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In the Hallway

Maia walks along, ball of yarn with the knitting needles sticking out and a long piece of knotted purple yarn. I cannot knit to save my life.. maybe this will pass for I dunno, my imitation of a yarn rope or something

Maia swings her 'yarn rope' behind her as she walks.

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Beka catches up with Maia who is trailing a length of purple yarn.

"Maia? The poster is fabulous. Thank you. Do you have a few minutes to talk campaign strategy?" Beka smiles and then asks, "Taking up knitting?"

Maia blushes as she glances down at her yarnrope. "Uh yeah" Laughs "HomeEc class..I uh, cant knit to save my life, you think this will pass for a yarn rope? you know, instead of a jumprope?" Maia demonstrates a slight swinging action of her 'yarn'rope.

"Yeah I have a minute. The whole Protect yourself, Protect our school. I based that off Academic Affairs of academic honesty etc... After I made it I realized people were going to go all weapons debate on me."

Beka laughs. "I think you should get HomeEc points for posters. The rope? I couldn't tell a yarn from a thread. Not the right person to ask there." Her tone is self-mocking. "But it works for me."

She looks at the poster again. Smiles. "Actually... I had a thought. It's sort of sneaky. People tend to underestimate me. Because I'm a gunbunny blonde. They will ask why I'm not running for Security.

"I want to answer directly: One, I don't need to. Anyone in this school who is considering hurting someone else already knows that if I hear about it, they'll be going through me to get there.

"Two, I'd be ineffective in that position as I disagree with the Administration's policy on the difference between my guns and Phoebe's magic and there's no possibility of compromise.

"Three, I am lethal. I like my weapons. I don't like to use them. My brain is my best weapon and the best defense is a good offense. In the position of Academic Affairs, I can work with Student Relations and faculty to solve the problems that lead to threats and violence before they start.

"Good or bad strategy? Can I pull it off? It's true, but how do you think it will play?"

Maia listens and thinks for a moment. "I like it. I think you can pull it off." Maia nods, "Yeah I like it. When are elections?"

Beka looks pained. "Would you believe I don't know for sure? FH time confuses me. Every time I get on my ship I gain/lose days.

"So, should I do something with that? Make up a flyer, find someone to ask me? Save it for tonight?

"Also, I don't want to mess with Phoebe's chances to win this election. Is it going to cause a problem for her, do you think, if I am candid at tonight's debate?" Beka is deadly earnest. Truth matters now. More than anything.

"I think to be a true voice of the students like you and Phoebe are trying to be, you have to be yourself. I don't think that you'll hurt Phoebe's chances by being yourself. The worst someone is going to throw at you is Angelus, since it is already out there and in the public knowledge, it lost some fire." Maia sighs. "I am not telling you what to do as far as he is concerned, I don't judge anyone on their lovers. I think possibly you can open with that speech or wait for someone to ask you. If they don't ask you, you can use it as your closing argument. Be professional but be yourself. People may like clowns, but they don't respect them and they don't vote for them."

"Clown isn't me generally. Snarky, self-effacing, wry, yes. But a sense of humor isn't my strongest suit. As for Angelus, well..." She considers.

"Two things there. One, he's not my lover. We had a power-dominance fuck, partly out of gratitude for mutual rescue from the weapons-ban debate. Partly as a show of trust and lack of fear. Partly to prove to each other we would. The likelihood of it ever happening again? Virtually nil. And that's the truth.

"Two, if it comes up, I'll tell people who I chose to screw is my business, but they ought to consider that if I can screw a vampire, I can probably work with one. I'm not going to address it unless it comes up, because frankly, it isn't anyone's business but mine and Angelus's and whatever he is, I respect him enough not to make him a campaign point."

She shakes her head. "Sorry. I'm not trying to be sharp with you. I'm furious with Parker. She had no business making it an issue. None. And what she did to Bel... if I could prove it... I'd fry her. Do we have proof?"

Maia nods "Hey my lover is a teacher so I am in position to question anyones preference. I was just preparing you for what may be asked tonight. I don't have proof of it. *frowns* I honestly don't know where we would look for it either." Maia pats Beka's hand. "Its ok about Angelus I mean."

Beka squeezes Maia's hand. "Thanks. I'm prepared as I can be for that one. I need to focus on some other stuff that's going to come my way. Our way." She smiles wryly.

"Paige never clarified for me whether witches are technically human or not. I'm human, only slightly modified genetically." She shakes out her hair to change the color to silver and then back. "During the weapons ban debate, I said some stuff that people took very wrong. I know it's coming back at me.

"I think we need to be prepared to handle questions about prejudice, since we talk so much about diversity. Humans are a persecuted minority on my world. I'll have to try to make people see that I understand. Even though I'm in the majority here...I never see myself that way.

"There's other stuff too...weapons stuff, and so on. Gah. I need time to think."

((Sounds like Maia's making I-cord (http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23) by mistake.))

((maia just needed something for her teacher, she does not take to knitting at all.))

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