Food Adventures, Tuesday, Second Period

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Good morning, everyone!" Raiden cheerfully greeted his class. You would never guess he'd been dealing with some shit this summer from his demeanor. Apparently Lucifer had a kid! Who knew? (Lazarus. Lazarus knew the whole time.) "I'm Raiden, and this is Food Adventures: the class where we go places and eat the food. We're already one up on the last time I taught this class because nobody is a pony today!" Grass: not all it was cracked up to be.

"So, today we're not actually going anywhere, because today is for getting to know each other. You know how introductions work, right? Name, where you're from, what your favorite food is, and something you'd like to try. Let's start with you," he said, picking a student at random.

Once they'd gone around the whole group, Raiden said, "All right, let's talk about some ground rules. Rule number one: You do not have to eat the food. If you have an allergy or a religious restriction or what have you, then obviously don't eat the things that applies to. If you have dietary restrictions that are less, I dunno, binding, you may find that different cultures don't accommodate them as well as you're used to. In some places 'vegetarian' is a foreign concept, or fish and even chicken may be considered to fall under that, and anything like low carb or gluten free is going to get you blank looks in some places. You may have to explain what you're talking about, and it may not be possible for it to be accommodated everywhere. So...be prepared for that. Whether or not you eat the food is up to you, but if it's not going to cause you some kind of harm, I encourage you to at least try it. Beyond that, you may encounter ingredients or flavor profiles or preparations that are completely new to you, and you may find some of them offputting or even upsetting. You do not have to try those things, but I want you to keep an open mind. That brings us to our second rule, which is to be respectful. The words 'gross' and 'disgusting' are banned in this class. I don't want to hear them. That's somebody's culinary tradition you're talking about, and we are visitors in their society. Think about why they might eat the things they do, and what it is about it that you find 'gross.' And think about trying it. You might like it, and even if you don't, you might learn something. Does anybody have any questions?"

After a pause for questions, Raiden told everyone, "Your assignment for the week is to go to one of the island's restaurants and try something you've never had before. If you don't have any money on you, tell them to put it on my account. Again, that's Raiden, R-A-I-D-E-N. No surname. Okay? Okay."

Everyday Life Skills, Tuesday, September 8

[sith_happened]

Another class semester, another time for Anakin and Ahsoka to demonstrate their...right...their Everyday Life Skills. Which they definitely had! Definitely!

Their lives just might require slightly different everyday skills? Maybe?

Honestly, they were completely normal everyday skills that heaps of people where they were from learned.

In any case, the Danger Shop was set up to look like a perfectly normal room with a large feature window taking up an entire wall. As was a completely normal for a room to have.

Every apartment Anakin ever lived in had had one! And it had been replaced frequently, mostly due to how he was arriving through, like just now.

No, they hadn't programmed in that wind that had their cloaks flaring dramatically as they landed. That would be silly. Just because they'd set up a force-field so no one got hit by the fake glass was no reason to believe otherwise.

It was entirely coincidental that Anakin's hair looked awesome in the wind, too. "Hello," he said with a tiny smirk. "I'm Master Anakin Skywalker."

Ahsoka didn't have any hair to look awesome in the wind, but she did push the hood of her cloak back in a practised motion to reveal her montrals. "And I'm Ahsoka Tano."

"This is a class about everyday skills, and today's will be on how to make a first impression," Anakin declared.

"As you can see, it's a simple enough way to start," Ahsoka said, far too casually for someone who'd entered the room via a closed window.