Honestly it always seemed like more of a popularity contest than it did a team effort. It was cool for a while and then... [ And then everything. Her voice is less filled with humor than it had been. ] And then it wasn't.
[ It isn't a lie. It's just that so much happened as a result of those experiences and just after those experiences that she can't actually remember the last time anyone ever really asked her that question. ]
I mean, who isn't happier after all the crap in high school is in the past, right?
[ Claire doesn't say anything for a long moment, though she's doing something in the background that makes up for it and might explain her momentary distraction. She's back quickly without missing a beat, though. ]
That makes sense. Someone said to me once that life gets a lot better after school. [ For as much as she respects Peter, Claire has still been unable to determine the validity of that statement. ] Hopefully it did for you. You know, minus getting sucked up into a giant spaceship.
It would be the correct word if we had any. Our population is too small to demand it, or.. that is the going opinion. [ His tone suggests he disagrees. ] It is normal for a student to train as an apprentice in their chosen craft after they finish with school, before they go on to other things.
[ Maybe this is a little bit of a directionless eighteen-year-old talking, someone who's stuck in a world of expensive textbooks and finals and serial killers dropping in from time to time. His current vocational track might not have been what he always intended to do, and she still knows very little about him - shocking - but at least he's got some conviction in his voice. ]
[ He killed people, played war strategist to a genocidal dictator, and learned enough dark and forbidden magic to land anyone else a death sentence. ]
I pursued my own projects. I didn't really want to go into teaching, but academic fields are limited in our society. It worked out; that they needed someone and I didn't need any further training.
I always thought it would have been nice to attend one. There aren't enough suitably talented people in our society to populate a faculty much less a student body, though.
Some colleges are pretty small. Maybe not as small as you're suggesting, but... I don't know. Maybe the ratios could work out or something. [ Something opens, a cap spins on a hard surface, and then there's a sound of something being scooped. ] Anyway, the last thing you probably want to talk about is school.
Hm. [ Probably an agreement. Studying is something he's actually interested in, but he's well aware it's boring as shit to just about everyone else. Meanwhile: ] Are you in the kitchen, or are you organizing an on-board drug racket?
I hear it's lucrative. [ Says the guy who used his potion making skillz to rip off muggle teenagers over summer breaks. ] And I should leave you to it.
Mhm. [ Acknowledgment. Or something. Then he disconnects, and goes to.. ignore thinking about why he even let it go on that long, and get back to his research. ]
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Honestly it always seemed like more of a popularity contest than it did a team effort. It was cool for a while and then... [ And then everything. Her voice is less filled with humor than it had been. ] And then it wasn't.
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And you were happier without it?
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[ It isn't a lie. It's just that so much happened as a result of those experiences and just after those experiences that she can't actually remember the last time anyone ever really asked her that question. ]
I mean, who isn't happier after all the crap in high school is in the past, right?
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[ Is said with deadpan humor. Then-- ] I understand what you mean.
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So school sucked for you?
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[ Why is he telling her this? Is her admission that unusual? Augh. ]
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[ .. Welp. ] I'm not sure about better or worse. But it was at least a change.
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[ The more she thinks about that, the less crazy it sounds, probably for the both of them. ]
Did you go to wizard college? Sorry, I'm sure that's not the right word for it.
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It would be the correct word if we had any. Our population is too small to demand it, or.. that is the going opinion. [ His tone suggests he disagrees. ] It is normal for a student to train as an apprentice in their chosen craft after they finish with school, before they go on to other things.
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[ Maybe this is a little bit of a directionless eighteen-year-old talking, someone who's stuck in a world of expensive textbooks and finals and serial killers dropping in from time to time. His current vocational track might not have been what he always intended to do, and she still knows very little about him - shocking - but at least he's got some conviction in his voice. ]
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[ Well. ]
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I pursued my own projects. I didn't really want to go into teaching, but academic fields are limited in our society. It worked out; that they needed someone and I didn't need any further training.
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That sounds better than college, honestly.
[ Cheerleader Bennet if only you knew. ]
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Drug racket, definitely. I cook some mean crystal meth.
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[ The surprise in her voice is due in part to the awareness of how long she's actually kept him. Talking about school. And drugs. ]
Hope your day gets better. [ And your face. ]
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