Freedem University Out Of Character

( Winter session of the combat course: Results )

Three days ago each student would have received an email informing them of which section they would be attending for the winter combat trial course. As Inanna previously outlined there are two sections, a morning section and an afternoon section.

The PC’s have been assigned to the evening session of the course starting today. This section takes place Monday-Thursday 3pm-8pm.

The course takes place in the training center in one of the simulation rooms. The first twenty minutes or so of the course will be going over the course objectives (Find an appropriate weapon for your skill set, abilities, body type, strength and/or dexterity, learning how to hold aforementioned weapon, training with the weapon to make the character proficient and focused with the weapon, beginning to branch out into other weapons that also suit the character, and some minimal hand to hand combat. Also covered in this course will be some basic team combat tactics and maneuvers.) After the first 2hrs of 15mins of the course there is a 30min break, then the last 2hrs and 15mins of the course will continue without break. This will be a vigorous physical course so come well rested.

Inanna will also outline the requirements that have been set for this course by the university. It is required that the students attend this course for a total of 40hrs in the period of the next 2.5 weeks. Starting this Wednesday and Thursday provides the students with New Years day and the day after off (Course runs Weds & Thurs, then they have Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon & Tues off, class starting again on Weds & Thurs the following week). However if students would like a longer period off to celebrate New Years Inanna is open to holding two classes on alternative days. If students want to have class this week Weds-Sat and then have the complete next week off (Sunday Dec 31st- Sun Jan 7th) that is a possibility. Or the students can take class Weds-Fri this week, have the full week off, then have class Mon-Fri (in 5 hour blocks still) the week of Jan 7-13 as well.

If players would like to have any of the classes as a thread let me know and it can be arranged. I do plan on having at least one plot point based around the course. I encourage individual characters to seek Inanna out at some point and discuss with her what they think. Inanna will also be speaking with each character individually to suggest what she thinks would best suit them in a combat situation and what their particular set of skills best suits them to use.

Professor Wantanabe and Takahashi Sensei/Professor Takahashi are expected to be attending this course as well.

Please vote for which days your character would want to have off/have class on within the suggested time periods in this post and also if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to ask or leave general comments here.

What the characters are going to gain by the end of this course is proficiency with a small set of weapons along with one weapon in which they 'focused' their training on by the end of the course. Other new tricks maybe be learned over the period of the course, what else is possible that the character could learn will be determined by what each player discusses what they want their character to do and focus on with the head moderator.

Up for debate still is if the group may learn "group maneuvers" which would allow the group as a whole to gain access to "Teamwork Benefits". If there is a consensus on interest in learning group maneuvers, the different maneuvers and the benefits which can be derived from them will be laid out at a later date. Each team maneuver needs two things (1) A team leader to show the rest of the group how to work the maneuver and lead them through it and (2) for the team to meet the minimum requirements of the maneuver so that they can follow along with the instruction.
( An example of a 'Teamwork benefit' is: )

( Say have you heard?... It's amazing what you can find out if you listen around here. )

The paper's turned up another unusual happening....

For those of you who want to jump in but feel a little unsure about what to say, here's the info you need!

1st years - meditation basics (This is a pretty good reference: http://stress.about.com/od/meditation/ht/meditation.htm )

2nd years - Moving into extended and advanced meditation techniques (Extended focus, moving past a clear mind to an aware mind, getting into the void.) (This is a good reference: http://www.chioshealing.com/Meditation/AdvancedMeditation/advancedmeditation.htm )

3rd years - Moving into applying those techniques to achieve that state of clear and focused mind even while not meditating (or maybe call it an active meditation) - Students will begin to try to apply medication techniques while doing other things.

4th years - Are working on maintaining the applied activate techniques under significant stress. (People intentionally trying to distract you, during simulations, etc)

If you have any questions in particular or need clarification please feel free to ask!

Have at!

Ok gang. There was talk in journals about a Halloween themed event Blaze’s band will be playing at on Saturday, October 28th from 6pm to midnight. Instead of threading it out I’m setting up this discussion so that everyone can give any details they feel relevant to their character/s in regard to the event (like if they’re attending, what their costume was and which types of events they might have participated in such as listening to live bands, playing games, socializing, etc.). Feel free to talk out any interactions characters might have had as well. Here are the details on mine to start.

( It can't rain all the time )

Please note, all 1st-4th years when opening their student email this morning will find an email informing them that the Saturday focus courses (AKA: ALL OF YOU.) will continue as scheduled and more information will be forth coming by the end of the day. No name is given for who will be conducting the courses.

In the student center there is a projector. This projector is always there and it normally has some news story or another being magnified onto a large screen next to it. Sometimes the stories are informative, other times jokes are projected just for a smile.

Today's story however is different.

"Kristina Jamenson- friend, colleague and professor, died of brain hemorrhaging around 1am Sunday morning. This is an unfortunate and terrible loss to our school and to the community in which she served and lived. Professor Jamenson will always be remembered with a smiling face as she taught us lessons about algebra and acceptance for one another regardless of gender, orientation, age or abilities.

Her life began in a quaint little town in Virginia back in the 60's where she attended elementary school then middle and high school. Earning excellent marks and making volunteer work with her local church part of her regular schedule assured Kristina a bright future and plenty of well paying job opportunities but she refused them all. Instead insisting that her life goal would be to help others as much as she could.

Over the period of the 30 years before she arrived at Freedem Kristina has helped many non-profits and equality supporting organizations, just a few examples include: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).

Her resume was impressive as was her passion for teaching when she showed up for an interview at Freedem six years ago, fresh from helping teach mathematics and basic English skills to children in foreign countries so that they would have a better chance at a life their parents never had. Her life was a testament to what a good person was and her actions dictated what every parent wishes their child could have done.

Professor Jamenson, as many of you know her, will be deeply missed among the staff, faculty and student body of Freedem University. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts in their time of hardship.

An open casket memorial service will take place Friday the 27th afternoon from 12pm-4pm at New Hope Baptist Church located at 268 Perham Street. The funeral will take place 10am on Saturday the 28th.

Saturday evening a candle light vigil will be held in addition. This will be beginning at the student center and walking through down town Sharon.

Until the university can find proper replacements for professor Jamenson's courses please assume that your class is on hiatus for the rest of the week unless otherwise notified. The department is working diligently to not interrupt the course schedule and students should expect professors Jamensons' courses to be picked up by other faculty members."



A note for players: No faculty has been named or stepped up to take over Professor Jamenson's courses as of yet. Currently, unless the school notifies you otherwise, please do not expect any math courses she would have been teaching or any super powered courses.

The local paper of Sharon, "The Daily Report" is generally a pretty low brow paper. There is little news in the mostly crimeless town and the majority of the paper is mostly taken up by semi-pointless reports on the local businesses or events and classifieds.

However this morning there are two clearly noticeable articles worth mentioning in the paper.






For those of you who might not be so familiar with Kristina, she was the lead in the focus course to date, had a strong hand in the mutant labs and was also a very kind hearted math professor who had strong opinions and openly supposed equality on all fronts.

She will be missed and many students who have heard the news are visibly down today.

Who wants rumors?

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