The Art of Peace; Thursday, Third Period [11/10].

[sake_shinigami]

Everyone was back in the classroom again, which meant back in the circle of comfy cushions and pillows, and back to having some nice tea to accompany their ensuing discussion. Shusnui sat comfortably and contentedly, cup cradled in his hand with a few sips every now and again, as everyone got settled, nodding to them as they sat down and offering tea, so that anyone who wanted some would have some by the time had come for class to begin.

"Our last few classes," he started, "had us exploring some ways of physically deflecting an attack of violence, but today, ducklings, I would like to discuss verbal efforts of doing the same ♥. Diplomacy. Negotiation. Bargaining. All tools that one might hope to use against a violent enemy...or even a non-violent one!...to avoid conflict. There are many ways to go about doing this, and one of the key things to bear in mind is an infamous quote from our dear Sun Tzu: Know thy enemy.

"Of course," he continued, "the meaning in such a small phrase is quite nuanced. It regards more than just a passing familiarity with your enemy as a person. It means knowing not only their goals and motivations, what drives them to action and what may sway them, but also what is their style? How does what they desire affect their strategy? What influences their decisions? Do they value kith and kin, or are they more moved by victory or reputation? Why do they fight? And how can that be used to sway them out of it?

"These are not answers easily sussed out in most cases," Shunsui admitted. "We have a whole division of the Gotei 13 that is dedicated entirely to studying our enemies, understanding their motivations and researching their tactics, so that we may better be prepared for when that enemy strikes. To find their weaknesses, to spot those gaps in the armor. Naturally, this could mean a way to exploit their weaknesses in battle, but, obviously, for the purposes of this class, I should like to put that focus into negotiations, so that we may avoid conflict, and reach a peaceful solution before blows.

"Consider today your research day ♥," he said, waving a hand idly in the air to indicate the class as a whole. "Take some time to get to know your classmates, as well as myself, who I should hope are not currently your enemies, but, next week, surely will be, as we will put into practice what we learned today. Can you manage to find something that can be used to negotiate peace with them in the future? Let's find out ♥."

Library, Thursday 11/10

[noonedecidesmyfate]

There was a large TV set up on one side of the library when Belle arrived for her shift. That would have been fine but the small crowd of gremlins seated in front of it watching a movie had her slightly nervous.

"I won't bother you if you don't bother me, " she told them. "I'll just stay over here. "

One gremlin turned and shushed her, very loudly. Belle just sighed. Perhaps she'd read at the desk today.

Sexy Crimes, Thursday - 2nd Period

[ohvalleyofpenis]

This week, the classroom was in the danger shop! You know, for reasons that very much had to do with the subject matter. If you considered a lot of go-karts to be part of sexy crimes.

"Vehicle chases!" Jaskier said, totally taking the lead on just putting that information out there. "There have been many a very sexy movie made about them."

Cara nodded in agreement. "Going fast dangerously is very sexy." Which was why you were going to be driving go-karts, the sexiest of dangerous cars.

"But we can always play some very sexy music to help you feel the whole vibe of it," Jaskier assured them, already pulling out his Spotify. Because he was a basic bitch like that.

"So start your engines." Just imagine Cara pulling out a pair of cool sunglasses and putting them on in an extremely badass manner.

Intro to Palaeontology, Thursday 1st Period

[itsananomaly]

Cutter had been very tempted to call Connor and ask him to cover his class that morning, especially with the drinking he had done last night but he figured he could just go a movie day and return to his normal teaching next week.

“So I know we were covering mass extinctions last time,” he began, not bothering to try and explain where he had been last week, “but i thought we’d have another movie day instead and continue on with the second film in the meta for Jurassic Patk franchise,”