Creative Weaponry; First Period, Tuesday [02/20].

[special_rabbit]

If Amaya had gotten to know the students in her class as well as she thought, she knew they'd be pretty excited to walk into the Danger Shop that week to find actual weapons waiting for them. Nothing fancy, pretty basic stuff, quarterstaffs and clubs, short swords and daggers, slings and darts. There were also plenty of tools, as well. Hammers, metal cutters, wrenches, screwdrivers, even a blow torch if someone wanted to get really involved. And supplies. Woods, pieces of metal, lots of nails, rope, so on. Of course, there was also large spinning wheel like you'd find on a game show and three doors in the wall behind it, so she also assumed they were smart enough to deduce that there'd be a catch.

"Today I thought I'd throw something a little different at you," Amaya said with a grin, being a little too proud of her own work this week. "As you can see, I'm providing you with actual weapons and tools this week. Well, they're fake, because of..." She gestured her hand around the danger shop, "but they're actual fake weapons. You get what I mean. Please, please, please, if you want to use something, but don't really know how, ask and I will show you. Don't go rushing into it like an idiot, I don't want to be held responsible for actual fake injuries. So you have your weapons, you have your tools, you have..."

And she gestured proudly to the wheel. "Your random item. Take turns stepping up to the wheel, give it a spin, and it'll give you the random item that must be incorporated into your weapon somehow. Preferably in a significant way. Once your weapon is ready, then you'll go up to one of these doors. A monster awaits behind these doors, and there's another aspect. You don't know what the monster will be until after you've opened the door. So not only do you have to think about your item and how to incorporate it, but you also have to think about versatility. Won't you just feel silly working so hard on a perfect weapon for an aerial foe, only to get yourself a ground-dwelling giant worm! Of course, your ability to adapt your weapons in a moment's notice is an important part of creative weaponry, too."

She grinned a little, feeling pretty confident that, no matter what she threw at them, they'd succeed just as they had so far (for the most part). "And you know I'm here if you have any questions or need anything, so someone hop on up, give the wheel a spin, and let's get to work!"

[[and the ocd is on the way ready!]]

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, per. 2

[sharp_man]

The class met this week at Portalocity again, this time to head out to a local butcher's shop with attached restaurant.

"In future, we will be discussing how to cut meat," Hannibal began, "but there are any number of different meats you may encounter. Different cuts of different animals are useful for different things, and it's important to know how to make the most of them. And even given the overall qualities of a species, the flavor and texture of meat on an animal varies depending upon which part of the body it comes from. Also, different strains of species have different flavors, and their diet can make a very large difference." As did their frame of mind upon death, but that tended to distress people.

He led them toward the butchery to one side of the building. "I have arranged for the butchers to show you the various cuts of beef, pork, and lamb; where on the carcass they come from; and how to acquire them should you be performing your own butchery. Then we'll be moving to the dining room; it's an open kitchen, and the staff have" after some very good persuasion "graciously allowed me to step behind the counter with them, so that we can show you how the various cuts cook up. There won't be time for you to cook yourselves today, but we'll be feeding you. Provided you pay attention while we work." This was still, after all, a class.