Revolutions: Week 12, Period 5

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Back in the classroom this week, Aly waited until the majority of students were present before breaking off her conversation with a dark-haired man sporting a large eyepatch that covered his left eye and most of that side of his face. She smiled at the class, eyes checking off who was there, then took a seat on her desk to speak.

"Afternoon, everybody. First thing, I'll remind all of you that your exam is in two weeks. No, you aren't going to have to overthrow a country to pass." She grinned. "At least probably not."

"For the rest of the class, you'll not be actively revolting - I hope-" she threw a wink at Mustang. "But General Roy Mustang has agreed to speak to this class today. He has quite a bit of experience in little matters like working within the system - and military - to change it. Two things that I'm less than familiar with," Aly added with a wry smile.



Recognising his cue Mustang stepped forward. "As Miss Aly has already indicated," he paused for a moment and looked down at his blue uniform, "and you quite possibly might have guessed from my uniform, I am a military officer. Even if she had my rank wrong and I am merely an enlisted man, not a General. My country, Amestris, used to be under martial law. Our Fuhrer, King Bradley, was both head of the state and the military. I am certain that you are all aware of the possible consequences such a condition can have."

His features hardened, giving little insight into what exactly he was thinking, but he kept his tone soft as he reminded himself that he was dealing with children. "Fuhrer Bradley used our military for his own personal agenda. A costly one at that. He used a science meant to help the people to destroy an entire population. Good officers were forced to perform acts they could have never imagined. You probably can imagine that this is a hard situation to change and I hope that none of you will ever be in this position. There is no right way of acting or changing the government around you. I can't offer you a 12 step program, but I can offer a few insights hopefully that will help even in situations less grave than the one I have just described," Mustang continued.

"We are each just one person. We can only do so much and influence so many people and yet that is the key. In a world where you can't trust the person above you, you will have to surround yourself with people who you can rely on. Don't assume that you can deal with everything on your own, but trust in them and give them your back. Keep them safe and expect that they in turn keep the people around them safe. Don't trust easily, but when you know that you can rely on them, do so fully and give them the chance to create room around you to come up with a plan to rise to the top." He paused and glanced around the room. "I think that this is the best advice I can give you, but if there are any more questions that you would like to ask, I'll be more than willing to answer."



[OOC: Again, many, many thanks to the fabulous Queen of Pimping herself for playing General Roy Mustang. OCD threads are coming up]

Comments

[Rev 4-10] Sign In

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

In proper military order.

Re: [Rev 4-10] Sign In

[demonbelthazor]

General Belthazor

Re: [Rev 4-10] Sign In

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Colonel Madrox

[Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Listen, take notes, pass notes about Mustang being hot.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

Bel may have been more focused on glaring at Anders than paying attention to the lecture.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Which Anders, staring very determinedly at his hands, appeared to not notice . . . or at least ignore.

He was kind of pale, though.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker caught a glimpse of this and rolled her eyes, hoping Anders would have the sense to book out of class before Bel caught up to him.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[strahl-pirate.livejournal.com]

He wasn't bad looking to be sure. But the whole eyepatch thing was a little jarring.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker blinked. Why did eyepatches work so well on some guys? Hunh?

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

If Aly could read minds, she would have completely agreed with Parker just then.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D'anna took decent notes.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was trying to stay awake, really. He just wasn't trying very hard.

Re: [Rev 4-10] During the Lecture

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly threw a pen cap at Marco at one point when his eyes were more closed than usual.

[Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Make Aly proud and ask him many, many good and tough questions.

Re: [Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy waited patiently to answer any questions the students might have.

Re: [Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"What if we are more than just one person?" Jamie said with a snicker.

Re: [Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"A lot of things can change from one world to the next. Tactics, history, how far folks are willing to go to get the job done. Aside from what you just told us, what are some of the things you think are important that would carry over to just about any type of world when trying to kick some ass?"

Re: [Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge raises his hand.

Re: [Rev 4-10] Ask Questions

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"You said that science was misused to destroy a population," Sam began, "What safeguards and ethics do you think should be in place to stop that from happening again?"

[Rev 4-10] After Class

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Both Aly and Mustang are around for a while to chat or ask questions. (Wait for him to tag in though)

Re: [Rev 4-10] After Class

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly looked both thoughtful and pleased as the class ended.

Re: [Rev 4-10] After Class

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy was still around if someone wanted to talk to him or accidentally run into him.

[Rev 4-10] OOC

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

*cough*



Thank you again, Jara for being awesome.

Re: [Rev 4-10] OOC

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

ZOMG THANK YOU!

*BOUNCES*

*coughs and tries to look Roy-dignified*

Re: [Rev 4-10] OOC

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

ASDOPEIURUDFGLKJD:FG DF ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY.