fandomhigh | Team-Building for Fun and Profit! - Thursday, Third Period [07/06].

If anyone couldn't tell by the class description, Prompto was kind of taking the charge with this one, and his eager bouncing that day had the added effect of a panic-driven adrenaline rush earlier when he realized his class was today when his last class had been on Thrusday, which had been a whole ordeal and--you know what? Never mind. He shook his head and focused on the task at hand, which was getting the class started and rolling now.

"Hey, everyone! Thanks for coming, and welcoming to Team-Building! For Fun and Profit, although, admittedly, mostly just Fun, but the Profit is clearly the friends we'll make along the way!"

Yes, he had been waiting way too long to use that, thank you.

"If you don't already know us, I'm Prompto Argentum, this big guy here is Gladio Amicitia," Gladio lifted his chin with a crooked grin and the dude with the specs is Ignis Scientia." A lift of Ignis' hand and a nod. "And we've been working together for a long time, through a lot of different things..."

Was there a slight pause there, a little bit of a wince, especially with the turn his dreams had been taking these last few days? Absolutely. And there was maybe something similar going on with Gladio and Ignis at that moment, too, although they were always much more subtle and reserved in literally everything, compared to Prompto.

"So we know each other," Prompto continued, "pretty well. And that is sort of our first lesson for the day. First classes are always about introductions, and when you're working with a team, it's important to get to know each other! Teams work better when you're comfortable and familiar. And knowing things like people's likes and dislikes lets you know more about their personality."

"And knowing their strengths," Gladio added, "means you can get a good idea of what they're good at and how to utilize that effectively in a way that makes the most out of what they do best."

"And knowing their weaknesses," Ignis contributed, "allows you to know what to avoid, as well as perhaps even plan ahead to know what your enemy might try to exploit to use against you."

Prompto gave a little bit of a chuckle. Leave it to Ignis to really throw in the darker side of these things, but he was not wrong! "And so," he continued, "what we're focusing on today is just getting to know each other. But not by the standard introductions that we do around here; just stating your name and why you're interested in the class doesn't create that sort of synergy we're hoping to accomplish here. We're just going to go around and talk to each other. Kind of like a mixer! If you want to put a margin on it, your goal is to take some time to talk to everyone in the class, at least a little bit, and get to know them better, even us three! We're part of the team, too. Get to know their name, what they like and dislike, some of their strengths and weaknesses....whatever might be helpful along the line of this class that'll really make the team work work, you know?

"So let's not waste any more time, we've got a pretty good size class here, plenty of people to chat with, so let's get going!"

There was a slightly awkward pause, as Prompto didn't seem to know quite how to finish it off, but, with a faintly amused snort, Gladio took a second to just clap his hands together loudly and said, "Break!" And, well, that...worked, he supposed!

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"Hello," Nell said politely. "I'm Nell Ingram. It's nice to meet you."

Cutter nodded back, “likewise,” he said, I’m Professor Nick Cutter …I’m teaching a dinosaurs class this session at the school,” he added, really wishing he wasn’t so awkward at this.

"I own Plant Parenthood in town," Nell said, "And work at Covent Garden Flowers. I've never studied about dinosaurs, but they sound very interesting."

“I’ve taught evolutionary science classes before,” Cutter explained, “some of them have involved the role of plants and flowers in the evolution of life on earth,” he said, relaxing a little as he was able to talk about his passion for evolutionary science, “palaeontology is my main area of expertise though,” he paused, “how long have you owned your shop?” he asked curiously.

"I've had my shop since late September," Nell said. "I'm afraid all I know about evolution is what little I've read about on my own. The church I grew up in didn't believe in any of that, so my education is a bit lacking in several areas."

Cutter nodded thoughtfully, "if you'd like to learn more I can bring round some of the books I have that I brought with me to Fandom?" he offered.

"I would like that very much, yes," Nell said with a smile. "Thank you."

Cutter returned the smile, "you're welcome," he said, "I can bring them round next week if that works for you?"

"That would be perfect," Nell said. "Do you drink tea? I could bring you one of my blends if you'd like."

"Then I'll bring them next week," Cutter promised, "and I do drink tea, that sounds really nice, I would like that thank you,"

"Then I'll bring a sampler with me for you to try," Nell said. "I make them all myself and grow most of the herbs for the herbal teas myself. And by the end of next summer I'll have my own honey to go with them."

“I don’t actually make anything,” Cutter admitted, “there was an incident with my boss’s kitchen, ended up destroying it in the process … it’s …uh … making tea and coffee is about the extent of my abilities in the kitchen,” he admitted sheepishly.

Nell chuckled. "Lucky there are lots of options here for food, but I'll make sure not to let you in my kitchen."

"That would definitely be a good move, I've never been much of a cook even before I tried to make my boss dinner," Cutter grinned at that, "it would really be a lot safer for everyone if I didn't go near a kitchen if it could be helped,"

"So, should cooking be required in the class, it would be wise to leave it to others?" Nell said with a smile. "I'll make a note of that."

Cutter grinned, "that would definitely be wise," he agreed, "and a lot safer," he added.

"It's good to know what people's skills are in a team," Nell said cheerfully. "Or aren't as the case may be!"

"I mean if you need to know anything about dinosaurs or fossils I can definitely help there," Cutter grinned, "but cooking or technology not so much,"

There was definitely a reason that Connor was the tech genius of the group.

"Cooking I can cover - even out in the woods," Nell said. "And I'm not dreadful with technology, but I wouldn't say it was a really strong point of mine."

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