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: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[wingdwitchling.livejournal.com]

"And the understatement of the year award goes to..."

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[momslilassassin]

"How bad was it?" Ben asked. "Shrieking, door slamming?"

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[glacial_queen]

Karla groaned and buried her face in her hands. "Some of that, yeah."

She was the worst parent ever. Well, besides Peter, obviously.

"He didn't expect quite that kind of reaction. I guess we...get along..in his reality." More than just long enough" to reproduce, apparently.

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[momslilassassin]

Ben skipped the obvious questions of "how?" and "really?!"

"Drug problem?" he offered instead.

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[glacial_queen]

"His or mine?" Karla snarked, then shrugged. "I'm left with that or complete mental break as my only options, I think."

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[momslilassassin]

"What was the kid like?" Ben asked, kind of weirdly fascinated by the idea. "Has he taken over the universe yet?"

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[glacial_queen]

"A sassier version of Wiggin?" Karla said with a shrug. "I didn't really get a chance to know him. He was dark-haired and smart; soft-spoken but with a snarky streak." Beat. "And he had a Jewel, of course."

Peter Wiggin's offspring. With Craft.

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[momslilassassin]

Ben preferred to think of it as Ender's nephew--it kept his brain a little less broken.

"A powerful one?" he asked. "Not that it would matter much."

Re: General Class Stuff [4/02]

[glacial_queen]

"Light Jewel, but he could get a dark one after his Offering," Karla said. "And I'd put a Wiggin with a White against most witches with a Sapphire or lighter and still bet on the Wiggin nine times out of ten."