Fandom Gladiators; Third Period [07/30].

[died8yearsago]

Another week, another day in the Arena, but this time, there were several rows of foam-capped staffs not too dissimilar from giant Q-tips waiting for them, as well as pairs of very small raised platforms set very close to each other, so if you hadn't been able to put things together by now, lucky you, Rosa was about to explain.

"Today," she said, "we joust. The concept is simple: each gladiator take a platform and one of these sticks, and the goal is to knock the gladiator on the other platform off. Simple, right? We're doing this tournament style, in randomly picked pairs, a second round heat, and then a three man sudden death finale.

"So gear up and get ready to hit each other with big ass sticks, and let's stop wasting our precious beat-down time."

[[ ocd is on the way! up, it's up! ]]

Cupcake Skirmishes, Thursday 7/30

[stykera]

Once again the Home Ec room was set up for the making of cupcakes, complete with alien instructor at the front of the room and today’s secret ingredient covered by a towel in front of him.

“Welcome back, again. Last week’s berry cupcake winner was Astrid. Excellent work, Astrid.”

“This week, of course, we have a new set of ingredients to work with. Although,” Stark said after a brief pause, “you could combine both weeks’ worth for something that would probably be delicious.” Of course, almost all cupcakes were delicious.

“Berries went over well so this week we’ve moved on to another sort of fruit.” He removed the towel from the bowls in front of him. “Citrus! Lemons, limes, key limes, oranges, grapefruits whatever citrus you might like. If you don’t want to use the fresh versions, I have some marmalades available. There are juicers at your stations as well as graters for zesting. Please be careful of your fingers. No one here wants to eat pieces of your fingertips.” And least Stark very much hoped none of his students wanted to eat fingertip pieces. “And I’d rather none of you were hurt. If you are hurt I have bandages.” He always had bandages at the ready. "Oh, I have blood oranges! Use those. No real blood. Please."

“I’ve found a cream cheese frosting pairs well with citrus. Or a meringue! Ovens are preheated. There are clean aprons for everyone that wants one. Just like before if you would like to pair up please do. And if you need help, please ask.”

[OCD is coming up with some recipe inspiration!]

Happy Funtime Friend Adventures, Thursday Period 2

[wrongkindofsith]

So, the usual tavern was set up like this was a very high stakes game of The Floor Is Lava, but if anyone took a certain class with a certain archeologist---Aphra, it was Aphra---they'd know that this was all shamelessly stolen.

"It's fair use," Magnus assured everyone. "No copyright stuff or takedown notices, please."

"Exactly." Cara had learnt when to just smile and nod along. Well, nod along at least. "Today involves a test of skill and strength." And not laughing when your classmates slipped and fell.

"Prove your agility and strength!" Magnus added. "If you've got some magic gear, now is the time to bust them out."

"Especially if it's fireproof." What? It was fake fire.

"Let's get to it!" They should probably double check those safety protocols.