Destiny & Free Will, #1 [Period 1, Monday, July 7]

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima was already in the classroom as the students assembled, leaning against her desk as they filed past her.  Holding a steaming mug of Spice in her hands, she subjected each person to an apparently disinterested inspection from her glowing blue-on-blue eyes. 

Not even a Bene Gesserit Truthsayer would have been able to tell what she was thinking. 

The moment the bell rang, her eyes snapped from the door to the children seated around the room.  “Good afternoon,” she said in a clear voice that carried effortlessly.  "This is Destiny and Free Will.  If you are in the wrong class, please consider this your opportunity to leave.  Although it is entirely possible that if you are here, then you are where you are supposed to be, no matter what it says on your schedule." 

"I am Lady Ghanima Atreides.  You may address me as Miss Atreides, Lady Ghanima, Miss Ghanima, or some variation thereof.  Be warned, however, that I do not answer to Lady Atreides.  Lady Atreides is my grandmother, the Lady Jessica, and I have no desire to claim that title from her.  For those of you whom I have had in class before," she smiled suddenly, looking far less severe.  "Welcome back."

"This class is designed to look at the differing opinions on predestination and freewill from a variety of religious, temporal, and philosophical schools of thought.  Regardless of any personal experiences you may have had on this topic, I expect everyone to maintain a respectful and open mind towards the subject matter and your classmates.  Mocking destiny is a dangerous pastime, and not one I will permit during class hours," she said, collecting a stack of papers from her desk and walking down the rows to hand one to each student.  "What you do on your own time, however, is your business."

"This is your syllabus.  Be aware that it is subject to change at any time, unless a particular class is predestined to happen, in which case the syllabus is moot anyway, isn’t it?"  The smile she flashed the students was decidedly impish.  

"For now, I would like you to go around the room and introduce yourselves, and state for the record whether you believe in destiny, free will, or are currently undecided."

[OOC:  Please wait for the OCD to go up!  Have fun!]

Comments

Re: Meet Your TAs

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much?" Sora shrugged. "I've never really been the kind to look for trouble, it's always just found me."

Yeah, he kinda missed what Reno was talking about there....

Re: Meet Your TAs

[raspberryturk]

Totally alright, really. Reno worked with Elena. He was used to people being a little sloooow.

"Funny thing about trouble, ain't it? Got a crazy way of huntin' you down. Figure that's fate or whatever?" He smirked faintly, and then shrugged. "Anything starts pushin' you around, Sora, you let me know. I'll give it a kick in the face for you, yo."

Because he was helpful that way. See how generous he was?

Re: Meet Your TAs

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora smirked at Reno. "Thanks, if things get too much for me to handle I'll be sure to give you a call."

He could take care of himself after all. "And yeah, it probably is fate, but it's the one I choose."

Re: Meet Your TAs

[raspberryturk]

"Can't complain if it's the choice you made, I guess," Reno nodded. He knew all about that. "Those fates that try and drag you along for the ride, those're the ones I can't stand."

But Reno had never had any problems with cheating.

Re: Meet Your TAs

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah!" Sora agree'd veheminatly. "I had someone trying to do that to me for a while and that really..." he paused to think of a good word for it. "Stunk!"

Re: Meet Your TAs

[raspberryturk]

"Totally the shits," Reno agreed. He wasn't as concerned about finding words as Sora seemed to be. There was a wealth of them readily available to him, after all. "Just means you gotta take control is all, yo."

Re: Meet Your TAs

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"I did," Sora nodded, and pounded his fists together. "They regretted taking me and my friends on, I'm sure!"

Re: Meet Your TAs

[raspberryturk]

Reno laughed and pumped a fist in the air, himself.

"That's the way to do it, yo! Make 'em sorry for even' pretendin' they stood a chance against you. Kick ass, take names." Step on a few flowers on the way.