Cross Species Communications - Monday 7th Period

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"Good day class." Mary nodded as soon as all of the students were settled. "I trust you were able to review the information on Dolphin vocabulary and remembered to dress appropriately. Dolphins can hear a much wider scale of sounds then humans can, so when you finally get to talk to today's guest speaker, you may have some difficulty understanding right away. However, I am confident that you will all eventually be able to pick up the nuances of the language coming from a native speaker. So do yourself the courtesy of not giving up if at first you don't succeed."

As she gave the lecture, Mary walked through the class placing a small tube of sunscreen on the desk of each student.

"If you have not already, please apply this sunscreen to any exposed skin, as we will be going somewhere very warm and sunny when I am done with my introduction."

"Dolphins are considered by some to be among the most intelligent creatures on the planet Earth. Some varieties of Dolphins are known to use tools. Such as breaking off bits of sponge to protect sensitive parts of the mouth while catching fish. Tool use is not an innate knowledge, such as how a spider knows how to spin a web. Tool use is taught from Mother to Daughter at an early stage of development."

"They are also famous for their willingness to occasionally approach humans and playfully interact with them in the water. In return, some cultures such as the Ancient Greeks treated them with welcome; a ship spotting dolphins riding in their wake was considered a good omen for a smooth voyage. There are many stories of dolphins protecting shipwrecked sailors against sharks by swimming circles around the swimmers. Dolphins are social animals, living in pods (also called "schools") of up to a dozen animals. In places with a high abundance of food, podscan join temporarily, forming an aggregation called a superpod;such groupings may exceed 1000 dolphins."

When she was done, Mary took an old brass compass from her desk and held it carefully in the palm of her hand.

"Now class I want you all to get up and come gather around me. Come along now spit-spot! Get as close as you can without crowding eachother overly much please... Very good. Thank you." Mary said holding the compass up over her head. "Now. We're going to visit a friend of mine, her name is Amelia and I expect you to be polite. Are we all clear? Good. So then... West!"

If any squirrels, or shrubs, or school security cameras happened to be watching at the moment Mary Poppins said "West!"... They would have seen...

Nothing.

Mary and her students have disappeared.

[[ooc: Please please wait while I create OCD threads. Open, but I'm going to bed. At the end of the period, just before the bell rings, the whole class appears back in the classroom. The bits after the start of the "West" thread are NFB due to distance.]]

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All collapsy like to make it nice.

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric Diggory

MARY'S LECTURE

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What? You want to chat and pass notes while she's telling you things like...

"Dolphins are one of the few animals other than humans known to mate for reasons other than procreation. Sex does not appear to be consensual in all cases however, with male Bottlenose Dolphins even being known to molest females of other dolphin species. There have even been cases of dolphins 'cavorting' with humans, although their ardour has caused the death of at least one female swimmer in Brazil, during the 1990s."

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric listened to the lecture while examining the small tube of sunscreen on his desk.

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was pleased to note the inclusion of sunscreen, though she'd been good and prepared in advance.

She also wondered if male Bottlenose Dolphins were named Seely.

Re: MARY'S LECTURE

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi listened to the lecture intently and took down plenty of notes

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[lovelymissbrown.livejournal.com]

Lavender took notes and doodled pictures of dolphins in the margins.

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[chasingangela]

Angela shuddered and hoped they wouldn't get too close to their subjects that day.

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[notajar]

Door listens attentively, though she spends less time taking notes than she does slathering on sunscreen, because she may have lived underground for most of her life, but she is not stupid. And... she's lived underground for most of her life, thus she is, believe it or not, paler than Rory Gilmore.

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[2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com]

Kaoru takes notes in his usual japanese script.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter's taking copious notes because it's about the only way he's going to keep a straight face through some of this.

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[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Within minutes after the group disappears around the compass, Schrodinger suddenly steps out of the shadows.

"I MADE IT! ...Where is everyone?"

He looked around in a confused state before realizing that they had probably gone off somewhere to talk to a dolphin.

Man this was going to be obnoxious.


After scrawling a quick sign in, he popped up back to his room to see if he still had Walter's blood sample. So he could at least try to follow them.

Re: MARY'S LECTURE

[stykera]

Stark was trying to avoid getting any sunscreen on his mask while applying it to his face. Once he'd mostly managed that, he took a few notes and tried not to be too disturbed by the idea of overly amorous dolphins.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River listened very attentively to the lecture. She really wanted to meet the dolphins.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly paid attention to the lecture, but that last bit was just a little bit more than she needed to know.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn slathered herself in sunscreen and then started to take notes--at which point she learned an important lesson.

It was really, really hard to hold onto a pen and take notes when they were covered in sunscreen.

Re: MARY'S LECTURE

[narglette.livejournal.com]

Luna took very good notes.

Then she blinked, repeatedly at the last bit of information.

It was entirely possible that she was not yet old enough to attempt, or even to desire to attempt, understanding precisely what Professor Poppins had meant by 'cavorting'.

WEST!

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The students suddenly find themselves standing in a group around Mary Poppins as they were... Except they are now on a sunny, sandy, tropical beach.

They are possibly in Hawaii, or Australia, or maybe even Brazil...

Re: WEST!

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger darts from behind a tree and scrabbles over the group. He's actually breathing a little heavily.

"Sorry I'm late, Miss Poppins. I had to figure out where you all where."

TALK TO AMELIA

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A dolphin sticks her head out of the blue blue water, perhaps some of the students are splashed as a result.

//Why Mary Poppins! How nice to see you again, and you've brought a whole pod with you this time! Another trip around the world is it?//

"Hello Amelia." Mary smiled "No, this is actually our destination today, and we will be staying for some small amount of time. I'm reminding these children how to speak to animals and I thought perhaps you might like to chat with them?"

//Oh I do love a good chat! But... Would you happen to have another fish on you?//

"I may at that Amelia. I may at that."

Re: TALK TO AMELIA

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Cedric stepped up to the dolphin and smiled.

//Hello Amelia. I'm Cedric Diggory.//

Re: TALK TO AMELIA

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow cleared her throat and tried, //Hi. My name is Willow. It's nice to meet you.//

Re: TALK TO AMELIA

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

//It's a pleasure to meet you Amelia// Naomi smiled warmly //I'm Naomi Wildman//

HOME AGAIN HOME AGAIN (JIGGITY JIG)

[spit-spot.livejournal.com]

After time is up Mary gathers up the students to return to the classroom.

Now is the time to try to escape if you're so inclined...

But you won't. :)

OOC

[spit-spot.livejournal.com]

Amelia is a female dolphin and, as a result, you will not be molested if you decide to go swimming.

Re: OOC

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

COMPASS COMPASS COMPASS. *glees*