fandomhigh | Potpourri - Tuesday

When the students came out to the main campfire on Tuesday morning they would notice that Buster wasn't anywhere to be found. Or so they thought. Only those with a keen eye would notice Buster hiding behind a tree. When everyone had arrived he crept up quietly to the class. Even then he might not be noticed. No, the students might not notice that their teacher was there until he coughed and said "Heeeey students."

"Today we'll be learning how to be neither seen or heard. I'm an expert at this due to me spending many years at the Milford Academy. It's a useful skill. You can avoid anybody you don't want to see or you can use it to pick up information. The latter may backfire because you might find out things you didn't ever, ever want to know. Horrible things about your mother." Buster shivered. "Ugh."

"Now, the most important thing about being neither seen or heard is the way you dress. Anybody can dress up in all black and put on goofy makeup to keep yourself from being seen but won't you feel stupid if you're caught? But if you dress up in floral prints and wear a lot of pastels people won't think you're worth their time and not notice you there. Or they're think you are "special" and won't mind spilling their secrets around you." he said. "Hiding in plain sight, that's what being neither seen or heard is all about."

"Also, no talking. I cannot stress how important this is. Some people just can't shut their traps and that makes other people untrusting of them." he said. "When you must talk be polite and keep sentences short. I have gone days without talking and nobody in my family noticed."

"So today we're going to do two activities that will prepare you for being neither seen or heard. The no talking game and hide and seek!" said Buster. "I know you know them well."

"And for homework I want you to hide in plain sight sometime this week. Dress inconspicuously. See what kind of information you can find out from people." he said. "Or maybe someone will care enough to try to find out where you are. But that's rare. The only time someone wanted to find me was to help them zip up their dress."

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"I actually want to be a nurse," Peter said. "Yanno, in addition to the heroing."

"Nursing is totally heroing, just, y'know, you get paid for it."

"I figure it can be my secret identity," Peter said. "Or I guess the known one. Nurse by day, hero by night."

"Why do you need a secret identity?" She asked, picking some bark off of her jeans.

"That's what we learned in Superheroing," Peter said. "Secret identity. Part of the job. I'm not wearing my underwear on the outside of my pants though."

"Er...good. Yes, I think that would probably be best," she said, giggling.

"They're my standards and I'm sticking to them," Peter said.

"They're good standards," she said with a nod, "Oh! Thank you for inviting me on the road trip with you and Isabel!"

"No problem," Peter said. "There's plenty of room. I'm glad you could come."

"Isabel was too," Dawn said, giggling again. "Something about too many boys in too small a space."

"I'm guessing having my ma at the other end doesn't really help with that," Peter said, grinning.

"Oh my god, your mom's a boy???"

"...no," Peter said, slowly. "Just... Ma. Not a girly hanging out type."

"Ohhhhhhh. Yeah, see, that makes way more sense."

"She's nice though," Peter assured her. "Her and Nathan both. That's my brother."

"Older or younger?" Dawn asked.

"Older," Peter said. "He's the alpha go-getter, I'm the dreamer."

"Is he stupidly smothering and overprotective, too?" Dawn asked, thinking of both Buffy and Dean. "And being a dreamer's cool."

"Not smothering," Peter said. "But definitely overprotective. It goes both ways. We look out for each other."

She eyed him. "If he's not smothering, I'm not sure you get a t-shirt. I'll have to check. And yeah, Buffy and I do that, too, but she doesn't let me help as much, since she's all heroey and I'm a born sidekick."