Rookiehood 101, Tuesday, Period 4

[raspberryturk]

"Yo, Rookies!" Hark, was that the territorial call of the wild Reno in his natural habitat? Oh, it totally was. "Bit of a change of pace for you this week, yo. When this period ends, you're all on a mission, yo. This week, I ain't gonna be the teacher."

He smirked, and then set out on that slow, deliberate saunter of his, walking paces back and forth in front of the class.

"Half of you are. And half of you are gonna be the rookies. All you teachers? It's gonna be your job to look out for the rookies this week. Rookies? It's your job to be... rookies. Make like you don't know nothin'. Give your teacher a rough time, yo. Do whatever it is you figure rookies do."

He nodded at the board, where he'd scrawled out the names of the two groups.

"Today, just pair off, figure out what it is you're gonna be rookies at. You can teach and learn just about anything, but be prepared to tell me next week what it was you did and how it went, yo. Teachers? Word of advice? Just because you got some theoretical kinda power right now don't mean you get to abuse it. If you're gonna tell 'em to run laps around the island, you damn well better be prepared to run 'em too. And you better be better at it. They ain't gonna respect you if you don't come off as competent, yo. They're your rookies, so it's up to you to set an example, here."

He smirked, and then waved his hands at the class.

"Go on, get to it. Don't let me keep you waitin', yo."

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[raspberryturk]

Informatively!

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri Veila

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[ashockingbitch]

Jenny Sparks

Lecture

[raspberryturk]

Wonder what the heck is the matter with Reno. Seriously.

Re: Lecture

[weetuskenraider]

. . . so it was kind of like a master-apprentice pairing. Which Tahiri had to find slightly amusing, given that she'd only been a full Knight for a few months now. (Maybe it was close to a year, factoring in the time difference from home.)

But, she wondered, tapping a finger against her chin, what was she particularly good at that she could teach? Recovering from being slightly insane? Appreciating ice cream? Huh. This might take some communication.

. . . yeah, that wasn't one of her strong points either.

Re: Lecture

[momslilassassin]

Ben shot her an amused look. With the way Reno had set things up, at least they couldn't end up in some kind of bizarre Master-apprentice pairing themselves?

Because that would have been awkward.

Re: Lecture

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny was excellent at many things, but most of them weren't the sort of skill you taught high schoolers. This could be interesting. And fun, as long as no one got arrested.

Re: Lecture

[intraspective]

Ino was busy sulking at that board of his the moment he got far enough through his lecture to really explain it.

Hmph.

Re: Lecture

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe really was wondering what Reno must have been thinking when he came up with this.

Re: Lecture

[intraspective]

See, after she'd gotten done her bit of sulking, and realized that Chloe was on the other end of the equation, Ino had to say something.

"So," she said quietly. "What're you going to teach, Rookie?"

Ino was totally going to call Chloe that no matter what her status on the board said, yes. It was a special case.

Re: Lecture

[glacial_queen]

As soon as Reno explained the assignment in enough detail to make relative sense, Karla started trying to make a list of what she could teach her Rookie to do. So far, she had two lists:

Stuff I'm Good At But Can't Actually Teach:
-Craft
-Tangled Weaving
-True Dreams
-Healing the Land

and

Stuff That's Teachable But Not In A Week
-Piano
-Dancing
-Horseback Riding
-Protocol

It was going to be a long morning.

Re: Lecture

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

WONDERFUL.

Squall wasn't a rookie. He couldn't remember the last time he'd BEEN a rookie. And this assignment was stupid. He hated the fact he'd been assigned to the rookie group. And he hated the class. And... he was really, really glad he wasn't in the teachers group, because that sounded like too much work.

Pair off and plan your week

[raspberryturk]

Grab whichever partner from the other group suits your fancy, and get to it! The two groups (RNG'd for great randomosity justice) are as follows:

Teachers:
Karla
Fiona Post
Chloe Saunders
Ben Skywalker
Jenny Sparks
Tahiri Veila

Rookies:
Makita
Momoko Akatsutsumi
Dan Humphrey
Squall Leonheart
Dahlia Mancini
Ino Yamanaka

Teachers! Tell your Rookies what it is that you have to teach them! Rookies? Tell your teacher if you already know this stuff. Because seriously, there's not a heck of a lot of point to being the Rookie if you're better at it than the person in charge. It can be anything from coaching as a runner to training in self-defence to cooking or first-aid training. What do you have to offer? What do you want to learn?

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri tried to look as knowledgeable as a diminutive seventeen-year-old . . . war veteran . . . yeah.

Okay, maybe she might have a few things to teach after all, depending on who she picked out for a Rookie.

. . . that was still a funny word.

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny considered her options as far as minions rookies went as she lit up a fresh cigarette. Mmm, delicious smoke.

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[intraspective]

Ino? Ino was going to eye the 'teachers' dubiously and try and decide just how much of a brat of a Rookie she wanted to be.

... What? That was half the point of being a Rookie!

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had no idea what kind of teacher she could be for this assignment. In fact she was pretty sure that Reno had made a mistake. He couldn't seriously want her to be one of the teachers. Hell, she could barely talk to people sometimes.

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[glacial_queen]

Karla glanced around at the Rookies. "Anyone want to learn how to fly?" she offered. "With wings, not in a vehicle-thingy." Oh, Ben and Tahiri would love that terminology.

Re: Pair off and plan your week

[heromaniac]

Momoko looked at the list and at her fellow students and wondered who on earth she should be a rookie for.

And wondered.

And wondered.

Ah, well. Maybe someone would pick her?

The TAs

[raspberryturk]

One of them doesn't get to sit out of this assignment just because she's the TA, and the other is getting out of this only because she's a graduate who is permanently stuck in Rookie mode anyhow.

Re: The TAs

[gorka-wolf.livejournal.com]

Death was too good for him, oh yes. This would be Makita, plotting to somehow get Reno back for this.

Re: The TAs

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena was filming. Because you never really knew where good blackmail material would come in, right?

Reno

[raspberryturk]

Totally not a Rookie, thanks.

Re: Reno

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena noticed she was missing from the list. And that he was, as well. An elegant solution suggested itself.

She stomped up to him, arms folded.

"This assignment is stupid and I'm not doing it," she said, in a tone of voice he probably remembered all too well. "I can't believe they haven't fired you yet. You just lay around like you think you own the place. I don't know why Tseng puts up with it. I doubt you could teach me anything."

Gauntlet: thrown.

OOC

[raspberryturk]

You guys can play out or handwave the assignment throughout the week as you all see fit. Really, I just want you to all have fun with it. No stress here, kay?