Cooperating with People you Hate, Friday 4th period

[unusual_sith]

"Good afternoon," Lana greeted them all. Class was meeting in the Danger Shop, for Reasons. She was content and confident in front of the class. Had she slept all week? Nope! But that was what the Force was for, right? She was dressed in low black boots, a stylish but sensible grey suit, and a dark green blouse. Never let it be said that all Sith were fashion disasters.

"Welcome to the last class of the week, where you're probably all sick of introductions but we're doing them anyway, because I either don't know you or I haven't seen you in almost thirty years. My name is Lana Beniko. I went to school here last year apparently, but it's been a lot longer for me back home. Which is another galaxy, for those of you who don't know.

"I've been spending a lot of time there wrangling, coercing, and occasionally violently persuading people to work together, so I thought I'd bring some of my expertise here. And perhaps learn more from some of you, as well."

She looked around the room and nodded at them all. "Right. So, give us your name and something interesting about yourself."

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[unusual_sith]

Cooperatively!

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[pun_king]

Graham Cracker

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[doctorgingerspice]

Will Halstead

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

Listen to the lecture

[unusual_sith]

Watch Lana trying to remember if she knows you.

Introduce yourselves!

[unusual_sith]

Your name and something interesting about yourself!

These facts will not at all come back to bite you.

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[pun_king]

Was Graham exhausted? Yes! Was that going to affect his excitement and eagerness for his final class of the week?

Not one bit. In fact, the fumes he'd been running on week were almost making it worse.

"Hi, there!" he said, beaming brightly with wide eyes despite the fact that he had to fight against his eyelids just to keep them open, and he swept a wave in the air. "My name's Graham! Graham Cracker! And, well, honestly, I don't know if there's a whole lot of interesting things to say about me..."

Said the man with the Cloak of Holding and the giant capybara mount/bestie who could use magic and also possibly talk with animals. He frowned, though, as he tried to think of...something.

"Oh!" he said, holding up a finger. "I just got a new job!"

It had just been only yesterday and had been extremely handwavey because brains were the worst, but that was interesting, right?

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[unusual_sith]

"Congratulations," Lana said. "Where are you working, and where are you from?"

If Lana had ever encountered graham crackers, it was decades ago, so his name sounded fine to her.

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[pun_king]

"Ah, well," said Graham eagerly, his arms already to go on a journey as he dramatically lead Lana through his answers, "I come from the far-distant land of Llewdor; it was a long and arduous journey here to Fandom Island, but nothing me and my trusty steed Triumph couldn't tackle together! And I will be gainfully employed at none other than the ~Maaagpiiie Empoooorium~" complete with impressive wiggly fingers, "which does not have magpies or mag-pies, but instead, you'll find there countless passages and
voyages deep into the fantastical worlds of the imagination, bound by only your own wild imaginings, right at your very own fingertips!!!"

All that ended in a mighty lunge, his voice keening with passion and intrigue while those fingertips dance in the air like weaving a spell.

"And also," he added, after a moment, "comic books."

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[doctorgingerspice]

“Will Halstead,” he introduced himself. And as for something interesting… “I’m a doctor and my specialty is emergency medicine, but I’ve also got experience as a surgeon- both general and plastics.”

Look, he was kind of a workaholic, and so his interesting fact was either about work or about the time he nearly died, and he didn’t really like talking about that second thing.

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[unusual_sith]

"You sound like a good man to have around in battle," Lana observed. "I can heal, though I wouldn't consider myself primarily a healer. Are you from Earth? I didn't think they had sufficient cyborgs or droids to consider plastics a viable career path."

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[doctorgingerspice]

"I am from Earth, and this time- well, minus three years or so," Will confirmed. "And, uh. Not that kind of plastic? 'Plastic surgery' here refers to reconstructive or cosmetic surgery done on humans to alter their appearance. Same root word as the material called 'plastic', but not the same thing."

And if he were a linguist he might be incredibly intrigued by how words with Greek roots apparently existed in another galaxy but the truth was it's just about impossible to write in English and not use words whose origins can be traced to other languages.

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell was tickled pink to be in a class run by Lana. Or she would have been if she hadn't been so blessed tired. "M'Nell Ingram," she managed. "And I think you prob'ly remember me, seein' as you did on Monday, though right now I'm so tired I'm not entirely sure I remember myself. An interesting fact... um.. I can speak to the land?"

Had she told Lana - or anyone really - that before? Who knew.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana smiled back. "I do remember you!" And no, that speaking to the land thing was new. "Is that why you're so good with plants?"

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[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"My name is Queen Margo the Destroyer, I'm a magician, and you really didn't think through this lesson plan," Margo said, leaning back as she squinted at Lana with her one, very tired, eye.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana smirked. "Believe me, I did. I've been at war for most of my life; this should be fun. What are you a destroyer of, or is it generally your destructive potential?"

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[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I'm Belle and...I was in a throuple a couple weeks ago I have a thing for murderous older men with mysterious powers," Belle paused, trying to think of an interesting fact to share. "I traveled here using a portal created by a magic bean."

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[unusual_sith]

"A magic bean? That is a new one, or at least one I haven't heard of before," Lana said. "Where do you come from?"

Class activity

[unusual_sith]

"For today," Lana announced, "we're just going to talk. Get to know each other. See what we can figure out. Oh, but we're being attacked."

She pressed a few buttons and the Danger Shop turned into a military hangar. There were explosions all around, blaster bolts flying, and if any debris or bolts hit you, they became messy jello-like goo.

What? She'd been inspired. And if a lot of those bolts seemed concentrated around Anakin, that was purely coincidence.

"So," she yelled over the noise, "talk amongst yourselves!"

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[pun_king]

With the combination of being surprised by the sudden shift in the scenery, thrilled about being dropped straight into the middle of an epic battle, and being incredibly tired and sleepy, Graham definitely took two of those bolts right to the chest before he even finished his marveling "Zoooounds!" and then thought to dive--quite literally, throwing his whole body into it like he was sliding into a base during a baseball game--behind some conveniently placed crates.

Feeling at least a modicum of protection now, he looked around to access the situation and then remembered they were supposed to be talking to each other.

"So!" he called out, conversationally. "Anyone catch the radio broadcast this morning?"

NO REASON.

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[mylandmyrules]

"What?!?" Nell yelled as she tried to hide herself behind a convenient half-wall. "Radio, what?"

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[sith_happened]

Anakin shot her a sour look and started deflecting bolts with his bare hands.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana smiled innocently back. And deflected a few bolts directly at his head. Or, well, at his hair.

Hopefully he couldn't dodge them all. And after all, she needed to know his capabilities!

Talk to Lana!

[unusual_sith]

She's here and almost cheerful.

OOC!

[unusual_sith]

Wheeee!