★ RECOLLE NINJA WARRIOR: TRAINING LOG ★

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WHO: YOU.
WHERE: THE NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED NINJA WARRIOR TRAINING GROUNDS
WHEN: NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH NOVEMBER 24, ANYTIME
WHAT: NINJA WARRIORS ASCENDING TO A HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE (or just training to)
WARNINGS: None for the log itself, please tag your individual threads responsibly as needed!

For the past week or so, construction crews have been hard at work at the site of the Ninja Warrior training grounds, hauling in structural elements, assembling obstacles, and going over the course with a fine-toothed comb to ensure that everything is up to applicable fire codes, safety standards, and technical calibrations. Fliers advertising the event have been seen all over the city, and registrations aplenty have taken place at the Sandiego Foundation in Enprise.

But now, the day has finally arrived, and registered Ninjas are welcome to make their way down to the training grounds to test their might and show their stuff!

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I — THE COURSE:

Now that you've made it, here's the course that's waiting for you...

★ ANGLED STEPS:

A rudimentary initial obstacle consisting of a series of angled platforms over a large pool of water. Contestants must use these platforms as stepping stones, leaping from one to another in order to cross from the starting point to the far side of the obstacle.

★ PROPELLOR BAR:

A wide wooden propellor mounted over a pool of water. To traverse this obstacle, ninjas must take a running start and use the small trampoline provided to launch themselves into the air and grasp onto the side of the propellor, which will cause it to spin from the momentum. On the other side, a rope is waiting, which the ninja must grab hold of and use to swing to the opposite side of the obstacle.

★ SILK SLIDER:

A zipline-style obstacle in which, instead of a trapeze bar or handle to hang on to, the ninja must hold on to two long lengths of cloth while sliding the length of the zipline's track, and eventually land on a landing pad on the far side of a pool of water.

★ JUMPING SPIDER:

Another obstacle reached by a springboard; in this case, the ninja must get a running start, jump, and traverse a narrow tunnel by jumping along through the space between the two walls, keeping themselves aloft without slipping or falling into the water trap below.

★ SONIC CURVE:

Another platform-style obstacle to cross; however, unlike the angled steps, the Sonic Curve involves a series of platforms arranged in a wide, increasingly escalating curve. Upon leaping from the final platform at the top of the curve, the ninja must catch hold of a rope and use the momentum they gained from running the curve to swing to a landing platform that awaits them on the opposite side.

★ SALMON LADDER + FLYING SQUIRREL:

A staple Ninja Warrior obstacle, the Salmon Ladder consists of a series of slightly-angled supports on either side of the obstacle, with a loose crossbar between them. After using a small springboard to jump and grab hold of the crossbar, the ninja must use their upper body strength to pull themselves up to each new rung by swinging the bar out and around the supports like a ratchet, until they have climbed all the way to the top of the ladder. There, they must jump and swing through another two trapezes, and finally jump to, grab hold of, and scale the cargo net waiting for them on the other side.

★ COIN FLIP:

A brief respite from some of the more physically-intensive obstacles before it, the Coin Flip is another balance-based obstacle consisting of three suspended platforms that can rotate freely when weight is placed on them. The ninja must use speed and agility to cross them without losing their balance and falling into the water waiting below.

★ WARPED WALL:

The final and most iconic challenge for any ninja. The Warped Wall is a fourteen-foot tall curved obstacle that ninjas must take a running start and attempt to surmount. As per Ninja Warrior rules, a competitor gets three attempts to scale the Warped Wall and hit the course-completion buzzer at the top; if they cannot reach the top in three attempts, they have failed to surmount the obstacle and their run ends.

II — MIXING AND MINGLING:

But maybe you're not here to be the Next Ninja Warrior. Maybe you're the medic here to ensure that our intrepid Ninjas don't break every bone in their body while in the process of running this course. Maybe you're here to cheer your favorite team on. Maybe you're here to bolster the event's social media presence, or to help unload an unsettling number of boxes of Carmen Sandiego T-shirts, or to hand out water and towels to the people who take an unfortunate dunk in the water traps at the bottom of the course. Or maybe you're just passing through because you're wondering what all the commotion is over here!

Tag out, thread around, meet your teams, get sponsors, interact with other Ninjas, and have a great time!


[OOC: And here is your TRAINING LOG for the Recollé Ninja Warrior plot! The plotting post is right over here, and OOC questions can be directed over here!

This post serves as an OPEN MINGLE, so feel free to post top-levels and thread around as you like! You're also definitely not confined to the prompts above; they're just here for flavor, and you're more than welcome to branch out from those to incorporate your own ideas!]

Comments

[cornets]

[He shakes his head, trying to free it from his thoughts. It's not anyone's fault Eren is prone to causing some traumatizing events.]

I want to go pro, but after that I want to coach kids.

[fiddlestick]

[Yeah that sounds like his boyfriend alright.]

Aw, that's nice. I'm sure you can do it!

Juuust don't slack off on the grades okay?

[cornets]

Thanks, I won't slack off! I've got a textbook right here!

[He gestures to the table where most of the first aid supplies are. There's a book buried underneath a pile of bandage rolls.]

[fiddlestick]

[....

That textbook sure is buried]

Aha, yeah...looks like you're avidly reading it alright.

[cornets]

[He laughs a little sheepishly.]

I'm planning on reading between rounds!

[Like right now for example.]

[fiddlestick]

[......This kid........]

Ahaha...h-hey would it help if I studied with you?

[cornets]

Oh, you brought your textbooks too?

[He goes over to carefully extract it from the bandage pile, but gives off no indication that he's going to open it.]

[fiddlestick]

Y-Yeah! College keeps you pretty busy...

[He'll reach over for his own bag, pulling out his own textbook and setting it on his lap]</small. So what are you studying?

[cornets]

[Arion almost reluctantly does the same with his.]

I have a history test coming up soon, about Rome I think. [BOYYYY...] What about you?

[fiddlestick]

[CHILD.........]

O-Oh, actually we're studying Rome too!

[Okay, that's not entirely true. Rome was an earlier section of his history class. But he is going to get this child to study, so he'll flip to earlier in his world history text]

What've you learned about Rome?

[cornets]

We learned about... their buildings and community stuff? Like their bathhouses!

[He wants to try to guess it before he flips through his book.]

[fiddlestick]

[Nod nod!]

Okay, good start. What can you tell me about the bathhouses?

[Cause I ain't starting first on those things because lemme tell you college lectures do not censor things like middle school ones oh boy]

[cornets]

Well they're a bit like the ones in Japan!

[And he goes on...]

((pls let me know if you want to continue this thread because actual studying lol))

[fiddlestick]

[There we go. Elliot will listen to the him go on, occasionally asking questions and doing his best to help him study and not get distracted. He's pretty patient and he honestly wants to help make sure this kid doesn't do badly on another test, so he'd do pretty good at the whole tutoring thing.

At least until someone actually asks them to do their job. But pfft whatever. But eventually, he's kind enough to stop and give the kid a break when a team that's been pretty good in past sessions goes up to practice ]

Haha, good job! I say you've earned a break. Do you want to go watch this team? I can handle things here for a few minutes.

[cornets]

[Arion nods enthusiastically, a little too happy to finally be able to close that textbook, but not carelessly. It seems that the information has somewhat seeped into his brains.]

Okay! I'll be back as soon as they're done to help out!

[Nyoooom]

[fiddlestick]

[And that's all Elliot can hope for. He gives a little laugh as he waves him off]

Haha, okay! Have fun!

[Now back to his own studying.]