Hiding in Plain Sight, Wednesday, Period Four

[doubleohblonde]

Bond looked decidedly worse for wear this afternoon. "Good afternoon, class," he rasped. "I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, you'll be watching a film about some of the reasons a person might want to go unnoticed, and some of the complications that can arise."

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Yakko's World, Thursday, Period 2

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

"If there's one thing I hope you take away from my class in general," Yakko said, "it's a fine understanding of current events." This despite current events being basically ignored in the class, along with common sense and - during some weeks - geography. "And that's why today we're talking about a place that has been in the news a lot over the past couple years, Egypt."

"They made a big splash last year when they overthrew long-time President Hosni Mubarak, who had won five straight elections in which voters were helped to make the right choice through a variety of creative solutions like vote-rigging, fraud, violence, and having his opponents arrested," Yakko explained, rather cheerily. "But in January 2011, Egyptian citizenzs were protesting all over, creating civil disobedience to force Mubarak out. A few weeks later, t worked and Egypt was put on the path of being a real democracy."

"The other thing you might know about Egypt is pyramids!" Yakko explained. "A pyramid is just a three dimensional triangle, but thousands of years ago, Egypt took this kind of geometry and threw their dead kings and riches in them to preserve for the afterlife, which actually meant 'archaeologists and museum curators.' We don't know how they built the pyramids since it seems impossible with today's technology, but the leading theories are 'a whole lot of slaves' and 'aliens,' so you can just make up any explanation you want."

"Plenty of interesting stuff probably happened between the pyramids and the recent revolution, but nobody you talk to will probably know about it, so this is enough to get you through any conversation you'll have about Egypt."

"So, in honor of these two distinct periods in Egypt's history, you have two activities." Yakko pushed a button on his desk, tilting the white board forward and letting a whooooooole lot of blocks of various shapes fall onto the floor. "And we're going to start with building pyramids! Have fun, kids!"

Library, Thursday All Day

[genesishero]

It had taken most of Evan's morning, but he'd finally managed to calm down a minor uprising in the fashion section. Apparently there were some books on beards that had been attempting to boast superiority over the ones about moustaches, and Evan was going to have none of it. After that, he checked his e-mail, deleting the spam and then hesitating for a few minutes before opening up an email from one of his old classmates against his better judgement.

In retrospect, he should have probably predicted that an email about Halloween from the school bully was going to involve a suggestion for a costume that involved a scan of a yearbook photo of Evan, terribly photoshopped to look like a clown.

Well, there was his day, shot. Thanks, Quire.

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How To Not Do Things, Thursday, Period One

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"One thing that helps you not do things," April said, drumming her fingers on her desk, "delegating." Oh, how she loved to delegate. "If you don't know what that is, you probably have a dictionary app on your phone."

Wasn't that helpful?

"The official point of delegating in the office is so people can specialize in stuff they're good at, or whatever," she explained. "But a fun side bonus is that it has this effect like when you have a box of six cupcakes and you share a few 'cause you figure you'll still have a bunch and then they're gone. But in this case, the cupcakes are work, so that's a good thing."

Ew, work cupcakes. They probably tasted like pistachio.

"Now, there's a few ways to get people to do work for you. I like to go with threats, but that's a personal preference. There's also flattery, comical underestimation of the time committment, blackmail, bribery, and straight-up lying. All you guys get to come up and make a two-minute speech trying to pawn off your work to us, and if it's good, you... get to leave. Or something."

She shrugged, and pointed at a kid at random. "You're up."

Drama! Thursday, Period Four

[abitlowkey]

There was no burly thunder god standing in front of the class room this Thursday. Instead, there was a god who could in no way be considered 'burly'. But he liked to think he made up for that in intelligence.

"Greetings, classmates! I am Loki, your teaching assistant, and I am here to fill in for mine brother this week." Try not to look too thrilled, guys. "In light of the weekend the island deemed fit to grant us, I believe we shall look back upon our childhoods and play pretend."

He had his phone out and ready to check on how the people of Midgard engaged in such play. It was very enlightening. "So, you may either decide to play at 'house'--why one would enjoy a domestic game I will never understand--or at 'cops and robbers'."

Easiest class ever, right?

"And then we shall mix them and have the homes you have created in tour imaginations be violated by the violence of crime."

Yeah. That was just... yeah.

Wild Roving, Thursday [10/25]

[electrocynic]

There was no Ronan this week, either. But instead, there was a superhero lady in uniform! Weren't all of you so very glad? Because she didn't appear to be – but then that sour look was kind of a permanent feature.

"Right, for those of you not in the know, I'm Electroclash," she rasped, arms crossed. "These days, I'm the guidance counselor, but since your original teacher has gone on his merry way, I've been drafted in as substitute for the rest of the term. And of course, I know fuck all about what this class is about ––" Well, no, she'd looked up some podcasts from previous weeks. That counted, right? "–– so your former TA is now my sidekick in getting us all through this thing without too many tears shed."

"And if anyone does cry, I'll just laugh at them. It's kind of a thing." This... really wasn't a class for crying in anyhow, but Sparkle was totally just going to go with the flow. He'd just been promoted from TA to sidekick so he reserved the right to snark.

Or something.

( Nightlife! Welcome to the rest of your term, kids. )

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Fandom High Lacrosse Club, The Danger Shop, Thursday After Classes

[nomoresportscars]

Yes, Jackson had finally caught on about the Danger Shop's potential for lacrosse practice. So here they were, on a proper lacrosse field for once. With audience stands (though empty) and lights and everything. "Welcome to what lacrosse is supposed to look like," Jackson smugged. It was a verb. With him, it just was. "Today, you can try your hand at playing against another team. Don't worry, I'll be playing with you, and I made sure to make the sim easier for you than it would be in real life. In real life, you'd probably be butchered."

Reassuring!

"Hope you've warmed up," he added. "Because here we go."

On cue, the opposing team appeared on the field. Except there was something weird happening. Several of them were wearing mascot suits, for one thing. Also there was a player who looked normal, except for how his lacrosse uniform was inexplicably hot pink. (Also, his face was purple, but honestly, the pink was eye-searing and more likely to catch your attention first.) And another player seemed to move exclusively via cartwheels.

There was a simulated audience, too, but it was about as filled with... eccentric types as the team.

The smug look fell off Jackson's face. "–– the hell?"

This was going to be interesting.

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