International Cuisine | Monday, first period

[sharp_as_knives]

"We're heading back to Europe this week," Hannibal told the students when they'd gathered at Portalocity. "More specifically, to Italy. There are a number of different regional cuisines, and today we will be experiencing Tuscan. Most of the staff will speak English, as this is a popular place with both locals and tourists."

He waved them through the portal, and they found themselves between a traditionally plastered building and a red-and-white striped one with carved animal heads on it. "The downstairs of that one," Hannibal explained, "is a butcher's shop. The upstairs is a burger restaurant. Both are owned and run by the same man, who also is responsible for the one across the street, which is where we will be eating. I should warn you that while there are vegetable dishes, the name of the restaurant translates to 'only meat'. Meat is a staple dish in Tuscany."

A loud and enthusiastic voice greeted Hannibal in Italian, and Hannibal answered back smiling (if somewhat more quietly). The butcher led them in to a large round table and sat them, still smiling, before heading back across the street.

"As always, please ask if you have any questions."

Bailing 101, Monday

[suitably_heroic]

If Atton had suffered anything Fandom-related over the weekend, well, you couldn't read it off his face when he arrived in the classroom that morning. He sat down on his desk and looked at the class, clicking his feet together once or twice.

"Okay," he said, "Still on follow-through. You know what gets people on the run, usually? Habits. You can keep the pretense up pretty well as long as you're still in the early adrenaline stages, but eventually, you'll slip back into old habits, and that's when people will find you."

He nodded at the sheets of paper he'd left on each desk. "So," he said, "Today, I want you to document your habits. Anything you do every day, I want you to write it down. Every tiny thing, no matter how much thought you put into it-- in fact, if you do it every day without really thinking about it, you should write it down double. Make a schedule that way, with rough timeframes, if you can."

He leaned back. "That's step one," he said, "Step two is that I want you to pick a day this week - any day you like - and methodically not do any of those things. Find other ways to do the stuff you actually have to do. Modify every inch of your schedule. Then afterwards, I want you to look back and see how well you succeeded. What was hard? What was easy? What did you forget to think about? This is the stuff you need to know if you want to keep people off your trail."