Flight Club [Flight Shed]

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Gavin was out a little earlier than usual at the flight shed, giving himself some extra sim time since he'd been slacking off on that particular activity for awhile. It was way too easy to be lazy.

But, he was outside the shed, greeting the club members when meeting time came around. There were snacks and drinks, ready to be consumed (no alcohol as much as some people might like it after yesterday).

"Hey everyone," Gavin greeted after everyone arrived. "Last week, we did atmosphere flying. Today, we're gonna hit space. I've tried to give you all options on which ship you wanna fly. They're all different, with different controls and different ways of handling so you'll have to take some time to get used to the controls. I've set the sim up to this planet's galaxy and what you'll be doing is navigating your choice of ship around the Earth. No, you don't have to get all the way around but using the Earth as sort of a road will allow you to move around without fear of getting lost."

He opened the door to the shed and nodded. "First up?"

Library [02/04]

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It had been difficult for Sam to get out of bed this morning, with Peter still warm beside him, but he'd managed to do it once he realized that he wasn't feeling compelled to tell the truth anymore. With the potential for awkwardness gone (well, at least for that kind of awkwardness), Sam went ahead and headed to the library. Maybe people would want a quiet place to hide from anyone they'd said stupid things to yesterday.

Heroing [Tuesday, period 2, class #5]

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"HELLO CLASS!" boomed Captain Hammer, as soon as everyone was assembled in the Danger Shop. "I'm sorry you had to bear on without my presence last week. I had a superhero emergency." In that his cave had flooded, because Captain Hammer had not yet realized that basing his Ham-Lair on the beach wasn't the best idea. "Today... we are learning about the wonders of transportation!"

He passed around a few pictures of his various Ham-vehicles, mostly to show off. They were awesome, after all. "Every hero needs a way to get around. You can't run everywhere. What if you were busy entertaining until the last second, and needed to get somewhere extra-fast? These things," he said sagely, "do happen. So, today, we're going to play pretend!"

Hammer pressed a few buttons, and a small assortment of vehicles -- all state of the art -- appeared, each reasonably far apart from the other, with a small portion of vehicle-appropriate landscape before it. "I put you in pairs, and you're going to go play with one of these, and then report back to the class what you thought. I know both villains and heroes who all use these things! Keep that in mind! Tell us why it worked, and why it didn't. Now, shoo."

[please wait for EXTENSIVE OCD up. ETA: and yes I am aware I marked all the OCD as February 5th. Hush.]

Anthropomorphic Anatomy, Period 3, 4 Feb '09

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"Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapour- and a handful of more exotic gases- are inhaled in every taken breath." Mohinder tapped the model in front of him. "But what lungs - ours and air-breathing animals from birds to snails - are really interested in that mix is oxygen, and transporting that into the blood stream."

Mohinder pointed out the squishy alveoli, talking through the gas exchange process. "If it were ever possible to completely unfold the lungs there would be about enough to cover a tennis court. They're almost living, breathing fractals."

Standing abruptly, Mohinder started giving out papers, saying, "And then sometimes they fail. Cancers, asthma, punctured by a sharp object or the surrounding ribs."

"There is the necessary equipment for basic lung function tests," he finished. "So, if you can all take a deep breath, you can start."

[OCD is a go!]