Art 101, Period 4, Class 1

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Steve was glad to finally be in a real classroom in a real school, as there was only so long he could willfully ignore the blown-up school he was supposed to be teaching at. "Good afternoon!" he said cheerfully to his class. "I'm Mr. Rogers, and this is Art 101. In this class we're going to play around with a lot of different art styles, doing some different projects, and maybe we'll have a little bit of a surprise later in the semester. It'll be fun, I promise. You'll be graded, yes, but on effort, not talent, so don't worry about that. If stick figures are the best you can do, great, draw stick figures. This is my TA, Namine," he said, gesturing to her. "So be nice to her.

"Now, today we're just going to get to know each other. I'd like to go around the room, and everyone tell the class your name, any previous experience you have with art classes, and what you think your favorite medium is. And one more interesting thing about you. Okay? Great."

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Re: Introduce Yourselves

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"You rescued someone by sending him a sketch?" Steve repeated, clearly confused and trying to hide it. "How did that happen?"

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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Naminé smiled, still slightly pink. "His - his world was destroyed. I couldn't reach him, not with the doors I can open to locations. He was stuck between, in a sort of formless non-space. I didn't know any of that."

"What I did know was that the post office here can send out letters with nothing more than names on them. It's quite incredible. I reached someone once that way, and got a reply. So I thought ... I thought perhaps there was a chance. I drew a sketch of a memory I had, of myself and that person, and then I wrote his name on it in big letters and folded it over and mailed it out." She lifted a shoulder uncertainly. "An hour or so later, he appeared at my door. Tired, exhausted, and very confused, but here. And holding that same sketch."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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"So this...it worked?" Steve asked, something like hope in his voice.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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Naminé nodded, calmly. "It did. I think it recreated his essence from where it was missing. I ... I don't know if it's to do with me, or with the post office here, or maybe with the strange alchemy of Fandom itself. But he's here, as if he never left. Himself again."

She hesitated - whatever he was thinking of, it wasn't her business, and she didn't want to be nosy - but then continued in a lower voice. "I didn't expect it to do anything, really, but I thought ... that it couldn't hurt to try. I don't suppose it ever hurts to try, in cases like that."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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"That's true," Steve said. "It never hurts to try. Thank you, Namine."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Any time," she said softly. "And good luck."