Remind Daniel why he ever thought this was a good idea? It looked like a good idea on paper. Team building camping trip in the wood. Away from the city. Away from Cobra Kai and all the madness going on. It seemed perfect. But in reality? Taking a rabble of teenagers into the wood, away from their parents and guardians... it was a disaster waiting to happen.
Honestly, within five minutes of arriving one kid had twisted their ankle, another had forgotten bug repellent and was already being eaten alive and another had pissed off a skunk, got sprayed and needed collecting by their parent. So far things were going great. Daniel was just glad he had gotten all the kids' parents to sign permission slips wavering all liability on Daniel and Johnny's part because a lawsuit for a child being eaten by a bear or falling in a ravine was the last thing Miyagi-Do needed right now. Their reputation still hadn't fully recovered after the whole school fight situation.
All he has to do is make sure that the remaining teenagers make it through the next four days without major injury and it'll be fine.
[ Kata in the woods - open ]
It wasn't so much that Daniel had fled and abandoned the other adults to watch over the kids. Daniel LaRusso didn't flee. He fought with everything he had. That was probably why he had gotten himself into so much trouble over the years and made enemies everywhere he went.
No. It wasn't that he was abandoning his fellow sensei or their students. It was just that he needed to take a few moments to collect himself - to find his balance. He hadn't gone too far that he was hard to reach in case of emergency, and he had his phone with him. But he had found a clearing.
It's not quite silence - he can still hear the kids in the distance. But it's quieter. He starts working through his breathing exercises. In through the nose, hold. Out through the mouth, hold. Hands together, arms out from the chest on the exhale, back in on the inhale. Up on the exhale, down in the inhale. Rinse and repeat. It doesn't matter how many times he does it, he can still hear Mr Miyagi's voice in his head - 'when you feel life out of focus, always return to basic of life. Breathing. No breathe. No life'. How many times has Daniel found himself taking a moment to just focus on his breathing? Too many to count. But it works.
Feeling calmer, Daniel takes a stance and starts to run through the Miyagi family kata.
[ Camping - open ]
Daniel holds his marshmallow over the fire. Come on, what is a camping trip without s'mores? So far no one has burnt down their tent or scalded themselves with molten marshmallow fluff so Daniel's counting that as a win.
And okay... maybe camping - crazy as it's been - maybe camping was a good idea. The kids seem happy and relaxed and they deserve that.
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Date: 2021-05-25 02:35 am (UTC)Remind Daniel why he ever thought this was a good idea? It looked like a good idea on paper. Team building camping trip in the wood. Away from the city. Away from Cobra Kai and all the madness going on. It seemed perfect. But in reality? Taking a rabble of teenagers into the wood, away from their parents and guardians... it was a disaster waiting to happen.
Honestly, within five minutes of arriving one kid had twisted their ankle, another had forgotten bug repellent and was already being eaten alive and another had pissed off a skunk, got sprayed and needed collecting by their parent. So far things were going great. Daniel was just glad he had gotten all the kids' parents to sign permission slips wavering all liability on Daniel and Johnny's part because a lawsuit for a child being eaten by a bear or falling in a ravine was the last thing Miyagi-Do needed right now. Their reputation still hadn't fully recovered after the whole school fight situation.
All he has to do is make sure that the remaining teenagers make it through the next four days without major injury and it'll be fine.
[ Kata in the woods - open ]
It wasn't so much that Daniel had fled and abandoned the other adults to watch over the kids. Daniel LaRusso didn't flee. He fought with everything he had. That was probably why he had gotten himself into so much trouble over the years and made enemies everywhere he went.
No. It wasn't that he was abandoning his fellow sensei or their students. It was just that he needed to take a few moments to collect himself - to find his balance. He hadn't gone too far that he was hard to reach in case of emergency, and he had his phone with him. But he had found a clearing.
It's not quite silence - he can still hear the kids in the distance. But it's quieter. He starts working through his breathing exercises. In through the nose, hold. Out through the mouth, hold. Hands together, arms out from the chest on the exhale, back in on the inhale. Up on the exhale, down in the inhale. Rinse and repeat. It doesn't matter how many times he does it, he can still hear Mr Miyagi's voice in his head - 'when you feel life out of focus, always return to basic of life. Breathing. No breathe. No life'. How many times has Daniel found himself taking a moment to just focus on his breathing? Too many to count. But it works.
Feeling calmer, Daniel takes a stance and starts to run through the Miyagi family kata.
[ Camping - open ]
Daniel holds his marshmallow over the fire. Come on, what is a camping trip without s'mores? So far no one has burnt down their tent or scalded themselves with molten marshmallow fluff so Daniel's counting that as a win.
And okay... maybe camping - crazy as it's been - maybe camping was a good idea. The kids seem happy and relaxed and they deserve that.