fandomhigh | Public Service - On the Edge, Monday, Period 2

"Okay Rookies," Reno said, hands in his pockets as he stood on the Causeway, where he'd ~~handwavily~~ told his students to meet. "I hope you all brought your armor with you, because today's that 'moment of truth' day, yo. We're gonna be headin' to Edge today, to check out the situation, pick a good place in the town itself for these water filtration units we're gonna be settin' up, that sort of thing. You'll all be happy to know that the radiation levels are nice an' low today, and there haven't been any monsters spotted in the area. But if I find out any of you took your armor off anyway, I'll kick your asses straight back to detention and you'll be writin' essays for me for the rest of the year that I probably ain't gonna read anyway."

This was Reno's way of telling his students that he cared.

"This is a class of ten, so I'd prefer if we decide to split up that you guys break it up half-and-half, but I don't wanna see you in groups of less than three if it really comes down to it, yo. Maybe I'll re-think that as the semester goes on and you guys prove you can handle yourselves out here, but for the time being, anyone who strays out of sight alone is joining the jackasses who took off their armor in detention."

Again, he was saying he loved you, guys.

"Now, c'mon, let's get going, or I'm going to just kill the whole class period lecturin' you on this side of the portal, yo."

And with that, he led his students through.

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"I've got two places in mind for these water filter units you were talkin' about," Reno said, leading his students from the portal into the Meteor Square, which featured the crushed, slightly reconstructed remains of a huge memorial in the middle that, perhaps unsurprisingly, depicted a giant rock from space coming down to crush Midgar - those ruins that they were on the edge of. "Here's the first, yo. This is Meteor Square, one of the city's main meeting areas, yo. Here's where most trade comes into the city when people from Kalm make the trip in with supplies. The Square's mostly abandoned these days - that'll happen when a dragon lands in the middle of it and starts killing everybody - but it's still a central point in the city, and one that most of Edge's roads have been made to lead to."

A beat.

"We don't get dragons here often, either, yo."

If that helped put anybody's minds to rest at all.

"The second place is actually deeper into the city, closer to the ruins," he said. "Doesn't particularly matter where by the ruins, it's just that, and I'm gonna be frank, that's where most of the city's homeless, especially orphans and the sick, live, and they're the ones that need this water the most. If you wanna avoid seeing a lot of that sort of thing, here by the memorial is the place to be. If you don't mind half-starved little kids beggin' at you, you might wanna consider joinin' me closer to the ruins. I'll be headin' there next week, yo. Today, I'd like you to take a look around here, get a feel for the place, maybe pick a spot here for us to set up. If you have any better ideas where where to put these water filters, let me know, yo. Don't mind the locals too much- around here, they're not likely to bother you so much if you don't bother them. Next week, we'll start haulin' in supplies, so make the best of gettin' your head around the place today, okay?"

And with that, he leaned himself back against the half-rebuilt husk of a memorial, and waved his hands at the class to wander around if they so desired.

"Welcome to Edge. As you can see, it's real happy to have you."

"Dragon."

He shook his head in disbelief.

"Is every place connected to Fandom this fucked up?"

. . . well, Cosette had to admit she was very mildly disappointed they wouldn't see a dragon. She'd always wanted to.

She could do without it killing everyone, though.

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