Culinary Fundamentals; Friday, First Period [02/12].

[chef_chocobro]

"Good morning, everyone," Ignis greeted the students from the front of the classroom as usual, with a nod, and a small adjustment of his glasses. "Today, we're going to be taking a little bit of a departure from the fundamentals part of this class and indulge in a little bit of topical frivolity in our culinary pursuits, as I understand that this weekend is a holiday, one that often involves romantic gestures and indulgences in food, if I understand correctly. Chocolates, it seems, are also quite a popular gift that corresponds with this holiday, so I thought we could best employ some of the skills we've been picking up in this class to create our own chocolate candies." He smiled, briefly. "Naturally.

"I will, of course," he added, as he moved around to the station at the front of the class to demonstrate, "go over the relatively simple steps with you, and, after you've successfully made your own batch of the basic chocolates, we can use the rest of the class period to explore both the well-stocked pantries and our own imaginations to perhaps do a little more creative twists on the simple candy, or merely work on perfecting the basics, depending on your current skill level. Now, follow along if you will, your ingredients should all be gathered for you at your stations, and we will begin by heating our cream..."

With that, he lead right into the process, explaining as he went along, all the while informing them of pretty much everything he knew about chocolate that he imagined they would just find thrilling and fascinating.

"And it's as simple as that. Now, since the chocolates do need to set a bit, I also have a recipe for an excelelnt chocolate perfect for dipping strawberries in, which is a fine alternative for those who may perfer the natural sweetness of a fruit over chocolate, while still remaining in the playful realm of the theme, though it might be a bit fun to experiment with different types of fruit, which I will strongly encourage."

Intro to Performing Arts | Friday, 2nd Period

[defenderofdesmoines]

Today when students arrived, they would find the Danger Shop made up to look like the costume department of a relatively well-to-do theater. There were racks upon racks of brightly-colored fabric, ranging from swaths of just fabric without form to actual completely moddable costumes, including hats, pins, and any other number of accessories.

"Hey guys!" Annie poked out from behind a mannequin that she'd draped some fabric over, a couple of pins sticking out of the corner of her mouth. She removed them to continue, "We're going to play with costumes today! So, typically, you'll find that if you're cast in something or strike out on your own to do a production, you'll find that you work forward from the concept to what you'll be wearing. Today, though, I kind of want to reverse-engineer things -- I want you to go nuts and create a costume for yourself out of what you can find here, and then tell everyone what your character is based on what you've created for them out of clothes. My suggestion is to find a costume piece that you like and work backwards to create a character inspired by your outfit, though I can appreciate that might not be the easiest thing."

Considering Annie had designed several iterations of her own super-uniform, she herself was pretty used to having the vision in mind before starting on the realization thereof, but she was also utterly confident that her students were creative enough for this exercise.

Also it seemed kind of fun, but maybe that was just her.

Disappearing in the Modern World, Friday, Period 4

[doesntstophurting]

When the students stepped into the Danger Shop today, they would find themselves standing outside of a building with a green and white striped awning and an exceedingly long line waiting to get in. "Welcome to New Orleans!" Booker said cheerfully. Well. Cheerfully for Booker. "The French Quarter, to be exact. It's the weekend of Mardi Gras, which means this place is hopping. Why are we here? To practice getting lost in a crowd, of course. Keep an eye out for security cameras, tourists taking photos, police--and then avoid them. It's that simple. Have fun, and don't try to buy alcohol. You're underage here." And unlike the real thing, Danger Shop New Orleans would card.