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Groups and grief; Myrran, Sven, and Leo work on a group project
Topic Started: Apr 1 2012, 12:39 PM (646 Views)
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Myrran sighed and finished neatening his side of the room. It was after school and Leo and Sven were due back any minute. The three had been assigned a group project in their World History class on a war or conflict of their choosing.

The door opened suddenly and in walked his mother's assistant Natalie. "Sir, I brought the snacks you requested. The brown bag is your and Mr. Leo's food while the green bag contains vegan treats for your roommate. Is there anything else you require?" The tall woman placed the food down on the small table in the room. Myrran shook his head.

"No, that's plenty, Natti. Thank you." The woman bowed and left the room, as silent as when she had arrived. Myrran smiled o himself. At least that was one less thing to worry about. Now then...where were the other two...?
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After school, Sven had stopped by the gym to tell his workout buddy, Brad, that he wouldn't be around. It was frustrating, really, since he had been looking forward to sparring out on the wrestling mats. He could always call him later.

Sven reached the dorm room just as Natalie was leaving. He whistled as she walked past him, and he made sure to take a good look at her ass while he was at it. Once he got into the room, he had a shit-eating grin on his face.

"I hate to say it, but you've got great taste in women," he said. "Any chance you could hook me up?"

He threw his books on the bed, which aside from not being made, was surprisingly clean otherwise. The only mess on Sven's side of the room was the jewelry scattered across his dresser. He wasn't there enough to do any real damage.
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Myrran gave Sven an almost disgusted look. "Hey, she's like an aunt to me. That's gross. And second, she doesn't swing that way. She has a wife." He let out a sigh, then shook his head. "Though you'd probably have better luck with her. And here, I got you some stuff." Myrran tossed him the bag of vegan snack foods before pulling out some of his own. "Ooh, she remembered to get the green tea flavored chocolates. Score~!"

Myrran sat back against his bed and pulled his reading glasses out of his back, then opened up his book. "So, any ideas on what we should do our project on?" He broke off a piece of the chocolate and popped it into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully.

There had been so many wars in so many places...he had no idea where to start....Not to mention they were still waiting on Leo.
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"Ah well, maybe they'll let me watch sometime," Sven remarked. He caught the snacks with ease. When he peeked inside, his grin widened. "Oh wow! Vegan chocolate? Really?"

He dug into the bag and popped the first one he grabbed into his mouth. He had to bite his tongue to keep from moaning out loud. It was so smooth, unlike any chocolates he had had before, and he couldn't think of a single bad thing to say about it.

"Uh, I was thinking of working on the French Revolution," Sven said with a shrug. "That might be a little too bloody for that Leo kid, though. He doesn't look like he can stomach much."
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Leo made his way down the dorm room hallways looking for Myrran's room. He wasn't sure exactly where it was, and he had gotten lost. Causing him to be a little bit late, which led to him being rather flustered. He tugged at his collar nervously more out of habit than anything. He looked down at the roughly drawn map one of his fellow students had drawn for him.

He looked up at the doors as he passed. He was getting close by the look of it. He stopped and looked up at a door before looking back to the map in his hand. This looked to be the place.

Leo raised a tentative hand and knocked softly on the door. Hoping that this was indeed the right place.
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Myrran resisted the urge to punch Sven for the "let him watch" comment. He wasn't in the mood for the brawl that it'd inevitably turn into, so he let it go. "I remembered you mentioned how you were craving some the other day before you left for work so I had Natti pick it up. No big deal." The teen shrugged, then stood when he heard a knock on the door. "That's probably Leo."

As he walked to the door, the glanced back at Sven. "And the French Revolution sounds like a good idea. We could ask the French teacher Mlle. Dupont for help or references too. She came here from France with her family and her cousin when she was little." He opened the door and grinned upon seeing the small boy. "You made it~! C'mon in!"
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Sven looked at Leo through the doorway. The kid was just as nervous as ever, it seemed, and he was pulling at that collar of his again. What was it used for?

"Nice of you to show up."
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"Sorry Leo's late, Leo got lost and had to ask for directions." Leo said apologetically as he slipped into the room. He looked around curiously, his eyes falling on Sven as the teen spoke.

"Schoolwork is schoolwork. If Leo didn't show up Leo would be marked down for not participating." The small boy said taking his book bag off his shoulder. "So, have you guys discussed what we're going to do for this project, yet?"
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Myrran closed the door after Leo entered and returned to the chair at his desk. "Sven suggested the French Revolution. You know, the guillotine, Marie Antoinette and the other members of the French Aristocracy being killed by the peasants." He looked back at the small boy and smiled. "Would you be alright with that?"
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Sven watched as the boy walked into the room. Leo didn't look like he was any older than twelve, maybe thirteen, and his wild hair made him look even smaller. The referring to himself in third person was annoying, but Sven was surprisingly able to look past it.

However, with the door closed, Sven started to feel a little irritated. He got up from his bed and opened the only window in the room before sitting down again. When that wasn't enough, he reached into the front pocket of his shirt for his smokes, and although he didn't light one, he still left it dangling from his lips.

He didn't really care about what they wrote about. He just wanted to get working on it and be done with it.
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"That's fine. It's a crucial turning point in history," he shrugged " It kind of showed that when the people in control become corrupt, the common folk can stand up, and take the power back." He sat down on the floor, and crossed his legs Indian style as he got comfortable.

"Plus, Leo likes the saying 'If the people have no bread, let them eat cake'." the boy chuckled softly, " The Queen was really out of touch."
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Myrran was surprised the boy knew so much, but at least it meant that the work would get done a bit faster. "Right then. So we have to put together a presentation on our subject and answer a few questions."

He reached into his bag and pulled out his history binder, then flipped through the pages. He could sense the change in the atmosphere around Sven. "Hey, Leo, would you mind opening the window? Ah! Here's the paper." The boy sat back and adjusted his reading glasses.

"Right. Your group is to choose a conflict in history and discuss it. Then give a presentation that answers the following questions:

1. What was the conflict? Where and When did it take place?
2. What caused it? Who was involved? What were the major issues involved?
3. How long did the conflict last? How much damage did it do? How many people were estimated to have been killed or wounded? How many were civilians?
4. Did outside parties (other cities/nations/groups) get involved? If so, why?
5. What were some of the immediate effects of the conflict? Some of the effects later on? What was the outcome?
6. Why is this conflict important? What did your group learn from it?"

He sat back. "That is.....quite a lot.....Hmm...and we have to put together a visual element as well. We'd probably be best off with a poster or powerpoint..." He glanced at the other two boys. "So how about this? We split up, two questions each. Then we'll put all our information together at the end. Sound good?"
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Hmm, so Leo wasn't as stupid as Sven first thought. It wasn't much, but it still counted for something. For some reason, though, Sven's irritation didn't lessen.

Sven chewed on the cigarette filter as Myrran read the assignment's criteria aloud. It was all very basic question and answer, but when the other boy reminded them about the visual portion of the project, he scowled. Sven was many things, most of them not so nice, but he was no artistic mind.

"Let's stick with the powerpoint," he suggested. "No matter how good a poster is, it always looks really cheap." Sven thought for a moment and, in the process, bit through the filter. "I'll take the second and forth ones if you guys don't mind. I'm not good with broader questions."
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Leo nodded in agreement at Sven's suggestion to stick with a PowerPoint. Nevertheless, he hope the other boys would be able to put it together with little help from him. He knew what a PowerPoint was but had little experience with putting one together or with computers in general.

"Leo will take questions one and three. If it's not too much of a problem." The small boy said running a hand through his shaggy dark-brown hair, as he looked up at Myrran for approval.
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Myrran nodded and looked back at the questions. "Right, that leaves me with 5 and 6." He smiled back at Leo who looked more than a little nervous. "I'll get the powerpoint together too. I have a little experience with them." He turned to his laptop and began typing, making notes on who would be doing what.

"We'll have to visit the library later to collect more information" He glanced over at Sven. "Sound good?"
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