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enjoythe_ride) wrote2016-02-11 12:09 pm
enjoythe_ride) wrote2016-02-11 12:09 pm
canon au } { if it's true that legends never die
[Prompt #47 – A Summer Sport. Written for likely_evil. Set in the actual canon au.]
“Can I ask you guys something?”
The question comes in that hesitant “I know this is a dumb question but I grew up in a zombie apocalypse” tone that Olivia usually has when she’s about to ask something that should be obvious to everyone else in the world who grew up outside of one. It’s a question that usually comes when Hal’s asked her about something over text and she doesn’t want to come off as ignorant as she actually is. Or get that incredulous expression that comes with her not knowing something.
Bela and Sam are sitting in the kitchen with cups of coffee, mostly just trying to enjoy some time to themselves, and they both have gotten this question often enough that they manage to at least school their features about something she should obviously be aware of.
“Of course,” Bela replies with a small smile. “What is it?”
She looks anxiously between the two of them for a moment as she pours herself a cup of coffee, before finally spitting it out. “What are the Olympics?” There’s a beat, before the clarification just pours out of her as she overcompensates. “I know it’s some kind of sports thing, but I’ve never actually seen them so … I don’t really know for sure.”
Sam chuckles slightly, before nodding. “It is, a sports thing. Sit.”
Olivia blinks, looking confused. “It’s a complicated sports thing? I mean, in a lot of ways it’s just like a massive Super Bowl, right?” The Super Bowl had just passed, and she had gone up to Berkeley to go to Hal’s party as a result, which might have been where the Olympics had come up in the first place.
“Sort of,” Bela replies. “It’s actually a lot more prestigious than that.”
“Every two years, teams from everywhere in the world meet at a specific location and hold this huge sporting competition. They alternate between summer and winter sports and it’s basically a way of finding the best amateur athletes in the world.”
“The summer games are coming up this year,” Bela nods. “I take it Hal wants you to watch with him?”
She nods, before making a face. “I mean, I will, but how involved is this?”
“Two weeks of pretty much non-stop sports,” Sam says with a dry smirk. “It’s pretty much twenty-four seven round the clock coverage. Especially when the games are in a different time zone and there are so many different events.”
Olivia’s eyes widen a bit. “That seems … execessive.”
“Not all the sports are important to everyone,” Bela points out. “I mostly watch fencing as far as the summer games are concerned.”
“Soccer for me,” Sam adds. “Swimming is pretty popular in the states too.” Then he makes a face. “Your uncle is a fan of women’s beach volleyball.”
Olivia rolls her eyes. “Of course he is.”
“Hal probably will just have you watch the sports he likes, and that will be it. But I’m sure you’ll have the chance to sample the other sports and find out if you have any favorites.”
She nods as she considers before taking another sip of her coffee and getting up. “Thanks.”
“Of course,” Bela says with a nod, sipping her own coffee as she watches Olivia make her way out of the room. The footsteps fade from their limited human hearing, and Sam leans in with a smirk.
“Fencing?”
Bela smirks as well, before turning to face him more. “I used to fence in school. I still enjoy the sport.”
“Mmmm-hmmm,” he says. “Think you can teach me how sometime?”
Her eyebrows go up a bit at that, before tipping her head to the side. “You actually want to learn?”
“I want to actually know what’s going on if you make me watch the Olympics with you,” he points out and she laughs before nodding her agreement.
“Fair enough.” She pauses for a moment, before leaning in closer. “Would you like to start now?”
“The sooner I learn the better.”
Bela nods, before finishing her coffee and getting to her feet. “Might as well. I have nothing better to do today.”
“Good.”
They probably won’t get much actual swordplay done, but at least they’ve started the framework.
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likely_evil. Set in the actual canon au.]“Can I ask you guys something?”
The question comes in that hesitant “I know this is a dumb question but I grew up in a zombie apocalypse” tone that Olivia usually has when she’s about to ask something that should be obvious to everyone else in the world who grew up outside of one. It’s a question that usually comes when Hal’s asked her about something over text and she doesn’t want to come off as ignorant as she actually is. Or get that incredulous expression that comes with her not knowing something.
Bela and Sam are sitting in the kitchen with cups of coffee, mostly just trying to enjoy some time to themselves, and they both have gotten this question often enough that they manage to at least school their features about something she should obviously be aware of.
“Of course,” Bela replies with a small smile. “What is it?”
She looks anxiously between the two of them for a moment as she pours herself a cup of coffee, before finally spitting it out. “What are the Olympics?” There’s a beat, before the clarification just pours out of her as she overcompensates. “I know it’s some kind of sports thing, but I’ve never actually seen them so … I don’t really know for sure.”
Sam chuckles slightly, before nodding. “It is, a sports thing. Sit.”
Olivia blinks, looking confused. “It’s a complicated sports thing? I mean, in a lot of ways it’s just like a massive Super Bowl, right?” The Super Bowl had just passed, and she had gone up to Berkeley to go to Hal’s party as a result, which might have been where the Olympics had come up in the first place.
“Sort of,” Bela replies. “It’s actually a lot more prestigious than that.”
“Every two years, teams from everywhere in the world meet at a specific location and hold this huge sporting competition. They alternate between summer and winter sports and it’s basically a way of finding the best amateur athletes in the world.”
“The summer games are coming up this year,” Bela nods. “I take it Hal wants you to watch with him?”
She nods, before making a face. “I mean, I will, but how involved is this?”
“Two weeks of pretty much non-stop sports,” Sam says with a dry smirk. “It’s pretty much twenty-four seven round the clock coverage. Especially when the games are in a different time zone and there are so many different events.”
Olivia’s eyes widen a bit. “That seems … execessive.”
“Not all the sports are important to everyone,” Bela points out. “I mostly watch fencing as far as the summer games are concerned.”
“Soccer for me,” Sam adds. “Swimming is pretty popular in the states too.” Then he makes a face. “Your uncle is a fan of women’s beach volleyball.”
Olivia rolls her eyes. “Of course he is.”
“Hal probably will just have you watch the sports he likes, and that will be it. But I’m sure you’ll have the chance to sample the other sports and find out if you have any favorites.”
She nods as she considers before taking another sip of her coffee and getting up. “Thanks.”
“Of course,” Bela says with a nod, sipping her own coffee as she watches Olivia make her way out of the room. The footsteps fade from their limited human hearing, and Sam leans in with a smirk.
“Fencing?”
Bela smirks as well, before turning to face him more. “I used to fence in school. I still enjoy the sport.”
“Mmmm-hmmm,” he says. “Think you can teach me how sometime?”
Her eyebrows go up a bit at that, before tipping her head to the side. “You actually want to learn?”
“I want to actually know what’s going on if you make me watch the Olympics with you,” he points out and she laughs before nodding her agreement.
“Fair enough.” She pauses for a moment, before leaning in closer. “Would you like to start now?”
“The sooner I learn the better.”
Bela nods, before finishing her coffee and getting to her feet. “Might as well. I have nothing better to do today.”
“Good.”
They probably won’t get much actual swordplay done, but at least they’ve started the framework.
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