Fandom High School

For their final class, Ziva had asked the students to meet her on the roof of the dorm. She'd thought about doing this in the Danger Shop instead, but it just wouldn't have the same effect.

"Welcome to our last class together," she said with a smile. "You have all been wonderful students, so thank you for that. Your final today is simple, so to speak: strap on a harness--" she pointed to a pile of them by the edge of the roof "--and rappel from here down to the ground without splattering yourselves all over the place. I will be spotting you from the ground, for everyone's safety." Whether they liked it or not, crazy daredevils. "Get ready, and I will see you all at the bottom."

[Since they're in public, there is a place in the OCD for people to watch. :)]

Ziva had instructed the students to come to the Danger Shop again today for class. This week, the students would find themselves standing by a wooden platform, with an identical platform about ten feet away, and on the ground between the platforms was a thick bed of fresh mud.

"Over the past few weeks, you have all proven yourselves to be quite capable of straightforward physical challenges," Ziva said, sounding quite pleased about that. "Today, I thought we would try something a little more difficult. It can be quite easy to walk a shaky path or climb a tall structure when the path you must take is clear and right in front of you. But what if your path is not clear? What if you do not know exactly what is at your destination? What if you must rely on something like instinct?"

Taking hold of the rope that was tied firmly above them, Ziva swung herself across the mud to the other platform, and then threw the rope back. "See if you can make it across and land here safely, without falling. Sometimes, what seems simple might not be." In this case, that would be because from where they were standing, it would be difficult to see the grease that Ziva had spread along the first foot of the platform. If they wanted to land without slipping, they were going to have to make it to where she did.

They were all a bunch of physical geniuses. Surely they'd be fine!

Ziva had the students meet by the main campfire again this week, but once everyone arrived, she led them into the preserve, where she'd set up for class. There were two thick ropes stretched out between trees and tied to the trunks - one was about a foot off of the ground, and was laid out over grassy land, and the other was about two feet off of the ground, and laid out over muddy ground.

"Today, we are going to test your balance, and see how well you can handle yourself on unsteady ground" she said. "Your task is simple: climb up onto one of these ropes and walk across to the other side. You may go forwards, or sideways, or however works best for you, and you may pick which rope you choose to cross. If you would like, you may ask someone to spot you to help you if you fall off. No one has to work alone if they do not want to."