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Ellie is supposed to be grown now (lady_dragon) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-02-03 15:02:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, # portree, ainsley galbraith, amir khoury, bart roberts, chidera okeke, david urquhart, elspeth macfusty, lorna macfarlane, madeline savage, maggie macdougal, meaghan mccormack, owen macfarlane, sara scrimgeour, terry boot

Who: Pride of Portree Players & Staff
What: Hell Week -- to challenge and test the endurance of the team because did you see the Falcon v. United match? 20 hours! Also with the Golden Neep and Post Season, they are going to be busy. (Use this as planning or threading fun!)
When: 1 February - 9 February
Where: Pride training grounds, MacFusty Reserve

Welcome to Hell Week! (and many gifs)

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PRIDE OF PORTREE: HELL WEEK

It's going to be fun!

CODE BY TESSISAMESS

GENERAL SCHEDULE

6a-9a »» Captain’s Sessions
A mix of running, strength training, and agility drills with Lorna and Alasdair at the helm. Other staff members are at the pitch to oversee and be available as resources if needed because Ellie won’t be there.

9a-12p »» Break!
Nothing official planned. Nap if you need it. (Please nap!) Time for one-on-ones if needed.

12p-2p »» Strategy Sessions
Lunch strategy meetings. Menu by Maggie. Reviewing old matches. Focusing on styles of other teams, with a bit more focus on Montrose. One day might even be media training/PR stuff, just to cover all bases here.

2pm onward »» Coach’s sessions
Lots of scrimmages in weird variations. They will be playing down, she might challenge players to play as if they have an injury, not using an arm, or any other weird thing you might think of. Most days players will be out by 5pm.

Exceptions:
Saturday, 3 February, training 7am-1pm
Sunday, 4 February a day of rest. (you're welcome)
Thursday, 8 February team will be dismissed just after 9am.
Friday, 9 February is the day at the Dragon Reserve.

Subthreads to Watch

+ General Status
+ Late Night Junior
+ Late Late Night
+ Thursday Morning Session
+ Dragon Day

+ Monday; Ainsley & the Death Wish: Announcement
+ Monday: Bart, Ellie & Maddie all sit down to talk about seekers.
+ Monday: Ellie checks in with Amir at how things are going.

+ Tuesday: A sleepy and not up to full speed Ainsley appears.
+ Tuesday: Seeker Update, Pip edition with Ellie & Bart.

+ Wednesday: Terry & Ellie anticipate how the long day will go.
+ Wednesday: Maggie has feelings about Cotton and the Arrows.
+ Wednesday: David is having none of Ellie’s more extreme methods.
+ Wednesday: Lorna and Alasdair check in on each other and watch over the team.
+ Wendesday: Maggie provides Ellie with snacks of friendship...or at least agreement.
+ Wednesday: Amir nearly falls asleep on his broom, Maddie to the rescue!
+ Wednesday: Lorna & Owen may mix just a little pleasure with business.

+ Thursday: Ellie wakes up the tiny rage dragon.

+ Friday: Ellie & Lorna reflect on how things went ahead of Dragon Day.

+ Friday: Owen commits the ultimate party foul and delivers some bad (but probably not unexpected) news.

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	Re: Late Late Night soreserved 2018-02-04 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Amir nodded. It's why he wasn't complaining, and why he wanted to do his best and prove himself. It was just that he was new at this and had never pushed himself to these limits before. "Yeah, okay," he agreed, doubting he could really fly anymore. But Maddie was right, it did help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Late Late Night

more_savage
2018-02-04 06:02 am UTC (link)

Maddie called out to Lorna to let their Captain know what they were about, then started off at a decent pace. Not so fast that Amir wouldn't be able to keep up when he was trying to shake grogginess, but fast enough to get some adrenaline going. She kept that speed for a few minutes, doing some loops and zig-zags to keep it from lulling them both to sleep.

"The important thing about pacing a Seeker," she called over her shoulder, grinning with anticipation, "is that you never know what we might have to do." Then she shot off a full speed toward the ground in an angle that wasn't strictly a dive, but that felt like one after all these hours.

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Re: Late Late Night

soreserved
2018-02-04 05:54 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, that definitely helped. But then she started diving toward the ground, or really, sloping, and his adrenaline surged. "YEAH!" he called out, suddenly feeling awake again. Though it was slightly harder than normal to stop himself BEFORE he hit the ground, he managed, even if that wasn't at all graceful.

Having watched his life flash before his eyes also served to make him feel more awake.

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Re: Late Late Night

more_savage
2018-02-04 08:57 pm UTC (link)

Maddie was doing this for Amir, but it certainly didn't hurt personally, either. She smiled into the wind as she flew, pulling up well short of the ground with ease—tonight was no time to try fancy moves, even if she was so inclined. She checked to make sure Amir managed, too, and grinned at him.

"Better?" she asked, even though she could tell it was just from the expression on his face. "The key to surviving long matches, other than general fitness, is attention. If things get monotonous, you're going to doze. Make sure you make something to focus on if the match isn't giving you something. It has the side bonus of taking the other team by surprise when they're dozing on their brooms."

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Re: Late Late Night

soreserved
2018-02-04 10:07 pm UTC (link)

"I've never played in a game that lasted that long." Or a professional game at all, but that was decide the point. "Maybe I'll be extra prepared now," he said.

Which was dumb. That was the point of the training. But even feeling more awake, his brain was still tired.

"How much longer do you think they'll keep us out here?" he asked, focusing his attention on keeping up with Maddie. He was learning a lot, and though he couldn't put words to it, he appreciated his teammates helping him.

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Re: Late Late Night

more_savage
2018-02-04 11:03 pm UTC (link)

"We all hope we never have to, and then inevitably it happens. I haven't even had the worst of it. Ask Lorna and Ellie about their World Cup experience sometime."

Maddie considered. "A couple more hours? I'd guess, anyway. We're starting to hit our respective endurance walls, so we've got to see how we do pushing through it. Make sure you crash at the clubhouse after. I'm sure there will be bunks set up." She glanced up to where the rest of the team was flying. "Let's head back up. Fly my way if you need another wake-up call." She winked at him and shot upward, glad for having had the momentary distraction.

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Re: Late Late Night

soreserved
2018-02-05 12:08 am UTC (link)

World Cup experience... It took Amir longer than he'd care to admit to realise what Maddie was talking about. She was right, he should ask Lorna and Ellie about that sometime.

He nodded. "Yeah, crashing here sounds good. Well not right here..."

Flashing her a grin, he followed her back up to the group. He was going to make it through this, and he wasn't going to let it kill him.

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