As is a very short attention span. Dull legalese about our precise status and a reiteration of a story we've already told and heard more than once isn't something a normal child is likely to be interested in.LordsFire said:
Xander [Quest], Thread Six: This Is How the World (Tournament) Ends
- Thread starter Judge Mental
- Start date
I suppose it's theoretically possible, but from an absolutely standing start with no frame of reference to work from it seems rather unlikely. Alexander isn't that smart. It would just be words to him.arrepio said:
Walkir
Self-Requested Ban
- Location
- Ruhr, Germany
[x] Sit in your chair, stay quiet, and pay attention. You may be asked to speak.
- [x] Look around for magic, spiritual presences, etc with passive senses only.
Or, more precise: it, listen, get bored, look around and add in the other senses while getting even more bored but not wanting to start to read there because you might miss something important even if it's truly hard not to start reading...
- [x] Look around for magic, spiritual presences, etc with passive senses only.
Or, more precise: it, listen, get bored, look around and add in the other senses while getting even more bored but not wanting to start to read there because you might miss something important even if it's truly hard not to start reading...
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
tomes of knowledge require more than just down time and time wasting actions to be worthwhile and useful, honestly I don't see why people feel the need to be so attentive do you honestly think an eight year old is going to have any say in what happens to him in an embassy? You have to be joking. Our participation and anything we say will be dictated for us. we are honestly better off leaving it to the people who know what they are doing.Finbar said:
Why would we be left sitting in a reception area? We've basically been taken into protective custody. We've also other things we can do when we're alone with Lu-sensei - we've an enormous amount of ki and spiritual techniques to review with him.Finbar said:
That's not what we expect to happen, and if it does, I doubt we're going to get any choice. I'm pretty sure Lu-sensei doesn't have sufficient parental authority to dispute it happening either. The best we can do is play along and try to finesse being left without direct supervision.uju32 said:
Judge Mental said:
I hope that our parents signed all the relevant legal documentation nominating him to that role.uju32 said:
We also don't have reasonable grounds to seriously dispute protective custody without attracting unwanted attention.
King Arthur
The Once and Future King
[X] Sit in your chair, stay quiet, and pay attention. You may be asked to speak.
Judge Mental
Stranger In a Strange Land
[x] Sit in your chair, stay quiet, and pay attention. You may be asked to speak.
The contents of the office collectively make for a tempting distraction, and the book currently resting on your lap is another, but you force yourself to pay attention to what the adults are saying and doing. It does directly involve you and your well-being, after all, and a little bit of boredom now could do much to prevent more serious and permanent difficulties in the future.
Gained Concentration D++
Gained Tactics E
After Lu-sensei finishes summing up the current situation and how it came to be, Mister West begins asking questions about specific points. His first inquiry is about how serious Lu-sensei feels the threat of another attack is - your teacher's response is that he is uncertain, but he would prefer not to take chances with the lives of a couple of children when dealing with sword-swinging nutcases who can take out walls. Mister West agrees that's quite a sensible response, and asks, formally, if Lu-sensei is requesting protective custody for your group.
Just as formally, Lu-sensei replies that he is.
The self-described lawyer calls in his aide and tells him to arrange a meeting with the chief of security, as soon as is convenient. Once the younger man is off, Mister West resumes his questions, asking how the police conducted themselves during their initial response yesterday and then during today's interviews. Having been present for all three sessions, Lu-sensei answers promptly, giving a fair accounting of Sergeant Hajime and Officer Douji. After that, West inquires about your original travel plans, and Lu-sensei says that you were supposed to leave tomorrow, taking a day off after the tournament to do some sightseeing, but with this personal attack on top of the earlier, more general attack at the tournament itself, he was seriously considering hopping the next plane back to the States. It's at this point that Mister West puts two and two together and realizes that you were attending THAT martial arts tournament - the one that got bombed - and he quickly calls his aide back in and tells him to move up that meeting with the chief to "immediately, if not sooner." He also says to call the embassy's medical staff, to find out which hospitals handled the response to the riot at the arena and the attack at your hotel, and to get their reports on your treatments.
Things get busy after that, and you sort of lose track of what's being said, as men and women in suits start to file in and out of Mister West's office at a fast pace. Before too long, your group is moved out of the office and into a more comfortably-appointed waiting room, which has a couple of distinctly guard-like men standing outside the doors. There's a nice painting on one wall, several shelves' worth of books in front of another, three chairs around a table, two long, well-upholstered benches, and a sturdy-looking window in the wall opposite the door.
"So," Cordelia says, after you've been left to your own devices by the busy embassy staff. "Evidently Mister West thinks that our being targeted by sword-swinging killers is somehow less important than our having been random bystanders to a bombing. Why is that?"
"I can think of a few explanations," Lu-sensei replies. "One is that, as a person raised and residing in an era dominated by guns and bombs and missiles, Mister West cannot conceive of anyone seriously using a 'primitive' weapon like a sword. Another possibility is that he did take the swords seriously, but felt confident in the ability of the embassy's security to protect us from further such threats - but not so much against a bombing. It may also be that we are the first American citizens to have contacted our government who can provide an eyewitness account about the incident at the arena." He shrugs. "Or it could be something else. We'll just have to wait and see."
Stuck in a room with Cordy, Briar, and Lu-sensei for an indeterminate period of time. What do you do?
[ ] Grab a chair, open your book, and start reading.
[ ] Talk to one or more of your companions. (Write-in who, and subject.)
[ ] The room is large enough that you could do some light training, if you wanted to.
[ ] Open your mind and probe the embassy for supernatural forces.
[ ] Meditate.
The contents of the office collectively make for a tempting distraction, and the book currently resting on your lap is another, but you force yourself to pay attention to what the adults are saying and doing. It does directly involve you and your well-being, after all, and a little bit of boredom now could do much to prevent more serious and permanent difficulties in the future.
Gained Concentration D++
Gained Tactics E
After Lu-sensei finishes summing up the current situation and how it came to be, Mister West begins asking questions about specific points. His first inquiry is about how serious Lu-sensei feels the threat of another attack is - your teacher's response is that he is uncertain, but he would prefer not to take chances with the lives of a couple of children when dealing with sword-swinging nutcases who can take out walls. Mister West agrees that's quite a sensible response, and asks, formally, if Lu-sensei is requesting protective custody for your group.
Just as formally, Lu-sensei replies that he is.
The self-described lawyer calls in his aide and tells him to arrange a meeting with the chief of security, as soon as is convenient. Once the younger man is off, Mister West resumes his questions, asking how the police conducted themselves during their initial response yesterday and then during today's interviews. Having been present for all three sessions, Lu-sensei answers promptly, giving a fair accounting of Sergeant Hajime and Officer Douji. After that, West inquires about your original travel plans, and Lu-sensei says that you were supposed to leave tomorrow, taking a day off after the tournament to do some sightseeing, but with this personal attack on top of the earlier, more general attack at the tournament itself, he was seriously considering hopping the next plane back to the States. It's at this point that Mister West puts two and two together and realizes that you were attending THAT martial arts tournament - the one that got bombed - and he quickly calls his aide back in and tells him to move up that meeting with the chief to "immediately, if not sooner." He also says to call the embassy's medical staff, to find out which hospitals handled the response to the riot at the arena and the attack at your hotel, and to get their reports on your treatments.
Things get busy after that, and you sort of lose track of what's being said, as men and women in suits start to file in and out of Mister West's office at a fast pace. Before too long, your group is moved out of the office and into a more comfortably-appointed waiting room, which has a couple of distinctly guard-like men standing outside the doors. There's a nice painting on one wall, several shelves' worth of books in front of another, three chairs around a table, two long, well-upholstered benches, and a sturdy-looking window in the wall opposite the door.
"So," Cordelia says, after you've been left to your own devices by the busy embassy staff. "Evidently Mister West thinks that our being targeted by sword-swinging killers is somehow less important than our having been random bystanders to a bombing. Why is that?"
"I can think of a few explanations," Lu-sensei replies. "One is that, as a person raised and residing in an era dominated by guns and bombs and missiles, Mister West cannot conceive of anyone seriously using a 'primitive' weapon like a sword. Another possibility is that he did take the swords seriously, but felt confident in the ability of the embassy's security to protect us from further such threats - but not so much against a bombing. It may also be that we are the first American citizens to have contacted our government who can provide an eyewitness account about the incident at the arena." He shrugs. "Or it could be something else. We'll just have to wait and see."
Stuck in a room with Cordy, Briar, and Lu-sensei for an indeterminate period of time. What do you do?
[ ] Grab a chair, open your book, and start reading.
[ ] Talk to one or more of your companions. (Write-in who, and subject.)
[ ] The room is large enough that you could do some light training, if you wanted to.
[ ] Open your mind and probe the embassy for supernatural forces.
[ ] Meditate.
[x] Grab a chair, open your book, and start reading.
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
[x] Grab a chair, open your book, and start reading.
PhoenixFTW
Insert Witty One-Liner Here
- Location
- Minnesota
[x] Chat a bit with the others; if nobody seems particularly desirous of our attention, shift to reading after a while.
This is the first and possibly last opportunity for a while we've had to do our ki training.
[X] Ask Lu-sensei if it would be possible to review what you and Cordelia have learned and figured out yourselves about ki and spiritual manipulation over the past few days, verbally for the flashier techniques, and including demonstrations for those without visual displays, such as sensory and physical/mental enhancement techniques.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.
[X] Ask Lu-sensei if it would be possible to review what you and Cordelia have learned and figured out yourselves about ki and spiritual manipulation over the past few days, verbally for the flashier techniques, and including demonstrations for those without visual displays, such as sensory and physical/mental enhancement techniques.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.
[X] Ask Lu-sensei if it would be possible to review what you and Cordelia have learned and figured out yourselves about ki and spiritual manipulation over the past few days, verbally for the flashier techniques, and including demonstrations for those without visual displays, such as sensory and physical/mental enhancement techniques.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.
[X] Ask Lu-sensei if it would be possible to review what you and Cordelia have learned and figured out yourselves about ki and spiritual manipulation over the past few days, verbally for the flashier techniques, and including demonstrations for those without visual displays, such as sensory and physical/mental enhancement techniques.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.
--[X] If he thinks it's inadvisable, read the Spirit Guide.