Speech: #BF80BF || Thought: #8080BF
Nana revved the corner with a straight celebration of nervous speed, swinging herself on the streetlight to accelerate her turn. She was only running a few minutes late but even so, this meant she already let her scouts down once.This wasn’t going to happen again.. With a quick glance to her extended watch, her heels echoed off the cement streets as she neared the final stretch. Once she turned the remaining corner, she used her leftover energy to jog to the end of the line; finally joining with her little ducklings
Entirely out of breathe, Nana hunched over to rest her forearms on her thighs and catch the lost wind blown from her lungs. Having large bags in her arms, she released them onto the floor to give herself a moment to recover.
“He-heh s-sorry for.. arriving so l-late. I lost track of t-ttime and well.. here I a-am.” Pulling herself back into consciousness, she straightened her back and let out a sharp puff of fresh air. Flashing them all the biggest smile she could manage, Nana clapped in place at the sight of her scouts all safe and sound.
“Looks like you’re all here, I take it you all found the store nice and easy? I do hope so!” Nana was singularly impressed with the maps she’d drawn; going as far as to call herself a cartographer. Looking up from her own amusement, Nana noticed the scouts bundled in coats and scarfs, clearly unamused by her disheveled arrival.
“Ah! You all look so cold, let’s step inside and get away from the breeze.” Leaning down to pick up the bags, she pulled one over her shoulder and kept the other one in hand, motioning the scouts in with her head. As she walked through the small building, she lead the team to the far right of the room and pushed open the door that seemingly lead to the storage room. Apart from legitimate food supply, a narrow wooden staircase sat in the middle of the room.
“Just follow me up and then we can all get to know one another.” Unlocking the door at the top of the stairs, she slid it open and hopped into the open space within.
Easiest way to explain the upstairs? A classroom. Resting just atop the bustling convenience store sat six rows of desks facing a wall-to-wall chalk board. A few notes appeared to be sketched onto it’s mostly blank state with a few colour coded slips pasted to the upper right hand corner. Nana had prepared this room with the same idea it’s very essence suggested; to teach them how to be the perfect scouts.
“Once you take in as much as the room as you like, please take a seat in the first couple rows. I don’t want anyone trailing away from the group, we’re a family now.” Turning her back to the group, she picked up one of the chalks and wrote the words
‘Introduce yourself’
“For your first task, I would like to you do as the board suggests. Please state your name, something fun about yourself. Then when you’re ready, I would like you to explain exactly what made you join the scouts.” People’s lives were on the line, she needed to know she had a good team with her.
It was judgment day.
“I’ll give you all a bit of time to think about your answer and whoever’s ready may stand up and give their presentation.”