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fandomhigh2015-10-20 12:14 am
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Competitive Team Building, Tuesday, Period 1
The inside of the Danger Shop was set up to look like a roller rink when the class entered today. Not an old-fashioned one like out of meta for Xanadu or anything; no, this was high-class, state-of-the-art skating rink with a laser lightshow on the ceiling, speakers to pump out adrenaline-pumping music, and more shiny chrome than you could shake a stick at.
...It was entirely possible Hardison had no idea what roller rinks built after the 1940s normally looked like. But he'd remembered to program in a circuit track and everything else was just gravy, right?
Eliot was side-eying the place like crazy, but, well. It was actually pretty fitting, when you got right down to it. "We're doin' something a little different this week," he said. "For one thing, team three, you're gettin' split up. Kira, Cosima, you're joining team one this week. Edward, Ringo, you're on team two. Roller derby just works better as a two team sport."
"Each team puts five people on the rink at one time," Hardison added, glad to be able to use the one bit of information he'd learned about the sport. "So this works out!"
“You need to pick names. And costumes. And figure out who’s playing jammer, and who’s the big … elbow?” Yeah, Parker wasn’t as familiar with all this.
"Blocker," Eliot said. "A roller derby team consists of one jammer, whose job it is to navigate through the other skaters. Every member of the opposite team they pass scores one point. The other four team members are blockers. They're there to stop the other team's jammer from getting through, and help their own get ahead. One blocker from each team is your pivot. Pivots control the pace of the pack." He went on at some length, including covering the way a jammer could become the lead jammer and end a "jam" at a strategic moment in order to keep the opposing team from scoring points.
He'd swear up and down this was a very simple sport. There were a lot of people who would vehemently disagree with him.
Like Hardison, for example. "So, uhh, yeah," he said after the lecture. "But you also get to come up with fun personas and wear cool costumes. Before doin' all that...jammin'. An' stuff. That he went over. Skate, uhh, hard, y'all?" He had nothing. Parker, help him out?
What, her? “Don’t kill each other. ‘Cause that would be real easy. And!” She paused, and said very seriously, “Nachos after, whether you win or you lose.”
...It was entirely possible Hardison had no idea what roller rinks built after the 1940s normally looked like. But he'd remembered to program in a circuit track and everything else was just gravy, right?
Eliot was side-eying the place like crazy, but, well. It was actually pretty fitting, when you got right down to it. "We're doin' something a little different this week," he said. "For one thing, team three, you're gettin' split up. Kira, Cosima, you're joining team one this week. Edward, Ringo, you're on team two. Roller derby just works better as a two team sport."
"Each team puts five people on the rink at one time," Hardison added, glad to be able to use the one bit of information he'd learned about the sport. "So this works out!"
“You need to pick names. And costumes. And figure out who’s playing jammer, and who’s the big … elbow?” Yeah, Parker wasn’t as familiar with all this.
"Blocker," Eliot said. "A roller derby team consists of one jammer, whose job it is to navigate through the other skaters. Every member of the opposite team they pass scores one point. The other four team members are blockers. They're there to stop the other team's jammer from getting through, and help their own get ahead. One blocker from each team is your pivot. Pivots control the pace of the pack." He went on at some length, including covering the way a jammer could become the lead jammer and end a "jam" at a strategic moment in order to keep the opposing team from scoring points.
He'd swear up and down this was a very simple sport. There were a lot of people who would vehemently disagree with him.
Like Hardison, for example. "So, uhh, yeah," he said after the lecture. "But you also get to come up with fun personas and wear cool costumes. Before doin' all that...jammin'. An' stuff. That he went over. Skate, uhh, hard, y'all?" He had nothing. Parker, help him out?
What, her? “Don’t kill each other. ‘Cause that would be real easy. And!” She paused, and said very seriously, “Nachos after, whether you win or you lose.”
Re: Listen/Socialize/Ask questions
She was only half paying attention to the costume selection stuff, she just wanted to get out there and go!