Fandom Gladiators Part DEUX! - First Period, Friday, 07/26.

[died8yearsago]

The class was still being held in the Danger Shop, and it would still be a baseless competition between a bunch of kids and a handful of adults who should probably know better, but that was about the only thing that was the same with the typical Fandom Gladiators class that Friday, right down to the arena and the woman in charge of the whole thing.

There was still an arena, there was that, at least, but instead of the cheap futuristic day-glo vision that usually greeted them, the class would find themselves in a collusium much more historical, which meant that actual gladiator Rosdias, in all her scantily-armored glory, felt right at home.

"Gladiators!" she greeted the assembled warriors with a booming voice, leaning on a spear. "Prepare yourselves! For this morning we engage in the ultimate battle! Veterans versus novices...versus beasts! Release the lions!"

And that was apparently all the preparation they were going to get before the gates were lifted and the lions charged out, though they were likely not about to be discriminate or biased toward whether they were on the teachers' side or the students'.

Good luck!

[[ ocd on the way! is up! Go forth and battle! ]]

Gods & Monsters: Divine Trickery, Friday, Second Period.

[talentforlying]

"Right. So. Loki. If you have to pick a god to go on a bender with and be able to get you both out of jail in the morning, he's not the worst choice," John began as the class got settled. "Willing to get both of you out? That's up in the air. He can, it's a question of if he will."

"Because like most tricksters, Loki's a shapeshifter, but he's more versatile than most. Male, female, a fish, a mare, a fly... Loki's a clever shit who always has at least two ways out of a situation. More, if he caused the situation in the first place, which is most of the time. Hell, even referring to Loki as 'him' isn't the most accurate, even though it's most often used, because Loki is perfectly comfortable no matter what gender is being presented. Loki has both 'fathered' and 'mothered' -- yes, actually birthed -- other gods, which tells you how detailed his shifting abilities are, and how far Loki go to achieve a goal."

"Loki's relation with mortals and gods varies by source; Loki sometimes assists the gods, and sometimes is a malicious arsehole, just because he feels like it. He likes poking holes in inflated egos, which is always needed around the godly-types. Mind you, all of Loki's positive relations with the gods end with his role in engineering the death of the god Baldr, and Loki is eventually bound by Váli with the entrails of one of his sons, to have poison dripped on to his face and await the end of the world. And yet. Despite his story having an 'end,' somehow he keeps popping up."

"Tricksters, yeah? Even if you think they're somewhere else, they're probably still meddling."