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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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	bbart 2018-02-11 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	"I know it's a big loss." There was no point in a pep talk about how they'd been through worse. "I understand why she had to do it, but it still hurt. But I don't want anyone to think we're losing you too. Ellie's hurting because Joy was her choice. Scrimmy's hurting because it's her line that lost someone. We've got to be there for them too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mmmcc
2018-02-12 12:10 am UTC (link)

Empathy wasn't Meaghan's strong suit, but Bart had chosen well. She cared about Ellie and Scrimmy, at least, even if she didn't know how to be there for them, especially when she had all this hurt filling her up from tip to toe.

"I'd never," she said fiercely, her voice choking on all those stupid godricdamned weak feelings she'd never asked for in the first place. "I will never. I'm the only fuckin' one who'll never just about."

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	bbart 2018-02-12 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"I know," Bart said, and he did. Meaghan was going to leave the team on an ambulator's stretcher, and kicking and screaming like Ellie had. "But still, they're going to need you now that we've heard. They need you there to hang on to." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mmmcc
2018-02-12 12:24 am UTC (link)

Godric, she wanted to do that, or wanted to be able to anyways. But how did you do it? How did anyone, but more important, how did she? She'd never been or done or needed to be like that before. She didn't know if she could.

"What about me?" Meaghan said, her face and heart twisting. "What'm I s'posed to hang onto?" Because it seemed to her like everything she could've was just falling away.

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	bbart 2018-02-12 12:27 am UTC (link)
	Bart nodded, as if she could see him doing it. "You hang on to them and you hang on to me. We all hang on to each other. I know it's not what we wanted, but maybe it'll be enough." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mmmcc 2018-02-12 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"You left." The response was as immediate as it was angry, an automatic blinding rejection of a proven shaky foundation. "You don't even wanna be here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bbart 2018-02-12 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Bart sighed audibly, even through the thickness of the door. "I thought I was done after the war. You weren't the only one it messed with, Meaghan. So I went off and got my head clear and then you needed me so I came back. I'm here now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mmmcc
2018-02-12 01:50 am UTC (link)

He might be here now, but he wasn't gonna be for long. Meaghan knew that. And she didn't want him to be, 'cause he was always bossing her around and it'd been so much more fun with Ellie before it all went to shit and even then they'd held onto it much as they could, for a good long while.

But mostly because he'd already left once. You didn't just do that, not when your team needed you. Not if they were enough. He just hadn't wanted to be there.

And right now neither did she. The walls were too much, the trashed bathroom, Bart himself. "I gotta go," Meaghan croaked, pushing her hair back. She couldn't do this right now. She had to get out. She had to get air.

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	bbart 2018-02-12 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that was what Bart had expected. "Okay. I'm stepping away from the door. If you need to go, I won't stop you. Just ... be careful, all right? We need you." And he did get clear of the door, in case she was going to run out and grab her broom, which was what Bart was expecting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mmmcc
2018-02-12 04:22 am UTC (link)

That was nearly what she did. Out the door, broom, kick off and into the night sky -- that was what her gut told her to do, and what better way to get some air than take to the air? But after climbing to her feet, she hesitated. The brooms were inside, and there were people in between her and them, and Meaghan had her pride. The team could see her sweating and swearing, drunk or asleep, but they were not gonna see her crying. She couldn't go out there.

She closed her eyes and steadied her breath, in, out, in, out, thinking about leaving her broom behind. It was the reserve. They'd take care of him. She'd get him back soon and he'd be fine meantime.

"I'll be there Monday," Meaghan said, and Disapparated.

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	bbart 2018-02-12 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	Bart waited a minute before dismissing the muffling charm and unlocking the bathroom door with his wand. Order of business: 1. Fix bathroom. 2. Tell Owen and Ellie that Meaghan had left and wouldn't be breaking it to the team. 3. Make sure Meaghan's broom got back to the clubhouse at the end of the night. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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