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auroraexpress2019-03-29 07:13 pm
advisories) wrote in auroraexpress2019-03-29 07:13 pm
The Ninth Trial
Who: everyone
When: Day 18, starting just after dawn
Where: The Hermit's Tent, and all around
[This morning as the sun begins to pour through the train's windows, there's the tremor that signals a Trial.]
Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth. Or something like that!
[It's the same older man's voice from the sixth trial, and outside is the same fortune teller's stall. Today the front flap is lifted to show a normal interior -- there's a wooden table, carved with geometric patterns and painted in bright colours, lit by teal-coloured carved candles.
At the table sits a man of indeterminate age, somewhere between 30 and 60. He's wearing what appear to be monk's robes, teal with patterned trimming. In front of him is a crystal ball and a stack of bingo cards, along with a stand-up sign bearing the rules of this Trial.
Across the top in large font, it says:
Icebreaker Bingo
Good luck and have fun!]
When: Day 18, starting just after dawn
Where: The Hermit's Tent, and all around
[This morning as the sun begins to pour through the train's windows, there's the tremor that signals a Trial.]
Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth. Or something like that!
[It's the same older man's voice from the sixth trial, and outside is the same fortune teller's stall. Today the front flap is lifted to show a normal interior -- there's a wooden table, carved with geometric patterns and painted in bright colours, lit by teal-coloured carved candles.
At the table sits a man of indeterminate age, somewhere between 30 and 60. He's wearing what appear to be monk's robes, teal with patterned trimming. In front of him is a crystal ball and a stack of bingo cards, along with a stand-up sign bearing the rules of this Trial.
Across the top in large font, it says:
Good luck and have fun!]
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On a broader level, for higher education, individual study or apprenticeship is still feasible for a small population, especially given nightkin are longer-lived humans.
And, very respectfully, there's very little use for the study of literature in times of war. And as we are a cursed people, breaking the curse and achieving piece have been of somewhat higher priority than educational reform.
[She's not really offended by the question, honestly. It is a fair one. But her tone and bearing do shift, as they do any time she discusses policy and politics.]
Going forward, I would like to establish a more rigorous system, but rushing the establishment of it wouldn't do anyone any good. Furthermore, it would have to be a system that appealed to both my people and the Empire's, and I don't yet know enough about the latter to reliably suggest policy change.