fandomhigh | So You Say You Want a Revolution: Week 1, Period 3

Aly was enjoying being back in a classroom, perching on her desk and watching the students make their way into the class. She smiled at the students who had that shiny patina of being brand new to Fandom and nodded to Ino ~~if she was there~~ as a student she'd known before. Once everyone was close to seated, she stood up, leaning back against the desk.

"Good morning. I'm going to admit straight off that I might be a little rusty with this whole teaching thing. It's been a little while," she gave a little smirking smile that said you could take her seriously at your own risk. "I'm Alianne of Pirate's Swoop. You all can call me Aly, duani is acceptable if you're uncomfortable with just a nickname, but the first person who calls me Miss Aly gets me unhappy."

"This class is 'So You Say You Want a Revolution.' If you're not interested in revolutions, pretend because you already missed the class on Canada. During the term, we're going to talk about why formenting revolution can be a good thing. We're going to discuss what revolutions can be used for, how they can be put together, and why a failed revolution can be just as effective." She gazed at all of them with a slight smile. "And yeah, I hate theory so practicalities will be covered. Demolitions, weaponry, organisation, magic - or not, tactics." She grinned. "And my favourite, intelligence."

"Ten years ago, I helped organise a rebellion that put my Queen in power and have served as her Spymaster ever since - when I wasn't teaching here, of course. Almost everything I'm going to be teaching you is what I learned during the rebellion and in the years since. And if I didn't learn it there, it's something that was useful to me at the time." She paused for a moment before adding. "In spying, your brain is almost everything - half of spying is half mental which I've said many, many times before. A single person can't put together an effective revolution. But a single person can destroy one. And a destroyed rebellion feeds only the ravens and Stormwings. It's a dangerous game. And one you have to commit to fully if you're going to succeed."

"Today I'm going to be traditional - for once - and get to know all of you. I'd also like to hear what you think about revolutions and rebellions. When are they appropriate, what would it take to rebel against the current power structure of your home country, society, or even this school." She smiled mischievously. "I'm looking for a TA or two too so if you're interested, let me know."

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Introductions didn't sound too hard. Percy would keep things brief and vague so he wouldn't reveal too much. Even if Luke had said no one cared about who he was, Percy wasn't comfortable with that.

"I'm Percy Jackson and I'm a sophomore." Just like his other cousin who was older than him. That would never stop being weird. Percy always failed to realize that Nico was always going to be older than him because of that whole casino thing.

He hadn't looked older and that was the important part.

"I've been expelled from every school I've been in so far," he said, just going with that one since it'd make him look more like some troubled teenager than anything else. "And I've been to Mount St Helen's."

Percy decided to just leave out that he'd pretty much blown up Mount St. Helen's and ended up nearly dead because of that. The more mundane the better.

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His attempt to stay completely 'normal' was amusing. The question was if the newbie shine would run off faster or more slowly given the, ah, others in the class.

"Ever blow up a school?" Aly asked off-handedly even as she gave him an amused smile.

Percy knew it was an offhand question but it still made him pause because it was a strange offhand question. He'd become pretty good at blowing schools up as of late.

"Once or twice but it was never my fault," he said, going for the light, joking tone instead of complete denial. At least he wasn't lying. Most mortals would just think he was lying.

"That's a shame," she said, meaning it this time. The fact he was telling the truth was a little amusing. "If you blow something up, you should at least mean it."

"Personal experience?" Percy asked, trying to turn the conversation back over to her since he didn't want to slip up too badly during the first class.

"I only blow up things that I mean to blow up, it's true," she agreed. "But then when you're using demolitions, it's a little harder to do it on accident."

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