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World History in a Nutshell

The classroom is darkened once again, and Daniel's cupping his coffee protectively as he waits for the class to file in.

"Okay, guys. Today's topic of the week is Mesoamerica First off? Can anyone tell me what that covers?"

After a brief discussion, or a definition, Daniel smiles and nods. "First off, we're going to be watching two videos. The first is about some of the tribes that used to live there, and in fact, some of their descendants still do.

Now, the second video is on one specific site, that of Machu Picchu. You've also got a handout on it, and once you've watched the video and looked through that, I've got a short quiz to see how much you've been paying attention."

Once the videos and quiz was completed, Daniel turned the lights up full again. "Now, ~~the bbc failed me~~, I'm afraid I don't have any fun games for you to play this week, so instead we're going to look at one of my personal favorite things about these civilzations - chocolate."

He gave a very brief lecture about the Mayans and Aztecs and chocolate.

"Moctezuma is said to have consumed several goblets of 'chocolatl' before entering his harem, leading to the mythical belief that it had aphrodisiac properties," finished Daniel.

He then produced a thermos flask and a stack of cups and grinned. "If any of you wish to try 'chocolatl', I have some here," he said. "Now, this isn't going to be like the chocolate you'll buy at the candy store in town. It's made from the original Aztec recipe, so if you don't like spicy things, you shouldn't drink this. Anyone interested?"

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Evelyn Carnahan

Yasutora Sado

Lyra Belacqua

Blair Sandburg

JC Broots

Sam Winchester

Jim Ellison

Hermione Granger

Discussion time!

What does Mesoamerica covers?

Oh, Chad's all over that like a mariachi band in Mexico City on Cinco de Mayo.

He's got a pretty firm grin stuck in the corner of his mouth for most of the lecture and discussion, too. He only wished he had a little Mexican flag to wave around, because he felt like doing just that.

Daniel remembered that Chad was from Mexico, and grinned back at him at the end of the lecture.

Alas, Daniel does not provide popcorn. Maybe if you asked nicely?

Jim appears to be paying even less attention to the movies than he had to the lecture ~~mainly to keep the mun from making Chopec references~~. Almost . . . daydreaming.

Mmm, Lana . . .

Talk about it, or try the drink! There's water on hand too, just in case people need some.

[[ooc: You can't actually taste the chilis in it at first; it's more of an aftertaste and then it's "omg hot!hot!hot!" But it's actually quite nice -- providing you don't mind hot things! *g*]]

Evie immediately stepped forward to taste the chocolatl, and took a few big gulps.

"..ah ah ah ow oh dear ow..."

Daniel winced, and immediately handed her a glass of water. "I perhaps should have suggested sipping at it," he said.

"Mmmmmmmaybe?" Evie gulped a good few swallows. "It's good, though. I like it. Just.. tinier doses."

Daniel nodded. "Good idea," he declared.

Of course Chad's going to try it.

"Damn," he concluded. It's been a long time since he had something that good and strong. He turns to Dr. Jackson. "You still got the recipe for this?"

Lyra looked over (and then up) at the other student who'd wanted the recipe. She smiled at him, a faint chocolatl mustache on her upper lip.

Chad also noted someone else wanting the recipe and looked over (then down). A faint grin pulled the corner of his mouth. "Good stuff," he nodded, and brushed a finger on his upper lip, to check and see if he had any on his while simultaniously indicating to her that she did.

Lyra grinned broadly up at the tall boy. "Yeah, reminds me of home."

She blushed and wiped the remains of the hot drink off her lip.

A comment like that could definately pique his interest. "Me, too," he said. "Where are you from?"

"England," she said decisively, and waited for the puzzled look.

"England in another world, though. All we had was chocolatl there, nothing bland and sweet like the stuff here." She smiled. "And you? Where are you from?"

Daniel smiled. "I do," he said, digging in his desk for a moment, before handing a scrappy piece of paper across to Chad. "I got it when I was in the Yutacan, so it's been with me for a while."

Chad quickly flipped his notebook back open and scribbled down the recipe. "Gracias."

"De nada," replied Daniel.

Lyra grinned and took a sip, then a bigger gulp, rolling her eyes back in pleasure. The chocolatl of this world was sweet and insipid compared to the stuff at home, but this? This was real chocolatl.

"Oh, professor, this is heavenly. Do you still have the recipe?"

Daniel smiled. "I do indeed," he said, nodding at the paper he'd just handed to Chad. "Just copy it down from there, although it never hurts to experiment with the basic ingredients listed."

He paused. "Although unfortunatley adding coffee beans didn't work out quite how I planned."

"Coffee? I never heard of anyone adding coffee to chocolatl," Lyra said, faintly disapproving, as a Brit would be, of coffee.

"Thanks for the recipe, though."

"That's really..." Broots's voice hit a squeak. "Water."

Daniel was prepared and handed Broots a glass quickly.

Broots chucked the water down in one breath. "Thanks."

Daniel chuckled. "You're welcome," he said. "Imagine drinking fifty cups of that a day!"

"Why would you want to do that?" Broots blanched.

"According to reports, that's what Montezuma did," said Daniel. "It was his favorite drink and apparently he wouldn't drink anything else."

Daniel's here. And I'm sure he has more chocolatl if anyone else wants to try it.

I grew up about eight miles from Cadbury World (http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk).

Mmm, chocolate.

I went on a tour of the Hershey factory once!

I know how they get the caramel into the Caramilk bars. *nods*

Hershey's isn't chocolate!

Well, obviously it is, but bleh!

And hee -- we didn't see that part of the tour. But we did get to taste chocolate that was only a few hours old. Was very good omg!

It is!

I also used to work at Laura Secord. Mmm, Laura Secord . . .

*googles Laura Secord*

It's gross chocolate! That's one of the worst things about living over here. The Canadian Cadbury's is okay, but most of the English people I know really don't like Hershey's.

Hey, Laura Secord is pretty yummy! God knows it's expensive enough . . .

British chocolate for the win, though, I have to agree. It's made of like, pure delicious and kittens. Without the bones.

Hee, I'd just never heard of it. With it being Canadian, and me having been in Canada twice for a grand total of maybe eleven days? Not surprising :)

Hee, yes! Thankfully there's a Lindt outlet store not far from us, so we eat that whenever we crave chocolate. Else we'd be dooomed!

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