A Tale of Two Lions, Monday, Period 2

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It was the start of a new school year. If Tyrion were at all melancholy at the passage of time, it was strongly overlaid by his excitement at new students, new books, new ideas to impart …

New teaching partner.

"Hello," he said, once everyone seemed to be in place. He was sitting on the desk again; otherwise, the contrast between his height and Ghanima's felt comic. "I'm Tyrion Lannister and this is Ghanima Atreides. Welcome to A Tale of Two Lions. If you are ruthless, power-hungry, and generally desperate to be allowed to tell other people what to do … you may actually be in the right place."

"Or, rather, not desperate to tell people what to do, you just do it anyway," Ghanima teased gently. "Whether you feel you are meant for power, or other people are telling you that you are, we're here to make sure you not only survive it, but that you rule. Not your advisers, not your counsel, but you."

"And with any luck," Tyrion added, "you'll do it with some mercy for those who must bow the knee to you. But this class is about what happens, and what you must do, before you can take any power. So we all know each other better, we'd like you to discuss today where power comes from in your homelands."

"So tell us where you come from, why you have come from there, and how power is invested and transferred," Ghanima stated. "Are you kings, queens, titans of industry or from a clan of ruling sages? What is the power that you hope to wield, and how is it traditionally taken?"

[OOC: Cowritten with atreideslioness.]

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Re: Introductions [8/27]

[lockestheway]

"I'm Peter Wiggin, I'm from Earth about two hundred years into the future," Peter said, repressing a sigh, "And until recently, power in my world flowed from the Hegemony of Earth. Unfortunately, the Hegemony was in power mainly because the rest of the planet thought a united Earth was the only way to keep the bad guys out."

He stuck out two fingers in a sort of gun shape. "Then we shot down all the bad guys," he said, "and now I would say the power lies with whoever manages to back up the right words with the right army at the right time. It's all in flux."

Re: Introductions [8/27]

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

Tyrion gave him a tiny smile. "That's always the case, isn't it?" he asked. "The right words and the right army can move mountains."

Re: Introductions [8/27]

[lockestheway]

"Of course, a problem arises when you've got too many armies and too many people using decent words," Peter continued. "We've got a lot of generals coming back from the previous war. I'd like to keep them from tearing the planet apart."