Basketball Practice, Gym, Sunday Morning

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

When Z got to the gym, Peter Pevensie tossed a basketball to her and seemed to want her to drill.

Okay, she could play, though it was weird how insistent he was about it. She tried explaining that she wasn't Tyler, but it didn't seem to go over very well, so she shut her mouth and concentrated on dunking the ball.

After a moment, she remembered Tyler was on the team. Another moment, and she had made a few baskets. Being taller didn't suck, even if being in the wrong body mostly did.

[OOC: English Peter modded with permission. Lite OCD today because Tyler is Not Himself and I'm going to work shortly.]

Retail 101, Monday morning, All and Sundries

[blackadder-nth.livejournal.com]

Is Edmund drunk? Does he have a toothache? Does he just really not care about the class today? Hard to say. Regardless, he pays little to no attention to the students as they file in.

After several minutes to allow the students to get restless, he finally stood up and began to speak. "Inventory," he enunciated very carefully. "We've already discussed it. Ostensibly, you've familiarized yourselves with All and Sundries' inventory, although I have my doubts about most of you."

He rolled his eyes and swayed until he leaned against the counter in an attempt to look casual.

"Come up with an item that All and Sundries does not have in inventory that you would like to see. Then, because you're oooooh, so clever, tell me how the handsome proprietor of All and Sundries would obtain it for you. Do I need to arm wrestle a demon? Kiss a frog? Kiss the arm of a frog demon?" He swayed a little and had a sip of his... coffee.

"Shoo. Go on with you. Plot. Maim. Destroy. Come to me when you're ready."

[ooc: Edmund will be argumentative about your ideas. Expect to have to sell him on it. You may work with a partner or alone. Spend as much time as you'd like discussing it with other students, etc.]

Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #5

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Jarod was sunburned, but relaxed, as he stood in front of the class. "Hello. So, you're trying to find someone, and their trail has gone cold. Or, you're running a con, and you need to make sure you don't get caught. So, what else do you need? You need friends. Or, if not friends, confederates who won't be bought--because you have common interests, or loyalty, or they owe you a favor, or whatever."

"So, today's project is to make a list of people you would look for, if you wanted to find a missing person, or a list of people you might want to make friends with if you wanted to protect yourself. Then, I want you to explain how you would go about doing that."

He yawned. "Excuse me. Anyway, that's a short class assignment, but be prepared for next week--I'm going to want you to have an idea in mind of what kind of character you'd want to be, and next week, you'll be learning how to dress the part."

[ooc: No Jarod until 6, yadda]

History of (Earth) Music, Monday Afternoon

[not_entirely]

Lucas leaned against the store's stereo system today, instead of taking his customary spot in the arm chair.

"Congratulations, class, we've made it to the 20th century. Now, during this time on Earth, especially in the western cultures, things began changing at an incredibly rapid pace, and that included music. And one of the primary things that changed music at the turn of the 20th century was the invention of certain devices which could be used to record and play back sound. The gramophone, the record player, the radio, all of these things had an immense impact on music. Now music wasn't just for those who could travel to see performers, pay for performers to come to them, or play it themselves on an instrument. Music became much easier to distribute, making it easier for more people to encounter more different types of music. Music became something that could very easily be shared with a large population. This lead to the advent of popular music and record companies and record companies suing people for sharing popular music, but we'll forgive the inventors for that."

Lucas patted the stereo equipment. "Last week I asked all of you to bring in recordings of your favorite music and your least favorite music. This week, I'd like to play some of those recordings. Listen to what everyone brought in. You don't have to like it, but I'd like you to listen with an open mind. You might discover you enjoy music you didn't expect to enjoy. After each piece, we'll talk about it: what genre is it, what are the good and bad qualities, in your opinion, that sort of thing. I've got capabilities here to play vinyl, cassettes, Cds, and 8-tracks mostly, but there are a few functions on this thing that I haven't tried out yet, so I can hopefully play anything you've got. Thank you, Orlin."

[ooc: wait for ze OCD OCD is le up. I will put up a thread for each student, please respond to the appropriate thread with what your character brought in, and if possible, a link to a snippet of the music (legal links here, please) so someone who doesn't know it can listen and have their character respond appropriately. Please do not ping in to anyone else's thread until they've posted what their character brought in.]