Life with Novices

==Damsel==
[no one believes the Lins are from the Shaolin temple so they pull a stunt.] 
“Ho-ly crap,” says the tiny brunette whose name… “I have three years of gymnastics and /I can’t do that.”
“Who ‘re ye, again?” you ask. 
“The name’s Ross. Cory Ross.” 
“Why’re ye talking like James Bond?” 
“’cause he’s my dad.” 
“Your dad’s James Bond.” 
“He’s MI6, licensed to kill, so, yea.” 
[people keep going, 'wow! Shaolin monks!' and eventually Chao snaps, 'we're not monks, we will never /be monks because we've broken our vows and it's gone from us forever.'
Awkward silence. 
Logan punches someone. 
Bar erupts. 
Feng pulls Cory up onto a table with him. 
"I can take care of myself," she snaps.
"I know," says Feng. "However I also know someone your size getting hit--" 
They duck a stray haymaker. 
"--by someone their size will hurt a lot more than if you were--"
Cory ducks another wild punch--
Feng's sent off the table.]
==Tea==
(Originally uploaded 19:39, August 21, 2015‎)
Date/Timing: May 2016
Setting: Rec room, Jaeger Academy; Kodiak, USA
It's Jackson, Logan, and Feng against the never-ending tide of homework, but at least the Rec's full of people in the same boat.
"Tea," Chao announces softly. "Earl Grey, hot."
Logan snickers.
"Thank you," coos Feng.
Chao acknowledges, wraps himself back up in a blanket.
Jackson pointedly continues fighting the problem sets.
== Stars and Aliens ==
Date/Timing: April or May 2016 (before "Tea")
"We're watchin' /StarTrek," Logan announces that night.
"Is that the one with the aliens?" asks Feng.
Jack grabs a textbook and flops into bed.  
"There's a million 'one with the aliens'," says Logan. 
"The short alien. He's green and a puppet." 
"Yoda?"
Feng frowns. "I thought his name was Kermit." 
"Drapes, that's a Muppet. Nothing to do with scifi."
Chao rolls his eyes.
"Ow! Brother! Your elbows are too sharp for my ribs!"
"Ye little troll."
"My elbows are are as sharp as they need to be."
Feng pouts, rubbing his side. "We know quite a bit about the adventures of Captain Kirk and the Enterprise," he admits.
"What about /The Next Generation?"
Feng and Chao ponder.
"The lead," begins Chao slowly, "is the British actor in /Dune?"
Jack looks pained.
Logan snickers. "Yea, him."
"We know of it, but we have seen very little."
== Q Chu ==
"Do you know what the 'Q' are?"
"In the context of Chu?"
"Of Jack's show."
Jackson protests—grumbles deeper into his blankets.
"We cannot think of an association," replies Chao.
"Uh, 'kay. You guys got forty-five minutes?"
"Encounter at Farpoint" plays through and the end credits roll.
Feng, a bit chilled, asks, "Would either of you be terribly offended if I spoke to my brother in Chinese?"
"Yes," says Logan.
Feng's nose twitches and he projects 'very funny' even as he tugs Chao's sleeve. 「Brother, it's Chu.」
「It's fiction, little brother.」
「That Q does what Chu does!」
「It's merely coincidence.」
「She calls herself 'Q'!」
「Names mean nothing, you know that.」
「They speak the same way, they act the same way, and-and-and you've seen what she does!」
「So she identifies with them. Idolizes them, even. Perhaps this is why.」
「She is one of them, Brother, I'm sure of it. We are at her mercy!」
「Little brother, I understand your concern, but the Q aren't real.」
The lights flicker and go out.
Silence falls.
"For fuck's sake, /again?!" whines Jackson.
「That man bears an uncanny number of similarities to Chu,」 Feng declares.
"They can build giant robots, but can't keep the power on," sniffs Logan. "What kinda outfit is this?"
「He's an actor,」 scoffs Chao.
==Reflexes==
Please see "Reflexes"
==Graduates==
Please see "Graduates"
==Ledger==
Jamie makes an airy gesture. "Li'l bird tells me Baby Hansen's pro'ly locked in th' Spare's room with a few 'a th' cats Feng ain't hidin' 'n there." Studies the ceiling. (BAHAHA!!) 
The cat line wrote itself. No way /Feng is sneaky enough to hide the beginnings of the cat sanctuary from /Jamie.
I don't know if there exists a universe wherein Feng /is sneaky enough. Herding cats to and from the storeroom, Chao and his sharp elbows, Jamie's investigating prowess... I kinda want to see that now XD
Possible scenario: Jamie's down in Shaolin Rogue territory to collect the Lins for some sort of press event. Maybe they're being interviewed for their take on the Jones brothers at the Academy (a hilarious idea in itself).
[Exposition; Jamie comes to collect the Lins.]
"What for?" asks Chao. 
Feng inches towards his room. 
"Interview," says Jamie. "About yer Cadet buddies." 
"Ah."
"Should we pretend not to understand the questions?" asks Feng. 
"Whatever floats yer boat," replies Jamie. "And I know ye have a cat in there." 
Said cat worms its way from under Feng's arm, leaps from his robes, gives him a dirty look, and shoots off under the couch. 
"Pets are not against the rules," 
"I won't tell."
"Thank--"
"If--"
Feng's mouth clicks shut. 
"-ye owe me."
"Owe you what?"
"Dunno yet."
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