Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima had had a sense of tingling unease all weekend, like something was scratching behind her eyes, wanting to be seen. A tingling she had pointedly ignored, which had only served to make it so bad, she had taken to bed and not gotten any of the prep for today's class finished.

She wanted no part of the prescience of her brother or father, thank you.

"We're watching a movie today," she said as everyone came in. "There's a handout right over there, and we'll actually discuss Hinduism as a religion next week."

[OCD up!]

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Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri helped herself to some crackers and an apple, then found a spot off to the side, snagged a couple of pillows, and curled up under a blanket. She wasn't going to object to a movie day at all.

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

Raven glanced over at Fandom's reigning Ms. Multiple Personality. "Hello, Tahiri," she said. "How have you been?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri gave her a crooked little smile. "I'm all right," she said noncommittally. "Just busy."

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

Raven nodded. "As have I," she said. Busy was a good code word, yes.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

It was a useful code word, that in this case happened to mean as much AFK a whole lot 'hiding' as much as anything else. Tahiri shrugged one shoulder, rearranged her pillows a little, and asked, "Quiet weekend?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

"Thankfully, yes," Raven said. She held up a grape pointedly before popping it in her mouth. "No produce attacks."

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri chuckled briefly. "That was a messy one, wasn't it? I still don't think I can look at a salad normally."

When can you ever look at anything normally, Tahiri?

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

"I was attacked at Lady Aphrodite's shop," Raven said. "A cucumber took a bite out of my arm, but fortunately Lady Aphrodite arrived to aid me before they could do more damage."

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

"That's right. You don't fight, do you?" Tahiri remembered. "This hasn't changed your mind, has it?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

"After what happened to me at Parent's Weekend, I have decided I must learn to at least defend myself," Raven said. She still wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea, but she knew it was necessary. "I cannot take a life, I know that, but I cannot be helpless either."

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

"No," Tahiri agreed. "There are ways to defend yourself without killing. Especially with what you can do. That doesn't necessarily make it easier, but I think you're right, and it's necessary."

Re: Watch the Movie

[trigons_child]

"I think those of Azarath would be disappointed with me," Raven said, "but...if they had been the ones attacked by vegetables, my home would have been destroyed...which is entirely ridiculous."

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

"It's Fandom. We have to revise our standards of ridiculous," Tahiri replied. "Is Azarath that safe, usually, that they don't have to worry about being attacked?"

Questions, questions, questions, Tahiri. Give it a rest.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben gave her a quick look, then floated a cookie (Ben's solution to all things that couldn't be fixed with ice cream) toward her.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

The floating cookie got a smile, a real one, out of her, and she added her own little touch with the Force to make it loop a couple of times in the air before she reached out and took it.

Thanks, she sent; telepathic communication was useful when you had a cookie to nibble on.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Scale of one to ten, with one being Myrkr and ten being getting knighted, how are you today? he sent back.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri slowly nibbled her way halfway through the cookie before replying, but her mental voice sounded fairly certain.

Six and a half? I'm tired. But a little less stressed.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben smiled at her. Good. I was a little worried. What's the next step?

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Next step? Facing my fear, before we do anything else, she replied, smiling back at him. And it's looking easier.

Which didn't mean it looked easy. Just less monumental.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Piece of rhyscate, Ben said stoutly, floating another cookie over.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri snagged the cookie with the Force this time and just took a bite out of it while it hung in midair, instead. Sorry for the stress over this, she told him apologetically.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben waved his hand. You're worth a little stress.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri floated a piece of apple over to him. You must have a pretty broad definition of 'a little,' then.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben grinned and made the slice of apple dance. Skywalker.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

You know that covers a lot of things, Tahiri told him, sending the half-eaten cookie to dance in the air with the apple slice.