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

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."

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Janet nodded. "If someone put a travel brochure out, I'm going to find them, and sabotage their printing press," she whispered.

"I swear, cause otherwise we're liable to have Aphrodite show up around Valentine's day." Isabel made a face, "In theory, that sounds like a good idea. But it's Fandom. Something would definitely go wrong."

"Oh, please no," said Janet, looking horrified. "I can only begin to imagine the many horrifying things that could happen. I think Murphy's Law must apply ten times more strongly here than anywhere else."

"Seriously. Xander talked about his home being over a Hellmouth, honestly I think this place is just on a nexus of weird or something," she said, shaking her head. "I'm sure that's why Murphy's happens the way it does."

"That's about as good an explanation as any I've heard," said Janet, stifling a giggle. "Nexus of weird. I like that. So what other classes do you have this semester?"

"It just works. And it covers so many different possibilities." Isabel closed her eyes and thought, it was still too early in the semester to remember all her classes off the top of her head. "I've got Revolutions, Hunting, this, and then tomorrow I've got Survival Tactics and Villians. What's scary is this is about the only class I can possibly talk to my parents about. Really mom, it's just a class about Greek Mythology."

"You could call the other classes something different instead," said Janet. "Revolusions could be, I don't know, Sociology instead, and Hunting could be Wilderness Biology. You can call Survival Tactics something like Phys Ed, and Villains could be, um, Abnormal Psych."

"True. And then I can fanwank whatever we did in class the same way the rabid fan folks have wanked the various Wendy the Werewolf Stalker romances," Isabel laughed.

Janet nodded. "Exactly like that," she said. "Though I don't usually look up tv show information online. Well, not unless it's Wormhole X-Treme."

"It's not that I actually activitely get involved," she said quickly. "Mostly I just read and boggle at the stupid."

"Why is there so much stupid on the internet?" asked Janet. She shook her head. "Sometimes I wonder what people are thinking. There are at least some sane Wormhole X-Treme fans out there, but-- Some of them are crazy people."

"That is one of life's great mysteries," Isabel shrugged. "But at least it's entertaining."

"Oh, that's for sure," said Janet, snickering. "So what are your plans for this semester, anyway?"

"Nothing too outrageous. First off, to try not to get smited here in class," she laughed. "Beyond that? Mostly to just spend time with my friends before they graduate."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm going to miss everyone, but--" Janet shrugged. "I think I could use a bit of break from Fandom, you know? Hopefully we'll be able to stay on the island this summer, though."

"That's funny, it's about how I feel about Roswell," Isabel said with a wry smile. "Maybe you can get away for Spring Break? I hope there's another summer session as well. I had such a great time last year."

"Oh, I don't plan on going back to Colorado Springs for college," said Janet. "That place is far too boring. I think I just want a different kind of craziness, but not until after the summer session."

"Well I've got another year of the insanity here before I have to start thinking about college. It's just going to be weird when so many people are gone."

"It'll be weird being gone. I've gotten used to this place." Janet leaned back in her seat and sighed. "Thank goodness for the internet. At least we can all keep in touch that way."

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