Keeping Your Advantage: Terrain and You, Week I [Monday, Period 4]

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Ghanima was sitting on her desk, absently eating lemon drops as she watched the students wander into the room. Once the last of them had arrived, her face lit up with a smile.

"Well now," she said, her voice carrying effortlessly. "Most of you look rather familiar!"

Ghanima was not sure if it was a mark of approval in her choice in subject matter, or if her students were simply masochists.

She was not ruling out either option.

"For those of you that are new, I am Lady Ghanima Atreides, and this is Terrain and You. If you have not had one of my classes before, you may call me Lady Ghanima, Miss Ghanima, or Miss Atreides, whichever you are more comfortable with. The first person to call me Lady Atreides gets detention," Ghanima announced, smiling. "Lady Atreides is my grandmother, and I will not answer to it."

"This is a class intended to give you a basic grounding in the varying types of terrain you may encounter." Ghanima hopped off her desk to wander along the rows of desks. "The simple fact that you are at this school is testimony to the fact that you never know where you may find yourself."

"From cityscapes to icebergs, each week we will look at a different type of terrain, and one thing you can do to make your life easier. Please be aware that there is no syllabus to this class, because I don't want you to have time to prepare for each scenario. Many times you will have to work with only the things you have on you during an emergency, and learning to keep your wits about you is important."

"First, however, I'd like you all to introduce yourselves. Name, rank, how long you've been at Fandom, and type of terrain you are most familiar with. If anyone is interested in a TA position, see me after class."

"You. Start."

[Respect your TAs, and wait for the OCD is up! atreideslioness will be around to take pings later in the day.]

Comments

Sign-In #1

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Explore your options!

Re: Sign-In #1

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Re: Sign-In #1

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Himura Kenshin.

緋村 剣心

Listen to the Lecture

[weetuskenraider]

Short, sweet, and to the point.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper and Blind Seer listened. There was, of course, no note taking. But plenty of listening!

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri was quiet today, but given some of the people who were in the class with her, she wasn't feeling as on edge as she could have been.

The note-taking was pretty heavy-duty for her.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[future_sandworm]

Leto listened with interest, of course, making no interruptions. He had to make an effort - not because he objected to anything Ghanima was saying, but because it came natural to him to finish off her sentences as she did with him.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah was taking notes, of course.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

Eleanor was a little uncertain about this class, given its description, but she could understand why she'd been signed up for it. Mages sometimes never knew where they'd wind up.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Kenshin was still feeling a little lost, but this--

This at least sounded like something useful.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[puppy_fair]

Okay. Sitting down in one place while listening to a lecture was hard. And this was only week one.

Zack put forth an admirable effort trying not to squirm too much in his chair while he waited for his turn to introduce himself, though!

Class Activity: Introductions

[weetuskenraider]

Ya'll know the drill!

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Am Lady Blysse Norwood, of Kestrel House," Firekeeper said. Normally she would've left that bit off, but the teacher had requested rank. "He," she nodded to the large blue-eyed wolf by her side, "is Blind Seer. We have beened here eight moonspans now, and are most familiar with mountain forests. These is our birth-pack's lands."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[endsthegame]

"I'm Andrew Wiggin," he introduced, "I've been here for almost a year. As for rank, while I'm at school, I answer to Ender." The fact that he was an Admiral somewhere - a purely symbolic position - meant very little in the context, and Ender wasn't really interested in expanding on it. "The terrain I'm most used to is a lack of it. Zero gravity environments, and the inside of an asteroid."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dinah Lance, no particular rank, I've been in Fandom four months now, and I'm most familiar with city environments. Small towns like this one, and big urban cities; good parts and the parts no one wants to go into. With some prairie outdoors stuff thrown in," Dinah said, thinking of the long expanses outside of Opal.

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[weetuskenraider]

"Tahiri Veila, Jedi apprentice." She was a little self-conscious of the fact that she was the only one in the room who wasn't a full Knight. "I've been here since the start of last fall term, so about nine months now?"

She sighed very slightly, self-conscious for a completely different reason as she added, "I grew up in the desert, so that's what I'm most familiar with . . . and then jungle."

And the inside of a worldship, but Riina didn't get to answer this question.

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[wannabehunter]

"I'm Jo Harvelle, and as far as rank goes, I'm going to be a senior come fall," Jo said. "I've been here nearly two and a half years, and the type of terrain I'm most familiar with is mostly flat plains, some rolling hills thrown in for good measure."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[formerbrat.livejournal.com]

"I am Lady Elspeth, Heir of Valdemar and Herald-trainee," Elspeth said. "I have spent most of my time in the city, but I have spent some time hunting in the pastures and woodlands nearby."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[future_sandworm]

"I am Leto Atreides II," he said. "And I am a junior student here." If Ghanima wanted all the ranks and titles, she would have to ask. "And the environment I'm most familiar with is the desert."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Fiona Post," she said, wracking her brain for what might be considered rank before adding, "junior inductee to the Order of the Celestial Rose. And I suppose I am most used to an urban environment."

She let that float in the air for a moment before continuing.

"And I've just arrived."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Eleanor Robinson, apprentice Fire Mage." Everyone else seemed to be giving their ranking and with some of them, well, stating she was a mage didn't seem like much in comparison.

"I'm most used to ..." how to say England? "Village settings, I suppose. Sloping hills and some woods nearby. And I've been at Fandom now for two days."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[likethestore.livejournal.com]

"I'm K-Mart, I'm a sophomore -- " It was the closest she had to a rank. " -- and I've been at Fandom for a semester. Oh! And I'm most familiar with deserts."

Re: Class Activity: Introductions

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I'm Triela. I am approaching my tenth continuous month, and my fifteenth aggregate month in Fandom." The Agency didn't really do ranks, so she didn't feel the need to make one up.

"I specialize in urban environments."

Talk to Ghanima

[weetuskenraider]

She's around, both before and after class.

[The RNG has already chosen, but feel free to express interest anyway. Ghani will always keep you in mind for any special activities that require group leaders, things that fit your specialty, etc.]

Re: Talk to Ghanima

[weetuskenraider]

After class, Tahiri approached Ghanima's desk, looking slightly hesitant. "What's involved in being a TA?"

The OOC

[weetuskenraider]

No world-ending today, Ahdari is on an airplane!

No, seriously. I'm due back in at about 4CST, so try not to burn down the school until I can answer your pings.


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All of the above written, of course, by atreideslioness, who was crazy enough to let me post it for her.

Re: The OOC

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

And you didn't take shameless advantage of that fact. I AM GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED.