ACTUAL Ancient Food Crimes; Friday, First Period [07/22].

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Morning, everyone!" said Summer, perhaps a bit too cheerfully, but that was starting to be par for the course for her classes these days, wasn't it? She stood at the front of the classroom with several little disposable cups scattered around in front of mysterious unlabeled pitchers of various different beverages. So already, you knew this was going to be...fun.

"I have very recently fallen into a bit of a wealth of beverages that prove that food crimes are not just a thing of the past: there are many of them alive and well and happening today, even outside my own kitchen. A lot of these come from the synthesis of artificial flavors and chemicals that allow food scientist to do things like make a soda taste like grass or bacon or s'mores. Which begs the question: just because you can, does it mean you should?

"Odd pops, however, are indeed thoroughly modern, but, as we learned last week, ancient people could sometimes do some weird stuff to beverages, too. Granted, their reasons typically had a lot more to do with the fact that easy access to clean and uncontaminated water was a rarity and adding things like vinegar to you drink was a good way to kill off bacteria that would make you sick, where there are arguably absolutely no benefits to consuming a ranch-flavored soda, but I digress.

"I thought, since I have all these modern weird sodas from a mysterious benefactor," who she will happily blame for all of this should anyone complain...and she expected at least someone to complain, "I thought we'd do something a little different today. Blind taste tests, on a variety of different different drinks, and the goal is for you to figure out: Ancient Beverage Crime? Or An Abomination from This Day and Age, Happening Right Under Our Very Noses? And we'll just see where that takes us."

Relationship Skills, Friday Period 3

[ohvalleyofpenis]

The pillows were once more set up in the classroom for that relaxed vibe. And this time, Jaskier was there! And not on a creativity bender somewhere, writing more epic breakup songs.

"Self worth," he proclaimed. "Is key to a relationship. Don't you think?"

"Yes, absolutely," Yennefer agreed from where she was lounging on her own pillows, looking as if all she needed was someone feeding her grapes. "If you don't appreciate your own self worth you might spend twenty years trailing on foot after a man on horseback." Yennefer. No.

"Rude," Jaskier replied, making a face. "He was a muse. I was being inspired."

"Oh, is that what you call it?" Yennefer drawled as she examined her nails. "You Oxenfurt types have the most interesting euphemisms." Right. Workshop. Audience. "The bard is..." oh it burned, "right, though. If you don't know your own worth, you'll put up with all sorts of nonsense you really oughtn't."

"Like someone who wished for your affections," he muttered. Focus on hating Geralt, you two! "Some people believe that we accept the love we believe that we deserve. As such, what love do you believe yourself deserving of?"

Did Yennefer flinch at the word 'wished?' Maybe. "And if you do not feel deserving of love, please do throw that sentiment straight out the window as not worthy of our time, thank you." She waved a hand airily. "Discuss, or whatever."

Beginning Sith Philosophy, Friday

[unusual_sith]

"Today has us halfway through the code," Lana announced, smiling. On the board was written: Through strength I gain power.

"This one's a bit more concrete than we started with," she pointed out. "The strong gain power. It could be power in the Force, power in the government, power over yourself. So, let's discuss: is it true that the strong gain more power? What sort of strength should you start with, and what sort of power does it lead to? Is it something you should aim for?"

Library - Friday

[onlyajones]

Jo had avoided reading that letter from Miss Grayling all week but finally decided she couldn’t avoid it any longer and when she got to the library the first thing she did was open it.

It turned out that she didn’t have to worry, Miss Grayling had been very supportive in her response - thanking Jo for having the courage to apologise and realise where she had erred and that she hoped her new school was treating her well. At the very end there was an invitation if she ever wanted to return to Malory Towers in the future, an exception would be made for her to be able to do so.

Even though she did wonder at the idea of one day returning to Malory Towers, she was quite happy at Fandom and after she read over the letter a couple of times, she put it down and began to go about the tasks that she had to do for her shift that morning.