Tremble Foolish Mortals: The Gods and You , Class One [Period 5, Thursday]

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The students were greeted with an empty classroom as they filed in.

Once everyone was seated, Ares appeared in a flash of blue light. "Greetings," he said. "I am Ares, God of War, and before you all start with the questions and flailing and prostrating yourself before me in worship, yes I am the Ares, and I am a real god. I'll be happy to give a demonstration to anyone who doesn't believe me." His tone suggested that while he might be happy to give a demonstrate, the person he gave it to wouldn't be.

"Now, to class. I'm assuming you all signed up because you want to learn more about the gods," Ares said, leaning against his desk. "Believe me you will. Forget the drunken ramblings of half-mad priests and madder politician, from me you'll be hearing firsthand accounts of the gods, in all their glorious and less than glorious moments. As you can see from the syllabus, we will be focusing on the Greek pantheon, otherwise known as the Olympians. Because, hey, you can't escape family."

"Because this is the first class, and I realise you may all be somewhat awed by being taught by me, a real live god, I'm going to go easy on you all, trust me, it won't happen again. Today you're just going to introduce yourself, tell the class which gods and goddesses you worship and why."

He waved a dismissive hand at the class. "Well, what are you waiting for, go on."

[ooc: OCD threads coming is up!]

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Comments

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[dark_slippy_thing]

"I'm Valentine from nowhere in particular, which just happens to be rather far from here. So far as gods go, I don't think they really have one where I'm from. Just some 'She' who did something with a charm while sitting on a manky carpet, or something of the sort. Nobody really understands what the story means, and I never really paid much attention anyhow. It all sounds like complete rubbish to me."

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Ares stared at Valentine.

"...right."

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine stared right back with his beady little pinhole eyes.
"Oh, good. This means that I'm not the only one who said that when I heard the story."

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

"No, I imagine that it's a common reaction."

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Well, that's about the long and short of 'The Complete History of Everything,' though I could be missing something in there somewhere. I lost interest somewhere around the blank sheet of void part, shortly after the manky carpet."

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

"You're one of those special students aren't you?"

Re: Introductions - TGaY [Class One]

[dark_slippy_thing]

"I suppose that would depend on your definition of special. I'm a very important man."