Sorta. I'll take it you've never been to school then, maybe you just didn't have them or summat. But they teach you stuff, them you've gotta go home 'n practice it. That's schoolwork.
She makes a soft sound, lips pursing as she considers it.]
Similar in a sense... we would have been expected to practice spells or scouting techniques in our own time. Haven help if you didn't learn what you'd been assigned, or if your times didn't improve...
[She absently chafes her hands up and down her arms at the thought, visibly uncomfortable.]
[Eggsy might not be wholly serious in his inquiry, or perhaps he is... in either case, the smile slips from her lips altogether and she nods soberly.]
Aye... in a world of kill or be killed, it was often a matter of who knew the most... who was willing to do the worst. [She chafes her arms again, not even noticing she does so.] I was a gryphon of the Sixth Wing, in service to Urtho, the Mage of Silence.
( she sombers a little and eggsy, still a little bemused by the sheer ridiculousness of what he just said, tries to match her. but still is obviously having a very hard time wrapping his head around these concepts. )
Well... Shit. I only understood halfa that but sounds like a right kick in the teeth.
[Thank you for playing along so willingly, Eggsy. You would all get more than you share of the inner workings of Zhaneel's mind when everyone's dreams were put on blast. :|
( it's a little overemphasized for a punchline — sorry for the kid gloves, zhanny, but he tells the joke like he'd tell his baby sister and practically strikes a pose afterwards waiting for the applause laughter. )
[Now with someone more used to this particular venue of comedy, they might be offended at how hard he's hitting the punchline. Zhaneel however, lights up, and takes it as intended. There is a beat where she puzzles it together and mouths the answer to herself, and then follows a delighted laugh.]
Pointless! Oh, I understand!! [She is purely tickled!]
( ah, finally some of the appropriate response he'd been looking for. honestly, some of the people here had no sense of humor or no appreciation for jokes so bad they were funny again. so when shaneel laughs like that — delighted and sincere — his expectant grin melts into something a little more relaxed and real. )
See? Ain't that a good one?
( and he gets it. when telling jokes to people who don't understand jokes, one must cater them to things they did understand. like battle axes and arrows, not butchered rap lyrics or oral sex puns. )
Alright, here's another. What do you call a man about to be eaten by cannibals?
[Zhaneel has never had the delight of joke or story telling with anyone. Unlike most fledglings, there were no adult figures that felt like cajoling and entertaining the young gryphon. So the fact that Eggsy is taking time out of his day to do so is monumental on several levels and all of them are appreciated.
She nods in response, smile beaming.]
Yes! [And then her nose wrinkles in distaste, but it's amusing and she's not genuinely offended. She's grinning as she gives it a guess.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
{Video}
Canoe who? That's right, isn't it?
{Video}
Canoe help me finish my schoolwork?
{Video}
I would be happy to! [A pause... And then... brace yourself Eggsy...]
Is schoolwork like an apprenticeship? [Her head tilts curiously. You see, she was from a time when you were taught a craft, not basic education.]
{Video}
Sorta. I'll take it you've never been to school then, maybe you just didn't have them or summat. But they teach you stuff, them you've gotta go home 'n practice it. That's schoolwork.
{Video}
She makes a soft sound, lips pursing as she considers it.]
Similar in a sense... we would have been expected to practice spells or scouting techniques in our own time. Haven help if you didn't learn what you'd been assigned, or if your times didn't improve...
[She absently chafes her hands up and down her arms at the thought, visibly uncomfortable.]
{Video}
( because what she's describing suddenly sounds a lot more like bootcamp than homework. )
{Video} - Sorry for the delay! I had finals this past week!! D:
Aye... in a world of kill or be killed, it was often a matter of who knew the most... who was willing to do the worst. [She chafes her arms again, not even noticing she does so.] I was a gryphon of the Sixth Wing, in service to Urtho, the Mage of Silence.
{Video}
Well... Shit. I only understood halfa that but sounds like a right kick in the teeth.
{Video}
It was difficult, but... [Her golden gaze flits back to the camera.] I never knew another life. [She gives a half shrug, forcing another smile.]
Another joke? [Subject change? Subject change.]
{Video}
Yeah, alright. This is a good one I just heard from another girl here. Knock knock.
{Video}
She smiles.]
Who's there?
{Video}
{Video}
A broken arrow who?
{Video}
( it's a little overemphasized for a punchline — sorry for the kid gloves, zhanny, but he tells the joke like he'd tell his baby sister and practically strikes a pose afterwards waiting for the
applauselaughter. ){Video}
Pointless! Oh, I understand!! [She is purely tickled!]
{Video}
See? Ain't that a good one?
( and he gets it. when telling jokes to people who don't understand jokes, one must cater them to things they did understand. like battle axes and arrows, not butchered rap lyrics or oral sex puns. )
Alright, here's another. What do you call a man about to be eaten by cannibals?
{Video}
She nods in response, smile beaming.]
Yes! [And then her nose wrinkles in distaste, but it's amusing and she's not genuinely offended. She's grinning as she gives it a guess.]
Lunch?
{Video}
( good try lil' one, but not quite. he appreciates the effort. )
Stu.