Detention: 9/30/06

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

When entering the Danger Shop for detention today, the students will find themselves in a rather tranquil environment.

Tranquil, but somewhat unnatural. White void as far as the eye can see, barring the single, almost floating doors that would lead back out of the Danger Room.

The Doctor sits cross-legged on the spotless white floor, a small notepad in his lap, a pen behind one of his sizable ears.

He marks down attendance as people arrive.

Agnes Nitt
Blair Sandburg

When both students had arrived, the Doctor did not speak, but held up a simple note.

It read "Meditate".

[ooc: Sorry for the lateness. Last minute covering. EDIT: Up and Ready.]

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Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes shook her head. "No. I never learned."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Me either." Blair shrugged. "Which means we probably shouldn't challenge it to a game."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"Maybe we can try another game like Cripple Mr. Onion," Agnes suggested. "It shouldn't be which game that's important, right?"

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"As long as it's a game that they'll have to spend a lot of time on, it should work. It would probably be bad to challenge them to a game that's too easy." Blair frowned. "I've never heard of Cripple Mr. Onion. How do you play it?"

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes briefly explained (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Mr_Onion) the basics of Cripple Mr. Onion. To go into extensive specifics would have kept them there all day.

"It wouldn't be too easy," I think.

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair blinked and nodded slowly. "Yeah, I'm not seeing that as being too easy at all."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"It's either that or we pretend we know how to play chess and make up the rules as we go along," Agnes suggested.

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair bounced. "Which would make it pretty impossible for Mr. Evil-From-Before-Time-Began to win, wouldn't it? That might be a good plan."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Thwarted only by the fact that the evil is old enough that it does, in fact, know how chess is played," the Doctor interrupted.

"Neither of you has seriously played chess before?"

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair grinned sheepishly. "I'm more of a checkers man, myself."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"It's not played much in the Ramtops," Agnes said, shaking he head.

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Well then," the Doctor said. "I think the Cripple Mr. Onion option is probably your best bet. Because even I was having trouble following it, and I'm the fellow who outwitted Fenric in the first place."

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Does that mean we passed?" Blair smiled hopefully, a little nervous about having to actually play the game.

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I suppose it does," the Doctor said, fiddling with the chess pieces.

He was hoping to show them the puzzle he'd used.

But they wouldn't understand it.

So he couldn't be all show-offy. Blast.

Re: The First Afternoon Activity

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes watched the fiddling and couldn't help smiling. Getting one up on the teacher - or detention host - was rather satisfying.