Weapons 101; Thursday, Third Period [05/21].

[special_rabbit]

"Morning, everyone!" It was (naturally) Amaya who greeted the class with good cheer and an eagerness to teach that morning as they gathered once again in the nice open clearing of greenery with all its colorful pennants, racks of weapons, and targets waiting to be destroyed or comically missed. "Welcome back to your next lesson. Now, the problem with a course like this is that there really are so many different directions we could take it, as there's not only a wide variety of weaponry out there, but also a good amount of variety within each type. But last week's lesson, while mostly chosen as a good easy starter that left room to get everyone's introductions out of the way, got me thinking about some of the more primitive forms of weapons and how, even without a lot of technology, you can make some pretty great things, which is why, today, we're going to be talking about the atlatl!"

And this was when Rosa stepped aside to gesture at the table that was behind her, with several atlatl's waiting to be used, with the world's most unenthusiastic "Ta-dah."

Look, wasn't it enough that she'd even let Blackstone convince her to do a 'ta-dah' in the first place?

( Yeet them Spears! )

How exactly did a early modern 21st century Brooklyn cop learn to be so good with a primitive hunting tool that was actually illegal to use in several coutries? That was a good question. Anyone else have any questions?

"And that," Amaya concluded, "is that. Now it's your turn. If you have any technical questions, feel free to ask them, otherwise, head on over to the training ground, grab your weapons, and give it a try!"

In Space No One Can Give You Chocolate and Other Problems Solved By Cupcakes (Thursday May 21)

[stykera]

Stark’s class was back in the Home Ec room again this week.

“Welcome back,” he said. “I hope none of you stepped in anything too unpleasant with Anakin yesterday.” And hopefully everyone was familiar with yesterday’s shenanigans otherwise it would just seem like he was making a very odd statement.

“This week we’ll work on chocolate. Frosting. I made cupcakes already.” He looked for Karolina before pointing to one container, “these are vegan. And these are not. Some of you can compare, if you like.”

“I have recipes for dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate frosting. Ingredients too. White chocolate isn’t really chocolate. Still tasty, I think. But make what you like! Or experiment. You can add other flavors. Coffee is good with chocolate. Or fruit, sometimes. Peanut butter!”

"I also have edible glitter. Just because. Inspired by Arts & Crafts last week." Because why not have sparkly cupcakes given the opportunity?

[hold for OCD good to go!]

Animal Handling for Fun and Fun, Thursday

[wrongkindofsith]

So, the tavern was exactly the same as before. Only this time kittens. Because your teachers either had trouble with the controls or, you know, kittens.

"Look at them all!" Magnus had two clawing their way up his armor. It was adorable.

Catra was not snuggling a kitten, she just happened to be holding it in a safe and secure way that induced purring. "Cats are much more difficult than puppies, they can't be commanded, only coaxed."

"Also, needlesharp claws!" Magnus had the best input.

"So you'll know if you make them unhappy."

"Puppies were easy, so we're upping the difficulty with these guys," Magnus said. "Make one your friend and you'll be ready for the next step on our journey to... Animal buddies. Knew I shoulda been a ranger."

Everyone take a moment to consider the possible end result of that.

"So pick a kitty, everyone!" Magnus said as one particularly adventurous kitten got to his belt to bat at Stephven.