Perhaps the timing would have been better if they'd have done this last Friday before the Big Game, but it was hard to not feel a little inspired by the Puppy Bowl over the weekend. It felt almost as if there was no choice but to bring that into the PE class that week.

And so there they were, both Gladio and Dwight standing on a smaller version of a regular football field. Both were dressed in classic, albeit a little ridiculous-looking, referrer shirts. With black caps on their heads and matching pants, they were looking every bit the part of the official referee team... down to the shiny silver whistles that hung around their necks. And because he totally had to, Gladio gave the whistle a blow, the shrill note, getting everyone's attention.

"So," Gladio started, "in light of last weekend being all about some big football game and wanting to go a little light on you guys right before the big school trip, we thought we can get in on a friendly little game of the flag variety. Which means no tackle."

Why did he feel the need to look at Troy in particular with that specification?

"Right" Dwight continued. "No tackling involved. Just grab an opposing player's flag off their belt and they are out."

"No porting, either," Gladio added, and, look at that, was that another specific student he was giving a firm look at? Hmm. Imagine that. "Let's try to keep everyone on the same playing field. We're going to break it up into two teams: Yellow's Kurt and Jo with me, Green'll be Troy and Guillermo with Dwight here."

"This is our pre-trip class so the name of the game is having fun alright? Ok, so let's start with a basic rundown of the rules and how this will play out, and then you all can come to get your colors and we will get started," Dwight said, giving the kids a thumbs up and saving them a whistle- for now.