Detention, the Danger Shop, Saturday

[not_a_whiner]

It'd taken some reshuffling of schedules to get the Danger Shop at all - or plan a detention, for that matter. Still, Kaidan had gotten it eventually.

He'd always figured regular school detention (not brain camp detention) was a lot more writing of lines and sitting quietly in a room, but the people at the office had quickly disabused him of the notion. Most detention-givers at this school were apparently quote-unquote creative. Kaidan wasn't sure if he could live up to that, exactly, but he could definitely use one or two things he'd learned in bootcamp around here.

Which meant, sorry, Cade and Sparkle, you were going to arrive to a room set up as a military obstacle course. Arranged in a circle. Oh dear.

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Arrive

[not_a_whiner]

Probably don't do a lot of mingling. But arrive anyway.

Re: Arrive

[myownface]

"Oh god, there's mud.'

Why did he bother doing his hair in the mornings around here, again? You'd think Sparkle would know better, by now.

You'd think.

Re: Arrive

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade wasn't nearly as invested in his hair as Sparkle, but he still wasn't really relishing a day that seemed to involve physical activity.

Ugh, real work.

"There's mud," he sighed.

Obstacle Course

[not_a_whiner]

"You're going to be doing this thing four times," Kaidan said pleasantly. "You fail an obstacle, you go back and try again. Good luck."

Good luck, boys. There are ropes. And ladders. And walls without ladders. And extremely muddy pools. In fact, one of the obstacles involves climbing over a fake camel in a muddy pool, because very occasionally, Kaidan has a sense of humor.

Feel free to complain at each other as you go. It won't help.

Obstacle Course - Low Jumps

[not_a_whiner]

Hop over horizontal telephone poles. There are a bunch of them.

Re: Obstacle Course - Low Jumps

[myownface]

Okay, jumping wasn't so bad. Sparkle could handle jumping. It wasn't like he sat still on a good day anyhow, right? If anything was going to trip him up up, it probably wasn't going to happen until after his second or third go around the rest of the course.

He still didn't regret stealing that camel, damn it.

Re: Obstacle Course - Low Jumps

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

This reminded him of early mornings at the Academy--hardly his favorite memories.

He hopped over the poles with far more agility than normally let on that he had.

Obstacle Course - Up and Over Bar

[not_a_whiner]

Not quite as high as it would be for a regular obstacle course, because Kaidan was a nice guy, but you're still going to have to pull yourself up and climb over this bar.

Re: Obstacle Course - Up and Over Bar

[myownface]

"Crap."

Okay, he could get over this. He totally could. Right? It was just a bar, for crying out loud. Just a thing to get himself over, and it was kinda low.

It took him a few fumbles all the same before he figured out the knack of getting over this, and by then he was huffing a little, since he'd fucked up and had to go back and do the low jumps again.

Obstacle Course - Log Wall

[not_a_whiner]

It's a wall of logs. You have to climb over it. Somehow.

Re: Obstacle Course - Log Wall

[myownface]

So, at least this was something Sparkle could manage, since there were footholds, of a sort, where one log met the next. Climbing over fences and things that he wasn't supposed to get over was kind of what Sparkle did.

His arms were a bit noodly after the bar, but he was going to persevere, damn it.

Re: Obstacle Course - Log Wall

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade scrambled up and over the wall since, yeah, when you were looking for cover in a firefight, you got pretty adept at getting over things most people weren't going to climb.

Obstacle Course - Camel

[not_a_whiner]

There's a camel standing in a puddle full of mud. You're going to have to hop over it.

Don't worry, it won't move, since it's fake. But be careful anyway.

Re: Obstacle Course - Camel

[myownface]

And now he was caked with mud to the knees and hating everything. Why were camels so damn tall?

Well... Up and over he went. Even if he kind of got stuck halfway over and sort of slid forward off the other side.

Okay, so he was caked with mud straight up his front. And he had to do this three more times? Goddamn it.

Re: Obstacle Course - Camel

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Hopping" implied much more grace than whatever it was Cade was doing.

"Stoopa karking camel," Cade muttered to himself as he climbed over the thing the first time.

His next trips got even more profane.

Obstacle Course - Roll Over Log

[not_a_whiner]

It's a log at chest height. You're going to have to jump on and roll over.

Re: Obstacle Course - Roll Over Log

[myownface]

Chest height wouldn't be so bad, generally, if not for the fact that Sparkle was covered in mud. Just getting a grip on the damn thing was...

Well, he slid backward on his first attempt, and had to go back and repeat all the other stuff. Again. He got it on his second try, at least.

Obstacle Course - Rope Climb

[not_a_whiner]

This is a series of 20 feet high ropes that each participant must climb and touch the top of the rope before lowering themselves back to the ground.

Obstacle Course - Netting

[not_a_whiner]

And now you get to climb under netting. Through mud.

Obstacle Course - Sprint

[not_a_whiner]

Just 400 feet of nothing but running.

Obstacle Course - Climb

[not_a_whiner]

It's a slope! That you need to climb up. You might want to help each other out here, guys...

Obstacle Course - Spider's Web

[not_a_whiner]

... and then use the netting on the other side to climb back down.

Congratulations, you're done! ... just three more goes left!

Talk to Kaidan

[not_a_whiner]

He's hanging around. Watching. Making sure those kids aren't cheating.

Re: Talk to Kaidan

[myownface]

Sparkle was covered in mud and panting for air and looking more than a little disgruntled as he walked up to Kaidan.

"You'll be happy to know that you've just inspired me to better myself in the most important aspects of my life."

He was going to get so much better at not getting caught.

OOC

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