Kane Watanabe
Keme
Wellness Teacher, possibly a ninja
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
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Post by Kane Watanabe on Jun 30, 2010 15:54:53 GMT -5
Kane's last class of the day was mostly juniors, though there was a senior and two sophomores on the roster. They had been a bit riled, and in order to let them blow off some steam, Kane had brought them to the gym. Dodgeball was always a good staple of team-on-team games, and it had gone well enough until the second game-- the two little blondes, Nina Paem and Liv Anemoi, had been put on opposite teams and pretty much taken over the gym floor.
"Ridiculous," Kane chuckled to himself, turning to face the now-empty gym after the students had cleared for the end-of-class bell. There were dodgeballs all over the place, one or two of them flattened, another lodged above a rafter far overhead.
Kane shook his head, grinning, and picked up one of the balls. He took aim and shot it, knocking it into the one stuck in the rafter. The trick worked-- Kane took a few hurried steps forward and caught both balls neatly as they fell. He heard a clink and looked behind him. Apparently he had knocked down one of the random shuriken that had been stuck in the ceiling, as well.
Kane never had though to ask how those had gotten up there.
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Post by Rivienne Volkova on Jun 30, 2010 16:53:52 GMT -5
Rivienne's last period of the day was free this semester, which was probably fortunate for her, all things considered. Her last class, advanced fencing, tended to stretch the limits of even Rivienne's nerves--and Rivienne had raised twin boys. Once the grading for her academic classes was out of the way, Rivienne headed down to the gym to practice a bit with her sword. It helped her keep from thinking too much about anything, which seemed to be one of the best things for her lately. Worrying about things did her no good, especially things she had no control over. And it seemed there was always something to worry about here.
She paused in the threshold of the door, watching the wellness teacher knock various pieces of gym equipment down from the rafters. It occurred to her that, despite using the same gym for classes throughout the past several months, she really hadn't taken the opportunity to get to know him.
"I see you found our shuriken stash," she commented, the corners of her lips tugging up in a slight smile.
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Kane Watanabe
Keme
Wellness Teacher, possibly a ninja
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Posts: 10
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Post by Kane Watanabe on Jun 30, 2010 17:05:23 GMT -5
Kane arched an eyebrow and caught the next object he'd knocked from the rafters-- a shoe, the seams at the toe split jaggedly as if forced apart from the inside.
"Among other things," he replied, taking aim and throwing the dodgeball rather forcefully at the rafter to one side. The ball ricocheted off the beam and rattled loose the objects embedded into it-- three more throwing stars, half of a knife blade, and a blue plastic spatula.
"I'm almost afraid to ask how some of those things get up there," he chuckled, blowing away a tuft of tawny fur that drifted lazily down from the ceiling.
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Post by Rivienne Volkova on Jun 30, 2010 17:26:44 GMT -5
"Gremlins," Rivienne replied sagely. "We're infested with them, you know." One of the dodgeballs rolled toward her lazily, and she kicked it back toward the other professor.
"It might also have something to do with Kazari and Gussu, if my guess is correct." She grinned, picking up a few of the skuriken from the floor. "I'm not sure who these belong to, but given how long they've been up there, I think they're fair game to add to the school's arsenal."
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Kane Watanabe
Keme
Wellness Teacher, possibly a ninja
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Posts: 10
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Post by Kane Watanabe on Jun 30, 2010 17:34:38 GMT -5
Kane stopped the ball neatly with his heel and grinned. "Gremlins, you say?" He walked over to the first row of bleachers and picked up the net bag that had held all of the dodgeballs in the first place. "Would that be the creature generally associated with air craft, or are you referring to some of the rowdier Academy Freshmen?"
Kane made short work of collecting the dodgeballs. The few that had been flattened her collected last, and stacked next to the net bag.
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Post by Rivienne Volkova on Jun 30, 2010 18:47:53 GMT -5
"Not just freshman. My sons took out an entire set of bleachers last semester." Rivienne took a seat on the first row of bleachers and looked over at him. She couldn't figure out how she had taken so long to notice him...
"You know, I don't think we've spoken much. Your first name is...Kane, right?" She smiled.
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Kane Watanabe
Keme
Wellness Teacher, possibly a ninja
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Posts: 10
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Post by Kane Watanabe on Jun 30, 2010 19:14:05 GMT -5
Kane nodded. He tied up the drawstrings on the bag and hefted it smoothly over one shoulder. "Not at all, actually." He grinned, then, "Yes, that's right. And yours is Rivienne, correct?"
He held out his free hand. "It's nice to meet the person I've been sharing the gym with. Heh."
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Post by Rivienne Volkova on Jun 30, 2010 20:09:31 GMT -5
"That would be me." Rivienne smiled and gave his hand a firm shake. She glanced down at the bag of dodgeballs and smirked. "Had fun in class? Looks like you had an interesting day."
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Kane Watanabe
Keme
Wellness Teacher, possibly a ninja
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Posts: 10
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Post by Kane Watanabe on Jul 1, 2010 16:40:55 GMT -5
"Heh. You could say that. I brought my juniors into the gym because they were a bit rowdy-- thought I'd let them blow off some steam. But then two students kind of took over the game. It was..." he chuckled. "Highly amusing."
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