fandomhigh | Fighting Reserve, Tuesday After Class

Today's setup in the Danger Shop (aside from the customary food-and-beverage station, because that was customary) might be familiar to anyone who'd been to Reserves meetings for a while, or had typical gym classes in your standard contemporary-type Earth high school.

Hey. Don't argue with a classic.

"So," said a slightly distracted Kennedy once everyone had arrived, "we're going with an oldie-but-goodie today: obstacle course time."

It was probably worth noting that it was a modified military pentathlon course, because that was what you got from someone who'd been trained by a Watcher with a certain Royal Marine family tradition. She pointed toward the five-stage course. "This is pretty basic, right? Like, it shouldn't take that much explaining? Start at that end, get through to the other. Race each other if you want, or just try to get a good time for yourself." Beat. "Also, y'know, have a good time, 'cause we're all about that, right? The physical challenge thing? Seriously, that's really all the explaining this takes. Go rock that thing."

"Just try not to fail in a particularly humorous fashion," Maladicta added. "It never ends well for anyone involved." She knew from experience in the military, got it? And, you know, from being written by Terry Pratchett.

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Snack, all that fun stuff, sprawl in an exhausted pile after you finish your course.

Since Alexander could assume what was coming based on the set-up today, he made sure he kept it light with the snacks and the coffee, yes. But he was excited. He knew he could excel with physical challenges.

Eye the obstacle course and wonder how sane it would be to try to run it carrying a 3.6 kilogramme robotic baby...

Well, walking it would be more likely.

In it's five stages...

There's a ~~moddable~~ selection of weaponry ranging from slingshots to small firearms. You have ten shots and can try for accuracy, or see if you can get ten shots off in under a minute.

Alexander took up a crossbow, knowing that would be the weapon he was most likely to be using back home. And, though he staggered a little at first with the weight of it, as soon as he tried to focus in his attention and got pretty handy at filling the bolts, he fired off a few shots with a good repetition...for about the four shot left out of ten by that point.

Up a ramp, across a balance beam (yes, there's a sand pit underneath), across the monkey bars, then the tire run.

Make your way from one end of the 50-meter pool to the other, and try not to get hit by the giant rubber pontoons. If you can't swim, well... there's a kayak. Either way, isn't it nice that the Danger Shop allows for decently warm water temperatures?

Target Practice, Take Two: you have ten tries at the target with tennis balls, darts, javelins, or water balloons if that's your thing.

Look, be glad it's a 200-meter sprint and not an 8-kilometer cross-country course.

When they tag in!

Kennedy had run the course early, and was now leaning against the wall getting her wind back, frowning down at the news article on her phone.

People dressed up as knights (yeah, she was starting to suspect they actually were, even though that made no sense whatsoever even by her vaguely-informed concept of Hellmouth standards) seen chasing an RV out into the desert? What the hell?

Gah, I want more sleep.

This, FYI, is what happens when someone lets me make up OCD without supervision. *nods*

Fighting Reserve, Tuesday After Class

Arrive/Mingle

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Run the Obstacle Course!

Shooting

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Obstacle Run

Obstacle Swim

Throwing

Running

Talk to the Leaders

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OOC

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