Creative Weaponry; Monday, Second Period [09/21].

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In continuing with the 'story' that had been building up through this class's quest through making interesting weapons with impractical items, the students would be starting their day in the tunnels where they left off, but they would be back on the topside soon...straight into a massive thunderstorm, with sheets of rain cascading down and lightning illuminating the thickly forested landscape.

Luckily for them all, there was a large and stately (albeit having seen much better days) mansion nearby, where surely they wouldn't wind up encountering anything that might cause them any trouble while they waited out the storm!

There were even nice, warm fires blazing in the mansion's many fireplaces, but, naturally, that simply means that they were clearly not alone, with thumps emerging from various other spots throughout the large manor, and Amaya grinned at the students.

"I think you all know what this means," she said. "If we're going to be staying here for the duration of the storm...or, well, the duration of the class, which will just so happen to conveniently match up with the duration of the storm, we'd better prepare and find what's making those noises before what's making those noises finds us! And whatever they are, I might have a sneaking suspicion that all these fireplaces'll come in handy, if you get what I mean..."

Amaya wasn't much of a winker, but, if she was, there would definitely be a nudging wink in the somewhere.

"Best not go alone, though," she said, "so partner or group up if you can before you go looking around to find something to defend yourselves with. There are plenty of fireplace tools to get you started, and they might even work well on their own, but see what else you might be able to find in this old place, because it's not called Creative Weaponry for nothing!"

Monday - Period One: Fuck Yeah! Science!

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Students once again got notifications in a handwavy manner asking all to bring swimsuits, towels, flip-flops and sunblock to class today. When they would arrive in class they'd see the usual glowing portal with Barry waiting patiently.

"Since the weather is getting a bit colder I thought a field trip to someplace warm might be in order," Barry informed them once they had all arrived. "So today we're going to the fucking Caribbean."

That's right kids. We're having a beach episode class.

Upon passing through the portal the students would feel a nice hot sun beating down on them tempered by a cool ocean breeze. They would find themselves on a very small island with a beach facing a nice cove which kept the tide nice and calm. Along the beach were changing areas, beach chairs, snorkeling gear, googles and flippers.

"I did not bring you here just to work on your fucking tan," Barry informed them cheerfully. "Today you are going to check out the coral reefs out here in the cove. For those of you who aren't familiar, A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.

Coral belongs to the class Anthozoa in the animal phylum Cnidaria, which includes sea anemones and jellyfish. Unlike sea anemones, corals secrete hard carbonate exoskeletons that support and protect the coral. Most reefs grow best in warm, shallow, clear, sunny and agitated water. Coral reefs first appeared 485 million years ago, at the dawn of the Early Ordovician, displacing the microbial and sponge reefs of the Cambrian.

Sometimes called rainforests of the sea, shallow coral reefs form some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems. They occupy less than 0.1% of the world's ocean area, about half the area of France, yet they provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species, including fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, echinoderms, sponges, tunicates and other cnidarians. Coral reefs flourish in ocean waters that provide few nutrients. They are most commonly found at shallow depths in tropical waters, but deep water and cold water coral reefs exist on smaller scales in other areas.

They are under threat from excess nutrients, rising temperatures, oceanic acidification, overfishing and harmful land-use practices. The one here is as healthy as can be. So suit up and go for a swim. Remember to write down any observations you have in your journal."

Superheroing 101- Monday- 3rd period

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The setup this week was the same as last week. Danger Shop, changing rooms, New York city streets, etc.

"Last week you got to stop a crime, or at least attempted to," Kitty said. "And if you don't like how you did, that's fine! There's always room for improvement. So get changed, then we're going to talk about what it was like for you and what you might want to do differently."

That, of course, was not the end of it.