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The Park; Monday Afternoon [ 05/04 ].

Minsc realized that he should probably start getting a syllabus around for his workshop. Although, really, he had one; it was just all in his head, and the problem with that was that his head could be a pretty chaotic and frightening place at times. In an effort to put his thoughts into a nice, orderly fashion (or, at least, the visage of a nice, orderly fashion), Minsc was out in the park with Boo, making sure that some of his ideas were actually reasonable and could translate into something do-able.

The fact that he was trying them with a hamster not only lead to the experiment being sort of hopeless, it also left it to be exactly anyone's guess exactly what it was Minsc was going for.

It involved a lot of ducking and rolling and shouting, whatever it was:

"Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eeeeyyyes! RRRAAARRGH!"

[[ open park is open! I'm a bit slow until later, however ]]

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Prince Edward was taking a leisurely stroll through the park. It was a glorious day! Ah-hah!

"I've been dreaaaaming of-" he began to sing but closed his mouth upon spotting the delightful pair upon the lawn.

"Good day!" he exclaimed boisterously to the pair. And to the small creature alone, "Ahhhh, hello woodland creature!"

Jamie watched as the crazy bald man ducked, rolled and shouted. It was a wistful watch.

He had never met Minsc before but that didn't matter now.

Jamie went over to hug Minsc.

"Good bye you purple head spotted warrior," Jamie said reaching out to Minsc. "I shall miss making fun of you on the radio."

"Sir, that is no ordinary woodland creature!" declared Minsc, completing a surprisingly graceful tumble in a crouch and smearing mud across his cheeks. "That is a giant miniature space hamster!"

There was a pause, then a 'hup!' followed by another roll

"His name is Boo!"

"RRAA--"

SOMETHING WAS ATTACKING! Wonderful! Minsc, very pumped up on adrenaline from running around the park like an idiot, started up a great shout to invoke the strength of the gods and lifted his arms to strike down the oppose--

--hugged. He was being...hugged.

...Awww.

But still a little awkward. "Er...thank you?"

He dropped his arm not to hit the boy, but to give him a pat on the back.

"You're welcome crazy purple head guy," Jamie said with a couple of manly pats on his back. "Take care of yourself. Make sure you annoy that guy from Camelot somehow."

Minsc snorted at that. "Now there's a quest I can handle. I practically do that by breathing!"

"No ordinary woodland creature! Ahhh, but I never thought it! Hello, Boo!" Perhaps Boo was friends with the squirrels. He watched the pair, impressed. "I've never seen such a giant miniature space hamster! Truly he is amazing. Where is this space that hamsters hail from?"

Prince Edward posed. "Are you readying yourselves for a hunt then? I'm only asking for I, too, am a hunter!" He truly truly missed it.

"Allow me to introduce myself! I am Prince Edward of Andalasia!"

Anyone who compliment Boo and his greatness in such a worthy fashion was instantly in Minsc's good graces.

"Up there!" Minsc said, helpfully pointing to the sky to help direct the man's attention to where Boo was from. "And we are not hunting today, Prince Edward, merely preparing for the eventuality of teaching others to hunt over the summer. My name is Minsc, you see, and I am a teacher at the school."

He tilted his head back and looked up into the sky. "Space! Where the stars are. Truly it is most lovely." Ah, but it made him think of Adora!

"A teacher of hunting! Oh, but I am a teacher of hunting as well! Perhaps different from you as I am but a student here. But I hunt great beasts! And I teach others how wonderfully I can do it! Peasants shall not fear the beasts of the forests, for I am a great hunter, ah-hah!" He felt he should make that point.

"You complete me," Jamie said seriously.

"Ah, one who hunts for the protection of others is a great hunter, indeed. Tell me, Sir Edward, what would you say is one of the greatest beasts you've hunted to date?"

"...What?"

"Alas, my good fellow lover of hunts! I have not yet come across her. I am forever vigil in my hunt, however, and soon I shall have the old hag within my grasp." WOE but Queen Narissa evades him. "I do content myself with giant blubbering ogres! Might I ask of yours?"

"Oh, you know," Minsc waved a dismissive hand, "none other than Sarevok, spawn of the god of murder, Bhaal! Not singlehandedly, of course! I cannot discredit my faithful companions, but that was quite a proud day! I specialize in gnolls, though, and do rather like chasing dragons!"

"Such strange words," he said, confused by practically every single one of them.

"But oh! We share the love of dragon chasing, Minsc! Too bad I have not yet had the pleasure of finding one here."

Minsc chuckled a little at that. "Yes, well, I'd keep your fingers crossed. One can never tell what might show up around here!"

"Indeed!" he exclaimed boisterously. "You mentioned teaching a class to hunt. Excellent! You shall consider me a part of it!"

"Ah! Excellent! Rangering One-oh-one is what it is called, and it shall be most fun, I hope! You know, I am still considering seeking out new TAs for this semester; it would certainly guarantee you a spot, Sir Edward!"

Because, yeah, Minsc, people were just clamoring to be in it, too...

"TeeeeeeAaaaaaa! But of course! I would be honored to hold such a position of authority; why it would come naturally my good sir!"

A beat.

"Can I be a TA?"

He wasn't exactly sure what a TA did, he just knew that each class had one.

"Sure!" said Minsc. "Why not? If you've had your hand at ogres, you are certainly more than qualified, and I like your enthusiasm, good sir! You will be a great TA of Buttkicking for Goodness!"

His eyes went wide. "Ooooh! Joy!"

...

"I will... buttkick? As in... kick a... butt?"

"And heads, too, if you'd like! You can really kick anything, so long as it is evil and bad!"

GASP! "Consider me your loyal TA! I shall endeavor to kick all that is evil and bad and protect the goodness with my whole being! Might I use my sword?"

Minsc nodded, solemnly, clearly taking on the important teacherly persona here. "Yes. On days when we work on weaponry, I would quite expect you to. Do you specialize in any other weapons, Sir Edward?"

"I understand," he said, tone serious. "I am not entirely familiar with a gun. I've seen them used however and know that I could use one quite easily." And with Edward, that statement was mostly true. "As with any other weapon I'm certain." Such skill he possessed! "My speciality is strictly with the sword. I hope this is not a problem?"

"Not at all!" Minsc assured him. "We won't even be touching guns; they do not have them where I am from. Sword is good. Bow is good. Variations are also good! Sword and bow are where my own specialties lie, but there's also axes, and halberds, and cross bows, and slings, and flails, and morning stars, and maces, and darts and staffs and quarterstaffs..."

He could go on...

"Ah, yes, slings!" He knew slings. "And axes!" He knew axes too. "Morning stars are quite lovely!"

"Especially when they're smashing through the skull of a filthy gnoll!"

"Yes!" Er. "Yes!"

Prince Edward was agreeable!

"Will there be fair maids to rescue? One of my favorite pasttimes, I must admit!"

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"There might be!" said Minsc. "But, around here, you're more likely to find maids who can rescue themselves!"

Of which Minsc quite approved of. A woman who could fight was a woman indeed!

"Ah! You are correct! I have one of those fair maids myself!"

Jamie either didn't hear what Minsc said or ignored it. Instead he thumped Minsc twice on the back in a manly fashion. "You will always be... my hero," he whispered.

"Oh-ho! Is that so? Lucky you, then, Sir Edward!"

Minsc would mention that he had one of those, too, but....yeah, mentioning the dead ex. Best to avoid that.

Minsc was still very, very confused, but that sounded like a compliment to him and so he was going to take it.

"Excellent!" said Minsc and gave the fellow a very, very, very enthusiastic thump on the back in return. "Glad to help! It's what I do!"

Jamie stumbled a bit. So did the other Jamie who was created

And then they ran off together.

"Semper Fi Mr. Minsc!"

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