1300/Volley Ball Day

Volley Ball Day
Date of Scene:	09 January 2015
Location:	Galianda
Synopsis:	Volley Ball at the Alexander Academy sports center, and...dancing?!
Cast of Characters:	658, Lyria Mason, 675

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Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    One of the few commonalities between Galandia and the Extraverse is highschool sports.

    Cirra leaps upwards and spikes the volleyball back down the otherside of the net where it hits the ground with a bounce.

    Cirra lands on the gym floor, silver hair slipping out of the bun her hair is held in. She takes the moment while the other team is getting setup to serve and reties her hair.

    Some people call her names like the Ice Queen of Alexander, or Early Rank B, but even she has to get the rest of her credits.

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason too is clad for gym as it were she's been making decent grades even with the explosions and Mr. Greene's ire. She too had to get her gym credits after all and so her sh was also here and right now she's just watching Cirra play, and damn she's good. She's not one of the one who generally uses her 'nick names' She gets she's a guard to landon if she didn't drive her self so hard? There would likely be trouble elsewhere she suspects. She might end up in the game soon enough however.

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
One of the things that the shutin girl is good at is sports, but most would wonder why or how. She never seems to do anything but sit around. And yet, in gym clothes, she partakes into the sports activities and doesn't seem tired either. But all she is doing is shooting balls at hoops on the other court, not getting in the way of the volleyball teams going on. She does keep an eye on things over there though, and that last spike from Cirra sent the ball in her direction.

She bounces it off her basketball, easily juggling it one on top of the other as she walks closer and then sends it back at the losing team without a second thought. She then holds the basketball under her arm, considering as she watches the match for a bit.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    Cirra watches as the quiet girl bounces the ball back to the other team. She recognizes her from when she broke up the fight between two boys. She behaved oddly then as well.

    Cirra's team rotates, putting her in the back. Another serve is made and the exchange is longer this time.

    Someone in the front row of Cirra's team however seems to have the corrdination of epileptic kangaroo, and sends the ball hurling through the air towards Annia.

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason watches Annia for a moment and gives a faint smile but thencomes the ball she moes to keep clear but there's only one thing she can do is watch what's going to happen to Annia.

"Annia! Watch out!"

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley doesn't seem to be moving when the ball is coming her way, and it's coming quite fast despite not being very precise. Wrong place, wrong time, most assuredly.

But at the last moment, she suddenly moves backward. Wait, backward? Yes, she's still in the path of the ball speeding to her. With one hand, she casually flips the basketball upward, and in the backward step, her arms come together to intercept the ball, bouncing it upward. The step back served to reduce the impact of it, making her body match the speed of the ball close enough to negate most of it, and it quite naturally arcs up, and back at the losing team.

As she slides to a stop a few steps back, she catches the basketball she flipped up, looking non the worse for wear. She wasn't showing off. She just reacted, really.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    Annia intercepts the ball herself, bouncing it back from the predicted cataclysmic impact. The ball arcs up through the air, and is snatched from it with one hand, Cirra's hand.

    The silver haired Judge looks closely at Annia.

    "Good reflexes..." She tosses the ball to someone else on her team. She crosses her arms as she gives Annian appraising look. "What's your name?"

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason watches as Annia is more than able to handle the ball and also makes it rather fancy too a she lets out a rather amused laugh.

"Tht was pretty impressive bit of moves there."

Lyria sensing something is about to happens watches both Cirra and Annia.

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley holds the basketball under her arm again, looking back at Cirra. She flips her hair a bit, a loose strand over her shoulder "Annia Shirley." She answers quiet simply, matter of factly. She's not one for conversation. She takes the compliment in stride even. "Just lucky, didn't want to get hurt." Or so she says anyway. She rmemebers Cirra as well. Wasn't she the one that took care of those guys last time? She was just trying to find some peace and quiet herself at the time, but she didlook suspicious.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    "Luck?" a small frown tugs at Cirra's mouth. "Lucky would be ducking your head at the right time. But you checked the arc and the speed before adjusting your own speed." She uncrosses her arms and puts them on her hips.

    "I Saw you the other day too. You seem to be hiding your talents half the time. Why?"

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley lifts her shoulders at the question. "... Don't like the attention." She answers simply. Yet she does get attention in a different way. "I don't like being around people." At least she's honest on that side. She never does anything to make people feel at ease around her, keeping people at arm's length instead.

But as Cirra said, she has good atheletic dispositions, so she might be hiding more. Probably not volleyball related though, but it might help her in this aspect too.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    Well, that seemed like an honest answer at least. "I see." Cirra turns aside and walks a step back towards the volleyball game. "Thats a shame. You'd be a clear benefit to one of the teams."

    "I suppose it's not my business."

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason says "You have a good point Cirra she did do that didn't she?"

She looks over to Annia for a moment bobbing her head a little bit.

Not everyone wants notice but the teams could very well use you."

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley seems to consider still. She shrugs her shoulders when Cirra walks away "Maybe." She answers simply, not really good at conversations either. She shoots her basketball at the nearby hoop, missing and having it rebounding with a resounding 'PANG', as she turns away from it "If there was a need for it. The team looks fine to me. Just not focusing enough."

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    "PErhaps you're right." Cirra admits, "They're unfocused, undisciplened." With each cutting remark the opposing team seems to wilt. "They don't comunicate, and have no direction." THe team leader looks like she's about ready to call it quits.

    "Someone should show them how."

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
She's no leader, she doesn't like getting attention.

But when Cirra says that, she stomps her foot down.

And again.

It becomes a rhythm that resounds through the gymnasium. When she stops, she looks toward the group, hands on her hips "... Have you tried music?" She says simply, and stomps her foot again.

Repeating several times, she seems to try to ingrain it into the minds of those watching, and when she stops, she's moving instead. Step, step, step, at the same pace. A double step, as she changes direction. She reaches the volleyball left on the ground, and in the same step she swoops it with her hand, and lobs it at one of the team.

"Music, or rhythm, is a way to keep that focus."

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason wonders about Cirra's words and is almost afraid to reply at this point given she wasn't sure if Cirra wa the captain of that tem or not. She watches how this plays out as she wonders if Cirra is talking about her self? She ponders listening and she tilts her head and humms at Annia's suggestion.

"Like Sea Chanties do for the crew of a ship."

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    The Judge puts one hand to her chin as she watches Annia, a Dancer? A Dancer that shuns attention even. How peculier, normally they're all about being in the spotlight and drawing attention.

    The team in question looks at each other as Annia asks and look back to her with a collective shrug. They start following along though, stomping their feet to the rhythm until they seem to get it. One of the team members volleys the ball back into the air with both hands, and then some one else does the same, keeping the ball going.

    Cirra moves back into position on her own team. She waves Annia to get into position on the other team. "It's your serve."

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley picks the ball up, and moves over to her spot. There's that sway of hips, she definitely moves oddly compared to most people. She accepts the challenge though, and moves for the serve. Before she does, she stomps her foot three times to set the rhythm again. Not for herself, she can continually hear the beat in her ears, even if it's only her own heartbeat. At that pace, she throws the ball up, in perfect rhythm she hits it overhead, sending it flying to the other side.

If you have the aptitudes and strength to do it, focus is all that is missing, and that's what she seems to be trying to teach at the moment. Her spike doesn't have that much power to it.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    Annia's spike goes over the net, gracefully if not hard. Cirra is fast though, and she volleys the ball back up where another member of her team that hits it back over the net.

    Annia's team however proves to be more on mark now and hits the ball back up and returns it.

    The game goes much better now as Cirra's team is less dominante with Annia's couch of their oppposition.

    Strangely, Cirra seems to like it better this way.

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason watches s eveyrthing plays out as Annia joins the match and sees how it plays out the other tem is putting up a much better fitght now and Cirra seems ot be enjoying not having easy meat to go after, that says a lot about Cirra, and Annia's lack of hunting for attention says a good deal about her as sell.

"Now this is getting interesting."

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
It's not much of a training or a match if one side is overpowering the other by too much. They say you get better if you go against those stronger than you, but it's also true you get no training if you can't actually touch the ball either.

Annia seems to have replaced the stomps by more simple shouts, dictacting a pace. The downside is that opponents can also follow the same pace to anticipate the actions. So she subtly changes the pace, watching how her teammates follow with it. She's not looking for domination, but in her own way, it seems she's teaching them something new. Following the same rhythm is a way of unifying teammates after all.

Unfortunately, it's something that Annia herself doesn't apply to her companionships.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    The game continues on, Annia's direction - and mis-direction keeps her team much closer to their opponents.

    Cirra pushes her response, her athelticism is probably one of the best out of both teams, but she doesn't push unfairly.

    At the end of the period Annia's team has given itself a solid showing, and Cirra's team has been forced to put in more effort then before.

    Cirra walks off the gym floor and picks up a towel and put around her neck. "Excellent work Annia."

Lyria Mason has posed:
Lyria Mason watches as the match ends and has been quite enterained by the whole affair she looks to Cirra and Annia.

"That was a good match and things got more interesting when both sides stepped up their game. I think I get what you had hoped for Cirra."

Everyone got better because the other side was with Annia's help able to get back into the game.

Annia Shirley (658) has posed:
Annia Shirley slides a hand through the top of her hair, over her forehead, pushing it all back. Looks like she worked up a bit of sweat as well. Most of her footwork was good on the defense, but she lacks the power on the offense. It still helped out put a good opposition at least "... More interesting game like that, no fun when you can only lose. Or can't lose." She lifts her shoulders, and waves a hand "It was nothing."

She really doesn't seem like she wants to be the center of attention, but she did help out.

Cirra Constantine (675) has posed:
    Cirra hns as Annia walks away. She uses her towel to wipe her face of sweat and looks at Lyria, "And people call me distant."