fandomhigh | The Elements of Friendship, Thursday, Period 1

Pinkie awaited the class in the Danger Shop once again, but this time, instead of Sugarcube Corner, the class would find themselves in a clearing on the side of a mountain in a dark and spooky woods. Pinkie waited for the class to gather along the narrow, grassy ledge, pointing out rocks and sticks to anyone not minding their steps. When it seemed as though everyone had arrived, she began.

"Hi everypony! I'm so glad to see you all back for another week to learn about friendship!" She started to pace back and forth in front of the class, giving little hops over the rougher patches of the ground. "The most important thing to remember about friendship is that it's not always going to be made up of parties and cupcakes." Yes, Pinkie had totally just said that. Even she was a bit surprised. "Sometimes, it's about facing your fears and helping each other through tight spots. That's why today we're going to go on an adventure here in the . . . Everfree Forest!"

A bolt of lightning flashed obligingly across the sky behind the students.

"The Everfree Forest is a forest on the very edge of Ponyville where everypony fears to tread. It's a dark, wild place, where animals run free and have to live out their lives all alone without anypony to help them make their nests or wake them up when winter's over or even control the weather! You never know what's going to happen in the Everfree Forest, or what kinds of spooky, creepy creatures you might encounter!" Pinkie shivered, clearly spooked out by her own lecture. "But don't worry, because none of you have to face it alone! You have all your friends here to help you! So find at least one friend and get ready. You're all going to travel through the forest to the ruins of the old castle, where a special surprise is waiting for you. Don't worry, you can't get hurt in here. But if anypony gets left behind, then nopony gets a gold star! Good luck!"

And Pinkie bounced firmly backward away from the students, just in time to avoid the sudden collapse of the cliff they were standing on.

Time to team up and see just what horrors Equestria had to offer.

[ooc: OCD is up! And I only paused to watch one PMV before finishing it!]

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It's not a sheer drop, but it is pretty steep. Grab onto each other, grab for roots, learn to fly -- remember, if anyone gets stuck here, no one gets their gold star for the day!

At the bottom, you'll find a deep, gloopy mud puddle . . . and a path deeper into the forest. Form your alliances well. This might get bumpy.

Chuck was... malcoordinated at the best of times. When the floor fell out under him he had a tendency towards panic and the grabbing at anything and everything. Rocks, roots, people.

If it turned out you were one of those people he was really sorry. Or would be once this was over.

That did NOT make Squall happy. Falling was annoying enough without some random person grabbing his arm, especially when it prevented him from reaching the root he'd been grabbing for.

There wasn't exactly time to argue about it, though. He tried to cast a Float* at Chuck and braced himself against the cliff as best as he could. "HANG ON!"

(* Causes you to inexplicably hover about a foot off the ground. Makes you immune to earthquakes and more vulnerable to wind, and doesn't really do much else. Feel free to mod it however you want, or decide it didn't take hold.)

Okay that? Chuck was not expecting. You'll have to excuse his girly squalk. It wasn't that floating was a bad thing, it was just that flail tendency kicking in again.

"Hanging, I'm hanging," he assured Squall. Still pitched way higher than a teenage boy should be proud of.

Squall managed to get enough purchase on the rock face, and their downward motion stopped. He clung there for a moment and looked around, trying to see if there was anything he could do for the rest of the class. "Hang less uselessly," he clarified.

Great. He was stuck being the hero, again.

Less uselessly. Right. It was embarassing that Chuck actually needed to be told that, wasn't it?

It did inspire him to grapple with his own cliff holds rather than just cling at Squall, which was probably appreciated, and he calmed enough to offer a, "Sorry, I'm really sorry. I don't like heights." At least, not the kind that involved sliding downwards uncontrolled. The knowledge he couldn't get hurt in a class simulation didn't change that feeling.

Squall shrugged as well as he could. "I noticed." Most people didn't like heights -- it was perfectly natural. "Just stick with me. Can you climb down on your own?"

"Teacher with a tail say what?"

And then the cliff went out and Miley screamed like a banshee.

Upon coming to solid ground, she glanced at her new boots and huffed in frustration. THEY WERE RUINED FOREVER.

Okay, the easy thing to do would have been use his powers to raise an ice-column up from the mud to catch him before he had time to really pick up speed, but a) he was still clinging to the notion that people didn't know he had powers and was doing his best to keep it that way and 2) he didn't even know if Danger Shop mud would contain anything he could work with. So he let himself fall into the mud, all the while thinking something along the lines of "asdlgjasdgjasdga WHY ISN'T WARREN IN THIS CLASS WITH ME?"

[ooc: shall be around in between & after rl classes, but in a SPish manner until evening.]

They probably heard Annie's scream outside the Danger Shop.

She wasn't the most coordinated of people, so while she was able to grab onto the occasional projectile and all, she'd still end up falling down. And getting covered in mud on one side.

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