Creature Languages, 4/17, Period 4

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

There is candy and soda for the students, as well as herbal tea.

Dream waits for the students to assemble, then begins his lecture.

"Hello. Today we begin our study of the last animal language we will discuss this semester. It is one that may be perhaps closer to your own tongues than many of the others we have studied -- that of simians, especially monkeys."

Dream cues up a videotaped lecture in the DVD player. "This speaker makes the unfortunately common error of conflating monekys with apes, but it is still a reasonable discussion of the similarities and differences between the uses made of languages by simians, and those by man."

"I also have a handout containing a touch more information about monkeys, and a second handout about squirrel monkeys specifically, such as our own Mr. Nielson."

"Ask questions, should you have them."

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Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

Zero swore under her breath when she realized Pippi and Mr. Neilson had already been claimed. Then she leaned over and poked Victor with her pen. "Oi. Wanna practice?"

Zero looks kind of rough, with a bruise on one cheek and her left wrist all taped up. Stupid Mole Men.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

After smiling at Mr. neilson, Victor turned to Zero and nodded. he really didn't look much better, at least emotionally.

"What happened?" he managed.

[Gotta go into SP. Sorry.]

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Mr. Neilson, sitting on Victor's shoulder (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/816494.html?thread=38085230#t38085230) looks equally aghast at Zero's condition.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

"Eh. Mole People. You look like death warmed over, is something wrong?"

It occurs to Zero she should have asked that in Monkey.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

English was about to make his eyes water. Maybe monkey would help.

//My love hates me. I'm not worth being with anymore.//

He tried to say it quietly, and if anyone overheard him, it was by pure accident. Really.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Lacking any hair to groom. Mr. Neilson pat Victor on the head.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

After a moment of looking the sheet over, Victor added:

//Maybe I'm wrong. My friends say he loves me, but he doesn't act like it.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

Zero blinked.

//That sounds a little// "drastic" //to me.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//I know! It came out of nowhere!//

He had to be careful to keep his (literal) screeching down.

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

//No, the 'not worth being with' bit. So you got--// that can't be right. //left. It's not the end of the world.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"It feels like it," he mumbled. Then, he shook his head and sighed. But enough about that."

//What is your favorite fruit?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

"You get past that," Zero assured him. "World keeps turning. Plenty of other fish in the sea--well, not this sea, because our sex ratio is whacked, but...across the causeway!"

//I enjoy tomatoes.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Victor was going to say something else about his feelings, but decided not to. There were other things to focus on right now.

"I did't know tomatoes were a fruit." //I like apples.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

"Mm-hmm. Also, members of the nightshade family." //Apples are delicious and crunchy.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//Yes, I love to throw them.//

Victor raised an eyebrow at his sheet. "I mean,"

//I liek to eat them.//

"I guess they're almost the same," he concluded.

//What is your favorite color?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

//Apples would hurt to throw but so do green tomatoes. I like all the colors.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//Really? That's a lot.//

Um... //Where do you get your fur color at?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

//I order it over the// Internet. //Or my sister sends it to me.//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//I wish I had fur sometimes. How many brothers and sisters do you have?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

//Fur,// Zero says, thinking of when she had actual fur, //Is not all it is made out to be. I have one sister and two brothers. Do you have any siblings?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//No, only myself. I wish I had a brother. A sister would be okay, too. What do you like to do after learning time?//

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

"//I work on my sounds.// Er. Music."

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//What sounds do you play?// Then, he remembered. "Oh, right! You're in a band! You guys rocked that dance you played at."

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[swerval_zero]

"Yeah, but they're--er--//Yes, but they are at home. I am here.// Punk. I play punk."

Re: Classwork. Creature, 4/17

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

//Do you have a...//

Yeah, no way in the world did monkey have a word for compact disk. So, he tried using the individual letter sounds at the top of the sheet.

//c...d?//