Constant Vigilance #4: Friday the 3rd, Morning. Serenity Cove.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

Today, the class meets on the beach, to accomadate the student who has a bit of an aquatic problem at the moment. The Doctor set out beach blanket and towels, and has hauled the holoprojector out on a cart.

"Pass forward your requests I asked for, thank you. As I let you know, we're switching things around a bit. Vampires and werewolves will be at a later date. Today is simply 'Close Encounters of the Unattractive Kind'. Now, please remember, that it's not so much that I find these species particularly unpleasant, it's just we might as well show some of the more unsavory aliens out in the world. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. I'll be taking questions today, but no lecturing today. It's called close encounters for a reason. You'll be talking to the projections, trying to gather what you can from them. Ask them whatever. Remember they can't actually hurt you, but please only antagonize them if you're being terribly clever about it. There is no assignment for next week. Time for you all to put on your 'first contact' thinking caps. The projector will be sending out three different aliens. Talk to at least one, please."

The Doctor smiled, then turned on the projector. Three forms appeared...

[ooc: OCD is up. Have at me!]

Comments

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Err... you're not from around here, right?"

Oh, so astute, Walter.

Re: Projection #1

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Hob nodded. "I am from Raxacoricofallapatorius."

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter plucked a pen and a small notepad from his waistcoat and wrote that down.

"Raxa... corico... falla... patorius. Right. And what is life like there? Do you raise children, go to work, keep pets, those sorts of things?"

Re: Projection #1

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Hob answered. "That is about our way of life."

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

So... this thing that didn't look very human had a sort of human way of life? "What is your species' opinion on allowing other races to live in peace?"

Re: Projection #1

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"We believe it to be the best idea," Hob said.

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"May I take your picture?" Yes, it was a projection. Yes, he'd take the picture anyway. But it might be novel to get the creature's approximation of a pleasant face recorded.

Re: Projection #1

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You may," Hob said. He even smiled.

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter took a picture of the smiling thing. "Thank you very much. One last question. Do your people ever have wars?"

Re: Projection #1

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"We have not had a war in many, many years," Hob said. "We believe in peaceful coexistance. And scarily extreme capital punishment."

Re: Projection #1

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Good on you. Peaceful coexistence is something we haven't worked out yet." Which made Walter's life significantly more interesting. "It was very interesting to meet you... err... what was your name?"