Shop Class; Monday, First Period [10/22].

[special_rabbit]

Considering all the animal transformations that had been going on lately, Amaya wasn't quite sure how much of a class she'd have that morning. It was a pretty small class to begin with, but they'd make do either way. It was going to be a pretty simple one today, anyway.

"Morning, everyone," she nodded to the students that were here. "It's October, and I've been here long enough," how had she been here long enough for this??, "to know that that means Halloween's right around the corner. We don't have anything quite like it where I'm from, but I've picked up enough to know that that generally means getting in the mood for spooky things, costumes, and, of course, pumpkins."

( Concrete Pumpkins! )

"Oh! And one last thing. If you happen to get some concrete on you, please make sure to clean it off before it starts to dry."

Beaker.

How to Make Friends & Influence People | 4th Period | Monday

[built_fjord_tough]

Once again, there was only one teacher at the front of the room. This time, it was the 'Influence People' half of the class, however. So there weren't cookies.

Fjord had made a few pit-stops on the way in, though. There was a platter of sashimi - he'd made an educated guess based on Sidon's fishing, yes - and there were donuts for everyone else.

"Looks like it's just me this week," he drawled, shrugging as he spoke. "Pastor Carter's under the weather or something, I imagine, so it's going to be just us, talking about techniques in handling people."

Because he had to take advantage of a week where he wouldn't be getting disapproving looks in order to jump right into the meaty stuff, here.

"There are three things to keep in mind when you want to turn another person around to your way of thinking. First, don't criticise them, don't condemn them, don't complain about what they're doing. People in general are inherently more emotional creatures than logical ones, though, granted, there are a few exceptions. Nothing turns a person against suggestion faster than feeling as though those suggestions are a personal attack. There are gentler ways to break it to a person that they need to change. They'll come after the second point, the part where you take a moment to appreciate, first. Instead of going, 'make that better,' you might try going, 'I see you put a lot of work into that,' or even just 'thank you for doing this.' And then you can try to turn them around to wanting to change things to suit your wants and needs a little better."

He grinned faintly.

"This part is my favorite," he admitted. "The third part is to give the other person something to want. Make what you want appealing to them. Ideally they're already inclined to like you - you aren't being an ass, you're listening to what they have to say, you're even saying supportive things in kind - now you take that and use it to your advantage. Find a reason for them to want to do things your way. Figure out what they'll get out of it too. If there isn't some obvious benefit to it, you might even be able to win them over enough for them to simply want to do it to make you happy, but don't bank on that one until you've gotten a little more experience with this one."

He crossed his arms - he'd really missed having arms - over his chest and grinned.

"It's going to be another pair off and talk week," he said. "Team up. One of you, think of something you'd like for the other person to do. Then, using what I just told you, talk them into it. You'll have your work a little more cut out for you than you might in the wild, of course, since your classmates know that's exactly what you're doing. Hopefully what you're trying to talk them into is something you'll both get something out of, in the end."

Fjord, there were so many ways that sentence could be taken, you most certainly weren't taking them all into consideration right now, were you?

The Circle of Life, Monday Third Period

[captainskullpoopl]

There was a dummy at the head of class today. And it wasn't named Wade.

"That was just mean," he muttered, crossing his arms over his chest. "I knew this medium would go this way. I just knew it."

It wasn't named Vanessa, either, but Vanessa was confused. "I thought we were saving the tips about the fortuneteller for the week of Halloween."

"But that's forever away," Wade replied, going up to draw big ol' x's on the dummy's face and center mass of the torso. "Today we're gonna practice with the wink wink nudge nudge self defense! Always go for the kill shot. Otherwise you open yourself up to a not fun murder sequel where they bring in a new guy who is sorta hot, but mostly just annoying with his cool guns and his edgy DC attitude..."

He really sort of trailed off there.

"What was I talking about?"

"The kill shot, babe." This was not Vanessa's field, so she was mostly here for moral support this week.

"Yes, the kill shot!" Which was what you all were looking for, right? "So, you all are gonna practice on this dummy. Or another one once you adorable lil' sort of mutants demolish it."

Wait, Vanessa remembered something that could be helpful! "Aim for the head or center mass. And don't forget to return your pregnancy bellies

Library, Monday

[intotheout]

Tip was spending her shift today looking up cute pictures and videos on the internet.

Specifically of crabs.

"Huh. You know, I don't think there's any animal out there that someone on the internet hasn't turned into an adorable meme."

Bill let out a pouty stream of bubbles.

"Yes, robots too."

Bill sulked harder.

And that was how Tip ended up spending her shift today taking videos of her pet robot in an attempt to make her own memes.

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