Interactive Religion [Tuesday, January 15]

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Biff was in the Danger Room, which was set up as hot, dark, desert town, sipping on a huge mug of coffee as the class arrived.

"Though they've fallen out of favor now," Biff said, "at least on this world, the major religion that dominated my time was a polytheistic one. The Romans had gods -- and graven idols -- for everything. We Jews have just the one. Um, God, not graven idols. We didn't do well with graven idols. I was told by a Phoenician that we wouldn't worry so much if we had more than one god, but he also told me that he'd screwed a turtle, so I'm not really relying much on his spiritual guidance."

He leaned against a pillar. "Your task today isn't to decide if there is a god, or multiple gods, and it's certainly not to rant at me about whatever wrongs you feel religion has inflicted upon you."

He waved a hand towards several giant statues of Apollo. "Your job today is to circumcise that statue of Apollo before the Roman centurions catch you."

He grinned. "It's a religious experience. Really."

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Seely Booth

Boggle at the assignment

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

...

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely blinked. A lot.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"But..." It was as far as Karal got before stopping and staring some more, mouth agape. "That's..."

What in Vkandis' name is the point of this?!

Altra started laughing so hard he fell over, waving his paws in the air.

"You are no help," Karal muttered.

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[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Bitchin'" Jamie said giving Biff a thumbs up.

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[withoutverona]

Romeo liked Roman art. He figured that with his first name and the Italian family, he kind of had to.

But touch a statue that way? He was squirming a lot at the thought.

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[the_merriest]

Being, as she was, from another world (dimension?) entirely, she wasn't exactly familiar with some of the more routine procedures involved in ... certain traditional ritual practices in the Judeo-Christian faith.

Which is to say: Rikku raised her hand, confused. "Uh. We have to what?"

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew frowned. It just seemed wrong to damage such a lovely piece of art this way.

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[raspberryturk]

Reno smirked and leaned backward a little bit, giving his head a brief nod.

It was right then and there that he decided that he was going to like this class.

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis had only seen one...thing up close. And it was already...altered. Not that she had known that. She just thought they all looked like that.

So she was kind of staring, and thus raising her hand. "...what's wrong with his...him? Why does it have that extra bit? Is he being portrayed as sick?"

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[likethegun]

Sam was definitely boggling, and trying not to look at the statue for too long.

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy laughed. "Okay I know we got off on the wrong foot, but you are so much cooler than a certain guy who doesn't get along with authority figures."

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[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara was torn between horror and amusement. Her main question, though, was why?

Circumcise Apollo!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Pair up, grab a mallet and a box and circumcise yourself a statue.

The centurions are moddable, omg. The brooms on their heads are so attractive!

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely gingerly picked up a mallet and looked for a partner. Hopefully one with steady hands.

Re: Circumcise Apollo!

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

There was now a squadron of Madroxes marching through town. All of them were carrying a trash can lid that Jamie had found outside the trashcan lid.

They were all trying to do that scene from that movie with all the damn Spartans.

"Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup!"

You can imagine how the centurions reacted.

So as they were doing battle Jamie was at the statue. "Baruch HaBa!" he said to himself as he went to work with the chisel.

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew stared at the mallet in his hand. The centurions were large -- much larger than he was.

He glanced about, thinking that maybe he would just hide out till the class was over.

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[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami looked at the statue. looked at her chisel. And hoped someone would come and work with her who was better at this.

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[raspberryturk]

Reno? Had a mallet and a chisel and a smug grin on his face that would make anyone pale.

Covert ops assignments for ShinRa had nothin' on this.

[Heads-up for funky mostly nonexistant availability around work during the day and on into the evening]

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[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara had the box and the mallet, and was studying the statue from multiple angles, trying to figure out the best way to nip the tip. Er, figuratively speaking.

Talk to the TA!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Or stop him from beating his head against something hard.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal was there.

Sort of.

He was physically present, in any event, even if his mind was lost somewhere between shock and...no, there was just the shock.

A light smack on the back of the head might be necessary to get his attention today.

Talk to Biff!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

He did this when he was 10.

He had a very strange childhood.

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I personally think it's the other way around. Fewer gods, less worry. Gotta be less stressful just trying to pleas one god, instead of a whole bunch of them."

OOC

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't even know.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

I <3 YOU SO MUCH YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.