fandomhigh | Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

"Rookies!" Reno was looking pretty darn refreshed today as he walked into the classroom, yes. It was entirely possible that this had something to do with some time well-spent off the island, accomplishing not much of anything in particular, but doing it in good company. "Today, we're gonna talk a little about prevention of the big shit, yo. I know, I know, most of what hits the island is gonna hit it no matter what we do. We ain't gonna be able to stop every spaceship of honkin' aliens that flies into the atmosphere an' blows up the school, zoto."

He shrugged.

"Things like Vice-Principal Hades tryin' to turn the island into an extension of the underworld? How're we supposed to see that comin', right?" Except possibly for the fact that he was Hades and all, really! "But that don't mean that we should use that as an excuse to get stupid if somethin' is on its way that we can prevent, with a bit of thought or attention to detail, zoto. The island's last big zombie invasion could'a been avoided after that attack in the mall if only the teacher watchin' the portal the students came back through had stuck around a few minutes longer an' made damn sure that it went and closed all the way. Every telepath, psychic, and empath on the island spends a night tossin' and turnin' instead of sleepin' because they got a bad feeling? That's somethin' to pay attention to, yo. Fandom's given us warnings from time to time, and we still keep goin' on with our day like there ain't nothin' goin' on until we're in it up to our eyebrows, zoto."

And another shrug. By now, Reno was pacing lazily back and forth in front of the classroom.

"That don't just go for life here on the island, yo. You go home, you see hints of somethin' bigger, and you make a choice to either ignore it or help it along, you gotta live with the consequences. Fortunately, things here on Fandom usually turn out for the best. We ain't had many students die when the big shit hits. But it's happened. Bein' here don't mean some kinda automatic safeguard, just because the risk factor seems smaller at a glance. Dependin' on where you end up after you leave here, that risk factor may or may not get a whole shitload bigger. Danger is Danger, Rookies, no matter where you go."

A sigh, and he pulled a small green sphere from his pocket, and idly started tossing it back and forth from hand to hand. Anyone with any sense for the supernatural might recognize it as a channel for power, magical and ancient. Anyone without any sense for the supernatural would at least be able to tell that it was giving off a faint greenish glow between Reno's fingers. Thundaga Materia. Mostly there just to make certain that he still had people's attentions, yes.

"With the nature of the island bein' what it is, there are going to be things you run into that you won't necessarily recognize. Things that might look harmless that ain't, or things that look like a big friggin' deal that really are harmless. Today, the exercise is gonna be a simple one. Yes, again, zoto. We'll get into the more hands-on crap later on, as the semester progresses. Today, I want you to pair off. I got a list of hypotheticals for you to pick from, just to get you puttin' your brains to work, zoto. Pick one of 'em, and then talk about what you'd do if you were the one who tripped over it. Easy shit. Get to it."

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"Sure," Tara said, smiling and glancing down to read. "A wooden mask wants you to put it on. Um, I ... leave it where it is, put a shield around it, and bring somebody like Karla or Raven down to see if they can figure out what it is? It's usually bad to touch things that seem magic if you don't know what they are."

Ino looked a bit sheepish. "I might poke it with a stick or something," she admitted, "though I wouldn't be so reckless as to try and touch it with my skin, you know? And I'd call rather than leavin' it--I can't put any shields up so to keep other people 'way from it, I'd have to stick around."

Which put herself in theoretical danger but, eh, Ino didn't mind that.

"Calling would be a better idea anyhow," Tara said, equally sheepish. "If I put up a shield, somebody determined could break it, or maybe the mask could break it itself. It's way better to have someone stand guard."

She twirled her pen and added, "What do you think poking it with a stick could do?"

"I don't know," she said, glancing at her notebook. "But it could make it react--start glowing, make a noise, intensify the urge to pick it up. Whatever it would do, even the total lack of reaction would tell me something."

"True," Tara agreed, though a bit reluctantly. "I'd w-want to wait until I had somebody else with a weapon there, just in case touching it did set it off."

"That's smarter than me," she said, smiling slightly. "I probably wouldn't--too impatient."

Yes, even in the face of danger.

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