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Intro to Fandom; Monday, First Period [10/03].
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somethingwithturquoise"So next week," said Summer, skipping right over any sort of introduction or greeting or preamble, because they had a lot to do today!, "is the school trip, which is, let me tell you, a treat and an experience and something I hope all of you are really looking forward to."
It was, in fact, the whole reason that this class was even happening, since both Stark and Summer were pretty sure that just doing a Community Center class wasn't enough to earn you a free ride on the bomb-ass vacation train.
“I don’t travel often,” Stark said. “I go on the trips, sometimes. I’ve liked the two I’ve been on. I hope you’re all planning on going? I’ve never been where we’re going this time.” Because of the lack of travel.
"But since shipping a bunch of kids and their chaperones across the ocean to far, distant lands by more conventional methods of travel would pretty much be a logistical nightmare," Summer continued, "these trips are made possible thanks to a feature of the island that, if you're not already familiar with them, are worth a closer look, and those would be the portals. Now, I'm a little biased, and there is the annoying fact that the portals don't seem to work well for everyone, because some people get stuck here and certain dimensions seem inaccessible, mostly due to plotty reasons, but when they work, they work great, and they're really a nice thing to have."
"They're very useful. And convenient. I haven't had trouble with them," Stark said. Yet? "I've been able to go home when I needed to, and go on the trips, and I came back here again. All with portals. Before that, the first time I was here, there was a wormhole which is not the same thing even if it might be related? I don't know."
"I think they're similar?" Summer offered. "But definitely conceptually different, but that doesn't matter right now. This isn't a class on quantum physics, or whatever, it's a class about getting used to All Things Fandom, and one of those things is definitely portals. We're going to do just a brief overview of Portalocity and You, and then we're going to go ahead and take a few portals, on a nice little jaunt to a few interesting places around the multiverse with the ease and convenience of my very own portal gun."
“You ought to at least know how to book a portal,” Stark said. “I only know of the one portal gun. You might need a portal sometime, or just want a portal, and you should know how to make that happen. You could go to the office if you’re here, and talk to the gnomes, or you can use your phones. There’s an app. You should have the app.”
"The app," stated Summer, "is so much more convenient than dealing with those gnomes, trust me. But we'll go over both, and then off to the portal hopping. So let's begin."
It was, in fact, the whole reason that this class was even happening, since both Stark and Summer were pretty sure that just doing a Community Center class wasn't enough to earn you a free ride on the bomb-ass vacation train.
“I don’t travel often,” Stark said. “I go on the trips, sometimes. I’ve liked the two I’ve been on. I hope you’re all planning on going? I’ve never been where we’re going this time.” Because of the lack of travel.
"But since shipping a bunch of kids and their chaperones across the ocean to far, distant lands by more conventional methods of travel would pretty much be a logistical nightmare," Summer continued, "these trips are made possible thanks to a feature of the island that, if you're not already familiar with them, are worth a closer look, and those would be the portals. Now, I'm a little biased, and there is the annoying fact that the portals don't seem to work well for everyone, because some people get stuck here and certain dimensions seem inaccessible, mostly due to plotty reasons, but when they work, they work great, and they're really a nice thing to have."
"They're very useful. And convenient. I haven't had trouble with them," Stark said. Yet? "I've been able to go home when I needed to, and go on the trips, and I came back here again. All with portals. Before that, the first time I was here, there was a wormhole which is not the same thing even if it might be related? I don't know."
"I think they're similar?" Summer offered. "But definitely conceptually different, but that doesn't matter right now. This isn't a class on quantum physics, or whatever, it's a class about getting used to All Things Fandom, and one of those things is definitely portals. We're going to do just a brief overview of Portalocity and You, and then we're going to go ahead and take a few portals, on a nice little jaunt to a few interesting places around the multiverse with the ease and convenience of my very own portal gun."
“You ought to at least know how to book a portal,” Stark said. “I only know of the one portal gun. You might need a portal sometime, or just want a portal, and you should know how to make that happen. You could go to the office if you’re here, and talk to the gnomes, or you can use your phones. There’s an app. You should have the app.”
"The app," stated Summer, "is so much more convenient than dealing with those gnomes, trust me. But we'll go over both, and then off to the portal hopping. So let's begin."