Physical Education, Tuesday, May 31, 2018

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Today the class was in the Danger Shop to accommodate the fact that there were ponies for this go around. And if you thought the teachers could round up that many ponies here in real life, you were mistaken.

"Welcome to polo," Tony said brightly, patting one of the ponies on the neck. Like the rich boy he was. Who literally played this while at school.

Steve's eyes rolled. "Ah, yes, the sport of the common man."

Tony hugged his pony, shooting the other teacher a wounded look. "He's just mad because he doesn't know how to ride. We'll cover that first," he promised the class. "There are helmets that you will all be putting on regardless of if you feel silly in them."

"And you will feel silly in them," Steve added, grinning. "You'll look pretty silly, too."

Thank you, Steve. Fortunately there was a PSA on the importance of helmets that the kids could watch!

They had one for every occasion. Seriously, kids.

"Alright, everyone pick a pony--or horse in Captain Rogers' case--and carefully mount up. I'll be here if you have any trouble with it. You'll probably be sore after this, just as a warning," Tony said.

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...ponies?

Watch the Instructional Video!

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Where Giant Hypocrite Captain America encourages all of you young people to wear helmets to prevent concussions and long-term brain damage!

Practice Horseback Riding!

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In case you didn't grow up doing this! The programmed ponies are very gentle and extremely patient.

Play Polo!

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The real students are faced off against a team of Danger Shop-created polo players, most of whom look like Princes Harry and William don't you dare judge, and so after Tony explained the rules, off you go!

Talk to Steve and Tony

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That's what they're here for!

OOC

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Polo. Hee.

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[always_someone]

Norman Babcock

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[always_someone]

Norman was really not a sports guy, but he had to admit, the videos before each activity kind of made this whole class worthwhile.

Re: Practice Horseback Riding!

[always_someone]

Norman was absolutely going to give this a try.

Yep. Any minute he was going to. Aaany minute.

Just as soon as he was done standing there staring at the pony.

...

Yeah, nope.

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[imafuturist]

Tony was having much too much fun on horseback, honestly. So it was safe to say he was the go-to for help on this subject.

Sorry, Steve.

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Astrid Magnussen

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Paris Geller

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"So now we know wht the helmet is for," Paris said. "Avoiding concussions in every day life."

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[revengenotebook]

Paris, being a rich kid from Connecticut who'd gone through a hardcore pony phase when she was ten, had taken horseback lessons. She was almost looking forward to this!

The hat still looked as dumb as she remembered, though.

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Jason Lee Scott

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[thatsweirdright]

Jason would almost rather be playing football right now than doing this.

Almost.

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[always_someone]

"... Is riding horses everyday life?"

Norman wasn't aware of that one. He blinked over at Paris a little baffled.

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Theron Shan

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"Depends how old you are, I think," Paris said.

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[always_someone]

"Or, uh, if you've got horses," Norman said. Maybe a little slowly. "That's not exactly an age thing."

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[revengenotebook]

"Well, I only had the one," Paris said. "I wasn't spoiled."

Um.

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[always_someone]

"You're the first person I've ever met who has owned a horse," Norman informed her, tilting his head. "Did you grow up on a farm?"

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[revengenotebook]

Paris shook her head. "No, in Hartford. The horse was boarded at the riding school."

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[always_someone]

"At the riding school."

Okay, Norman wasn't here to judge. But he was sort of judging anyway.

"I'm pretty sure Blithe Hollow doesn't even have a riding school."

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[revengenotebook]

Paris was kind of the poster child for WASP life, so...

"Well, I'm sure you had other things to do. Threshing parties or--" What did Rory's twee little town do all day long? "--Knit-offs?"

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[always_someone]

"My grandma likes knitting," Norman sighed. "I mostly just watched movies."

Zombie movies.

So many zombie movies.

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Manfred Bernardo

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"Can't we just, like, pretend on foot?" Manfred asked, from a safe distance from the pony. Although, was any distance truly safe from a pony?

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[revengenotebook]

"Knitting is good for physical dexterity," Paris said, nodding wisely. "It's good for old people."

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[always_someone]

And dead people!

"And riding horses is for everyone else?"

Except for Norman, who was totally going to nope out of the pony today. Nope.

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[revengenotebook]

"Sure," Paris said. "It's not hard."

Unless you hated horses.

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[always_someone]

Yeah, Norman was looking so, so dubiously toward the horses.

"... I mean, they're kind of huge."

Even the ponies. Anything larger than a big dog was pretty much an instant nope.

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[revengenotebook]

"They don't bite unless you do something dumb," Paris told him.

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[always_someone]

"They bite?"

Here he'd been worried about being trampled.

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[revengenotebook]

"Only if you really upset them," Paris said reassuringly. Ish.

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[always_someone]

"Well... what upsets them?"

Norman was maybe letting some nervousness show, now. A little. Ghosts were easy. Horses were solid.

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[revengenotebook]

"Depends on the horse," Paris said. "Mine was afraid of baby carriages, portapotties, and Velcro."

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[always_someone]

"... Like, the sound velcro makes? It wasn't just a horse that panicked whenever it saw a pair of sneakers, right?"

He had to check these things. He'd been living on the island for long enough to realize it warranted checking.

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[revengenotebook]

"Who'd be afraid of a pair of sneakers?"

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[always_someone]

"Potentially your horse," Norman supplied with a shrug.

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[revengenotebook]

"No, just the noise," Paris said. "There was a different horse who hated bunnies."

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[always_someone]

"Bunnies? Because they... wiggled their noses? Or dug holes, I guess. A hole in the ground can't be good for a horse."

It really, really wasn't.