Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

[the_merriest]

Today, there was no lanky Turk standing in front of the class room. Just a weirdly dressed blonde girl that some of you might have taken classes with, a couple of years ago. She was holding a small bright red baby bird cradled in her hands.

"Hi, guys," she said. "I'm Rikku. I'm a friend of Reno's. He can't teach today, so it looks like your final is up to me."

Don't worry. She'd explain Reno's absence in a minute.

"First of all! We had an invasion last week, and all of you made it through. Good job! Maybe you were one of the people who went and fought goblins. Maybe you did research and found something important. Maybe you stayed in the dorms and held down the fort while everyone else went off to be heroes. What matters here is that the invasion's over, and everybody's still in one piece. So if you want to talk about what you did, or what you didn't do, we can totally do that. But you guys aren't going to have a final, because you already passed it. Just by getting back to class safe and sound."

The chocobo chose that moment to nod emphatically and blow a raspberry. Pbbbbbbthhhhhhht!

"See? Reno agrees," she laughed. "That's the second thing. Your teacher is currently an adorable little baby chocobo, and has been for almost a week now. But I'm sure he still wants to hear about how you guys did. Or how cute his little chin-chin is. Or wave a wing for pictures, if any of you need some blackmail material ..."

If she had to teach his class, she was, at least, going to amuse herself doing it.

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Sign In!!

[the_merriest]

Blowing a raspberry. Or if you don't have one, then so cute it hurts.

Re: Sign In!!

[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

Re: Sign In!!

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe Saunders

Lecture!

[the_merriest]

What there is of it! Be happy there is no final! Wonder what is up with the baby chocobo!

Re: Lecture!

[intraspective]

It was way stupid, right, to feel better stuck in a classroom--there were fewer easy exits than the shop, but there were more people around that she felt comfortable being around and on Ino's mental scale of comfort at the moment that was mattering more.

And she was just going to be... sitting here. Mulling over what she'd gleaned from the nurses about the last week and doing simple stretching exercises with her hands. They were healed, yes, but it wouldn't hurt them for her to make sure.

Re: Lecture!

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela was watching the way Ino moved her hands. Nothing obvious, really, just... watching.

Something was up. Or, more likely, had been up.

She probably wouldn't ask, though. Just offer a little nod if Ino looked over.

Re: Lecture!

[vanillajello]

Kate was probably going to spend class staring at the baby chocobo. She hadn't been on the island last week, and she hadn't listened to the podcasts once she'd gotten back, both for a reason.

She didn't particularly want to hear anything now, either.

Re: Lecture!

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in Effy's case this class would be all about what she didn't do to help at all, and so she kept her mouth firmly shut and head down, writing what was probably the same phrase over and over again like she was actually taking notes.

Re: Lecture!

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay didn't really feel like sharing that she didn't do much of anything at all, other than a little research in which she didn't find anything useful. So she quietly listened to the lecture instead.

Discussion!

[the_merriest]

If you want to talk about what you did, what you didn't do, what decisions you made during the invasion? This is totally the place to do it. Share coping strategies! Ask for advice! Whatever you like!

Re: Discussion!

[intraspective]

"I wasn't here," she said, a bit flatly. "What all went down?"

She knew what the nurses had told her, but hearing it from other people... gave her something to think about.

Re: Discussion!

[glacial_queen]

"A bunch of us got kidnapped by some goblins and a guy with spikier hair than Zack," Karla said, a little flatly herself. "A crazy labyrinth sprung up all around the island and absorbed a bunch of buildings and negated everyone's magic. Then I guess he showed up to give everyone twenty-four hours to get the abducted students back, and two teams came in to find us. He tried to cheat, our people cheated better, and everyone got out."

Re: Discussion!

[life_inshadow]

"I tried to use my powers, but I really couldn't," Tara volunteered. "So, uh, I ... stayed in the dorms and tried to keep everybody calm and organized."

Re: Discussion!

[the_merriest]

"That's really important," Rikku said, nodding quickly. "It gets overlooked. People like to rush off and be heroes," herself included, "and nobody thinks about making sure you're stocked up on first aid bandages and food."

Re: Discussion!

[trigons_child]

Raven wasn't proud of her behavior during the invasion, so she wasn't about to start talking about it. She just sat quietly and hoped no one would ask her anything.

Re: Discussion!

[the_merriest]

This teachering business was hard. She didn't want to pry, but she didn't want to let it go, either. The girl looked like she'd had a bad week. Rikku could sympathize.

And so she made a point of stopping near Raven's desk and lowering her voice.

"It's okay," she said. "I'm not gonna make anyone talk if they don't want to. But you're back here. That right there means you did all right, yeah?"

Re: Discussion!

[momslilassassin]

"I still think gravity should work the same for everyone," Ben grumbled.

Re: Discussion!

[the_merriest]

Rikku managed to look sheepish at that.

"Some of us can just ... jump really high," she said, scuffing her toes. "Sorry?"

The laws of physics didn't apply as strictly to Final Fantasy characters as one might imagine. Also, no one had told her about the minotaur yet.

Talk to the TAs!

[the_merriest]

They are presumably here! Hello, TAs!

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[awakestheghosts]

Hello, Rikku!

Talk to Rikku and/or Reno!

[the_merriest]

Chat with the Al Bhed girl, or coo at the chocobo. Or both!

Re: Talk to Rikku and/or Reno!

[intraspective]

"So," Ino said, approaching at the end of class. "Should I explain to you why I weren't here last week, or wait 'till Reno is not a chicobo?"

Re: Talk to Rikku and/or Reno!

[the_merriest]

"Either or," Rikku said easily. "If you tell me, I can pass it on. Or you can wait, if you'd rather."

And then, she held out the chicobo. "Or you tell him now and tease him later about not remembering."

Reno was content to pbbbbbbbthhhhhhhhththththt at Ino. Hello!

OOC

[the_merriest]

raspberryturk is swamped with finals of her own, so I offered to toss this up. The final being "yay, you survived, good job" was her idea. Blackmail with the ubercute teacher was all me.

And I am fleeing out the door, but I'll answer pings in a couple of hours when I get back, promise!

Re: OOC

[raspberryturk]

Thank you for snagging this, bb. <3

*Ninja hugs, and then back to rendering*