Practical Philosophy, Monday

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The sky was overcast, but the temperatures weren't terribly low and the threat of rain not so high that Ender opted to stay indoors. Instead they were out on the dorm lawn again, a bag of sandwiches sitting in what would soon be the center of a circle of students.

Before he started talking in general, he glanced towards Yeul and said, "I'd like to see you after class, please."

Then his attention shifted. "Last week, we experienced some interesting events," Ender said, only a little dry humor obvious from his tone of voice. "The peppers were a nuisance, that's for sure. I hope all of you made it through unharmed and unsinged." They usually did at Fandom-- he didn't think he spotted any major injuries.

"Now, the phones are a semi-annual problem. I've experienced that one several times since I came here. I always don't realize what is going on until I've already made a few calls of my own - and I'm always left wondering what prompted me to respond in the first place," he said. "What is it that makes us want to say something back when someone says something to us? Why can't we just let obviously confused, crazy people be?"

He shrugged. "Maybe it's because our lives are built and supported by our ability to communicate, so when someone communicates oddly at us, we're alarmed," he said. "Maybe we've just all got tempers. Maybe we're just trying to turn a freak occasion into some amusement for ourselves. Or maybe it's just human nature for the entire tribe to start shouting when one member does."

He stretched his legs out. "How was your week?" he asked.

Comments

Before Class

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If you want to chat before the teacher shows up.

Re: Before Class

[pulseof_life]

Yeul settled herself on the grass, much the same as last week.

The only difference was that, this week, she had a spare drink with her.

Re: Before Class

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Mine?" Cade checked, reaching out to swipe it.

Sign In!

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Confused.

Re: Sign In!

[pulseof_life]

Paddra Nsu-Yeul

Re: Sign In!

[genesishero]

Evan Sabahnur

Listen to the Lecture

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It's a short one this time. Have a sandwich.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[genesishero]

Wait, it was the phones, and not everyone else on the island losing their minds?

... Well, that explained a lot. Pardon Evan, please, while he sat there with a little 'o' face and a half-eaten sandwich.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[pulseof_life]

Yeul's smile went vaguely wry at the mention of no one getting singed. The phones she had worked out for herself.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Sholeh was being smart this week and grabbing several sandwiches. Even though she'd have Cultural Appreciation a bit later, Zee's class in the middle made it a good idea to keep a few sandwiches nearby.

Fainting was undignified.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Oh the phones. Then again, that scored pretty low on the average Weirdness Rating Emily had. And yeah, she had one.

The jalapeños were another thing, though.

Talk.

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How was your week?

Re: Talk.

[genesishero]

"My week was pretty quiet," Evan admitted. "I might not have even noticed the peppers if I didn't have to take my dog for a walk."

And that had mostly been an exercise in holding Ozzy back and punching any peppers that came too close to the pup with a fist the size of a small car. Because nobody messed with Evan's dog.

"I kind of thought it was another of those weird few days where people are a little crazy, when I started getting strange phone messages," he admitted, "but... I guess I did reply to them, too. Some of them were just so confusing, I felt like I had to try to get some clarification, because maybe if I wasn't understanding them completely, it's because of something I just... wasn't in a position to know already. I can't stand that feeling of ignorance, when the solution could be as easy as just asking for clarification."

Re: Talk.

[pulseof_life]

"I hope Ozzy was okay," Yeul said, leaning forward to look at him.

Re: Talk.

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"That's a good trait," Ender said. "It's easy to take the convenient answer - that someone's just being crazy or they don't know what they're talking about. Pressing on is harder. Even if it didn't exactly pay off right now."

It probably just added to the confusion.

Re: Talk.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade shrugged. "I answered all of my messages. They were funny. No idea where any of them ended up later."

Re: Talk.

[pulseof_life]

"My week went well," Yeul said mildly. "The peppers did not remain and, while they were here, I did not mind them. As for the phones, I found the calls amusing and while I responded not knowing they were not meant to me, some thought applied after the fact suggested it was the island playing games again. Radio confirmed it for me."

She shrugged slightly.

Re: Talk.

[justbeingbay]

"I got a job last week," Bay said. "I'm going to be a diner wench. It's ... actually the first time I've had a job-job, like, not for family. I guess I'm proud of myself for getting it."

She ran a hand through her hair, thinking about the other questions. "The phones were just weird -- nothing anybody said on my voicemail made actual human sense. After a while I started messing around with it. Like, someone asked if I knew what triangles were, and I called back to say they were the ones with eight sides just to bug him. Or, probably, to bug somebody totally different."

Re: Talk.

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

"At first, I was scared of the peppers and I ran away from them," Sholeh admitted, wincing at how much of a fraidy-cat that probably made her sound. "But afterwards...I was kind of glad that they had shown up."

She took a bite of her sandwich to buy her some time to come up with the proper explanation. She knew Mr. Wiggin was going to ask for one.

"I was scared of them and one tried to light my hair on fire--" she still sounded aggrieved about that "--but when I got to the library, I didn't hide or cower or cry. I tried to come up with something I could use to fight back. That made me feel stronger."

Her voice became very small when she added, "I liked feeling strong."

Re: Talk.

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

"It was good," Emily said as she shrugged. "I'm getting better on my Japanese, but besides that and the stuff the island throws at up now and then I think I might actually be getting bored."

((ooc: wow that was quite the icon selection))

Talk to the Teacher

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After class, if that's more your speed.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[pulseof_life]

Or if it was requested?

When class ended, Yeul remained seated on the grass until it was just her and Professor Wiggin left. Her next class was not until period four, so there was plenty of time.

"You wished to speak with me?" she asked, smiling slightly.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

And this was Cade, trying to slip away while Ender was busy with Yeul...

OOC

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Re: OOC

[genesishero]

Aaaand earwormed again!

... Okay, who am I kidding? Earwormed still. Dammit, Greece.