Adaptability And You, Monday, 2nd Period

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan looked a little bit as though he'd been beaten upside the head with a brick this morning. A figurative one, not a literal one, though he had little doubt that would probably come later.

"The clinic, the dorms, and Caritas," he said, once it looked as though students had settled into the simulated Danger Shop classroom today. There was no way he was making them sit outside in the smoke, no. He was dropping a handful of cheap industrial respirator masks onto his desk and waving at them, gesturing for the students to help themselves. They had better back home, yes, but between waking up this morning and doing radio, he really hadn't had a chance to take a jaunt off to another galaxy and shake down some Imperials to steal them, so... "They're your safe spaces. If you get caught out and something too dangerous for you to handle goes on outside, make your way to whichever is closest as quickly as possible, if it's safe to do so. I don't know what's out there this week, but whatever it is, when it hits, I'm telling you now it's going to be ugly."

He was well aware that this summer was starting to make him sound like a paranoid maniac, but it probably didn't count when he was right, did it?

"These masks should at least help you breathe a little easier, if you're a person who needs to do that sort of thing and if you don't already have your own equipment. No, they aren't pretty, but they are functional. Help yourselves. Grab extras for your friends. I bought... a lot, this morning. There's a hardware store in Baltimore right now that I made very happy today. I know I had mentioned maybe talking about getting basic supplies like food, but it looks like the food's fine for the time being. This week, we're going to spend some time here in the Danger Shop making some use of improvised weapons. Or putting your running and hiding skills to the test."

Yes, he really did think it was going to be this bad.

"So far, and after last week I'm aware that this could change at any given moment, we have the benefit of knowing our way around town. This is a familiar space. So I'm not going to tear that rug out from underfoot. Not yet, anyway. What I am going to do is set you loose in a sim of the school, and something in here wants to grab you. You don't know what it is. You won't until it finds you. The exits have been locked."

He jerked a thumb toward the simulated door.

"Survive. Whether that means outrunning them, outthinking them, hiding, or coming up with makeshift weapons is up to you. Team up if you need to. Go at it alone if you'd rather. You just have to manage it for the next twenty minutes, and then we'll have a discussion about what worked for you and what didn't."

Space, his brain itched.

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[uncertain_dume]

Breathing?

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Prince Sidon

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[following_my_fishie]

Del

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[sir_zapsalot]

Billy Batson

Lecture!

[uncertain_dume]

Grab a mask if you need one. Take a seat. Your teacher might be a paranoid maniac, but at least he's a paranoid maniac who isn't dead yet, which is a bigger accomplishment than it might seem if you don't actually know him.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon had taken a mask thoughtfully, considering how it would indeed be helpful at least for breathing the air, which made him idly wonder if there was something that would assist in cases for breathing underwater, though he supposed that would be quite a bit more complicated, wouldn't it? All that ash and smoke would likely make the water outside just as unpleasant, anyway, if not more so.

They were just meandering thoughts, though, briefly had for a moment before his attention went stridently to the rest of the lecture. By now, it seemed as though they should all be pretty good at this sort of thing, but the reminder to stay safe and vigilent was often one several of them could probably stand to hear repeatedly (himself very much included in that) and the extra practice certainly never hurt!

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[following_my_fishie]

Del watched Kanan intently this morning. She wasn't paying much attention to the words he was saying because right now the words he was saying weren't as important as the words he was hearing. Or maybe feeling? She wasn't sure. The words were reaching for him and he didn't look like he wanted them?

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Yeah, he did sound like a paranoid maniac if you didn't know better, but at this point Sabine just figured that yes, things this week were going to try and kill them. Again. Some more.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana had had time to get a few breathing masks from the Imperials a couple weeks ago, though there had been less "shaking down" and more "buying and requisitioning". She'd gotten them more in case of another underwater thing, but they would do just fine for this.

She hefted hers in explanation and didn't take one.

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[uncertain_dume]

Kanan just nodded and gave her a thumbs-up.

"Take a few anyway, in case you bump into somebody without?"

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[unusual_sith]

"Good thought." Lana nodded. "And I've got a few more of these as well. We stocked up on everything we could think of."

Survive!

[uncertain_dume]

Yep, the lights just went off in the simulation, and only the school's emergency lighting is there to keep you safe. In the shadows, something is skittering.

You have only a minute before they start coming for you. Better figure out what you're going to do, huh? Find something that might make a good weapon? Find a hiding place? Hold your ground and fight them off? Run? Try to talk it out?

... Look, there are probably worse things coming for you this week than vintage style teddy bears, but Kanan wanted to keep it pretty light. And if they catch you, they're going to latch on and not let go for love or money until the exercise ends, so if a few of you come back with a dozen bears stuck to you from the knees down, at least you'll have learned something?

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Well. Sidon figured he'd (somehow!) managed to survived this far into his life, he was pretty sure he could very much continue to do so!

...he certainly hoped so, anyway, but there was only one way to find out! Although, really, there wasn't a choice in the matter. His eyes drifted up to the emergency lighting for a moment before he considered the fact that the school would not exactly be his first choice for terrain, but he would do what he could. Perhaps, if he could simply get down to the lower levels, he could take advantage of that wretched pool and drown anything that might come after him, unless they, themselves, were adaptable to water.

He figured he'd best at least make his way down there, as stealthily and quietly as a seven-and-a-half-foot-tall Zora possibly could, keeping an eye out for what might be lurking, as well for some of the others, in case they might need help. He certainly wouldn't hesitate to offer a hand if he could; in situations like these, it was often best to work together, after all!

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[unusual_sith]

Lana couldn't argue with that thought. She found Sidon, smiled, and looked around. "I'll watch your back. Call it repayment for being my first victim in Risk. Where were you thinking of going?"

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Wonderful Lana!" said Sidon, laughing as he pumped his fist with enthusiasm for this partnership. "Though I should hope you'd have my back even if it weren't for the previous acquisition of my lands! And I was rather thinking of heading down to the basement, where the pool is located. Even though we are not quite yet certain of the exact nature of our threat, and though I rather find the treatment to the water down there a bit odious, there is no denying that I might have an advantage over most in such a location. Do you have any other thoughts or strategies yourself that might be considered?"

Discuss!

[uncertain_dume]

So, how did that go for you? Was there anything you think you could stand to improve on? Pointers for your classmates? Any other concerns?

Talk to Kanan!

[uncertain_dume]

He looks like he could use a juice box and a nap.

... He could probably use a juice box and a nap.

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[following_my_fishie]

Should maybe have thought that a little less loudly because as Del walked over, a small and very localized rain of Capri Sun happened. In pouches. With the cool bendy straws attached in their little plastic wrappers.

"Would you like me to help your head feel better?" she asked carefully.

The anthropomorphic personification of insanity wants to help, Kanan. But even Barnabas didn't look too concerned.

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[uncertain_dume]

Kanan blinked and managed to catch... one of those juice packs, staring at it for a few moments while he tried to figure out what it was before glancing back up to Del.

"... Make it feel better?"

These classes were basically turning into 'the students keep ending up helping Kanan survive another day' classes, weren't they? This summer was definitely... something.

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[following_my_fishie]

"Make the ouch stop," Del explained carefully, "I can make it feel better for a little while. You wouldn't want me to make it feel good always. But a little while would help you ouch less right now."

You might hear someone whispering 'It's A Small World After All' in the back of your mind for an hour or however long it lasts, but that might be better than crazytown trying to find a foothold.

Del took one of the juice pouches and popped the straw in, sipping while she waited for an answer.

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[somethingwithturquoise]

UGH! Why did BDG's class have to be so early?? Granted, Summer was usually up by now putting in orders at T&C, but, then again, Summer hadn't also usually spent the long weekend being a weird little furry Muppet thing that seemed way too fond of dismembering herself and hopping around everywhere, either.

Anyway, at least the town seemed fairly normal this morning (the term being incredibly relative here), she headed on over to the school to catch him at the end of his class, carrying with her a white box.

"I come bearing a gift!" she announced, foisting the box at him proudly.

And in that box, Kanan would find a cake. No, she didn't make it. She didn't have time for that this morning; it was from J,GoB, as indicated on the box. But she did have them write "Sorry For Trying to Take Off Your Head This Weekend!!!" in icing on the top.

Funny thing was, they didn't even think twice about the message, and that was the sort of thing Summer liked about this place, really.

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[uncertain_dume]

"You come bearing-- hey, I know where that box is from," Kanan chuckled. "Is this revenge for all the birthday cakes, Summer?"

He seemed to be in a pretty good mood now, at least. Comparatively. Still waiting for the other foot to drop, sure, but he also had 'It's a Small World' playing on loop where the creeping poison from the town across the Causeway had been.

Talk to the TA!

[uncertain_dume]

When she tags in! Probably with much fancier respirator equipment than Kanan provided here today, but we can't all be Mandalorians.

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Yeah, Sabine was good on the respirator front, but she was definitely taking some back for the dorms.

OOC!

[uncertain_dume]

... It was far, far too early in the morning to do a google image search for creepy teddy bears and I have regrets.