Phys Ed; Thursday, First Period [09/28].

[sword_chocobro]

Before the gremlins had left the gym on Tuesday, Gladio, inspired by a truly terrible idea that you could all absolutely blame Steve McGarrit on, pulled one aside and had a few questions for them, which was why when the students filed into the gym that Thursday for class, they would find a small group of gremlins there as well, wearing legwarmers and sweatbands and already starting to stretch out on a mat.

"Morning, guys," Gladio greeted, lacing his fingers together and doing a little bit of a stretch over his head before shaking it out slightly and giving them all a grin that was slightly apologetic, but mostly just way too pleased with itself. "We're going to be doing something a little different today, and don't worry too much about the gremlins. They come in peace; they've got their gym memberships on the line, so they're....probably not going to misbehave, but they are going to teach us all something today.

"Dance," he said, and that grin maybe sparked again, "is a great way to stay fit and active. Not, like, you know, courtly dances or things like that, but there's a lot of types of dance that, when you do it for a good hour session of practice, will really get you moving and sweating, and it turns out these gremlins have been taking advantage of that to keep fit and agile with a mix of cardio and Latin-inspired dancing called zumba. So today, they're going to teach us about it, because they're much better equipped to do that than I am, that's for sure."

And he never had issues with deferring to...erm...the experts.

"So take about five, ten minutes, stretch and warm up, and then we'll pass it over to our guests for the day."

Sam Eagle Presents: The Weird States of America, Thursday 9/28

[but_mostly_america]

"Hello again, students!"

Yes, once again Sam was beginning class at precisely the appointed time. Punctuality was so important to him.

"Last week we discussed Maryland." Sam gave a little shudder.

"This week we shall move on to a new state! Another unfortunately weird state." A shake of Sam's regal eagle head followed.

"Today we shall talk about Rhode Island."

Why? Because Sam was randomly choosing states out of a hat on Wednesday evening and yesterday he'd chosen Rhode Island.

"The majority of the state is not, in fact, an island. A terribly misleading name! What were our founding fathers thinking at the time? They must have been too busy working on building the country and fostering democracy!"

Sure, Sam. Sure.

"Rhode Island is also unusually small for a state. Smaller than any other! Ridiculously small if you ask me."

Nobody did, Sam. Nobody did.

"Rhode Island was one of the original colonies. That is certainly a point in the state's favor. However! It was the 13th. An unlucky number and clearly they were remiss in not existing earlier!"

What even.

"Another odd fact about Rhode Island is that it contains a replica of the Liberty Bell! Why would anyone need a replica when the original exists in Philadelphia and is so much more magnificent?"

Sam, were you just googling random facts before class? Almost certainly.

"Now, students, who has something else to add about Rhode Island? What makes it weird to you?"

Ass-Kicking 101, Thursday, 3rd Period

[needsacatchphrase]

Those terrifying dummies were back once again for the class to use. Because they were expensive, okay?

"So, last week we talked about the weak spots to hit," Jane said. "And today we'll be expanding on that a little bit ."

"Because usually when you're trying to hit someone, they're also trying to hit you, and getting hit yourself is bad." Cara probably could have just said the first half of that, but being thorough never hurt anyone.

"So, we've got some moves to practice here! And next week we'll expand on them some more," Jane said.

"If you make it that far." There was no reason to sound so ominous, Cara. The dummies weren't programmed to fight back or anything.

Right?

Library, Thursday 9/28

[noonedecidesmyfate]

One of the gremlins was presenting book recommendations to a group of other gremlins today.


Belle was keeping a safe distance, of course, not wanting a repeat of the Brave Sir Robin incident. She was staying close enough to take note of which books the gremlin was recommending though. It was always nice to add to the list of books she wanted to read.

The one about zombies in the past sounded especially exciting.