Fandom Invasions Class #1 (Thursday, period 4)

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

John was waiting at the front of the classroom, leaning on his desk as the students filed in.

"Good morning," he said with a smile, when everyone was settled. "Welcome to Fandom Invasions. I'm sure all of you have noticed by now that Fandom is a rather unusual place. It's what makes it such a good fit for so many of us who don't really fit in elsewhere, but it also has a downside. Namely, that invasions of varying kinds happen on a disturbingly regular basis. If you haven't been through one yet, chances are very good that you will before you leave. The purpose of this class is to make sure you're prepared when that happens by looking at invasions of the past.

"If you look at the syllabus, you'll see a list of which past events we'll be focusing on and when. We'll be making extensive use of simulations and for that reason, we'll be meeting in the Danger Shop starting next week and every week thereafter.

"For this first class, I want to get to know you and your experience with the stranger aspects of Fandom. So I'd like to go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves, tell how long they've been in Fandom, and talk about the weirdest thing that's happened to them since they've been here.

"I'll start," John said with a slightly wolfish smile. "My name is John Winchester and this is my second year teaching here. One of many weird things that I've done in the time I've been here is stalk and kill a genuine saber tooth cat practically right on my doorstep. More recently, me and my boys had to go get our Christmas presents back from a little green thief who talked in rhyme and called himself the grinch." He looked around and picked a student at random. "Next?"

When everyone had had their turn, John continued, "As you can see, there is no lack of weirdness to go around. Hopefully by the end of this class, you'll be as prepared as possible to deal with the next strange thing that happens." He looked around at the class. "Any questions?"

[ooc: wait for ocd's up!]

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Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Seeing the other girl in his class (and that was very helpful, having her in his class) made him realize something.

"Incidentally," he said in a whisper to her, "when should I come by? I don't recall you saying."

Considering what the professor was saying, he didn't want to be unprepared for things. Or more unprepared than he had to be.

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

That? That would be Ino blushing because she'd totally forgot to tell him that. "Well," she said, after a moment, "I work Wednesdays, so it's easiest if you could come by then, but if you'd still like a lesson this week we could do something tomorrow?"

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I don't have any class on Wednesdays, so that works normally. I do work tomorrow, but if it's after five, I could go."

He paused.

"Though you don't have to if you're busy."

And now, a longer pause.

"And I didn't think of it either," he said, guessing at the reason for her blush.

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

"I still should've thought of it," Ino said stubbornly, "Sorry about that. And I can't tomorrow evening - I've already got plans. Are you busy on Sunday? I should have time then."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Not that I know of, no. Sunday's fine."

And then he thought of something.

"Thank you. By the way."

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

"How about Sunday morning then? At the gym?" Ino grinned at him, "And it's not a problem. Everyone should know at least the basics of how to fight."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I can be there. As soon as I get up, or a specific time?"

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

"As long as you don't sleep in way late I'm fine," Ino said, "I'll show up early to get some practice of my own in anyway, so come whenever."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I'm up at dawn, usually," he admitted. After all, nature had provided an alarm clock. He might as well use it.

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

Ino stared at him a moment, then grinned, "Show up about an hour or so after that, okay? I'll be there by then."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"All right. Is there anything I should do or bring? Lana showed me some stretches."

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

"Dress comfortably," Ino said with a shrug, "and you can stretch beforehand if you want but I'm going to be going over them with you so I can see for myself that you've got them down. It'd be sloppy to not to."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"You'd know," he said, without the faintest hint of sarcasm. "And I've only really got one set of clothes, but they're loose."

The other sets were for Miss Lulu's class. He wouldn't use them for anything but that.

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

There was some incredulous gaping on Ino's part. "Only one set of clothes?" How could anyone live like that? She shook her head, "Loose is good though."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He nodded to the first.

"I'll make sure to get some for your instruction when I go to get more once I get paid," he told her, hoping he hadn't offended her. "But I'm glad what I have will work."

He'd be a bit out of luck otherwise.

"Now, we should probably pay attention," he said with a wince.

Re: During John's Talk

[intraspective]

"Why don't you, once you get paid, keep those clothes for the lessons and get something to wear the rest of the time?" She suggested. "That'd be a better distribution of resources." Ino wasn't offended, just sort of, you know, shocked at the very idea of only one set of clothing.

She shook her head, "But we can talk about that later."

Re: During John's Talk

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He nodded, to almost all of it, and then turned to the professor.