Firsthand History- Monday- 1st period

[throughaphase]

The students had received an email to meet at the Danger Shop, which looked and felt like a windy day on a North Carolina beach in December.

"Sorry if it's a little chilly," Kitty greeted them. "Welcome to Firsthand History. I'm your teacher, Kitty Pryde-Barton, and I don't really care what you call me since I'm still getting used to one of those names a little. In this class, we're going to visit certain times in history, where you'll get to see what it was actually like to be there. And since there are a lot of different timelines and universes represented at this school, I'm basing this class off of this particular world's timeline. Depending on the situation, we may be in here, or we may portal off to wherever it is. I'll let you know ahead of time. And because this is what we're doing, I want to know what kinds of things you want to see. Whether it's seeing a world event or just visiting a specific time period, I'd like to make sure you can see what you're actually interested in seeing. So since you're going to be doing introductions all week, let's start there. Tell me your name, when and where you're from, and what you want to see."

And then once the last student had introduced themselves, Kitty stepped aside, where the students should see a very old plane in the background. "By the way, if you're wondering where we are, welcome to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. Enjoy the flight."

Comments

Re: Introductions

[wildandbrave]

There was something familiar about the cadence of his voice, which accounted for the extra touch of interest in Cosette's when she responded.

"Oh, yes, it ended some fifteen years before I was born," she answered, nodding. "The sisters in the convent didn't much care about such things, though, so I never learned about them."

Re: Introductions

[vrajna_kralis]

"But why?" Hyacinthe would have been aghast if he could wrap his head around the concept in the first place.

Re: Introductions

[wildandbrave]

"Why? Oh, you ought to see how many books the library has on that question alone, let alone the history of the whole thing," Cosette said with a (albeit fairly restrained) laugh. "They were unhappy with the monarchy, in the simplest sense, and didn't care for how it was only the rich who mattered. But -- well, it's all very complicated, and went on for years, and I'm certain Madame Pryde-Barton would be displeased with all my talking if I even tried to begin to explain it here and now."