Constant Vigilance 2, Session 1. Friday Sept 8th, Period 4

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

For anyone who took the summer session of Constant Vigilance, the classroom was very, very familiar. The large teacher's desk, complete with cobbled together holo-project sat at the front of the room, and it was now even larger and more glowy in bits. The student chair-desks were in a half circle, the open end facing the front of the room.

The Doctor, in his casual slacks, jumper, and leather jacket, stood in front of the desk, tossing a metallic ball up and down in his hand. After everyone signs in and gets situated, the Doctor slams to metallic ball down onto his desk with a rather loud crack.

"Now that I've got all your attentions, please allow me to introduce myself. While I could go for the pop culture reference and say I'm a man of wealth and taste, I myself will only... mention it in passing as to make the reference but make it seem like I'm not trying to. Right." He coughed. "I'm your teacher for this class, Constant Vigilance. As this is the second session of it, I labelled it with that number, two, and the subheading of 'Electric Boogaloo', mainly in reference to the infamous breakdancing film. But this class, however, is not about dancing or boogaloos of any sort. It's about the wide universe, and it's about the things that dwell in it."

He smiled and picked up the metallic ball he'd slammed on his desk. "The first rule of the universe is that you should never take things at face value. Is this some strange alien sports ball, or is it--" he peeled off the metallic skin, the tin foil in fact, to reveal that it is, in fact, a chocolate orange. As it blossoms out into the individual pieces, he starts the orange being passed around the half-circle. "Everyone gets a single piece," he said.

"Of course, the same applies to aliens. Just because it has fangs dripping with venom doesn't mean it plans to bite you, and just because its saying 'We come in peace' doesn't mean it doesn't have a death ray hidden behind its back. The key, of course, is knowing when things are what they are, and when they are not."

"And on this front, we're going to have a little getting to know each other activity. I'm sure some of you have done this before, and that will only make it more interesting. We'll be going around the room, and everyone will be saying their name, where they're from, and then three things about themself."

He raised a finger. "The catch is, of course, that two of the things are the truth. One of them is a lie. We'll all be guessing as to which the lie is, of course. And I'll even start things off--"

After the activity, the Doctor clapped and rubbed his hands together. "That's actually all I have for today, me. But I do have a totally handwavable assignment for you all. First Contact, we'll call it. Go out, find someone you've never talked to. Maybe you've seen them around, but you don't even know their name. Go up. Introduce yourself. Ask if they'll join you in a game of tiddlywinks or something. The idea is to get to know them. Maybe make a new friend, even. Just go out, and make contact. It's a good exercise, I think. And if you could write up a short description of the experience or again, handwaveyness to turn in next week, that'd be fantastic."

He smiled. "That's it, then. If anyone wants to stay after to ask a question of me, that's great. And please remember that Mister Harkness is my TA, so he's practically an extension of me, for practicality's sake. I'm sure you'll find him friendly and accomodating. You're all free to go, now. Toodle-loo and all that."

[ooc: Wait for OCD, please. ETA: Up and ready!]

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Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor will begin.

In his own subthread, for organization's sake.

Name, where you are from, two truths, and a lie (hopefully not neccessarily in that order, or else it may be quite easy to guess)

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"I said I'll start, and start I shall. I'm the Doctor, just that and nothing more. You'll have to be quite endearing to get away with calling me Doc or something of the like, so it's not out of the question, but here I am digressing already."

He cleared his throat.

"I'm from the planet of Gallifrey, which no longer exists. As for my three things...

One, I look much younger than I did five hundred years ago.

Two, I wrote out some of Shakespeare's manuscripts for him when he had a bum wrist.

Three, I once licked a Rutan just to see what it tasted like."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is pretty sure the second one was a lie because when the Doctor looked different at Jack's birthday party he said he was four hundred years old.

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

"Um, the third one?" Layla guessed. "Because I'm not sure what a Rutan is, but you don't strike me as the type for random acts of licking."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[notajar]

Door peers up at him and thinks but doesn't say that actually, he does look the type to go in for random acts of licking. Still... "Three? Considering the subject of this class, it seems a a bit dangerous to go about licking things without having researched what they taste like beforehand."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[danakathscully.livejournal.com]

Dana took a deep breath and considered aliens and five hundred year old teachers. She was in way over her head. "I think two. He didn't sound too nice, like, one to do favours for. Then again I never met him."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"The licking one," Carmela says, because she's read the Plane Gazetteer. It warns against things like licking people you don't know very much about.

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"I'm Pip Bernadette, from France. Firstly, I have spent time as a baby goose. Secondly, I once fought a bar fight for someone so that they'd pay my drink tab. Thirdly, I once fought a weird monster thing with our current teacher. Only he looked really different then."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Bar fight. I hope," the Doctor guessed.

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

"My name is Togusa. I'm from Tokyo Japan. I have constant access to the internet through my head, I have a pet dog back home and once I was stuck in a small tank for two days."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

I'm Dean Winchester and I was born in Lawrence, Kansas. For my fourth birthday I wanted a puppy, but what I got was a little brother. I shot the monster under the bed when I was nine. I think Metallica's the greatest band ever.

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"My name's Carmela Rodriguez, and I'm from Manhattan."

She thought carefully about her two truths and a lie before finally deciding on them.

"My brother's dog could create universes, I've never been to the moon, and I once stopped a clan of Tawulf bounty hunters from blowing me and my friends up by offering them a chocolate bar."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"My name is Zack Addy. I'm from Michegan," Zack paused. "My IQ is 163, I have seven siblings, and I know how to give a french manicure."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm Pippi Longstocking. I was born and raised on the open ocean, but my family is from Sweden. Firstly, I once met a talking chicken who made me the most lovely omlette. Secondly, I've performed an exorcism with another student in this class. Aaaaand thirdly... I once made an ol' car run on a combination of home made super glue and rainwater."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'm Jack Harkness. I'm from the fifty-first century, from way too many places to name just one. In addition to that, a herd of sheep once adopted me as their mascot, I spent five days as a member of a Viceroy's harem, and was kicked off a planet, naked."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Alex Krycek, from Earth."

He paused a moment before listing his three things. "I know how to speak Italian fluently, I've been possessed by an alien before, and once had my arm sawn off by some well-meaning woodsmen."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"My name is Walter Dornez and I'm from London, England."

He stopped to think before saying, "Yesterday I turned seventy-eight. I have jumped out of an airborne plane without a parachute. And I married both Pippi and Nadia."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

"I'm Layla Williams, and I'm from California," she said, giving everyone a little wave. "Let's see. I'm a vegetarian, I have a really cute little brother, and my best friend in the whole world can fly."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"My name is Marie and I'm from Mississippi. Um, I have two sisters, my first date ended when I dumped a banana split on the guy's head and I never flew in anything until I came to Fandom."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I'm Cameron Mitchell. I'm from Memphis, Tennessee," Cameron paused for a moment, trying to come up with the rest. "I once was a wolf for a couple of days, I once flew an alien spacecraft and I've been across the galaxy."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"My name's Kaylee Frye and I'm from 500 years in the future," Kaylee said. She paused before adding, "My full name is Kaywinnit Lee, the apple is my favorite fruit and I got shot once."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[notajar]

"I'm Door." Door folds her hands on her desk. Despite there being a bit more to it, she sticks with that; no one here seems to go about announcing titles or as if they'd care about other people's. "I... can understand rats, I was on a television programme when I was small, and I've traveled all about London on the tube but never used a ticket or an Oyster card.

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[danakathscully.livejournal.com]

"Dana Katherine Scully, and I'm from Chicago and three things. I'm a natural red head, I've never lived away from home before and I'm finding it very hard to believe in aliens and magic."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[stykera]

"I'm Stark. From the Uncharted Territories. And three things, three things..." Stark paused to think of which truths and which lie he wanted to share today.

"Um. One, I helped rob a bank once. Two, I lost my eye," he said, tapping his mask lightly, "and the rest of it, to a pulse blast. And three. Three, I accidentally went back in time once."

Re: Activity: Name, Origin, Two Truths and a Lie

[sensethevisions]

"I'm Phoebe Halliwell and I'm from San Francisco, California. Let's see, I've never been out of this country, I once was a mermaid for a week, oh, and sometimes I trust the wrong people."