Strategic Leadership had asked them two weeks earlier to inform him of the color they wished for their team. The rest of the students already had colors in mind, many of whom had wanted to keep the color under which they had played previously. Donny, having never played for a team before, had to give this considerable thought. When he finally chose a color, he wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to the professor, who merely snorted and put it aside. He had hoped for some confirmation that the color would be acceptable, but the teacher did not supply this for him. Donny decided the lack of response must be confirmation enough, so he responded with the name he had chosen. “Our team color is Jade .”
Donny had chosen this color based on his desire to further his statement that this would not be just another team. He also wanted to allude to the previous year’s green team, which had gone from the bottom ranked team to almost winning the simulation games the year before. Donny would soon discover that the other captains were claiming he chose the name to mock them and show off that he had Decathlon on his team, stating that the first two letters were taken from the first two letters of Jay’s real name, and the last two were taken from the first two letters of his hero name, Decathlon. Donny was surprised when he heard this, as he had not realized that connec tion, but it did not worry him.
For the time being, Donny was ready to begin his practice. He split the teams up as best he could, with one team led by Duke with 18 total students, and the other led by a former member of the red team named Flash, a sixth year Hermes, with 17 total students, including Jay. Donny himself sat out of the event, and walked around the arena watching it unfold. They played a game of capture the flag, having to play multiple games as the first few ended quicker than Donny had hoped. Flash’s team won the first three quickly, but Duke soon began setting up defenses specifically against Jay, and once he did that the games took longer, until Jay could get past the defenses. Donny found it interesting that despite there being many other strong players on Flash’s team, they were not being us ed. Donny made a note of this.
After an hour and a half of this, Donny called everyone in. With encouragement, he then dismissed the Hermes and the Titans, but asked the Prometheus group to stay for one more activity. Donny had heard about the event that usually started each simulation game, where each team would send out a group of Hermes to spy on the other team. This was the first part of the games that he wanted to change, and he had an idea that he wanted to try.
Once the Hermes and Titans had left, Donny found himself in the arena with 11 Prometheus and Jay. He decided it would be best if he just started talking, and let them figure out what was going on for themselves . This would have the added benefit of letting Donny see how quickly they were each able to catch on. “Jay…I mean, Decathlon, how are y our abilities doing right now?”
“Well, my reading ability is doing great, but my othe r two are diminishing quickly.”
“When would you say your abilit y to mind read is at its peak?”
“Probably when I’m in class with other mind rea ders.”
“Right, so it happens when you are surrounded by a group of readers. Your ability increases by the amount of ability around you. Like right now, you are surrounded by readers, so your ability to read should be pretty good. Ok, everyone, take two steps closer to Decathlon.”
At Donny’s word, they each moved a little closer to Jay. Donny could see that many of the older students had picked up on what was going on, at least partly. He could not tell if Jay picked up on it before or after noticing the effects, but either way he could tell there was a change. “Any d ifference in your ability now?”
“Yes, more pictures just showed
Donny had chosen this color based on his desire to further his statement that this would not be just another team. He also wanted to allude to the previous year’s green team, which had gone from the bottom ranked team to almost winning the simulation games the year before. Donny would soon discover that the other captains were claiming he chose the name to mock them and show off that he had Decathlon on his team, stating that the first two letters were taken from the first two letters of Jay’s real name, and the last two were taken from the first two letters of his hero name, Decathlon. Donny was surprised when he heard this, as he had not realized that connec tion, but it did not worry him.
For the time being, Donny was ready to begin his practice. He split the teams up as best he could, with one team led by Duke with 18 total students, and the other led by a former member of the red team named Flash, a sixth year Hermes, with 17 total students, including Jay. Donny himself sat out of the event, and walked around the arena watching it unfold. They played a game of capture the flag, having to play multiple games as the first few ended quicker than Donny had hoped. Flash’s team won the first three quickly, but Duke soon began setting up defenses specifically against Jay, and once he did that the games took longer, until Jay could get past the defenses. Donny found it interesting that despite there being many other strong players on Flash’s team, they were not being us ed. Donny made a note of this.
After an hour and a half of this, Donny called everyone in. With encouragement, he then dismissed the Hermes and the Titans, but asked the Prometheus group to stay for one more activity. Donny had heard about the event that usually started each simulation game, where each team would send out a group of Hermes to spy on the other team. This was the first part of the games that he wanted to change, and he had an idea that he wanted to try.
Once the Hermes and Titans had left, Donny found himself in the arena with 11 Prometheus and Jay. He decided it would be best if he just started talking, and let them figure out what was going on for themselves . This would have the added benefit of letting Donny see how quickly they were each able to catch on. “Jay…I mean, Decathlon, how are y our abilities doing right now?”
“Well, my reading ability is doing great, but my othe r two are diminishing quickly.”
“When would you say your abilit y to mind read is at its peak?”
“Probably when I’m in class with other mind rea ders.”
“Right, so it happens when you are surrounded by a group of readers. Your ability increases by the amount of ability around you. Like right now, you are surrounded by readers, so your ability to read should be pretty good. Ok, everyone, take two steps closer to Decathlon.”
At Donny’s word, they each moved a little closer to Jay. Donny could see that many of the older students had picked up on what was going on, at least partly. He could not tell if Jay picked up on it before or after noticing the effects, but either way he could tell there was a change. “Any d ifference in your ability now?”
“Yes, more pictures just showed
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