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[herotypical]

[ and so the slayer cracks open her locket once again. not, as some might anticipate, to comment aloud about the woeful state of animal welfare in these lands (as others already have. instead, she has a far more personal bone to pick. some domestic fat to chew. ]

Uhm. Pop quiz: where's the best place in the Drabwurld to raise a...teenager? [ she almost says 'kid', but corrects herself at the last moment. last thing she needs is yet another i'm not a kid argument with dawn. ] You know. Temporarily. Until we find a way outta this Ren-Faire disaster. Until then, I wanna know it all. Crime stats; outlet malls; hip-but-age-appropriate dance clubs. Preferably the kind where they definitely don't serve minors. [ each item is ticked off on her fingers. ]

O-oh! And schools. Please tell me there's at least one rinky-dink town that includes whatever counts as high school's wacky medieval cousin. [ because dawn summers is not dropping out by default. or so buffy vainly believes. she just hopes there are no hellmouths lurking about to interfere with math class. ] Knowledge is power, right?

[ funny. she never cared that much about the plight of kidnapped teenagers before now. but with the sudden arrival of the little sister, everything's changed. time to settle down and find herself a dependable chore chart, figure out a good curfew, and start disapproving of all of dawn's new friends. ]

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[smithwork]

They have clubs just for dancing?

[ Let's approach these issues from the most poignant first (because that sounds stupid, who hangs out just waiting to show people how they dance? Besides Snotlout). ]

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[herotypical]

Damn straight. Though -- the quality tends to vary from the downright skeezy to spots where you gotta claim total VIP status to even breath on their velvet ropes.

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[smithwork]

That sounds like the worst club I've ever heard of, hands down, and I know someone who once started a Dragon-Manure Fertilizer Recipe club.

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[mdma]

You're joking.

[no, seriously. she can't believe that this woman is bringing up all these topics at once. if she wants whoever she's "raising" to like her, this isn't the way to go about it. plus, what fairy world had schools? and clubs?

they have insane celebrations, that's for sure, but....she's not going to go there right now.]

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[herotypical]

You'll know when I'm joking, on account of me actually being funny.

[ or really not. it's kinda hit and miss. ]

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[mdma]

[her brow furrows in disapproval.]

Who are you trying to "take care of"?

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[slugout]

School? Are you kidding? No school is just about the only good thing there is in this wasteland.

[ and you're supposed to be a senior next year, junpei.... ]

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[herotypical]

[ a couple of years ago and she might have agreed with him; however, she's someone else's legal guardian now. she has responsibilities. ]

Summer vacation can't last forever. [ ... ] Or winter vacation, as the case currently is.

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[slugout]

It doesn't count as vacation if you spend half the time worrying about being eaten by bears and the other half worrying about being eaten by things that aren't bears but are equally vicious.

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[dragonring]

[This girl... "speaks Earth", Dave realizes. And is the accent American? Hard to tell when this silly language they got stuck with, but he knows he won't let the chance of speaking to someone from home. Hope you don't mind more of a wonderful nasally voice.]

If what I found on the library is accurate, I'd stay away from Mair. It sounds like , ah- "the wacky medieval cousin" of Las Vegas.

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[herotypical]

Duly noted. [ a light huff. ] I did the Vegas thing when I was her age -- it was a bad scene.

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[dragonring]

I've never been there and trust me, it's not on my life's to do list. [A pause while he considers the options.] I can't think of much an average teen from Earth will enjoy around here, unless she likes renaissance fairs.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Soooo, you're responsible for a teenager here, and your goal is to make sure they don't have any fun?

[Asks the grinning tween...]

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[herotypical]

I'm thinking of investing in a heap of board-games.

[ so. yes. no-fun buffy to the (non) rescue. ]

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Wow.

[Congratulations Buffy, Lumina is genuinely not sure what to say to that.]

So you want them to hate you and run away.

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[enthraller]

I'm not sure exactly what sort of school you're looking for, or if there's anything like it here, but have you considered a private tutor?

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[herotypical]

Private tutoring might be a little outside my pay-scale.

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[parallels]

Age appropriate dance club sounds like a bit of a dream, even for fairy land.

[She very much doubts the existence of such things. Though she can admit this would be a terrible place for most teenagers. She might have preferred it.]

Haven't seen a school either. I've been thinking about setting one up.

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[herotypical]

-- Teacher? Or quasi-evil principal?

[ because let's be honest all principals are quasi-evil. ]

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[brainiest]

I'd imagine somewhere in the inner cities might work, maybe where there's less Shardholder activity. We seem to attract trouble?

[ Hermione has no idea who needs this kind of thing but she can only imagine it has something to do with a family member. She'd try and do the same if she had a sibling or someone close. ]

I'm really not sure about school, though... I can't imagine they'd teach anything that we're used to at home.

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[herotypical]

She's fifteen. She can't just not go.

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[cagedinflesh]

Which subjects are you hoping could be provided to your ward? If no proper schooling is available, I should be happy to help. Education is, after all, incredibly important, and one must learn young, else the information simply won't stick.

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[herotypical]

She's not my ward. She's my...

[ no. okay. ward maybe works. it just sounds so weird. so...old-worldy. ] Look, she's a really bright girl. A great girl. She just maybe needs some structure. Someone to keep her on top of her homework. That kinda stuff.

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[dawndiaries]

[Hey, said fifteen year old girl is within earshot, you know! And she's heard enough to express something between surprise and fear of the secondhand embarrassment that'll come from people finding out she's the one being talked about like she is a kid. (...thankfully though, she's only just that since she's not exactly against the idea of moving somewhere safer where unknown characters aren't just one room over on either side, so uh.)]

Buffy. What are you doing?

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[herotypical]

[ she twists from where she sits -- cross-legged on the floor -- and glances at her sister in the doorway. ]

It's called instilling a sense of normality. And let's face it. We both need it.