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Self-Expression- Monday- 4th period

Kitty started out class by sitting on top of her desk until everyone who was going to show had filed into the classroom, at which point she got up to close the door.

"Hopefully that's everybody," she greeted them, and smiled. "I'm Kitty Pryde, and this is Self-Expression. Which, in case you don't know, is how you manage to get across to other people who you are and what you think. And it's hard enough when you're a teenager to figure out who you are in the first place, let alone what you want to put out there for the rest of the world, or in some cases how to say what you want without putting your foot in it. Then you throw in self-consciousness and the occasional cultural thing that prevents you from saying or doing things... So the point of this class is to try and help you get through that, taught by someone who probably could have used more of a filter when it came to this stuff."

At least she had some insight on herself at the grand old age of twenty-one.

"Today we're going to go ahead and be cliche, and we're going to go around the room and do introductions. I want to know who you are, where you're from, and why you're taking this class. Let's start with you there."

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Who you are, where you're from, and why you're here!

"Jim Kirk. I'm from Iowa but an Iowa way, way, way far in the future. I was born in the year 2233 so everyone can take heart that Earth still exists in my time period at least."

He grinned. "As for why I'm here, I dunno. I'm actually really good at expressing myself and getting what I want but hey, I guess I could always be better."

"Good reasoning," Kitty said, and paused. "Out of curiosity, are there flying cars yet?"

What.

"Not yet," Jim said sadly. "Still the tried and true gas and guzzle type. But, the spaceships go fast."

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"Celia Bowen," she said quietly, smiling a little. "I'm...we've traveled my whole life, but I suppose I've spent the majority in New York. And it was 1884 when I left, which matters, I think."

She cleared her throat, suddenly nervous. "I didn't enroll myself in your class, sorry, but since I'm here, I do hope to gain some confidence and eloquence in my speaking and expression. Words come clumsily to me, at times, and my meaning often becomes lost."

"Accidental signups happen all the time," Kitty said, waving that off. "Hopefully we can help you out here."

"Will West." He paused after that, contemplating what to say next. "I last lived in Wisconsin but I don't really consider myself from there. And I'm here because...I dunno. Guess it'd be okay to have a little more confidence."

"Where do you consider yourself from?" Kitty wondered.

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"I'm Raven Darkholme," Raven said, smiling at the class. "I'm from Westchester, New York, 1954. As for why I'm here. . . . Young women are pretty much actively encouraged not to express themselves when I'm from. I'm looking forward to undoing all the work my foster mother has put in to that effect."

Was this a little weird? This was a little weird.

"I've spent a lot of time in Westchester myself," she said. "And it's good that you're actively trying to get away from that. Shutting up is boring anyway."

This was weird, but Kitty could still be encouraging.

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"I'm Karina Lyle," she said, with a bit of a wave. "I'm from Sternbild, which none of you are going to recognize," just a hunch, "and I'm here because practice makes perfect in communicating, right?"

"I don't know that practice makes perfect in communication," Kitty said thoughtfully. "But we can get as close as possible here."

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"Cosette," she said and, not being accustomed to thinking of herself as having a surname, completely left off the 'Fauchelevent.' With a quick glance at Celia she went on, "My father and I recently arrived here from Paris, except it's 1829 where we come from. As for why I'm here, the class sounded interesting. It's nothing I've ever studied before."

Most likely the nuns would have been scandalized at the idea, really.

"There's probably not a lot at this school that you have studied before," Kitty said with a smile. "Glad to have you here."

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Celia had already been paying attention to her other classmates, but she especially perked up when Cosette began speaking. She hadn't noticed the other girl's clothing before, but it reminded her of home, and more than anything, of her mother and the generation before hers. "Finally, someone further displaced than me," she said with a small smile. "And from another country, too. Paris is beautiful, lucky you."

At least, displaced forward. Her head had started to hurt a bit when Jim said when he was from.

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"Eleanor Lamb," she said, when it came to her turn. "I'm from Rapture, which was a city settled the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean."

She waited for any raised eyebrows before continuing.

"I have trouble expressing myself," she said. Or having the opportunity to do so, really. "I tend to keep it in, and then it comes out as rage."

It hadn't escaped her that she had enjoyed setting Splicers on fire a little too much.

"It's great that you recognize that," Kitty said, totally sincerely. "We'll see what we can do to help you out with that."

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"Hi, I'm Bay Kennish," she said with a little wave. "I'm from Kansas City -- now, and it's one of the boring ones without any magic or anything -- and I'm here because being articulate seems to really help in life."

She could say what she wanted to say in her paintings. Not always with actual words.

"It definitely doesn't hurt," Kitty told her. "Also there's something to be said for the normal places."

It was kind of nice to know they really did exist somewhere.

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"Hi!" Cecil waved at everybody. "I'm Cecil. I'm from Night Vale, which is in the southwest US. Mostly now, but time is sort of weird. I just thought this class sounded neat!"

"Oh? What sounded neat about it?" Kitty asked.

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"I'm Isaac and I'm from Beacon Hills, California." Both things Kitty already knew, but hey, she asked. "And I'm taking this class because I could probably learn to speak up more."

He usually bottled things up inside until he went off on somebody at the worst possible moment.

"Most people probably could. Glad to see you here," she smiled.

"I'm Anna Korlov, and I'm from Canada," Anna said, "and it's actually a really, really long story...I wasn't allowed to express myself in a lot of ways when I was, um." Okay just rip the bandage off. "When I was alive, and then I didn't even have control over myself for a long time, and on top of everything I'm stuck in the same dress for all eternity." So that class on clothing might be interesting.

"That's a lot of stuff to fight against," Kitty said, though she didn't sound too weirded out because Marvel. "Well, here's your chance to have some fun with getting to do some of this stuff."

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