Leadership, Friday, 3rd Period

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Scott was going to host class in the Danger Shop today, but upon hearing exactly what that was, he couldn't quite bring himself to do it. It had taken enough energy to shave and wear a recently washed shirt. He couldn't also face such a reminder of his time with the X-Men. With... her. So when the class showed up to the normal classroom Scott had picked instead, they would see a tall guy standing in front of his desk who looked and smelled much cleaner than he had a week ago. But despite his cleanliness, Scott was wearing red tinted sunglasses despite being indoors, so there still had to be SOMETHING weird about him.

Or maybe you just knew him already, killing all of the suspense. Sigh. AUs.

"Good afternoon, everyone," Scott said, taking a step back to lean on his desk all casual-like. Start it nice and simple. Just like he used to at the Xavier Institute. A loooong time ago. Actually, not even that long, but it felt that way. "My name's Scott Summers. You can call me either Mr Summers or Professor Summers. I'll answer to either." Yep, despite the forced casualness he was showing, he still liked protocol. Sue him. "I'm not going to get into my qualifications for this class just yet, so you'll have to trust me when I say I have experience with the subject." It had less to do with creating an air of mystery and more with trying not to get too mopey on the first day.

"Leadership sounds like a simple concept at the beginning. All you have to do is convince people that it's worthwhile to do what you say, right?" Scott asked. Don't answer! It was rhetorical! "A lot of people will even give you a shot to show what you can do if it's not inconvenient for them. But then you get to the tough part. You have to keep them listening. Every decision you make and everything you ask your team to do is a referendum on your abilities. I'd love to tell you that it's easy and you get used to it. But honestly, it's something I've had trouble with myself at times." Damn you, Wolverine. Damn you.

"But that's something we'll get into more in future classes. For now, we're going to skip the class-wide introductions I understand you've been doing all week. Let's get straight to something more personal. I'm going to break you up into groups of three. Introduce yourselves if you need to. Get to know each other. Find out what kind of leadership qualities you think your group members might have. And then at the end of class, you're going to write down the name of whichever group member you think would make the better leader based solely on this initial contact and whatever criteria you have for the position right now. But no voting for yourself."

Before anyone could do a headcount and figure out that the math might not work, Scott added, "One last thing. Because we have 17 people signed up, two students will be free agents. Congratulations if you're here, Mr Drake and Miss Logan. You're my TAs. I want you to start out at the front of the class with me, then you can wander around and insert yourselves into any conversations you want."

Scott stepped forward from the desk and clapped his hands together. "Let's get started."

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Discussion

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Bow before the RNG!

Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Get up here, TAs (if you're there today). Say hi to somebody who's a little suspicious about the names "Bobby Drake" and "Logan" right about now.

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

Well, if anyone was suspicious about Rebecca's last name, it was clearly because her dad was a senator and she was therefore awesome. Duh. She didn't know how exactly she'd managed to score a TA position on her first day of classes, but she was just going to roll with it. See? Awesome.

"Hello," she chirped. "Rebecca Logan. Nice to meet you, Mr. Summers."

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

"Same here, Rebecca," Scott said. "I just have a few questions for you before I let you start mingling. First and foremost, do you want the TA position?"

Even if she didn't, she wasn't getting out of it. Scott just wanted to know her reaction.

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

"It sounds fascinating!" she lied convincingly. "What would it entail, exactly?"

Look, she had to ask. He was wearing red sunglasses indoors. He could be a weirdo.

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[longislandiceme]

So, sure there were some subtle differences between this Scott and the one who'd recently been dealing with an explosive device lodged in his chest, but he still looked pretty... Scott-like, as far as Bobby was concerned. Too bad the reverse wasn't true from Scott's perspective. Especially since Bobby couldn't quite make himself use "Mr" or "Professor" in relation to Scott just yet.

"Summers," he managed. "Bobby Drake, reporting for duty," he tossed off a mock-salute.

[ooc: starting a separate thread because i'm a REBEL. or maybe just because otherwise the conversation would flow weirdly.]

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

"A kid named Bobby Drake was a student at my last school," Scott said. "He didn't look quite like you, though. Ever go to school in New York?"

Scott was hoping that Bobby was just some random kid and this was a pure coincidence. Otherwise he'd owe Madrox an apology, and Scott really didn't want to do that.

Re: Discussion: Bobby/Rebecca and your teacher

[longislandiceme]

"Born and raised," Bobby nodded. "I was at Xavier's before I came here. Was there yesterday as a matter of fact." Not that there was anything left of the school but for the actual building, at the moment.

Discussion: Angelica/Ben/Squall

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves. Focus on information that would indicate leadership abilities. You're trying to sell yourself while evaluating two other people.

Re: Discussion: Angelica/Ben/Squall

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"Um, hi," Angelica said to the two boys she'd been paired with. She didn't know much about leadership yet, so she wasn't expecting to win this at all. Sell herself? Yeah, right.

Re: Discussion: Angelica/Ben/Squall

[momslilassassin]

Ben smiled at her, then at Squall. "Hi," he said. "I'm Ben, and I've been trained as a Jedi, like most of the members of my family, since I was a kid."

Which was a leadership qualification only if you had the first clue what a Jedi was.

Re: Discussion: Angelica/Ben/Squall

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"Oh, like Master Skywalker?" Angelica said. "That's pretty cool. I'm Angelica, and I don't really have any experience leading yet."

Discussion: Alex/Britta/Jack

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves. Focus on information that would indicate leadership abilities. You're trying to sell yourself while evaluating two other people.

Re: Discussion: Alex/Britta/Jack

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Uh, Hi," Jack said with a half wave. "I'm Jack. Annnnd-"

He paused trying to think of a way to sell himself as a leader.

"How's it going?"

Nice job, Jack.

Re: Discussion: Alex/Britta/Jack

[godofxbox]

"That's all you've got?" Alex asked dubiously.

Re: Discussion: Alex/Britta/Jack

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"That and a winning smile," Jack said with a chuckle. "I'm usually more the type of guy you go to in a crunch. Not for talking about... stuff."

Very articulate, Jack.

Discussion: Alice/Karla/Quinn

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves. Focus on information that would indicate leadership abilities. You're trying to sell yourself while evaluating two other people.

Re: Discussion: Alice/Karla/Quinn

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn already knew Karla, but she wasn't sure she'd met Alice. "I'm Quinn," she said anyhow. "I'm co-president on student council, I helped run the sorority for the last year, and before I got to Fandom I was head of my school's cheer squad and celibacy club. Oh, and now I'm TA for Alistair and Morrigan."

At this point, she could rattle it off pretty fast. It was a girly list -- even she would admit that -- but girly was not bad.

Re: Discussion: Alice/Karla/Quinn

[aliceseesthings.livejournal.com]

"I'm Alice," she introduced. "I don't have much in the way of qualifications -- " But she did have the honesty about it. " -- And I haven't done much here at Fandom. I'm on the cheerleading squad, which doesn't speak to leadership so much as it does being active in something."

Again with the honesty. At least she had that much.

Discussion: Anakin/Cara/James

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves. Focus on information that would indicate leadership abilities. You're trying to sell yourself while evaluating two other people.

Re: Discussion: Anakin/Cara/James

[wrongkindofsith]

"Cara," she said, trying to decide which details to share to strike a balance between proving her skills and safely vague. "I've been in charge of a Mord'Sith temple, and I led my sisters into battle on more than one occasion."

Re: Discussion: Anakin/Cara/James

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"James," he said, looking at his groupmates. "Squire to the Prince, member of the court. I've moved up to Senior Squire in charge of the duty roster and day to day workings of the court. I have also lead others into battle, defended a city against siege."

Discussion: Susan/Tony/Warren

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves. Focus on information that would indicate leadership abilities. You're trying to sell yourself while evaluating two other people.

Re: Discussion: Susan/Tony/Warren

[wwiii]

Oh, hey! In a group with Tony! And some girl he didn't know yet, which Warren was cool with, too. He was smiling, either way, as he settled down to talk with the rest of his group. He was really not leader material, but hey, that's what he was here to learn, right?

"So, we're getting to know one another, huh? Tony and I already kind of have a head start on that one, at least."

Because they were horrible people when drunk.

Re: Discussion: Susan/Tony/Warren

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"Good. Then what are the qualities you would say the other has as a leader?" Susan asked.

Drunk or not, if you opened with that, Susan thought you had better have a good answer to her question. She was fun that way.