Pony Express: Friendship is Cultural Exchange! Wednesday, period 1

[locointhecoco]

"Hihihi, everypony!" Pinkie greeted as the students gathered by the portal for class. "Today we're going to the wildest place in all of Equestria: The Everfree Forest!"

This was said with full spooky voice, and waved front hooves for maximum effect. The portal sprang to life behind Pinkie and she led the way into what . . . honestly mostly looked like an ordinary forest.

"The Everfree Forest is a place like no other in all of Equestria," Pinkie explained as they walked down a rough, but otherwise pretty idyllic path between overgrown, vine draped trees. "In here, there are basically no rules. No pony instructs the animals on how to behave. No pony controls the weather. It's --" Pinkie tilted her head thoughtfully. "Okay, so it's kind of a lot like the human world, only with manticores and basilisks and timberwolves and things."

There was a howling in the distance, as thought to prove Pinkie's point.

"We ponies are used to being in charge of pretty much everything in Equestria, so we find it pretty scary when we're not, I guess. So most ponies won't even come into the forest. Which is what made it the absatutely best place for my friend Zecora to make her home!" Pinkie stopped in front of a low branching tree with a door in the front, draped in what looked a lot like African masks. Pinkie knocked on the door, and after a moment, a gray and white zebra wearing gold jewelry stepped out. "Everypony," Pinkie said, "meet Zecora! Zecora, this is my class! They're all humans from a world called 'Earth'." She blinked. "Mostly."

"Welcome, students of Fandom, to my humble hut. I would say Pinkie has told me much about you, but. . . ." She trailed off with a smile and a wink at Pinkie. Pinkie giggled.

"I've told you plenty!" she said, waving a hoof. "See," she said to the students, "when Zecora first came to be living here so close to Ponyville, my friends and I -- and all the other Ponyvillians -- were terrified of her! We'd never seen anypony even remotely like her! It took a bit of an adventure, and some help from my friend Applejack's little sister, for us to realize that even though she's different from us, she's still super nice and duper smart and a great friend!"

"Ponies in Equestra don't much like 'different'," Zecora explained. "So Pinkie tries to warn them when your visits are imminent."

"But Zecora didn't have any trouble with the whole idea of 'humans' at all!" Pinkie said. "She's very open-minded."

"If you have questions, you're welcome through my door," Zecora said, smiling. "Or you may take a walk, if you'd rather explore."

"Just watch out for the blue flowers," Pinkie warned in a sing-song. "Those are no joke!"

Then she flopped over on her back, giggling.

Surviving (and Thriving) on Fandom Island, Week 5 (Wed. Period 3)

[atreideslioness]

"Today," Ghanima said after everyone had arrived. "We're going to discuss a topic that tends to be near and dear to many of the residents of the island, and one of the things that can be most disconcerting to those not from this era or planet. We're going to discuss genders and sexuality."

( But well...you're teenagers. )

[OOC: OCD up!]

Ethics, Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 2nd period

[sith_happened]

"Since I didn't hear about any babies being eaten or used to test gravity from the top of the dorms, I'm assuming that you all did better than some of my classes on this assignment," Anakin began.

"Though some of you have also been rather neglectful of your children," Obi-Wan said. Looking at no one in particular. Really.

Anakin also wasn't looking at anyone. Fascinating ceiling this classroom had, truly. "If this is your first time in Fandom, trust me that this experience will come in handy."

"If it is not, you're already aware of it," Obi-Wan said blandly. He slid his hands into his sleeves. "As you turn in your children, we would like to hear about your experiences, and what you may have learned."

Anakin's gaze kept drifting to Isabela. He had a low-level bad feeling about this, for some reason...