Basic Cookery, Period One

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It really was a good thing the school had the Danger Shop, since it seemed to be a popular choice for today's classes.

"It occurs to me," Thor said, "that there are some of you with no experience with these devices at all. Now, I cannot tell you how they do what they do= my own understanding is simply that they harness a force that allows them to cook food at a much quicker rate than most other available methods here on Midgard." Did Asgard have microwaves? Maybe. Probably. But Thor never needed to know much about how they worked beyond the fact that they did.

"So, with apologies to those of you who are familiar with them, I thought we would spend today practicing how to heat up already-prepared meals."

Once again, each student had a microwave. They also had a variety of frozen dinners of various sizes, and different kinds of leftovers packed in tupperware containers.

"The ones in the boxes- 'frozen dinners'- come with instructions regarding timing, so if you're unsure of how to operate the microwave machine, I would suggest starting with these. If you are ready for more of a challenge, try the left-over portions from previous meals. These come with no instructions, and require you to use your best judgement. The best method is typically to heat these up in short intervals, taking it out in between to stir or otherwise check on your progress."

Choose Your Own Adventure, Thursday afternoon

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Kenzi had sent the students (there was no way she could think of them as 'her' students) an email last night, telling them to meet her at the bus stop early for class.

"Field trip day!" she caroled. "We're going to the Graffiti Warehouse for an art day. There's a body painter there who's providing props, so if you want to paint up and photograph yourself against his backdrops, knock yourself out. There are mural-sized canvases, so go crazy. Only thing you can't do that I actually don't want you to do is photograph other people's art, 'cause that's sketchy without their permission, and I'd like to go back there again sometime."

She gave them a cherubic smile. "There'll be another event after we get back."

Try Not to Die [Thursday, May 15, 2014]

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"Hello everyone," Anakin said, sipping from his cup of coffee, "today we're going to a slightly more challenging world than Coruscant was."

Aren't you excited, class? Be excited!

"This one is called Kashyyyk--with three y's--and it is the homeworld of a species called Wookiees--with two o's and two e's. They look like this," he said, flipping up a holographic image on the wall of Portalocity's lobby, "and adults are normally at least 2 meters tall and 125 kilograms. They are also fiercely intelligent as well as terrifyingly efficient warriors. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee, especially if you value your limbs not being ripped off and used to beat you unconscious with."

Thank you, Anakin.

"The planet has four continents, and they are all covered with forests made up of kilometer-tall wryoshr trees--" another holo, "--that you will get to climb so I hope none of you have height problems. The climate is hot and humid, but the gravity is standard. Like last week, you will race each other to complete two tasks before reporting back to me not missing any limbs or having fallen out of a tree and several kilometers to the surface of this planet where you will certainly have been eaten." He smiled. "May the Force be with you. You may begin."

Don't all go charging through the portal at once now, class...