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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Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[nadiathesaint]

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

[ooc: it's all good.]

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[chasingangela]

"I like the option where we don't get eaten," Angela agreed. She straightened herself, getting into character. "It will get dark soon, if we stay here."

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[nadiathesaint]

"I think we came from that way," Nadia pointed in a random direction.

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[chasingangela]

Angela squinted. "But mother and father might be waiting for us, if we went back that way," she said. "Should we try to find our way to town?"

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[nadiathesaint]

"Soooooo," Nadia said, then pointed in another random direction. "That way? I could find a stick and draw a line on the ground so we can get back here if we go the wrong way,"

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[chasingangela]

Angela nodded in assent. "That's a really good idea. I was going to drop bits of bread? But if you draw, we can keep our food."

She turned the way Nadia was pointing. "Let's go."

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[nadiathesaint]

"Lead the way," Nadia looked around for a suitable stick.

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[chasingangela]

Angela headed off, watching for anything that might be strange. "What do yoou think will happen to us?" she asked.

[OOC: Should we tag into Stage Two?]

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[nadiathesaint]

"I think we'll find a magic castle and loot it for all it's worth," Nadia snarked.

[ooc: sure. You wanna start that thread?]

Re: STAGE ONE - Bad Parenting

[chasingangela]

"It would beat going home," Angela said, laughing.

And then stopped talking, because they had come across a strange little house in a clearing.