Basic Questing! Wednesday, Period Four

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Surprisingly enough, class was not in the Danger Shop today, but rather the ordinary classroom.

"Last week," Thor began, "although at times some quick thinking was called for, your quest mainly relied on physical ability to complete it. This week, we're going to shift our focus from the physical to the mental. Often times during the course of a quest, you will be called upon to solve some sort of riddle or puzzle before you can progress any further. So today I have prepared for you a series of riddles to test the mind." Not that he'd been the one to come up with said riddles. No, that was what he had a TA for. "Of course," he shrugged, "it's highly unlikely that if you ever undertake a quest, you'll encounter these exact riddles, so knowing the correct answer isn't so much the point as... being able to think logically through a problem." He wasn't going to mention that in his own adventures, he'd usually left the riddle-answering to Loki (you know, back when the two of them had been nigh unseperable) or Sif. "So go on and get to it!"

Friendship is Teamwork!!!1, Wednesday

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The classroom today was packed with fabric, glitter, fabric glue, glitter, more fabric, and glitter. Because there was forever a glitter surplus on this island. You'd think the dance would have cut into that, but you'd be wrong. It was almost like the stuff grew on trees around here.

Hmmm.

You heard it here first, folks. Glitter trees somewhere in the preserve.

"Tomorrow is Halloween," Derek said because people didn't know. But that might actually be true as not all the students were from the US. Or this planet. Or timeline. Occasionally not even this universe. Not all of the teachers, even.

"So that's why," Pinkie muttered. "I keep forgetting!"

You were so lucky that you were the only one willing to put up with Derek's 'teaching style' to work with him. Actually, scratch that. Derek was lucky.

"So we're making a costume." No, he wasn't sure how it fit in with leadership, but you know what? When a pink pony hands you glitter, you freakin' glitter.

"In Equestria," Pinkie explained, because there was a distinct possibility she could read the narrative when it fit in well with a joke, "we have a holiday called 'Nightmare Night' which is a lot like your Hollerweeeeeen." At least she didn't add the "ie" to the end this time? "Where everypony dresses up in fun costumes and gathers candy so that Nightmare Moon, the evil alicorn who lives in the moon and only returns to Equestria one night a year, doesn't try to eat you! Isn't that fun?"

Yes. Fun.

"So you're all going to work together to make one big costume! I was thinking maybe a scary Hollerweenie --" there it was "-- octopus."

As was traditional.

To be honest, the head of the octopus looked like Cthulhu. Which might actually work in the sense of Halloween! Aren't you all glad to be in this class?

"Work together to make a--" Oh god, his life had taken a messed up turn. "--tentacle."

Breaking Things 101, Wednesday, Period 3

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Danger Shop again! Except this week, it appeared to be empty. Just a clinical white space with nothing anywhere. Except obviously the students, and Electroclash with a –– was that a knife? That was definitely a knife. Yes, there was a knife in her hand, and some more of them by her feet on the floor.

"No, we're not stabbing people today." She thought she should get that out there first. In case anyone worried. "They're sim knives, so you can't accidentally do a Van Gogh and slice your ear off, either. Nah, we're doing much more fun things today." And as if on cue – because it was! – a mango appeared out of thin air, flying at Electroclash. She sliced it with the knife, with an exaggerated hi-yah! just for funsies.

Yes, kids, you were basically playing Fruit Ninja today. Except in a full body simulation.

"Got it?" Electroclash asked once the mango halves fell harmlessly to the floor. They stayed there because she'd thought it was much more fun to keep the evidence of their kills around. "Pick up your knives and start slashing fruit apart. Also, try not to get brained by a coconut. It'd be fucking hilarious, but since they're only simulations, also bloody embarrassing for you."

Diplomacy, Relationships & Tactics: the Art of War [Wednesday]

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When the students came in, they would discover that Ghanima had shoved all the desks back against one wall. Instead, there were piles of pillows and blankets tossed around the room, and tables along another wall filled with treats.

Those that had taken her mythology class might recognize the set-up as 'Ghanima is Showing a Movie' Day.

On the board, she had written one section from chapter seven:

36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

"Nature teaches us that a cornered rat will fight longer and harder than one with an escape route," Ghanima said clearly. "People will become vicious and do anything and everything if they think there is no hope left. This doesn't just apply to armies. People will also behave this way in regards to their personal lives."

"Which is why today, you all get a movie," she stated. "I had a lovely lesson all written up, but I ended up going back to my homeworld this weekend and left it there," --because Farad'n was getting better at distracting her in pleasant ways that didn't involve politics, "--and I want you to think about how some of the tactics we've discussed could be used in your interpersonal relationships. If we have time at the end of class, I'd like to discuss what you've just witnessed."

She spread her arms to indicate the three tables full of goodies. "There's moddable treats from JGoB, coffee, juice, and hot cider. Help yourselves."


[OOC: Sorry for late, lacked work interwebs. Please hold for OCD up.]

Literature 101- Thursday- 4th period

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Believe it or not, Jess was not in any kind of costume today. Mostly because her costume was not entirely work appropriate. You'd see it later.

"Okay, so I know we're in the middle of the meta for the Catcher in the Rye, and your book reports are still due next week," she began. "But since it's Halloween, I figured we'd get in the spirit of things."

And now everyone was going to get passed a copy of The Raven to read along with.

"Welcome to Edgar Allen Poe, who was a poet who was very good at the scary, and this is his most well-known piece. We're going to read it aloud, and if you could be as in character as possible when you get to your part, that'd be great. I'll start off."