fandomhigh | Through a Glass Darkly: Spies and Spying.

Aly was waiting in the classroom as her students filed in. She gave each a warm smile as he or she signed in. Once everyone was seated, she stood up to greet them, absently stroking her black beaded necklace.

"Good morning. I'm Alianne of Pirate's Swoop and the Copper Isles. You may feel free to call me Aly though if you're uncomfortable with that, duani would be acceptable." She grinned. "This class is 'Through a Glass Darkly: A Hands on History of Spies and Spying' or however you'd like to shorten it as the first is a bit of a mouthful."

"During the term, we're going to cover the basics of spycraft, running spying operations, and how in the history of this world and others, espionage has been used, completely failed, and succeeded beyond expectations." She paused, surveying the classroom. "And, since I don't see much use in feeding you theory all semester - if I liked theory, I would have gone to study magic with my brother -" she interjected with a slight roll of her eyes. "we're going to cover the practicalites of what makes a good spy - and what gets spies killed."

"You already know my name. So I'll give you a bit more information about me. I've been spymaster to my Queen for six years now and helped organise the rebellion to put her in power. Everything I'm going to be teaching you is something I've used in the past seven years that has helped my Queen, her country, my spies, and myself survive. The number one thing? Is your mind. Half of spying is ninety percent mental as they say." She winked. "No matter the gadgets or magic or little toys you have at your disposal, your brain is your biggest advantage and the thing that shall keep you alive."

She surveyed the class, stroking her necklace again.

"So today, I'd like to get to know each of you, hear what you think spying ought to be used for, and then play a few memory games to help train that advantage." She smiled slightly mischieviously and may have appeared relieved to the very observant.

"Oh, right. I'm also looking for a teacher's assistant or two. If you'd like to help out, see me after class. You don't need to have any experience." She grinned. "Just enthusiasm."

[OOC: Syllabus is coming as my brain is fried. Also, there'll be an OOC post for all of you later today if you'd keep an eye out for that. OCD is Up..]

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Molly grinned again. "I think it will be fun." She hesitated for a moment, fearing Teddy might think her rude, but decided to ask anyway. "You're a skrull?"

"Yeah," Teddy said, head still down on his desk.

"You don't look like the only skrull I've met. Is this your disguise?"

Teddy's head shot up and he stared at Molly, eyes getting huge.

"You've heard about Skrulls before?"

Molly nodded. "The one I met is engaged to my friend Karolina."

"This is my regular form. I'm only half Skrull." Teddy said, digesting the bit of information Molly gave him.

"You're from Earth though? Are there mutants where you're from?" Molly asked curiously. "There are only a few people here who come from an Earth that has mutants."

Teddy grinned. "Yes and yes. I was begining to wonder if I was the only one from that earth."

"Have you heard of the Young Avengers?"

Molly nodded. "Me and my friends try to stay hidden from the super hero types, but I've heard of them," she said.

"Oh." Teddy looked down at his notebook at the stick figure with lightning coming from it's little stick figure hands.

"Not fond of spandex?"

Molly shrugged. "It's more that they, Captain America in particular, want us to stop fighting bad guys. Especially me now because I'm still underage." She rolled her eyes. "Like that really makes a difference."

Teddy laid his head down on his desk, pillowed by his arms. "Yeah, I know."

"He's the reason why I got sent here."

"Really?"

"Yeah, for my own good."

He waved his hand toward himself. "Next in line for the Skrull throne and catalyst for the next intergalactic war. And I didn't even know I was an alien until 3 weeks ago, before that I thought I was a mutant."

Molly shook her head. "Why do adults always say that? For your own good. I hate that. But," she gave him a small grin, "there really are worse places you could have been sent. I like it here a lot."

He gave a small smile back. "Yeah, it is nice to not have to worry about people freaking out when they learn you can lift a car."

Molly gave Teddy a larger smile. "Yeah, people aren't going to be too impressed with your strength when there are already three really strong girls here," she teased.

Teddy looked thoughtful for a moment, then changed.

"Should I make it an even four?" He, now she, asked with a wicked grin.

Molly slapped a hand over her mouth to keep from disrupting class with her laughter.

Teddy turned back into himself, biting his lip to keep from laughing.

"Are you trying to tell me I'm an ugly girl?" He asked, pretending to look hurt.

Molly chuckled. "No. I was just imagining some of the guys' reactions if you did that on a regular basis. Although, the ones who were here last year know Jake. He's a mutant who can shapeshift. He went to prom as a girl."

He rolled his eyes. "I don't think I'll do that on a regular basis, I like my man-parts, thank you very much."

"Why did he go as a girl?" Teddy asked, curiosity getting the better of him.

Molly shrugged. "Probably because of the way his boyfriend looks at him when he does that. She was really pretty."

Teddy scrunched up his nose, his voice rising slightly in anger. "He did it because his boyfriend liked him better as a girl?"

Molly shook her head. "Not better. Jake just wanted to look really pretty which is easier to do with girl clothes for something like prom. And Alex likes Jake the way he is, boy or girl. He'd have to to put up with Jake's coffee addiction," she added with a grin.

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