[IC] Academy of Heroes and Villains

[KatherinWinter]

Klyix said
Kat woke and lazily swung her legs out of bed, already knowing she had overslept, the sun had began to arc over already. As she made her way to the bathroom, she could already feel the forming of a habit, a rut, and it was sickening. She would have to do something soon, anything, and more extreme than drinking dry the nearest bar. But for now she reluctantly fell into the monotony and readied herself for the day.They had gym first, as always, so she skipped the pretense of 'socialising' in the cafeteria and simply appeared in the gym sitting on the bleachers. She looked out the layout in front of her and frowned in confusion, McCoys explanation not throwing much light on the situation for her. It must be another strange sport the humans played, there seemed to be endless different ones, if she had attempted to learn them she would have given up long ago.

Zack saw a girl he didn't recognize. Seemed like he talked to more girls then boys. They would have to work on that, but for now he was more the willing to stick with familiar ground. Atleast girls talked to him. Most of the boys avoided him. Trying to look confident Zack walked up the the black haired girl. "Would you be interested in teaming up with us?"

[MarshiestMallow]

"All about form " Kalinda said, "And aim. Have a shot, so I can see just how much you suck"

[Klyix]

Hearing a voice directed at her she turned to look at who it came from. His choice of word made her look quickly to either side of him before returning to his face. She broke the silence just before it became uncomfortable. "I have no idea what this.." she paused to gesture towards the set up on the floor "is. Providing you do not mind whatever consequence there is of that I can see no reason why not." Her tone wasn't welcoming, but it also wasn't harsh, there was a sense of indifference more than anything, and absolutely no mention of his more abnormal manner of referring to himself as 'us'.

[KatherinWinter]

Zack was use to dealing Griffin so he was not bothered by the girls lack of emotion. In fact it made her the perfect partner for todays activity. "My name is Zack. This activity is called bowling. The goal is to knock down ten pins. It is very simple. Would you like to roll or set up. We will show you how to play."

[Klyix]

"I'm Kat." She offered, standing up and looking down again as she listened to his explanation. "Well that all sounds pointless. Fine, which would you recommend?" She asked, turning back to look at him, fixing him with her green eyes. "You are the ones with the knowledge here."

[PuRe DaRkNeSs]

Chantelle smiled and nodded.
"Yeah I understand, just tell me next time"

[KatherinWinter]

Klyix said
"I'm Kat." She offered, standing up and looking down again as she listened to his explanation. "Well that all sounds pointless. Fine, which would you recommend?" She asked, turning back to look at him, fixing him with her green eyes. "You are the ones with the knowledge here."

"'I'll show you how to set up the pins. And the you can try to knock them down. The pins are super easy to set up, but more difficult to knock down. Follow us." Zack leads the way to the other side of the room.

[knight125]

Ben stands at the front of the lane, takes a deep breath, then steps forward and throws the ball. It travels down the middle of the lane before veering to the right and knocking down the 5,6, and 10 pins.

[MarshiestMallow]

Kalinda had to hold back laughter. "Your forms off, and you don't throw the ball down the lane" She said, picking up a ball, finding it just right for her, "You hold it, thumb, middle finger and ring finger in the holes, your other hand supporting it" She demonstrated " stand with your back straight, your shoulders centered squarely towards your target, and your knees slightly bent. Your ball arm should hand straight down by your side. Then when going for a shot, you maintain a straight forward, non-twisting approach of your body, as your ball and hand position should be held relatively the same -- underneath and behind the ball during the swing. Swing your ball arm smoothly back and then forward to release the ball. Release the ball with your arm has moved as far forward as it can go" She demonstrated, but didn't let the ball go, "See, that way you aren't throwing it and getting a bounce on the ball"

She felt herself blush, "And I just sounded like a text book"

[twave]

Estella listened intently. She'd never played this game. She had made a similar observation as Kat. Every time she turned around there was a new game. This time though she couldn't just read someone's mind to figure out how to play. But it seemed simple enough and Kalinda gave a good demonstration.

[knight125]

Ben chuckles, "Indeed you did." He does as Kalinda tells him, and knocks down five more pins.

[MarshiestMallow]

"Better" Kalinda said, going and setting up the pins again, "sevens an okay eights an okay score" she walked back

[knight125]

Ben walks to the end of the lane and says, "Alright, your turn."

[MarshiestMallow]

Kalinda smiled, picking up her ball again, and without hesitation, took a shot, and cursed when she got a 7-10 split. "I hate that" she said as the seven wobbled but didn't fall

[Klyix]

KatherinWinter said
"'I'll show you how to set up the pins. And the you can try to knock them down. The pins are super easy to set up, but more difficult to knock down. Follow us." Zack leads the way to the other side of the room.

Following him across the room she saw others examples of this 'bowling' and it looked as dull as it had sounded, humans were weird. "Is this actually something people enjoy? What is the purpose in putting up pins if you only plan to knock them down again?" She asked, picking up one of the bowling balls with apparent ease and turning it over in her hands.

[KatherinWinter]

Klyix said
Following him across the room she saw others examples of this 'bowling' and it looked as dull as it had sounded, humans were weird. "Is this actually something people enjoy? What is the purpose in putting up pins if you only plan to knock them down again?" She asked, picking up one of the bowling balls with apparent ease and turning it over in her hands.

"Because the teacher has told us to do so." Zack answered simply as he set up the pins. "There is suppose to be some challenge to it. The more pins, the higher your score. The higher your score the better. From what we understand people do this professionally to show that they have skill of some sort. Although we are not clear no the purpose of the skill needed. Mostly bowling for interaction with family or those who are not totally sober. Now you should try to knock them down. If you get them all it is our turn, if you do not you have one more try."

[Mistress Dizzy]

Devika shrugged. "Some girl with dreadlocks and some tall guy. Though the tall guy seemed completely uninterested in fighting with her. Sorta took the wind out of the chick's sails pretty quick." She checked her watch and realized that they were running late. "Ah, crap. Now I have to run." She shoveled down a few more mouthfuls of food, and rose up. "I'll see you in the gym, okay?" She headed off to class.

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Kijani found herself at the gym with little recollection of walking there or sitting down. She stared at the bowling pins, frowning. Partners, huh? She'd never bowled before, but it couldn't be that hard. But she was wondering what the point was.

[Klyix]

"If anything that seems to be a good reason to not partake." She sighed. She continued to keep the ball moving in her hands, considering each idea as it appeared and considering the monotony all were being considered more than usual. It also did cross her mind that if the typical situations of 'family' or 'drinking' were including her the fallout would most likely be a tremendous thing to behold, in the worst way of course.

"Knock down all the pins in one go; easy." Admittedly everyone around her was rolling the ball but if she couldn't use a little creative license then who could? Moving the ball to her right hand she looked at the pins for a moment before throwing the ball over arm, it's weight obviously nothing to her. If the school was not designed for who it was then the floor would certainly have had a crater in it but the only significant impact - aside from the significant noise - was the pins either being knocked over or falling from the force. "Tada."

[KatherinWinter]

"We have never seen bowling done that way." Griffin thought he might be able to get through to the girl better then Zack was. Kat seemed to be the straightforward sort. "We think your approach would be considered trick bowling. We do not think that is the goal of this exercise. Did you not watch the others roll the ball. Here we will show you the way the instructor wants you to do it. It is important to follow the instruction so that we can accomplish the goal set forth." Griffin took the ball from Kat. It was really too light for him so he would have to be careful not to roll it too hard. Griffin carefully lined up his roll. He rolled the ball as gentle as he could. He hit all but the 10 pin. "That is the way you should do it next time."

[knight125]

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