"Yes, And:" Improv Theatre and You, Wednesday, Period One

[furnaceface]

//Alright,// Jono said, hands in his jacket pockets and a kitten slung over one shoulder like a tiny, curious ragdoll, //back to fun and games this week.//

Because he couldn't nope out of life and hide in bed forever. Hannibal almost certainly wouldn't let him get away with it. Bringing Joni along for the ride was going to have to do.

//We're going to play Opposite Characters this week. Another scene in a shop, with one of you playing a shopkeeper and one of you playing a customer of some sort. But instead of the goal being trying to get what item you're buying across, this week it's all about personality. Opposite personalities, to be exact.// He shrugged the shoulder that didn't currently have Joni using it as a perch. //It's fairly straightforward. Whatever personality the first one of you presents, the other one attempts to be as different from it as possible. If one of you walks into the shop yelling and overbearing, the other one plays quiet and meek. If one of you is happy and laughing, the other is serious and dour. And so on.//

He gave his hands a clap, and Joni's ears pricked forward, her eyes going wide at the sound.

//Pair off and get to it. I'll be here if anybody has any questions.//

Debate, Wednesday, November 16, 2016

[imafuturist]

Today there weren't any pillows or videos of adorable baby animals. No, today they were getting back on the horse of civilized debate. That was why there was a jar of creamy peanut butter and a jar of crunchy peanut butter at the front of the classroom.

Yep. Totally a serious debate.

"For a lot of people from this era or universe, last week... well, it sucked. So, we're going to be slowly working back into the class topics," Tony said. "With another personal opinion debate."

"About how crunchy peanut butter squeaks against your teeth and is awful and should be banned," Steve said.

Tony raised his eyebrows at that, but smiled anyway. "And how creamy peanut butter is for children and the elderly who need to gum their food."

"Creamy peanut butter lasts longer because it sticks to the roof of your mouth and takes longer to eat," Steve said.

...that's quite an argument, Steve.

It really was. Enough of one that Tony was obviously struggling to remain a responsible and serious adult. For the children, you see. "Now, if you guys have never tried either, we have both kinds along with bread and jelly up here. So, you get a meal along with your class."

Oh god, no one have a nut allergy. Please.

"And if you have strong opinions about how a peanut butter and jelly sandwich should be made, feel free to share those, too," Steve said. "For me: white bread, creamy peanut butter, grape jelly, diagonal sliced."

"What, no crusts sliced off?" Tony joked. "For me it'll be crunchy peanut butter, apricot jam, and white bread. I have no preferences about how it's cut so long as it's edible."

What NOT To Do In A Fight / Wednesday, Period III / Week 11

[atreideslioness]

"I apologize for not being here last week," Ghanima said once the class had assembled in the Danger Shop. "I had...family things which I had to attend to."

"Today, we are going to discuss the pros and cons of trying to include dancing into your fighting style."

"Being naturally graceful does not always translate to graceful fighting," Ghanima said, sitting down on the floor to begin stretching and warming up. "Hand-to-hand combat is often brutal, short, and wonderfully violent."

"There are styles that incorporate dance, such as Capoeira, or there's the drunken boxing. Some fights may even look like ballet, tango, syncronized like the DDR game at the arcade, or other dance.

"So everyone stretch out, today I'm going to teach you some basic tango steps."