Culture Shock, Thursday, 6/25, Period 2

[shiroi_tiger]

Ah, finals week. The best week of the term, so far as Algren was concerned. Today was the day that he could throw whatever he felt like at the kids, call it a major assignment, and then send them on their merry way while letting them think that he actually had taken time to come up with this stuff.

He kind of had. It had taken a lot of whiskey. But that totally counted as thinking.

"I'm going to assume that the lot of you are more or less capable of surviving the shock that Fandom may or may not have brought about. After all, you've been here for a full term now without completely losing your minds. Congratulations."

He tilted his chin upward slightly, looking around the Danger Shop. "But in no time at all, there's going to be a group of entirely new students, who are going to be just as put-off by Fandom as the lot of you were. Now that you know both what it feels like and what the stages of culture shock actually are, it's time to put them to use. When you all arrived, you were assigned a big sibling, so I'm going to assume that you know more or less what their role here is."

Beside each student, a stick-man shimmered into place, frozen in a kind of two-dimensional stupor as though it was trying to figure out what to make of his surroundings.

"This is your little sibling assignment for the rest of the period. And you better believe that he's got a fair bit of adjusting to do. Get to it. And then when you're done, write me a list of challenges that this boy is bound to face during his stay here."

Well, obviously it was a boy. It had legs instead of a triangle at the bottom.

[OCD coming up! Have at thee!]

Comments

Sign in [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

Show us how you like your coffee!

Re: Sign in [6/25]

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin likes it unconscious.

Re: Sign in [6/25]

[bitchprince]

Arthur Pendragon likes his self-sacrificial.

The Lecture [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

Such at is is. Listen, talk amongst yourselves, debate whether or not Algren is just in this to confuse the hell out of you after all.

Re: The Lecture [6/25]

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Confused? Yes, Kenshin was confused. For one thing, he didn't think himself qualified to be a 'big brother.' For another... That strange, almost kanjji-like figure was supposed to represent a person?

Uh.

What?

The Final [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

In two parts!

Your Little Sib [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

He is two-dimensional and confused, and I'll be here to NPC to your heart's content. I'm quite willing to slowplay, if you want to participate but you're not necessarily around for a while.

Re: Your Little Sib [6/25]

[bitchprince]

See, back when Arthur had arrived on the island, he had mistaken his 'big sib' Chad for a servant (which, mind, he did really kind of behave like) and as such he was still a little lost on the whole position as a whole.

Nevermind that the stick figure was completely ridiculous. He just doubted that pointing that out to Algren would do much for him.

So he cleared his throat. "You're a new student?" A stick figure. A stick figure.

Re: Your Little Sib [6/25]

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

"Ano... Hello," Kenshin said, when he eventually ventured towards the figure. It still looked more like a kanji (大) to him than a person, but he would try his best.

Re: Your Little Sib [6/25]

[thatsamilkshake]

Felt. Frog. Pony. Wolves. She could deal with a stick-person, right?

At least it wasn't a girl stick-person... probably... because Francine really didn't need to be reminded of just how 3-dimensional she was.

"Hi!" she said brightly. "I'm Francine!"

Re: Your Little Sib [6/25]

[glacial_queen]

Karla wasn't sure she was ready to be a Big Sib for anyone, but she wasn't going to let something as paltry as that stop her. Not for a class, anyway.

"Greetings," Karla said, smiling at the...thing. "I'm Karla, your new Elder Sibling. I'm here to help you adjust, since coming to Fandom is disorienting for almost anyone. I know I had a lot of questions. So, how can I help you settle in?"

The List [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

Feel free to skip that last part if you aren't up for the interaction today and just mod that your character has spoken to their stick-sib. Make up a list, however long you like, of challenges that you figure your stick sibling is probably going to face while here on Fandom Island.

Re: The List [6/25]

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Kenshin's list was in Japanese - he hoped Algren could read it, or could get someone to translate.

The narration has left it in English, for simplicity's sake.

Gender recognition
Danger recognition
Writing
Communicating with people
Looking like a person not a kanji
Not getting himself killed

Re: The List [6/25]

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie had spoken to her stick-sib...after boggling for a moment. But she got over it and did her best to make her sib feel welcome. Then she made her list:

Identity issues
Writing, eating, or anything requiring opposable thumbs
Self-defense
Dealing with zombies, magic, etc.

Re: The List [6/25]

[glacial_queen]

-Not being creepy
-Holding anything
-Dealing with our regular use of writing utensils here
-Odd looks from everyone
-not being three-dimensional
-I mentioned creepy, yes?

Talk To The TAs [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

Who are three-dimensional, yay.

Re: Talk To The TAs [6/25]

[bitchprince]

Yes, for which Arthur was very grateful. The 'stick sib', in fact, got a few odd looks for being otherwise.

... He was also still stuck in his spandex outfit, and looking more than eager about the idea of leaving.

Re: Talk To The TAs [6/25]

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton couldn't quite help casting a few quick glances in Arthur's direction despite her best efforts.

Just... spandex, you know. And worn on someone who had the body to carry it off.

Hard to ignore.

Re: Talk To The TAs [6/25]

[thatsamilkshake]

By now, Francine had no problem not staring; it was the small cringe of sympathy she couldn't wipe off her face no matter how hard she tried. "I got stuck in mine last time," she said quietly as she passed his desk.

Re: Talk To The TAs [6/25]

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton was here and more than a bit amused by the assignment.

Talk To Algren [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

Who is just happy to see this term ending.

OOC [6/25]

[shiroi_tiger]

BEHOLD MY ELITE DRAWING SKILLS.

I like my coffee covered in beeeeeeeees. But I had no shiny, bee-related inspiration today, and I've been drawing like a mad-fiend all week, so stick-figures seemed somehow appropriate. Mad props to clevermsbennet for handing me the premise for the final on a silver platter last night at about three in the morning. I totally ran with it, yo.

Thank you all for being such a wonderful class! I've enjoyed this workshop entirely too much, I think.

Re: OOC [6/25]

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

OMG CUTEST STICK FIGURE EVAR!!

Re: OOC [6/25]

[bitten_notshy]

*seconds*

I wanna hug him!

Re: OOC [6/25]

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

It's the wee curl that makes it for me.