Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day

[bigdamnprincipal]

Thankfully, the weather on the island today was fairly nice for the tail end of December, but there was still a medium-sized bonfire going in the middle of the lawn, partly due to tradition and partly due to the potential for shirtlessness (which, Zoe supposed, was also tradition.)

The usual tables were set up with warm foods, nametags, and lists for the new and old folks to find each other. Once everything was set up, it was time to celebrate a new year and the start of a new semester!

[OCD is up! I'm consolidating this down to one post, so bring all your new and old folks over here! Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"And had I been hoping for one, I might appreciate this more," Nathan pointed out. "As it is, I'm standing here without shoes, with several offers of sofas lined up while I sort out living arrangements, and I still haven't gotten quite so far as figuring out what class it is that the school has lined up for me to teach."

Once he saw the name of the class, he was liable to have a good bitter laugh about it, though.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"I haven't yet seen the roster, I'm afraid," Hannibal said. He was a bit behind on things because of honeymoon. "I can check it on my tablet, if you like." He was already reaching for it.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"On your..." Sorry, Nathan needed a moment to process that. "Modern technology. Of course."

Sorry, Hannibal. The last time he'd spent any time around here, iPads hadn't even been invented yet.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

Hannibal smiled as he gestured with his iPad. "Did you ever become used to it?"

He tapped around as he looked up the class roster.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"I can place a phone call," Nathan replied, wryly. "I don't recall ever seeing anything quite like that, though."

He was leaning forward just a little, curious.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

Hannibal turned it toward him obligingly. "It's a touch screen." He opened the browser and switched over to the school's site, looking up the classes for the coming semester. "And...there is your class. You're co-teaching, apparently."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Well, that wouldn't be a first," Nathan mused, looking with an intent sort of curiosity at the tablet. "What am I teaching, exactly?"

He leaned forward that little bit more, holding out a hand.

"May I?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"Please." Hannibal handed it over.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Thank you," Nathan said, accepting the tablet and... after a moment taken experimentally just using his finger to drag the schedule up and down on the screen (he couldn't resist), he actually read what was on the screen itself. "Hands-on History of... Ah. Of course."

Because Fandom.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"Is it a problem?" Hannibal asked. "Unpleasant associations, rather than a lack of knowledge, I'm assuming."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Unpleasant enough," Nathan replied. "It was a dirty, bloody war. I try to avoid revisiting it whenever I have the luxury."

Fandom seldom afforded Nathan much in the way of luxury.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"I have never known - personally or by hearsay - a clean and bloodless war," Hannibal pointed out. "Are you likely to have problems with...hm. Post-Traumatic Stress it's called these days. Shellshock before that; I confess I'm not certain what it would have been called in your time. Flashbacks, severe anxiety, extreme disturbing thoughts."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Soldier's heart," Nathan replied, helpfully. Wryly.

Tiredly.

"And it seems to me that I'm about as likely to have problems as the gentleman I'm to be teaching with," he added, holding the tablet back out to Hannibal. "Fandom is rather fond of teachers with first-hand experience, isn't it?"

That didn't answer Hannibal's question. But, really, Nathan hardly knew the man well enough to start discussing a condition that had sent better men off to die in asylums before they ever saw thirty years of age. Especially since the answer was yes.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"It is." Hannibal took back his tablet. "Well, should you like anybody to speak to, I am a psychiatrist. I'm a professional listener."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Is that so?" Nathan's answering smile was wry. "And what exactly does listening professionally entail, Dr. Lecter?"

It was almost certainly a very different creature today than it was in 1885. Pardon Nathan's not immediately leaping up to accept the offer.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

Hannibal chuckled. "Just that - listening. And perhaps suggesting new ways of approaching issues, or forms of coping that you might not previously have discovered for yourself. For some, it can also include medicines. For others, meditation. There are many forms of therapy."