Cryptozoology, Monday period 2

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon was doing his best to be extremely pressed and proper for the first day of classes, to match his extremely Oxford accent. Look, there were people he didn't recognize here, and he wanted to make a professional impression.

"Welcome," he said when everyone had arrived. "I am Jonathan Sims, your professor for Cryptozoology. Over my time living here in Fandom, I've come to realize that things which are pure fantasy in one world are likely to exist in another, and furthermore that the rules for things that do exist in different worlds - such as vampires, for example - may be vastly different from world to world. Therefore, this class is going to attempt to focus on things that have never been proven to exist in any world I'm aware of. If you do have proof of them, congratulations, you can present it to the class. Otherwise, we'll be hypothesizing about what might cause their stories, what is known about them, and if we think they do exist and why."

He shrugged. "This first class is easier, though, as we'll be focusing on things that - outside of philosophy class - definitely exist. Namely, ourselves. Introduce yourself. Name, where and or when you're from, and why you're in this class, please. I, as I said, am Jonathan Sims. I am from early twenty-first century Earth, specifically England and more specifically Bournemouth by way of London. I thought a class about imaginary things would be interesting and relatively safe." He nodded at the nearest student. "Next."

Comments

Re: Class activity

[even_bigger_teeth]

As someone who had been told her whole life that people would, if they knew what she was, would likely be nothing but terrified and try to destroy her, reactions like that always threw Luma. Of course, she knew nothing like that would happen here, that was the whole reason she'd come here, but she still expected most people to regard her with caution and distance with the knowledge.

But to think it was cool? Well, Luma didn't know quite how to respond to that, so she just sort of stared at Charlie for the briefest of moment.

But then a grin curled her lip, and she gave her hair a toss over her shoulder.

"Well," she said, "now it looks like you have. And usually when most people meet one, it's already much too late for them to get to enjoy it."

Re: Class activity

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie tilted her head to consider what Luma had said and parse through it. Then she got it. So she threw back her head and laughed. "I get it, yes! Too late, oh that's perfect!"

It wouldn't be too late for Charlie, but then they weren't talking about that were they.

"I can imagine it would come as quite a shock for those people! Briefly."