The Art of Napping, Extreme Edition; Monday, Second Period [05/16].

[sake_shinigami]

After what felt like quite possibly the longest and most miserable week of his entire (after)life, Shunsui was more than ready for this class. Even after making up for plenty of lost naps in the meantime. Did naps really work like that? Probably not, but all that mattered was that he could nap, and he was going to nap so hard to make up for it.

So it worked out nicely, then, that he could also be napping for his job. That was kind of the whole point of this particular class, and, while trying his best to ignore the fact that last week had shaken him to his very core of believing he could sleep in any circumstances, no matter what, no matter where, he was ready to move on and zonk out some more.

"Hello, sleepy ducklings ♥," he greeted the class...or at the least those of them who remembered that they'd be meeting that the portalocity office for the remainder of their meetings. "I hope you're all ready to start your napping adventures in earnest, because today we'll be traveling to our first extreme napping location. I don't know about you all, but I can't think of a better way to out interdimensional time and space travel to use than this ♥. So follow me, if you will, although I will mention that if water and enclosed spaces make you a bit nervous, you might want to skip this one out ♥."

And with that, he would take the lead through the portal, which would whisk them off to the sundeck of the Underwater room at the Manta Resort off Pemba Island. "Now, if I'm not mistaken," he said, taking a moment to just sort of enjoy the view, "this place is actually still unfamiliar to most of you, though anyone on last semester's school trip will find it very familiar. Let's just say, I was rather inspired by the place ♥."

That, and just recycling a location from a school trip was just easier, especially when most of your class was new.

"Now this here would be a fine place to nap all its own," Shunsui explained, "but down below, there is a room submerged under the water where one might nap surrounded by the schools of ocean fish and the underwater beauty rarely witnessed by land-dwelling creatures such as ourselves ♥. And so...the choice is yours, though I do recommend the underwater room for a more extreme napping experience, and there are but two requirements: get comfortable, and get some sleep ♥."

His grin in response to that seemed a little strained, as if the horrors of the past week had still not quite left him.

"I'm sure we all could use a bit more of that right now, neh ♥?"

Paintball!, Monday, May 16, 2022

[imafuturist]

Steve and Tony were back in the campsite, this time with a pile of grenades next to them. Steve grinned. "Tony got creative last week and made some really swell paint grenades!"

So this should go well.

"Sleep deprivation sometimes leads to creativity," Tony said, not mentioning the dozen other inventions that were decidedly not as useful as this.

Steve wouldn't mention those, either, because he was a very kind person.

"Today we're going to say no powers," Steve said. Sorry, Kitty.

"This is the honor system, but if anyone is caught cheating... Steve will give you a really disappointed look." Which was the worst punishment that Tony could come up with.

Steve laughed. "We trust you to make the right decisions."

Well, maybe not always.

Catching up on Pop Culture, 3rd period

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon nodded and waved to his class. "Last week we became at least somewhat acquainted with the internet and social media. Today we're going to use that knowledge for the single most important thing it can be."

That's right, class. You were looking at cat pictures and memes.

"Cute cats and stubborn cats are particularly popular. Let's do searches and share them all, and see who can come up with the best ones."


[Sorry for a light class, but let's just say getting a call at near-midnight from a family member you rarely speak to is never a good thing and last night *sucked*. If people would like to play along, I could really use some kitty memes and pics.]

Disaster! Or Opportunity, Actually? [Monday, 1st Period]

[jedigrammarians]

Your teachers were actually on time today, enjoy the novelty! Also class was being held in Cafe Fina for some reason!

"We thought we'd start small on disasters," Aphra said. "Close to home as it were, because you need to build to the big ones."

"They creep up on you," Isabela agreed. "Just lurking out of view, like some ominous weirdo outside your window at night who needs to learn a few things about boundaries." Unlike her who knew plenty about boundaries, she just didn't care about them.

Aphra took a moment to process that simile. "In any case one of the most familiar disasters you'll encounter is the bad date, including its even worse cousin the bad blind date, where interfering friends have decided you'll hit it off with some random, and then you don't. Proving your friends know nothing about your taste in people. Not that I've ever actually had that problem." Whether this was because Aphra was a delight, the bad date, or just didn't have any friends was up for debate.

"Anyway, pull up a chair at one of the tables and figure out how you're going to salvage something from your breakfast date," Isabela told them cheerfully. "Even if it's just a free breakfast!"