Japanese Etiquette & Tradition, 4/19/10, Period 5

[shiroi_tiger]

When the class assembled in the Danger Shop today, they'd find a very simple setup. A field, filled with cherry trees in full bloom. Algren didn't give a damn if they were properly in season at this time of the Spring or not. He wanted his class to write their final surrounded by cherry trees.

"Today, you've got a short written exam," he said, handing out clipboards and pens to the students as they entered. "And one bonus assignment, when you're finished that. Answer the questions, hand in your papers, and then, if you can find for me the perfect sakura blossom, I'll give you an extra ten percent on your final overall grade."

He nodded. Get to it, kids.

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Re: Talk to Algren

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena hesitated by Algren's tree, hoping to get his attention without disturbing him from his meditation. She was going to stand quietly and wait, one sakura blossom cradled in her hands, so that she would not crush it by accident.

(way way late but *points to bonus assignment* I had an idea and wanted to go with it, since I was mostly offline yesterday)

Re: Talk to Algren

[shiroi_tiger]

Algren wasn't in any particular hurry to break his meditation, but that didn't mean that he wasn't going to. He let her stand there for a minute once he realized that he had company, and then he opened his eyes and offered her a quirk of a smile.

"You've found one, have you?"

[Totally fine!]

Re: Talk to Algren

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"I have," Elena said, holding out the blossom to offer him. "It's the perfect sakura blossom. Because I have decided it to be so, as it looks perfect to me. And because I am giving it to you, as a gift, which makes it meaningful beyond the simple petals of the bloom itself. And you wouldn't be so rude as to imply my gift was less than perfect."

It was worth a try, wasn't it?

Re: Talk to Algren

[shiroi_tiger]

Absolutely!

"I wouldn't, certainly," Algren allowed, his quirk of a smile turning into something a little more sincere as he reached to take the flower. "And is there any particular reason why you happened to decide that it was this blossom that was perfect, instead of any of the other million or so?"

Re: Talk to Algren

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"Not especially," Elena admitted as he took the blossom. "I liked it. And then I thought that was as good a reason as any. The blossoms are supposed to be pretty, so if I found this one to be the prettiest, then that makes it perfect, at least to me."

Re: Talk to Algren

[shiroi_tiger]

"Fair enough." Algren considered the blossom for a moment, and then looked up, his eyes following the canopy of pink that surrounded them. "And what about the blossom that was sitting next to this one? Was that one any less perfect?"