[Closed] Star-Lacrossed

[theriflespiral]

Who: Jamil and Natalia
What: A friendly lacrosse skirmish, we swear
Where: The multi-purpose pitch at Everwave Academy
When: Episode 0, late April, previous Natalia's awakening.

And so it was we come to the first boys vs girls teams skirmish for Everwave's lacrosse team. The pitch was a beautiful fresh green of the grass. The centers, not Jamil nor Natalia, faced off in the circle ready to duke it out over the ball.

In one of the wings, Natalia waited for the ball to either slip her way, or else to be passed to.

Normally, Natalia would have preferred fencing, kendo, wrestling, and tae kwon do to such a team sport. But...

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"L-listen, it's not that we don't appreciate you--"

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"In fact, it's apparent you're incredibly strong--

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"But we just think that someone genuinely world-class, like yourself--"

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"Would perhaps be better served with a different athletic club?"

"M-m-maybe the boys' side?"

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She wasn't stupid. She knew those girls were terrified of her, and the boys, well...

If anything, she was less accepting of the boys outright refusing to see her on basis of gender. Wrestling she sort of understood, but the others had no excuse.

So, when she wasn't stretching or doing floor exercise, here she was, on the lacrosse field or the basketball court, keeping in condition.

At least she wasn't alone. Lacrosse seemed to be a favorite dumping ground for girls that, for one reason or another, didn't quite 'fit in'.

Idly, she wondered if it was the same on the boys' side.