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fandomhigh2011-07-08 12:10 am
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Defying Death, Friday, First Period
When the students walked into the Danger Shop today, they would find themselves in a surprisingly quiet cargo plane in the middle of a flight.
"Hi, everyone," Dick said. He was wearing a skydiving suit and had a parachute on his back. "Welcome to Defying Death: How to Be a Daredevil. A couple of you know me already, but for the rest of you, I'm Dick Grayson. I grew up as a circus acrobat and, understandably, that got me into doing crazy stunts at a young age. I haven't been able to get away from those crazy things since."
"Just so we're clear, doing any of the things we're going to do in this class is really dangerous. Even if you do everything right while jumping out of a plane, you're still jumping out of a plane. But modern skydiving technology will keep you as safe as possible and as an added bonus, the Danger Shop is programmed not to kill you. So you can make this jump as safely as possible."
Dick went into the specifics on how to jump, when to pull the cord, how to steer the parachute, and so on.
"So, from here we just have three things to do. First, get your skydiving suits and parachutes on. Second, tell everyone who you are and something interesting about you. And third, jump! I'll be right behind the group once I make sure everyone's gone. If you don't think you can do it... Well, you're in the wrong class. But I'm sure we can work something out."
Which meant he might push them out. Look, it was safe! Because of the Danger Shop.
"Hi, everyone," Dick said. He was wearing a skydiving suit and had a parachute on his back. "Welcome to Defying Death: How to Be a Daredevil. A couple of you know me already, but for the rest of you, I'm Dick Grayson. I grew up as a circus acrobat and, understandably, that got me into doing crazy stunts at a young age. I haven't been able to get away from those crazy things since."
"Just so we're clear, doing any of the things we're going to do in this class is really dangerous. Even if you do everything right while jumping out of a plane, you're still jumping out of a plane. But modern skydiving technology will keep you as safe as possible and as an added bonus, the Danger Shop is programmed not to kill you. So you can make this jump as safely as possible."
Dick went into the specifics on how to jump, when to pull the cord, how to steer the parachute, and so on.
"So, from here we just have three things to do. First, get your skydiving suits and parachutes on. Second, tell everyone who you are and something interesting about you. And third, jump! I'll be right behind the group once I make sure everyone's gone. If you don't think you can do it... Well, you're in the wrong class. But I'm sure we can work something out."
Which meant he might push them out. Look, it was safe! Because of the Danger Shop.
Re: Introductions and Jumping!
All the really interesting stuff was the stuff she wasn't about to say in front of the class.
She shrugged as she quadruple-checked her parachute harness (way more gear than she was used to jumping with, but at least the suit didn't itch like her aluminum-fiberglass-weave Robin suit did). "Well, I've lived there my entire life, which is pretty impressive by itself, if you ask me."
And then she tugged her goggles down over her eyes, flung herself out of the plane, and . . . couldn't help yelling "YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" all the way down. And maybe doing a few somersaults while in freefall. Being airborne was fun.