Mad Kings & Queens, Final [Monday, Period 4]

[atreideslioness]

When the class arrived today, they'd find the desks missing. Instead, there were cushions on the floor surrounding a number of low tables, and each table held one of two boxes.

"I'm going to assume that most of you are completely unable to focus on anything remotely academic today," Ghanima stated. "So today we're going to do a practical application."

"There is always a cost to removing a corrupt monarch from power," she continued. "People. Resources. There's not even a guarantee that you'll win."

"Each of you is a revolutionary trying to save their people. The person opposite you is a corrupt or insane ruler, that must be deposed." Ghanima held up one pawn, smiling. "It's up to each of you to decide where to draw the line for acceptable loss. Each army you lose is a point off your grade, unless you win it all."

"Welcome to your final. Pair up, or make teams, and have fun."

[Last verse, same as the first. Wait for the OCD! OCD up! Show her what you've learned!]

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Sign-In

[atreideslioness]

One last time!

Re: Sign-In

[solo_sword]

Jaina Solo

Re: Sign-In

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri Veila

Listen to the Lecture

[atreideslioness]

Take notes, pass notes... it's short and sweet, so you might want to pay attention.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[weetuskenraider]

Of course the one class she was the most worried about in terms of the final was the one with people that made her really self-conscious right now. Tahiri was so impressed with her run of luck.

She had her head propped up in both hands and was listening to the brief lecture with overly focused attention.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[momslilassassin]

For a quick, horrified moment, Ben thought the exam was going to be a live-action exercise to remove a despot from power. And he'd done that a little too recently.

Board games were fine.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir paid attention... and wondered how well he'd do under pressure. Of course, most of the pressure would be internal, but when did that ever change anything?

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o didn't bother taking notes. He was too busy worrying about the exam. He wasn't exactly familiar with either game.

Activity: Risk or Chess!

[atreideslioness]

Pick a table and a game, and try to take the other person down!

You can find both Risk and chess available online to play on this lovely Monday.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah knew from experience that she didn't have the patience for Chess, so she was at a table with a game of Risk.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

"Bring it on, kiddo," Eve said cheerfully, dropping into the seat across from her daughter.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[weetuskenraider]

Dejarik wasn't Tahiri's game (if anything else, she knew that from that last trip out to Borleias on the Falcon, thanks, Threepio), so she figured it stood to reason that chess wouldn't be, either.

She'd be over here with a Risk table, thanks.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir looked over at one of the people at a Risk table and waved.

"May I join you?"

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[momslilassassin]

Ben had spent a lot of time playing Dejarik on long interstellar flights. He set up the chess board with a tiny smile on his face.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne wasn't terribly familiar with either game (Lucien, shockingly, wasn't big on letting his student play board games), but he at least knew how Dejarik was played and this looked close enough.

So when he walked up to Ben, he didn't know what he was getting himself into on a few levels. "Looking for a partner?"

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[raspberryturk]

Reno looked at the Risk board. And then he looked at chess. And then he looked at the Risk board. And then he looked at chess.

He had no clue how to play either. So he decided to go with Risk in the vain hope that all the different colors would prove distracting enough to a potential opponent that maybe he'd have time to grab the game board and all the pieces, and then make a run for it.

Hey, nowhere did Ghanima say he had to play by the rules.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin peered over his shoulder at the boards as well. "Chess?" That one, at least, he was familiar with. If only by proxy.

Talk to the TAs

[atreideslioness]

If they aren't skipping the final due to Spring Fever!

Re: Talk to the TAs

[raspberryturk]

Reno? Skip a final for Mad Kings and Queens?

He'd been to Ghani's class as a flippin' bird. Twice. Of course he was going to be there today.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

There wasn't nearly enough green or rain for Merlin to feel any real spring fever. He missed the rain.

Talk to Ghanima

[atreideslioness]

She's still in a fantastic mood after her spar this weekend, and is around both before and after class.

Re: Talk to Ghanima

[raspberryturk]

"Sooooo," Reno said, making his way over to Ghanima after class. "Semester's over, huh?"

He was trying not to look too terribly restless, really. And he was failing at such in a horrible way.

Re: Talk to Ghanima

[atreideslioness]

"End of the semester," Ghanima agreed, raising an eyebrow at the twitching.

Really. Reno had been training with her for a year. It was like reading a picture book.

The OOC

[atreideslioness]

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiinal!

No, Ghani's not really going to dock your grade if you lose, but she won't tell you that!

Re: The OOC

[weetuskenraider]

Ah, now I've got Eddie Izzard on the brain again. GOOD TIMES. :D