Try Not to Die!! [Tuesday, May 10, 3rd period]

[sith_happened]

Today, Anakin was a little bit grateful for the cloak he habitually wore as he waited for his class to arrive outside on the border between Fandom and the Viking village. It was a little chilly for a guy who grew up in the desert.

"The island has given us too great an opportunity to ignore today in this course," Anakin told them as his robe flapped occasionally in the breeze in front of a sturdy little clue box. "You will have to complete two tasks today that will hopefully teach you a little bit more about the Vikings and their traditions. Try not to die!"

With that he stepped out of the way of the clue box.

[OOC: You'll need the OCD. Please hold! Go go go!]

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Detour: Waving

[sith_happened]

In Waving, you run through town and to the wharfs, where a number of villagers were working on a ship that made the Vikings so rightfully feared.

Using the ancient tools of this time, you must carve a steering oar. When your work has satisfied the foreman, he will give you your next clue.

Re: Detour: Waving

[wwiii]

Warren had thought that he'd had this whole thing in the bag. After all, while everyone else in the class had to run across town, he had a serious advantage in getting from point A to point B. But the nice viking lady at the weaving station had been difficult to understand, and Warren had never been very good at arts-and-crafts things (his last attempt had led to him gluing his feathers to the wall of one of the cabins, after all), and so after poking himself with silver wire and tying it hopelessly in knots a few times, he'd ended up giving up and making his way to the wharfs, instead.

Carving was way more up his alley. He managed to get through the task quickly, without even breaking a sweat, but he'd lost so much time at the other station, he was pretty certain he'd blown the rest of the race.

Re: Detour: Waving

[notagoose]

Goose wound up at waving and was able to get through the task without major difficulty.

Re: Detour: Waving

[wrongkindofsith]

Even without her aversion to anything involving textiles, anything involving weaving would require far more effort than Cara cared to make, so she made her way down to the docks where she quickly lost herself in the thwack of metal against wood.

Re: Detour: Waving

[necroslacker]

Sam chose waving because he rarely followed instructions well. Douglas Montgomery could attest to that. His face remembered the punishments he'd gotten because of his inability to listen.

So, waving it was. Carving the oar actually proved easier than he'd first thought. He'd gotten pretty handy with knives (he had to be to cut his own arm and not kill himself) so adapting to the ancient tools didn't take him too long.

Re: Detour: Waving

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Seriously?" Jack groaned when he got to the wharf. "Carving?"

What the hell kind of school is this?

"What the hell kind of school is this?" Jack muttered (as he has no inner monologue and tends to mirror narration) to himself as he began to carve. For the most part it was butchery of wood but it was able to pass for an oar and the foreman approved with the roll of his eyes.

Re: Detour: Waving

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

As fond of everything having to do with sailing and the sea as he was, in addition to his complete desire to remove himself from the household tasks he'd spent his life having to do, it was an easy choice for Alexander. He rather appreciated the almost slap-dash, dive right into things method of the class; no wasting time with too much talk, so that he could feel the excitement of getting straight to the task, which he did with alacrity and a fair amount of skill, leaving him quite proud about the results.

He almost cared more about making the oar than obtaining the next clue, but, of course, he would try not to die and stay focus, although, really, there didn't seem to be too much threat so far.

Re: Detour: Waving

[sedlexduralex.livejournal.com]

Knives? Wood? Sure, Jocelyn could do this. She wasn't actually good at carving like Lucian, but she was strong enough to fudge it into some semblance of an oar.

Re: Detour: Waving

[aliceseesthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was just cruel. Alice was starting to wish she'd gone with the damn weaving in the first place. After far more time than it should've taken her -- as she saw it, anyway -- she finished and received her next clue.

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[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Carving! Surreal was good with a knife, and called in one of her older blades to do the carving.

Except nothing she was doing was good enough for the foreman, and eventually she gave up and went to go weave. She was no Black Widow, unlike Titian, but it had to be easier than this.

Re: Detour: Waving

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall very patiently and methodically set about carving the wood into something approaching a usable shape. He was almost done when he managed to use a little too much pressure and the oar started to split down the middle along the grain.

One of the Vikings came to inspect his work and grumbled at him, and Squall grumbled back, and pretty soon it devolved into two grumpy men speaking two different languages and shouting "I don't understand what you're saying!!!" at each other. Eventually, Squall threw his hands up, shouted "WHATEVER!", and turned to get a new block of wood. At which point the Viking winged the next clue at the back of his head.