fandomhigh | Is Love a Tender Thing?, Tuesday

This was, quite possibly even more entertaining than Dojima ever thought teaching was going to be.

"Ohaiyo!" she sang as the students arrived. "Today we're going to give you some practical exercises in how dating - or wooing - can go very very wrong, Fandom-style."

Romeo shot her a swift, amused smile. "For example," he said, "the gremlins. I've heard tell of brilliant nights, burned to ashes because something with fangs decided to make a plaything of half of a pair -- or of both halves."

"Fandom Lesson Number One," Dojima put in impishly. "Video of the aftermath of a gremlin encounter is worth a LOT on the open market."

"However, taking video of your would-be-beloved in such a state is a good way to guarantee there will be no second date."

"Though after a fourth or fifth date, perhaps, a little blackmail may be overlooked in a loving relationship," Romeo put on. "But to go to the larger point -- the amount of time people here spend out of their mind or not in the right body can strain any relationship."

"Even if that relationship is just one of friendship - But! - friendship is not what you're in this class for. So! We've come up with a few scenarios for you to work with," she supplied cheerfully. "First dates gone so, so, so very wrong. Because around here? It's bound to happen."

"First you cry, then you laugh, then you move on," Romeo said solemnly. "And today … today is for practice. Your pairs are Lucrezia and Frank; Rapunzel and Sholeh; Thomasina and Atton; and George and Shira. And, as we've an odd number, Stacey, Hanna and Sparkle will all work together."

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Frank took in that assignment, managed to keep his complete confusion from showing on his face, and blinked twice.

"Sorry, what?"

Lucrezia, for her part, what getting herself into proper character; fixing her hair, fluffing her skirts, and preparing to go and knock on Frank's imaginary door.

"It's a play," she murmured under her breath. She was, perhaps, enjoying her little sibling's distress. "You are to mime the effects of hallucination, my love. Has no one told you of gremlins?"

"Not exactly?" Frank tried. "Some kind of... hallucinogenic rodent?"

The things Fandom made people say.

"They are odd creatures, and they bite at the least provocation," Lucrezia explained in an undertone. "Their venom makes one hallucinate. You put on the role you were given, as though a menacing gremlin has made you not yourself. And in the future, should you see something green and lurking, you lock your door before it causes you to embarrass yourself in public."

...

Frank took that in, opened his mouth, resolved to think about it a lot more a lot later, and managed not to falter in his smile too much before concluding, "Good to know."

Well then.

"Shall we start?"

"Let's," she agreed. She nodded to him, then took a few steps away, primping and fixing her hair once more.

After a few moments, she approached the space she had decided was his imaginary door, and mimed knocking upon it.

"Frank?"

With a sweep of his hand behind his head as if combing through imaginary long princessy locks, Frank let out a giggle in a falsetto and skipped forward. "Lucrezia!" he greeted, turning to the side. "Do my fins make me look fat?"

Never let it be said that he wasn't theatrical.

Lucrezia tilted her head at him, faking confusion.

"Your fins, my love?" she asked, offering a hand. "You look quite well, fins and all."

"Oh, good," Frank chirped in mock-relief. "I've got this underwater, uh, dance party to get to, you know? My fins have to be, like, totally perfect."

"Underwater?" Lucrezia asked. "Dear heart, are you quite sure that you are feeling well? You are carrying this analogy quite far, and I am not following what you mean, I fear."

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