Heroing [period 2, class 12]

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"Hello!" Hammer boomed as the class made their way in today. "Now, children, while I know you all look up to me, I need you to remember an important thing: everyone is different. No one else can be as strong as I am, or as ruggedly handsome, or as brilliant, and so, it's important that you recognize this."

He paused, posing. They should really be used to this by now.

"And sometimes, my mini-heroes, you're going to need...teamwork. Some heroes even have sidekicks, which are like partners who aren't as cool as you, but sometimes, you get to have sex with them anyway. Your assignment today, kids, is to find a partner and figure out why you would make a good heroing team. You should bring different things -- don't just pick your friends, or the people you pay to pretend to be your friends! That's just silly."

[I'm out doing pre-student teaching all day, so SP from me until eveningish!]

Comments

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[weetuskenraider]

"Do you think," Tahiri said, trying to steer the conversation closer to the class topic before it made her even moodier, "that's why some people want to be sidekicks?"

She said it with a touch of distaste that was hard to miss.

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[withoutverona]

"It seems as good a theory as any," Romeo said, nodding toward the teacher. "It certainly can't be for the honor of his company."

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri let out a light snort. "I worry about anyone who'd want that."

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[withoutverona]

"People in his home world must all be brain-damaged," Romeo said, almost under his breath. "Or else he pays sidekicks well."

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[weetuskenraider]

"Probably both," Tahiri muttered back. "Being thought of as the sidekick is bad enough, but being treated like it?"

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[withoutverona]

"It would kill any self-respect you had," Romeo said firmly. "I believe in teams" -- gangs, really -- "but not in one main person and everyone else as some sort of accessory."

Re: Find a partner and chat! [04/01]

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri nodded emphatically, thinking of the Myrkr strike team. "Definitely. Sometimes you have to rely on other people's strengths to boost your weaknesses." Her gaze went unfocused, in a way that might have been just the slightest bit disturbing. "Sometimes you're way stronger working with a partner than either of you is alone. But only if you treat them like one."