Constant Vigilance #2: Friday the 21st, Morning. A Classroom.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

Today, the classroom is again arranged in a circle of chairs, stemming from the wooden desk. The Doctor is sitting behind the desk, today. Across the desk is scattered some strange mechanical parts, all wired together. On the dry erase board is one simple word, written in green.

'Plants'

After everyone has sat down, and the time to start has passed, he raps on the desk once, and stands up.

"If you could all pass forwards your essays I asked for, that would be fantastic. We'll be having a special guest in later, and I'd like to get the class formalities out of the way first. Hope you all took the first lesson to heart, after the incidents of last weekend. As far as I could tell, no fatalities, which is absolutely fantastic. Now today, as you can see from the board, we'll be talking about plants." He fiddled with the device he had constructed on the desk, which suddenly sprung to life and began projecting a three-dimensional hologram in the middle of the desk circle. The images began to match the things he was describing.

"Plants are one of the building blocks of an ecosystem. They cycle the air, they form part of the food chain, they're absolutely essential to most planets. The first lesson about plants is, don't take them for granted. The vegetation on a planet can mean your continued life. But I'm sure most of you are more interested in the opposite, which is when plants can mean your death."

The image flickers to that of a humanoid plant form, though very obviously still a plant.

"That, boys and girls, is a Vervoid. Intelligent plant life. Not the product of a planet's natural evolution, but genetic engineering. Last I checked, they still haven't managed to resurface into the universe, which means they are probably extinct. They have the same drives as everyone else, eat, sleep, procreate. The only difference is, they're plant based. Well that, and the fact they decided dead people was the best fertilizer they could get. That led to a bit of trouble. But, thankfully, not all sentient plants are like these fellows." The Doctor switched off the holoprojector.

"That's where the guest comes in. If you would please welcome a very classy lady, proprietor of The Sanctity in town, Pa'u Zotah Zhaan. Now, I'm not even going to give you any more of an introduction. I want you folks to put your skills to the test. Ask questions, learn, live."

After the students have had their discussion with Zhaan, the Doctor thanked her for her time, then knocked on the table again, to draw attention.

"Okay, I've told you a little, and you've met one. I now want you to all brainstorm about ways you deal with them. Hostile and non-hostile. Your groups, which will each be assigned a different form of plant life, are as follows. Conner McKnight and Willow Rosenberg, Cedric Diggory and Seras Victoria, Samantha Carter and Setsuna Sakurazaki, Kaylee Frye and Jack Harkness, Isabel Evans and Hermione Granger, Cordelia Chase and Peter Pevensie, Timothy Desmond and John Connor, Elizabeth Weir and Pippi Longstocking, and Stark is with Mister Belthazor. Come up with ideas, and propose one to the class. Got it? Good."

After the group activity, the Doctor smiled. "Done for the day, everyone. Quick assignment for next week. Come up with an event from Earth history, from two weeks ago to two million years ago. I'll tell you whether or not I was there, and if I was directly involved or not. There might be prizes involved, so come back with something good! You're all dismissed."

[ooc: Wait for OCD And now it is ready. I'll be falling asleep soon, and I'm actually at work tomorrow, sadly, so It'll be slow reactions from me until I'm home from there. Zhaan's availability depends upon her work schedule, which most likely means only in the evening, tommorow, CST.]

Comments

Sign In Here

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

In an after-another collapsing fashion.

Re: Sign In Here

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi Longstocking.

Really.

Assignments

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

To be turned in here" (http://nine-and-ears.livejournal.com/919.html?thread=3479#t3479)

Zhaan

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

Here she shall ping in. From there you shall ask her questions.

Re: Zhaan

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

[here she would have pinged in had she been awake enough in the morning... sigh. *kills work ded for stealing her brain*]

Zhaan smiles. "My thanks for the introduction. It's good to be here."

Conner McKnight and Willow Rosenberg

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

These two are given a hand-out regarding trees that eat children's toys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite-Eating_Tree)

Re: Conner McKnight and Willow Rosenberg

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner went over the handout. "And here I thought this was only a Reefside thing."

Cedric Diggory and Seras Victoria

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

These two are given a hand-out regarding Triffids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid).

Re: Cedric Diggory and Seras Victoria

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric eyes the hand out and thinks knife wounds from a quiet Gentlemen aren't so bad as compared to plants with whips.

Samantha Carter and Setsuna Sakurazaki

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

They are given a handout regarding Krynoids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_monsters_and_aliens#K).

Re: Samantha Carter and Setsuna Sakurazaki

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

After first looking over the handout, there's a small look of distress on Sakurazaki's face but, a quick search of her sachel and a discovery of a few of her translation dictionaries in there, the look dissipates. She sets about the task with the help of the dictionaries for some of the more difficult words. Because there's a lot of them.

She also hopes maybe her partner would have an easier time with the reading and help her out, and then feels really bed because her partner gets stuck with the stupid Japanese girl who can't read English very well. Especially not when the English is talking about 'prehistoric Pleistocene' and 'germination.'

[[will be disappearing for work for a good chunk of hours until evening in a little bit ;_; ]]

Kaylee Frye and Jack Harkness

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

They recieve a packet of information on the deadly Piranha Plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_Plant).

Re: Kaylee Frye and Jack Harkness

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee very carefully reads the packet.

Isabel Evans and Hermione Granger

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

These two are blessed with a more detailed account on the Vervoids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_of_the_Vervoids).

Re: Isabel Evans and Hermione Granger

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel started reading and marking points of interest. Personally she thinks most of the problems could have been solved with a bottle of Round-up.

Cordelia Chase and Peter Pevensie

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

They recieve a packet on Deku Scrubs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deku_Scrubs#Deku_Scrubs).

Re: Cordelia Chase and Peter Pevensie

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter read through the packet carefully, rather bemused by the creature.

Timothy Desmond and John Connor

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Forest of Cheem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_monsters_and_aliens#F) is what is covered in their packet of information.

Re: Timothy Desmond and John Connor

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John waits for Tim and starts reading about this Forest thing.

Elizabeth Weir and Pippi Longstocking

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

Ents. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ents) That is their topic from their packet.

Re: Elizabeth Weir and Pippi Longstocking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is more familiar with the older meaning of the word. So she's reading and re-reading the packet carefully while waiting for Elizabeth to finish doing the same.

Stark and Belthazor

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Elusive Spaghetti Tree (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree).

The Doctor is not without a sense of humor.

Non-Groupy Talk and Banter

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

Do that here.

Ask the Doctor a Question

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

He's here to answer them, after all.

OOC

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

*collapses from OCD*