fandomhigh | How to Be Awesome, Tuesday, Period 3

Standing at the front of the class room after her students had filed in, Kate looked pretty perky and relaxed for someone who'd spent half the night before having an existential crisis in a hotel room and calling her poor sleepy boyfriend who'd really done nothing to deserve such massive verbal flailing at 2 AM. (In fact, Kate was pretty sure she'd spent half the time panicking at Seamus instead.) She looked just fine now. Like, she was still nervous as hell but at least it was contained.

"Hi," she said with a little wave once everyone had come in. "I'm Kate Gregson, and this is How to Be Awesome. If you think you're in the wrong place –– why the hell would you think that? Don't you want to be awesome?"

She really hoped they all wanted to be awesome because otherwise this workshop was going to bomb.

"So, yeah. In this workshop, we're gonna be going over what it means to be awesome. Like, how to feel awesome, how to be awesome in different kinds of scenarios and just generally how to recognize awesomeness in life. Stuff like that. But, this time we're gonna start really easy, with a classic: introductions!" Because she knew her stuff, okay. "I want you to tell me your name, and one thing you think is awesome about you." A beat, an she added, "Also if you're confused about the slang meaning of awesome, because that's kinda what we're working with here, tell me and I'll try to go more... in-depth with it."

Possibly by using Urban Dictionary.

"So, lemme go first. Like I said, I'm Kate Gregson. You can just call me Kate because if you try any of that 'professor' stuff I'll probably die of shock. And one thing that's awesome about me is that I went through a lot of crap over my student years here at this school, and still came out on top and could return here to share some of my insights with all of you."

She nodded, then pointed at a student at random. "You, go first."

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"Hi!" Rapunzel was getting better and better at this introduction thing as she practiced, seriously. Or at least more comfortable with it. "Um, I'm Rapunzel. And I'm awesome because...."

Because I have magic hair that glows when I sing. Nope.

Because I have magic hair that heals any wound and can erase wrinkles when I sing. Also not sharing that.

Maybe it was better not to mention the hair, anyway. They could already see that she had...you know. An amount of hair that maybe wasn't normal.

"I'm awesome because I can draw," she decided, looking proud of herself. The chameleon perched on her shoulder chirped, and she added, "And this is Pascal, and he's awesome because he's a chameleon and he can change colors."

She thought it was awesome, anyway. Plus he could communicate, but that was pretty normal as far as she was concerned.

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Over her time in Fandom, Kate had met a green-skinned witch from Oz, and tried to keep Alice of Wonderland fame sane during a pregnancy.

So she was pretty good at not gawking a girl called Rapunzel with a ton of hair. "Well, he's very cute," she said instead, nodding at Pascal. "And that, in itself, is pretty awesome. And so's drawing. So, you're well on your way."

Pascal preened, and Rapunzel immediately rolled her eyes. "Don't let it go to your head," she told him, though he still stayed all puffed out and proud. He was cute, darn it. "And thanks! I've never thought of myself as being particularly awesome before."

Hence why she'd taken the class on how to do so. She was a girl fond of instruction manuals.

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"Well, you've come to the right place!"

Kate hoped. She was yet to be completely convinced this wasn't going to end up being a disaster after all.

"We're gonna cover a whole bunch of ways to be awesome, so I think by the time this term's over, it's going to come to you more easily."

Raven gave Rapunzel -- and Pascal -- a little wave.

They were totally going to have to think of something to do with all that hair.

"Hi!" Rapunzel whispered, though it was not a very quiet whisper. She hadn't had to practice much. Pascal actually chirped and waved back, because he was having a great time getting out and meeting people today. "Oh my gosh, I'm so glad I actually know someone in one of these things!"

"A little overwhelmed, huh?" Raven smiled sympathetically. "How many classes have you had so far?"

"Three," Rapunzel said, sighing. "And this one's my last, I think? Which is kind of nice, actually. I get the whole week still!"

Which wasn't really how she thought school worked, but it was nice to be wrong about stuff, sometimes.

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"Oh wow," Raven said. "Mine have always been way more spaced out than that." Thanks for that much at least, Charles. "What else are you taking?"

"Music Appreciation and Dance," Rapunzel said happily. "I feel like these aren't normal classes but it's also stuff I don't already know, so that's okay, right?"

"It's definitely not what we learned in our schools back home." Well, music appreciation and dance, maybe, but that was preparing for debutante balls and things. Fandom's version was probably much different. "But I think it's safe to say that learning swell new stuff is pretty much the point."

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