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fandomhigh2019-09-26 09:00 am
firstofitskind) wrote in fandomhigh2019-09-26 09:00 am
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Phys Ed, Thursday, Period Two
Once again, Liam and Verity's original plan for the class had not involved the Danger Shop. And yet, once again, here they were. Meeting in the Danger Shop.
That original plan, in case you were wondering, had involved meeting at the gym in town, for parkour. Unfortunately, when they'd arrived to set up, the receptionist at the desk had told them in no uncertain terms that that would be impossible. A hazardous waste spill, they'd said.
Why did a gym even have hazardous waste?
On the bright side, at least there was enough distance from last weekend's weirdness that it was unlikely people were still dwelling on it?
"So today we're going to learn about parkour," Verity said, looking beleaguered as a cityscape sprang up behind them. "Parkour was developed from military obstacle course training and is the sport of getting from one place to another by using the environment. You run, you jump, you climb, you dodge, all in an attempt to be the fastest person through a complicated urban environment."
Even the insanity of the Danger Shop couldn't stop Verity from sounding fond as she explained. She hadn't gotten the title of Arboreal Priestess for nothing.
And was Liam shooting her fond looks as she described what parkour was? Yeah. You shut up.
"I suppose it's actually a good thing we're back in here today," Liam said, looking around. "Since it gives you the chance to work with a substantially more expansive course than we were going to set up in the gym."
Foolish Liam, thinking the Danger Shop would actually let them just run the program they'd intended.
Once was chance, twice coincidence. Third time...the charm? "We'll start you out in a basic area so you can get used to thinking in multiple dimensions," Verity said. "Fences to scale, outcroppings to grab, obstacles to jump over. When you get comfortable, we've set up three courses of varying difficulty for you to experiment with. See how far you can get, how fast you can go."
"There's no 'right' way to move in parkour," Liam advised, gaze flicking between the students with their very diverse body types. "Where one person might vault, another might climb. It's all about what feels most natural to you."
That original plan, in case you were wondering, had involved meeting at the gym in town, for parkour. Unfortunately, when they'd arrived to set up, the receptionist at the desk had told them in no uncertain terms that that would be impossible. A hazardous waste spill, they'd said.
Why did a gym even have hazardous waste?
On the bright side, at least there was enough distance from last weekend's weirdness that it was unlikely people were still dwelling on it?
"So today we're going to learn about parkour," Verity said, looking beleaguered as a cityscape sprang up behind them. "Parkour was developed from military obstacle course training and is the sport of getting from one place to another by using the environment. You run, you jump, you climb, you dodge, all in an attempt to be the fastest person through a complicated urban environment."
Even the insanity of the Danger Shop couldn't stop Verity from sounding fond as she explained. She hadn't gotten the title of Arboreal Priestess for nothing.
And was Liam shooting her fond looks as she described what parkour was? Yeah. You shut up.
"I suppose it's actually a good thing we're back in here today," Liam said, looking around. "Since it gives you the chance to work with a substantially more expansive course than we were going to set up in the gym."
Foolish Liam, thinking the Danger Shop would actually let them just run the program they'd intended.
Once was chance, twice coincidence. Third time...the charm? "We'll start you out in a basic area so you can get used to thinking in multiple dimensions," Verity said. "Fences to scale, outcroppings to grab, obstacles to jump over. When you get comfortable, we've set up three courses of varying difficulty for you to experiment with. See how far you can get, how fast you can go."
"There's no 'right' way to move in parkour," Liam advised, gaze flicking between the students with their very diverse body types. "Where one person might vault, another might climb. It's all about what feels most natural to you."