http://justagalegirl.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] justagalegirl.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2010-01-12 01:41 am
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Magical Ethics: Week 2, Period 1

Alysha sat at her desk as the students came in, flipping through what might've looked like an art book if any of the students looked closerly. 

She looked up right as the clock flipped to eight.  "Everyone have their coffee today?" she asked.  "Or, I dunno, gone for a run to wake up?"  Screw running, ugh.

"Just so everyone knows, Edmund Pevensie and Tony Foster are the TAs for this class.  Which means if you have a question, they might be able to help with it, and if I'm not around, they'll get to run the class from my notes."  She grinned.  "Hopefully both gentlemen can read chicken scratching."

She stood up, moving around to the front of the desk and leaned back against it.  "I said last week we'd get to introductions, and here we are.  What I'd like to hear from all of you is your name, your class, and two things you can do better than other people.  Can be magic or special abilities, doesn't have to be and one thing you're bad at.  So - I'm Alysha Gale which most of you should already know.  I'm 24 which means I already had to deal with high school, and I bake the best rhubarb pie in my family -" wow, Auntie Ruby would argue with that, but she wasn't there "- and I can identify just about any Sumerian artifact out there."  Thank you, ROM and your crappy grant funding.  "I'm pretty crap at making potions."

"Also I want to know what you think the worst thing a person can do is."

Because that was really the kicker sometimes.

She pointed to a random student.  "You first."
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[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-01-12 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Karla was having a hard time thinking of two things she was the best at. She was good at a lot of things, but not really 'the best.' Not if she was including Kaeleer in her considerations. If so, there was the honest (and sometimes painful) fact that Jaenelle was and always would be better than Karla at Craft. She was Witchfor the Darkness's sake! Jaenelle was better at all the things Karla defined herself by.

"My name is Karla and I'm 15. I'm the best at tormenting my cousin and playing cradle," most pathetic 'bests' ever "and I'm bad at being a lady."

As for the worst thing a person could do..."I think the worst thing someone can do is to twist and destroy others solely, especially for profit or ambition. To break their minds and their spirits--never mind whatever they do to the flesh--until that person is lost in the Twisted Kingdom, unable to ever be whole again. Killing is kinder."
Edited 2010-01-12 07:01 (UTC)
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[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-01-12 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Cradle is a card game we play in Kaeleer," Karla explained. "It's very complicated to learn because there are a bunch rules--especially when you start introducing variations. As for the Twisted Kingdom," Karla's face clouded "it's my people's term for madness. To walk in the Twisted Kingdom means to be insane, to travel the landscape of one's own broken mind."