Kappa Kappa Gremlin, Monday, The Gym

[wwiii]

Sometimes, Fandom's fraternity leaders liked to have nice, easy, low-key frat meetings, like the ones with the video games or the zombie movie marathon.

Sometimes, they liked to do more exciting things, like that one week with the go-karts.

And then there were weeks like this one. Weeks where both leaders had found themselves punching the crap out of things, and the mood kind of had a weird way of carrying over. That was why the frat boys were meeting at the gym today. That was why there was padding set out for all and sundry. That was why there were lanes marked off around the periphery of the gym. And that was why each boy who came in for the meeting today was being sized up for rollerskates and helmets.

Tony still had a colorful, but fading bruise covering half his face, but was grinning like a loon over the rollerskates. Because someone had weird likes. “Today we’re going to give a shot at a roller derby,” he said cheerfully. “Which, for those who don’t know what it is, is a little like bumper cars without the safety of the car.”

Why yes, yes he was insane.

"Essentially," Warren chimed in, also blissfully insane, "you skate around the track and try to knock people off of it. So, if you're going to be participating, you had better be wearing the safety gear. I mean, I am." And he had a healing factor. The rest of you probably weren't so lucky. "This is supposedly mostly a girls' sport. But I'm willing to bet that we can handle it too, huh?"

Yes. Yes, he was totally appealing to manly ego. Warren was a cheater like that.

[Open frat!]

Comments

Arrive/Mingle!

[wwiii]

Pull on some rollerskates!

You know you want to, boys.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Jack looked a little befuddled for a second or two before shrugging and pulling on a pair of skates.

"Why not?" he said to himself. "It's like hockey. Without the ice or puck."

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

Ben glanced dubiously at shoes with wheels on them. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"What, you can't skate?" Tony, don't be a dick to the person who can push you over with his mind.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

"Sure I can! I've just...never tried before," Ben replied.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Then you'll do just fine." Tony, seriously. Jedi powers.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

"I can fly a starship," Ben said. "Putting wheels on my feet can't be that tough. What's with your planet and weird footwear anyway?"

Because the entire Earth was responsible for bowling shoes and roller skates, clearly.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over me skating circles around you," Tony said, doing just that.

With all the kindness in his heart.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

Ben, mature senior that he was, stuck his foot out to trip him.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

Dave looked at the skates and wisely decided that this wasn't the right sport for a short, weak, kid. He would get crushed.

Skate!

[wwiii]

There are teams and stuff in roller derby!

But where's the fun in that? Full-contact rollerskates. You know you want to.

Re: Skate!

[dollpocalypse]

Topher was here. Trying (and failing) to skate.

And totally not checking his phone for comment notifications on the beautiful fanfiction masterpiece that he'd written earlier. Because that would be wrong.

Talk to the Leaders!

[wwiii]

When they tag in!

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[wwiii]

Um, of course Warren was going to pull on roller skates and such!

He could even promise not to bodycheck anyone with his wings if they tried to skate past him. Because that would be all... unfair, or something. Right?

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony had his own rollerskates on. And yes, they were something he made.

Because he was a complete dork.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[dollpocalypse]

"Hey, Tony! To--"

And that was all Topher managed before he was careening toward him Tony, way too quickly.

This would probably end in a collapse. Unless Tony was really fast.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

He was just lucky that Tony was a huge fan of rollerskating and had more muscle mass than Topher could ever hope for.

Which meant he was still scrawnier than Ben and Ender. Damn them both. "Have you never done this before or something?" Tony asked, wincing once as his ribs made noises of discontent at holding someone up.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[dollpocalypse]

"Nope," Topher answered honestly, taking his sweet time extricating himself from all that muscle mass. "But, hey, I wanted to -- WAIT. Your face."

He squinted at Tony and crossed his arms over his chest. (See, Tony, that was what you got for doing crossing your arms around Topher all the time. He picked up on things.)

"Did you put the ice on it?" he asked sternly.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"And bacta," Tony replied dryly. "It's nowhere near as bad as it was before."

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[dollpocalypse]

This was true. Which meant Tony was going to escape the horrible fate of having his bruise poked by Topher again.

"Where'd you go after, anyway? I came back and you were all... gone."

Talk to the Advisor!

[wwiii]

When he tags in!

Re: Talk to the Advisor!

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

Tyrion had no intention of getting on those wheeled ... implements. He was clumsy enough without extra help. But he'd gladly watch the students fall down.

OOC!

[wwiii]

This is the day that would not EEEEND.

Yes it goes on and on my FRIIEEEENNNND.

Re: OOC!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

SOOOOOOON!

Re: OOC!

[furnaceface]

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.