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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After all the staring he'd done and the intelligent discussion he'd gotten from the teacher, Nico felt like he should maybe he should say something to her after class. And if he was radiating a bit fear, well, it was just because he was just steeling himself to deal with someone he was unsure of. "Professor? I wanted to thank you."

"Thank me?" Aly repeated, a mischievous amusement playing about her lips. The fear wasn't acknowledged. "For what?"

"Uh, mostly for making everyone in here think," Nico said, what with Percy using his brain for five seconds and all. "But this is the first formal education I can remember...and I can't wait for next week." There was a little bounce within him that he was holding back, what with this being a Serious Topic and all.

"Formal education is vastly overrated," she told him. Which might be an odd position for a teacher. "But if you paid attention in that casino of yours, you probably have a good handle on how humans behave. It'll help as you continue on." The word choice of 'humans' there was on purpose. 'Mortals' just seemed decidedly unsubtle.

"I don't know that there were many humans there," Nico said, trying to think back. It was such a blur of games, he hardly recalled seeing even Bianca...sad as that was.

She shrugged easily. "Same difference, really. So." Aly paused for a moment, looking at him and resisting that urge to turn away from the overwhelming shine of godhead. "You excited enough about the class to want to give me a hand sometimes?"

"Really?" Okay that bounce maybe got through this time. "Um, yes, of course!" This was Nico, Son of Hades getting asked to help. Yes, he was going to treat anything asked of him like a quest.

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