[School]: Classes Have Now Begun

[ten_fwd_npcs]

Classes for adults and children are now being held every day on Deck 14. The weekly schedule for September's syllabus is posted below. [Classes are OTA unless otherwise specified.]



[example of a youth class]

Itinerary/Subjects
Archery, Deck 11, Holodeck #3
Ballet, Room #0916 *
Catching up to the 24th Century, Classroom #1
Creative Writing, Classroom #3
Earth History and Archaeology, Classroom #4
Earth Languages, Room #0914 *
English & Poetry (Youth), Classroom #3
English & Poetry (Adult), Classroom #3
Federation Primer, Classroom #1
Geology, Classroom #5
Kenpo, Room #0918
Krav Maga, Room #0918 *
Melee Combat Basics, Room #0918
Mixed Martial Arts, Room #0918
Multiverse Primer, Classroom #1
Physical Education (Youth), Room #0918
Physical Education (Adult), Room #0918
Ranged Combat Basics, Room #0918
Scuba Diving, Deck 11, Holodeck #3
Self Defence, Room #0918
Spoken Languages (Klingon & Vulcan), Classroom #6
Surviving the Wilderness, Classroom #7
Warp Theory & Starship Tech, Classroom #10
Working with Chakra, Classroom #7
Xenoanthropology, Classroom #8
Advanced Xenolinguistics, Classroom #6

* [ One-on-one tutoring is available by request in ballet, krav maga, cooking, and a range of Earth languages. For a complete listing, see the OOC Post. You can request tutoring by replying to the comment offering the relevant subject in that post. ]


Class Schedule

Archery (Deck 11, Holodeck #3)
Sundays at 1500
Instructor: Thea Queen
Students: Alex Rogan, Finnick Odair

Ballet (Room #0916)
By Arrangement
Instructor: Ziva David
Students: Zoey Westen

Catching up to the 24th Century (Classroom #1)
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1300
Instructor: Lt. Hugh Cambridge
Students: Alex Rogan, Annie Cresta, Carson Beckett, Charles Tucker III, DJ, Finnick Odair, H. G. Wells, Jonas Quinn, Luna Lovegood, Natasha Romanoff, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Thea Queen, Will Arrowsmith, Zoey Westen

Creative Writing (Classroom #3)
Fridays, 1500
Instructor: H.G. Wells
Students: Finnick Odair

Earth History & Archaeology (Classroom #4)
Fridays, 1100
Instructor: Jonas Quinn
Students: Alec Troven, Luna Lovegood, Kevin Ford

Earth Languages (French/Italian) (Room #0914)
By Arrangement
Instructor: H.G. Wells/Ziva David
Students: Luna Lovegood

English & Poetry (Youth) (Classroom #3)
Mon-Fri, 0900
Instructor: Miss Kate Barlow
Students: Alec Troven, Kevin Ford

English & Poetry (Adult) (Classroom #3)
Wednesdays and Fridays, 1900
Instructor: Miss Kate Barlow
Students: Alex Rogan, Finnick Odair, DJ, Dylan Hunt

Federation Primer (Classroom #1)
Saturdays, 1100
Instructor: Lt. Cmdr. Terzen T'Karr
Students: Alex Rogan, Annie Cresta, Booker DeWitt, Charles Tucker III, Emma Frost, H. G. Wells, Lorna Dane, Luna Lovegood, Natasha Romanoff, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Steve McGarrett, Thea Queen, Will Arrowsmith

Geology (Classroom #5)
Fridays, 1300
Instructor: Lorna Dane
Students: Annie Cresta, Finnick Odair, Jonas Quinn, Luna Lovegood

Kenpo (Room #0918)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1600
Instructor: H.G. Wells
Students:

Krav Maga (Room #0918)
By Arrangement
Instructor: Ziva David
Students: Zoey Westen

Melee Combat Basics (Room #0918)
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1500
Instructor: Trever McCallum
Substitute: Sam Bowe
Students: Alex Rogan, Finnick Odair

Mixed Martial Arts (Room #0918)
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 0800
Open sparring Sundays from 0800
Instructor: Mack Gerhardt and Sam Bowe
Students: Alex Rogan, Dylan Hunt, Ezri Dax, Finnick Odair, Natasha Romanoff, Thea Queen, Trever McCallum, Zoey Westen

Multiverse Primer (Classroom #1)
Third Monday of the Month, 1900
Instructor: Fatima Merali
Students: Grainne (also for new arrivals)

Physical Education (Youth) (Room #0918)
Tuesdays, 1000
Instructor: Emma Frost
Students:

Physical Education (Adult) (Room #0918)
Fridays, 1000
Instructor: Emma Frost
Students: Annie Cresta, DJ

Ranged Combat Basics (Room #0918)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1700
Instructor: Kale McCallum
Students: Alex Rogan, Finnick Odair

Scuba Diving (Deck 11, Holodeck #3)
Tuesdays and Fridays, 1500
Instructor: Steve McGarrett
Students: Finnick Odair

Self Defence (Room #0918)
Tuesdays and Fridays, 1000
Instructor: Steve McGarrett
Students: Alex Rogan, DJ, Jonas Quinn, Mary McGarrett

Spoken Languages (Klingon & Vulcan) (Classroom #6)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1300
Instructor: Lt. Hugh Cambridge
Students: Alex Rogan, H. G. Wells, Jonas Quinn, Kale McCallum, Natasha Romanoff, Trever McCallum, Steve McGarrett, Zoey Westen

Surviving the Wilderness (Classroom #7)
Saturdays, 1300
Instructor: Bob Fraser
Substitute: Sam Bowe
Students: Alex Rogan, Finnick Odair, Jonas Quinn

Warp Theory & Starship Tech (Classroom #10)
Saturdays, 1400
Instructor: Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Substitute: Lt. Cmdr. Terzen T'Karr
Students: Alex Rogan, Charles Tucker III, Fatima Merali, H. G. Wells, Kale McCallum, Jack Harkness, Jim Kirk, Lorna Dane, Natasha Romanoff, Steve McGarrett, Tony Stark, Will Arrowsmith

Working with Chakra (Classroom #7)
Saturdays, 1000
Instructors: Minoru
Students:

Xenoanthropology (Classroom #8)
Saturdays, 1000
Instructors: Lt. Hugh Cambridge
Students: Alex Rogan, Carson Beckett, Jonas Quinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tony Stark

Advanced Xenolinguistics (Classroom #6)
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 1900
Instructors: Lt. Cmdr. Terzen T'Karr
Students: Jonas Quinn


Staff
Bob Fraser (Surviving the Wilderness)
Emma Frost (Physical Education (Youth), Physical Education (Adult), Self-Defence (Substitute))
Fatima Merali (Multiverse Primer)
Geordi La Forge, Lt. Cmdr. (Warp Theory & Starship Tech)
H.G. Wells (Creative Writing, Earth Languages (French), Kenpo)
Hugh Cambridge, Lt. (Catching up to the 24th Century, Spoken Languages (Klingon & Vulcan), Xenoanthropology)
Jonas Quinn (Earth History & Archaeology)
Kale McCallum (Ranged Combat Basics)
Kate Barlow (English & Poetry (Youth), English & Poetry (Adult))
Lorna Dane (Geology)
Mack Gerhardt (Mixed Martial Arts)
Minoru (Working With Chakra)
Sam Bowe (Melee Combat Basics (Substitute), Mixed Martial Arts, Surviving the Wilderness (Substitute))
Steve McGarrett (Scuba Diving, Self-Defence)
Terzen T'Karr, Lt. Cmdr. (Federation Primer, Warp Theory & Starship Tech (Substitute), Advanced Xenolinguistics)
Thea Queen (Archery)
Trever McCallum (Melee Combat Basics)
Ziva David (Ballet, Earth Languages (Italian), Krav Maga)


[ooc: Please note, the School is currently a once-a-month post; all times listed are for IC purposes. Teachers will post in with a comment for their class, and students can then tag in to thread at any stage for classes held at any point in the month.

To sign up to teach, or to add your character as a regular student of a class, see the OOC post here. The next School post will be on October 26th.]

Comments

[element_wizard]

At that he pointed at her. "Exactly! You know that they've never had a younger sister named Rowena. Sam and Dean know they've never had a younger sister named Rowena; but these parasites? They can make everyone think that Sam and Dean have had a younger sister. Even if it makes no sense, they can do it."

[dust_of_life]

"That's weird."

There was really no other way for Fatima to put it. It was just weird. But she understood. In a twisty and turny sort of way, she could still follow the idea.

[element_wizard]

"They're parasites. And sometimes those parasites can stop being parasites." He hesitated. "Mostly. They can stop feeding off of other worlds, allowing ... imperfections into their lives... allowing themselves to create a world of their own where they're the most important thing in it... or at least... a mover and a shaker so that they can create their own food source."

[dust_of_life]

"So if a parasite...let's stick with the Rowena example...stops feeding off of other worlds...it can physically and literally just...be Rowena?"

Like rewriting history.

And if that was the case, then what kind of parasites had changed the very fabric of her own world, she wondered.

[element_wizard]

"It has to create its own world. Rowena's world would probably be similar to Sam and Dean's and there might a pair of brothers who are very similar to the two of them. It's like... creating a duplicate that they can do whatever they want to in. Copy paste."

[dust_of_life]

Fatima nodded, appreciating the analogy. "Is there motivation for a parasite to do something like that?" she asked. "Or is that more of the exception than the norm?"

She tried to imagine having the power to create her own version of home. There was an interesting appeal to it, but then, her diet consisted of pears and macaroni and cheese. Not energy.

[element_wizard]

"It's the exception really... something usually happens that triggers an ... awakening... an awareness of what they're doing... sometimes they choose to keep going as they were other times they decide to stop... to change." He shrugged. "As for what causes the trigger? An outside force or individual."

[dust_of_life]

"They develop a conscience," Fatima said. It actually made a lot of sense in her schema of the world. It was like Cainites. Some of them maintained or developed a conscience. And then they turned to Artemis and joined the Order and turned against their own kind, in a sense.

The scale just seemed wildly different.

[element_wizard]

Alec has to think about that one. Conscience is such a slippery word and has so many different meanings if one thought about it.

"Something like that. Yeah. Or a healthy self interest in staying a live because there are parasite hunters out there. Often times ex-parasites themselves."

[dust_of_life]

That sounded like Cainites to Fatima. Or at leas the ones who had had a hand in raising her.

She nodded slightly. She would have to let that information turn over in her head for awhile. But it was definitely interesting. Very, very interesting.

"Well," she said. "I guess life is complicated for everyone."

[element_wizard]

"Yup. In any case that's how I got my start in the multiverse."

Parasite.

"And as far as I know, I'm the only one on board like it."

[dust_of_life]

Plot twist.

Fatima ran her tongue along the tips of her teeth, contemplating what he was telling her. She decided it was a sign of respect, of trust. Either that, or he was trolling. Her reaction might very well be some kind of test.

People were so complicated.

After a moment's debate, she finally decided on the right course of action. "Well," she said, I'm the only one of my kind on the ship too. Maybe we should start a club."

[element_wizard]

Eyes dancing in amusement as if he can see her surprised thoughts he asked, "Where did you think I was going with this story?"

No. He's not trolling her.

"Yes... the only part vampire...thingamahwuatchit or whatnot."

Now he's possibly trolling her. But he did know a version of her, briefly!

[dust_of_life]

Fatima's eyes flashed. She knew, of course, on an intellectual level, that there were a variety of ways to detect dhampir. At least two among Cainites alone. But that he knew her secret, without her getting the chance to tell it first, offended her. To the core. It felt like a complete invasion of privacy somehow. Like he'd walked in on her in the shower.

That wasn't entirely fair. She knew that. But her ego was a delicate thing. Easily bruised.

And right now, she felt like it had been punched.

"What?"

[element_wizard]

Grinning, Alec said, "I met another version of you in another reality. We didn't talk much, and I left before we could do anything really substantial together, but I knew you a little bit."

And that wasn't even using his Super Cheat Abilities.

[dust_of_life]

It was nearly impossible for Fatima to imagine another version of herself. Which was almost hilarious, considering the drawing up behind her. But the multiverse had never shown much of an interest in her or hers. Her entire time in Zelien, almost everyone she knew had run into someone else from their home world.

Except for her.

And now, faced with that reality, Fatima understood, for the first time, why Dean 2.0 had tried to shoot her.

She felt an inexplicable urge toward violence and she wasn't even hunting down Lucifer.

"Oh," she said, trying to keep her tone even.

[element_wizard]

Funny how it feels when the tables are turned, isn't it? At least if you're not used to it.

Alec is. And he's gotten over it.

"I don't know anything about you, really. Just that you're a part vampire thingy." Thingy is totally a proper description.

Totally.

[dust_of_life]

"Dhampir."

She tried to say the word as neutrally as possible. But the word 'dhampir' had so much behind it. Pride and self-loathing. A life of adventure and a life of fear. Which made sense, given the way that Cainites perceived them. To some, they were a sign of Gehenna. To others...the promise that there was life in death.

It was complicated.

[element_wizard]

"Dhampir," Alec repeated. "Right. I'll try to remember that."

To him, it's just a name.

(Possibly one that involved sparkles, gothy individuals with names like Raven Crystal Dearblood... and stuff... but just a name.)

[dust_of_life]

There was no sparkling in Fatima's world. In the sun, vampires went fizzlepop and died. And that was the way it was meant to be. And really, she could only think of one vampire worthy of sunlight, and that was Auntie Diana.

Who was probably dead.

But still.

Fatima struggled to think of something to say. She was feeling a little overwhelmed. And curiosity was waging against caution. Surprisingly, perhaps, caution won out. "You better not tell me any more," she decided. "There are some things that probably shouldn't be known."

[element_wizard]

"I don't know any more, so you don't have to worry about it."

There's a brief pause in the conversation and he tilts his head, his eyes get a glazed over look before he snaps back to the hear and now.

"Duck puppy?" he muttered softly, "Anyway - my experience is rather unique and I think what you had going on is a good primer."

[dust_of_life]

...duck puppy?

Not for the first time, Fatima found herself wondering what the duck was Pretty Boy's deal. She was more than a little unnerved now. Which meant putting up all of her defenses.

The mask. The one that said she was too jaded, too blase, too sophisticated to be impressed or awed or surprised.

The one that said she'd seen too much to ever be wide-eyed again.

"Thanks."

[element_wizard]

Sometimes picking up stuff from your future self isn't very fun.

Noticing the look he gave a short sigh.

"I'm sorry. I've gone and made it all weird, haven't I?"

[dust_of_life]

"A little bit," she replied, because she figured she owed him the honesty, if nothing else. "Although, if it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure I've seen weirder."

Cas immediately came to mind.

She pushed him as deep into her subconscious as she could.

[element_wizard]

"Actually it makes me feel worse if I'm not the weirdest thing you've seen. Because then you must have seem some really weird shit," he said honestly back.