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Teamwork 101 -- Period 1 [Class #2] [Monday]

Genesis had arrived early to the classroom, quite early, just in case his co-teacher had a similar idea, and stuck a note in his elaborate handwriting on the door saying that class was to occur in the Danger Shop. Then he’d lifted the chair without effort and carted it down that way with him.

The point of the matter, Genesis suspected Reno would understand it. Thus, the Danger Shop, when students began arriving, contained the chair, with Genesis in it. As he inspected the control panel for the room curiously.

Reno made a face pretty much clockwork as he stepped into the Danger Shop, spotted Genesis, and the chair, and crossed his arms over his chest.

Friggin’ SOLDIER.

“Yo, Rookies,” he greeted, managing to sound perhaps slightly less annoyed that he’d been last week as he made his way across the Danger Shop, towards his co-teacher, and his chair dammit. “Last week was introductions, yo. Easy shit, right? This week, we’re gonna start steppin’ up the challenge, little by little. Might as well ease you into bein’ good with one another, an’ what better way to do that than by tyin’ your ankles together an’ makin’ you run through obstacles, yo?”

He stopped and grinned at the class, standing directly in front of Genesis. Totally not smug at all.

Genesis smiled, deliberately indulgently, at Reno. Wasn’t he just the smartest widdle Turk ever? Good job, Reno!

And kicked his co-teacher’s legs out from under him. “My foot slipped,” he said dryly.

“‘M sure, zoto.” Reno hit the ground with grace and panache, really. Truly. And he only swore under his breath a little bit. He levelled a bit of a glare up at Genesis, and then twisted a bit of a devilish grin. “Hope you’re more surefooted than that when we get this lesson started, yo, because you’re with me for the race.”

Slowpoke.

“But of course,” Genesis said, standing gracefully. “Especially, as the teamwork aspect of this class means all of us must make compromises in how we move. Leaving one behind, or dragging them with you will not count as proper teamwork.”

“Neither,” Reno noted, grabbing a length of rope, “is deliberately tripping them up.”

He shot the class a crooked grin, and then shrugged. “Pair off, guys. Tie one of your legs to one of your partner’s, and then navigate the course.” A pause, and then he pointed at Chloe and Karla ~~if they were there~~. “You two. Congrats. You’re the minions, this semester.”

“Because you’re a pathetic little man who needs his fangirls,” Genesis murmured, not bothering to keep his voice down particularly. He’d noted the way that Chloe had talked to Reno after class last week, after all. “And I’m kind.”

He was not.

“Anyone who deliberately sabotages their partner will earn detention,” Genesis informed the class. “If you did that where it mattered, the consequences would be worse.” In other words, arguing with him wasn’t going to help your case at all.

Reno just gave his eyes a roll, keeping all further complaint about people with multiple fanclubs to himself before waving his hand at the class.

“You heard him, yo. Now get to it.”

[~~Wait for the~~ OCD is uuup!]

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Confidently!

Chloe Saunders

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Tahiri Veila

Karla

Momoko Akatsutsumi

Cloud Strife

Effy Stonem

Squall Leonhart

Jason Todd

Or mock your teachers (quietly), either or.

Chloe was listening to the two of them and wondering how they got thrown together to teach a class when they didn't seem to like each other at all.

"Ten dollars says our real job is going to involve making sure nothing they do to one another is fatal," Karla murmured.

Chloe tried to smother her grin. "I have no doubts that you're right. We should get chocolate for this."

"Oh, absolutely," Karla agreed. "I don't know whose coffee is going to need doctoring more, ours or theirs."

You know, ignoring the fact that the idea of slipping even the tiniest amount of unsolicited alcohol into Genesis's coffee made Karla want to hide under a desk.

Chloe shook her head. "I don't think they'll need the alcohol more than us."

Genesis was kind of scary, wasn't he?

She was pretty sure Reno could take him, but she wouldn't do anything to test that idea.

Karla was not about to take that bet, if for no other reason than she was pretty sure Genesis would know. And she was already on thin ice regarding performances because of how crazy last semester had been for her.

"All right then, alcohol for us and coffee for them," Karla said. "This barely sounds like a recipe for disaster at all."

Chloe gave her a cheerful smile. "I see that Monday nights are going to equate to drinking for us," she murmured, shaking her head.

"If we stick to wine, we can say we're being cultured," Karla teased.

Chloe bit her lip not to giggle. "Wine gives the appearance of being sophisticated and removed from it all, yes."

"No one needs to know we're secretly crying into our glasses!"

"Because we can be sneaky like that," Chloe nodded.

Momoko's loyalty to Reno was totally secure, but the idea that Mr Rhapsodos didn't have his own ~~fangirl~~ TA was a bit annoying. Maybe she needed to set up a club...

Squall sighed. He was learning a lot from this class even though it wasn't specifically what the teachers were trying to teach.

Pair off and make your way to the obstacle course!

The course layout is as follows:

- Once you’ve got your leg tied to your partner’s, run the short distance to your traditional rubber-tire obstacle course layout. You’ll have to be careful where you step, making certain to get your tied-together feet into the middle tires, while not tripping yourselves up on the rest.
- Past the rubber tires? A wall, about five feet high, with nooks and bumps here and there for you to get a foothold on. Yes. They want you to tackle a short climbing wall with your legs tied together. First team that whines about it gets mocked relentlessly.
- Over the wall with you? Good! It’s a sheer drop on the other side, right into a pool of corn syrup. Why? Because your teachers care. Slog through that for a bit, and you’ll find that the only way out seems to lead you into...
- A massive pile of fluffy yellow feathers. Reno thinks he’s funny. Just be glad that he has to do this, too.
- Once you’ve passed the feathers, you’ll enter into a jump-rope setup. You’ll have to time your entrance into the jump-rope properly so that it doesn’t trip you up. Ten jumps, and you can move on. If you do trip, then it’s back to the corn syrup with you.
- If you ever manage to clear the jump-rope, rejoice! You’re nearly there! Next is a simple, low-lying net! All you have to do is get down on your hands and knees, you and your partner both, and crawl under to the last challenge!
- Which, naturally, is a balance beam. Over a pit of mud. It’s only about a half-foot wide, so you’ll want to shuffle across this one sideways. Side-by-side as you are, there isn’t exactly any other way.
- Once you’ve made it through, possibly covered in mud and probably covered in goo and feathers, feel free to help yourself to a cookie. Never let it be said that your teachers don’t reward diligence.

"Well," Genesis said, with a dismissive glance at Reno. "Do hurry up and tie our legs together."

He was the one with the rope! This was a logical order!

Reno looked at the rope, and then raised an eyebrow at Genesis. And then kicked his leg out to press against Genesis', not even remotely lightly.

It was a friendly gesture. Truly. You could tell, because now he was just going to crouch down to tie that rope on.

"I guess if you ain't good for nothin' else, you do help keep the numbers in the classroom even," he mumbled, pulling the knot tight.

And Genesis was just going to loftily ignore any hostility at the moment. He was better than that, truly.

"If that pathetic reasoning makes you sleep better at night."

"You'd be surprised," Reno replied, sighing as he stood up and tried to give his foot a shake, to make certain that the rope wasn't going to just come loose. "We gonna get this over with, or are you just gonna keep standin' there, preening like some kinda pretty princess?"

Chloe was not fond of obstacle courses, but she tried to look cheerful as she waited for a partner.

Thank the Darkness Karla had time between this class and her next, because she was not showing up for Sherlock's class covered in muck and feathers.

Momoko not only knew Reno, she'd had had a class taught by him before, and if she couldn't see the feathers and syrup, she totally suspected that they were there.

She was totally going to be pulling feathers out of her hair for the next week.

She looked about for a partner that she wouldn't have to worry about... Was it wrong that she was hoping for one of the boys?

Squall stepped back and looked long and hard at his classmates, considering their strengths and weaknesses. Most importantly, he was looking for one with legs that were as long as his.

Once they ping in. It possibly says something when the TAs are more mature than the teachers, right?

Chloe was possibly wondering what the hell was with yellow feathers as this wold not be the first class where she was getting covered in them.

But she was here if anyone needed her.

Karla was...not at all grinning. That was simply a trick of the light. She was simply keeping her head down and taking diligent notes. On the obstacle course.

Just go with it.

Once they ping in. Possibly covered in syrup and feathers and hate.

Definitely covered in all three. Genesis was above glaring like a child at his co-teacher however and was more absorbed in carefully prying his gloves off so that he could begin the long process of getting rid of the feathers on himself.

And being there for the students. Yes, yes, that too, if you insisted.

Reno? Also covered in all three, but not bothering to pick at the feathers.

Hey, they'd been his idea, was he really going to complain about being coated in them when he'd put them there?

Actually, he was looking maybe a little smug. He'd managed to dirty up Genesis' pretty coat.

Only covered in two of the three (how could she hate EITHER of them?) Momoko was pulling at the feathers. She had class later and a lot more hair than Reno to get them out of, after all.

She did spare a moment to grin and stick her tongue out at him as she passed. "It's totally unfair taking it out on us that you miss being a cute little chocobo, you know."

"Takin' it out on you?" Reno laughed and shot Momoko a wink as she walked by. "This ain't spite. This is a sympathy move. It ain't fair to you that you don't know what it's like to be one, yo."

Chocobo were proud and mighty beasts!

I have no idea what to put here, wah!

Nap time is a good thing to put here. :)

That is a good one, yes. ZZZZZZZZZZ.

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