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fandomhigh2014-05-09 11:23 pm
wrongkindofsith) wrote in fandomhigh2014-05-09 11:23 pm
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Want to be a Hero?, Friday, 4th Period
Cara had her class meet her out by the preserve, because she saw no reason to use the Danger Shop when she didn't need any of its more interesting features. Yet.
"My name is Cara," she said, after waiting what she considered a reasonable amount of time for any stragglers. "This class is 'Want to be a Hero?' and I hope you all actually read the description instead of just the name because otherwise you may be disappointed, which would be a terrible shame." She thought about asking for a show of hands on the matter, but she suspected that would just disappoint her.
"Let me be clear," Cara drawled. "This is not a class about learning to throw your life away in some useless, idiotic romantic fashion which accomplishes nothing, because even if there is such a thing as heroes in any world, the vast majority of people aren't, and even the ones that aren't actively malicious are often unable or unwilling to help more than a few others in any meaningful fashion. This class is about drumming enough skills and sense into that if you do happen too find yourself in some kind of situation where the fate of the world rests in your hands, you'll actually manage to do something effective about that, and that even if you do die you'll accomplish something in the process."
"Now, you're probably all sick of introductions at this point, but apparently I'm not allowed to call students 'hey, you' until I learn their names you have one more round of them before forgetting about them for the next few months," Cara said. "I want your names, why you signed up for this, and what exactly you think being a hero means. That'll give me an idea of what exactly I'm dealing with here."
"One final thing to keep in mind, Surreal over there is my lovely and charming assistant." Tellingly, any sarcasm there was on the word 'assistant'. "I trust her to have more common sense than any of you, so listen to anything she has to say."
"My name is Cara," she said, after waiting what she considered a reasonable amount of time for any stragglers. "This class is 'Want to be a Hero?' and I hope you all actually read the description instead of just the name because otherwise you may be disappointed, which would be a terrible shame." She thought about asking for a show of hands on the matter, but she suspected that would just disappoint her.
"Let me be clear," Cara drawled. "This is not a class about learning to throw your life away in some useless, idiotic romantic fashion which accomplishes nothing, because even if there is such a thing as heroes in any world, the vast majority of people aren't, and even the ones that aren't actively malicious are often unable or unwilling to help more than a few others in any meaningful fashion. This class is about drumming enough skills and sense into that if you do happen too find yourself in some kind of situation where the fate of the world rests in your hands, you'll actually manage to do something effective about that, and that even if you do die you'll accomplish something in the process."
"Now, you're probably all sick of introductions at this point, but apparently I'm not allowed to call students 'hey, you' until I learn their names you have one more round of them before forgetting about them for the next few months," Cara said. "I want your names, why you signed up for this, and what exactly you think being a hero means. That'll give me an idea of what exactly I'm dealing with here."
"One final thing to keep in mind, Surreal over there is my lovely and charming assistant." Tellingly, any sarcasm there was on the word 'assistant'. "I trust her to have more common sense than any of you, so listen to anything she has to say."
Re: Introductions - WtbaH [01]
She trailed off. At first, she'd been planning to explain that developing powers meant she was reevaluating her life and starting to buy into that 'with great power comes great responsibility' schick from Arachnid-Guy, but that kind of seemed like the kind of answer that would get her laughed out of class.
"...I spent my whole life in the corner, being quiet and trying not to be noticed," she said, reaching for a deeper truth. "I've always been the good and dutiful daughter, the one who always behaves and doesn't make waves. And, well, that's just kind of boring and stupid and hasn't taught me to do anything but hold my tongue when adults are talking. I'm here to learn how to be useful. To be more than the quiet girl in the corner. I highly doubt I'm going to live through any kind of earth-shattering catastrophe or that the fate of the world is ever going to be in my hands, but so what? There are lots of little ways to make a difference if you have the right skills to do so."
Oh god she was still talking why was she still talking, someone shut her up now please.
Re: Introductions - WtbaH [01]
"Breathe," Cara said, less sharply than she might have, being as she was not a fan of the idea of meek and dutiful girls (shockingly enough). "So you think heroes make a difference?"
It was the closest thing to an answer to her last question in that paragraph.
Re: Introductions - WtbaH [01]
"I think heroes do the hard things," she said, struggling not to blush at having recited damn near a whole book and still managing not to answer the entire question. "It's easy to panic, to be greedy and selfish, to take from other people who are weaker or less powerful than you. It's hard to remain calm when you're scared, to give to other people, to work when you're tired. But heroes do that. They do what they have to in order to keep things going. They probably don't even think of themselves as heroes. They just know they have to keep on keeping on, and leave the world a little better than they found it."
Re: Introductions - WtbaH [01]
Shut up, there were no feelings here. "That works well enough."