2019.08.07:Parkour Training Class

2019.08.07:Parkour Training Class
Cait gives a class to the Shifter community on how to Parkour!
IC Date	August 7, 2019
IC Time	Daytime
Players	Aaryn, Micah Starnes, Ratsputin, Sten, Stephen White Mountain, Jordan, Cait O'Connor
Location	Deep Forest - South

Location

Deep Forest - South Deeper into the woods the trees seem to be a conglomeration of amassed twisted, contorted shapes playing upon the overwhelming, deep seeded and abundant wilderness that surrounds the area. Here in this part of the woods it seems nigh impossible to navigate as all around one seems much the same mess of tress, plants, rocks, dirt, roots and thick canopy up above.

The noisy, boisterous sounds ring throughout one's ears of the surrounding wildlife that make their home here. The calling of various birds, chitter of critters and even the serenading howls of wolves fill the air in the mystery and Aside from an important event earlier, Cait has been busy -all day long- trying to set up for this event. When she promises to do something, she puts her heart and soul into it, and then she pulls her family into it and puts THEIR heart and soul into it.

SCENE

So, all about a clearing where there are rocks and downed trees, there are suddenly MORE obstacles. Huge wood boxes have been constructed at different levels, some with metal bars along the side, and ladders. There are also metal beams set on the ground, and between boxes. Boxes can be upwards to about 20 feet high, and staggered about in different increments. It looks like a huge obstacle course, and the only thing that is going to 'cushion' it is the moss on the floor of the forest.

Currently, things are in a flurry of final set up and Cait is at one area talking to one of her sisters, Meggie, the responsible one, and the Architect. She's impressive, and single folks! Anyways, there's music in the background from a boombox, and a huge table set up with drinks and snacks. Even though it's a class, it appears to be a mini party of sorts.

Apparently, whether he meant to or not, Micah has come prepared for a mini-party. He even brought alcohol. Why? Because watching your older sister bust her ass is way funnier if you are imbibing while it happens.

Ratsputin watches it all as he is moving up with his hands deep in his pocket of duster as he looks up and down."Damn looking good Cait, looking very good." His voice is filled with cheer, as he walks towards it all his hand coming out to grab a rope to tug it softly, with a little chuckle again. As he walks towards the woman hosting it with a wicked chuckle."Damn looks amazing."

Free running! Parkour! Or something! Jordan was looking to get out of the house and keep active - this looked like a good time. He stepped into the clearing, glancing around. "Heya." He offers to the other, not recognizing any faces at all."

Aaryn brought some snacks to add to the table. Sorry, no hooch! She does, however, dump an enormous stack of multiple flavors of cookies on the table. "HEYYA CAIT!" she yells! Because that's, apparently, how you greet your friends. She offers the other woman a hug and then sees Ratsputin. "HEYYA RATS!" And another hug is given, "Long time, bro!" She motions for Micah to join them, but pauses as Jordan enters. She waves, "Heyya!" and steps back to include him, too.

Sten was the large fellow following Aaryn though his enthusiasm was dwarfed by Aaryn. He looked around at all the equipment and things seeming abit sceptical but he was here already so what else was there to do but to try it.. not like they could really get hurt anyway.

Cait turns as people begin to come into the area and Meggie heads off to put down last minute things. She'll smile at people as they approach, looking pleased at their interest. "Hey! Welcome welcome!" She'll look over at Aaryn and then laughs at the yell and then the hug, which is returned. Rats is given a broad grin to, "Thanks thanks.. I wanted to put some effort in, cuz we might do this more often. Meggie designed it for easy breakdown too." She'll wink and then looks over at Sten and then Micah and Jordan. "Well, nice to see you guys. I know him..", she'll point to Micah, "Brother of Aaryn here..", she'll say with a wink. "But the rest, not sure I met you quite yet. Anyways, intros are good for those who don't know one another, right? I'm Cait, your hostess, and Parkour extremist. Ritenamed Aint Dead Yet. Cliath of the nation and bonegnawer.. oh, Ahroun and ... yeah homid." She started out strong with her intro, then sorta peeted out. "So..... get some water, and do 30 jumping jacks and pushups about three times each, we need to get you warmed up, then, we'll stretch!"

Cait turns as people begin to come into the area and Meggie heads off to put down last minute things. She'll smile at people as they approach, looking pleased at their interest. "Hey! Welcome welcome!" She'll look over at Aaryn and then laughs at the yell and then the hug, which is returned. Rats is given a broad grin to, "Thanks thanks.. I wanted to put some effort in, cuz we might do this more often. Meggie designed it for easy breakdown too." She'll wink and then looks over at Sten and then Micah and Jordan. "Well, nice to see you guys. I know him..", she'll point to Micah, "Brother of Aaryn here..", she'll say with a wink. "But the rest, not sure I met you quite yet. Anyways, intros are good for those who don't know one another, right? I'm Cait, your hostess, and Parkour extremist. Ritenamed Aint Dead Yet. Cliath of the nation and bonegnawer.. oh, Ahroun and ... yeah homid." She started out strong with her intro, then sorta peeted out. "So..... get some water, and do 30 jumping jacks and pushups about three times each, we need to get you warmed up, then, we'll stretch!" (repose for Theron)

Ratsputin waves to everyone, as he removes that jacket under it he is shirtless muscler, covered in scars and burns, and a few bullet holes. As he throws the coat over a tree stump, as he turns now to starts to run in place, and then he starts on the jumping jacks, with a a wicked smile, he is still wearing his black pair of jeans and combat boots of course, as he moves towards the area."Now then, this is going to be mad fun."

Jordan laughs, nodding to Cait at the introduction. "Jordan Fisher. Russet Paw. Akaa of the Qualmi." He offers over, beginning to stretch. No interest in hurting himself, even if it does heal over time.

Micah sits his cooler down on a stump and opens it. Garou introductions may take awhile. Probably has time to drink a whole beer by the time it gets around to him, especially if Sten does the whole thing. Wait what? Water? And did she say jumping jacks and stretches? What has his sister gotten him into now. He twists the top off the beer bottle and take a long, satifying drink.

Aaryn waves and, clasping her hands together, launches into her intro. Or, as much of it as was necessary. "Aaryn North, ritenamed Guides the Dead. Cliath," she ticks off one finger, "Theurge," ticks off another, "Homid," another finger, "Get of Fenris! WOO!" She smiles and points to Sten, Micah and Theron, "and their pack mates."

Sten smiles "I am Sten Blixt, Stormhowler of Frostbite, Cliath Skald of the Fenrir, son of Eric Blixt, Ironheart, son of Johan Blixt, Starsinger, born to Fimbul Winter sept" he looks to Jordan "Qualmi?" he asks curiously tilting his head. Then he moves to start warming up.

"I'm Ratsputin, born on two legs, Fostern, born under the new moon, to the bone gnawer tribe, memeber of boulder's blade." His voice is soft, as he starts to starts to go back into the jumping jacks, as he beams at them all."Also, guy that is gonna kick some ass here today ya know."

As Sten starts his intro Micah's eyes open wide and he tries to down as much of the beer as possible during the introduction. It seems to be some kind of self-made game that only he is playing. Like one of those drinking games people make up for TV shows, only for Garou introductions.

Stephen MIGHT have been a little late to the gathering, but manages to trudge his way in as Rats is busy introducing himself. The native male slows himself to a stop close by the Gnawer and flashes a faint wan smile, waiting until others seem to have said their piece before he offers, "Stephen of the White Mountain, rited Broken Fang, Fostern Theurge of four legs of the Wendigo. And also possessor of three left feet, so I should at least be good for teaching at this."

Jordan grins. "Bastet. Were-cat." He comments to Sten. "A folk from up north, where the climate is much cooler than this." He motions around. "Big feet for walking on snow, all that jazz."

Cait laughs at Rats bluster and she'll do the jumping jacks too. Dressed in exercise shorts and an exercise bra with some worn tennyshoes, she looks -ready-. Anyways, she'll step up to the front and begins to do the routine too, 30 jumping jacks, followed by pushups, and then back up again for jumping jacks and down again for pushups. She's like a machine, and extremely muscular, like a mini-brickhouse. "Well, I'm happy to welcome our Qualmi friend, and our Frostbite friends... oh, and Rats.", she'll wink at him. "So, we're gona do this in rounds, I'll show you how to do something, set you loose to try it, then I'll show you some other things, and then let you loose, and finally, I'll run through it and you have to try to match me.." The last is said with a bright grin, she's excited, it's clear she has much love for Parkour. As she sees Stephen enter, she'll pause and then gives him a bright smile, "No worries, it's all about fun, and seeing how far you can push your body. we do it in steps so you don't hurt yourself .." Then to the others, "Let me know when you're done, and you can begin stretching." She'll plop down on the ground and stretches her legs out, doing the splits and touching her toes on each side, the side splits are done, then forward. She still stretches though, even if she's super flexible. "Make sure you stretch your hamstrings, like this.." She'll show them one where they're just sitting and leaning forward to hug your legs and touch your toes.

Micah wanders up beside Ryn, standing maybe a little too close. He half does the jumping jacks - by half meaning the half that isn't holding his beer does a jumping jack. Then he stretches, holding the beer in his hand the whole. At some point he puts his hands on his hips and moves them in a somewhat goofy, somewhat salacious circle. "What was that cheer they used to do at the high school back home, Ryn? "What, what, wha-wha-wha..." On each what, he moves his thrusts his hips in a different direction.

Stephen has to watch for a moment, because the man clearly has not ever done a formal workout before, blinking a few times before going through the motions to repeat the stretches Cait does, though more than once, he shoots a curious look at Ratsputin, maybe just to confirm the Gnawer is going along with those recommendations, "You do this often?" Micah gets a lifted brow, but attention returns promptly to trying out what Cait's suggesting.

Ratsputin walks towards the other with a nod of his head, as he starts to reach up and down as he is movign towards the others now. He is limber ready to go as he starts to bounce up and down on the ball of his feet. As he starts to wait for a moment, as he watches the others as he nods towards Stephen, as he laughs."Yeah, we got to make this happen."

Aaryn sighs, long-sufferingly as Micah sidles up to her. She looks over at him, wondering if she can un-introduce him as her brother. She runs through the warm-ups smoothly, as someone who is /used to/ physical exercise. She looks over at Sten and gives a tight smile and then moves on over towards Cait to await further instruction.

Jordan stretches as instructed - not quite doing the splits, but showing some flexibility. He glances around to the others, chuckling at the hip swinging by Micah and Aaryn's sigh of resignation.

Sten smiles to Jordan "Oh a Lo katt?" nodding to himself with a smile. He looks to Cait curiously as he waits for her to show what is to be done next.

Cait looks up as Micah begins to join in and she'll just grin more and more as she watches him. "Nice flexibility in those hips..", she'll tell him straight forward and glances at Aaryn with a playful wink. "Alright!", she'll say loudly with a laugh, and jumps up to her feet. "You guys continue to stretch while I show you the rolls and stuff. It's not -as- crucial since you guys mostly heal fast, some of you, but it's good to not get hurt in a crucial situation." She'll move up to a box and stop beside it. "So, when you're pulling up, just use your upper body and pull, but if you're wanting to jump off, use your entire body... like ths." She'll jump up on the box, and then turns, waiting a moment to let them watch her as she jumps, and when she lands, they can all see her using the spring in her legs to crouch lower. "AND if you need to, burn off some of the energy with either runnign forward immediately, or rolling.." She'll jump up again and show them the difference. "The energy can be diverted... you'll get to understand when you try each of these. So at first, each of you pick a 5 foot box, and pull up onto it and jump off, try each of these techniques.." She'll say and then grins as she steps to the side.

Ratsputin starts to follow the directons, as he starts to move back and forth as he starts to obey the directions of the girl. His body is moving back and forth, as he starts to move back forth with a little chuckle. As he starts to move, as he starts to pull up and down with a little grin at the others, as he is moving it up and down and then he launches himself up with a wicked shout of pleasure.

Stephen straightens up while he listens to Cait and watches her going through the motions. A low chuckle rumbles under his breath, a shake of his head before attempting to follow suit with the pulling up and jumping off, "Well, should be amusing at least, yes?"

Jordan takes his shot at a jump. For a big man, he certainly moves well. His form may not be perfect, but the landing is stuck as well as any gymnast might.

Aaryn steps up to the box, which is barely taller than she is. She crouches and leaps, getting her forearms tight and lifting her lithe frame up easily. After teetering on top a bit, she leaps off the other side, easily tucking to her heels in a landing. She looks over her shoulder and lifts a foot to flex.. Subtly shooting her brother the bird as she does so.

Micah puts his empty beer bottle in the cooler he brought and takes out number 2 while he watches everyone pull themselves up and jump off of the boxes. "You need a boost Sten," he shouts from the stump he's sitting on. When Aaryn uses that low center of gravity to scale the box and then jump off easily, he has to admit to himself that he is impressed. His sister has some guns. No wander she keeps outmuscling him when they spar. As amusing as the idea of her busting her ass is, he can't help but cheer her on. "Go Ryn! You got this, sis!"

"There ya go! Rats you got the idea, have FUN! Great jump Aaryn! This is all about joy, and feeling your body move. Your body loves moving, and the more you move, the more it gives you pleasure. You know, endorphins!" Cait says as she walks around watching people climb up and then jump off. "Yep, Stephen, can I call you that? But yeah it'll be amusing AND fun! And don't be afraid of messing up, everybody does... that's part of the fun, right? Now, do it again, and this time, roll when you hit the ground, and then the third time, run forward and that last time, notice your momentum...." Pausing near Micah, she'll look down at him, "You sure you don't want to play too?", she'll ask with a smile.

Sten tries to get himself up but really he is just ungracefully climbing up it using his height and size which seems to be mostly blocking him, then jumping down and barely manages that. This Fenrir was not really intended for Parkour it seems

Micah looks up at Cait. She seems so enthusiastic. She put a lot of effort into this and here he thought they were just going to jump on and off some thinge by the mall. He considers Cait, and then looks over at his triumphant sister, and then at his beer. "Sure, why the hell not." He hands the beer to Cait. "Hold my beer."

Ratsputin lands on his feet with a wicked chuckle, in a perfect landing as he walks around now watching the others. As he watches it all as with a wide smile, as he moves towards the he is moving forward again to grip the bar, to follow the next command. As he lifts himself up this time, and he is goes to launch himself up and not getting any height, but as he lands on the ground he does a normal front roll with a chuckle."As long as it gets done right?"

The big Qualmi's next attempt is not nearly as graceful. He pulls himself up, glancing around for a moment before leaping down. He lands, both feet firmly planted - then tries to roll. That, is where the problem is. Much like a cat divering himself to land on his feet, he twists and turns to land on his hands and feet - no roll completed. Jordan shakes his head. "Reflexes."

Micah jogs toward the obstacle, a little slower than he might normally. He really should have eaten something before drinking. He can feel the beers sloshing around in his belly as he jogs. It is no wonder then, that when he gets to the obstacle he doesn't quite get the jump her was hoping for and just kinda...flops on the top of the box, the pressure on his stomach causing a burp to escape his mouth. His boots dangle about 6 inches off the ground and then he plops back down to earth.

Sten manages this time to be more graceful the large man actually getting the hang of this. It wasn't perfect but it worked. His landing was alright now

Stephen waits for a moment to watch Cait again and hrms softly, waiting until he sees Ratsputin run through the same attempt...while he seems to do better on the jumping, there's a whole lotta wobbliness, bordering on 'this was almost a YouTube comedy video' on the landing when he sorta sliiides to his feet and wavers, then straightens up. Clearing his throat, he even smiles just a little. He intended to do that. Sure.

Cait laughs as Micah tells her to hold his beer. She'll take it and is about to drink it when she stops herself, "Habits are hard to break." Carrying the beer now, she'll wander and look at folks as they do this exercise again, her eyes falling on Jordan and she'll grin at him. "Well, you got down and landed on your feet..", she teases. "Maybe practice doing tumbles on the ground without jumping, that way it gets easier. You know how? Don't put your head on the ground, hit with your shoulders, tuck your chin to your chest, and ... roll." Then she'll look over at Micah and watches him, her eyes sparkling with amusement, although the burp causes her to LAUGH loudly. "Maybe too much beer?", she offers in consolement to him with a wink. Looking over at Sten then, she'll cheer for him excitedly. "Good job! That's progress! See you're getting the hang of it!" Looking at Stephen, she'll lift the beer in a toast, "You're definitely getting it too. Keep it up, and if you want to practice rolls, you can too." She'll grin at Rats and just says, "You haven't done this before, right? and yeah, the purpose here is to make you used to your own body and know how to land... multiple ways!"

Aaryn's more than just a little distracted. She grabs the bar just as... Her brother? Burps? And swings for a moment. As she tries to make eye contact with Sten, she misses the landing and tumbles, unceremoniously to the ground. After the 'thud', there's a pause. And, then, for anyone who may be wondering, an "I'M OK!" follows a waving hand.

Micah slowly and purposefully steps back, measuring his steps like a NFL placekicker. Two steps back, one step to the side. "Fuck, did Ryn fall and I miss it?" He leans to the side to try and get a better look. "Don't worry sis, I'm coming to save ya!" He sticks his tongue out of the side of his mouth, waves his arms a few times as he gets ready, and then runs towards the box.

Ok, problem wasn't the beers apparently, it was the way he was holding his tongue. And the fact that he wasn't ptoperly using his legs. Ok and maybe the beers. Micah takes a few hopping steps and then leaps up to the top of the box, letting his momentum carrying him high enough that he can brace himself with his arms and let his boot grip the box and kick him up to the top. He stands tall for a moment, surveying his conquered territory for lithely jumping down and doing a little roll at the end. He grabs a little dirt in his hand as he does this, coming back up to his feet. Rubbing the dirt in his hands for grip he jogs towards Aaryn to take a leap at the bar.

After a second, Aaryn picks herself up from the ground and, sheepishly, heads back to the starting point. She dusts herself off and.. Hopes that nobody saw that.

Cait will wander around and then step towards Aaryn as she flops down. Looking down at her, she'll grin and then say, "You okay?", even after she affirms she's okay. Offering her a hand, from the non beer holding one, she'll offer, "You slipped I think on that one.. maybe you got distracted?" She doesn't say HOW but she does glance at Micah and then grins, "Oh there you go... looks like he's getting the swing of things!" Looking around at the others, she'll say cheerfully, "Okay I think you guys got this part down, let's work on what Micah is trying to do. Leaping from box to box or bar to bar... it's all about grip strength and timing." She'll then move to run up a box literally before grabbing the top with her fingertips and hopping up. This box is a 15 foot box. "Okay so from here, you run and leap and gauge your distance." She'll run and jump to another box and land on the side holding the bar with her feet on the edge of the bar before she hops up and smiles. "Something like ethat, right?"

Stephen smiles a little at Cait and bobs his head, leeping his voice down, "You are very...gracious." He watches a couple of attempts then walks back a little bit to take another loping run at the box again, putting a little more effort into trying to time that motion a little more fluidly. Trying is probably the operative word.

Micah bounces up to grab the bar that Aaryn was attempting to swing from. He manages to pull him up sufficiently, although not without a grunt of effort. It would seem as if his strength isn't well... strength. The way in which he comes off the bar however, shows a particularly sure-footedness, landing in a full sprint - well, fast walk because let's face it, he isn't running anywhere right now - and making hardly any noise as he does so. "Ryn? Ryn? Where'd you go? Is this your earring?" He chuckles playfully as he comes bouncing and bounding up behind his sister and Cait.