August, 2018 Student name: Jazz Prompt: Swimming lessons Response:
Jazzilyn was extremely excited for her chance to go swimming. Any time she got to do fun stuff like this while at school was pretty awesome if you asked her. More importantly, it gave her even more of a reason to look forward to class. The girls smile was absolutely pure with mirth. Her delighted expression could be seen from a mile away. Really it was as if she looked like she was glowing with childish excitement, not that she really could glow..she wasn't a Giest or anything fancy like that! The little girl's eyes shone with wonder, she couldn't wait to get done with her math class and get to the gym! She had picked out her own swim suit, and couldn't wait to get into the water. She didn't even need floaties, but like most of the other kids, it was for the best if she wore them simply because there was so much going on and what if she got dunked. It didn't matter really! She was going to have a blast no matter what.
The energetic way she walked was an obvious give away to how the young Freshling was feeling. She was also on top of the world, and nothing could make her feel any different. Her best friend Mira was also going to come stay the night tonight if she remembered right so the young girl was practically bursting with happiness.
Zooming into the locker room, her smile was ever present as she rummaged through her backpack to get out her change of clothes to get ready to hit the pool. She couldn't get changed fast enough. While there was not anyone she was trying to compete with, she knew the fast she got changed the better. More time in the pool meant more fun!! Giggling she quickly closer her locker, forgetting to lock it as she gathered up her towel, hugging it to her body as her bare feet padded against the hard concrete floor.
Jazzy was taken aback as she opened the door to the water-based playground. It wasn't like it was that elaborate in the school issued pool, but all she could reasonably think about was this was an actually class and she got to play with her fellow students as they learned about swimming. Giving her towel a squeeze in parting, she neatly hung it over the back of a plastic white chair that was pool side. With a confident little bounce to her walk, she immediately hopped in the pool. A little squeal of delight left the girls mouth as the water made her shiver.
Making her way over to the other kids, she listened the best she could over the sound of splashing, chatter and general mixed reactions of excitement and agonized groans from her fellow freshlings. Jazzilyn kept up her happy appearance, mostly because she knew positivity was infectious. She always looked for the bright side of things, and now was no different. What more could she ask for? Fun, friends and it would be snack time in a matter of no time~ The goblin's tail swished under water excitedly.
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September, 2018 Student name: Momoko Prompt: Swimming laps Response:
It was another year with yet another dreaded swim session, and this time Momoko was prepared and for once he was just going to do it. No arguments with the teacher, no fake excuses. Just a hundred percent present; Momoko. Yes, this time he was just going to jump right in and get this whole ordeal over with as fast as possible. Yet like always as soon as he was there, actually standing at the edge of the pool with his little toes just barely touching the water that had splashed up from students already swimming about, he froze. All of that feigned confidence and conjured up bravado almost seeming to vanish in an instant, like a giant ball of cotton candy easily defeated by the smallest touch of chlorinated water. There was no way he could lie about the fact had been dreading this as he always did, but in all honesty he did not expect for the first step to be this hard. All he needed was to calm down and actually allow himself to breathe. Those slow, even breaths in and out. Something that worked, if only partially. Now he just needed to do was get over the remaining hump that was himself.
After all, it was not that he was scared of the water but more it was the looming threat that towered over him. Casting him in the dark shadow of past mistakes. The last time he had soaked and neglected to properly dry his dense fur, he had been sick for an entire two weeks. Even now he could remember the piles of tissue boxes that surrounded him in his bed. Their normally soft welcoming texture only serving as a reminded of his failings. It was something he had swore to never repeat. Not this time, and so, the young Kumiho stretched his arms above his head before taking a short step back and turning on his toes towards the pool ladder. The assignment was a simple one, just a few laps around the pool. In fact the teacher was kind enough to not even push him to do an entire fifteen.
So as soon as he reached the edge of the pool, Momoko made quick work of the ladder and as soon as his body was suspended in the pool water, he started. While for anyone else this wouldn't be a huge task, Momoko always felt held down by his water-logged fur in these situations. His two tails worked like anchors in the water, and every pull of his arms and feet through the water were sluggish. It was probably the only time he was truly thankful to only have two. Less work for him than the one toting around five or six. The image of that could have made him laugh by his third lap around the pool. Only two more to go and at the speed he was moving it honestly didn't seem like this would take him much more time. (500)
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September, 2018 Student name: Amie Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Amie knew what day today was, it was the day that she was dreading. She had been dreading for a long time now. Amie always dreaded health a physical education but today would be by far the worst day. Amie HATED water, she was mostly fur and fluff. When wet it was not a pretty picture, she looked kinda like a drowned rat. More than that it was heavy, her fur when wet added easily another ten pounds that, of course, would only slow her down in the water.
When the teacher brought them to the pool Amie looked down and let out a huge gulp. She looked around to the smile on everyone's faces as they flexed in their swimsuits showing off to the ones they liked. Amie looked at the simple black one piece she had plastered onto her body. It was not form fitting nor flattering. While everyone was busy admiring the supple bodied girls in bikinis and the boys that were ripped in trunks Amie stood off by herself arms crossed tightly over her chest.
One by one her classmates got into the water and began to swim their laps, the boys seemed to have some macho competition going on about who could do the most laps. The girls would do the minimum requirement and then sit at the edge of the pool wit their legs dangling in the water cheering on their crush and telling him how great he was. Amile visibly rolled her eyes and gagged. Pretty soon everyone had finished thier laps and Amie was the last one.
The teacher turned to her, "It's your turn." Amie frowned nodding as she slowly descended into the water. "Just get it over with" she gritted her teeth. Taking the first plunge into the cold water. The first couple laps were relatively easy, but as she approached her fifth lap she was heavily panting. Her tail felt like it weighed a million pounds. The fur around her neck and paws seemed to slow her down. She had to keep going, she had to be better than those bimbos. She pushed herself harder and finished her fifth lap. More, she pushed herself again feeling her arms beginning to wiggle like noodles. After finishing her sixth lap she stood up. Completely out of breath, she began to pull herself out of the water. She really had to pull herself, because it weighed so much. She quickl grabbed a towel and covered herself before anyone could oggle her thin frame that was normally filled by her fur.
Write a 500 word recount of your freshling in the pool. Are they just learning to swim? Or are they like a fish and take to it instantly. Have they swam before? Do they need floaties? Have fun with it!
Response: A pool. A large body of water with stuff in it to keep it clean that they would swim in. Swimming was getting into the water and floating while flailing your limbs around so that you could still move around. Ecco had been told about swimming a couple different times when they'd found out that they were going to do swimming lessons. Some of the staff had been mildly concerned that she might. . .melt? At least, that she might do it some and get into the water and get hurt or maybe make it messy or something. She wasn't quite sure.
What it meant though, was that they were going to be taking her lessons rather slowly. She'd been given a bath. So that had cleared up the whole you might melt thing, but they still weren't 100% sure that her going swimming was a good idea. In the end though, the'd given the all clear for it and decided to let her try. If she didn't like it, or it hurt, then they'd get her out immediately, and in the meantime they'd have someone with her the whole time. The demon seemed rather nice and was wearing a neat one piece swimsuit almost exactly like Ecco's.
When the teacher had first guided them all into the pool area, Ecco had held back towards the back of the group. The stinging smell of the chemicals made her sneeze a few times, but eventually she got more used to it and settled down. Watching other freshlings slowly get in, or in one case just hop right in the middle, gave her a bit of a confidence boost. If these other kids were doing it, then it couldn't be that hard. Idly, Ecco wished that Di'o was taking the class with her. Had they been a good swimmer?
Preoccupied with those sorts of thoughts, Ecco let the teacher truss her up in the floaties and then guide her to the edge of the pool. The first step wasn't so bad, and neither was the next one. It was kind of weird to be submerged, but felt pretty nice. Being outside in puddles felt even better but this wasn't all that bad. Taking a few more steps into the pool, she had to pause a moment because her form felt like it was getting softer. . .or maybe squishier? It was an odd sensation and definitely unexpected.
The teacher, vigilant, was the first to pause and ask what was wrong. She couldn't say that it was wrong just that it was weird. After a few moments of being in the water with no change, Ecco decided to give the whole swimming thing a chance. With the help of the teacher, soon she was floating like her classmates and kicking around. Holding onto their hands, kicking and moving around. It was actually pretty fun! She had to hold on kinda tight though, because otherwise she was going to float away, but they spent a good half hour doing the lessons and when it was over she could mimic her classmates well enough to get around in a trundling fashion.
Write a 500 word recount of your freshling in the pool. Are they just learning to swim? Or are they like a fish and take to it instantly. Have they swam before? Do they need floaties? Have fun with it!
Response: Narcissus had thrown a fit. Swimming?! Who on earth would want to go swimming! He certainly didn't. It was starting to get cold and he hadn't brought any clothes and he would be soaking wet for the whole rest of the day. Then he would get sick and be miserable all day for forever.
Normally he didn't mind lessons, but when it was cold and windy and they would end up all wet he had to put his foot down. Wasn't there something better they could be doing? Like jumping rope or playing kickball or tag or something? That sounded loads more fun than what he had to do.
It took his mother coming up to the school with an extra set of clothes and promising to stay for the entire duration of the swim lessons for him to finally submit. From the look on her face, he was going to be in BIG trouble later on, but for now he was getting his way.
Disdaining the use of floaties, Narcissus wore his blue vespercat covered swim trunks, fur standing on end as he stomped his way over to the pool. With a loud sigh that let everyone know exactly how he felt about it, he put one foot slowly into the pool. Just as he'd expected, it was cold. He nearly turned back before he caught sight of his mother and he turned to brave the next few steps.
As the water touched more and more of him, he got colder and colder until he didn't think he could stand it anymore. Then the next thing he knew, someone sloshed past him and he went under briefly. Sputtering when he surfaced, he had to wipe his eyes off and cough a couple times. He wasn't hurt, but he certainly didn't appreciate the sudden dunking.
Ears pinned back, he clung to the edge and let himself float. Halfheartedly kicking, he heaved another big sigh when he sank more than he floated. From there he was careful to cling to the edges so he wouldn't end up going under again.
"This is stupid and I hate it. Gonna be all wet and stinky and hate it all day. Gonna get in trouble n I don like it," he muttered under his breath. Finally, when he couldn't stand another moment of this, he sloshed his way to the steps out of the pool and began splashing his way out. He wasn't going to stand for a second longer! This was stupid and he was cold and it was absolutely no fun. Swimming in fall was stupid and he was definitely gonna get sick. He could already feel his nose starting to run and he sniffled so he wouldn't leak all over the towel his mom was drying him off with.
The look on her face was less angry now, since he felt like a wet flitterrat, but she still was gonna talk to him later on about not making the school call her when he was upset. Sighing, Narcissus felt that certainly the day couldn't get much worse. . . could it?
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:22 pm
September, 2018 Student name: Kanda Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
September, 2018 Student name: Hikito Kanti Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:27 pm
September, 2018 Student name: Ambrose Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
September, 2018 Student name: Elliah Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:07 pm
October 2018 Student name: Ayuu Prompt: Swimming laps Response:
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Ayuu had never been a fan of the thought of swimming, not because ze didn't enjoy water or the prospect of actual exercise, but because ze wasn't a fan of the required outfit. It had taken the better part of a year to get zer to take the plunge, coaxed largely by Ellis and that blazing star he had on his stomach. When your boyfriend resembled an oversized plush toy every time he removed his shirt, your self esteem couldn't help but be bolstered, especially when he didn't seem embarrassed by it at all.
The grimm emerged from Asphodel's locker room in a cute one piece boy shorts number, breathing deeply as ze stepped out toward the pool.
"Fifteen laps?" Ayuu wasn't sure ze could swim for that long, but it was worth a shot. Ze smiled widely at Ellis and his lemon-spotted trunks. "I bet I can beat your time." Brave words from someone who had never swam a day in zer life.
Following a bit more bantering and the tossing of friendly barbs, Ayuu lowered zerself into the water and clung to the ladder, tying back the longer tails of zer hair and allowing zerself to get accustomed to the reality of being submerged. While the grimm didn't have a problem with it, it was still disconcerting to feel all of your fur cling to your skin when you weren't in the shower.
"Okay. Ready?"
Ayuu gripped the side of the pool with zer long claws, bunching zer feet against the wall. Ze had seen athletes do something similar when they were poised to start races and ze hoped it would work out for zer too.
"On three. One... two..."
Ze launched zerself off of the wall with a single, powerful kick, fully expecting to sink like a stone. Instead, ze continued to shoot ahead with zer legs, faltering slightly as ze suffered through a liquid inhale. Even while coughing and sputtering ze managed to make forward progress, and once ze could breathe again, ze wasted no time finding a rhythm with arms, legs, and tail that had ze speeding on with little trouble. Soon ze moved past Ellis entirely and even eventually left him behind. The one thing Ayuu never would have guessed ze'd be good at ze positively shattered due to a little friendly competition.
It was tiring, especially for someone who was rather sedentary on a regular day, but about halfway through Ayuu's thoughts entered a peaceful space, and zer pain and exhaustion fell away, leaving nothing but a desire to continue moving. To finish. Ze looked over at Ellis again, a little worried, but the sight of the imp struggling along made zer smile. Finally, when it was all over, the grimm emerged from the water panting, catching zer breath with Ellis by zer side.
"What do you think?" ze managed once zer heart rate was close to normal again. "Rematch next week?"
The look on the imp's face coaxed a wave of laughter from the soggy grimm.
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October 2018 Student name: Ellis Prompt: Swimming laps Response: coming soon
Write a 500 word recount of your freshling in the pool. Are they just learning to swim? Or are they like a fish and take to it instantly. Have they swam before? Do they need floaties? Have fun with it!
Write a 500 word recount of your freshling in the pool. Are they just learning to swim? Or are they like a fish and take to it instantly. Have they swam before? Do they need floaties? Have fun with it!
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 9:43 pm
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October, 2018 Student name: Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
October, 2018 Student name: Prompt: Swimming laps Response: Please write a short IC post about how many laps they swam, how they felt about how many laps they did, or why they did so poorly. There's no wrong answer!
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