Library, Thursday 2/15

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle had not been herself last week and thus unable to work in the library. The books were not sized for sugar gliders and Five probably would have worked himself into a state trying to keep her from leaping off high shelves in here.

This week Belle was very much herself, albeit herself in a very distracted and excitable mood. She had put her hair up high off her neck today and had an extra button or two undone on her blouse. It felt so terribly warm in the library today. It had been so uncomfortably warm so many places this week.

While Belle was trying to shelve books she kept being distracted by interesting covers and titles and occasionally stopping to open a book and flip through a few pages before placing it in a pile to save for later. She had already torn through a large number of novels of varying quality this week as well as some educational volumes but she was always eager for more reading material.

When she found a book entitled Adventures of a Young Woman Abroad by one Eliza Ladywood Belle was intrigued. Once she had read the opening chapter Belle was entranced and brought the book back to the desk with her to continue reading. It was rather salacious and terribly interesting and claimed to be autobiographical.

"Oh, I should like to meet this Miss Ladywood," Belle murmured to herself. "I should like that very much indeed. Or perhaps I'd like to meet this cowboy she describes."

Belle was glad she'd brought iced tea with her today. Not just because she felt so warm but because regular tea would have been tepid at best by the time she remembered it was there once she became lost in the book.

The Hylian Bestiary; Thursday, Third Period [02/16].

[sword_chocobro]

Well, it seemed as though Gladio was stepping up to help out with another class this week, which was fine. If there was anything this week was making abundantly clear, it was that Gladio definitely was the type to step up and be helpful.

This one had been a little bit more of a chain of events; Sidon had contacted Prompto first, but he was a little preoccupied, what with the baby being born and all. So it bounced over to Gladio, who had to laugh and needed absolutely no convincing to jump on board with this one. And so the teacher the class would find in the classroom that week was pretty big, sure, but practically a shrimp compared to the usual one, and he had a sword that would be pretty big for anyone resting on his shoulder.

"Alright, guys," he said, with a nod to the students once they did get here, "turns out, Sidon had to go home this week for some trouble that stirred up, but he said it's actually kind of perfect, since apparently, it involves these lizalfos guys you learn about last week. Which means he figures it's a good way to get you guys out there to help, if you want. These are real monsters, after all, which is a little different than dealing with them in theory, but also, it's a good chance to get off the island a little bit, and maybe see them for yourself, even if you don't want to rush in there and start fighting them."

He flashed them a grin, giving his sword a twirl off his shoulder. "I know I'm definitely in. Portal should be here in just a sec, come with me if you're game, but he says he completely understands if you'd rather not, and, if that's the case, he says enjoy the free time."

And with that, the scheduled portal conveniently arrived in their classroom. "Alright," he said, "that's us. Let's go."

Creative Writing; Thursday, Second Period [02/16].

[sake_shinigami]

"Love poems ♥!"

Shunsui, it seemed, was still quite unaware that there was anything particularly strange or different this week, so apologies to his students, but class would certainly be continuing on as usual, albeit with a very specifically thematic tilt, because when there were vibes, you just leaned right into them.

"Specifically," he continued with a chuckle, as he handed out a few papers with the poems in question printed on them, "sonnets, and most specifically still, a few of Shakespeare's better known ones ♥. Now, the sonnet is a type of poem that involves a particular structure: fourteen lines using any of a number of distinct but strict rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line. Shakespeare is considered to be the most well-known purveyor of such poetry, just as Basho could be considered quite the master of the haiku. So what we will do today is look over these five sonnets as examples, discuss them, in both structure and content, and then you can spend the rest of the class brainstorming and thinking of your own sonnet. Pretty simple, neh ♥? So let us begin, and have a gander at our first poem to start us out..."

Great Fandom Bake-Off, Thursday, First Period

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Well, the tent was back to normal with both teachers this week! And a lot of chocolate lying around. Just a lot of chocolate.

"For those of you who decided to come to class today, we'll be fitting the holiday from Tuesday with some chocolate," Jaskier said, mostly just looking pleased with the entire week. Because of course he would.
Yennefer was likewise looking quite pleased with affairs...and might be nibbling on some of the chocolate. Look, there was plenty, okay? When it was time for her to speak she lowered her snack and announced, "Your assignment this week is to make...chocolate." Thank you, Yen, very illuminating.

"With whatever you'd like to add into it," Jaskier added, gesturing toward the foods provided along with the chocolate. And yes, they even had oysters there. Gods help everyone.

Yennefer eyed the selection warily for a moment, then told the students, "Make good choices." Please. "But do get creative. And do be sure to temper your chocolate." She had no idea what it meant, but it sounded important. "Good luck, and don't f*ck it up." At least it was the catchphrase from a reality competition show.

Espionage, Thursday, February 16, 2023

[sith_happened]

"I trust you are not using your newly forged spy skills to hide in dark corners and kiss people," Anakin said dryly, "and I'm not insane enough to use this week to teach you about using...wiles...to distract your adversaries."

He coughed. "Instead we will watch...instructional videos about protocol. Very dull ones."

Anakin was a giver that way.