Magical Bestiary | Tuesday, period 2

[nuclear_snide]

"Right. So," Bob started. "Quite a few of these classes have dealt with how to determine what a magical being wants. What to do and not to do when dealing with them. But what do you do if there is no dealing with them? If what they want is you, dead. Or if they simply want to go from here to there, and you're in their way and they'll kill you regardless?"

He shrugged. "Not everything magical is intelligent, after all. So, since you all seem to love the more practical demonstrations," or keep trying to chase them down and tame them, "I thought we'd do that again."

He gestured, and the Danger Shop was suddenly a city, and at the end of the block were a wave of zombies.

In the distance were some large stomping noises. "That'll be the giants," Bob explained.

The shriek something overhead punctuated his words. "Not sure what that is," he added cheerfully. "We never did find out exactly. Enjoy!"

Sorry, students; your teacher has decided to be a little shit today.

Teamwork Class, Period 2

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

[Class #14: The Beanbag Job]

"There might have been a Danger Shop meltdown." Parker was looking shifty. And amused. "Or not. Or there might have been a major disagreement about your activity today." Wolves and reservoirs and gold bars don't mix very well. "Anyway. MOVIE DAY! Dig into the popcorn, and watch the junior hockey team story on these giant bean bag chairs."


[ooc: brought to you by traveling/exhaustion/ditziness, Inc. Have a movie day!]

Sex Ed, Tuesday, 3rd Period

[so_hawkward]

When the students arrived to class today, they'd find Clint standing next to a table with an assortment of foods, at least half of which were different plates of cookies. If the island was just going to give them away, then Clint was going to keep opening doors and collecting them.

"Today, I thought we'd talk about aphrodisiacs," Clint said, giving everyone a small handout of notes. "An aphrodisiac is anything you eat or drink that increases your desire for sex. Some people have absolutely no need for this kind of stuff--" and under normal circumstances he'd be glancing towards the teenage boys here, but it was the ladies of the class who were getting his casual looks now "--but if you have a willing partner, it can be interesting to try some of these foods together and see what happens. For today, I want you to do some taste-testing to see if there's anything you particularly like or don't like. Feel free to take some of the food with you when you leave, and take some cookies too, or I'm going to eat them all." He could just stop picking up the plates, but that probably wasn't going to happen.

Deception for Fun and Profit, Monday, Period 2

[doubleohblonde]

Bond had the projector set up again for his class this week. Which could mean only one thing.

"Good morning, and I hope you enjoyed your weekend regardless of if you celebrate the holiday or not." Guess which category he fell into. "Now, several weeks ago we looked at a film that showed some of the consequences for getting caught out lying on a professional level. This week we'll be looking at one exploring the importance of being honest on a personal level."

Speech, Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 4th period

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Hey, everyone! Hope you left room after lunch for these delicious cookies I baked for you myself!" Josh said, pointing to plates of cookies he found behind the classroom door.

Don't make Josh bake. It just ends badly for everyone.

"As the cookies may have reminded you, we are heading into the holiday season, which means finals are just around the corner. As your final exam project, due in two weeks, I would like you to work on a thirty minute presentation, with visual aids, that would convince students thinking of applying here to join us. Today, I need you to be able to successfully deflect answers to the following questions: 'But what if you turn into a baby?' 'I heard someone accidentally dated their mother!' and 'Rain of pudding can't be hygenic,' which yes, is a statement more than a question, but you get the point. Have a cookie, work out your reponses, etc., etc. Ready...go."

Surviving (and Thriving) on Fandom Island, Week 12 (Wed., Period 3)

[weetuskenraider]

"It know it's only the fall semester, and it isn't even over yet, but there's no harm in being prepared," Tahiri began. "For explaining Fandom to people from home, that is. It may not be a issue for you, but sometimes, it's funny how 'I went to school on an island in a completely different world, hundreds of years in the past' -- or future, or, well, you get the idea, but the point is that's not always easy to explain. Or maybe even something you should explain."

"Even if you don't mention Fandom's more colorful elements, you're still left with questions to answer at times," Ghanima agreed. "Such as 'where did you learn to pick locks,' or 'who taught you how to use a sword?' or 'why did some little kid claiming to be you call me last weekend?.' Even if you have a good alibi for your teenage years, how do you explain away typically non-traditional skills?"

"Or what that little glowing device you carry around is, the one you say you're playing games on." Tahiri nodded. "Fandom can follow people home, too, that's the thing. You might fall asleep in your own bed back home and wake up as someone else the next morning -- don't worry, that generally wears off in a day or two just like it does here. And unfortunately, not everyone is going to take 'I spent a few years in a really weird place' as a good enough explanation."

"So today, you're going to come up with ways of explaining away the bits and pieces of your life that you can't share with someone," Ghanima informed them. "For instance, I excuse my absences at court by saying I'm on a scholastic retreat, which is easily believable to the members of the Great Houses. I've long been thought of as the more historically-inclined of the Atreides Twins, even before we took the throne, and I take advantage of that. It even has the benefit of being a shade of the truth, so if I went up against another Truthsayer, they could not say I was lying."

Tahiri spoke up, "Me, on the other hand, I tend to take advantage of being part of a group that's known to travel all over the galaxy on missions --" including that particularly memorable one with future-you, Mara -- "all the time, maybe for a few days, maybe years. A lot of the time I can get away with just saying I got called away on Jedi business. That's usually good enough for people, and that's probably one of your best bets: coming up with a way to explain things that leaves as little opportunity as possible for people to ask you questions and poke holes in your story."

She paused. "Unless you're good enough at lying that you can come up with an elaborate cover story that's really solid, and I'm not putting that past you."

"Keep as close to the truth as you can, even if you're very good at lying," Ghanima advised dryly. "It keeps things clear. Tell a truth if you can't do the truth."

"Now get in duos or groups and work on your cover stories. Everything from where you went to school, to some item you now own that's not common where you are from."