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[15.04] Athletic
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*Team Mascot*
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The SimCity Quarks are looking to fill the over-sized shoes of their world
famous mascot, Limp the Strange Lepton, as Limpy's previous incarnation has
decided to go back to medical school. _____'s been given the nod to step into
the role, but with Limpy out of the way, her own character, Dagby Llama of the
Lower City Llamas may be able to step into the currently vacant limelight.
"Become Limpy"
_____'s days of having stick sodas poured over her oversized cartoon head are
over. She casts off the costume of Dagby Llama and dons the mantle of the
mightiest mascot every to grace a SimCity athletic field. As Limp the Lepton,
_____ has the freedom to design her own cheers and to come up with an entirely
new set of pratfalls. _____'s new expanded skill set earns her 1 body and 1
creativity point.
"Steal Limelight"
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*Minor Leaguer*
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The assistant coach has asked _____ to help move an upright piano for one of
the more senior players on the team. _____ is a bit worried about
overstraining herself, but the move might also be a way to get in good with the
manager and some of the players. She could agree, or make up some excuse.
"Move Piano"
_____ starts to move to get the piano with the rest of the team and lifts it
down the stairs. However _____ loses her grip and the piano falls. Scrambling
to retain her grip, the piano crashes down the stairs. _____ sprains her back
and loses 1 body skill point.
"Make Excuse"
_____ tells the assistant coach that he's been experiencing back spasms and
that he's so focused on the upcoming game with the Red City Hammers that he
needs to get some extra therapy and some extra practice sessions in before the
game. The coach agrees with his level headedness and decides to hire
professional movers to move the piano. _____ earns 2 logic skill points for
his quick thinking.
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*Rookie*
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During warm-ups _____ notices that one of the starting players has forgotten
her knee brace on the practice field. Without the brace the first stringer
will surely re-injure herself: as a bench warmer _____ could make a good
impression by returning the brace to her, or he could hide the brace since
he'd be the next in line for her position, were she to be side-lined with an
injury.
"Return Brace"
____ jogs over to pick up the knee brace, and heads off to find the player who
misplaced it. He returns the brace, and the player is so thankful to have
found the custom fit device that she ask him if he would like to begin daily
private practices with her. ____ earns 2 body skill points due to focused
training.
"Hide Brace"
_____ sneaks over to the knee brace and deftly stuffs it into his gym bag. He
looks around to make sure no one is looking looking and heads to a nearby
garbage bin to dispose of the specialized brace. _____ heads back to the
locker room to suit up for the game, but just when it looks like he's gotten
away with it, in walks the manager and the starting player holding her knee
brace which appears to have become entangled with a discarded banana peel.
_____ is fired on the spot.
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*Starter*
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A start-up athletic shoe company has asked _____ to sponsor a new line of
athletic gear. _____ has gained some notoriety as of late, but sponsorship
deals usually only go to all-stars and MVPs, and it does sound like a pretty
good deal, even though the company is as of yet unknown.
"Take Deal"
_____ signs the paperwork and heads off to her first commercial shoot. She
meets the marketing execs and discovers that they want her to dress up as a
soldier and deliver what sounds to her like an extremely sexist and possibly
illegal, but definitely nonsensical speech that has absolutely nothing to do
with shoes or sports. Confused, _____ does as she's told, but when the spot
airs, she takes the brunt of the negative publicity and loses 1 charisma skill
point.
"Pass on It"
_____ passes on the deal, and later hears that one of her team's all-stars
signs up in her place. For the TV spot the all-star is forced to dress up
as a soldier and deliver an extremely sexist and possibly illegal, but
definitely nonsensical speech that that absolutely nothing to do with shoes
or sports. The company goes under, taking the all-star's reputation with it.
_____ emerges unscathed and earns 1 logic and 1 charisma skill point in the
process.
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*All Star*
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Practice has been cancelled due to the large volcano that recently sprouted up
beneath the visiting team's locker-room, so _____ has some free time on her
hands. Some of the team has decided to hold an informal practice session, but
a larger group is heading off to play the back nine and SimCity Lynx. What
should _____ do?
"Practice"
A small squad heads off to a local community park. After stretching and
running some drills, a crowd begins to form, having recognized _____ and the
other popular players. _____ decides to organize an impromptu pick-up game to
put on a show for the fans, and even decides to let a few of the local college
athletes join in. A few minutes into the game one of the amaterus smashes
into _____ and lands face first in the hard turf, unconscious. Without a team
doctor or trainer, _____ and her teammates stand stunned. The amateur later
recovers, but the lawsuit leaves _____ settling out of court for $15,000.
"Play Golf"
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*Superstar*
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While eating lunch at the team's local sports pub, Pluck 'n Chuck, _____ sees a
man gesturing wildly at a table nearby as he slowly turns a ripe shade of blue.
The bar is packed, and only the man's date seems to be aware of the problem.
_____ could administer the Heimlich Maneuver, or wade through the patrons to
find the bar's manager.
"Give Heimlich"
_____ heads over to the now purple faced patron, lifts him out of his chair,
wraps her arms around his gut and gives him the Heimlich; a half eaten Buffalo
wing shoots out of him onto the table. The entire bar watches as the man
recovers, and _____ is featured on the 6 o'clock news, earning her the air of
responsibility the team had been waiting for her to display so that they could
promote her to Assistant Coach.
"Find Manager"
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*Assistant Coach*
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____'s been asked by the team's owner to arrange for a piano to be moved for
one of the star players, who neither has the time, or the inkling to do it
himself. The team doesn't have a budget for these types of expenses, so ____
could ask some of the rookies to do it, or save himself the hassle and pay
professional piano movers to do it.
"Ask Rookies"
"Pay Movers"
____ decides to fork out the himself for the cost of professional movers. The
movers want §1,500 but Soaring talks them down to §1,000 and gives them the
direction to the player's house in the suburbs. Both the player and the team's
management are so impressed with ____'s handling of the situation that he is
promoted to Coach, and management reimburses him for the cost of the movers.
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