fandomhigh | Self-Care for Optimal Stabbing, Thursday

If anyone thought today was going to be a blow-off class, they'd be sorely mistaken. Or not based on the fact that one of the teachers (Magnus) was in pajamas. The other teacher was not. Well. Unless she wore leathers to bed.

Let's not judge if she did.

"Hey, kids! I'm Magnus Burnsides, fighter, sometimes rogue, sometimes teacher." He smiled over at his co-teacher for her introduction.

"Cara." So cheerful, so friendly. So judging Magnus's pajamas.

It was because they were short shorts and a muscle t-shirt that said 'Rowdy Boi' on it, wasn't it? Wasn't it?

"Aaaaand we're here to teach you all about self care," Magnus continued on as though Cara had been just as enthusiastic as him.

Did Mangus even need to ask? "Which is an exceedingly stupid way of saying taking care of yourself, because running yourself ragged is a good way of getting yourself killed by something you'd easily avoid if you hadn't overworked yourself." The irony of Cara being the one saying this was in fact lost on her.

"That starts with getting a good night's rest," Magnus said, grabbing a pillow... from his inventory? Look, it was confusing, just go with it. "Or, barring that, naps!"

"Ideally you should be able to sleep under any circumstances and still wake at the first sign of danger, but we'll leave that skill for another class." Largely because she'd spent the previous night trying to keep squirrels from blowing themselves up on her balcony and needed a nap herself.

Oh, those squirrels needed all the help they could get.

"Yeah, last night was pretty noisy," he admitted. "But at least there weren't any creepy eyes in the sky."

Sometimes it was honestly best to ignore him. For your own sanity.

"So, let's get napping, alright?" Magnus added.

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Ready for that nap.

Theron Shan

Prince Sidon

Uma

Paris Geller

Yang Xiao Long

Who needs introductions when there were pillows and sleep masks for you?

Uma had learned to grab naps when she could, pulling insane shifts for her mother's restaurant. She grabbed a pillow and a sleep mask and curled up, asleep within minutes.

Sidon. Sidon needed introductions, and was trying not to seem too disappointed that only one of his three classes today included them.

However, after incredible storytelling and fighting a giant dragon, he would be lying if he said that a nap didn't sound inviting. He did sort of pat at the pillow a little with a disheartened expression.

"I suppose I should get used to these," he whispered, so that his musings didn't disturb anyone actually trying to sleep. "It's not like I'll have a tank or pond available everywhere I go..."