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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

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Well it's my father's last name...? Everyone calls him Lord Hazelrink.

[hisdarkmark]

So you're a noble then. Or at least your father is. [That was the best thing to say, Charlotte.]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Oh, how'd you know? [/SEEMING DERPAGE] I'm the princess of Hazelrink.

[hisdarkmark]

...you're the princess of your household? That doesn't count, you know.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Oh, it doesn't? [...She pauses there, and then she sets the egg down lightly on the desk, seeming to go in deep thought-]

But daddy regularly has to talk with the Emeperor of Flemish about our borders...

[hisdarkmark]

Flemish? There's no way that can possibly be a real name.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

The Flemish Principality - that's where Silvie's from.

[hisdarkmark]

...what?

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

My friend Silvie is from the Flemish Principality. I'm from the Hazelrink Principality... they're neighbors?

[hisdarkmark]

And what planet did you say you were from?

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Earth?

[hisdarkmark]

Must be a Muggle thing.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[... ...]

What a Muggle?

[hisdarkmark]

Non-magic people.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[... Derp and then-]

Oh, so you can do magic tricks!

[hisdarkmark]

...[Eye twitching, there's some going on with Draco.] How stupid are you, honestly?

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Honestly...? [She pauses to consider this, and then she smiles there in the the way of gesturing at the egg here-]

Hopefully not much. I don't want to fail this.

[hisdarkmark]

I hope you don't fail either. [Yes, there is emphasis on the you in that sentence.]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

It would be a shame if you did too! [Smile there, missing to point of that entirely! Or so it seems-]

Anyway, how do you think we should do it?

[hisdarkmark]

Well...you're the girl.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's right! [...Ding! And then she thinks for a moment and-]

But is the egg a boy or a girl?

[hisdarkmark]

...it's an egg.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

So is a boy egg or a girl egg?

[hisdarkmark]

Eggs don't have sexes.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

But then how do you know if you have a son or a daughter?