fandomhigh | Adventuring Survival Tactics, Period 4, March 9

Rose dashed into class looking rushed and wet . "Sorry! So Sorry! Didn't mean to be late but there was this thing with the weather -- no excuse I know. Anyway, Doctor asked me to fill-in as he's swanned off to parts unknown, possibly blowing things up and/or saving the galaxy."

"Looked through his class syllabus and decided to go for another tangent altogether, do you know what I find to cause 30% of the trouble we encounter on planets happen to be? If you say cultural misunderstandings you'd get a big heapin' A, well not really but you get the idea. Thing of it is, most of our run for our lives encounters happen because one of us didn't know the culture or someone who shall remain unknown, let's call him Factor, tends to deliberately insult a chief of state or some such alien tyrant because he can't keep his big gob shut.

"It always works out for the best, mind, but diplomacy does go a long, long way. Better a kind word said than telling 'em 'Need to turn down the sugar, eh? Getting a bit fat 'round the chin.'," She paused and looked to the students, "So, I want you lot to discuss different cultural misunderstandings and how you could avoid causing an international scene that would inevitably lead to your ugly death."

(ooc: ~~pls wait for~~ OCD up)
(ooc: so sorry for the late post! Time escaped from me!)

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Listen and throw paper

What *won't* you do to avoid causing international mishap?

She's still quite soggy

She's reading some reports and laughing at some of 'em

How would we survive without one?

Gwynn Hood

Gwynn is taking detailed notes as she tries not to think about other things.

Lana Lang

Lana listened intently and took notes.

Ray Kowalski

Ray doodled. He wasn't much for listening on a Friday.

"Just stay quiet," Ray suggested.

Summer Roberts

Summer was listening to the lecture and taking a few notes.

John wanders past, clothed, without boobs, singing some random tune.

Luke Skywalker

Luke smiled. "Just because they might look like stuffed animals doesn't mean they won't try to roast you over an open flame," he commented. "Treat every species with respect, regardless of what they might look like."

Nadia Santos

Sokka

Sokka gazed out the window at the rain, wondering where Katara was, and didn't really pay attention.

"Well," Sokka answered wryly, thinking of the recent "cultural misunderstanding" between the Fire Nation and the rest of his world. "I'd definitely avoid having my army lay siege to their cities and kill or enslave all their people."

ON BREAD AND WATER!

This was something Nadia was familiar with from her espionage training (though not with alien species), so she was doodling in her notebook.

"It's all about research," Nadia said. "And observation. You want to research everything you can about the culture before you get there, and once you're there, watch and follow the lead of the upstanding citizens around you."

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