Or better yet, the students have to complete certain tasks set down by the teachers. Like this-
Suddenly, a beast burst from the water in front of Mary-Stu and Gary-Anne. "Eek!" both girls screamed at the same time.
The legendary wanderer, ACC, was at the girls' side in the twinkling of an eye. "Hmm... blue fins.... large, shark-like head... big, snakelike tail... yup, it's a sea serpent. But no worries, I think you two can handle it- just use what you've been taught in class."
OOC: Requirements- attack the serpent, allow your characters to struggle to defeat it, and finally overcome it in five full-length paragraphs. You may make up to three spelling errors before being penalized. As always, god-moding and powerplaying of any character besides the serpent NPC is strictly forbidden.
Lol, I could see something like that happening, actually. xD Although really, I don't see any need to have a school setting of any kind unless we feel like it. I mean, we could just have something - in an other RP vein - where the student type characters suddenly find themselves chosen for a role (possibly with some form of special power or the other to add a bit of action to the mix) and have to be prepared to carry it out accordingly. The teacher type people could then be the 'meddler' characters in the story (You know, the good guys who manipulate the protagonists for the good of all) and have the knowledge to teach them about their powers (if we choose to include any).
Anyways, I'll have to join into Asch's request for some kind of decision before Monday; you see, that's when my family (including me, of course) is heading to my grandparents' summer cottage, which - as it happens - doesn't even have electricity, let alone internet access. I won't be back until Thursday afternoon (or Friday, depends), so when I suddenly vanish from the forums you'll know why. :3
That being said, I just have to ask about the optional idea I mentioned in my last post since no-one besides Phanima really even acknowledged its existence. Comments, anyone? I don't mind if you think it's bad/not right for this, but I'd at least like someone to tell me so.
On the issue of who gets to decide on the classifications, I'll just give a simple and unfair opinion: Asch and Jyukai. I mean, they're already entrusted with deciding whether to allow RPs to continue or even appear in the first place, how big a leap of faith is it to let them handle this too? That way we can avoid a lot of needless bickering and time-consuming vote tallying. People who take offense over their classifications clearly don't have the right attitude for learning anyway; if they did then they would just take it as encouragement to work harder.
That aside, I do see Chibi-chan's point about these two sections of ours (although some of the hot topic tags might be the result of impatient people like me klicking back and forth between RPs and re-reading them while waiting for other people to post). The pokémon familiars thing...well, it's a nice enough idea, although I don't see why we need to jump on the old HP bandwagon and put them in a school (as I've already said, education doesn't need a concrete school within the RP itself). I'd only support throwing pokémon in there if they'd get some actual significance, though, as I'm not really a big fan of slapping on unnecessary franchises just for looks.
