Library [10.28]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

It had been a very full weekend.

Anemone settled in behind the desk quietly, a Gulliver curled up in her lap. They had a lot to think about.

Hunting 101 - Class 8 (Tuesday, period 5)

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

The class had been handwavily told to report to their normal classroom instead of the Danger Shop this week.

"I figured a number of you might still be reeling from having to deal with visiting relatives and friends," John told them when everyone was seated. "So I thought I'd give you all a break.

"We'll do the shapeshifting practical next week. Today, instead, we're going to watch a recent episode of Spooky Things that is in the spirit of Hallowe'en as well as what we are currently studying. Enjoy."

[ooc: ocd is coming here!]

Introductory Superhuman Physics, Period 4 [10-28]

[notanactualfairy]

"I hope everyone had a lovely time with their parents this weekend, and is fully recovered from the trauma and ready to get back to work," Jean-Paul said. "My sister has apparently moved to San Francisco, where one of her will no doubt be deeply traumatized, so she could not be here." He sounded thrilled about this.

"Today, we begin talking about mass. The law of conservation of mass states that mass can be neither created or destroyed; it must come from somewhere. There is a set amount of mass in the universe, and it just gets...shifted around, if you will. When you gain weight, it does not happen for no good reason, and likewise you cannot gain more than the weight of the food you have eaten." Jean-Paul paused, then said, "And as you might expect, there are superhumans who blow this law of physics right out of the water. Some shapeshifters have a static mass they merely shift around, it is true. But others do not. Raven Darkholme, also known as Mystique, is a shapeshifter from my home universe." Jean-Paul had been careful to get a picture of her where she was wearing clothes. "She has a history of terrorism, and has used her ability to assume the identity of a number of public figures, including those who outweigh or underweigh her default form by several kilograms. She is, however, restricted to a human baseline form; she cannot become, say, the size of a housecat. Some can. A former coworker of mine could assume an alternate form much larger than he is normally.

"So. When a person shrink or grows, where does the additional mass go or come from? Pocket dimensions? An exchange across realities? Something about tiny strings? What are some reasons a person might have this ability? Discuss."

Home Economics [Class 8] - Tuesday

[mistressofblack.livejournal.com]

The set-up was a little different today when the students came into the home ec classroom; instead of the cooking stations that they'd presumably come to expect there were tables with sewing machines, and various implements for the use thereof.

"We're starting a new unit today," Lulu began her lecture, "moving into the textiles part of the class. This means that we're learning new equipment."

Lulu explained the various parts of the sewing machine. She also explained threading the machine. [[And part two.]

"What I'd like to do now," Lulu said, "is have you each try doing some stitches: thread your machines, and then take some scraps of fabric and sew them together. In this way, you can learn how the machines work and get a feel for them.

"Feel free to offer each other help," she said, in such a way that made it clear she was saying, 'Feel free to talk amongst yourselves.' "As well, there are moddable drinks, and pastries from JGoB. A relaxed day today, I think."

[OCD is up! in a mo'!]

When Words Fail, Music Speaks club; Tuesday, 5pm. [ 10/28 ]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

In the music room as usual, Chad waited, strumming his guitar lightly, for the rest of the club to arrive. "Hey, guys," he greeted them when they came in. "Sorry about no club last week, but we're here these week, so we'll just have to play extra to make up for it."

"I wanted to talk, for a moment, about a fundraiser idea. Since it's music club, a karaoke contest would be a really neat idea, I think. We can charge a base entrance fee, put that toward a grand prize, and anything left over goes to the club as a whole. I was thinking maybe December 2nd; that's a Tuesday, so we'd have club, anyway. What do you guys think? Any ideas of what the fee could be? Or the prize?"

"I also thought," Chad cleared his throat, because he wasn't used to talk so much, "we could play a game today. Everyone can go around and give one lyric from a song, and everyone else can guess what the song is. And, if you're from a place with different music, or someone mentions something you don't know but like, then you can find out what it is and try to find it and discover something new."

[[ OCD on its way will keep rockin' in the free world ]]