fandomhigh | Pay It Forward: Making a Big Difference in Little Ways, Friday, Period 3

"Hi there." Class had been ~~handwavily~~ instructed to meet at Portalocity again, and when they got there the teachers were waiting, Hera with an armful of shirts like the one that she was wearing. "Thanks to Sabine's suggestions, we'll be wearing these instead of using those things again." The shirts said 'Fandom High Costume Society'. "Apparently they work just about as well."

"They're about three-hundred percent less weird," Kanan said, already wearing his. He'd made a half-assed effort to even look like he was wearing a costume with it, pulling on his long coat over the t-shirt and the wide-brimmed hat he'd stolen from the costume room at the Groovy Tunes, back when it was still the Boards. "It's still not ideal, pretending to be costumes, but Hera and I are both of the opinion that nobody in this room should have to hide, either."

"Right." Hera nodded decisively. She definitely preferred doing it this way. "Besides, today we're going to be helping out kids, and they'll probably love it."

"Kids get a kick out of a lot of kind of surprising things," Kanan agreed, and then shrugged. "In any case, today we're going to a library on the mainland. There's an event that lets kids pair off with an older student, say, you guys, so they can work on their reading. All you have to do is sit together, and read."

"If anybody's High Galactic - or English, I suppose - isn't that great, don't worry," Hera said. "Apparently you can also have them read to you, and that's okay too. Though, maybe find one of the older kids."

Unless you wanted a toddler reading you Green Eggs and Ham. You do you.

Honestly, Kanan was kind of tempted to see how that went anyway.

"So, through the portal," he said. "We'll get you paired off with a kid or two, and our next hour will be spent reading."

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Educationally!

Sabine Wren

Prince Sidon

Lana Beniko

Breq

And put on your stylin' Costume Society shirts. Or just squint at Kanan's half-assed cowboy getup.

Kanan. What.

...Sabine was listening, really.

Sidon had actually been wondering if he could ask to still use the little hologram thing; the more he thought about it, the more he realized that he'd had an awful lot of fun being 'human' for a little bit. After all, he'd been Zora for nearly seventy-six years! It was exciting to mix it up a little.

But then he heard what they'd be doing in today's class, and the thought was instantly chased away with the eagerness that came with the idea of children being excited over his very elaborate 'costume'. He was fairly certain there was likely a few that would be a bit frightened by his size, surely, but perhaps the number would be small and the majority of them would be delighted by their new friendly giant fishy friend.

Mod your children, pick a story, and read! Education is a great cause!

Sabine was a little wary of this to start, because she had zero experience with kids and had no idea how this would go. And then it turned out that two little girls made a beeline for her and said they liked her hair, and wanted to know what the stuff on her legs were (armor) with all the paint and so now she was going to spend her time indoctrinating them.

This was something that made sense to Lana; education was important, and starting young was also important. She'd be finding a child and reading as much as they could make it through in the time they had.

She might have to let the kids find a book, or they'd end up with an encyclopedia.

And it would seem that Sidon's suspicion was mostly correct; there were quite a few of the children who were equal parts fascinated and thrilled about the costume and a few that were clearly keeping a wide berth. No matter! The ones brave or bold enough got to discover that the large shark man had a lap that could fit quite a few of them as they brought to him a book that was not only hilariously chosen, but also simple enough that he could read it with dramatic confidence, save for perhaps a few parts where they were more than willing and thrilled to help him out with.

Plus, there was the added bonus of teasing some of the wide-eyed gawkers who kept their distance by giving a few well-timed flicks of his headtail when they thought he wasn't paying attention to them, to mixed results of either delight or squeamish scampering away. It was funny, really, how very much like Zora hatchlings these little human children were.

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When they tag in!

... So sue him, Kanan kind of liked this hat. It made him feel all gunslingery.

That was totally a word.

Hera was just happy to be herself again, even if looking human had been an interesting experience.

She was totally amused at Kanan's gunslingeriness.

When she tags in!

Sabine would just be here, feeling a little proud that the shirts were making a return.

Friiiiiiiiiiiidaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy

Pay It Forward: Making a Big Difference in Little Ways, Friday, Period 3

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Lecture!

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Read with Kids!

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Talk to the Teachers!

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