Creative Weaponry; Tuesday, 1st Period. [01/09].

[special_rabbit]

When the students came into the classroom that morning, they'd find the curtains drawn tight, the light lower than usual and occasionally flickering, and all the desks were old and a little battered and still had a light patina of storage room dust on them. "Welcome back," Amaya said with a nod, once they were all settled, leaning the front of an old teacher's desk that had to be propped up on one side with old textbooks. "Hope you like what I've done to the place. Now, this is probably the last time we'll be meeting in this classroom, so report to the Danger Shop next week, but, for this week, we have full reign here. I scavenged through storage to bring out a bunch of stuff no one was gonna be using any more so we've got full range to do whatever we want to this stuff."

And oh how that made her eyes sparkle.

"Now the world you came from out there?" she asked, pointing toward the door and then decisively waving her hands in front of her. "No more. You're in a different world now, and in that world, we've found ourselves in a serious zombie situations."

She got up, moved to one of the curtained windows and moved a curtain aside to look beyond it. "And oh no," she said, her tone not exactly convincing, but, hey, she wasn't an actress over here, what did you want? "It looks like they've got us surrounded."

Her acting may have been terrible, but she hoped that having gotten Fosse to bang on the windows at that moment might have had a little bit of an effect.

"So what'd'ya do, kids? Looks like we've got about half the class period before they bust in here trying to eat our brains. Remember, everything in this room is old junk, so you're free to do whatever you want to it to create a weapon for when those zombies attack in earnest. Keep in mind, though, that this is creative weaponry. You're not gonna get much by way of points by break a chair and, oh look, now you've got a club. The room's got far more interesting things to offer."

"Get building. What you see is what you've got, only things you'd normally find in a classroom, and when we're finished showing off what you came up with, maybe we'll even get a chance to see how they work..."

[[ and the ocd is on its way up! Have at it! ]]

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, per. 2

[sharp_man]

Hannibal smiled at the students as they settled in. The Danger Shop today had been arranged into separate cooking stations for each student. "Hello. This is how I will typically have the place arranged when we are cooking. Since some of you may not be familiar with the sorts of equipment in use in this time and place, please feel free to ask if you have questions. For today, we will start with the stove."

He turned on the one at the front of the room. "You may find electrical ones as well, but I prefer gas, like this. It means more immediate heat, a finer control over the degree of heat, and more even heating." He smiled. "And fire translates better to other times and places than electricity, I find."

He held up a pot. “To begin the class's theme of simple yet complex tasks, we'll start with something deceptively complex. Boiling water.” He motioned them toward his cooking station. “Gather around, please. First, you should always begin with cold water. It will take longer, but it will taste less like pipes and water heater. Filtered is best, if you can get it, both for taste and for exactness of temperature." He filled it from the filtered faucet nearby. "Now, there are several types of cooking you may see referred to, and it's important you know the difference: a simmer, a slow boil, and a rolling boil. The best way to achieve and maintain each depends upon your tools and what you are using them for.”

He explained the differences, plus the relative sizes of pot that should be used, how to adequately work a gas stove (and how to make do with electric if necessary), and the benefits of boiling before simmering versus not.

“Today we will be making pasta. It’s a simple food that can be made more complex depending upon what you do with it. And how you boil it does make a difference.” He showed them overcooked, doughy pasta; undercooked, crunchy pasta; pasta that had been stuck together from not enough room in the pot; and pasta cooked correctly. “I prefer fresh myself, but dried is easier to find these days for most people, so that's what you're most likely to use and what you’ll find at your stations." He nodded to them.


"You will also find a number of simple recipes to try, or you may invent your own. Please ask for help if you like. When you’ve all finished, we’ll discuss what you've learned.” He smiled and waved them toward their individual setups. "Whatever you make, you may take with you. Meanwhile, you may eat what I've made using these same techniques. Please do concentrate on your cooking, however."

He raised a hand. "Also, I have no teaching assistant, so if you would be interested, please let me know."

Don't Do the Thing: Decision Making For Dummies [Tues, 3rd Period]

[jedigrammarians]

Class was in the Danger Shop today. Though it wasn't very exciting, just being an empty room.

Well, empty except for a large red button with a 'Please Do Not Press' sign next to it, and Aphra sitting in one corner.