Fire & Rescue Bootcamp, Tuesday, session 1

[designateddadfriend]

Why did his class have to happen so early? Travis had been in Seattle until the last possible moment, staying up to have a post-shift day-drink with Vic, and was now back, freshly portalled in, exhausted and vaguely tipsy, and wishing he could have caught a quick nap before having to play drill sergeant to a bunch of pre-probies.

"Mornin'," he said, squinting at them in the empty Danger Shop (yeah, he still didn't know how that thing worked). "Today we're . . . hoses. They're heavy. Everything is heavy. Drag 'em around. Hook 'em up. Spray things with them. Not each other. That hurts." He looked around, scowling faintly. "How is there no coffee in here?"

Maybe next week he'd learn how to actually program things.

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Play with hoses

[designateddadfriend]

They are big. They are heavy. They spray water at high pressure and no really will hurt if you aim them at each other.

There was a whole informative set of videos about how to load and deploy them on the scene on a laptop that Travis had planned to use, but -- eh, you'll figure it out.

Re: Play with hoses

[alwaysonguard]

"So... they are kinda like the big ropes or chains at the gym? Only... they shoot out water?" Dwight mused as he eyed the coiled up hose. "Big. Bulky. Heavy. Cumbersome. Sounds about right."

Re: Play with hoses

[designateddadfriend]

"Yep, basically," Travis muttered. "Oh, and you gotta be careful not to kink them up too much or break them. For the -- you know. Water and stuff."

Re: Play with hoses

[meepmeepmeep]

Was anyone surprised that Beaker was defying physics to get shot into the sky via water? Nope?

Nope.

Re: Play with hoses

[what_the_shock]

Miguel would just pick up the hoses and carry them where they needed to go. The hardest part was not using his talons to hold onto them when they started slipping. Nobody needed a fire hose with holes.