Traditional Fairy Tales, Class Four

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Monday, January 29, Second Period

Today, the class was meeting in the Danger Shop. Stepping through the door, students would find themselves inside what appeared to be a rustic woodsman's cabin. There was the usual arrangement of breakfast treats laid out on a long wooden table, but no comfortable chairs or couches. Through the windows one could see the edge of a dark forest.

"Today is our first immersion study. I've assigned you to work in pairs, and you'll be actively taking part in one of the fairy tales that we'll be studying a little later one -- "Hansel and Gretel". You'll be taking on the roles of the two title characters, but this isn't a play for you to act out the parts. What I want you to do is to imagine that you are the hero or heroine of this tale, and I want you to find your own way to solve the problem presented. The exercise will take place in three stages. I think it'll be quite obvious whether or not you're successful, but the point of this isn't really to 'defeat your enemy'. It's to have the opportunity to see the tale from an insider's perspective."

TEAMS
Armony/Liz
Miley/Conner
Kaoru/Cedric
Kaylee/Evie
Billy/Jack
Angela/Nadia
Turtle/Matilda
Jude/Neil
Phoebe/River
Marie/Haruhi
Lana/Layla

"Now, before we begin, I do have just a little housekeeping to take care of. First, if you did the extra credit assignment, please turn that in to one of the TAs. Second, we will be having a test next week on what we've covered so far, regarding character archetypes. So you may want to study your notes and re-read the assignments. Last, the following students should see me after class with a written excuse for your absence last week: Jude Lizowski and Matilda Wormwood."


[ooc: As mentioned above, there will be three stages to correspond with the three main stages of the story: the abandonment in the woods, the discovery of the witch's house, and the reunion. Play the parts as ICly as possible, I only ask that you actually do attempt to play out the story. I'll be NPCing the parents and the witch, the two members of each team can decide who gets to be Hansel and who gets to be Gretel. You can thank the RNG for the fact that there's only one male-female team. Please wait for the OCD is now up, but I am off to bed and will catch tags in the morning and I am here.]


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STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

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From around the corner of the cottage appear a man and a woman dressed in plain but clean peasant clothing. The man is carrying an axe, and the woman addresses the students.

"The four of us are going into the woods to gather firewood," she says. "Come along and don't get lost."

Without waiting for a reply, the students are bustled off down a winding path, and then set to wait in a little clearing. "Stay here and don't wander off, and we'll fetch you when we're finished." The the man and woman disappear, and the students are left alone.

[ooc: You know the drill. Try to find your way back, or wander around aimlessly. This is also a good place to plot how you'll approach the next stage.]

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[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie watched the 'father and mother' leave, then looked around for Kaylee.

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[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Kaylee greeted as she approached Evie.

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[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Hello! Kaylee, yes? I'm Evie. Should we just follow them? It *does* seem the simplest course."

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[2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com]

Kaoru studied the area a little as he waited for Cedric. It still amazed him at the realism this classroom could achieve...

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric walked over and smiled. "I believe we're partners for this exercise."

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[2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com]

Kaoru nodded a greeting, "Sounds about right." Then he started to look around; he wasn't really sure where to begin with this..

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia paid close attention to the path as they walked, then waited for Angela to join her to start figuring out what to do next.

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[chasingangela]

Angela joined Nadia, looking slightly sheepish. "So do you want to be Hansel, or does it even matter?" she asked.

[OOC: Sorry for making you wait.]

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "I'm not sure it matters. So long as we don't get eaten."

[ooc: it's all good.]

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Liz gazed around after her 'parents' had left and waited for Armony.

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"Oh, they're so not coming back," Turtle said to Matilda with a small grin, idly wondering why Grace never tried this with her. Maybe she had, but Turtle couldn't remember.

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[bookwormwood.livejournal.com]

Matilda blinks as she watches them walk off. "Nope. Well... this brings back some bad memories." She's able to chuckle about that though.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle arched an eyebrow at the other girl, feeling some sudden strange sort of kinship. And then she grinned. "Well, which way do you think we should go, Matilda? The moss is growing on this side of the trees, so that means that way will, um...lead us to, um...deeper in the forest? So we should go the other way."

Turtle was trying to sound smart, despite having no clue what moss on trees meant. She just knew it meant something.

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Haruhi didn't really do much beyond idling around, waiting for Marie to begin.

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Marie glanced around the area after the 'parents' walked away.

"I have a bad feeling about this," she said.

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[indebttocrazies.livejournal.com]

"We'll be fine," Haruhi assured. "We could either stick around or find elsewhere to go to."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Not really a big fan of doing what he was told, especially by people who didn't bother to hang around and enforce the rules, Jack paced to the edge of the clearing and stared out into the woods, trying to figure out the best way to go.

It'd be easier for Billy to find him over here, anyway.

[ooc: fyi availability - I'll be heading to bed in about three hours, and then up again about six hours after that.]

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Billy glanced around. "You know the story?" he asked.

is the path still there?

ooc: sorry if I missed you, sp is love.

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Lana turned to Layla with a smile. "Please tell me you dropped something more substantial than bread crumbs."

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[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

Layla gave Lana a weak smile. "That probably would have been a good idea, huh?"

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner hung around waiting for Miley, and really really hoping he wouldn't have to play Gretel. Not that his luck usually ended up working out that way . . .

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[otherside-miley.livejournal.com]

"Hey there, Hansel." Miley said, walking over. She was going to take advantage of the fact that they had a boy/girl pairing and take on a gender appropriate role.

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Sticking his hands in his pockets, Neil looked around the area feeling a bit awkward as he waited for his project partner to join him.

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[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

"Duuuude," Jude greeted him mellowly, then looked slightly less mellow for the moment. "Do I hafta be the chick again?" It was a problem he had. Just because he didn't mind the drag if he really had to, but . . .