Try Not to Die, Monday, October 9, 2023

[sith_happened]

"I hope your weekend was enjoyable," Anakin began as he swept into the room. "Today we work on your navigational skills. Many times diplomats are sent to new locations and given directions by locals who assume you know what 'turn left where the donut shop burned down by the mobs ten years ago used to be' means. You're heading for a military annex building that is not particularly known to locals. You have twenty minutes, a map, and a street address. Many of the streets are named the same thing, most don't have signs, and those that do aren't in your native alphabet. Showing up late to a meeting is a grave insult in this culture. You may begin now."

Practical Folklore, Monday 2nd period

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Welcome back, everybody," Jon began. "My apologies for last week. This week, I thought we could begin with something a bit more nebulous than the others: witches. I'm aware we have at least some people on the island who identify as witches, and there may be more I'm unaware of. Traditionally witches are women with some form of magical power; beyond that, there are a number of possibilities for narrowing it down."

He shrugged. "Honestly, in my version of Earth, witches were mostly women that knew a bit of science and didn't like being bossed around by the church, and therefor got painted in the worst possible light so as to make it easier to kill them with impunity. It's possible some had actual power, but given the rate of experiences with the Fears, I'm guessing the vast majority did not. Other worlds, of course, may have different ratios of actual power to innocents men hated.

"In folklore I'm aware of, witches are often depicted as old women, generally living alone, and run the gamut from helpful to horrendous. The one rule of thumb seems to be that you don't want to treat them poorly. Which can be generalized to 'don't be a bastard to old women', which seems like a decent rule anyway."

Said the man who pissed people off on the regular. In his defence, he often didn't mean to! "So, let's discuss witches. Are you one, do you know any, does your world have them or stories of them? What other applications can you think of other than to treat people well?"

Evolutionary Science for Beginners - Monday, 1st Period

[itsananomaly]

An email went round to the students late Sunday evening so that they would know that class had been cancelled for Monday morning.

Your teachers have had to attend an emergency back home. Class has been cancelled for the week. Enjoy the extra week off.

- Professor Cutter

[no class this week sorry, it has been a week for both of us]