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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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Aly smiled at the two boys. "Twins, I see? Hopefully you're not as hellacious as my twin and I were." She grinned at the answer. "Does it matter what you want to use the information for?"

"If the information isn't good, then it isn't worth it." Kaoru reasoned. "It should be either black-mail worthy, or at least something you could use to get ahead of someone else. Something no one thinks you know."

"Are there any limits to when it's the right thing to do?" Aly asked. "Other than when it's not worth it."

They laugh. "Who cares if it's right! If they don't know, you don't have to justify your reason. And if it ends up helping the person out, all the better."

Aly smiled. "And that works just as long as you don't get caught." She winked. "Which is always the first plan."

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