Leadership, Friday, 3rd Period

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Class was in the Danger Shop again, although the shop looked suspiciously like the park once again. Furthermore, there were unmanned rickshaws all over the place.

"General George S. Patton once said, 'Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results,'" Scott recited.

Seemingly leaving that as a non-sequitur for now, he moved on. "So far in this class, you've discussed leadership qualities, looked at your personal philosophy, and tried to find either a leader or a consensus in a group to achieve construction and prevent destruction last week. But one thing I've held off on so far is forcing you into leadership," Scott said. "That changes today."

"You'll be paired up and you'll have to make two trips around the park in a rickshaw. During the first lap, one of you will be pulling the rickshaw while the other is in the seat. For the second lap, you'll switch places. Don't worry, the rickshaws are light enough that you should be able to pull them without much difficulty. And even if something goes wrong, like you crash into a pedestrian or a dog, the Shop will keep you from getting hurt. But not from being scared or embarrassed."

"And of course there's a catch."

Scott reached into one of the rickshaws and pulled out a blindfold. "This is for the person pulling the rickshaw. You'll be doing that job completely blind. The only way you'll know when to turn, how fast to go, when to stop, or what you're doing at all is by listening to your partner as they direct you. Leadership has been thrust upon them. They're responsible for both your safety and their own. But you're also being timed, so you're going to have to move faster than a crawl." Did you really want to find out what Scott had planned for teams who went too slow? Did you?

"As Patton said, 'tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results,'" Scott repeated. "Good luck, everyone. Try to surprise us."

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Rickshaw Lap 1

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

The RNG has determined pairs. Choose who's going to steer blindfolded and who's going to lead for the first lap of the well-marked (for those who can see) course, then have at it. Include as many or as few Danger Shop-created park obstacles to impede your travel as you'd like.

Partners:

Cara / Jack Carter
Bobby Drake / Susan Sto Helit
Britta Perry / Anakin Solo
Tony Stark / Ben Skywalker
Warren Worthington III / Rebecca Logan
Alex Aaron / Quinn Fabray
Alice Cullen / Karla
Squall Leonhart / James of Krondor

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"I'll drive first," James said, nodding his head towards the blindfold. "I'll pull for the second lap."

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[wrongkindofsith]

Cara thrust the blindfold out in Jack's direction assuming he was there. "I think you should go first."

Yeah, someone had trust issues, although if anyone asked she'd claim it was just that she was better at giving orders.

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[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Oh, this will end well," Jacks said omniously as he tied on the blindfold and picked up his end of the rickshaw. "Just remember if you run me into a wall it's your fault."

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[wrongkindofsith]

"I have no plans to do that," Cara told him as she climbed into the rickshaw, not unless he gave her a reason to. "Now get going, straight ahead."

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[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Okay, you're the boss," Jack said starting off in a slow trot for better control.

Though he might be veering slightly to the left.

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[wrongkindofsith]

Cara clicked her tongue like she might for a wayward horse. "More to the right."

Just be glad she didn't have anything log enough to poke you with, Jack.

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[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I'm steering first," Quinn announced assuming Alex was there.

First, because she was the girl and that was how things worked, and second, because she figured she was probably better at being bossy while blindfolded.

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[godofxbox]

"Why?" Alex asked, folding his arms and looking dubious. "Maybe I want to steer first."

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[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn broke out her best attempt at Bambi eyes. "But I'm sure you're way stronger than I am," she said. "You'll do a better job pulling."

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[godofxbox]

Alex probably was way stronger than her, being a god and all. Even if on the exterior he looked like a smallish-for-his-age fourteen-year-old. He sighed and said, "Fine."

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[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Quinn said, and somehow made it sound like she was the one doing him a favor. She held out the blindfold to him. "should I tie this, or do you want to?"

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[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"I do not pull rickshaws," said Susan, "so this will be an interesting assignment."

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[longislandiceme]

"Don't in general, or won't for this assignment?" Bobby asked, eyebrow raised. "Because if it's the former, well. Me too. If it's the latter... that's gonna be a problem."

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[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

Susan was very thoughtful for a moment.

"The first thing," she decided finally. "And I'm also awful at taking orders, so there's your warning for you."

She was very much trying to find a way out of this for both of them that wouldn't fail either of them.

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[longislandiceme]

"How are you at giving them? Because you can be in charge first if you want," Bobby offered. He was fairly used to taking orders, even ridiculous ones like 'run through this park blindfolded', so the assignment didn't particularly bother him.

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[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

Rebecca eyed the rickshaw. For some odd reason, she didn't feel much like being a bitch today. Fancy that.

So she sighed, and turned to Warren if he was here and his player wasn't dead of animation to commiserate. "He's never heard of a chauffeur, has he?"

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[wwiii]

"I have my doubts," Warren replied, looking thoughtfully at said rickshaw, and then offering a little, kind of extra-wingy shrug to Rebecca. "So, how are you with communicating? It would be pretty much no effort at all for me to pull the rickshaw for the first lap, but if I'm going to be running at a breakneck speed trying to keep ahead of the pack, I'd really rather not actually break my neck."

Of course, he'd get better. But it wasn't like she'd know that.

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[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I won't let you break your neck," Rebecca promised as she deliberately brushed past him on her way to climb into the back of the rickshaw. "I'm very considerate to my chauffeurs at home."

Uh. Dirty.

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[wwiii]

Warren cleared his throat as she brushed past, and then shook it off, mostly with a slightly fidgety rearranging of his wings on his back as he pulled on his blindfold and took the handholds of the rickshaw.

"I'll be sure to remember that when we trade off and you're pulling me around," he replied, in a tone that suggested that he was well aware of the innuendo there, and he was trying to let her down gently.

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[momslilassassin]

"Jedi don't need to use their eyes to see," Ben said a little smugly to Tony.

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[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"So, you crash a lot?" Tony asked. Because he was that friend. "No wonder you won't let me poke at your ship."

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[momslilassassin]

"I don't crash!" Ben said, making a face. Honesty compelled him to add, "Other than that one time."

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[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Crash and burn, huh?"

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[glacial_queen]

Karla looked around for Alice if she was there and back to the rickshaw. She's pretty much decided she was going to cheat, yes.