Best Defence 2: The Defencening [Thurs, Period 2]

[wrongkindofsith]

There were no dragons in the Danger Shop today. Woe. They looked to be on the steps of the School, which probably didn't bode well for why they weren't just doing this out there.

"So, teamwork," Cara said, once they'd arrived. "If you've got it, you're vastly more effective, if you don't you're a lot more likely to get killed. So you're going to pair up, and recreate one of the many island invasions."

Spoiler, it was the monster bunnies.

International Cuisine | Friday, 3rd period

[sharp_man]

"Welcome, everybody," Hannibal said, nodding at them as they gathered at Portalocity. He was wearing a burgundy suit today with a fairly sedate dark paisley pocket square, all of which offset nicely what was wrapped around his neck.

Which was not a tie, but a bright, flame-colored snake. Hannibal saw some of the glances that was getting, and gestured at it. "This is my husband Jono, courtesy of the island. Please try not to annoy him, as he is highly venomous."

The snake stuck its tongue out at them.

"Today, we are going to Romania. This is a country in the eastern portion of the continent of Europe. Because of its location as a bit of a crossroads, its cuisine has been heavily influenced by many of its neighbors, though it does maintain a character of its own.

"We will be going to Bucharest, the capital city, to a restaurant called Caru' cu Bere." They stepped through the portal onto a cobblestone street lined with old buildings (please ignore the chain coffee shop down the road). "It is a brewery and bar as well as a restaurant, and they may also have music playing. I recommend trying both the stew and the cabbage rolls, as they are traditional. I will, as usual, be purchasing several items for the table."

He led them into the restaurant and to their seats.

Alien Conspiracy Theories, Friday, Second Period

[stickitupmyjinx]

Settle in, kiddies, it was time for a Powerpoint presentation!

"The pyramids of Egypt!" Vanessa announced as said pyramids appeared on the screen. Next slide. "The pyramids of South America!" Next slide. "The Great Wall of China!" Next slide. "The Moai of Easter Island!" Next slide. "Stonehenge! What do these things all have in common? If you said 'they were built by brown people,' you're almost correct. Stonehenge is an outlier there. Although it was built by, I think, Celts, who later English people like to look down on, so there's that. If you said 'we have no idea why they were built,' you're wrong, but that's a common misconception: obviously the Egyptian pyramids were built as grain silos!" A beat, in which Vanessa remembered the composition of the student body. "That's a joke, by the way. They were tombs. And if you said 'a lot of people don't understand how ancient brown people, with their quote-unquote primitive technologies, could have built these structures, therefore aliens must have done it, ding ding ding, you get a prize!" Another pause. "Actually the Great Wall might have just been that movie with Matt Damon. I don't know. I didn't see it. Anyway. The idea is that the aliens wanted to awe the local people and be worshiped as gods, or the pyramids are secretly spaceships or whatever. And definitely a big heaping dollop of 'oh ancient brown people couldn't possibly have moved a giant rock.' So: racism. The pyramids were built by people. Sorry to disappoint. Now, what's a structure you think must have been built by aliens, and why? Personally I'm going with Trump Tower, because look at him."