The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [09/06].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's multiverse class was going to be held in one of the classrooms, but not her Danger Shop classroom simulation, as funny as that always was to her, because they would usually not be staying there for very long. Just a little preamble, until they whisked away to the lesson in question, and this first week was going to be no exception...although they would likely spend a bit more time than usual here today than other classes.

"Hey, everyone," she greeted, leaning against the desk in front and tilting her head with a smile, "and welcome to the revival of my class looking at the multiverse in quite possibly the least comprehensive way imaginable, since, you know, it's kind of infinite, and we're only pulling from my small little infinitesimal sliver of experience. Since there's just the three of you and I know who all of you are, we're going to skip the introductions, especially since, well, you'll have more than enough of those this week anyway, I imagine. I don't know how well you know each other, obviously, but hopefully, if the answer is 'not very much,' that'll change as we work together through the semester.

"Now," she continued, "we are going to talk about what this class is going to entail, first and foremost, though. As I'm sure you all know by now, we live currently in a multidimensional nexus, where a good deal of the people here are from different universes and realities, some similar to the plane of existence in which this version of Fandom University, née High, sits, some wildly different. And if there's anything I want you guys taking from this class, it's this: the multiverse really is infinite; if you can think of it, it exists out there somewhere. You know, kind of like the Rule 34 of Realities.

"If you don't know what that is," she added, her smile going extra sweet, "I suggest you google it only in Incognito Mode.

"But, moving on, we're going to be exploring a lot of really weird, quirky, and, to be quite honest, sometimes disturbing corners of the multiverse in this class, so, in lieu of a normal introduction, I just want to take a moment to get to know a little bit more about what you guys are comfortable with. I'd like to know what your experiences with the multiverse beyond being here on this island might be, what you'd like to know more about, if there's anything that is an absolute no-go that you'd like to absolutely avoid, if you have any allergies, phobias, or just personal hang-ups you'd like to get out there so that I can help avoid some really awkward situations. It...can sometimes be an issue, to have something I didn't know was a trigger sprung on someone suddenly, but I'm learning and doing better, so speak now, or forever hold your piece.

"Well," she amended, "not really. If there's something you're uncomfortable mentioning here now in class, for whatever reason, feel free to talk to me in private or just send a text or email about it, and your privacy will be respected. And, once we're done going over boundaries and things like that for the class, we are going to start out with a little bit of a simple jaunt between two dimensions to showcase how different two seemingly similar dimensions can be. Sound good? Okay. So, who's got some multiverse experience already and who's got some things that mmight be concerns> or, like, hell, if you've got a wish list of things you'd like to see, I'll take those now, too."

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Class Activity: Pluto Version One - Multiverse, 09/06.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Okay, so," said Summer, once they were all sort of on the same page, or, at the very least, she knew what pages the students were on, and she started to drag out some things that looked like some particularly high-tech space suits, "our first trip into exploring the multiverse is going to be a compare and contrast, to show how the same place can be very different in even relatively similar dimensions. You're going to want to suit up for this first trip, because we are going to this dimension's version of Pluto, hotly contested planetoid on the very, very edge of the Solar System of which Earth is a part of, and very not suited for human habitation, but you'll get to see that for yourself."

Ohhhh, boy, she sure hoped the vast barrenness of space wasn't brought up by anyone in that last section, because that was going to make this section that much more awkward.

"But, don't worry," she continued, passing out the suits and started to gear up herself, "these are state-of-the-art, developed by my super-genius ex, so they'll keep us pretty protected. We're not going to be there long, anyway. You'll see why soon."

Because once everyone was properly suited and checks were made to ensure it, she pulled up her phone and her portalocity app and vwoop!, there was the portal, and then, there they were, stepping out onto the surface of Pluto.

"See what I mean?" said Summer, as she gestured around her. "A whole lot of nothing. Take a few moment, look around a little, just sort of enjoy being on fucking Pluto for a hot minute, and then we're going to hop on over to my dimension's version of Pluto. But for now? Just enjoy the nothingness for a while, I guess, and don't go wandering off, I don't want to lose one of my students on a fucking planetoid on the first day."

So enjoy Pluto, everyone! Sure, it's not much, but at least it's not New Jersey!

Re: Class Activity: Pluto Version One - Multiverse, 09/06.

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Did Jon mention agoraphobia and acrophobia? Fortunately those were fairly manageable so long as he didn't look up and think about it for too long.

And the amazement of being on Pluto was doing a lot to counteract that, too.

Re: Class Activity: Pluto Version One - Multiverse, 09/06.

[wildgalegirl]

"Pluto!" Charlie cried out in delight. "Poor former planet." She swung her guitar around because, of course, it was slung over the shoulder of her space suit, and played a few chords - not that they could be heard - and beamed at Summer. "Always wanted to play music on another planet. Oid."