The Art of Pacifism; Tuesday, Fifth Period [ 01/04 ].

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

When the students got to the classroom for the Art of Pacifism, they would not find their teacher there. In fact, after five minutes, there was still no teacher. Ten minutes then rolled around, and still no sign of a single person of an authoritative teacherly status. And then fifteen...



...the clock was getting incredibly close to twenty minutes into the hour when a strange breeze seemed to start in from absolutely no where and, to those with particularly honed senses, it had the delicate fragrance of spring time and cherry blossoms. In fact, it appeared that cherry blossoms were drifting down somewhere from the ceiling and, with a particularly strong burst of them, Shunsui entered the room. The breeze made his pink flowered robes flutter around him as he burst in through the door and landed in just a pile of cloth until, slowly, he started to rise to reveal the tall figure of the class’s teacher. “8th Squad Captain,” he announced needless with a small smile, “Shunsui Kyōraku. Pleased to meet you ♥. How’d you do ♥?”

He chuckled a little bit, but then stopped, looking up, though one would think the wide brim of his straw hat would prevent that from being very effective. “Oy!” he called up at the ceiling. “Kūkaku-chan ♥! That’s enough flower petals!”

But the flowers kept coming, heavier and stronger than before.

“Huh? I guess she didn’t hear me. Oy! Kūkaku-chan ♥! Oy! That’s enough petals, I said! Kawaii, kawaii Kūkaku-cha~an ♥! Lovely, lovely, Kūkaku-cha--”

And that was when Shunsui’s calls up to Kūkaku somehow above him by the ceiling was flooded by the heavy stream of the remainder of the flowers pouring down on him. And then there went the bowl against his head with a heavy thunk. And, since this was Kūkaku, the flowers then exploded.

“This is so not worth that jug of sake you promised me, freak,” Kūkaku announced, landing down beside the slightly charred Shunsui, where she proceeded to brush herself off with her one arm and give the students an expression of good freakin’ luck before taking her exit.

Shunsui was just going to take a moment to recover, before pushing the bowl from his head and smiling almost stupidly at his class. “Well, that ♥,” he said, “is a fine example of what not to do in a class such as this ♥.” Standing up again, he brushed smoking petals of cherry blossom of his shoulders and gave his class a little bow. “Welcome to the Art of Pacifism ♥. In this class, we’ll be discussing ways to live the path of the nonviolent and the peaceful for a life filled with happiness ♥. I am your teacher, Captain Shunsui Kyōraku ♥, and though she did not see fit to stay, I would like to give gracious thanks to my assistant, the very lovely and well-endowed Kūkaku Shiba ♥. She, as you can see,” here, he chuckled a little, as if to himself, “could stand to learn a thing or two from this class, yes ♥?”

“Today, you have already learned two very important lessons ♥. One is how even though others may do violence to you, the stronger thing to do is not to commit violence back ♥. The second, and most important part of pacifism, is patience ♥. Well done, all of you who are still sitting here despite the fact that my tardiness gave you every opportunity to leave ♥. Patience is a virtue heavily rooted in the art of peace and nonviolence and love ♥. It is the crux of what allows one to refuse to respond in violence and continue on in peace ♥. As for those who did in fact leave, well, we’ll have to fill them in on what they missed next week, won’t we ♥.”

He tossed a wink to the class, and then opened his arms. “Since this is the first week,” he said, “let us get to know each other, as we’ll be spending at least an hour together here in this classroom, in appreciation of love over war ♥. First, let’s get rid of these desks, hmm ♥? Push them all aside and let’s all get comfortable and cozy on the floor, much more personal ♥! Come on, come on ♥! We haven’t as much time, and let’s form a circle ♥! And, once we’re all settled, we’ll introduce ourselves to each other ♥. Come on, come on ♥! There we go ♥!”

Once everyone was settled, then, Shunsui himself folding his legs in front of him and beaming proudly at them all, said, “Now, we’ll go around, any order at all, whenever you feel like it, and tell everyone your name and what in particular about pacifism appeals to you or intrigues you or what you might like to learn ♥. No wrong answers, of course ♥! So whenever anyone is ready, go ahead ♥.”



When they were all finished with introductions, Shunsui feeling quite comfortable, thanked them all and informed them that they could leave if they wanted to, or, if they felt so inclined and because it was the last class of the day, they could hang around with each other and discuss pacifism more. Or anything else, really. He even had some hot cocoa (since he couldn’t exactly serve them sake) for anyone who’d like to stay. “But one thing if you do leave ♥,” he said. “Your homework is, in at least one occasion, if someone commits an act of violence against you, to not respond with violence in kind ♥. Take the path of nonviolence, and then share the experience with the class for discussion ♥ And if no one commits an act of violence against you, consider yourself quite lucky ♥!”


[[ please wait for the OCD is up! And I'd thank boobs_and_bombs for the cameo, but she's a stupidhead. ]]

Comments

Sign In - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

Peacefully.

Re: Sign In - AoP, 01/04.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce Wayne

Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

May the debate rage on as to whether it’s a ten minute, fifteen minute, or twenty minute rule that if a teacher doesn’t show up, you can leave. Or just keep waiting. What else have you got to do with your time?

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

After long enough, Bruce was just curious if the teacher was even going to show up. He had the hour scheduled to this class anyway, so it wasn't like he was missing anything by staying to satisfy his curiosity.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[trigons_child]

Raven used the time to meditate. Between talking to Anakin that morning and the Paranormal 101 class before this one presumably she was feeling on edge, and she was grateful for the time to center herself.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny would have been out of there about five minutes into the hour, frankly, except she fell asleep on her desk.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[endsthegame]

Ender was going to sit here, and stay; either the teacher was trying to make a point, or they were simply late, and either way, he just didn't see the point of getting up. Instead, he opened up his laptop and started jotting down notes.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[intraspective]

Ino doodled on her notebook feeling that, really, it was sort of a waste that she'd left work for this and yet... well, it'd be bad if he did show up and she wasn't there and Ino didn't really care enough to wander back to work when she wouldn't be there normally.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

It was always possible he was running late. And it's not like there was anywhere else Blackagar needed to be...

So, he waited.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall sat and stared at his desk for a while. He didn't have anything better to do, after all.

He'd just stood up and was about to leave when the teacher made his grand entrance. Whatever. He rolled his eyes and sat down again.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[life_inshadow]

Tara didn't mind waiting. She pulled a novel out of her bag and used the time to read.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle -- it wasn't so much that she didn't mind waiting, even though she didn't.

She was just not in a position to care, given that she kept dozing off.

Re: Wait for Class to Begin …. Or Don’t. - AoP, 01/04.

[littlelionlad.livejournal.com]

This was Anduin's first class ever. Of course he wasn't going to leave before the teacher arrived! Granted, the longer they waited, the more nervous he became, but he would wait as long as it took.

Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

To those who stuck around, lucky you, you get to see that trainwreck of an entrance and then listen to some drunk hippie talk about peace.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[ashockingbitch]

"Huh, what?" Jenny asked, sitting up and trying to look like she'd been awake all along.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[endsthegame]

Ender was starting to feel slightly irritated as the entrance went on, exploding flower petals and all. If he'd wanted a sideshow, there were plenty of classes to choose from.

He relaxed again by the time the real philosophy came in, though, and even took a few notes, if only on his own thought process.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[intraspective]

Ino blinked.

Then blinked again. And rubbed her eyes.

Flowers. And her other teacher. And--ow.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy hadn't had any trouble with waiting, no. Staring into the middle distance was kind of his thing anyway, and he was just getting all into it when he was jolted out of it by-- Wow, okay. That was quite an entrance.

And what exactly was this guy wearing?

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[gorka-wolf.livejournal.com]

Right. He was insane, and Makita was going to murder whatever office worker put her in this class.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - AoP, 01/04.

[littlelionlad.livejournal.com]

Anduin stared as he listened to their teacher. The more he heard, the more convinced he became that a mistake had been made - his father never would have chosen this class for him. But Anduin wasn't going to complain at all, thank you very much.

Introductions - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

Once everyone is in a circle, agreeably or not, anyone’s free to start up the introductions, to give their name and what they might be interested about when it comes to pacifism.

Re: Introductions - AoP, 01/04.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'm Bruce Wayne. I'm mostly interested in the peace of mind you can get from not fighting," Bruce said, mentally adding 'when appropriate'.

Hang Around and Drink Cocoa and Talk about Pacifism - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

Like you do! There’s cocoa, and everyone has free range to get a conversation going. Just keep it...well...peaceful!

"And since,” Shunsui offered to help things along, “my lesson today was patience, that might not be a bad start ♥. Do you think patience is a virtue ♥? How do you think it will help in choosing a path of peaceful nonviolence ♥?”

Re: Hang Around and Drink Cocoa and Talk about Pacifism - AoP, 01/04.

[endsthegame]

"I think patience is usually both a virtue and a good tactical choice," Ender said, quietly, "Not one inherent to nonviolence. After all, if your enemy acts rashly and you don't, you can have a real advantage in a fight. But that's not what we're really discussing here. I think some people can be waited out, that some changes can come if you simply hold out long enough, and you won't have to act - no one will get hurt. But it's also a dangerous gamble to take, if someone has the power to kill you, and not enough scruples to hold back from an innocent person. It isn't, in and of itself, an act that invites peace, though it can be a peaceful, powerful tactic in the hands of the right person at the right time."

Talk to Shunsui - AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

He’s never taught before; can you tell? But as far as he’s concerned, assuming no one doe start a fight, he seems quite pleased with the results.

OOC -- AoP, 01/04.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your double block of Bleachness, and thank you all for putting up with my complete and unforgiving nerdery.

Re: OOC -- AoP, 01/04.

[intraspective]

I just wanted to use this icon, mwaha.