Library, Friday

[selfhelphero]

It was a little weird to be in the library on a Friday, but Billy was glad his schedule had been switched around, partly because it gave him a chance to look at online classes while he was still thinking about classes, and partly because it meant he could sleep in on Sundays. It was the little things that made life better, really.

Billy was engrossed in the computer screen at the moment, but he'd totally pull himself away if anyone needed help.

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Cultural Exploration [Friday, 2nd Period]

[so_hawkward]

Clint had triple checked that everything was set at the Portalocity office in town for this class - call it first day nervousness, call it a desire to not get fired for losing students via portals, but either way Clint was ready to go by the time everyone arrived.

"Hey guys," he said, giving everyone his most easygoing smile. "Welcome to Cultural Exploration. I hope you're all in the right place, and if you're not, you're welcome to come along for the ride anyway. I'm Clint Barton, and you can call me Mr. Barton if you want to, but it's also cool if you don't want to be that formal or whatever. Today, we're going to start off by visiting Paris, France. I have some places I want you to check out, and we'll get to all the introduction stuff at the end."

He was pretty sure there was a rule against not having introduction time somewhere in the school handbook, but finding out for certain would involve reading it, and that just wasn't happening.

Better Living Through Technology [First Period, Thurs]

[thefearwasreal]

Given the size of the class, Oz had dusted off the hide-out simulation from his heist class a while back, enjoy the sofa, guys. And the pizza.

"Morning, kids, this is Better Living Through Technology. It's supposed to get you up to speed on the kind of everyday technology people on the island take for granted and look at some of the ramifications of it." Oz did hope you were ready for the robot uprising. "Which means before we can get started, I need to know how familiar you are with the kind of everyday technology we take people take for granted on the island."

"So introductions, name, class, how you think your world's technology compares to here, and some gadget you've never used but want to. Then you can still back, have some pizza and consider that the only thing that's actually real in this room are us and the pizza, and can really be sure about those?"

Criminal Justice, Friday, Period 1

[amthenight.livejournal.com]

There were no big dramatic flourishes today. Well, relatively speaking. Batman was still standing at a podium at the front of the room, which was pretty dramatic in its own way.

"Our society is built on rules. Laws. Some can be malleable. Others are rigid. In general, they have been created to protect the people within the society," Batman explained. "But then you get the people who shun these rules. The ones who, for right or for wrong, step outside of society. Thieves. Murderers. Yes, vigilantes."

"You are here because you're interested in the breaking of these societal rules and how society deals with people who break them," Batman said. "Or because you had an extra class requirement and picked at random. Either way, I expect you to keep up with the class or transfer to another class as soon as I'm done speaking."

( CHUNG! CHUNG! )

How To Steal A Princess - 4th Period, Friday

[icebabytoocold.livejournal.com]

If the classroom felt colder than usual today, well, you'd be correct. Congratulations, you win absolutely nothing at all. Other than the satisfaction of being right. Which, let's be honest, isn't much of a prize at all.

Sorry.

"I---" There was a pause that went on a little too long to really be dramatic. Even though drama was the plan. "--Am the Ice King!"

Be awed by his crown, you little nerds. He had a lot of dramatic swagger to do in order to make Doom and Skywalker seem like small-fries on the crazy scale.

"And this is How to Steal a Princess. At which I'm an expert. And none of you are," he added snidely. "Any of you stolen a princess? I didn't think so."

A little penguin waddled out with a sheet of paper resting on it's head for him, standing patiently until he noticed it. "Oh, thank you, Gunter. This is Gunter. He will be the TA because none of you can be trusted to not narc on me to the heroes on island. Yeah, I'm talking to you in the back."

Distinct possibility that there was no one in the back.

"We're going to see who you people are and why you want to steal a princess. Because not just any schlub can do it. You need to be able to romance that fine filly. Otherwise, the stealing is completely pointless."

Case in point: Ice King was princess-less.

Space!, Friday

[not_a_whiner]

The classroom had been set up with a projector - which was currently showing a view of the milky way - but otherwise it was a perfectly ordinary classroom. That might not be the case for the entire class, but Kaidan thought it was important to ground them all in something real before they went any further.

"Hey," he greeted. "Welcome to Space, an introduction to a series of space-related sciences. We're going to be covering astronomy, xenobiology, astrophysics and more over the next few months. No, astrology isn't included." He probably should've worked harder to pull off that joke, but he wasn't... that good at that kind of thing.

"I'm Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko. You can call me Commander or Professor Alenko. Either works." Because god forbid they'd wind up on first name basis. "I'm an officer in the Systems Alliance, a human military and political body that governs the progress of humanity outside of Earth. For some of you, we may be a reality a couple of hundred years in the future. For some, we're never going to happen."

Which was still weird, but yeah.

"We've only existed in this form in a few decades," he added. "It hasn't been too long since my people first encountered alien life. But before that, we were dreamers. I remember spending my nights staring up at the skies, wondering what was out there. What we could find. What we could discover. I wanted to go up there so badly - and in the end, I did. It was worth it. These past few years, I've seen so many incredible things I never thought I'd ever see, staring up at the stars on Earth. It's been amazing."

He scraped his throat. "Since this is our first week," he said, "it's just introductions. The usual, plus I want you to tell me whether your people have gone up into space, whether you've ever been curious about the stars, and what you think your species should do if they ever get there."