Dealing with the Opposite Sex, Friday, Period 2, Class #1

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

As students entered the wooded area, they would notice the woman in black leather perched on the picnic table, which was surrounded by chairs. Anyone familiar with Aeryn Sun might be surprised by the similarity of their appearances, except for the white streaks in Vala's hair and the more relaxed and lounging demeanor.

"Good morning," she said, sipping from a large mug of what was probably coffee, "My name is Vala Mal Doran, and I'll be your instructor in matters of learning how to deal with the opposite sex. Now, anyone who thinks I can teach you everything on this subject in seven weeks has clearly been imbibing intoxicants and not sharing, but hopefully you'll have enough of a basis by the time we're finished so you won't blush, stammer, and pass out every time you speak to someone of the opposite gender."

"My lovely assistant," she gestured in Jack's general direction, "is Jack Harkness. His knowledge in this area is very reliable, and you should feel free to ask him any questions that you would--or wouldn't--ask me."

"So, as a unique getting-to-know you opportunity, I'd like you to introduce yourselves, explain what you hope to get out of the class, and tell use your most embarrassing story about interacting with a member of the opposite sex."

"Who'd like to start?"

[ooc: OCD is up in a second!]

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Share Your Most Embarrassing Moment

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

It's a Bonding experience!

No, not bondage, that comes later.

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[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"..." Jeff was staring at Vala. "...Phones, eh?" he said, chuckling nervously.

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[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

Vala was determined to help Jeff along. "What did you do with the phone? Or on the phone? Or to the phone--that's always a good one."

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[orewahikari.livejournal.com]

"I don't really have an embarrassing moment. Coming from the aforementioned lack of experience with girls."

He chews his lip for a minute.

"I suppose the worst thing would probably have been this one time we were at the beach, and Hayner and Pence and me were all around the corner, getting our trunks on. Ollette - she's the best friend that's a girl - walked around before we were dressed properly."

He clears his throat, blushing.

"I think she nearly passed out."

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[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

"And how did you recover from this?"

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[dark_slippy_thing]

...

"Embarrassing?"

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[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Awkward, something that made you feel uncomfortable," Vala explained. "I won't know what to focus on unless I understand where students are vulnerable."

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[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

"Um, I don't really have an embarrassing moment," Liz said, "I haven't exactly had much experience with the opposite sex,"

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[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

"That must be nice. You're young yet, though, so stay alert."

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[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"There was this one time," Troy began, "where I was trying to impress this cheerleader -- I'm on the basketball team at my old high school," and the 'old' slipped out without thought, "the captain, and yeah, I was trying to impress this girl and I kinda... went for this trick shot and fell flat on my face."

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[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

"Was there blood? Many of the most embarrassing stories have blood in them."

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"I don't have much experience, to be honest. My first guy experience was here."

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[wannabehunter]

"My mother filling the trousers of the first boy who asked me out with buckshot," Jo replied, far, far too promptly. "Didn't get asked on too many dates after that."

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[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

Animal's not sure what this "Embarrassing Moment" thing is about.

This is a muppet who spent an entire day in bowl of onion dip so...

"WHA?!"

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[solo_sword]

"Well, a boy came to pick me up for a date and most of my cabinmates decided to tell him things about me to scare him," Jaina said. "I explained what I could but I think untangling that might take years."

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara bit her lip and absolutely did not look at Zuko. "Can't think of any," she lied.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Probably when I was a sophmore back in Roswell and had a date planned with a senior. Who had a bit of a reputation. My brother decided to warn him to behave," Isabel explained, rolling her eyes. "I was ready to kill him."

She looked down for a minute, smiling wistfully. "Of course it turns out Max was right. And it took a heel to the foot and a well placed knee to end the date. Needless to say, there wasn't a second one."

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"There's this, uh....thing," Chad rubbed the back of his neck, "that happenes....sometimes....with...uh, nakedness..."

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I don't have one," Zuko grumbled, very much not looking at a waterbender in the class.

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[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"I was snowboarding with this chick once, and I shot off down the mountain on fire, I mean I was totally hot. I flew, buried myself in the side of a huge snowdrift and made like my own hot tub. I was totally naked," he grinned around at everyone. "And she joined me. That might not constitute as embarrassing because I really wasn't."

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[likethegun]

Sam had so many embarrassing moments, that it was hard to narrow it down to one.

"Uh, well there was one time, I was watching TV in the common room, and I accidentally flipped to a porn channel, and then the TV wouldn't turn off. And my girlfriend caught me, along with half the school."

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I can't think of anything," John said.

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Er, well when I met Debbie Harry, I kinda completely spazzed out, but I was just a little kid then and that might have been cause she was a rock star."

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[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"...I don't want to share," Demyx mumbled, facepalming. "It's really not appropriate." Meaning, he was looking for a way to avoid public humiliation. The actual content of the story may or may not have been school-appropriate.

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[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan thought then said, "During a practice match with the knives, I tripped."