Fandom High School

In the Danger Shop, Jack looked at the items and pictures on the holo of her desk, a little bemused at them. It was kind of adorable. Norman had brought in an actual burger. He could have taken a picture of the sign at Luke's but.. no, that was an actual burger right there on her desk next to a dandelion. She picked the two-day-old cold burger up and took a bite. Huh. Kind of like McDonald's for mealyness but with more flavor. Still bland. Meh. Calories were calories. She crunched on through the stale bun unbothered.

"So I see you guys did great with the scavenger hunt," she said around a mouthful, "After you finish the confidence course, today's goal is Two Truths and a Lie. With a twist. You'll still choose a captain. Instead of playing this one on one, you're going to round robin the f.. game. Each will take a turn telling two truths and one lie about themselves. The group as a whole has to decide which is the lie and turn it in to the team captain. Captain will keep track. Once everyone's gone, you'll tell whether or not your lie was discovered."

She nodded at the whiteboard on one wall. Then she nodded at the confidence course. "Have at."

[OCD is up. Please wait for Prompto to ping in for the confidence course thread.]

Notice goes out to the students:

"Class is canceled today. In the United States, where you currently [BEEP] are, it is Memorial Day. It is a day of remembrance for the military members who died in service. If anyone needs me, text. I'll be at Arlington Cemetery."

And god help any feral ghouls, supermutants, giant radscorpions, or anything else that tried to get in her and Kaidan's way today of all days.

Class is in the Danger Shop again. Once again, the confidence course is down the center. Tires, hoops, walls, ropes, mud pit, etc.

One whole wall has been set up as a display. Multiple console controllers are in front of it, scattered among beanbags. There's sodas and snacks available over there, also.

At the top of the display, a whole host of pixellated Reapers marched through Dark Space.

At the bottom were a whole host of pixellated warships. One color per controller.

"So last week," Jack began as the students filed in, "Lana volunteered to be team captain and you avoided the confidence course altogether at Norman's suggestion. That was clever and it was some good thinking outside the box. This week, Lana's off the table for captain because she's had a turn, and 'go around it' is also off the table for a solution. Someone else will take a turn being in charge and getting the group through it. If you get the impression that I don't care how you do it, that'd be the correct impression to have: I do not care how you do it, just that you figure it out and do it as a group."

"You'll notice the game set up." Jack gestured toward it. She turned it on for the demo and the Reapers began spawning and marching toward the bottom very quickly. The spaceships took flight and began working together to blast them out of the sky. No one ship was strong enough to take on one Reaper. The demo was rigged so the Reapers won by getting all the way to the bottom, destroying all the ships along the way.

"Today, you run the confidence course and then you get to work the game. Object's simple: Don't let the Reapers land. Problem is, you don't get to start playing until every member of your team has completed the confidence course. The game starts when you start. They'll move slower than they did in the demo but they'll still be moving. If you take too long to do the course, you'll be at a serious disadvantage - if not outright lose - the game," she commented.

Hauling one of the beanbags over to the side, she plopped down and raised a stopwatch. Clicking the clicky thing, she said, "And.. go."

[OCD is UP! Class is OPEN!
Credit to SteelJoe at DA for the pixel Reaper.]