Class in Session

[deaths_heritor]

[first action, in school]
[As the students trickle in, they will see Susan calmly sitting at her desk reading a book.  There is an ever so faint gleam in her eyes . . . Despite herself, Susan is not as far above such typical human emotions as pride or arrogance as she sometimes claims to be.  She will rise to her feet as the last student shuffles to

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[Phone]

[socklessliving]

[The low male voice sounds soft and, for the moment, toneless, as if the answer he's giving her is automatic.]

An American military figure--a general. A hero. His presidency was fifty years ago, but obviously this place represents that era.

[He's curious, though, about why she wouldn't know about Eisenhower; her voice doesn't sound uneducated, but it does sound English. More English than his does, and he spent a number of formative years in Winchester.]

[OOC: Further replies will come from quarter_english--the account with the icons and the editing.]

[Phone]

[deaths_heritor]

In this time period, then, he would be the current president. . . . I've never even heard mention of him, and I've been here over a half year now.

[Phone]

[quarter_english]

Yes. It does seem like a failure of representation... as if whoever is responsible for this has only been able to replicate certain aspects of the period. Stereotypes.

What's more familiar for you, Miss...?

[Phone]

[deaths_heritor]

Sto Helit. Susan Sto Helit.

What's more familiar for me is a Patrician and a nasty swarm of guild leaders.

[Second Action]

[puzzlerprince]

[Edward saw that. He totally saw that.]

[deaths_heritor]

[Saw what? Nothing happened at all. Susan continues on her business.]

[puzzlerprince]

[Edward trails along behind her.]

It still bothers you. Doesn't it?

[deaths_heritor]

As a matter of fact, that shade of puce is astonishingly offensive, yes.