fandomhigh | Adventuring Survival Tactics, Period 4, A Classroom, 1/19/07

The Doctor had upgraded from carpet swatches to bean bag chairs, this week. There were a multitude of colors and patterns. He was sitting in one himself, that was bright pink with big white polka dots.

"Today, we're talking about a very, very important tool. That is running away. Also known as the tactical retreat, skidaddle, and vamoose. You may think that facing up to something involves standing your ground and not backing down, but that's just completely nutters, that. You stand your ground when you're ankle-deep in quicksand, you've doomed yourself. Now, retreat a few steps and get your enemy there, well, congratulations. You've used running away to your advantage, you have."

He clapped his hands together and smiled.

"Now obviously, this topic could have a lot of debate. And that's exactly what I want you to do. Pair up, and do a bit of pro/con work. Think about how you can use retreat for good, and how it might not work out. Also, think about any adages and sayings you know. Living to fight another day is much better than dying a brave man, I've found. I'll be happy to debate this point with anyone, but the main lesson here is this: There is no stigma to running away. It does not make you a coward. A coward dies in the face of horrible odds. A brave man retreats to live under opression until his true opportunity presents itself."

"Also, I want you to think about the importance of proper footwear, how high heels will be the death of all of you, the ability of women to find the one pothole in an open field, and why twisted ankles are completely and utterly inevitable. Go on. Discuss."

He felt rather smug.

Even though he'd really just succesfully taught... almost nothing at all.

[ooc: OCD ~~a-comin~~ up.]

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"There are reasons I'm planning on working with the dead," Zack replied. "The living are too confusing."

"I hear that. The dead's much more straight forward. Much easier to figure out why they want to kill you."

"Actually it's more of a find out who they were and how they died type thing."

"The dead I deal with tend to still be walking around in some form or other. They're actually what I'm likely to be running away from if I'm running."

"Walking dead?" Zack frowned. "But how are they able to walk? Their muscular systems would have decayed."

"Spirits don't really a muscular system to worry about," Dean explained. "As for things like zombies... go take a look at the band at Caritas for an example."

"I have," Zack said. "They make very little scientific sense."

Dean shrugged. "That's the supernatural for you."

"It hurts my brain."

"Everything has its own set of rules," Dean advised. "You just have to learn to apply those rules instead of trying to force everything into the same box."

"Yes, but it seems like they keep changing the rules. It gets confusing."

Dean shook his head. "The basic rules don't get changed -- there's just a hell of a lot of different things out there and it takes time to learn each of their rules."

"Basic rules? Like if they're near Fandom, they'll invade?"

Dean chuckled. "We'll call that one the First Law of Fandom."

Zack grinned. "The Second being 'Don't poke the gremlins'?"

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