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fandomhigh2025-12-09 11:18 am
atreideslioness) wrote in fandomhigh2025-12-09 11:18 am
Reclaiming Your Childhood, Tuesday, Period [12/9]
Students today had been instructed to meet at Ghanima's classroom today, where there were trucks and trunks of winter gear. Snow suits, boots, mittens, hats, scarves... if you could dream it, she had it, in your size.
Brand new, even, as if perhaps some winter fairy had gone shopping with each person in mind.
"Suit up," Ghanima said cheerfully, doing her best to wrangle mittens on to a reticent Trebor. "We're popping off-campus to go play outside -- to go sledding!"
"A lot of Earth media about winter or winter holidays has a scene in it about sledding, also known as sledging or sleighing. It is a winter sport typically carried out in a prone or seated position on a vehicle generically known as a sled. It is also the basis of three Olympic sports: luge, skeleton and bobsledding."
"The practical use of sleds is ancient and widespread. They were used as vehicles to transport materials and/or people, often in icy and snowy conditions. Early designs included hand-pulled sizes as well as larger dog, reindeer, horse, or ox drawn versions."
"In the modern day, the term 'sledding' refers to traveling down a snowy hill using a flat sled, sometimes made out of wood, but flat plastic or aluminum discs and improvised sleds such as baking trays, cafeteria trays, sheets of cardboard, car tires, and so on, may also be used.
"Dress for warmth," she warned, "as we will be outside for the next hour. However, if it gets to be too much, you can always come back to the classroom to warm up."
Brand new, even, as if perhaps some winter fairy had gone shopping with each person in mind.
"Suit up," Ghanima said cheerfully, doing her best to wrangle mittens on to a reticent Trebor. "We're popping off-campus to go play outside -- to go sledding!"
"A lot of Earth media about winter or winter holidays has a scene in it about sledding, also known as sledging or sleighing. It is a winter sport typically carried out in a prone or seated position on a vehicle generically known as a sled. It is also the basis of three Olympic sports: luge, skeleton and bobsledding."
"The practical use of sleds is ancient and widespread. They were used as vehicles to transport materials and/or people, often in icy and snowy conditions. Early designs included hand-pulled sizes as well as larger dog, reindeer, horse, or ox drawn versions."
"In the modern day, the term 'sledding' refers to traveling down a snowy hill using a flat sled, sometimes made out of wood, but flat plastic or aluminum discs and improvised sleds such as baking trays, cafeteria trays, sheets of cardboard, car tires, and so on, may also be used.
"Dress for warmth," she warned, "as we will be outside for the next hour. However, if it gets to be too much, you can always come back to the classroom to warm up."
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Let's go SLEDDING!
Ghanima hoisted up her son with one arm, grabbing a sled with her free hand. "This snow isn't going sled itself," she teased. "Or, alternately, you can stay up here and make snowmen or snow angels, but I'd recommend trying sledding at least once."
"Get to it!"
[OCC: GO FORTH AND SNOW! ]
Re: Let's go SLEDDING!
He'd heal anyway.
He determinedly sat on a sled and pushed off. And tried not to whimper on the way down. He alternated between squeezing his eyes closed and snapping them open to see where he was going.
At the bottom, he stopped and stood a little shakily.
Then he grabbed the sled and started trekking back up fast as he could (which wasn't very). That had actually been a bit fun!
End of Class
"You can go ahead and leave your gear here, if you like," Ghanima said, desperately trying to get Trebor's coat off before he dove for the cookies. "Alternately, please feel free to keep it if you lack a wardrobe of suitable winter gear. It's always best to be prepared on Fandom Island."
"Dry off, grab a snack, and take a few moments before you head to your next class!"
Re: End of Class
Talk to Ghanima & Trebor
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