Speech, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 [4th period]

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"Afternoon, kids," Josh said, drinking from his mug of coffee because ask him if he cared that it was past lunch time. "I'm Josh Lyman and most of you look pretty familiar--" (not that he could remember most of their names), "--so introductions should go pretty fast. This is Speech class, so I'm going to give you five minutes to throw together a two minute 'hi, my name is' speech. Iinclude your name, class, dorm floor and two facts about your home dimension that doesn't make all of us want to faceplant in boredom into the top of our desks. You can use props, light pyrotechnics, magic, whatever. Just make sure no one can forget your name because let's face it, I'm terrible with names. I'll just call you Skippy all semester long otherwise."

He leaned back against his desk. "Sometimes speeches need a little more research, of course, so this week I want you to head down to the library to find a topic for a fifteen minute long--and yes, I will be counting with a stopwatch--informative speech about, ohhhhhhh, the history of the island. This weekend is also a big reunion weekend, so you may also include interviews with the alumni coming back as first degree sources." He grinned. "Gives you an excuse to walk up to someone you don't know and start up a conversation, right?"

He pointed to his right. "We'll start alphabetically with Bob over there when you're ready to begin your speeches."

...there was no Bob in the class.

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Re: Speech, speech!

[not_every_mage]

Anders could handle the magical pyrotechnics, but he wasn't so sure about what Josh would consider interesting. He decided to give it a go anyhow.

"Hi, my name is Anders," he began, "I'm a junior, and I live on the third floor. I'm from a country called Ferelden and we call the world Thedas. Not sure exactly where it is in relation to this Earth -- a portal away, that's all I know. The least boring things about my world that I can think of right now are that, first, there are four races of men -- humans, elves, dwarves and Qunari -- and, second, some of us can do this."

He spread his hands, palms up, and sent up a quick flare of electricity.

"That would be magic, which makes me a mage, which is a problem at home but something I'm rather fond of. And ... that's it. Questions?"

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"Oooh," Josh said. "Two questions: one, do you do birthday parties? And two, what does a Qunari look like?"

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[not_every_mage]

Anders beamed. "Magic isn't a toy, so the parties would have to pay really well," he said. "And Qunari are close to seven feet tall, muscular, with grayish skin and horns. It's a warrior culture, so they're good fighters, too."

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"Bet they don't do parties either," Josh mused.