Intro to Fandom; Monday, First Period [12/05].

[somethingwithturquoise]

"It may be a little hard to believe," said Summer, getting things underway for that morning's class, which had relocated itself to the Danger Shop, "but the semester's almost over. Which means that not only have you gone through many lessons from Stark and myself about the weirdness of Fandom, but you've experienced quite a bit of it yourselves, already. One thing we hadn't really touched a whole lot on so far, though, is this place." She gestured around her at the Danger Shop, which, right now, was mostly just blank and waiting to be used. "The Danger Shop. And something we haven't really had yet, either, is a pretty big full-scale invasion of something."

“We haven’t had any invasions in nearly a year,” Stark said. The Fans didn’t count as an invasion and nothing at all of note had happened when they were here anyway. Right? “Which is very unusual for here and you should all be ready in case something happens soon. Something is almost certainly going to happen soon. I’m surprised nothing has happened already.” That was comforting, wasn’t it?

"So the Danger Shop here," Summer continued, "is going to throw a variety of potential bad guys at you to fight, in a simulation of the town itself. If you haven't had any of your teachers use this yet in any of your other classes, basically, this is great for training because you can't actually get hurt here, it's all a simulation, so it's a good way to fight things even if you're not much of a fighter. It will also generate a wide variety of weapons for you to potentially use against our incoming invaders, but since this is supposed to be a learning and prep experience, try to think of unique ways to defeat your enemies and work together to really make the most of your own individual skills."

“Nothing will hurt you,” Stark reiterated. “So there aren’t any real risks and you can try things that maybe you wouldn’t normally. One time, one invasion, a friend and I were fighting off things with stale cupcakes.” Because of course they had done that. “So even if you aren’t familiar with weapons perhaps you can find something else to use. And…we do have weapons in here. Weapons and things to use them against.”

And, with that, Summer went to the controls to turn on the simulation....which was definitely going to go exactly to plan, right?

....right?

Diplomacy, December 5, 2022

[sith_happened]

"We only have two more classes together," Anakin announced as he strode into the classroom, which had been set up with linen-covered round tables and a small pile of name cards. "Today we delve into seating arrangements."

Anakin Skywalker had never in his entire life cared about seating arrangements. Not once. So this lesson should go great.

"We'll start off easy," he said, and sure, "with a group of six. The table is round so that no one feels like they are being less important than anyone else at the table, and this table would be placed in the middle of a much larger charity function. Our six guests are:

1) A male ambassador who thinks he should be at the place of honor in this room. There is no place of honor in this room.
2) A female minister who claims not to speak the language the rest of the table speaks.
3) Her female spouse, who speaks the language the rest of the table speaks and also the minister's mother tongue.
4) A male staffer who has replaced his much more important boss at this dinner at the last minute. No one will be happy to see him.
5) A male religious leader who will not approve of the female minister and her female spouse.
6) A male minor royal who will show up drunk.

"Who sits next to whom? You have fifteen minutes, and then explain your reasoning to me."

Fight Stuff- Monday

[solo_sword]

The Danger Shop today was a field in front of a large and impressive castle on a glorious spring day. There was a most around the castle, and a drawbridge, and it looked like something out of a storybook.

"Hi, guys," Jaina said. "You're going to have a minute to put on Done armor and grab some weapons, but you're going to want to be fast about it."

From somewhere behind the castle came a loud, reptilian roar.

"For reasons," she added.

Non-Deadly Heroics, Monday, Period Two

[jedigrammarians]

"Communication!" Aphra started, her grand gesture someone ruined by the marzipan fruit bouncing off her. "It's the cornerstone of keeping yourself alive, especially when working with other people."

"After all, it's kind of awkward when the rest of your team has somehow got the wrong idea into their heads about your goal, or the issue of payment, or any one of a thousand minor details."

Not that anyone here had ever been or would ever be in that kind of situation. Especially not deliberately. Ever.

"So today we're going to play a game where you have to communicate with the rest of the class without any kind of written or spoken language!"