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Did the Danger Shop look an awful lot like a classic gym hall? ...Yes, yes it did. Okay, Kaidan didn't look like your typical gym teacher in his Alliance blues, but he was holding a ball in one hand.

"We're playing powers dodgeball today," he said. "You're all allowed to use your powers on the ball - not on each other. Danger Shop safeties are at their maximum, so the ball's not going to injure anybody and the room should step in if it looks like you're going to hurt each other, but... be careful either way. Okay? Okay."

He told the kids to line up, then divided them into two teams.

"For anyone who doesn't know this one yet - if you get struck by this ball, you're out of the game. The first team to knock their opponents out of the game entirely wins. It's that easy. Using your powers to hit the ball is allowed. So is dodging the ball using your powers. Just no injuries, okay?"

He threw one of them the ball. "Get started."

And with that, he was going to back up and make sure the protocols that would throw up a shield on any student who might be in danger of getting hit by someone's power... still worked. (They did. Thankfully.)

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With your team number! First is one, second is two, third is one, and so forth.

Dodgeball? Really?

Really.

Huddle up, plan your strategy.

You're not going to let Team 1 outplan you, right?

No ping order. No rules. (Well, outside of all the dodgeball rules.) Let's make this one big thread, ping when you want, and in the case of double pings, the top ping wins.

After a spirited half-hour or so of that, Kaidan gathered everyone back around for a quick meditation session.

He'd put down some mats so people could lay down and just cool off.

He's still around after class, as per usual.

Post inspired by spending last night interviewing a kid at a gym hall while volleyballs kept soaring over my head.

Will West, One

Will knew his powers would come in handy for a game like this but he wasn't sure if he wanted to use them since he still had some control issues. Still, he was ready and willing to make a plan.

Celia Bowen, Two

Celia was going to do her very best to hide in the back, eyeing the ball warily. She didn't know if she was going to be able to find enough control to do anything with the ball, let alone keep it from hitting her.

Acknowledging her...problems, as it was, was difficult. She would never understand what possessed her to sign up for such a class.

Billy Kaplan, One!

"So, every time I've played this game, the first step has been to take out the weakest members of the other team," Billy said with a small frown. "I know it's a decent plan but I'm not sure if it's fair."

"I don't think it's a bad plan," Will said with a shrug. "Only the strong survive or something like that. It's not unfair either."

Evan Sabahnur, Two!

"True. I should have been paying more attention to what powers everyone has," Billy admitted. "People here definitely aren't as weak as they might look."

Evan was pretty certain dodgeball was actually a torture method devised by some very sneaky supervillain somewhere in the hopes of slowly draining the souls of the good and the innocent, so it really didn't surprise him much to see Celia trying to hang around near the back.

"Hey," he greeted, smiling faintly. "Never played dodgeball before?"

"No," she said, eyes wide. "This is barbaric. Why would anyone devise a game where you're trying to hit another person with the ball?"

Celia wasn't much for violent sports. Just wait until she discovered modern wrestling.

"I can't really remember either," Will said, shrugging. "Mostly, I just say go for the legs. Harder to dodge then when you throw at the upper body."

"I think it's supposed to be good incentive to get people running," Evan explained, "and... throwing things. And aiming? Mostly I think it's just a kind of sadistic way to get kids to pick on one another in grade school gym classes."

Far off? No?

"That's what it seems like," Celia said with a frown. "What would keep stronger, crueler students from singling out the smaller ones?"

Absolutely nothing, Celia. Welcome to elementary school gym class.

Eleanor Lamb, One

"Mostly? Stronger, kinder students sticking up for them," Evan replied, frowning thoughtfully. "Um... if you like, I can try to keep any of the balls from hitting you. I've got a pretty good reach."

The benefits of being a living spaghetti noodle.

Eleanor was frowning. This ... didn't seem like a terribly fun sort of game, unless one enjoyed being slammed with a ball.

She wondered whether it would be helpful at all to set the ball on fire. It would probably shorten class considerably.

Jackson Whittemore, Two

Jackson did not seem too keen to plan anything. Wasn't like this was lacrosse.

Nope, he was just going to be counting on brute force and werewolf reflexes, here.

"Really?" Celia's face melted in relief. "Are you sure? It wouldn't be any trouble?"

She wasn't worried about getting hit, exactly, so much as -- well, when she was in pain or experienced anything strongly, she didn't know what would happen to the people around her, usually. Better not to take the chance.

"No trouble at all," Evan promised, shrugging his shoulders a little. "I can stay near you, and then if any of the dodgeballs come flying our way, I'll catch them. It's easy."

If nothing else, he'd be in the way to take the hits, most of the time.

Kathy Li, One

Great. Dodgeball had been the worst part of gym in a normal school. But here? In a class all about powers? Was Kaidan secretly some kind of sadist?

"I guess I could be the target?" Kathy offered, trying not to make a face. "That's pretty much all I can bring to the table, here."

Stupid lack of powers...

There was nothing else for it. Kathy stood on the front lines and cat-called to the other team. "C'mon! C'mon! Betcha can't even hit the broad side of a barn, powers and all!"

And then she tensed to run. Oh man, this was probably going to hurt.

"You wanna be like a decoy or something?" Will asked, raising an eyebrow. "You don't have to, if you'd rather not."

"Well, Mr. Alenko said that we're not supposed to hurt one another, right?" Kathy asked, trying to make the best of it. "So hopefully no one will whip the ball at me with super-strength or whatever. And if they're looking to take out the weakest member of the team, that's pretty much me." She shrugged. "And then you guys just take everyone out that much faster, all right?"

Handling Your Powers, Tuesday

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