The Art of Poetry; Monday, First Period [03/21].

[sake_shinigami]

"Welcome back, ducklings ♥." Once again, there was that comfortable ring of pillows on which to sit, cups of a nice fragrant tea being poured and passed around, and a teacher with a sleepy smile to get things going that morning. "Hopefully, you remembered your assignment from last week to bring in a song or some lyrics you're rather fond of, and, if not, well, I'm sure you can make up something on the spot ♥. Music is such a vast and eccelctic thing that we can all just assume we've simply never heard of your rare and obscure pick ♥. And since you are both quite clever, I'm sure you've figured out that today, we'll be talking a bit about music as poetry, buth in the composition and the lyrical sense ♥.

"Now, allow me, ducklings, to propose to you a question: does music need lyrics to be considered poetry ♥? Poetry, after all, is entirely based on words, is it not? But isn't poetry also based on feelings and emotions ♥? There is no denying that a well-composed piece of music can easily evoke in us the same kind of feelings and emotions that a well-written poem can. And a good deal of successful poetry is grounded in the rhythms, in the beats....the music of the words and phrases, if you will ♥. So I do think it is fair to say that music along, even without words, can be poetry, though you may be inclined to disagree." He gave them a faint grin. "In fact, I almost encourage you to try ♥. What about the words by themselves? Or is the music important to garner the right impression ♥. Ancient poetry, after all, especially epics and battles were set to music; do you think that would improve upon them as you know them? What about the repetition found so often in songs; is it too much fo poetry? Would it weight it down? All very good questions that we may choose to explore today without own selections. ♥

"So let us finally," Shunsui's smile was almost apologetic there, for making them have to do something so tedious as listen to a lecture in a classroom, "get to those songs you've brought in, and we'll have a closer look at their musicality, their poetry, and where the two shall come to meet ♥."

Mythbusting- Monday- 3rd period

[throughaphase]

The Danger Shop workshop today let out into a huge open field. No grass, no trees, nothing as far as the eye could see.

"Today we're testing whether you can make a cannon out of non-dairy creamer. You know, the can of powder you pour into coffee instead of milk?" Kitty said. "There's video of someone making a fireball out of that, so we're going to see a) if it's true, and b) if so, what you can do to make your own fire out of it. Also, for the love of god, never do this one at home."

So spoiler, this was gonna be super true.

Exit Strategies, Monday, March 21, 2022

[sith_happened]

Hello, Exit Strategies! Your teacher was much taller than usual today. And a dude. And Anakin Skywalker.

"Surprise," he said dryly. "Dr. Aphra is indisposed again this week."

Ignore any claw marks that may or may not be on Anakin's hands, please and thank you. "So today you will work on exit strategies with me."

This will only go well.

He pressed buttons and the Danger Shop changed into a conference room: clear glass walls, plastic bottles of water, weirdly dated electronics, ugly chairs.

"Please take seats," he said, gesturing. When everyone was in place, he began. "You are here for an extremely boring presentation for a rival corporation. They are keeping you waiting, currently, as a power play."

He left the room, locked the glass door, and then yelled, "And will be pumping this room full of knock-out gas in two minutes! Adapt and escape!"

Anakin's experience with escapes was a tad on the trying-to-be-fatal side for high school. Whoops.