Ancient Food Crimes; Friday, First Period [06/17].

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Pie!" Summer started, with exuberance, standing before her offerings today already set out and revealed on the counter top. No dramatic cloche reveal today, baby! She was putting her monstrosities out front and center today, to really emphasize the theme with the five completely innocent-looking (well, except the one, but we'll get to it!) baked goods before them. "Who doesn't love pie? Some might argue that it's nearly a perfect food. Nearly. Today, we might just prove that concept wrong.

"Because today," she continued, twirling a fork in one hand while wielding a smirk, "we're going to take into account four cases of Crimes against Pie-manity and discuss whether these offenses are forgiveable or whether they are things to never be spoken of again. With Exhibit A, I present to you a truly depressing vision from the Great Depression, the vinegar pie! We're following that up with a dish I'm not sure I should be honored or offended to share a name with, the Summer Salad Pie, which brings to the table the classic combo of jello and tuna...you love to see it.

"Now this beauty," she said, moving onto the one that, yes, you could now confirm it, absolutely had fish sticking out of it, "actually is a bit more ancient, with roots back to the 16th century, and is called a stargazy pie. It almost looks too good to eat, right? And, after that, we have a thoroughly modern food crime, actually, but I'm including it today because I always want to make it when I'm high and time has no meaning, and I sincerely hope this will be joining the annals of terrible food for many a century to come, we have the Cool Ranch Dorito and onion pie.

"Lastly," she concluded in her tour of horrors, "I realized all these pies so far were savory, which might tell you that it's difficult to mess up a fruit pie and make it bad, so for the sake of comparison, I did also whip up a mid-centry fruit cocktail pie, which may, while a little cringe in concept may prove my point, but I would love to see if any of you know of any more heinous fruit pie crimes to contribute to our exhibits thus far."

Cupcakes, Friday 6/17. 2nd period

[stykera]

“Today,” Stark said, “I’ve brought some rainbow things so we can make rainbow cupcakes. For this weekend. Rainbows for Pride.”

He nodded towards the box in the usual spot on the counter. “I brought rainbow candies. And food coloring. I suppose we ought to see what else has appeared. Waiting will only delay the inevitable.”

“I have rainbow Nerds, and Skittles, M&M’s, rainbow sprinkles, rainbow belts...” Stark stopped removing ingredients and eyed the box suspiciously. It was all going too well. What horrors waited at the bottom?

“Then there’s food coloring. That’s easy enough. You can do lots of things with that. And there’s a cereal called Fruity Pebbles and one called Fruit Loops. I’m not sure about cereal. Probably fine. rainbow carrots. Oh, those are fine. Carrot cake is fine.” Stark was now looking relieved. Foolish man. “And…rainbow mixed vegetables?” He let out a long-suffering sigh, peered back into the box and then let out another. “And rainbow trout. I thought we were safe from fish this week. Please don’t use the fish.” Summer.

Stark shook his head and looked around the room. “At least there was no medicine this time. Have fun. I can help if you need it. Or you can just decorate some of the already done rainbow cupcakes. Without the trout. Please.”

Totally Safe Science With Beaker!, Friday, June 17, 2022

[meepmeepmeep]

Well, there wasn't a teacher in the front of the classroom currently, but there was a cardboard box machine with a bunch of important looking buttons on it it was meeping, so everything was probably fine.

After a few minutes the machine began to whir and smoke, slightly, and Beaker popped out of the side, meeping nervously.

He was followed by another Beaker.

And another Beaker.

And another Beaker.

And another Beaker.

Today's task, kids: fix the Multiplier!

Um. Quickly. There were now at least ten Beakers.

Cooperating with People you Hate, Friday 4th period

[unusual_sith]

Lana stood in front of the class with a large box. When everyone was there, she nodded to them. "This was recommended as a team-building activity, and it seems somewhat less idiotic than last week's, so here we are."

She opened the box and dumped a huge pile of puzzle pieces on the ground. "It's only two-dimensional, at least, and all the colours are on one side. This is what it looks like when it's done. Enjoy."

She had brought popcorn. She might even share.

Library - Friday

[onlyajones]

After last week Jo decided to start working on writing her letter to Miss Grayling, to formally apologise her behaviour that eventually let to her expulsion from Malory Towers last year. Jo had never directly apologised to anyone before in a letter, last year she had gotten Deirdre to take her letter to Felicity and apologise but now she was directly writing to Miss Grayling and trying to apologise for her behaviour.

She put away the books that she had to reshelve and then sat down at the front desk to try and work on her letter but she wasn’t getting very far, she had only written Dear Miss Grayling and then she didn’t now what else to say.