Sex Ed, Wednesday, Period 2

[living_endless]

“Welcome back, everybody,” Didi said jauntily from the front of the classroom. “It’s nice to see we didn’t scare you away quite yet.”

“This week, we’re going to start with one of the most important things to talk about when we’re talking about sex -- consent, and how to both say yes or no and understand what your partner is saying or not saying. Obviously it’s a huge topic with a lot of cultural and individual nuances. So of course we’re going to demonstrate it via skits about tea.”

Yes, they’d stolen the lesson plan from Tumblr. It was as good a source as any.

“The idea is, if someone says they don't want tea -- or anything else -- you don't make them drink it. Even if you know for a fact they drank tea with ten different people last week. Even if they changed their minds after you went to a lot of bother to make the tea. No is no.

"So to start with, your co-teacher and I are going to walk through a situation where somebody changes their mind about wanting tea. Now, imagine Constantine and I are on a date, and we had a good time, and we spent the whole last hour flirting and talking about how much we both like … tea.”

"And for those of you that are confused, yes, I'm British, no, I don't generally like tea in that way, but we're pretending for the sake of the exercise," Constantine added helpfully. "And for those of you that are confused as fuck... we're using 'tea' so no one dies of embarrassment when it's your turn. Is this overly-simplistic? Yes, but consider it baby-steps so you can actually talk about it instead of just assuming shite."

Oh yes, kids, you were going to get to do role-play today, too!

“And also because there’s a really cute -- if, yeah, simplistic -- video that uses tea, which we’re going to make you watch in a little while,” Didi added, and then took a few steps to the side to mark that she was getting into character.

“So,” she said.in a voice that did her best attempt at being husky. “Thanks for the date. Do you want to come up to my apartment now? You know. For tea.”

She ... almost got through that without giggling. Go her?

"Fuck, I'm supposed to be at work tomorrow early and it's been a long day--" John, stop snickering. "--but a quick nip of tea does sound nice. Sure. But I can't stay too late."

“I won’t keep you,” Didi promised, and led him toward her imaginary apartment. “Just give me a second and I’ll get the tea all ready.”

John flopped down in a chair, tapped his foot a few times as he waited for the tea and... immediately started pretend-snoring. Because he was fucking classy.

And let's be real, there'd totally been nights he'd fallen asleep on a date waiting for them to get ready.


Didi re-entered, carrying a teacup she’d retrieved from the desk. She tapped John on the shoulder. “John, I brought your tea,” she said. “Are you ready?”

John startled awake looking around and blinking. "Fuck, I dozed off, did I?" he said, looking at his watch. "Sorry, sunshine, but if I'm this tired...I can't stay. I got to get going."

"Maybe next time, yeah?"

Didi’s lower lip quivered. “But ...you said you wanted tea,” she reminded him. “We talked about it. I made it just for you.”

"Yeah, I know, and I feel a right shit, but I can't stay," he said, standing up as if to go. "Looks real nice, though... for, ah, green tea?"

Serving green tea to a Brit. CRUEL, Dee. Cruel.

“Nothing’s wrong with green tea,” Didi scolded. “I don’t know what to do now. I guess I can’t hold you down and pour the tea down your throat, huh?”

"I'd rather you didn't, because that's creepy," John said, taking a step back. "I dunno, sunshine, drink it yourself or stick it in the fridge. Mix it with some lemonade. Go wild. Just... not my cup of tea tonight."

“Well, then I guess I need to let you go home,” Didi sighed.(She was so generous.) “Thanks for the date. We can drink tea another time.”

John turned and looked at the students. "If you get the idea with fucking tea, you can figure it out with sex. Dee and I drew names out of hats and put you all in groups. Navigate your tea party without anyone throwing teacups. Unless that's what does it for all of you, in which case I don't judge-- no, I'll judge but keep it to myself."

Thanks, Constantine.

Comments

Sign In [07/13]

[living_endless]

Sipping tea.

Re: Sign In [07/13]

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante

Re: Sign In [07/13]

[intotheout]

Gratuity Tucci

Re: Sign In [07/13]

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka Tano

Re: Sign In [07/13]

[vrajna_kralis]

Hyacinthe

Lecture [07/13]

[living_endless]

Boggle at how untalented your teachers are as thespians. Soak in a silly yet effective metaphor.

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante... would've done more boggling, and definitely would've been more amused, had he not currently been dealing with being a *AIRHORN*ing PONY.

... Scowly pony was scowly, yes. "This is horseshit," he muttered quietly to himself.

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[intotheout]

"Pun intended?" Tip whispered, smirking faintly.

She wasn't any happier about being a pony -- why was she purple? -- but that wasn't going to stop her from being a smart ass at Dante.

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[rebelseekspizza]

"Pun intended," Dante agreed, sounding unflappable about that, at least, because when wasn't the pun intended with him? "Ugh."

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[intotheout]

"At least you're sort of a . . . fancy pony," Tip said. Honestly, they all looked about as pony-like to her as Boov looked frog-like. Maybe they were weird pony-like aliens. "I just sort of turned purple."

And grew wings. There was that, too. But don't get her started on how glad she had her hair in braids just now. She couldn't imagine trying to manage a twist-out with hooves.

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka had been skipped over by whatever had turned her classmates into livestock (possibly the fact she already had horns and headtails had confused it). So she was just kind of side-eying more than the teachers.

Re: Lecture [07/13]

[vrajna_kralis]

Hyacinthe was barely paying attention to the lecture. Consent was sacred in Terre D'Ange and needing to find ways to explain around it baffled him. It seemed much more important to ill-naturedly focus on being a damn pony.

When he'd cleaned out the stable yesterday, Fandom, it hadn't been a request!

Fun With Role-Play!

[living_endless]

Three RNG'd groups.

Mayday, Hyacinthe and Gratuity: You all want tea, but you need to agree on what type, where you'll drink it, and whether crumpets or other tea snacks should be involved.

Dante and Ahsoka: One of you wants tea. The other would prefer coffee. Compromise?

Ringo and Thorin: ONe of you wants tea. The other mainly wants to sleep.

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[intotheout]

So the teachers were assigning her to do a three way. With tea.

While she was a pony.

This island was so weird.

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[vrajna_kralis]

Well, of the three, being a pony was new. For Hyacinthe anyway. And he didn't appear to be enjoying the experience much.

"If I am to be a pony, I should hope for something far stronger than tea," Hyacinthe groused, though he sounded more resigned than angry today.

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[intotheout]

"You got a horn," Tip noted. "Have you tried doing any magic with it, yet?"

She was pretty curious about how everyone's various pony . . . accessories worked now.

And she was still practicing trying to pick things up with her wings.

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[snipsnspecks]

...wait a second, if tea was supposed to be sex, then what the kriff was coffee supposed to be?

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[rebelseekspizza]

"Who the hell even drinks tea?" said Dante. Who might not have been in the best mood for this assignment, considering he was a pony.

Re: Fun With Role-Play!

[snipsnspecks]

"Master Kenobi," Ahsoka replied automatically, which meant this class might ruin tea and sex forever. "...why are you a pony?"

If Dante knew, he probably wouldn't look so grumpy, Ahsoka.

Video & Discussion [7/13]

[living_endless]

Watch the video. Talk about it and your experiences RPing tea-related consent. We know the metaphor isn't perfect; it's just a starting point.

Talk to the Teachers [7/13]

[living_endless]

Who may be greedily scoffing all the tea they can find,in a non-metaphorical sense. The lecture just made them thirsty.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [7/13]

[living_endless]

Didi is there, and finishing that green tea John had turned his nose up at. Hmmph.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [7/13]

[talentforlying]

He took proper tea, when he drank it. PROPER TEA, DIDI. Not... green whatever.

For fuck's sake, woman. You can't mess with a guy like that.

OOC [7/13]

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Re: OOC [7/13]

[intotheout]

Ahhh, Tea Lizard.