Outdoor Adventure Time!, Tuesday, period 1

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Class met at the Portalocity office, today, where Eliot and Parker waited.

"So we're gonna do somethin' slightly different, today," Eliot said, bouncing ever so slightly on his toes. God, but he loved having two functional legs. "Basically a field trip."

“We’ll be grabbing water, sunscreen, snacks and so on when we get there,” Parker added, looking pretty buzzed. “Hurry up! Last one through winds up in Budapest!”

"That's not true." Eliot really hoped it wasn't true, he was going to take the end of the line and he never much liked Budapest. "Parker, no sending anyone to Budapest!"

Parker snickered. Eliot, you just stay easy.

When they got through the portal, they’d find themselves at the beginning of the Virginia Creeper Trail, with mountain bikes, safety equipment, and extra supplies waiting.

"Welcome to the Virginia Creeper Trail," Eliot said. "One of the longest continuous biking trails around. It's got somethin' for everyone, nice scenery, historic railroad bridges, some easy rides -- and some sharp downhills for you speed demons."

“Okay! Whoever has never ridden a bike before, stick with Eliot. He’ll help you out.” She gave them her most manic grin. “If you have, super. Get set up!”

"That includes helmets!" Eliot noted, giving Parker a pointed look. "For everyone, regardless of skill level. Trust me, you don't want a concussion. They suck a lot."

“If they crack their skull open, they’ll learn,” Parker said with a snort.

"Or they'll die and you'll be sad." They should maybe not talk about students dying. "Which is way less likely to happen if you all follow directions and wear a goddamn bike helmet. It ain't dorky if everyone's doin' it."

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Sign in

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Like a creeper

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Kathy Li

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[rhymeswithtable.livejournal.com]

Mabel Pines

Listen to the lecture/talk amongst yourselves

[vdistinctive]

Groan over having to wear a bike helmet.

Re: Listen to the lecture/talk amongst yourselves

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy listened to the instructions with growing horror. She'd just realized the entire class hinged around her knowing how to ride the bike.

Guess who had never learned how to ride a bike? Just guess!

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[rhymeswithtable.livejournal.com]

"Uh-oh! Looks like somebody's worried!" Mabel bounced up to Kathy, wearing her finest in 'knitted sweater with a biking dog on the front because reasons' couture. Even the sweater dog was wearing a helmet. "You don't know how to ride a bike?"

Hi, Kathy. How were you? Mabel tended to just bop up to people this way. You'd get used to it.

Re: Listen to the lecture/talk amongst yourselves

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka studied her helmet with open curiosity. It was red, which she supposed meant it had at least tried to be pretty, but it would have looked better in pink.

She tried to put it on, and put in on backwards, of course. Funny how the straps didn't quite work that way.

Yeah, Alluka had never ridden a bike before.

Re: Listen to the lecture/talk amongst yourselves

[wildandbrave]

No surprise here, but Cosette had never learned to ride a bike.

She was mildly distressed about the helmet, but only because she wasn't thrilled about it messing up her hair. She got the point of it, though, and wouldn't object to wearing it because of that whole aforementioned never learning to ride a bike thing.

She still felt a little bit silly once she had it on, though.

Re: Listen to the lecture/talk amongst yourselves

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian had never ridden a bike, but it didn't look that hard. The helmet felt strange, though.

Ride a bike!

[vdistinctive]

With Eliot, for the newbies (he has some adult-rated training wheels, just in case), or Parker, for those who want to forge on ahead.

Eliot also has some 101 type info on biking etiquette. Such as the proper way to signal your intent to pass someone ahead of you on the trail. (Hint: it's not shouting "GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU OLD BAT!")

Re: Ride a bike!

[spin_kick_snap]

"Do we really have to use these?" Kathy asked, eyeing the adult training wheels with something between disdain and dubiousness. "I mean, if we don't know how to ride a bike already?"

Re: Ride a bike!

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Yelling "OUT OF THE WAY YOU OLD BAT" was perfectly reasonable when someone was taking up the whole bike path. Sheesh.

Re: Ride a bike!

[rhymeswithtable.livejournal.com]

"WHEEEE!"

... Yes, that was about the tall and short of it today. 'Whee.' Because yay, biking! Mabel loved going fast, okay? Going fast? Was pretty much the best thing!

Re: Ride a bike!

[soniaroadsqueen]

Well, Ringo had ridden a bike before.

You know, a normal bike. They weren't really renowned for their top speeds. So while Ringo was normally a huge fan of speed, and also generally comfortable going fast on two wheels, today called for a much slower start.

She didn't notice herself accelerating as the day wore on.

Re: Ride a bike!

[notamascot]

Bikes? Nope. Kaylin had no idea how to work one of these things. She watched the other students to get an idea, but good gods! Who ever thought that balancing on two rubber wheel things was a good idea?

Re: Ride a bike!

[not_a_moonie]

Alana was another one who didn't really know how to ride a bike, but she wasn't too proud to go for training wheels. She grabbed a bike equipped with them and went off down the trail.

Slowly.

Re: Ride a bike!

[wildandbrave]

. . . no, Cosette wasn't above the training wheels, at least for this first time out. And she was too nice to yell anything like "GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU OLD BAT."

She'd phrase it a lot more diplomatically, if she were to yell anything out loud. Which she didn't; she just followed the rules on how to signal her intent to pass. And yelled the diplomatically-worded version of the sentiment inside her own head.

Snack break!

[vdistinctive]

If you need to hydrate, energize, or put on more sun-screen.

Talk to the teachers

[vdistinctive]

Ask why neither of them are wearing bike shorts.

Re: Talk to the teachers

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

The answer in Parker's case would probably be something along the lines of "What shorts?" Although she knew perfectly well what they were.

Re: Talk to the teachers

[vdistinctive]

The only reason Eliot would ever wear bike shorts was if Nate somehow ended up making him play a rider in the Tour de France.

Which, well, he wouldn't put past the guy.

Talk to the TAs

[vdistinctive]

Who are also probably not in bike shorts, but we don't want to assume.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy was not in bike shorts. Kathy didn't even own bike shorts. Probably because she'd never ridden a bike in her entire life.

Maybe if she looked at it as a learning opportunity, she would feel less apprehensive about class?

Re: Talk to the TAs

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

No, Toby was absolutely not in bike shorts. He had no qualms about the helmet, though. Not that he planned on crashing, but just in case something happened... he liked his brains inside his head.

OOC

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