fandomhigh | Fandom vs. The Real World- 2nd Period- Class #5

"Well," Aeryn said when everyone was in their seats, "I wish I had the foresight to be able to have prepared you adequately for what happened last week. I'm sure if you weren't a female who turned into a male, you knew someone who did, or at least heard about it, so I want to take a moment to check in and see what it was like for everyone." And she might have been hoping Karla made it through okay, shhh.

Once the discussion was over, she continued, "This weekend is Parents Weekend. You may or may not have someone coming, but I'll have you know that I never had anyone show up for me, and yet I still ended up dealing with other people's friends and family. And there will always be someone who doesn't want certain things to make it back to those from home. Unfortunately there are no classes to ease them into it. Some of you might be fine telling your family everything that's going on here, and that is a good thing. Others might not have that luxury, and it takes some talking around things sometimes. I don't suggest outright lying. If you get caught, it's going to be bad. But there are ways to stretch the truth. Each of you is going to choose a topic, and pair up in order to try and explain it to the other person in a way that would not make anyone panic. Consider it practice."

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Chuck, sort of lost in his own world, turned his head towards her a little more sharply than he'd intended. Raven being a very pretty girl was not going to help his nervy and awkward feeling any.

"I'm just... not sure how my dad's going to take it." Which was vague, but really, even normal parents would find this place tough to swallow.

Raven, however, was in a fairly good mood because a crappy week had ended with kisses on the roof. "I understand," she said. "This place is difficult to become accustomed to for most students, and trying to explain it to family who have no experience with such strangeness would be even harder. Do you wish to work on the assignment together? Perhaps that will help ease your mind."

"I-- I'm not sure it will," he admitted, obviously thinking about that just a moment longer.

"But sure, I'd like to work with you!" Just so that was clear. "Hi. I'm Chuck."

"I am Raven, though I am also called Rachel," Raven said. "It is nice to meet you, Chuck. Are you from the world just outside Fandom?"

"Um, just outside and about ten years back," Chuck answered. "I think."

"So... sort of?" Yeah. "Alternate universes are a bit... blurry, like that."

"It's nice to meet you too!" That possibly should've been the first thing he said, but, at least it got in there eventually.

Raven nodded. "So your world has no magic, at least none that is common," she said. "And you think your father will not take it well if he sees some of the more unusual things Fandom has to offer?"

"Yeah," Chuck admitted, and pulled a bit of a face. "I mean, he's kind of kooky--" Understatement. "--It could go either way."

"Have uh, you got anyone coming out here?"

Raven shook her head. "No, I will have no visitors," she said. After all, neither her human mother or demon father knew where she was, and she had no other family. She thought she would be safe for the weekend.

Oh, Raven.

"That a good thing? Bad thing? Could go either way thing?" Chuck paused, only briefly. "I'm sorry I want to talk about it... thing?"

Prone to babble when around people, yeah.

Raven gave Chuck a reassuring smile. "It is a good thing," she said. "My parents do not know I am here, and I am not certain my mother would approve of what I am learning in Fandom."

"There are some weird classes, yeah," Chuck allowed, with a slightly nervous laugh. He was probably focusing on a different type of learning from the one she was talking about, but really, how was he to know.

"I mean, this one, for starters."

"I am finding this one very helpful," Raven said. "My home -- Azarath -- is very different from both Fandom and the world outside. Perhaps you could explain to your father that is focuses on the differences between living here in an isolated private school and the 'real world' of college and employment?"

"Maybe." Chuck wasn't sure he could keep his father from peering around corners looking for CIA agents long enough for that.

"So, you're... really not from around here, huh?" Since he'd never heard of Azerath, he was... well, thinking about just how wide-ranging Fandom was. "You uh, like it so far?"

"Azarath lies between worlds," Raven said. "It is very different from Fandom, as I said, but I have found life in Fandom enjoyable. Mostly."

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