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Canada Is Not That Strange And Other Biases | Wednesday | Period 2

Fraser back in the classroom today, looking relaxed and refreshed after the holiday break. He smiled and nodded as the students filed in.

"Welcome back. I hope everyone had a good holiday. Today, we're going to talk about something a little close to home. I'm sure all of us have been new to the island at one point or another. And I'm sure all of us have heard different stories and legends from people who might have been here longer than you. So, my question for today is what's the strangest thing you've heard that's turned out to be false? Did someone tell you the ocean burped chocolate? Did someone tell you one of the teachers was a three headed hydra?"

That one, Fraser admitted, could be true one day.

"Conversely, what's the strangest thing you've been told that's turned out to be true? In talking about things like this, we can see firsthand how urban legends begin. They might take root in a small fact but grow when people embellish the fact to make it seem like it something more than it is. Let's discuss."

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Like you've just heard a strange story!

Hyuuga Hinata

Rilla Blythe

Warren Worthington III

Princess Ariel

Karla

Tara Maclay

Sara Stanley

Jane Lane

Spock

It's short but feel free to do whatever you'd like!

"What's the strangest thing you've heard about the island that turned out to be not true? Conversely, what's the strangest thing you've heard that turned out to be true? How did you hear these?"
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[Handwaving is fine, of course!]

Hinata looked a bit--dubious--as what she thought wasn't really a legend but...

"A-Ano," she said, "I had heard almost immediately about glitter and the effect it had on... boys... but I have never actually heard of this being true or happening while I've been on the island."

It was possible she lived under a rock, but...

"I believe I've missed that particular story as well," Fraser said, raising an eyebrow. "What effect was it supposed to have?"

Oh, that was just mean!

Hinata flushed rosily. "I... that is... it is supposed to... incite kissing amongst boys sh-should they have it on them."

And now Hinata was going to sink down in her chair and try not to die of having actually said that in class.

"Oh," Fraser said, eyes widening. "That's...an interesting story, isn't it? I thought perhaps it just made them act a little more obnoxious than usual. Apparently not."

She flushed more deeply as she sank just a little further into her seat.

"I c-could be wrong," she supposed, wishing she could die. "But that's what I heard."

"Thank you," Fraser said, noticing her embarrassment and bypassing any further questions. "I appreciate your contribution to the discussion."

Her smile was tiny, but grateful, as she bobbed her head in response.

"Umm, you're not wrong," Karla said, also flushing. "Glitter works. I've seen it."

Granted, she'd seen it working on females at one of her slumber parties, but she'd seen it.

Hinata's flush was never going to die at this rate.

"It d-does?"

How traumatizing!

Karla nodded, paying Very Close Attention to her notebook. "I can't remember off-hand if I've seen it work on males, though I know it did once on females. Though I was told that was a special case, and most of the time it's just the males."

Hinata's eyes widened further.

"It can work on girls as well?"

Well, that was... something she'd have been happy to not know...

"Only once that I know of?" Karla said, trying to be reassuring. "There was a party and some glitter got into the heating ducts..."

Notice how she didn't mention whose party or how the glitter got in there.

"But everyone I talked to said that was the first time. And it hasn't happened since."

Rilla wasn't quite indecorous enough to say that she hadn't found Karla to be particularly pleasant or likable, despite the other girl's large circle of friends.

"My school-assigned sibling was quite kind to me and didn't tell me things that weren't true," she said. "But I was very shocked to realize that girls wore skirts that were so...improper."

Yes, of all the strangeness, that still stuck with her.

"Do you think that's an island thing or just a sign of the times?" Fraser asked her.

"Perhaps a bit of both," Rilla said. "I've seen the terrible fashion is other places I've visited in different classes, but there are still students here from other...worlds...that have the same fashion tastes as this time without being from this time."

"Have you asked why they might dress like that?" Fraser wondered. "Perhaps there's a reason?"

Rilla was quite sure it was because they all had the morals of the shore girls in the Upper Glen.

"Perhaps they weren't raised properly?" she offered.

"You can't really think that's the only reason, can you?" Fraser asked, curious. "Just because they're different?"

"Well, I know that fashion changes," Rilla said. "It would be horribly out-of-date to show up somewhere with five starched petticoats under your skirt, or hoops, or a poke bonnet. But some of the skirts can hardly be considered fabric at all!"

"Well, I'm sure some girls wear their skirts short for purely personal reasons but that doesn't mean they were raised badly," Fraser pointed out. "Fashion is usually their choice."

Rilla looked dubious. "Perhaps."

Dammit. Karla hated agreeing with Rilla about anything, even the ridiculous teensiness of the skirts here. Was she petty enough to change her opinion of them just because it matched Rilla's?

...Maybe.

"Ummmm...."

Ariel looked a little stumped and contemplative for a while.

"I'm coming from somewhere pretty strange already," she tried, keeping things nice and vague, "so not a lot of what I've heard has been that surprising, I guess."

Nothing that she'd want to admit to, since she still wasn't sure she really believed the whole people will be accepting of mermaids thing, despite having at least three people who would support that theory.

"Oh! Except maybe that dinglehoppers are really called forks, and that they're used for eating. I was really doubtful of that one...But it turns out that I got quite a few things wrong on what is used for what here."

He's around, if needed!

Good gravy, it's December.

Soooorry for the short thread but zomg Hina was just all 'I WOULD LIKE TO DIE NOW PLZ' and so I didn't have many options for where to go. ^^;;;

Ahaha, no worries! Totally understandable!

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