Phys Ed; Thursday, First Period [12/21].

[sword_chocobro]

When the class came into the gym that morning, they'd find Gladio ready to go with a large red rubber ball in his hands. "You know," he said, "when I do these gym classes, I kind of like to do dodgeball for the last class, but, well, since it's almost Christmas, it seemed a little too far removed from the holiday spirit and I've decided we'll go with a less cutthroat final class instead."

Besides, this was quite possibly one of the less cutthroat classes he'd ever had. Unless you got Nell worked up into the right headspace, anyway.

"So we're doing some kickball instead. Obviously, there's not enough of us to really do teams, so we'll just take turns as pitcher and kicker and various field positions, and hopefully just have a good time for our last class. I'll go over the basics and the rules and how to play while you guys start getting stretched out, we'll do a quick lap around the gym to get out blood pumping, and then it's game on."

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OOC - Phys Ed, 12/21.

[sword_chocobro]

Look, there were wars at my school over who got to the kickball pitch first during recess...

Re: OOC - Phys Ed, 12/21.

[mylandmyrules]

True story. I was bullied a lot in elementary school and in third grade the other girls wanted nothing to do with me (largely due to bullying by my two teachers and therefore tacit approval for the kids to do the same). So, at recess I was rather at loose ends. A bunch of boys played football everyday and since they were generally nicer than the girls I asked to play with them - and was met with a resounding refusal. Which a teacher heard and told them they had to let me play.

They were not happy, but allowed it reluctantly. And then they discovered three things. One, I could run really fast (and weave). Two, I could catch. Three, no one would dare tackle me because I was a girl and I was very tiny so they knew the teachers would have a fit. Which meant that if they could get the ball to me they were guaranteed a touchdown.

So, for the first and only time in my life, I was picked first for a team every day. It was a glorious month or two.