Rocky Bits, Tuesday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

"Good afternoon," Arthur began, scraping his throat aloud, "And welcome to this meeting of the military reserves. Glad you could join us here down at the Rocky Bits. Today, we will abandon talk of theory and see about how well you all work out in practice. The Rocky Bits are one of the most troubling of physical challenges on the island, but sometimes there may be a need to hide in them, or cross over them. Today, we will explore the best ways to do so."

"There's plenty to keep an eye open for, here," Zack shared, his hands on his hips and looking as chipper as ever. "Cracks in the stones that you might never see coming, sudden drops, and things like that. If you aren't familiar with the area yet, then be sure to go slow and to pay attention to where your feet are going."

Zack was not one to follow his own advice, in this regard.

"As per usual, you are allowed to form teams of two, even three," Arthur continued, "If simply to make sure that if anyone gets injured, they make it back. Watch your step. Normally, it would be best to go around the rocks, but I think we've all learned that normally doesn't apply in this place."

"There are some nifty drop-offs over that way," Zack shared, leaning forward conspiratorially. "I mean, if you're comfortable with the relatively flat terrain and you want a bit more of a challenge. But you guys have to be extra careful if you do head over there, okay?"

"Zack will have potions," Arthur added, dryly. "If you fail."

"So!" Zack clapped his hands once, pleased as punch with the activity for today, and well-stocked on potions, yes. "What are you guys waiting for? There are rocks to explore!"

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Comments

Arrive/Mingle!

[bitchprince]

At the foot of the Rocky Bits.

There are sandwiches. Of course.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn was there and looking at the rocky terrain over carefully.

While munching on a sandwich of course.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Yay sammich. Yay Rocky Bits! Dinah was glad to finally be doing more than flying over these.

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[intraspective]

Ino was missing the solitude of her normal tree today and ignoring the sandwiches as she idly considered the Rocky Bits and pretended she was listening.

Blah blah blah be safe be careful blah blah blah.

Not that it was a bad thing, mind, for them to say. But still, she wasn't in the mood for it.

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[brat_inslayage]

Sandwiches. Awesome, because Kennedy was hungry (if kind of itchy and thus mildly paranoid about turning into a hedgehog again), and that probably wasn't much of a surprise.

Nah, this couldn't be that much different from a climbing wall. She could totally rock this.

If you asked her, of course.

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, there were sandwiches, and that was a good thing, but did we really want Gabrielle attempting to climb rocks? Did we really?

Questions to ponder, perhaps, and Gabrielle was just going to eat her sandwich and leave the pondering to other people.

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri frowned slightly; rock climbing would be a lot easier if the weather let her get away with going barefoot. She didn't want to freeze her feet off. She wasn't worried about finding her way over the rocks at all, just the state of her feet.

Weird girl.

. . . she'd take a sandwich, though.

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

If he was going to climb that, Jake was going to first eat. And keep an eye out to see if Morgana would stick to her word.

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[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

After stealing borrowing an appropriate shirt and pants from Rose, Morgana headed out to join the group, carrying herself in a way that aimed to suggest she was comfortable here. She did her best to look around for the people she knew, but tried to be discreet about it.

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[bitchprince]

Most people probably wouldn't be able to recognize the amount of care put into said outfit, but most people weren't Arthur.

Most people weren't Arthur, swaggering up to Morgana, giving her the once over, and saying, "My God. It's only taken you, what-- seven months?"

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob had planned to stay low and simply keep an eye out that everything went well. Except for how something smelt... off. It didn't quite burn, but it was close enough for comfort.

He didn't mean to scowl at Morgana, but the scent seem to come from her and he'd been fairly certain it hadn't been there Saturday.

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[momslilassassin]

Ben snagged a sandwich and looked over the terrain. He'd climbed up these a few times, just to see how it was, of course, but never as a group activity.

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[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Sandwiches! Score! An uncloaked and all pinkish Kurt munched happily.

...Although, he was looking at the rocky bits with unease. Climbing sounded WUNDERBAR, but a little ways off from here was where he'd... well, massacred a pile of gremlins. He still felt queasy thinking about it. Hopefully, the goo had washed off the rocks by now?

Climb the Rocky Bits

[bitchprince]

If you've got the stones. With a partner, if you can.

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Oh please. Like Dinah would pass this up, after climbing in NYC?



[back late, at 7pmEST]

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure. Climbing it was. Sometimes having long legs could be very beneficial.

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle looked up . . . and up and up and up at the tall boy who reminded her vaguely of Xena for reasons she couldn't quite place. If pressed she wouldn't be able to pinpoint it exactly, but it was a familiar sense of something simmering beneath the surface but kept in check.

That was oddly comforting.

"Could you use a climbing partner?"

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy's one concession to slightly-less-badass was to put on gloves; she didn't have any particular burning desire to rip her hands up on the rocks. Pacing along the area at the base of the Rocky Bits for a while, she tried to pick out a route that would be a good challenge without being completely insane.

Unless someone had a better offer, she'd be perfectly prepared to go this one alone. Teamwork was a concept she was a long way from mastering yet.

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[bitchy_smurf]

Illyria wasn't the mistress of teamwork, and she did rather like heights. This combination of facts resulted in her being halfway up the rock face before it occurred to her that they might have wished those who had no fear of the exercise to partner up with the weaker ones.

Re: Climb the Rocky Bits

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt leapt onto the rocks agilely, and started climbing with a grace that could probably only be matched by one Peter Parker, not that he knew that. After he'd gone a little ways, he turned and waved down at the people still on the ground. "Anyone need a hand up?"

Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

Once they've pinged!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

Arthur was present and accounted for, naturally, albeit preparing for his own trek up the rocks. It'd been a while since he'd gotten a climb in.

Re: Talk to the Guys

[puppy_fair]

Zack was there, watching the group carefully for any missteps that might be in need of potions.

And as soon as the reserves let out? He was so going to spend time here running the course himself. Most likely with complete reckless abandon.

OOC

[bitchprince]

Where the Bradley quotes live.

"Bonjour, je voudrais être une chevalier s’il vous plaît?"

Re: OOC

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

My French is so very rusty, but... "Hello, I would like to be a ... please?"

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