Doctoring 101 (07/17)

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Once again, because Navaan's students were the absolute luckiest, they were meeting in town to catch a portal back to Navaan's world. "I hope you have your bags and your leeches," she announced as soon as they were gathered. "Because today we're going to actually start doctoring! I'm friends with these monks and I take care of them. I even killed a god to keep my little guys safe, so a few ground rules. Rule one: These guys are important to me, so take this very seriously. I want to see everyone's A-games, you got that? Rule two: These are my patients. I'm letting you help them because you're my students, but absolutely no poaching. You can get your own patients on your own time. Rule three: Okay, I forget rule three, but I'm sure it's important and I'll tell you as soon as I remember it. Don't break it anyway, you've been warned."

She glared at the class, making sure that they saw she was very, very serious. "Now, when we get to them, you're each gonna get a monk, you'll diagnose the issue, and then we'll discuss what we think the best treatment is." The portal opened behind her and she gestured her students through. "Oh! Right! I remember Rule Three!"

When the students stepped through the portal, they'd see a brilliant circus under the night sky. Lanterns and torches provided light, there were people teeming everywhere, with barkers crying out games, wares, and sideshows. "The third rule is..." Navaan began as she stepped out from the portal. Then she stopped, staring in fascination at the circus.

"Why didn't anyone tell me this was on?" she asked, before running pell-mell towards the big top. "Let's go, guys! We're going to the circus!"

Better Living Through Chemistry [Thursday, July 17, 2014]

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"Hey," Ben said, looking up from where he was shoving a few thousand ping pong balls into a garbage bag. "Today we're going to have some fun with liquid nitrogen."

If you haven't figured out "and also explosions" was implied yet, you haven't really been paying attention to Ben's teaching style.

He went into a detailed explanation about liquid nitrogen before placing a sealed canister into a garbage can in the center of the room. "Okay, everybody step back," he said, pouring the bag of ping pong balls into the can and then moving away very quickly. "This is gonna be astral."