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]

[abitlowkey]

Loki looked from his child, to the teacher, to the child, back to the teacher...

"Children are a curse that wish to hug you."

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[teacupgodsbane.livejournal.com]

"Oh, father!"

Shut up, Lysander.

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

"Joffrey, what in the seven hells are you doing here?"

Apparently, everything Tyrion knew about alternate universes and Fandom clones fell away with one glance at that face. That deeply, deeply irritating face.

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[teacupgodsbane.livejournal.com]

"My name is Lysander," said, batting those sparkly eyes of his. "But Joffrey would be a good addition to all of them. Don't you think, father?"

Loki, meanwhile, was hitting his head on his desk.

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

"You look like my nephew," Tyrion explained, sounding a bit dazed. "Seem almost as as bright as he is, too. But if I'm mistaken, carry on. Lysander is an excellent name."

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[teacupgodsbane.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you're my uncle too!" Lysander said, going in for a warm hug.

What. No, seriously. What.

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

Tyrion hadn't been hugged by Joffrey since his nephew was at the age where everything about him was either sticky or wet. The look in his eyes approached terror.

"I'm not certain of that," he said, gracefully as he could manage. "Maybe your mother could shed some light on that, hmmm?"

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[abitlowkey]

"Alex is his mother!" Gods, yo.

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

"..."

Congratulations, Loki. You -- or the force of Lysander's hug -- have struck Tyrion dumb. Luckily, it didn't last long.

"He seems to be," he finally managed, "an affectionate boy. No doubt he gets that from you."

Re: Presentations [4/02]

[teacupgodsbane.livejournal.com]

Lysander cooed. Yes, you read that correctly. There was cooing. "I am so happy to see everyone here!" he said, letting go of poor Tyrion to sparkle some more.