Feeding Yourself 101, Tuesday, First Period

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Okay!" Raiden declared, clapping his hands together. "Everybody gather around." He herded them to one of the Home Ec room's kitchen workspaces. "Today we're gonna learn how the appliances and fixtures in your standard modern kitchen work. Now, pretty much every kitchen will have a stove, a refrigerator, a microwave, and a sink. Probably a dishwasher. After that, things get optional, but we'll cover mixers, food processors, and blenders today, and that should be enough to get you started. The controls might be different from model to model, but basically, here's how everything works."

Those of you who already knew what a blender was might not need to pay attention, but some of you should probably listen up as Raiden handwavily talked through and demonstrated how to use all of the above items. He even demonstrated how to load the dishwasher, although he was sure some of you heathens wouldn't pay attention to that part. When he was finished, he asked, "Are there any questions?"

Basic Training, Tuesday

[knightinshinarmor]

They were back in the Danger Room Shop once again, though this time instead of a blank canvas, it was set up to resemble a block of a city street. Just a generic street, vaguely New York-esque, but not actually any recognizable part of New York. The buildings along either side were tall, up to ten stories, but not towering, and the street itself was crowded with cars, but only because they were sitting at a red light. In a moment it would turn green, and the cars would be in motion again. There were facsimiles of people walking by, and a few dark alleyways here and there where nefarious dealings -- or the stoppage of those dealings -- might occur.

"Last week, you gave me -- and each other -- a taste of what you can do. Today? I will let you go ahead and do it. If you need supplies, you can find various weapons and other odds and ends in the shops. You have five minutes to prepare before the attack."

Attack of what? . . . You'll just have to wait and see.

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Ethics, Tuesday January 13

[sith_happened]

Today we're going to start with the tenets of the Jedi Order," Anakin said. "The viewpoint of the galaxy we operate from."

"Like any set of ethical principles, they present a kind of simplified ideal, in practice there is of course nuance and interpretation," Ahsoka said.

"Exactly," Anakin agreed. "Just because the Jedi Code says something doesn't exist, it doesn't erase it from the galaxy . It means we as Jedi must diminish it's impact in our lives."

"Diminish isn't the word I'd use," Ahsoka replied. "But it does require making choices about what to prioritise." Or who. Anakin.

"What would you use instead?" asked Anakin Skywalker, dumbass.

"Prioritise," Ahsoka repeated, slowly.

"Right," Anakin said. "I knew that!"

Clearly not.

"The first verse is 'There is no emotion, there is peace.' Explain what that means, Ahsoka."

"Well, to make things clear, Jedi don't pretend we have no feelings," she said. "We experience the entire range of emotions like any other sapient, some quite deeply, and there's no shame in that, but we cannot allow ourselves to be ruled by them, to let them override our judgement." Like say, taking an apprentice who was nearly Force null because she was the absolute opposite to your own, overpowered master, not that Ahsoka making some assumptions about future her or anything. "We work to understand why we're feeling how we do, then let go of those feelings, so that our minds are clear when we act."

Anakin nodded. "So let's discuss what sort of techniques you would employ to let go of strong feelings and seek clarity for decision making."

"When in doubt, meditate." It was both a hint and fairly practical Jedi life advice.