Basic Strategy, Monday, Period 4

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

The girl standing before the assembled group did not precisely appear prepared to talk. In fact, she looked a shade terrified of public speaking. Tyrion was certain she hadn't gotten that from him.

At her father's insistent nod, Joanna finally began to speak.

"Hello," she said. "I'm Joanna, Lord Tyrion's daughter. He's having me run class today because ..." She didn't really understand the because, and she trailed off there to look to her father.

"Because public speaking is an essential life skill," Tyrion supplied. "No one will take you seriously if the cat steals your tongue when you're nervous." That last bit was aimed at all of them, not just his daughter.

"Right," Joanna said. "That. So you're all, guests included, supposed to stand up for three minutes and say something about your child or your parent. If you have neither, spend your three minutes talking about..."

She looked to Tyrion again, and he shrugged. "How lucky you feel?" he tried. "If you feel lucky at all. Anyhow, it is a class presentation day, as the lady said. I'm sure you're all ingenuous enough to come up with something to say." He glanced back to Joanna to finish. "Do you want to wrap this up?"

Joanna nodded. "Take a few minutes to prepare, then begin with" -- she stabbed a finger into the group -- "you."

Comments

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[momslilassassin]

"I've been in Fandom four years," Ben said, standing up, "and I've had a few different incarnations of kids show up. This year's version is named Valentine after Ender's sister, and is currently with her other dad at work in town. She left two brothers behind when she came through the portal, which is...news...and doesn't really tell us much about this version of the future other than that we're all happy, which is always nice to hear." He shrugged. "I suppose I could press her for more information about where she's from, but the future's always in motion, and if I try to regulate my actions in order to end up in the future she's familiar with, I could really screw things up instead. I'd rather not know details."

He smiled. "But yeah, she's pretty astral. And old, which is also new."