Adventuring for Idiots, Because Clearly You Need It [Thursday, 2nd Period]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara had informed her students to meet her at the causeway.

"I'm taking advantage of our current location for this," she said once there seemed to be the right number. "So follow me, and try not to get lost. That means you too, Leroy."

In short order Cara led them over the causeway and into Stormwind, and from there into one of the taverns in the Dwarven District, where she pointed them towards a large corner table with a view on the common room. "Sit."

Once everyone was seated, Cara continued. "So you're probably in this class because you like the idea of adventuring, or because of some kind of paperwork error," she said. "When it comes to adventuring, the first and best lesson I can give you, is don't. Adventures get people killed, and if you're fortunate, it'll be the other guy.

"But since you're either going to ignore that or have no choice in the matter, the next bit of advice I can give you is to try to be smart about what adventures you go on, and one way to do that is to not walk into obvious traps, which is why we're here, as taverns and the like are one of two place where people inevitably come up and ask you for help." The other was wandering around outdoors minding your own business, but Cara was in no way stupid enough to tempt fate by having the class do that. "So we're going to spend this class observing. Pay attention to your fellow patrons, especially if someone comes up to them with some kind of idiot quests. Discuss what makes them seem trustworthy or not. Try to be discreet. Apparently it's a bad example if I get into brawls during classtime." Plus she might have to pay for damages.

"But before we get started with that, first class means introductions. So name, class, one time you might have avoided trouble if you'd looked before you leaped."

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Sign In - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Adventuring!

Re: Sign In - AfI [01]

[boneyard_girl]

Ada Miller

Re: Sign In - AfI [01]

[giveherahand]

Mara Jade

To the Tavern! - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Might as well take in the sights and get to know your classmates along the way, since Cara's not exactly the talkative tour guide type.

Listen to Cara - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

She's here to stoke the fires of adventure. Yes.

Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara is hoping you possess at least some capacity for self-reflection.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[boneyard_girl]

"Ada Miller, 'm a senior," she said, and no, Ada was not going to talk about the one time she could have avoided trouble if she'd listened to Chester and been more careful, thanks, though she did rub absently at the scars on her wrists. "'S not so much that I go running into trouble, it's that trouble arrives when 'm out somewhere because this island, so I signed up for this more as self-defense from adventures."

Ada was more the 'blow off the quest and nap' type of girl, thanks.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

There were times Cara wished she could be that kind of girl. Napping was much more pleasant than rescuing livestock, Richard.

She also recognised those kind of scars, so she didn't point out Ada had answered a question she hadn't asked instead of the one she did. "It's probably the most sensible reason to."

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[giveherahand]

"I'm Mara Jade, and I suppose dating Eggsy hasn't been the most non-insane thing I've ever done," she said, smiling, "but it's been fun. Especially making hipsters cry in Brooklyn."

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Making hipsters cry was never a bad idea.

"I doubt people ever think about matters of the heart," Cara remarked dryly. Because if they did they might talk themselves out of making a move until the island went insane and showed them AU versions of themselves who did without it all ending horribly.

Not to be specific or anything.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[intotheout]

"I'm Gratuity Tucci," Tip said, having gotten at least a little used to introducing herself by now. "I'm a freshman. And there was this one time I got chased into the Haunted House ride at Happy Mouse Kingdom by a hungry lion. Which -- I had to go to Happy Mouse Kingdom, it was the only lead I had on a human resistance to the alien invasion, but I probably should have brought my friend with me, even though he was an alien himself. Then I at least wouldn't have been wandering around an abandoned amusement park alone."

Of course, she and J.Lo had still been in "reluctant truce" mode at the time. They hadn't bonded over the impending threat of the Gorg and become actual friends, yet.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

"A real lion or someone in a suit?" Either seemed plausible from what she knew of those kinds of places.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[seeks_truth]

"Cassandra Pentaghast, senior," Cassandra said matter-of-factly. Cara knew who she was. "And I may have been somewhat overzealous during the altercation that led me to the island."

Hurling herself at a mage had not been her best decision ever.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

"At least you survived to learn from the mistake. More than enough don't."

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[goforthe_optics]

"Tali'Zorah, senior," she began, waving a hand, "and I don't so much go around looking for trouble as I do just hang around people who are trouble magnets."

And couldn't stop touching mysterious alien technology and things like that.

". . . so anything I can do to keep it to a minimum, really, would help."

Arguably she could have just stayed with the Fleet and never gone on pilgrimage, but.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Or she could get new friends, but considering that Cara basically needed to be ordered to leave Richard and Kahlan...

"All you can do is try to talk sense into them. It might even work."

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[boneyard_girl]

"Hey!" protested the friend who, thankfully, was not as bad as the Human Disaster Known as Shepard. "I resemble that remark."

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo's formal bow probably didn't do anything to make her look inconspicuous. Sorry.

"I'm Ringo Noyamano. I'm, um, what's the word for a second-year?" Whatever that was.

"And, uh, a time I could have avoided trouble? Maybe if I'd realized my sister's boyfriend was trying to take over the world? Probably could have avoided some trouble if I'd done that."

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[notfinnyet]

"I'm FN-2187," FN-2187 said, "And I'm a...according to my schedule I'm a 'sophomore' but I don't really know what that means. And I've never been subjected to disciplinary action." He was an exemplary cadet! Until later.

Re: Introductions - AfI [01]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

So name, class, one time you might have avoided trouble if you'd looked before you leaped."

"I'm Velma Martinez and a senior," Velma said, slouching in her seat, letting her hoodie fall over her features. "When I was twelve, I accidentally caused an incident in the Natural History Museum on a school trip."

'An incident.' More like a riot when she brought the T-Rex skeleton to life. Which she'd done because she had been exhausted and frightened.

"Pretty much all the major trouble in my life could have been avoided if I hadn't done that one stupid thing."

Observe - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

Despite the relatively early hour, the tavern seems plenty full, so you have plenty of (moddable) patrons to observe and decide who looks shifty, who looks honest, who looks like they're about to start a bar-fight...

Re: Observe - AfI [01]

[intotheout]

Tip had 0% familiarity with taverns and the sorts of people who frequented them -- or with worlds with an adventuring sort of culture like this one. So she kind of thought everyone in this place looked shifty. But she focused in and watched, anyway.

Just because she'd been signed up for the class without her knowledge or consent didn't mean she couldn't get something out of it.

Re: Observe - AfI [01]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

This was a lot like going undercover and trying to spot evil-doers before they pulled out their laser-gun or raising the dead or whatever their shtick was. Velma kept herself tucked away and watched out from under her hood, immediately pegging a couple of guys who definitely fit under the aegis of 'shifty', three who were clearly working up to a bar fight, and a server who was doubling as a pickpocket.

Talk to Cara - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

She's sticking around the tavern for a while, in case anyone wants a chance to explore before heading back to the island.

OOC - AfI [01]

[wrongkindofsith]

A group of adventurers meet in a tavern...