There Will Be Cake [Tuesday, Period Three]

[doubleohblonde]

The Danger Shop was set up similarly to last week, except there seemed to be a great deal more ingredients, and each workstation was set up with a different set.

"Good afternoon," Bond greeted them. "We're continuing with baking this week, however we'll be doing something a bit different by making biscuits. By which I mean cookies, rather than what Americans refer to as biscuits, which are more like scones." Your teacher was British, deal with it.

"Now since there are more varieties of biscuits than you could count, you'll have a choice of several basic kinds to try to make today. You can choose to make only one, or you can try to make several if you think you're capable. There are also icing supplies if you wish to decorate the finished product."

[Class Roster]

Friendship 101, Wednesday, Period 2

[justlurkinghere]

Class today was not set in a magical field. No, today it was set in a normal classroom. Whoa. Whoa. Calm yourselves, boys and girls.

And ponies. Mostly the pony.

Derek was there again, still looking surly and uncomfortable in front of the class. "Friends talk," he said like he was possibly being forced to. Forced by the threatened tears of his co-teacher. "Today we're talking."

That we did not include him. He hoped. You'd think he'd know better by now.

"That was great!" Pinkie enthused, hooves springing into the air like they were, well, filled with springs. "Didn't Derek do a great job, students?" She believed in positive reinforcement. Though possibly couldn't tell you what "positive reinforcement" meant. "We're gonna put you all into groups and then give you something to talk about. It's great practice!" She pulled out a set of index cards from pretty much nowhere and spread them out face down on one of the desks. "So come pick out a card, and find who got the same topic you did!"

And please, please don't question where those cards had been before this point.

Supernatural Studies, Wednesday, Period 1

[bitten_notshy]

"Welcome back," Jack said, clearly more relaxed now that he was on his second week on the job. He deistributed a stack of handouts as the students took their seats. "For our first class, I thought we'd talk about the first supernatural creature many children who grow up in Western cultures on Earth hear about -- angels. In several religions, angels are seen as benevolent creatures who carry out the will of God on Earth. Traditionally they act as messengers, guides and protectors to humanity."

He moved over to bring up a PowerPoint slide. "The modern image of an angel is something like this," he said, bringing up a slide of an extremly cute being in a white robe with wings and a harp. "But that wasn't what the first people to believe in them saw at all. Descriptions of angels in ancient spiritual texts include seraphim, who were on fire and had six wings. Traditional depictions were more like this."

He regarded the image for a moment."It's said they glow so brightly humans cannot look on them. Satan, the lord of Hell, is described as a fallen angel. Another named angel, Samael, brings death; Michael performs acts of justice and power. in the original stories, they are not meant to be especially nice." That point, he thought, deserved some emphasis. "But in addition to seeing angels as warriors for God, early on people began to believe in 'guardian angels.' This is the concept that an angel watches over each of us at each minute. Some early religious leaders believed this, some did not, and it ended up firm in the popular imagination. Even now, people who are not terribly religious may refer to their 'guardian angel' when they feel spared in some way. Other people may say we're all angels for each other -- that sometimes God moves a human to do something angelic."

Jack wasn't sure he believed any of that, but he would admit it was a nice idea.

"That brings us to our discussion," he said. "What do you think about the concept of heavenly beings who intervene in human lives? Is it something you feel you've seen, or a fairy tale we tell children?" He was prepared to intervene if the discussion got too heated, but asking the question seemed safe enough. "Also, the office seems to think I have a second TA. Charley Brewster, come see me after class."

Library, Wednesday, All Day

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

After talking to Ulrik and Sparkle yesterday and her big confession that kind of...wasn't...Sholeh was starting to really question the need for secrecy and silence on the island. On the one hand, they were her friends--of course they were going to give her the benefit of the doubt. On the other hand, even being three-in-one didn't make her the weirdest person on the island.

There was the talking pony for one.

Perhaps sensing her contemplation, the books were mostly behaving themselves today. That was nice.