Public Service - On the Edge, Monday, Period 2

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"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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Re: Explore, Brainstorm, Take A Minute, Whatever

[wildandbrave]

Cosette only meant to look for places to set up the water filters, but something about the idea made her uncomfortable, made her think about being very young and alone in . . . some cold, forsaken place at night, caught between the terror of what she couldn't see out there in the dark and only having some other, more potent terror to look forward to when she left.

She hadn't thought about it in a long time, and now that she could put things together enough to realize that the more potent terror had been Madame Thénardier, it didn't make her feel any better about it.

"Pshaw," she finally said out loud to herself, with a slightly forced but determined laugh. "Look at me, thinking about silly old things like that when there are others here who need my help!"

She went back to looking around for ideal spots for a communal water source, thoroughly determined to Not Think About It any longer, at least for the duration of class.