fandomhigh | Adventuring Survival Tactics, April 27. Period 4. Final

The Doctor had printed essay booklets at each desk, and even had number 2 pencils (Dixon Ticonderogas, to be specific) there as well.

The test booklet read as follows:

Short Answer

1. You run into a Dalek in a dark alley. What do you do?

2. What's the most important thing to secure for yourself in a foreign locale?

3. What do you include in any proper adventuring wardrobe?

4. Pie?

Long Answer

1. Describe in detail several stupid plans that could get you killed on an alien planet.

2. Describe in detail why getting killed is a bad plan.

3. Describe in detail the match between Manchester United and Arsenal in 2009.

Hey. No one said the test would be fair.

The Doctor also had written 'Talking = Class Failure' and 'Cheating = Class Failure, Detention, Meeting the Principal'.

He was apparently a little cranky this morning. He was watching the classroom like a hawk. Best not to cheat or talk, then.

[ooc: OCD up. And thank you ALL for making a -wonderful- class this semester. You all deserve cookies and pie and cake.]

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You know the drill.

[Handwave if you like. Please indicate what sort of grade you think your character earned, but keep in mind the Doctor won't be assigning a grade higher than a B+]

You're seriously not going to try and pull something, are you?

[ooc: He will fail people if they do so.]

The Doctor was cleaning out what few personal belongings he had left in his desk, stuffing them in his pockets.

The Doctor is cranky today. I am not so. Please don't interpret him being short and curt as me. I'm actually on the upside of health, so I am actually quite happy, yay! :D

Isabel Evans

Ray Kowalski

Ray took the test and, while not doing spectacularly, did all right considering some of the subject matter was foreign to him. He even named the Dalek in the first question Skippy just for kicks.

And he knew he got the pie answer right.

[C+]

Nadia Santos

Dick Casablancas

Dick took the test and for some reason all of his answers came back to pie. At least he knew he got one answer right.

Isabel stifled a laugh, finally an essay test.

1. Run like hell.
2. Money and a guide.
3. Comfortable Shoes.
4. With ice cream please.

She gave detailed answers for question 1 & 2 however question 3 made her think a bit. She finally wrote Contact me in 2010.

Alanna Trebond

Figured, the one class she actually made it to the final exam for had an impossible question on it.

1. Run.
2. A towel.
3. A lot of pockets and shoes you know how to run in.
4. Yes, please.

As for the long answer, well, the first one included things like accidentally killing a member of the royal family, trying to get out of accidentally marrying a member of the royal family, and farting. The second one actually just boiled down to "because then you're dead and what's the use in that?"

And, the third one . . . well:

3. They lost. Both teams, actually, thanks to a random rift in the fabric of dimensional probability. Then the fans rioted and destroyed Manchester in its entirety. Most of the rest of the UK decided this was probably for the best, and they all lived happily ever after. The End

Gwynn Hood

Nadia finished the test rather quickly and put her head down to take a nap.

She was still about as sore as she had ever been from her little "adventure" that week, but, hey, she'd survived it. If anything, she felt that that meant she should get an automatic A or something for the class.

Alanna wondered why she had even bothered to study.

Short Answer
1. Quip, run, quip.
2. Currency, proper clothing, water.
3. Sneakers.
4. Cherry.

Long Answer
1. Trying to overthrow the government. (Except, being Alanna, she went into more detail.)
2. Because then you're dead and can't do much of anything.
3. ...I'm from the 5th century. In a different world.

1. You run into a Dalek in a dark alley. What do you do? -- Run

2. What's the most important thing to secure for yourself in a foreign locale? - Money, a guide, shelter

3. What do you include in any proper adventuring wardrobe? -- sensible boots and a weapon that can be transported easily

4. Pie? -- Chocolate cream

Gwynn gave very detailed answers to 1 & 2... and made predictions on #3 since she had no idea what this was.

[B]

Luke Skywalker

Lana Lang (and a grumpy Panther!Jim)

1. You run into a Dalek in a dark alley. What do you do?
You say run. I say there's nothing invented that a lightsaber can't kill.

2. What's the most important thing to secure for yourself in a foreign locale?
Someone for whom the locale's not foreign. A protocol droid'll do in a pinch.

3. What do you include in any proper adventuring wardrobe?
A lightsaber. It can kill things and open cans of rations. Very handy. You'd mentioned something about shoes, but I only have the one pair of boots anyway. They're not new.

4. Pie?
I suppose it could serve as a bribe to locals, emergency food or a surprise weapon of some kind. It wouldn't be first on my list, though. Traveling with it would require some special attention to make sure it didn't smush.

1. Describe in detail several stupid plans that could get you killed on an alien planet.

Luke's answer went into strategic detail (for pages and pages) about why underestimating aliens that look like teddy bears would lead to a disaster. Not that he was proud of the Ewoks or anything. He also included examples questioning whether using a planet entirely made of ice was the most strategic hidey-hole and made a passing aside about making sure to double check how to kill Sarlaacs before taking on gangsters.

2. Describe in detail why getting killed is a bad plan.
Luke went for a page and a half about how getting killed wasn't necessarily the end of the line, with many references to Ben Kenobi before deciding that this teacher would probably not appreciate his insights on that and crossing it all out.

His essay did end up with a decided slant that despite the Jedi Code of Combat's first rule (survive), sometimes self-sacrifice for the greater good was appropriate.

3. Describe in detail the match between Manchester United and Arsenal in 2009.

His entire answer: Using the ability to see the future in order to discover the results of sporting events is stupid. I won't do it.

Sigh. Skywalkers.

[Somewhere in the B range, depending on how much the Doctor wants his own answers agreed with.]

Jim sat alertly at Lana's feet while she took the test, growling softly, but fairly constantly at the Doctor despite her best efforts to make him stop

Dean Winchester

As Lana gathered up her stuff to go, Panther!Jim, broke away from her and stalked over to the Doctor growling and looking as if he very much wanted to bite the man.

Lana dropped all of her things and ran after him yelling, "Jim! No! Behave!"

"Would you like to explain why you've brought a panther with you to class, Miss Lang?" the Doctor said.

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