Blacksmith Basics; Thursday, Second Period [05/19].

[special_rabbit]

"Well, now!" It was a much more focus, far less yawny, almost bright eyed and bushy tailed Amaya that greeted the members of the class that managed to make it into the forge that day, in a rather sharp contrast to last week. They still had a lot to go over that day, and she was eager to get to it, so she wasn't going to waste any more time.

"Hopefully," she said, "you've all had a chance to actually rest up a bit since our last meeting, and, if not? Well, then, this time, at least, it's your own damn fault. Last week, we went over the basic tools, but I know it was a rough one for a lot of us, so if you want me to go over anything again, just let me know. Otherwise, we'll get right into the good stuff.

( The Good Stuff )

She then held out the last bit of metal with the fanned-out end for them to see and set down the hammer, swiped the back of her wrist against her sweaty forehead, and grinned. "There's many, many more techniques ahead to learn, but those are the basic ones that'll give you a good start and provide a solid base for most of what you'd be doing at a blacksmith's forge. And I know that was a lot of talking, and, if any of you are like me, talking's not nearly as good for learning as actually doing is. So today, we're going to go ahead and give those techniques a try and you can see which ones feel more natural and which ones might take some doing. I've got extra rods in the forge right now, so we'll take turns, and I want you each to spend a little time striking the rod and trying to get one of the techniques we discussed: give a try at drawing, tapering, bending, upsetting, or spreading. Your choice. And, if we have time, we can cycle through some of the others.



"Also," she added, "I noticed since last week, a few pieces have gone a bit...missing. Now, it's Fandom, so the fact that they actually could have just wandered off is perfectly possible, but if anyone," she emphasized the word heavily and surely it was pure coincidence that she was staring just as heavily at one particular student in an adventurer's cap when she said it, "knows anything about that...."

The pause was so long that one might have almost thought she'd finished the sentence early, but just as it started to get a bit odd, she concluded, "after class. In the meantime, this metal ain't going to draw, taper, bend, upset, or spread itself! Who'd like to go first?"

Yoga; Thursday, Third Period [05/19].

[died8yearsago]

The rain unless I suck at weather reports somehow? meant that the class was meeting in the community center that week, were a good space had been cleared out and littered with yoga mats except for one table at the front of the room where Rosa sat, legs folded in front of her and focusing on the rain on the rooftop to help her channel out some of her more murderous tendencies before it was time to start. It was surprisingly effective, even if she did sort of sneer a little when she opened her eyes to see that people actually still came presumably to her class.

"Right," she said, sighing a little and unfolding her legs to slip off the table, and just went right into it. "So last week, we went over some of the basic poses you'll find in yoga. This week, we're going to talk about sequences. Sequences are basically taking individual poses and stringing them together, hopefully in ways that transition smoothly and enhance the effectiveness of those poses. You can always put together your own sequences to fit your needs, but there are some pretty standard and typical ones, too. The most well known of these is probably the sun salutation, twelve asanas that flow into each other in sequence. Keep in mind, there are a few variations of this particular sequence, too, so if you're more familiar with another one....okay...but this is the one we'll be learning today."

And, with that, Rosa began a step-by-step break-down of the Sun Salutation and was just going to assume everyone was following along.

Library, Thursday 5/19

[noonedecidesmyfate]

When Belle arrived at the library today she found a model of what appeared to be an ancient city set up on several tables.

"Where did that come from?" Gremlins? Squirrels? Library ghosts? Who could say.

There were small signs posted saying "We built Rome in a day! (Do Not Touch)" so Belle wasn't touching it. She was simply admiring it when not sitting at the desk.

The library was open. Mind the small city.

Driving: From Woe to Go, Period One

[wrongkindofsith]

Today, the danger shop was set up like GTA a city that was very clearly inspired by media rather than real life. Mostly because Jaskier and Cara's real lives tended toward more of a fantasy setting. Which took far more effort to include cars.

"Welcome back, so lovely to see you all once again," Jaskier said excitedly now that they had a plan for everything.

A plan that was only mostly completely taken from various movies they'd been watching over the past week. "It turns out that the most effective way to learn to drive cars is by stealing them." Which Cara still thought sounded kind of fake, but whatever.

"And to be chased through the city. Or be doing the chasing," Jaskier added. "So, we've decided to split you into teams to try it out!"

Were you ready for high powered, high speed, high octane excitement? Of course you were.

Pity your vehicles were still go-karts. But super sweet looking ones.