fandomhigh | Human Anatomy, Thursday, 01/11, Period 3

Elliot looked like she was halfway between bouncing and running away in terror as she started her first class of the semester, and she kept wiping her hands on her slacks as if her palms were sweaty.

"Hi, people, welcome to human anatomy, which is the study of structures and systems of the human body,. If you didn't sign up for anatomy, you're in the wrong place. If you stick around without registering? You're volunteering to be dissected.

"I am Elliot Reid, which yes is a guys' name. Blame my dad. Call me Elliot or Dr. Reid. Doing the E.T. voice on Elliot will freak me out and earn you a detention. But basically, it's pretty easy not to get a detention in here - show up on time, don't miss more than three classes without letting me know, and don't be incredibly hugely obnoxious, and you're golden.

"I am passing around a couple of things. First, you have textbooks, which are yours to keep and love and put under your pillow. Second is my voice mail number. Call whenever. I'm also in my office Friday mornings, if you need me outside of class.You're also getting the class roster and syllabus. Syllabus is a guideline, not a rule -- it can change. Finally, my TA is John Dorian, so if you can't find me for something, talk to him."

Done with the preliminaries, she pointed to an area behind the rows of desks where seven-foot stretches of paper were taped to the floor, with buckets of markets between them. "To help make this class more visual, you're going to pair up and trace each other, and then we'll tape the drawings to the wall to fill in the body systems on as we learn them. But before you do that, I want to do some introductions. Say your name, your grade, and two interesting things about yourself. Starting with .... you." She closed her eyes and pointed randomly into the group.

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"Fandom's a law unto itself," said Janet, carefully tracing up Peter's left side. "But even out in the rest of the world, I think you're right. Maybe it's just a matter of learning how to look. Fandom should provide good training for that."

OOC: Lunch time! Late lunch time, rather.

"That's why I came here," Peter said. "I'm hoping to find whatever that is. Or what it is for me at least."

[ooc: enjoy!]

"So it's more than just nursing for you?" asked Janet. She sat back on her heels and studied the completed tracing, then decided draw in some hair. "Something out of the ordinary or impossible?"

"You probably think I'm crazy," Peter said.

[ooc: in the home stretch at work, may be slow for a while]

"Not at all," said Janet, smiling and capping her marker. "Why would I think you're crazy?"

"A lot of people do," Peter said. "Before I came here at least. Fandom folks seem to be more understanding."

"The ones that aren't understanding tend to vanish mysteriously," said Janet, nodding. "Besides, given how many people here have some kind of destiny thing going on, who's to say you're not right?"

"Do you think it's arrogant if I say I hope I am?"

"Hm." Janet thought about that for a minute. "No. Or maybe it's just that I tend toward arrogance myself, so my judgment is biased. I think that if you are, you'll probably find it here."

"I hope so," Peter said. "At least I'm making a lot of nice friends in the process."

"That's one thing you never have to worry about here," said Janet. "Making friends. I've made a lot of good ones while I've been here."

"Am I being added to the list?" Peter asked, giving her a smile.

"Absolutely," declared Janet, smiling in return. "Don't future medical professionals have to stick together?"

"Sounds like a great plan to me," Peter replied.

[ooc: watching SPN then going to bed!]

OOC: I'd say now is a good moment to FTB anyway, so yay!

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