All Things Beach- Monday- 1st period

[throughaphase]

Today the class was notified that they'd be taking a portal, and that they should wear beach-appropriate clothes, if not necessarily bathing suits, because that might be weird to portal in. Kitty herself was in shorts and a loose t-shirt with sandals that she could take off.

"Hey, guys," she greeted them. "Today, we're taking Norman's suggestion and checking out some tide pools, because I wanted to. We could do that in the Danger Shop, oooor we could head to California for the class period and you can see it for real. If you don't know what a tide pool is, the ocean cuts little pools into the shore, which animals then live in. When the tide is low, you can really see what kind of different creatures are in there. I have a guide here if anyone wants to actually know what they're looking at. Now, when we get there, do not touch anything you find. They're living animals, and some of them have things like spines or stinging cells. Not enough to really hurt, but they're there for a reason. So unless anyone has any questions, let's go."

And then they were off, to check out a tide pool for real.

Library, Monday

[intotheout]

Thanks to her conversation with Peridot in class, Tip spent the first chunk of her shift today looking up geology, specifically the way scientists had come up with to identify different minerals.

Well shit. Geologists did lick rocks after all. She was never going to hear the end of this.

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Doing As You Like For Fun and Entertainment (And Sailing), Monday

[doesnotkneel]

Edward still didn't have the foggiest what he was supposed to teach, but he was content to keep making it up as he went along. So for today, he asked the class to meet him aboard the Jackdaw. It got them a fair few odd looks from the lads, but Ed was also content to ignore them.

"Welcome to the Jackdaw," he said. "She used to belong to a Spanish treasure fleet, but we liberated her recently. They weren't using it well, after all."

He leaned on the wheel. "So before we begin I should tell you all, I'm a pirate, and if you've got a problem with that, you might want to leave," he said cheerfully. "See, our homes and families can have a habit of telling us that there are rules, that there are things we cannot be and ways we should behave. A pirate rejects such foolish constraints in favor of something better. So."

He pointed at the nearest student. "If you could be anything in the world, what would you be?" he said. "Is there anything that stands in your way to get there?"

He paused. "And while you tell me, help the lads on deck raise the sails, will you? Just as a trial, of sorts."