Oh the Humanity!: Friendship is International Adventure, Thursday, period 1

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"Bonjour!" Pinkie greeted as the students gathered for class, today. "Bienvenue à nouveau chaque poney! Aujourd'hui, nous allons à une belle ville en Afrique de l'Ouest . Espérons que vous avez tous brossé votre français!"

Because, sure, why wouldn't the creature from a universe that literally doesn't have a France speak French?

"Yeah, in case ya didn't follow that," Eliot said. "Today we're headed to West Africa, specifically Senegal, which was colonized primarily by the French. So that's their official language."

"Une belle langue pour un beau pays!" said Pinkie.

"You gonna be doin' that all day?"

"Oui!"

Eliot sighed. "Right. Well, we've got phrasebooks for everyone who isn't randomly fluent. We'll be hitting the capital city of Dakar, where you're reasonably likely to be able to find someone who speaks English. But, uh. Try not to wander too far off the beaten track."

"Je pense que vous allez aimer Dakar. Il semble si plein d'histoire et de la culture et des musées et il y a un zoo! Très amusant!"

"You sound like an online translator," Eliot said.

"Allons-y!"

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Re: Talk to your teachers

[spin_kick_snap]

Stealth laughed; one sharp bark that held no amusement. "I don't know how things are set up in Baltimore, but there's no politician in Los Angeles that's willing to work with superheroes, particularly not against a threat like zombies--a threat no one knows exists yet, never mind believes in."

Re: Talk to your teachers

[vdistinctive]

"'Cause it's such a huge leap from superpowers to zombies," Eliot muttered. "Hey, you sure it ain't a supervillain behind this whole thing? Mad scientist, maybe?"

Re: Talk to your teachers

[spin_kick_snap]

"We still cannot get politicians to agree on climate change," Stealth reminded crisply. "Do you honestly think something as controversial as superpowers--particularly in a city like Los Angeles--is simply accepted as fact?"

Even now, years after the first heroes had appeared, the newspapers and other various news sources were filled with diatribes for them, against them, calling them hoaxes, saying they were evil, or sent by angels, or dangerous criminals who needed to be locked up and tested...

"In this case, the politicians can be trusted even less than normal. I can send you my files and the expected reactions of all of the politicians with sufficient power to be useful in this, though I assure you 'protecting their own positions' is the highest priority for all of them. As for the possibility of an agent behind this, it is impossible to say for certain. Doubtful, though, as the only surveillance I have seen on them is my own. If there is someone behind this outbreak, they either did not survive the zombie breaking free or they were content to let it loose onto an unsuspecting population with no oversight. Tracking such a madman would be difficult, to say the least."