quick questions #15

[moonburntmod]

How were you educated?

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[mai_yamato]

In the long breaks between new topics at moonburnt.

[mai_yamato]

Poorly.

[mai_yamato]

...School of Hard Knocks? *swiftly running out of jokes*

[green_tease]

Any special reason those required three separate posts, Kitten?

[mai_yamato]

I do it to educate.

[green_tease]

Educate about what, the antispam controls?

[mai_yamato]

...
...maybe

[jainajade]

Public school by day, combat training by night. Same as anybody, I suppose.

[mai_yamato]

Same.

[jainajade]

You little punk. I've seen your school uniform before. It doesn't fit you like it used to, just so you know.

[yzin]

I had an assortment of tutors covering a wide array of subjects. I undertook a private study of Terran Common and magic, however.

[jainajade]

It's called English, Zinnie. Not "Terran Common", ENGLISH. We've been over this.

[yzin]

Yes, you amply explained the nuances of Terran linguistics. Terran Common is a much more clear and concise name than "Middle American English with a minimum of terminology which may accidentally mislead or confuse speakers of non-American English."

[mai_yamato]

That's a lot of words to say "Bite me, Red."

[jainajade]

Oh my shit, you don't even know how irritating you're being today. Scram!

[yzin]

You're not wrong.

[pasht]

I no longer remember.

[moneymakershaker]

Ye dinnae remember yer learning? Innit that strange?

[pasht]

Perhaps. It was a very long time ago, and I am greatly changed since then.

[electrocate]

Home-schooled.

[jainajade]

Home-schooled, or House-schooled?

[electrocate]

...House-schooled. Didn't think you knew. Glass?

[jainajade]

Jade. Former. I don't come around these days.

[electrocate]

Wait, you're her? The traitor? Great Goddess, I never thought I'd meet you!

[jainajade]

Um, what? What've you heard?

[electrocate]

Couple variants. That you fell in love with a vampire, shielded him from the House, and ran off with him. That he tricked you and stole you away from them. That you secretly hated the House and saw an opportunity to hurt them by leaving work undone and leaving without notice.

Always figured it was something more boring. Maybe you habitually broke curfew or something and it was finally easier to split than take the punishment. No skin of my nose, whatever it was.

*eyes Jaina with evident curiosity, despite her words*

[mai_yamato]

*also eyes Jaina with curiosity*

[jainajade]

You're still with your House?

[electrocate]

Yes. They're not as powerful or dogmatic as they were in your day, but we're still doing our thing.

[jainajade]

Hmm. Perhaps you can catch me up sometime. Nothing martial, just some general news. I try to keep the faith in my way, and it's easier to leave the Houses to patrol their areas, and do my part somewhere else.

[electrocate]

Works.

[euryale]

I don't think I understand the question.

[green_tease]

Yeah, I don't get it either.

[pasht]

Mortals - at least, Terran mortals - are born without any conscious knowledge. They must learn everything, so their early years are spent undergoing educational programs. The question assumes the respondents have been through one or more such program, and wants to know which.

[euryale]

That sounds pitiably inefficient.

[pasht]

It is, but what choice do mortals have?

[moneymakershaker]

My gran taught me letters until I found a place as a page. The rest I learned in knightly training or my own experience.

(as Penny LaCroix)

[gelth]

I went to Japan as a foreign exchange student. Nihon wa subarashīdesu!