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Cheerleading Practice/Tryouts, Wednesday after classes [10/20]

K-Mart was glad she didn't have class on Wednesdays and had switched her work day to another day. These two things gave her more than ample opportunity to get to the gym in time and make sure everything was set up.

Oh, and to ~~handwavily~~ call Savannah and flail for a few minutes.

But mostly to get everything set up.

Yay, cheerleading tryouts!

[OOC: Going up tonight since I won't be around until tomorrow evening. ~~Wait for the~~ OCD is up!]

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With spirit, woo!

K-Mart

Harper Finkle

Chloe Saunders

Also with something like spirit!

Alice Cullen

Medusalith Amaquelin

Rilla Blythe

Y'know... if you really want to.

Barney had extra special signs to rate the girls with this year. He randomly shouted as they performed, "Now that's an eight. I wanna see more hustle ladies!" No, he didn't know what he was talking about.

Stretch out, chat with others, caffeinate the hell out of yourselves, whatever! Old and new people alike!

Medusalith had braided her hair to keep it out of her face during this 'tryout,' though there was still a lot of it. She focused on mimicking how the others stretched, rather than allowing herself to wonder what she was thinking.

"Hi!" Alice greeted cheerfully. Hey, the other girl was her roommate's friend -- as far as Alice knew, anyway -- so of course she was going to be nice to her!

"Hello, Alice," Medusalith said. "How have you been?" Hopefully staying as far away from Blackagar as was possible within the confines of one dorm room?

"I've been good," Alice replied with a slight nod. "Busy, for the most part. You?"

Hey, awkward conversation was still conversation.

"Likewise," Medusalith said. "As Blackagar may have told you. Are you getting along well with Lockjaw? He can be hell on a shoe collection, I know." He didn't mean to be, bless him, it was just that they only lasted for about two chews.

"A few of my shoes have become casualties of his," Alice said with a laugh. "But it's all right. He's sweet -- " Her definition wasn't always everybody else's. " -- and my boyfriend's forever teasing me about how many shoes I have, anyway."

She grinned. "Me, I say a girl can never have too much of anything she enjoys."

"Boyfriend?" Medusalith asked, trying not to sound relieved. "Anyone I know?"

Alice shook her head. "He doesn't go here. He's someone from back home. His name's Jasper."

Oh. Long distance. That was less than ideal. "That must be very difficult for both of you."

"It is," Alice admitted. "But Portalocity's a godsend. Combine that with the fact that both of my classes are on one day, and it means I can manage to get home for a weekend visit sometimes."

Not as often as she'd like, but still.

With name and year, too!

Jumps (http://cheerleading.lovetoknow.com/Cheerleading_Jumps), Moves and Attitudes (http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2492-cheerleading-tips), and Gymnastics and Tumbling (http://cheerleading.about.com/od/skillsandabilities/Gymnastics_and_Tumbling_Skills_and_Abilities_for_Cheerleading.htm).

"I'm Alice Cullen, and I'm a junior!"

Well, she certainly ~~and canonically~~ had the perky down, at least.

She grinned before launching into a series of cartwheels and backflips that ended with her going down into the splits.

"Medusalith Amaquelin, and I'm a junior," Medusalith said. She might not match some of the others for perkiness, but she was certainly confident. She was Inhuman, after all.

She did a run of back handsprings, finishing with a full twist, then the jump she'd learned during her research for this thing was called a 'pike-out.'

Rilla was from 1913, so tumbling moves (that didn't include rolling down a hill or tumbling head over heels into a puddle while being chased by a little girl wielding a dried codfish) were entirely beyond her.

"I'm Rilla Blythe," she said, trying very hard not to lisp, "and I'm a freshman!"

Then she did a couple of tucks and herkies--jumps that wouldn't show too much of her legs, she hoped.

Show us your routine (http://cheerleading.lovetoknow.com/Category:Cheerleading_Cheers)!

It's not good karma
It's not good fate
It's simply that we dominate
So step aside
And make way
Our team is gonna win today!

And there was that overabundance of perky again. Along with ridiculously good diction given she was also cheering loudly.

Let's get physical
Get down, get hard, get mean
Let's get physical
And beat that other team!

Medusalith was clear and loud, maybe not terribly perky just yet, but she was working on it, and her voice definitely carried.

Rilla was a little appalled by the terrible grammar of this particular cheer, but at least it was short?

We got spirit
We got heart
We've got winning down to an art
We don't wanna brag
We don't wanna show off
But our team is really top notch!

She ended it with another little jump, hoping she didn't look entirely ridiculous.

Lend moral support!

Alex was curious as to who was trying out today, so once the Magic Reserves meeting ended, she'd made her way to the gym. That was part of the reason why she was sitting in the stands. The other part was to support Harper. Hey, best friends supported each other no matter what.

She'd brought extra snacks with her, in case she got hungry while watching the routines. She was sure they'd be entertaining, if nothing else.

Watch the routines, make your notes, discuss with your fellow teammates what you see!

Harper was jotting down notes about each of the potential cheerleaders, but it was all good stuff. She'd be happy to see all of them on the squad.

Chloe was writing down notes for each of the people trying out. So far, she liked everyone that was trying out. They seemed happy and upbeat, like they really wanted to be here and she was happy abut that.

K-Mart scribbled down notes on each girl, the stuff she liked and the stuff she'd want to improve on if they made the squad. She was happy that the stuff she'd want to work on improving was all little things, though.

She liked these girls, the entire lot of them.

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