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Detective Rosa Diaz ([personal profile] died8yearsago) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2019-05-10 05:13 am
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Fandom Gladiators; First Period [05/10].

Well, Rosa had finally given in. She was having a class held in the Danger Shop, finally, though she spent a good portion of the time glaring at it, waiting for it to malfunction or stop working right or just generally be frustrating, because she had a bit of a tentative relationship with technology. The thing was suspiciously easy to use, really, and Rosa didn't trust it one bit.

....she didn't not trust it enough to prevent her from using it to make kids whale on each other, of course, but you know how it is. Either way, it was important that this whole thing be set up in a completely ridiculous stadium, after all. Today, the center area was set up with a row of round, raised platforms to one side, much higher platforms all the way on the other side, and ropes hanging down from them.

Rosa waited until it looked like everyone was there before getting started. "I'm pretty sure most of you don't get the reference and have no idea what you're about to get into," she started, "but welcome to Fandom Gladiators. This will be a competition class where I'm basically just pitting you against each other in a series of ridiculous and over-the-top activities for no other real purpose than that it's hilarious. I guess you could argue that it might help better your atheletic prowess, your skill, your stamina, but that arguement would be dumb.

"First things first," she gestured toward a collection of helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads. "Suit up. Yeah, I know it's the Danger Shop so no one gets hurt, but it's a traditional uniform for this kind of thing." Which was kind of true? "And if you were an idiot and didn't wear clothes that you can move easily in today, don't worry. We've got some great patriotic uniforms you can borrow."

She expected everyone in the class would dress appropriately from here on in.

"I know it's the first week, which usually means introductions, but here's the thing: I don't care who you are. Especially not in the class, because as soon as you enter this arena, you're going to be someone else. Before we get started, you have to pick your gladiator name. Something cool and intimidating, like Hawk or Nitro or Storm. Bonus points if you put together a backstory or gimmick, but choose wisely, because one you pick your gladiator name, you're going to be stuck with it.

"And once we're done with that, the real fun begins, though this week, I'm going easy on you. We're doing the Human Cannonball. Which is not as cool as it sounds, there are no cannons involved. But you will get to fly at each other and try to knock each other down, so...there's that."

[[ ocd on the way is up! Go forth in battle!! ]]
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[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
Vette
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Re: Listen to the Lecture - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Vette? Was totally among the excited, yes. For starters, of course she wore clothing she could move in. Little sneaky thing like her? There was no way she'd be caught dead in those spangly tights.

And besides that?

She got to throw down with her classmates! YES!
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Re: Pick your Gladiator Name - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no, there were so many options here. The Rutian Rancor? The TarentaTwi'lek?

... Never mind that Vette was an alias in the first place. She couldn't have too many people just knowing that. She couldn't steal Taunt's name, that would be weird. Or Risha, definitely not Nok...

"Lylek," she announced. "It's a giant predator from my homeworld, feared by everything else on the planet."

... And it sounded unfortunately an awful lot like 'Lilac,' which maybe wasn't a great gladiator name.
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[personal profile] reicicled 2019-05-10 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Bobby Drake
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[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Mae Borowski
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Re: Listen to the Lecture - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mae was totally into this whole thing. Except the padding. This place was apparently basically a scholastic version of her holosuites in town, so she knew the "you can't get hurt" thing was totally real.

In which case, why weren't the pads, like, 90% more bad ass?

Anyway. She needed to think of something properly metal for her new name. Like . . . Witchdagger! Only not Witchdagger, because then someone would probably figure out that she'd named herself after a band and hadn't come up with it herself.
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[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"They ought to be," Vette declared, hands on her hips and grinning. Because she had no idea what a lilac was anyway. "I'm tiny, but I mean business!"

She was going to be a little blue bulldozer today, just you wait.
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Re: Human Cannonball - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, Vette was so ready! Totally! She had this!

... She probably didn't have this. She was a bit of a waif and didn't have the solid heft that some other people might, or even the benefit of inertia on her side. But so help her, she was hell-bent on trying, and that had to count for something, right?
thishouseishaunted: (I got nightmare eyes!)

Re: Pick your Gladiator Name - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Blade. Shriek. Unholy Madam. (Killer.)

Mae was definitely overthinking this.

"Um," she said. ". . . Nightmare?"

Sure. That would do.
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Re: Human Cannonball - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Mae grabbed onto the rope, hopped twice, let out a Tarzan yodel, and swung.

She, too, was tiny. But she was as quite round, and with her legs pulled up and the power of a third jump behind her swing, she was basically a wrecking ball.
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Re: Human Cannonball - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Mae stood on the platform holding her big padded thing and wishing it was more bat-like.

Was she allowed to try to dodge? Because she was tiny enough that she had at least a little room to move on this thing. . . .
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Re: Human Cannonball - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
And Vette's game had no special jump mechanics, so, while she knew Mae was tiny (and made a great duck), she really hadn't quite accounted for three jumps to be a factor. She'd kind of hoped she'd at least make it to round two or something, here.

But nope. "AH!"

Bomp went Mae into the padded shield, and down Vette went.
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[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"NIGHTMARE BEATS LILAC!!!!" Mae bellowed. "Nightmare is QUEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
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[personal profile] crack_that_whip 2019-05-10 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Trevor Belmont
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Re: Human Cannonball - Gladiators, 05/10.

[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah?" Lylek Lilac picked herself up and grinned up at Nightmare at that. "Well just wait until next time! I'm gonna totally de-throne you again!"

Playing wrecking ball was totally her new favorite thing ever until something else shiny caught her eye.
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Lana Beniko
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[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2019-05-10 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dude!" Mae beamed back down at Vette. "We should totally work, like, a rivalry into our backstories."
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[personal profile] chirpchirpchirp 2019-05-10 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Vette considered this proposition carefully for a moment.

"Just so long as it doesn't involve Scottish ducks."

Just putting that out there.

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