Team! Synergy! [Thursday, 1st Period)

[wrongkindofsith]

Synergy! Cooperation! Monetize! Big Data!

Those were some of the words that were written on the board when the class arrived because they were all literally in the little booklet that the teachers were pulling this class from. So.

"I'm not even on YouTube anymore now that the guys don't work for Polygon," Magnus muttered under his breath, squinting at the board. "Maybe I can monetize the merchandising rights?"

Cara had no idea what Magnus was talking about, but that was going to be par for the course this semester. "So this class is about teamwork...synergy." She refused to pronounce the exclamation marks. "No so much punching."

Which was just as big a tragedy for her as you, guys.

"We can probably figure out punching too," Magnus added, shaking himself free of the lure of business buzz words. "Maybe a cool business fight club to promote teamwork!"

"...or something," Cara said dubiously. "Now according to the booklet, we're starting with 'introductory exercises for maximum trust.'"

"Trust falls!" Magnus translated for the rest of them. "Uh, we brought pillows in case people suck."

Or want to nap maybe.

Napping would probably be a better use of their time. "So tell us your name, throw yourself at the floor and trust the rest of the class to catch you," Cara said, refusing to demonstrate.

"I'll go first!" Of course he would. "I'm your teacher, Magnus Burnsides."

And then he sort of flung himself in Cara's direction. Because YOLO.

Only the fact they had to set a good example for the students stopped Cara from side-stepping and letting Magnus land on the pillows. "I'm Cara," she said, holding Magnus awkwardly at arms length.

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[wrongkindofsith]

Roll for synergy!

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[midichlorianfail]

Theron Shan, 14

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[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto Argentum, 18!!

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[spell_chucker]

Khadgar, 13!

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[misshapen_spark]

Yang Xiao Long, 13

Listen to Cara and Magnus! - TS [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

If you're unsure about this whole business...so are they.

Re: Listen to Cara and Magnus! - TS [01]

[hashtag_chocobro]

A class that had exclamation! marks! in the title had to be great, right? Oh, Prompto was so ready for this, so pumped for it, even though he had no idea what was going on. Yeah! But he dug the whole plucky-serious dynamic the teachers had going on, reminded him maybe just a little bit of another dynamic duo that he himself hoped to be a thing far into the future.

Introductory Exercises For Maximum Trust - TS [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Yell out your name then throw yourself at the ground, trusting your classmates to catch you.

...might be best to aim for the pillows.

[Feel free to get all up in each other's threads.]

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[midichlorianfail]

Oh, like Theron didn't have enough trust issues already.

"Theron," he said, flinging himself in the general direction of the pillows.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

"I got you, bro!" Prompto called out, rushing to position himself in a way to be able to catch the other guy and feeling real glad he'd thought to hit the gym already this week.

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[midichlorianfail]

So Theron ended up not hitting the pillows. Yay.

"Uh, thanks...bro."

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[hashtag_chocobro]

Yay!

"No prob, dude!" Prompto grinned and gave Theron a slightly awkward, definitely bouncy thumbs up. "Gotta look out for each other!"

He wasn't going to let anyone hit those pillows if he could help it. A simple goal, yes, but a noble one.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

"I'm Prompto!"

And Prompto was going to give it a moment for someone who might want to catch them (for which he would be super grateful for) to get ready as he closed his eyes and, very serenely for how excited he sounded, started to slowly fall back toward the pillows.

If he hit the pillows, he wouldn't be surprised, really. He really wouldn't blame anyone if no one stepped up to the task, even if he'd rather someone did.

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[spell_chucker]

Look, Khadgar wasn't a big guy and trying to actually catch someone would just result in both of them getting hurt. So, he put his hands out and now Prompto was Slow Falling towards the pillows.

"If this doesn't count, I'll take full responsibility," he said.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

"Whoa!"

The fact that he was suddenly falling much slower than gravity would dictate without the aid of another body behind him....was a bit surprising, yes, but also incredibly cool once the shock of it subsided a little.

"Dude!" He laughed as he drifted down, though his were wide and the whole thing was so weird..but so cool! "Are you doing that...with your mind??"

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[misshapen_spark]

"I got him," Yang laughed, reaching out to catch Prompto in a melodramatic dip. "Hey there again, cowboy."

Shameless? Yang? ...Totally.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

"Oh, no," said Prompto, with his crooked grin making it very hard to take him seriously, as he was more than happy to switch a magic fall with catch of a completely different kind of magic, "I don't think it worked. The fall must have killed me, because I'm pretty sure I've just died and gone to heaven."

Shame? What even was that?

Talk to Cara and/or Magnus! - TS [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

One of whom is still awkwardly at arms length.

OOCTS - TS [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

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