Tao of a Silly Old Bear, Monday, Period Two

[uncertain_dume]

Today, Kanan had sent a message to the students, stay in the dorms. He'd come to them. Hopefully nobody had any complaints about a workshop coopting the dorms rec room, because when it came to making his students navigate the fresh hell that was out there just so that he could chat about philosophy?

Ha. Kanan had put messy blaster holes in three splicers just getting from the radio station to here today. There was a long tear in his shirt and blood he was just casually ignoring. It wasn't worth it to expect the students to be out in that. Nope.

"This week's lesson was supposed to be about busybodies who don't take the time to stop and relax," he said, leaning against a wall, arms crossed over his chest, lightsaber actually assembled on his belt. "And if I figured that was at all relevant to what's going on out there, I'd even feel okay with teaching it. But this week we're going to just... have a discussion, I guess. Talk about when to run versus when to fight. Talk to your classmates - pick a buddy to travel with when you go outside. Even if you don't personally think you need someone to watch your back, think of it as having someone else whose back needs watching. How many of you are fighters? How many of you aren't? The wasteland was bad - the animals there were twisted and lethal. But here, the enemy is people. And people can be anywhere."

Kanan shrugged.

"If there are any essentials you need this week and you don't feel safe going outside, message me. I don't mind doing runs for food, weapons, or first aid supplies. I know we've just been coasting through the summer so far, wasteland being an exception for some, but it might be well past time to start treating these bouts of weekly weirdness as actual emergency situations, not just novel new experiences. So, what do you do to prep for an emergency that's already on you?"

Sorry, silly old bear. Maybe class would get back to discussing you next week. Adjusting his lesson to go with the flow that the universe had thrown at the island was in line with Taoism, too.

Comments

Re: Discuss!

[unusual_sith]

"Supplies seem like they're going to be the biggest issue," Lana said. "Has the school got enough food and meds to keep going all week?"

Re: Discuss!

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'd say, like, food is probably the greater issue," Nina offered. "Since some people on the island can heal--including me??????????"

Re: Discuss!

[unusual_sith]

Lana nodded. "I can heal, too, but still - I doubt there are enough of us to go around, so anything we can find will help. But yes, food is most important. We'll all need that, whether we're wounded or not."

Re: Discuss!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Wouldn't hurt to go out once and make sure we don't run out," Sabine said. "We should probably make a habit of going out on Sundays on easy weeks, too."

Re: Discuss!

[unusual_sith]

"That sounds like a good idea," Lana agreed. "Provided whatever we stock up on stays - Wayne mentioned his breakfast foods went away week before last, and came back when that week was over. Still, it can't hurt to stock up anyway."

Re: Discuss!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Maybe at least things like canned food would stay normal when we're post-apocalyptic," Sabine said hopefully. "And a run today means less reason for people to go out the rest of the week."

Re: Discuss!

[unusual_sith]

"It's definitely worth a try." Lana nodded. "Should we make a run after class? Collect what food and supplies we can, see where the place needs to be fixed so it doesn't drown us?"

Re: Discuss!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I'm in," Sabine agreed.

Re: Discuss!

[unusual_sith]

"Sounds good," Lana said with a smile. "We can watch each other's backs, if this place is as dangerous as Kanan says."

She believed him, personally.