Traditional Fairy Tales, Class Four

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

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 TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Oh, dear." Evie had been rather hoping Kaylee was rather more adventurous than herself. Swallowing, she said, "Right, then. I'll just-- dash over there. And you, um, whistle! If you see her? Okay?"

Scrubbing her hands on her skirt, Evie took a deeeeeep breath and ran over to the fence, and began prying off gingerbread shingles.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, as soon as Evie began prying the shingles off the house, the door creaked open and an ancient-looking woman with a warty nose and beady black eyes peered out.

"Who's nibbling on my house?"

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

And this would be Kaylee whisting and screaming to get Evie's attention.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

And Evie booking toward her like her skirt's on fire, hands full of gingerbread as she heads for the hiding place, not looking back.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

The old woman stuck her head out the door and looked around, as if trying to see where Evie had gone, or possibly where all the noise was coming from.

"Come out, little children, you're not afraid of a frail old woman, are you?"

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee? Totally hiding also. And she didn't trust a frail old woman at all.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie crouched down and passed over a gingerbread shingle and nibbled on hers, eyes huge.

No, she didn't trust a nice lady who had cake on her house. Way too crazy.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

The old woman waited a few moments, and when no answer was forthcoming, tried a different approach.

"You must be hungry after walking in the woods all day. I have some tasty soup in the kettle."

And in fact, now that she mentioned it, there was a rather appetizing scent coming from inside the little house.

Re: STAGE TWO - Non-Traditional Housing

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

It was a nice scent, but Kaylee still thought it wasn't wise to move from where she was hiding. She did consider running, though.