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[scatterflower]

[It takes Chika a little while to decide to make this post, because honestly, she was a bit shocked that something like this was even something that could happen in the first place. It wasn't until Piyomon had pointed out her class schedules and stuff that she realized what had happened.]

Hey everyone. Umm... I kinda have a question for all of you.

Just how common is it for a cadet to basically, well, accidentally end up with four majors? Not four declared ones, but I was looking over the major requirements and the classes I took so far and what I'm planning on taking...

Well, basically, by just taking classes I thought were interesting in addition to the ones for the Martial Arts and Para-Magic specializations, it looks like I have three of the five classes for the International Business one already. And I'm taking WRT-201 because I figured learning that would be cool, but I only need another class in that and two in the International Business, and the Advanced class for Paramagic and then I'd be all set for all of the majors.

It's kinda... really weird. I mean, I wasn't even a super-studious student back home either. I wonder what happened...

Comments

[gunbladegrrl]

There is a lot of redundancy in the prerequisites. I've heard distantly that electives used to be capped based on what your declared specialization was, but if so that was a long time ago.

I have eight myself. But I'm something of a fanatic.

[scatterflower]

Yeah, I really noticed that now that I'm looking. I mean, I can understand why both weapon specializations would have similar ones, and that half to the electives for each major are basically "any you want" it's not hard to see how I could end up with more than one. Or Two.

But that I can easily have four of them seems kinda unbelievable.

[gunbladegrrl]

SeeDs are intended to be very versatile, after all. But just because you meet the requirements doesn't necessarily mean you want to specialize in it. It's not just a statement of competence, it's also an attitude.

[scatterflower]

Hmm... that's a good point there. I mean, I guess even if I complete the requirements for that International Business Specialization, I'm not sure if I'm going to want to be going out and talking to clients instead of being in the action.

[gunbladegrrl]

Exactly. I went with as many specializations as I could because, well, fanatic again. I'd gladly do any and all of them. If you'd rather be in the action, then stick to the action ones. There's no shortage of need.

[scatterflower]

Well, I'll definitely think about it. I mean, I did someone manage to take a lot of them because I had class slots to fill and I'd thought they'd be interesting.

And I still have two more trimesters of schooling left, so I have time to figure out if I want to declare it as a specialization or not.

[gunbladegrrl]

They are interesting. I'd recommend everyone take as many electives as possible even with no intent to specialize. There's way too much valuable knowledge to waste.

[scatterflower]

Yeah, I'm going to take as many of them as I can before I graduate. I mean, when am I going to get an opportunity like this again?

[gunbladegrrl]

...If that's not tempting fate, I don't know what is!

[scatterflower]

Maybe, but tempting fate's really not such a big deal.

I mean, we're training on how to use mystical creatures for our own ends and a lot of us come from places where fighting against gods or things that claim to be gods isn't unusual.

Why should fate be any different?

[gunbladegrrl]

Well, speaking as someone displaced only in time and not in space by time compression, I think I've gotten off lucky so far. I don't think everyone would agree that coming here is so wonderful an experience that they'd care to repeat it someplace else.

[scatterflower]

Oh. Yeah. No, trust me, once is definitely more than enough. I mean, if I end up having to do this again somewhere else, what's to stop me from having to do it all over again. And again. And again.

[gunbladegrrl]

Yes. That would be the concern. As much as I hate to say it, there's no guarantee that Time Compression will properly return you to your own world someday.

[weddingcrasher]

Don't know. I guess you're just like a prodigy!

[scatterflower]

Yeah. I know. And even then, someone from my world's been here a couple of years, so even if we do go back home it might take us way too long to be really comfortable.

[gunbladegrrl]

There's just really no saying, which is the worst part. I wish I had something more useful to tell you, but... well, Garden will be a home as long as you need a home, you know? That's all I can say for sure.

[scatterflower]

... Yeah, I don't think so.

If I was a prodigy my grades back home would've been a lot better, for one thing.

[scatterflower]

Thanks. Knowing that really helps a lot. I don't know what we'd all do if Garden didn't let us stay here or sponsor us like this.

[weddingcrasher]

....Maybe being in this place somehow made you a prodigy?

[scatterflower]

Maybe... then again, the classes are a bit harder than back home, so maybe I'm just working harder.

[espio]

I don't know if it's common, but in your position I wouldn't just go "okay, I'll be all of this." I'd stick to what I like. Versatility is important, but I don't wanna be stuck messing with computer science when I want to actually fight.

[gunbladegrrl]

I don't like to think about it, myself. The sad truth is that you'd probably all be hunted, at best. At least many offworlders could have normal lives by pretending to be native, but that's not much of a way to live.

[scatterflower]

Yeah. I've been thinking about that too... I mean, I spoke to someone else.

I'm... probably still going to take the other two classes though. Only because this only happened because I thought the other ones were all interesting.

But yeah, I'd definitely need to think more about what I want to do here after I graduate before deciding for sure. I mean, I'm not like my brother who enjoys fighting, but I don't want to sit around when others are doing work to make a difference either.

[scatterflower]

No. It really isn't. It'd be way too scary. And hard to pull off without knowing history and geography and anything that anyone born here would know.

[Or, if you were like Piyomon and was a giant talking bird. But she wasn't going to write that part.]

[gunbladegrrl]

I'm not sure it'd be that bad, actually... though maybe more and more so as time goes on, as people become more and more afraid of offworlders. On the other hand, Balamb Town is pretty welcoming still.