http://badnewsandwit.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] badnewsandwit.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2011-07-04 08:12 am
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How To Avoid Misadventure, Monday

"'Ello there, students," Alistair said, his accent only a little overexaggerated. He felt naked without his sword around, though he did still have his shield firmly tied to his back. (He'd protested that it was 'mostly decorative, unless someone takes a swing at me', and then he'd pointed out that it didn't even have any sharp bits, and...) He looked cheerful, though, and if the armor he was wearing was heavy, he wasn't admitting to it. "Welcome to How To Avoid Misadventure Class. I'm Alistair, I'm a Grey Warden, and I've got a fair bit of experience with misadventure, if I do say so myself." Beat. "Which I do. Anyway, this lovely creepy woman over here is..."

"Tis certain, one of your instructors is more prone to misadventure and stupidity over the other," Morrigan added sweetly. "Luckily for you, 'tis not I."

"I am called Morrigan. And as you are being inflicted with the misadventures of a Warden not yet old enough to be without his masters, I am here to provide balance, not being prone to misadventure myself."

Mostly because any issues Morrigan ran into were easily dealt with using fire or fangs, but that was a small detail.

"Really," Alistair said. His eyebrow lifted. "I find that very hard to believe. What was that your mother wrote about stockings...?"

He had limited blackmail material, but by the Maker, he'd use it.

"My mother says whatever amuses her most, and 'tis not usually worth it to question her meaning," Morrigan stated. "But if we are to discuss mothers, please, enlighten us about yours. Did she put your name in your socks for you, or did you start that after joining the Wardens?"

"My mother is dead, not that it's any of your business," Alistair said. Mildly. "The Templars put their names on their socks, it's how we keep them apart in the laundry, if you've ever heard of that at all."

"You cannot wash your own clothes, and thus, must rely on someone else to do it for you," she replied smartly. "Tell me, how does it feel not to know how to use soap?"

"Why don't you tell me?" Alistair asked. "I feel like I have to constantly move to stay upwind from you."

It was clear they had completely forgotten the point of the lesson by now.

Perhaps Alistair had, but Morrigan didn't expect much else from a baby Warden. "Let this be your first lesson," she sighed. "Always be sure to choose your own party members, least ye be stuck with someone less than desirable."

"Yeah, yeah, blah, blah," Alistair said, rolling his eyes. "Let's get around to the first exercises, shall we? 'I'm going on adventure, and I'm taking with me...'"

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] its-theclimb.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Phew," Miley laughed in relief. "You know I think you're the first totally normal person I've met here so far?"

"I'm Miley Stewart, by the way. I'm from LA."

Where the weirdest thing around was her brother Jackson. Or maybe her neighbor Donzig.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] chief-cheerio.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"There are a few of us," Quinn said, preening. "We aren't all hiding a third eye on the back of our head. LA? Lucky."

"Oh, and my name is Quinn."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] its-theclimb.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you," Miley said, grinning. "And I dunno. So far, every normal-looking person I've met has been a... vampire, or a werewolf, or weirdly fast. Good to know I'm not the only regular person."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] chief-cheerio.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not even," Quinn said, glancing around the classroom in search of the elusive normal person. "Okay, Warren has wings, and Karla's literally a witch, and Elphaba is green, and ..."

She wrinkled her nose. "We might be the only two in this class."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] its-theclimb.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Miley... hadn't noticed the green or the wings. (She could be remarkably self-absorbed when she felt like it.) Giving the room another quick glance, she sighed. There was only one response to a situation like this.

"Oh, sweet niblets."