fandomhigh | Teamwork Training and Combat Skills; Thursday, Second Period [11/21].

The usual training room had been replaced this week with a sort of open-air sports pitch of sorts, and Gladio stood with a big grin on his face as he was flanked by his two coteachers. They each held onto a weapon: Ignis held a sort of double-staff-like weapon, while Prompto was idly swinging what looked like a ball on a rope. Meanwhile, Gladio himself had a much smaller than his usual sword weapon slung over his shoulders with one hand, while the other one was tossing up and catching a skull.

(Not a real skull, it should be noted, although he did consider it, considering they probably had a pretty good resource for that kind of thing!)

"Today," he then announced, "we're going to be playing a game I came across that just looks like a whole lot of fun and could be a good way to work in all those teamwork and combat skills all in one. It's called Jugger, and it's from some apocalyptic movie from Australia, and I've been looking forward to bringing this in ever since I heard about it." He chuckled faintly. "The rules are pretty much like what you'd expect from a field pitch sort of game, like soccer or rugby or something like that...only with weapons and fighting. The goal? Collect the skull," he lifted the one in his hand demonstrably, "and run it to the goal at the opposite end of where your team started. But only one person, the Qwik...or runner, really...is allowed to actually touch the skull, and the remaining people, the pompfers...or enforcers...use these swords, staffs, and chained balls to defend their qwik and stop the other team's pomfers from interfering or the other team's qwik from getting the skull."

"So it basically is quite a bit like rugby, if you're familiar," Ignis offered helpfully, "only with weapons."

"Which makes it even cooler," Gladio said.

"Yes," Ignis sighed, "which makes it even cooler."

"So," Gladio continued, "we're going to break up into teams, and since there's an uneven number of you guys, we're going to join in, too. I'm gonna hop onto the Blue team, and Iggy and Prompto here will be joining Red."

"We'll want everyone to have a chance at being both qwik and pompfer," Ignis added, "so we'll switch things around every period. Now, let's take a moment to learn more about how the game is played and its rules, and then we'll begin. Please remember to warm up and stretch as we explain, as I suspect things will get quite physical once the skull in in play."

"I really wish we'd just call it a ball, you guys," Prompto chimed in with a sigh.

Gladio looked like he was considering it, and then grinned and shook his head. "Nah," he said, and tossed the skull Prompto's way. He struggled a little to catch it, and then looked a little like he wished he hadn't once he did, and then Gladio clapped his hands.

"Alright, guys. Let's get started."

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Because they're all their if you need them or have choice words that can't just be said on the battlefield!

Gladio is still a little sad he only just learned about this sport a little bit ago, because he still feels it's kind of perfect. Even different fighting styles are represented in the weapons! Beautiful, really.

"You should come with me next time I go to visit the warrior women and teach them this," Nell said after class. "They'd have way too much fun with it!"

"You know what?" Gladio snorted a faint laugh. "That's a great idea. They really would, wouldn't they? And then maybe I could play against some people who can actually give me challenge."

All offense intented to all present. Go on. Fight him about it. He'd love it!

Oh Nell wasn't going to argue with him on that!

"And it would be so much fun to watch!" She'd have to bring popcorn!

"Who said anything about watching?" asked Gladio, smirking down at Nell as he nudge her shoulder. "You'd have to play, too."

"Maaaay-be..." Nell said. "But I'd absolutely love to watch the mayhem!"

Gladio squinted at Nell a little as if considering this option again and then grunted his conclusion. "Guess we'll just see what happens when we get there," he said. "But it looked like you were having fun out there today."

"Oh, I was," Nell assured him, "And I'll certainly play for part of the time, but I definitely want to watch too!"

"Good." Gladio grinned again, this time leaning in not to nudge Nell,but to give her a kiss. "And I guess maybe a little just watching would be okay."

Enjoy it, Nell! No one else would get that kind of leniency from him!

Oh, she'd like to see him tell her she had to do something she didn't want to do in front of the warrior woman!

Not really. She knew he never would make her do something she didn't want to do. But in this case, the fun of playing might just be slightly outweighed by watching him take on the warrior women.

She stretched up to kiss him back. "Fun class. Got any plans for later? I thought I might go do a hot tub soak."

"Well," Gladio reminded her, "it is Shirtless Thursdays at the bar. It's still not the same without Annie, but Thor's good people, too, so I'll probably swing by and see what he's been up to..."

He trailed of a little, which lead into a smirk.

"After a hot tub soak. Fun class, but a lot of hard work, so gotta keep those muscles cared for, right?"

"Oh, definitely need to keep these muscles cared for," Nell said, running a hand along his upper arm. "Need them in tip top shape."

Gladio saw absolutely no reason to be subtle about the fact that he was clearly flexing a little now that Nell could really get the most out of that drifting hand up his arm. "Think you might be able help out a little with that, too?" he ventured. Brows lifted and mouth quirked, because he didn't see any reason to be subtle about the request, either.

"Right here?" Nell said mischievously. "In the Danger Shop? I suppose I could..."

She nudged him. "Though I think somewhere else might give me more free rein." Her hands continued their exploration.

"Well, I was thinking that would go along with the hot tub..." Gladio said, unable to help chuckling, his grin quirked that much more any time Nell took the initiative on that particular kind of boldness. He turned a little, so that his other arm could slide around her, and then firmly pulled her in close to him. "Though you won't hear me complaining if you wanted to expedite the process. Or..."

He leaned in so that this was for her ears only.

"We could just get out of here now."

If they didn't, things might get a little questionable for suitability in a public comm, and especially for a classroom setting.

Nell laughed and stretched up to give him a lingering kiss before pulling back just the tiniest bit. "I think we'd better get out of here now or we'll get ourselves in trouble with the moose."

Ignis, meanwhile, had dedicated himself to not giving into the temptation to just use his q-tip of a weapon as he usually might by just launching himself up over the pitch.

It's actually more difficult to hold back than one might think!

Still not wild about the ball being a freaking skull, but Prompto honestly is really into that ball-and-chain weapon and might be considering some tinkering once class (and lunch!) were over...

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