Outdoor Adventures Time! Tuesday, period 1

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[Week #6 - The High-wire Job]

Another Tuesday, another portal - this one to Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the Virginia Beach Adventure Park.



“I have been waiting all semester for this!” Parker was looking squeeful and other EE! words. “Ropes course! With ziplines and high wires and canopy walks!”

"The courses are rated on all different levels," Eliot said. "So those of us who aren't professionals when it comes to ropes and harnesses shouldn't have any trouble finding something fun to do, anyway." He didn't really anticipate any trouble with enthusiasm from this group. Honestly, he'd been feeling relatively extraneous all session. You know, when they weren't getting attacked by alots.

“You have to wear your protective gear. And listen to the safety presentation.” Parker snorted, then said under her breath, “My stuff is better.”

Eliot patted her reassuringly on the shoulder. "We know, darlin'. But your stuff ain't covered under the park's insurance."

“Just ask if you need help. Or ideas,” Parker added, grinning at them. “There aren’t any diamonds on this course, but you can’t have everything.”

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Re: Talk to the TA's

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Eliot scoffed. "Please. That's 'cause you coastal types like to ignore it. Oklahoma City's got a pretty large Vietnamese population, for instance. I just grew up knowin' more of the native folk."

And, admittedly, mostly white people. But white people in most of America still mostly only knew other white people.

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"That's just because we coastal types know that everything worthwhile from the Flyover States eventually comes to us," Kathy teased. "I notice Fandom's an island off the East Coast. And I know you mentioned living in LA for awhile. And Portland."

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"I've also lived in Uzbekistan," Eliot pointed out.

It wasn't his fault that Nate was apparently allergic to the middle of the country.

Re: Talk to the TA's

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If the middle of the country wasn't so terrible, fewer people would be allergic to it!

"Yeah, but how much of that was by choice?" Kathy asked. "Cause where you are now--that is."

Re: Talk to the TA's

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"Nah, that was Parker."

And clearly Eliot didn't have a choice in leaving her behind.

Re: Talk to the TA's

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"...I thought you were on the island first?" Kathy said.

Re: Talk to the TA's

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"I moved to this island 'cause Parker decided to move us from Portland to Baltimore and I was tired of living in cities."

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"But you couldn't go far away," Kathy said, wearing a small, happy grin.

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"No," Eliot agreed. "I couldn't."