstration, she turned back to the class. "There you are. Pair up, give it a try. If there are any questions, feel free to ask." Aly grinned. "And before anyone asks, yes, there are a number of other ways to train your muscles to control movement. Martial arts is one, tai chi is one, simple repetition of movement until it's in muscle memory is one. But I like dancing. And you all should know how to dance anyway," she teased. "Your homework this weekend? Dance with someone at Homecoming. And try to enjoy it."

[OOC: Seriously. It' the week before Homecoming. This had to happen. Nico modded with permission because obviously Hades' kid needs some embarrassment.]

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With how you really feel about today's class...

Maybe consider who you want to dance with...

Find a partner and move to the music.

Ask them to dance while you're at it. Why not?

Who feels badly about making Homecoming homework, really

I really am just amusing myself today. Thanks to

deaths_demigod for suggesting dancing a month or so ago. :D

Cara

Cara (who currently hated everything) was certain that if she demonstrated controlled movement backwards she'd be able to sneak away while Aly was demonstrating.

Karla

Percy Jackson

Percy wanted to bang his head against the desk again. He didn't though. Instead, he just looked uncomfortable and unhappy with this lesson.

At least those feelings distracted him from glaring at Nico and sneaking side glances at Luke. Well, for the most part, at least.

Percy sighed and stood with his arms crossed, waiting for a partner. Obviously, he was quite the little expert in dancing. Maybe put a sword in his hand and he'd do better but without, not a chance.

Percy was there, having no idea what dancing had to do with a revolution. He wasn't the teacher though so he kept his mouth shut for once.

Nico di Angelo

Kyle Reese

Nico didn't need dancing to raise some troops but after getting called up to dance with the teacher it wasn't like he could avoid it. "This would've been easier as a girl," he muttered.

Although Kyle had danced before, he was far from an expert. Aly's explanation of why they were doing this made sense though, so he looked around, trying to make eye contact with anyone who might have wanted a partner.

Cara's demonstration of controlled movement was very nice. It was too bad that a) Aly expected the escape attempts and b) the Danger Shop door was very, very locked.

But for all of that, Cara might be surprised to see that Aly had found her way behind her. "Interesting dance move, that."

Slightly surprised, yes, since she was very hard to sneak up on. But since she was caught she could always try talking her way out of this. "Mord'Sith don't dance."

Try being the operative word.

Luke Castellan

Aly made a habit out of sneaking up on people hard to sneak up on. It was how she entertained herself. "Why not?"

Luke didn't really mind the dancing thing. It was sort of like athletics, so he couldn't be terrible at it. He still looked to be in a bad mood, which probably had a lot to do with sitting in the same room as Percy.

Look, just because he started the argument didn't mean he was gonna apologize or make things better. He'd rather sit and look annoyed, thank you.

Edited 2010-10-20 11:23 (UTC)

"Because we have much better uses for our time." That and learning how tended to be skipped over in their lessons.

Luke did his best to get out of his bad mood before doing the assignment, since you didn't tend to dance well if you were distracted. He stood and waited for a partner, looking a bit better than he had during the lecture.

"Well then, you'll be used to using your time effectively," Aly said sweetly though it was pretty obvious she wasn't going to be moved on this one. "And you don't have anything better to do this class period than learn."

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