Shop Class; Wednesday, Third Period [10/26].

[special_rabbit]

"Usually," said Amaya, once the class had collected their concrete pumpkins from last week and headed on over to the Danger Shop this week, "for this class, I like to keep things real and not lean too heavily on something like the danger shop, but, over the years, I've realized that, for this lesson, it really is best. In the past, we've had to work with flinging things toward the Preserve or the ocean, but that doesn't quite have the same...impact as if we had a nice big open field for it. And an island like this, that sort of thing is in short supply. So we'll just make ourselves a big open field."

And there was no lack of open space around them right now! And not only where there there in a big, long open field that seemed to stretch for quite a bit, they were also surrounded by a collection of supplies, weights, the usual tools, and a whole lot of pumpkins. So many pumpkins. She seemed to have absolutely no problem obtaining a ridiculous amount of pumpkins. Where there was a will, there was a way, and the real curious part now would just be how she'd managed to get them all into the danger shop.

Because all the supplies and pumpkins, including some concrete ones from last class, were real; the only thing that wasn't was the space.

"It's Halloween here next week," she continued, absentmindedly brushing at a spot on her skirt that may have been blood, may have been an oil stain, may have been ketchup, it was really hard to tell and she apparently didn't care too much about it, either, "and it's traditional now for Shop Class to take all these pumpkins, building a trebuchet, and seeing just how far we can get those pumpkins flying! That's right! It's time for," her fist pounded into her palm, "pumpkin' chuckin'!"

Look, it involved trebuchets and projectiles, what more did you want?

"So I've got some instructions here on how to build the trebuchet, which we all know is the superior siege weapon, as well as all the materials and tools you'll need. Since there's just the two of you and it's a bigger project, I'd like you to work together. That'll make the job a lot quicker, which will give you more time to test it out, vary the weights, and see just how far we can chuck these pumpkins, and get to see how well they smash....especially those concrete ones we made last week! I'm here, of course, should you have any questions, but I think I'll just let you all get to work. Those pumpkins aren't going to chuck themselves."

Well, they might, because Fandom. But at the current moment, it looked like it was entirely up to the students.

Beginner's Guide to Heroism, Wednesday - 2nd Period

[needsacatchphrase]

Jane looked just as bloodsplattered as many folks today did, but it sort of fit with the armor. Which was kind of nice.

"So, last week I was a reindeer and missed out on class," she started with. "Sorry about that. Hopefully it won't be happening again."

Tempting fate, that.

"And, the uh--" She gestured at the ghoulish red splotches. "It's strawberry jam. But it's not going to stop us from continuing our class! This time we'll be talking about teamwork and how to figure out how best to work as a team to fill in the gaps, you know? Wiiiith... trust falls!"

Someone was definitely getting dropped.

"Please don't drop your classmates."

Oh, it was happening.

Getting to Know Earth, Wednesday

[sharp_man]

"Good afternoon," Hannibal greeted the class at Portalocity today. "Or rather, good evening, as we will be jumping a few hours into the future today. It wouldn't be the same during the day.

"Since this weekend is Halloween, I thought we might do something thematically appropriate." He handed each of them a ticket. "Knott's Scary Farm is supposed to be one of the better haunted experiences in the United States. And whether you find it scary or not, there should be plenty to do. Since we're already playing loose with time, I've arranged several hours for us."

The portal opened, and he waved them through. "Happy Halloween."

Mechanics of Engineering - Wednesday, 1st Period

[notagoose]

At first when Goose had woken up this morning, he had been a little concerned when his black vest seemed to be covered in blood, he had thought he had been injured and his healing factor hadn’t kicked in but on closer inspection it seemed to be ketchup.

Which he still didn’t know how he had managed to get that on there either.

So he was now standing in front of the class, with ketchup stained clothes that didn’t seem to come out and because he was wearing all black, it made it all the more obvious.

“Good morning,” he began, “this week we’re going to continue on with our next simple machine and that is the the inclined plane,”

“The inclined plane is a sloped surface that is used for raising heavy bodies,” he explained, “and that it is a higher elevation attached to a lower elevation, examples of an inclined plane include a ramp, stairs and slides,” he paused

“For our practical today we’re going to be looking at experimenting with a marble and see how much distance the marble travels in equal time intervals,”