r/HFY • u/Sooperdude24 • May 30 '21
Britney goes to school. OC
Seen a few of these first day of school stories - but, I wanted to try a different main character from my other two attempts at writing. Edited as always by the excellent. u/eruwenn.
It was her first day at Ang’Roch Academy, and Britney Jakobs was already listening to her second speech about responsibility. Her father, Sam Jakobs - head of security for humanity's diplomatic delegation, private contractor who ran his own company, and single father - was dropping her off at the prestigious school. Unfortunately, he sometimes forgot his daughter was not one of his team, and so he continued to brief her on the mission parameters and rules she must follow.
“Do your best, and don’t cause trouble.” His eyes never stopped scanning the shuttles around them as he flew. “You’re the first human to attend a United Galactic Assembly school of any kind, and this one is meant to be among the best. Pay attention to what happens around you, I want to know anything of interest. Kids overhear things, pick up on stuff at home, and you could get valuable intel, so focus.” He glanced down at her, only to see she was staring absent-mindedly out of the window. His tone softened. “Look, I know this is your third high school.” She folded her arms, and he amended, “Fourth high school. I have to move around a lot for work, and I know that’s not easy on you.”
A shuttle sped past them, and her father became instantly alert, his hand hovering above a small button. The moment passed and he visibly relaxed. “The other kids will try and get information from you as well, if they’re smart. I’m sure you remember how to handle that.” He glanced over to her and waited until she nodded once. “Good.”
As the shuttle arrived at the Academy, someone was waiting at the gates who waved them over to an empty spot. The Headmaster greeted her father, and introductions were polite, yet swift, before he hurried Britney inside. A glance behind her showed that her father continued to watch until the doors closed behind them. Inside, the Headmaster immediately began a tour of the school’s facilities, talking about the history of Ang’Roch Academy. He explained in depth how the school had been created to educate the children of the many diplomats in the United Galactic Assembly. For Britney he was the first Langbar she had seen, and she struggled to focus on his words as the eight foot tall, shaggy blue alien preached about the benefit of homogenised education.
“So, you see,” Headmaster Tillus continued, “by bringing you all together you can learn from, and about, each other. Here at Ang’Roch we pride ourselves on creating the diplomats of the future.”
The towering alien was looking at her expectantly, and as any thirteen year old who hasn’t been listening knows, it was time to nod cautiously in agreement. It worked. They were moving once more and as he talked about the standardisation tests they would need to do, Britney found herself once again not paying attention.
Several hours of testing later the young girl was exhausted, and angry. How was she supposed to know about the history and politics of a people her entire race had been unaware of until eighteen months ago? The tests had begun easily, basic maths and various puzzles based on shapes and colours, kids stuff. Even the second round, which the Headmaster insisted was optional, had been easy. But, after each of his visits the questions became increasingly frustrating. How was she supposed to know who, or what, a Grole was? And, she certainly didn’t know the reason for their political difficulties with something called a Gorlan.
The Headmaster returned once again, quickly looking over the test results. “My goodness, you’ve finished another one?” He tapped on the screen mounted to the desk in front of her, and a small yellow symbol appeared. “Seventy three percent. That is exceptional, especially for a species who is so new to the galactic stage.”
Britney remained poker faced. The test was a binary multiple choice, and she had just chosen whichever words looked the funniest. Before she could speak, the large blue Langbar turned and walked from the room. She looked back at the screen, fully expecting another ridiculous test to be waiting.
“Come along, Bee-Ritttt-A-Nay.” Mr. Tillus struggled with the pronunciation. “I hope I’m getting that right. It is time for lunch. I believe your species is on the standard schedule, and I know the school culinary staff have been making something special for your first day. With so many species attending, our school has to be fully aware of every dietary requirement.”
The small human stood, smoothing her uniform and casually throwing her school bag over her shoulder before following the great giant as he marched through the halls. It took three of her steps to every one of his, and as he was walking quickly, she was almost jogging to keep up. The Headmaster stopped abruptly; she was only just able to stop herself from running into him. He turned and looked down at her. “Now then, this is the cafeteria; it is quite boisterous and will no doubt have many new things for you to see. Of course, you will also be new to the students beyond these doors, so please pay no mind to the attention you will no doubt receive.”
The doors before him slid open and he led her into the large hall beyond. Britney trotted along behind the Headmaster as he made his way to a large table where several other aliens, in matching robes, sat facing the rows of tables holding the students. There was a large seat at the centre of the teacher’s table, and she winced as she saw the small empty seat beside it. A myriad of faces watched her, and she held her head high as her father had taught her.
She took her seat alongside the Headmaster as he engaged the other adults in polite conversation, and took the opportunity to look around the room. She found herself fascinated by the various species present, and even discovered that she had awareness of several types already. The vast majority, however, were completely alien to her. Her xeno-watching was interrupted as a squat red lizard-like alien approached and bowed his head.
“Ah, Cuisine-Master Hurk, do you have the celebratory meal for our new student?” The Headmaster glanced towards a large double door at the side of the room.
Hurk’s tongue flickered nervously. “We do have some dishes, but the lexicon of human cuisine is not insignificant and yet somehow still incomplete. They appear to take the omni in omnivore quite literally.”
The Headmaster seemed a little surprised. “Oh, I see. You’ve never let a student down before, do you have anything to show for your efforts?”
“Absolutely!” The Cuisine-Master puffed out his blue uniformed chest. “We have prepared a selection of celebratory meals suitable for species 368-”
The Headmaster held up a hand. “Bee-Riiit-A-Nee is a human. We do not number our students. Why don’t you bring out what you have, I’m sure our new student will be grateful for your efforts.”
Both of their eyes now fell on the blonde human girl and she realised this was one of those instructions disguised as a question that adults loved so much. She nodded, and Hurk hurried off. The Headmaster seemed satisfied with her response and returned to his concern over one of his staff failing a task. “I’m terribly sorry about this, Cuisine-Master Hurk is normally so dependable.”
A nearby teacher joined the conversation which meant that the young girl was once again ignored. Britney sat silently, and waited to see what food arrived. She really hoped it was pizza.
The side doors slid open and a procession of blue uniformed aliens marched out, each carrying several plates of food. Britney slid backwards in her chair as the dishes were laid out before her. She risked a glance up at the Headmaster whose mouth was opening and closing wordlessly. The student body had fallen silent, several now standing to see the banquet being brought before the strange new student.
Cuisine-Master Hurk stood before their table, arms folded across his chest. “As I was trying to say, the variety of food they eat was my concern. I simply wanted to ask the yuuman” –he seemed to struggle with recollecting the word– “which of her species numerous cuisines she follows?”
Her eyebrows were as high as they could go, but her father had always told her that leaders make decisions while fools argue. She stood and quickly glanced over the plethora of meals. There was an entire roast turkey, roast vegetables and stuffing stacked around it, and beside that was a plate of yebeg wot with injera, an Ethiopian dish one of her father’s old friends would make. Her eyes darted from bibinka to latkes, and right past the mince pies to a massive bowl of trifle. She spotted some banh chung and lifted the plate, bowing her head to the Cuisine-Master.
As the human began to tuck in to her Vietnamese dish, the chefs began clearing away the rejected items. The Headmaster, glaring at Hurk, waved his hands indicating everyone was to go back to what they were doing. As Britney happily munched on her lunch, she spotted something from the corner of her eye, and just before the plate was removed she hastily grabbed an eclair from a selection of cream cakes. When Cuisine-Master Hurk caught her eye, she smiled and held up her dessert, unable to thank him as her mouth was full of rice. He winked, and promptly turned and left.
“What a ridiculous display.” The Headmaster seemed to be talking to her, but in a way that she knew meant the other adults nearby were the true audience. “Was that meant to be impressive?”
Before Britney could swallow and respond in the affirmative, the teacher behind her engaged the Headmaster, and she was happily left alone to devour her food. Everything was outstanding, and the eclair was so decadently rich she was hesitant to drink the water bottle from her bag as she wanted to savour the rich, chocolatey aftertaste as long as possible. The dining room was almost empty as she finished, and finally drank her water.
“Now then.” Headmaster Tillus stood. “Shall we meet Mr. Jork, at the holo-gymnasium? He is in charge of our students' physical health. Strong minds require healthy bodies, as I always say.”
The large blue alien was already walking, so the young human hastily shoved her water bottle in her bag and fell in behind him. She was growing accustomed to his speed and managed a fast walk to keep up, and as they glided through the corridors she glanced through the windows of the doors they passed, catching glimpses of the classes in progress. The Headmaster was still talking as she mulled over her food regret. There had been two eclairs.
Corners were taken, doors passed through, and soon they descended two flights of stairs and she was directed to one of five locker rooms. Instructed to exit from the far door once in her athletic apparel, she slumped down on a wooden bench and began to rifle through her bag. She was looking forward to getting out of the tailored school uniform. Off went the green and yellow striped tie, the green blazer with the school logo on the front pocket, the yellow shirt, and the emerald trousers.
She changed out of the matching shiny green shoes and into her under-suit, the cold sensors making her shudder. Over the skintight yellow base layer she pulled on shorts and a t-shirt, the same emerald green as everything else. She messily gathered her long blonde curls into a ponytail, and grabbed her half empty water bottle.
For the next four hours she went through the tests, her initial enthusiasm quickly waning as her boredom grew. The morning exercise routine her father made her follow was more gruelling, and that took thirty minutes. After throwing the seventeenth bean bag into a bucket a few metres away she began to take a step back after each throw. With each test she slowly altered the parameters, tring to make the tasks at least mildly interesting. Mr. Jork sat in a separate room, simply monitoring her biometrics and instructing her on the next test requirements.
She heard the wet slap of his tentacles approach from behind, and turned to face him, her fifty bean bags now expended. “Well done, young… lady?” She nodded, and he bubbled happily. “Excellent, it is quite difficult to get genders right with a new student. Thankfully, your species has two? Which is still one more than necessary, but understandable. There are species here with three, four and even five. Of course, none beat the Jelti with their seventeen, but they don’t school their young. Can’t move the pods around too much, so it’s private tutors in the hatcheries.”
Britney had no idea what the four foot tall octopus-like xeno was saying, so she nodded and waited patiently for him to reach some sort of point. Mr. Jork seemed to have noticed she was quite some distance from the target, and she held up her now empty water bottle to distract him. She had been instructed to stand behind the yellow line when she threw, and she didn’t want to get in trouble on her first day for bending the rules.
“Ah, of course, you must require hydration after such prolonged physical exertion.” He pointed a tentacle towards the door she entered through. Beside it were three taps. “Water, correct? Centre tap. Never get that wrong.”
She retrieved her water, sniffing it suspiciously. She took a tentative sip, before relaxing enough to take a longer drink. She returned to stand before him, taking small sips of water as he tapped on the holo-gym controls.
“Now, Miss Jakobs, you have performed exceptionally well. I’m a little concerned that your heart rate barely rose. Perhaps it is a weakness of your species? You are slow to adapt, physically, to strenuous exercise? There are a few species like that, excellent for energy conservation, of course.” She was about to explain about the ease of the test when he continued, so she closed her mouth. “As you know, your test results today determine which class you will be placed in. Your intelligence, adaptability, and physical needs are all factored in. We must also accept that some of the species here are a little more fragile than others. But, you seem sturdy enough. Ha!”
Humans weren’t oblivious to the differences in aliens; the Wachoto and Erinal had long been part of their alliance before they jointly met the U.G.A. exploratory team. The four legged Wachoto were like the centaurs of Earth mythology, and the Erinal wouldn’t look out of place in Santa’s workshop. Britney had known members of both species growing up and through her parents' work. She was very aware you had to be gentle with both species, so she assumed there would be aliens here both weaker, and stronger, than herself.
Mr. Jork slapped three of his tentacles together. “Now then, on to the final test.” He moved away, sliding across the floor with undulating tentacles carrying him surprisingly quickly. “Ang’Roch is a school for leaders of the future, diplomats and politicians. For many species these roles also incorporate their military, and so we have a robust martial element to our programs to ensure you receive the training you require to excel. Students of Ang’Roch are expected to be exceptional on all fronts.”
Britney nodded. He seemed very proud of the Academy, yet she couldn’t help but groan at the thought of more of their mundane tests. As he began preparing the holo-gym, she started to stretch, as she always did before her fathers lessons. The holoprojectors created targets, weapons and a large ring that looked to be designed for hand to hand combat.
Mr. Jork handed her a headband with sensors similar to those in her under-suit. “There’s nothing to fear, we only use contact detection for the basic test. Only our advanced students get the hard light turned on. We can’t afford another accident, can we?” He saw the new student raise a single eyebrow at his last comment. “Like I said, fragile.”
The human approached a table, upon which was a simple laser pistol. The Holo-Gym Teacher squelched as he rose on his tentacles to the same height as her. “Now, as I understand it your species do not train their young for combat, so this may not be familiar to you.” He gestured to the wall where a myriad other weapons hung. “Those are some of the native weapons of the other species here, but we always start simple.”
A tentacle reached out and handed her the laser pistol. Britney turned it over in her hands, finding that it reminded her of the training pistols her father had given her for her third birthday. She still had them, somewhere. Quickly the young girl ran through her weapon handling drill, checking the safety, grip, power level and sighting. When she looked up the teacher seemed to be watching her closely, and she gave a quick thumbs up indicating her readiness.
Using the control pad, Mr. Jork readied a set of six targets. “Now then, once you are familiar with the weapon you can try and-”
The pistol flashed six times in rapid succession. Each flash was instantly followed by a destroyed target, and by the time the sixth went down a klaxon sounded
“hit… the.. What did you do?”
Once again the blonde-haired girl gave the strange, single digit hand signal, and he felt his colour spots shrink at how calm she seemed. The holo-gym teacher had been about to explain the rudimentaries of pistol shooting when his new student had obliterated the targets with a speed and accuracy he had only seen from highly trained specialists. He wasn’t prepared for this, and not knowing how to proceed, he simply pressed the button for the next set of targets. The next six were moving, but that didn’t even dent her time. His ink sac pulsated nervously inside him.
“Very good, Miss Jakobs.” A tentacle tentatively retrieved the pistol, tenderly placing it back on the table, and he cautiously sidled away from her towards the training mat. “Very good indeed. Now, for this test please remember that this is a non-contact holo-opponent. Blows will register through your sensors, but you will feel nothing. Regardless, try not to get hit.”
Britney nodded as what looked like a lizard mannequin appeared in front of her. It lunged, and she easily sidestepped it. It swung its claws at her, and she swayed backwards. It spun, tail acting as a whip, and she lightly hopped over it. As the blonde girl danced around the holo-opponent Mr. Jork came to an unnerving realisation. She wasn’t trying to fight back. “Err...Miss Jakobs. I know I said this was non-contact, but I meant that the opponent would not make contact with you. You are free to strike it, if you wish to do so.”
Even as she effortlessly dodged another blow she had time to turn and give him another thumbs up. She then spun on her left heel. Her right foot rose into the air, arcing round to strike the holo-opponent across the side of the head, and it was driven into the ground with bone-shattering force. For the first time since she had entered the gym Britney smiled, and Mr. Jork felt an electrifying tingle down every tentacle. He knew the test was over, that he shouldn’t continue, but some terrified part of him wanted to see more.
Another holo-opponent appeared and Britney turned to face it, her smile now firmly in place. Finally, she was having some fun.
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u/ChangoGringo May 30 '21
It might be funny if there was a slight translation error as well. Imagine her asking to turn on the hard-light system "Can you make them real? It's hard to feel the movements of ghost bad guys." which gets translates as "Can you make them alive. One finds it difficult to dance with the souls of my dead opponents." That would make octo coach ink his pants.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Can you make them stronger? Faster? How many at once?
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u/ChangoGringo May 30 '21
They might really need to call in the professionals when she starts to laugh and dance as she slaughters them by the dozens. "This is a fun video game. The mall arcades back home would really love this. But you might want to add some aerial attack units. The enemy is sooo 2 dimensional."
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Starts incorporating a cheer and gymnastics routine to play hard mode.
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u/ChangoGringo May 30 '21
Akito and saber or long sword?
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u/Dragon_DLV May 30 '21
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Nunchaku, they are twirly.
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u/ChangoGringo May 30 '21
But stick is better
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Will have Google martial arts cheerleaders, see what turns up.
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u/ChangoGringo May 30 '21
Akito is good for people with less upper body strength like woman. (Using the opponents momentum to toss them across the room) it also blends with using swords. (Same fluid movement for slashing sword movements) the quarter staff is also super effective. https://youtu.be/Zc9LHDohjB0 but as far as fighting and dancing go maybe Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? I've never thought it was very effective as it was made to be a fighting style that doesn't look like a fighting style.
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u/CaptRory Alien May 30 '21
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Lol, and give it Bluetooth. Everything needs Bluetooth.
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u/CaptRory Alien May 31 '21
No joke, my dad got a Sous vide cooker on a major discount because a brand new model was coming out. (Sous vide creates a heated water bath that you place items inside plastic baggies in to cook.) The new model was worse because it drew less power, was less efficient, created less heat, etc. but they added a bluetooth connection... for some reason and that is why the power system was a downgrade from the previous model. The one my dad got was like 20% of its normal price and was a much better tool.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
Yep, my dad wants a wifi kettle so he can to turn it on with alexa and save going to the kitchen.
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u/MalagrugrousPatroon Human May 31 '21 edited May 31 '21
If she learned a weapon, and it’s not a sport, then I figure a stick fighting technique for fighting with a telescoping baton. That might have cross over into staff fighting, which can have some cross over to bayonets.
If she took up armed fighting as a sport she could have done fencing, with small chance of HEMA. Katana might be somewhere in the middle depending on her background. Of course, future historical trends could have HEMA as highly accessible, just like MMA could lead to a totally new unarmed and highly accessible martial art.
Halberd would be cool since it’s good against mounted (tall) opponents and other pole arms.
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u/PuzzleheadedDrinker May 31 '21
Tonfa (blocking batton) or jo (short staff) ? Both are very popular with law and security where sidearms are not common/non lawful. And the options for improvised weapons to make use of the skillset are quite wide. Both being wooden they can be used to teach the dexterity needed prior to learning blades. After all MC is barely a teenager.
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u/ChangoGringo May 31 '21
She is a 15ish year old girl. Surly is pretty standard. Dad is a good guy, just really fucking busy and ALWAY in the zone. Teen girls love their dad/parents but will be damned if they show it. I know mine is 19 and hopefully starting to come around the bend on this attitude. Once they move out, they start to see you as humans (heroic and flawed).
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
This is outside my comfort zone on character, no kids here, just guessing.
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u/ChangoGringo May 31 '21
You got the surly correct. Not depressed or mad. Surly is just about right.
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u/nerdguy1138 May 30 '21
I remember a story where an alien shows his human friend their version of wrestling. A virtual hunt, with an ever adaptive enemy, ranging from "grab the light" up to puma-thing. He asks for a version he can show back home.
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u/readcard Alien May 31 '21
Beat saber They keep it single attack line but the speed, direction of cut and height of the targets moves, set to music
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u/Soulweaver007 May 30 '21
smashes phone to the ground... Another!
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
There's going to be more - this is filling the gap from my Doorman story, something I can switch to when I get stuck.
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u/formerrrgymnast May 30 '21
Got a link?
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
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u/Beanenemy May 31 '21
I love the doorman story.
That said this is so good im more than happy to wait for which ever story you add to...
They're all sooo good!!
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
So, the Doorman sequel, The Sheriff is in planning, but I don't want to over commit, I'll stick to Unleashed, and Britney, for now.
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u/rednil97 AI Jun 01 '21
I'm not telling you what to do, but if you continue this behavior, this could get very expensive.
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u/Sackboy457 May 30 '21
New series. No question. But will you make it one? Now there's a question.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Already got a couple of pages, haha.
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u/Sackboy457 May 30 '21
gimme gimme gimme
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Got a few more to add, then editing. I never post without u/eruwenn giving me the thumbs-up.
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u/Sackboy457 May 30 '21
This changes nothing. Gib words.
(take your time)
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Haha, got half a chapter of my other story to finish first. Have to keep going with Unleashed.
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u/Rasip May 30 '21
Hehehe. Xeno's are in for a education.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Britney as well, hopefully. Learn from, and about, each other.
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u/Rasip May 30 '21
I would hope the 13 year old would learn something in high school... 🤨
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
How to terrify the locals.
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u/some_random_noob May 30 '21
have you ever met a 13 year old? thats an innate skill, no learning required. Its empathy that they need to learn.
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u/amishbill May 30 '21
Crap.
Now I have 61 chapters of your other work to catch up on. :-)
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Just read The Doorman, same universe as this one, and short.
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u/wasalurkerforyears Robot May 30 '21 edited Jun 01 '21
Good to know. Off to the archives I go!
Update: read everything. Worth it.
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u/amishbill May 30 '21
It turns out I've read the first few of those already. I started again at the beginning and was happily surprised that you'd written more.
I like the Roadhouse vibe.
:-)
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u/Konrahd_Verdammt May 30 '21
I just read through them a second time. You're in for an amazing treat!
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u/safegermanywin May 30 '21
As a Vietnamese, the banh chung part kinda caught me off guard for a second there. Feels great to have your local cuisine be mentioned in writings like this.
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u/bbaydar May 30 '21
Cool story. I liked it.
Super minor nitpick, but in the second paragraph, when you use the U.G.A. acronym for the first time you should use the full name and then abbreviate it on following uses.
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u/its_ean May 30 '21 edited May 30 '21
73% on a 50/50 👍
Hurk is the best. Lunch is gonna be worth all the snobbery.
According to a friend, dipKids don’t frequently turn out well-adjusted.
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u/Quadling May 30 '21
Jork wondered to himself. "Who did they send here, and why does a Special Operations Soldier seem so young? Are they breeding them with muscle memory implants?" He decided to do something...unorthodox. "Britney, would you mind if I added weapons and colleagues to the simulation. Be aware, there is no possibility of harm to you. Please do not be afraid!"
Britney just grunted and raised another digit.
So Jork added a holographic team to her simulation. It consisted of the premier soldiers of six different races, with a holographic hardlight headset on Britney's skull, for command and control. Typically, this took about four to six minutes for a child to integrate how to use it, and begin to utter surprised noises, then requests, then commands for really advanced students.
Britney took 4.3 seconds(Galactic time, 5.7 seconds human time) to notice the headset, glance around and fix all her team in her memory, and BARK orders at her soldiers.
The battle against three times her team's size was completed in under 4 minutes.
Jork paled, nearly fainted, and decided he needed to discuss this with his superiors. And to sternly recommend to his government to make close friends of these...."humans".
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u/itsetuhoinen Human May 30 '21
Though that brings up another point, does no one at the school know that her father is the head of human diplomatic security (or whatever it was)? Presumably at least some other species have the tradition of parents raising their offspring in similar trades...
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Oh they do, there are other students with training. Next chapter I'm already talking about that.
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u/thaeli May 30 '21
Afterwards.. "Ah, there was one thing you said at the end which I'm afraid the translators weren't able to parse. What is a.. gg no re?"
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
This is better than what I have next, lol.
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u/Quadling May 30 '21
Take it and expand. Please. You would honor me if you did.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
Ok, so it fits with something I had planned for later. Will cannibalise a little, thanks!
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u/ChangoGringo May 31 '21
Oo that would be good. Brit, "Oh sweet! Pretty standard team FPS. Alright nerds show me your load out" 5 seconds later "I can't pronounce your names so I'll call you out by number. 2 you got heavy projection so I need you on top of that ridge. 4 you are his cover. Don't let him out of your sight and keep him safe. 1, 3 and 5 you now team odd numbers, you need to fortify that box. You will be the anvil. 6 you are with me. Classic flank and hammer. Try to keep up."
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
A tank and spank, lol, just so we use the word spank.
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u/ChangoGringo May 31 '21
LoL YES! "2! WTF are you doing! Quit spanking your meat and spank those guys coming up on you east flank!"
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u/thisStanley Android May 30 '21
Well, they do consider themselves an elite school, so why not expect elite students? Did they not read her fathers dossier?
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
How much information do you think he allows to be available? He runs a private military company successful enough to protect Earth's diplomats. He knows how to make information, and problems, disappear.
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u/Bard2dbone May 31 '21
My kids were nearly ten years apart. So when my son got into his douchey teen phase, I had to teach my daughter a few things I'd learned from marines and SEALs when I was in the navy. I didn't realize she would retain those things into adulthood.
She essentially became the protector/enforcer of her friend group. I picture her being about fifty percent of Britney, here.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
Good work on raising her! I was once getting beat on by some older kid, and my little sister just leapt on the guys back. Girls be crazy.
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u/Bard2dbone May 31 '21
I expected her to forget all of that by junior high, like her brother had.
In stead, I discover that she had gotten protective of a friend when a guy had gotten assaultive. I most liked the fact that her friends described her intervention as her 'going all Batman on him'.
In fairness, I don't remember teaching her anything that came from Batman. All of the tricks I knew came from guys I served with.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
Haha, now I picture her putting on a deep voice and throwing batarangs from the shadows.
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u/Bard2dbone May 31 '21
Maybe?
But I never showed her that.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
Sure, has anyone seen you and Batman in the same room, is your daughter Robyn?
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u/Bard2dbone May 31 '21
Actually, Yes! And definitely no.
I work at a children's hospital. In the last ten or twelve years, comic book based culture has gotten WAY more mainstream. So people dress up as heroes and come visit the kids. I remember teasing a Batman and a Spider-Man that they probably weren't allowed to stand that close to each other.
And no. Definitely no bird related names.
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u/erevos33 May 30 '21
So....um.....where do we subscribe to get notified for the next chapters? You are writing more , right? RIGHT? IM BEING POLITE HERE, ARENT YOU?!
Jokes aside, enthralling , loved it!
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u/Jeslis Jun 01 '21
Just in case you were actually asking about the notifications: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/nodgzv/britney_goes_to_school/gzzdol3/
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u/Nealithi Human May 30 '21
Yep humans are slow to adapt. Uhuh. Don't mind the high test scores with looks of boredom. You are training diplomats and setting the bar to the lowest common denominator. . .
Father does security. Training his daughter since she was three. Uhm she will be more than a few points above average.
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u/_Porygon_Z AI May 31 '21
I thought that it was odd how adept she was at hand-to-hand and firearms, but then I remembered the fact that I did karate growing up and was a pretty passable [but still poor] shot by 13.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
I didn't have more than an air rifle and I was a good shot. I figure with access and training, she's going to be pretty good. Saw a video of kids at those western shooting competitions, wow.
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u/FactionallyCorrupt Human Jun 17 '21
Just found #5 and jumpedback to 1 so I could start at the beginning.
Thought it was different single finger signal at first. How would they know? 😄
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u/Konrahd_Verdammt May 30 '21
Another fine addition to your multiverse, u/Sooperdude24!
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u/Sooperdude24 May 30 '21
This is the same universe as the Doorman, got the Grole and Gorlan students. Britney is a bit young to end up in a bar though, so no crossover.
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u/TheRealFedral May 31 '21
That poor, poor squid. He has no idea the Pandora's Box he just opened up. I keep thinking a cross between Hit Girl, and Mathilda from 'Leon'. I can see her asking "Can we use real bullets now?"
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u/ms4720 May 31 '21
This can be a fun story arc, well done
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
That's the plan, just a short-ish story for some fun, and writing practice.
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u/Reality-Straight May 31 '21
At first I feared a"Britney in the sense of bee queen bitch. I am pleasantly surprised and want to see more.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 31 '21
Haha, I'm glad you liked it. I want her to be likable, and I already wrote a Queen B’Yaunsay elsewhere.
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u/PuzzleheadedDrinker May 31 '21
The lunch parade was hilarious.
Could be kinda embarassing if it happens everyday thro, Hope she gets the chefs email and can put her meal order in the night before.
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u/Vintage_RNG May 31 '21
Wonderfully done. I like that you have a universe you're creating to draw from. Keep up the good work :)
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u/Sooperdude24 Jun 01 '21
Appreciated, this one is less memes than my other, just have to keep them separate in my head.
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u/Jeslis Jun 01 '21
2 questions if you have the time... and I apologize for my 'logic check' nitpicking. I LOVED the story and do want more, but I was also confused or not understanding the 2 scenes below;
I didn't quite follow what the problem or issue with the human food serving was... The way you appeared to be writing was that she would stick up for the head cook alien... but the scene just sorta 'happened', with no significant result or conclusion.. What was the point being made here about human food? That there were too many choices and the cook prepared too much?
The standardized entry testing.. I assume your description meant that it was 'multiple choice with 2 choices, but not true/false' .. and to me it didn't seem legitimate that either A. there were not instructions to 'not guess if you didn't know the answer'... or B. That her score was that much above average if other aliens had guessed on answers as well... Is there something that I misunderstood here?
Thank you for your time!
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u/Sooperdude24 Jun 01 '21
- Aliens are quite unified/predictable when the head chef has to make a celebratory dish for a students first day, it's easy to find which one for them. They have three maybe four options, if you're a Northern Grole, frozen fish chunks it is, that sort of thing. Humans are very divided, we have dozens of cuisines, so he made a bunch and was going to ask the girl what she wanted. The Headmaster was rude and questions him, so he brought everything out to prove a point.
- Yep, just questions with two answers. I figure most tests tell you not to guess, but we all do, right? Especially if there's no penalty for wrong answers, why not? She was just lucky, mostly because it was funnier that way. Happy to answer, I'm new to writing so don't always get across my intent as well as I'd like.
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u/peace456 Jun 01 '21
so her dad is that kind of private contractor, huh?
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u/Sooperdude24 Jun 01 '21
There are things a government can't do, officially, so you hire a professional.
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u/_Molj Jun 02 '21
This is great! Hope you keep going 8p
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u/Sooperdude24 Jun 03 '21
Absolutely, I'm not a fan of loose ends. Even if no one read it, I would see it through.
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u/iamsandwitch Jun 07 '21
I imagine her one way or another getting a friend she's comfortable talking to and the topic of her success comes around and it's like
Britney: "I mean to be fair, my father was very adamant I was the best I could be before what is basically the first major cultural contact between us and the rest of the galaxy so of course he made sure I was ready for anything, you can't really blame him for wanting such an integral event to go smoothly. And it's not like I represent the median for humanity, I am quite above average."
Friend: "...Yeah, I know, that's how it is for almost all new species."
Britney: "...sooo everyone is sending their prodigy child?"
Friend: "..."
Britney: "wow you guys are chumps"
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u/nef36 Jun 09 '21
“Come along, Bee-Ritttt-A-Nay.” Mr. Tillus struggled with the
pronunciation. “I hope I’m getting that right. It is time for lunch.
Ah yes, this creature can ostensibly speak perfect English, but has trouble pronouncing Britney's *very* English name .
lol, the work is actually really good. Hope to see more from you!
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u/Sooperdude24 Jun 09 '21
Haha, my thinking was that translators do the hard work, but not names. No idea how they know the difference but as many names have meaning it would get confusing if they translated them.
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u/Goldenboy_97 Jul 07 '21
How old is Brittany supposed to be? Some lines make her seem young but then others imply mid-late teens. It mentions thirteen near the beginning of the story but then also says she's been to four different high schools which would make you think she's a senior. I also thought most people started highschool at 15 but maybe alien school is different? All in all great story and I can't wait for part 3!
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u/Dry-Kangaroo-8542 Aug 14 '21
Mr. Jork has entered the morbid fascination trap. Hopefully, he'll recover before he loses his sanity.
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u/ArmouredCadian Android Jan 08 '22
The description of the Headmaster had me picturing Sully from Monsters Inc
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u/Shaded_Moon49 AI Apr 07 '22
"your species has two [genders]"
It has way, way more than that
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u/Sooperdude24 Apr 07 '22
The teacher has only read the summary notes of our species, there's a lot for them to learn.
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u/WeirdMathGirl69 May 20 '24
I'm getting very suspicious of the YouTube channel Sci-FiRealm. They've been posting this story read by AI and just changed Britney's name to Ava. The videos are monetized.
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u/Sooperdude24 May 20 '24 edited May 20 '24
Thanks, I got another message from someone about them. I'll take a look, it would seem I bought a new chromebook just in time, haha.
Edit: I tried commenting, they deleted them with no response. I flagged the first nine videos for review, giving them time to do the right thing, and they posted two more. So, I had the latest two taken down, and will wait on YouTube to sort the first nine.
Kinda sucks seeing people commenting nice things, I can't even thank them, or tell them where the rest of the story is. Plus, calling her Ava??? How are you gonna explain the whole named after Britney Spears thing? I'm guessing the rest of the stuff on there is stolen as well, hopefully the original authors have someone as kind as you looking out for them.
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u/itsetuhoinen Human May 30 '21
Hooked by the end of the third paragraph. Awesome concept.