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[silverworld]

Now, I'd like to announce our new school project. You will be graded for this, of course, but most of all it is a learning experience. All the practical knowledge you gain may very well be put to use in the future. You see...

[She reaches down to pick up a small basket, placing it on the desk before her. What's inside the basket, you wonder? It's eggs. A lot of them. They aren't boiled or anything of the sort.]

For an entire week, you all will be proud parents. These [she indicates the eggs again.] will be your frail, loved children. You may name them, dress them or even try to feed them. As long as your child is still in one piece next Thursday, you pass the project. Of course, one can never become a parent on their own, which is why I've taken the liberty of assigning you all a partner. Both of you will have to cooperate and take it in turns to care for your baby. That is the trick behind parenting, after all. Stella, already being a proud mother herself, is exempt from the project and will be giving a guest lecture early next week.

When I call your names, you will come forth and take one 'child' out of the basket. Once you've all had your turn, I'd like you to take a while to get to know your partner better and make some agreements on the ways you feel this project should be handled.

Ages 6-12:
Kotaro, Chibi-Usa, Nanako
Klonoa, Hanyuu
WW Link, Kyrie
(Saku)Bo, Hikari "Kari"
Yamato "Matt", Rika
Taichi "Tai", Lymle
Takuya, Vivi Aislinn

Ages 13-16:
Simon, Yuzuhira, Hotaru
Karol, Anise
Florian, Shiki
Genis, Kairi
Riku, Seles
Roxas, Shirley
Raenef, Rena
Caesar, Usagi
Sora, Tear
Svein, Rachel
Tom Riddle, Ted

Ages 17-23:
Haruki, Hermoine
Harry, Yuzu
Draco, Charlotte
Atsuro, Terra
Minato, Colette
Alphonse, Uriko
Ryoji, Hero
Sonic, Mitsuru
Souji, Ramirez
Yosuke, Akihiko
Vyse, Estelle
Lloyd, Celes
Stahn, Kinon

Any questions? If not, feel free to start planning child care with your partner. You have fifteen minutes.


[[OOC: The pairings were randomly selected by me, mostly according to age. Whenever there was a third person left in one of the categories, they'd be placed with one of the younger couples in that same category. If I forgot your character, or you see any mistakes, let me know!]]

Comments

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[Yuzu obtains her egg and holds it somewhat lazily, obviously not getting as into the project as some other people in the room.]

So who's Harry?

[She's also eyeing the boy who's partnered with Hero. Good thing it is a boy, otherwise it would be an icy stare instead.]

/is late, sorry DX;

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[Harry is kind of staring at it with displeasure. This does not sound like a fun project.]

Er, I'm Harry.

[He's a bit nervous greeting her, because this is so awkward. Why can't he work with Ron or Hermione?]

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[the teachers live to break up cliques, or something.]

Nice to meet you. I'm Yuzu.

[still holding the egg. ...She's not really sure what to do now.]

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[Well damn them. At least he's not working with Riddle or Malfoy.]

Nice to meet you, Yuzu.

[He looks at it, too.] Kind of a pathetic little thing, isn't it?

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

Well, it is an egg.

[She thinks about setting it down on the desk, but it's slanted and it'd just roll off.]

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

Hold on, I'll get that.

[And he's going to transfigure something on the desk into an egg cup with his wand.] There. It should fit nicely.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[ffff what. what. her sparkly pink gel pen... Yuzu jerks backwards in surprise, nearly jostling the egg out of the cup.]

W-what did you do?

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[...Okay, that was kind of stupid in retrospect.]

I just transfigured it. I can change it back!

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

Transfigure? [stare. He's got a magic wand and everything, like something out of a manga. ...This place is crazy.] Uh... well, as long as I get my gel pen back...

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

Changing one thing into another thing. It's pretty useful. The magic's a bit of a habit, after all this time.

Er... maybe we should find something else to change into an egg cup.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[she just shakes her head.] I really shouldn't be surprised by this stuff anymore...

Can you use anything?

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

How long have you been here?

Just about. Bigger stuff is more complicated, but I should be able to manage another egg cup even with the power restraints.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

Three months, now.

[She fishes around in her desk, then, and pulls out a pink eraser. ...Most of her school supplies are pink.] How's this?

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

I've only been here for two.

[He looks at it and nods.] That should do. [Bam! The eraser is a new, pink egg cup. After putting the egg in the new cup, he turns the other cup back into a gel pen.] Good as new.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[She has to poke the pen and the eggcup to make sure they're real.] Magic is crazy...

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[He's watching the egg. He still sort of wants to get a good grade, after all.] I'm sure there are other people around who could do crazier stuff than this.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[It's not going anywhere, probably. ...besides, you could just use reparo or something on it if it smashes.]

Well yeah, but still... That kind of magic is only in anime and stuff back home.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[Dunno if that would work on a living egg.]

What's anime?

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

Oh. [From his clothes she'd thought he was from a modern world, but he's definitely not Japanese either, so...] It's like, animated television shows.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[He blinks, and then nods.] Oh, so it's like a Muggle cartoon.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[Muggle. Isn't that the word that one blonde boy had made up before?]

I don't know what "Muggle" is, but yeah, a cartoon. We call it anime in Japan.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

A Muggle is a non-magic person where I come from. I'm not sure what they'd be called in Japan, though.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

Non-magic, huh... Why make up a special word for it, though? It sounds kind of like an insult to me.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

We have to keep ourselves hidden most of the time. Wizards infiltrating the Muggle world would shake things up too much, so we don't mingle unless we have to.

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

...I guess I understand. When people get their hands on magic and power like that...