Friendship is Magic!, Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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"Since some of you mentioned being friendless and alone last week--" Not one of them had put it like that, Anakin, "--we've decided to facilitate you making friends here in this class!"

"And we thought we'd take a cue from one of the island traditions." Ahsoka had what looked suspiciously like a seating chart. A seating chart that someone had put a lightsaber through. Several times.

"Three Minute Dates," Anakin agreed. "But this time you don't have Tino to blame. In case you don't know how to start with small talk, I have prepared three talking points: 'My favorite color is,' 'I hate the winter because,' and 'Anakin Skywalker is the best teacher for this reason.'"

He beamed at Ahsoka. "It's helpful!" It wasn't.

Ahsoka cheerfully did not offer an opinion on Anakin's helpfulness or lack thereof. "We'll be doing things a bit more free-form." Seating chart. Lightsaber burns. Organising this had seemed a lot simpler when they'd come up with this idea. "More three minute mingling, talk with someone, when the chime sounds, find someone new. If you find yourself gravitating towards certain people, that's probably a sign."

Anakin nodded like he had the first idea what it would be a sign of. "Let's get started."

And that was why Ahsoka had more friends than you, Anakin.

Comments

Sign in 1/14

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Making friends.

Listen to the lecture!

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Friendless and alone, huh.

Make friends!

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Five pings a piece, give or take! Make friends! Bond over Anakin's amazing skills! Talk to the teachers!

Anakin Skywalker

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Ahsoka Tano

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Belle

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Sir Graham of Daventry

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Charlie Gale

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Gray

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Logan

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Jonathan Sims

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Rey Skywalker

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Stark

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Vi

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OOC

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This could go well!

Re: Sign in 1/14

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Sir Graham of Daventry

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Vi

Re: Ahsoka Tano

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Ahsoka looked generally serene, and not at all like she wasn't entirely sure how she and Anakin had ended up mingling as well.

Re: Vi

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Right. Mingling. Vi knew how to mingle. Never mind how she half looked like she was expecting a shiv in the back even when she knew most of the people in the room alrady.

Re: Anakin Skywalker

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Anakin tried to look approachable, but he tended to have resting "go far away from here, NOW," face, so it might not be working.

Re: Sir Graham of Daventry

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Oh, you know Graham was stoked about this! He might even be taking a moment to try to triangulate the best plan for making the most friends (or at least talking to everyone)!

Re: Anakin Skywalker

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Like Graham was going to let that stop him!

"Hi, there!" he said happily. "Hiw's it going? Great class idea! What is your favorite color? Do you really hate winter? Or was that just an unrelated example? Maybe you just need a better coat! Oooh, or a hat! A hat is great in the winter, you lose a lot of heat from your head,did you know that?"

Yes, that was all easily squeezed into the few seconds of a ping.

Re: Anakin Skywalker

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Anakin smiled despite himself. "Hello, Graham. I really do hate winter, but I grew up in the desert, so I think I'm built for warmer weather. How about you? Do you like winter?"

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"Oh, I think it's great!" Graham answered, surprising probably no one. "I can always just pad my cloak extra to keep warm, and the snow is so pretty! It makes it feel like it's a whole new island to explore, you know? And you remember Triumph, right? The best friend I mentioned last time? He looooooooves rolling around in it, too! And then? What you're all done? You go inside and warm up with some nice hot cocoa under some comfy blankets! I guess it really is what you make of it, though. We have winter where I'm from, so I can see why you wouldn't like it if you're used to the dessert. We have one of those, too, but not very many people go out there, it's pretty dangerous!"