The Elements of Friendship, Thursday, Period 3

[locointhecoco]

"Hi, everypony!" Pinkie said without preamble when the students had arrived, into what seemed to be the inside of a giant library carved directly out of a tree. "So I noticed a lot of you guys have loads and loads of extra energy, this week!" Sure, Pinkie, if that's what you want to call it. "So I figured it was time to do something extra-special fun!"

She whipped out her party cannon, seemingly from nowhere, and aimed it at the sky above the students heads. "PERIOD COSTUME PILLOW FIGHT PARTY!" she cried, and slammed her hoof down on the back end of the cannon, firing . . . period costumes and pillows at them.

"Have fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!"

[ooc: OCD is up. *whacks you all with a pillow. while wearing pince-nez.*]

Superheroing 101, Thursday, Period 4

[selfhelphero]

When Billy had agreed to teach the class today, he hadn't had any idea how uncomfortable he would be feeling. If he'd known what this week would be like...well, okay, he probably still would have agreed to do it, but he might not have said yes quite so quickly.

"Hey guys," he said, shifting from side to side nervously once everyone had arrived. "So, last week, we talked about some of the problems superheroes can run into from outside forces. Today, we're going to be talking about more internal problems, namely, superhero ethics." Billy figured he didn't have to spell out why he was up here, and Electroclash wasn't. ( And then there was rambling. Sorry, classmates! )

Library, Thursday [02/16]

[selfhelphero]

With the nervousness of covering class for Electroclash behind him, Billy had nothing to distract him from the thoughts and feelings that had been creeping into his head lately. He'd tried to find something to read that wouldn't get him more worked up, but the problem with boring books was that they were, well, too boring to read.

So, Billy had decided to try writing instead, figuring that throwing his thoughts onto paper would at least get them out of his head. If he changed the names in the story a little, maybe no one would ever catch on that the characters were based on real people. Christopher, William, and Anthony were very basic names, after all.

[Open without OCD today!]

Life of the Sea, Thursday, Period 2

[takesaftermom.livejournal.com]

When the students entered the Danger Shop, they'd find themselves in an underwater sea lab with large glass viewpoints extending out onto the sea floor. If they ventured toward the viewpoints, they'd see an array of fish swimming around them -- clown fish, angel fish, to name a few.

Summer smiled, a small clown fish catching her eye as it swam up to the glass and then vanished. "Continental shelves, the shallow areas of the ocean typically 200 m (650 ft) deep or less, with abundant light from the sun and nutrients from the continents, contain most of the ocean's fishes. This habitat promotes large populations of tiny invertebrate animals that are in turn eaten by fishes. Similarly, the upper 200 m (650 ft) of the ocean holds 78 percent of marine fish species. The warm, well-lit waters near coral reefs also promote a rich diversity of fish species," she explained.

"Fish can be separated into two groups -- jawless and jawed fish. The jawed fish may also be separated into two major groups: bony fish, which have skeletons made of rigid bone, and cartilaginous fish, which have skeletons made of elastic cartilage. There are nearly 1000 species of cartilaginous fish, including sharks, rays, and chimaeras, or ratfish."

Summer turned, eying a school of clown fish that were swimming around the coral reef outside the glass. "Feel free to explore the lab and check out the species of fish swimming outside. There's a submersible, if you want to head out into the habitat and get up close and personal with the fish. Just let me know."

[OCD is a go!]