How to Make Friends & Influence People | 4th Period | Monday

[merciful_parable]

Carter had spent probably too long writing notes, on paper, and having them delivered to each of their students so that they would know to meet on the beach today. He'd also left a note taped to the door of their classroom as well, just in case, since it wouldn't do for anyone to miss class because they hadn't known where to go.

"Hello everyone," he said, once everyone had gathered. "I'm sure you're wondering what we're all doing out here today. While the calendar here continues to elicit some confusion, we did note that today in many places is something of a holiday."

Though exactly what said holiday entailed... ? No idea.

Yeah, don't ask Fjord, either. He wasn't even from an Earth. Still, he was here, looking fairly game for basically whatever. Possibly because there was going to be grilled meat.

He wasn't difficult to please, sometimes.

"We figured," he said, "it would be as good a time as any to do some socializing. And eating. And... whatever else you want to do on a holiday in the beach."

He had a complicated relationship with the beach himself, lately.

Grilled meat (beef, chicken, and fish; since Carter might not understand different worlds but he could make accommodations his students), grilled vegetables, chips, juices, sodas, and water to drink. And cookies, of course. Carter had baked peanut butter cookies today, since no one had mentioned anything about being allergic to peanuts last class. Either way, there wasn't much for people to complain about.

"Make an effort to talk to one another," Carter urged. "You can't learn to make friends without talking to one another, even if a conversation doesn't go your way."

"It's a party," Fjord agreed. "If you can't find something to have a conversation, then..." He frowned for a moment in thought. "Play tag or something."

... Was that a thing kids did at this age? Hell, he had no clue.

... Carter was glancing askance at Fjord for that one, yes. Tag? May and Stu considered themselves too old to play tag and they were much younger than these children.

"If you know how to swim," he said, "feel free to do so. As this is the last class of the day, once the period is over, you're free to remain here," with the free food, "or go about your business elsewhere. We do ask that you stay in this area for the class. But enough talk--come and eat. Enjoy yourselves!"

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At the beach!

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[hourtohour_notetonote]

Simon Spier

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[unusual_sith]

Lana Beniko

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Prince Sidon

Listen to the lecture!

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What there is of it!

Enjoy the Cookout!

[merciful_parable]

Eat, swim, chat! Have fun!

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[unusual_sith]

Lana could not swim, though now she was wondering if maybe she should learn. How did one go about doing that?

Well, for now she was eating some of the meat and vegetables and enjoying the beach, and if anybody wanted to chat, she was here.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

When Sidon was in a class and the instructors told him to make friends and socialize with people, he took it to heart and dedicated himself to doing the best job he could. Even if that wasn't the case, he had enjoyed speaking with Lana last week, and was happy to seize the opportunity to do it again.

"Hello, Lana!" he met her with a cheerfully sharp grin. "How have you enjoyed your first week here on the fair island?"

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[unusual_sith]

"Hello, Prince Sidon." Lana nodded to him. "It's been interesting so far. And you?"

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

As if Sidon would have any issues about going to the beach! He was eager and excited when he received the notice and would have loved to have gotten in the water to show off, but he decided he would only do so if others were doing the same. It was much better to speak with his less aquatic friends and classmates on dry land, after all, and he wanted to seize the opportunity to schmooze and hobnob, as those were certainly things he enjoyed nearly as much as swimming.

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[hourtohour_notetonote]

Simon had taken "at the beach" to heart, and come prepared with his swimsuit. He'd get to the food eventually, but it was just too nice to be out on the beach, enjoying the water.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Oh, wonderful! Someone else decided to go swimming, too, which means Sidon needed no more prompting to jump in and splash around a little, sighing a little contentedly because he would always feel better in the water than out of it.

And once he'd gotten that out of his system, he swam over to his classmate and waved. "Excellent day for a swim, isn't it? Though I suppose," and here he chuckled, "I would say that on any day. You're Simon, aren't you?" Sidon paid attention! "I don't believe we've had a chance to be formally introduced yet." Unless they had and he hadn't paid attention to that whoops on the mun if so!. "I am Sidon!" he grinned, pumped his fist in the air across his chest and grinned. "The Zora Prince."

...and maybe he just wanted to take an opportunity to squeeze another introduction in there.

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[hourtohour_notetonote]

"Uh, hi," Simon said, still not quite used to the variety of people at Fandom, and Sidon was a lot of person. He smiled back, though, because it was hard not to when someone was that enthusiastic. "Yeah, I'm Simon. You're right, I don't think we had, although you were hard to miss in class last week. Uh... Your highness?" he ventured, not entirely sure how one addressed a 'Zora Prince'.

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[wiredweird]

Jughead was just going to... kind of awkwardly sit a little off to the side. Looking way out of place.

The beach was not his thing.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Hello, there!" Sitting off to the side would not save you from Sidon, Jughead, oh no, and the big sharkman was waving and jogging up at some point between swimming and talking and eating raw frozen fish out of a cooler. "Not one for beach activities, are you?"

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[wiredweird]

Sidon, why were you like this?

Jughead looked up and couldn't help a little fidget with his ever-present beanie. "What gave it away?"

Everything. The answer was everything.

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[justice_undone]

Breq was expressionless as usual, but she felt a little uncomfortable. Socialising at parties was a skill she might need to know, at least to an acceptable level, and she had watched enough of different versions of these kind of events to know what to do.

Watched. There was a different there. Which was why, while trying to come up with something to do, she stood there, stiffly and with a blank face, definitely an ancillary, if anyone here had know what that was.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Why, Breq!" Sidon found himself quite pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face that he felt he hadn't seen for quite some time. "You're back! How excellent! It's wonderful to see you again, and that you're in this class with me as well. Oh, it's been wonderful so far, and they're keeping up the high expectations for me! I assume you'll imagine a trip to the beach is a fast way to my good esteem!"

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[justice_undone]

"It's good to see you too." Breq smiled, and although it was deliberate, it was also sincere. "This is the right place for a class for you, isn't it? How is the water?"

Talk to your teachers!

[merciful_parable]

Who sure are teaching a lot today, definitely...

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[merciful_parable]

Carter was busy cooking, since he'd had a better idea of how to cook than Fjord had, but should anyone need him or require anything cooked specially--he was more than happy to indulge them.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Pardon me," Sidon approached the teacher who appeared to be in charge of providing the food for the class with a faint smile, "but do you happen to have any of those scrumptious looking fish that you've provided only...still uncooked? No matter if you haven't, I could very well catch my very own since we're on the beach, and, though I am rather confident in my ability to do it well and do it quickly, I should hate to waste any valuable time fishing when I could be socializing and making more friends."

Which would be true even if it wasn't the point of today's lesson.

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[merciful_parable]

Oh, Sidon. You were the very reason Carter had even brought fish to the cookout. Since Carter didn't want to embarrass anyone, though, he wasn't going to say that.

"If you don't mind that they'll be cold, then I do indeed," he said, smiling up and, well, up. "Feel free to help yourself--fish are in the red cooler, chicken in the green, and beef in the blue."

Because Carter was that sort of organized nerd about things.

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[built_fjord_tough]

Hey, now, Fjord could cook!

... Mostly just 'meat on a stick over fire' type foods, granted.

For now, he was helping himself to some of those chips, maybe a little bit confused about why anybody would do anything quite so extreme to a potato, but enjoying it all the same.

OOC

[merciful_parable]

I wish I had a cookout to go to today...