Teamwork, Monday, Period 3

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

Class met on the school grounds today, where Jack had sectioned off four plots of grass shaped like small landing strips and scattered with frisbee-size silver hoops.

"So today," she said, "We're going to work on trust by playing minesweeper. Way it works is, you guys pair off. Then one on each team, the minewalker, goes into a field while the other, the guardian, stands outside the rope and shouts instructions on how to get across without stepping on those silver frisbee things. Those are mines. Once the first person is across, they leave the area and take the place of the guardian.

She smirked. "Simple, right? Except there are two catches. First, the minewalker is blindfolded. Second, the mindwalker can't talk. So before anybody goes onto the field, you should take a minute and figure out your strategy for communicating. Winner is the first team to get both people across without setting off the mines."

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Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

Once we ping in!

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade was there, giving Jack what he believed were covert glances.

They weren't all that covert. Stupid week.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

"Got a problem?," Jack asked in a low voice, putting on some extra bravado to help herself remember that -- even if Cade didn't seem much like a kid, and especially not today -- encouraging his flirty looks was starting down the road toward a whole mess of trouble.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Nothing that a few drinks can't fix," Cade said. "Would you like one too?"

Cade: making amazing decisions since forever.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

"You have no idea," Jack sighed, twisting her ponytail as a way of keeping her hands busy. "That and a long run, maybe."

Jack's decision-making skills were not, strictly speaking, "good" either.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I'll run into you one of those places."

Cade. Stop.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you will," Jack said, with a light shrug. "It's a small island."

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

And a loooong week.

"Maybe I'll even look for you."

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I won't run the other way if I see you doing that."

A VERY long week.

Re: Talk to Jack & Cade [9/30]

[psychoticbiotic.livejournal.com]

Jack paced in tight circles while the students went through the course. She needed to pump up her workout, she decided; clearly there was some extra physical energy that wasn't helping her at all.