Construction 102; Third Period, Friday [08/17].

[special_rabbit]

"Well," said Amaya, grinning faintly once the students arrived at the site, which looked not at all like a site anymore at all, but a nearly finished building, "here we are, the last class I think??. And I will say, you guys were really great. I hope, if anything, it wasn't a bad way to spend your summer and that you've learned at least a little something, whether you wind up using it or not. I sort of spent the last week picking up all the little things here and there, so there really isn't much to do today. I'm gonna have you guys walk through an end-of-construction checklist to work as sort of a review, and when you're finished, head on up to the roof, where we'll spend the rest of the class enjoying the time-honored tradition of the Lunch Break."

She grinned a little again, and began to hand out the checklists. "Any questions, I'll be on the roof. But hopefully everything checks, and I'll meet you guys up there to shoot the crap and eat some food. Thanks for all your hard work this summer; it's been really great."

Not too bad, right? Just be glad Amaya decided not to follow through on the first idea she'd briefly had, which was to have them all help her start moving her things across town to the new apartment. Sure, Amaya didn't have much stuff in general...but she did have a lot of weapons.

Brooding for Dummies, Friday, Period 2

[furnaceface]

Jonothon had wrapped himself up for today's class.

He'd done so more as a courtesy than out of any sense of self-consciousness, at least. He'd been too lost in his own head, his mind burning away from the inside, to really notice who in the room had been in the woods as well. He wasn't going to presume, when it came to traumas. Especially not with his mind still flayed raw, all broken edges and jagged memories with no real walls to speak of.

He didn't want to further traumatize anybody today, no.

( When I was about your age... )

[OOC: Stealin' from those X-Comics again. Jono's 'hurt or hope' speech is more or less taken with slight paraphrasing from X-Men Legacy, issue 264. Short OCD today, open!]

Japanese Blades, First Period, Friday [08/17].

[battlewithstyle]

It was the last week of the class, and Mitsutada had a wistful look on his face as he addressed the students.

"Thank you all again for taking part of this class," Mitsutada said with a warm smile. "I hope you have learned something, or at the very least enjoyed yourself. This week, we are talking about naginata, and there is really only one of my brothers who could possibly have joined us. Please welcome him as you have welcomed the others.

"Gahahahaha!" the tall man laughed by way of introduction. He smiled a wide, pointy-toothed grin, his short orange-red hair contrasting with his purple kimono. "I'm Iwatooshi! I'm the naginata that, together with Musashibou Benkei, won against 999 swords! It's impossible for an ordinary human to wield me! I was made by Sanjou Munechika, more famous for his swords, but he also made me!"

"Benkei defeated 999 samurai and took their swords, and then was finally beaten by Minamoto no Yoshitsune. He pledged his loyalty to the man then, and ably defended him until their dying day... though that's another story entirely."

Mitsutada smiled. "Was Benkei a samurai?" he asked, knowing the answer. He just wanted Iwatooshi to elaborate more for his students.

"Oh no! Benkei was a warrior monk, a yamabushi! I still practice his prayers every day, in fact. Though I'm not as faithful as our friend Kunihiro," Iwatooshi explained. "I suppose these kids don't know much about our history, eh?"

"They're learning more and more," Mitsutada said. "Any questions for our guest?"