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Arts & Crafts [Period 1, 5-18]

Steve was ready and waiting for the students when they arrived for the workshop. "Okay, so, this is Arts & Crafts, it's summer camp, it's traditional, so today we're going to do one of those crafts that's traditional at summer camps even in places other than Fandom, since gremlins in jars are pretty much Fandom-specific. I hope none of you have had any unfortunate encounters with the actual gremlins since last week, and likewise claim no responsibility for last week's rain of glitter. That being said, let's move right along to dreamcatchers. The idea behind dreamcatchers is that if you hang them over your bed, the webbing will catch nightmares but let good dreams through. I'm not sure if they work, but it's a nice idea, and I'm sure some of us could do with a few less nightmares." God knew he could. "So, the instructions are on your tables, along with the materials. We have several different colors of lacing, beads, and feathers. Have fun with it."

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"...you guys have maps, right?" Ino asked, studying the pictures. "'Cause if I get to go there, I think I'm going to need one."

Just a bit, Ino.

Unless Zack wanted her to get cheerfully lost for months.

"Oh, of course we do!" Zack grinned and held up his phone. "My map is built into this! Do you have a phone, Ino? We could probably set you up with something, if you don't. It's a really good map, too. It shows where in the city you're standing at any one time, and everything!"

Oh, technology.

"Of course I have a phone," she said, making a face at him while fishing it out to wave in his direction. It was pink and purple. Ino had picked it because it was ridiculously girly and had amused her. (All the better to look like a ditz, right?) "Can you just transfer something like that over? I know photos and stuff can be done that way."

"I don't see why not," Zack mused. "I mean, it might be different, because your phone is probably from Earth and mine is ShinRa issue."

Actually, it was a Panasonic P900iV. ~~Square-Enix totally signed a contract for advertisement purposes.~~

"If it doesn't work, I'll just let you borrow mine if you end up wandering around Midgar alone," Zack decided. "Or I'll ask my friend Kunsel if he can find us a spare while we're there. There's got to be something, I'm sure."

"Do you think that makes a difference?" she said, shoving her phone over to him. "I mean, I think it's pretty up-to-date with what Earth phones can do. It's not an old model or anything."

If you end up wandering Midgar alone. Ha! Ino would totally slip off for at least a few hours just to explore.

"Best trip ever." Ino grinned. "And it's only been vaguely thought about."

Very vaguely, Ino.

Midgar would be a fun place to explore. Especially the stuff under the plate, where the monsters were more likely to turn up in the streets. Once you could get over the fact that most of the people under the plate lived in broken down trailers and hovels thrown together out of scrap-whatever.

"It'll be neat! I'm going to have to check with Angeal and see if there's anything they're going to need me back in Midgar for anytime soon. I'll let you know if I head back there for anything, Ino!"

He grinned and peered at her phone. "And we'll see what we can do about getting you a map, too. If all else fails, I guess asking people would work."

"You are my hero," she told him, beaming. "I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best! Will you need my phone to get a map put on?"

"Tell you what," Zack mused, looking her phone over and then pulling out a pen and a piece of wadded-up paper from one of his pockets. "I'll just write down the make of your phone for now, and I'll look into finding out how to do something like that. That way you won't be without a phone for, like, a week while I figure it out."

An employee of AT&T, he was not.

He was, however, feeling pretty proud of himself, even if he was fully aware that 'my hero' was totally just a phrase that people used sometimes.

AT&T was losing out! (Or possibly winning. But. At least he'd be a cheerful employee?)

"Works for me," she said, grinning. "After all, might weird out my boyfriend if he called and you picked it up."

...now Ino kinda wanted to hear the fit Ichigo would throw at that.

"I'd explain!" Zack insisted. "I mean, that I was just borrowing your phone so that I could put a map on it so that you could find your way when I brought you home with me!"

Sometimes, it was difficult to tell if Zack was fully aware of the words that were coming out of his mouth and the implications that they often had.

Ino blinked at him, and laughed.

"Don't say that to him," she advised around giggles. "Just... don't. You'll give him a heart attack."

Zack grinned, writing down the make and model of her phone before pushing it back toward her.

"Fine, fine. Since you asked so nicely and all!"

Zack was easy!

In all sorts of ways?

She picked up her phone, tucking it away again. "I do appreciate you not killing my boyfriend," Ino said, grinning. "Almost as much as I appreciate getting a map and maybe getting to actually go to Midgar."

Ichigo might flail at that too.

In all sorts of ways!

"Your friend who used to go here never offered to take you?"

Zack really couldn't imagine why. Midgar was a great city!

"Family issues," she said brightly. "And he didn't want to drag me into them, you know? So, while I wanted to go, he said it was better not to 'til he had a decent place of his own."

Ino wasn't spy-trained for nothing. Even if this was probably not what her father had taught her for.

Nice cover-up, Ino!

"Oooooh. Hey, yeah, that makes perfect sense to me," Zack agreed, nodding a little. "Well, maybe we can swing by to say hi to him while we're there, at least. Never hurts to meet up with a friend!"

Yes, he really was this fluffy and sappy inside.

He was also remembering that he had a glove to salvage, and class time was running out.

Ino resisted the urge to gape. And mutter something about it probably being really near impossible to find Reno in the past.

(And would royally freak Reno out too.)

"Maybe," she said agreeably. "Can't make plans for that 'til I know for sure when we're going though, right? And it depends on his job too."

"Right," Zack agreed, nodding. "Like I said, tell him he should look into ShinRa. They're always hiring. Maybe even for SOLDIER or something!"

If Reno could hear that statement, he'd probably spit-take his Corel ale, yes.

Ino would want pictures of this, oh yes.

"I'll totally make sure to tell him," she promised. Because, well, really now. "Do need a hand with the gloves? We're running out of class time."

"Actually, I think I'm..." One more snip, and Zack once again came entirely too close to mangling his glove. "Hopeless. Save me?"

He was honest, at least!

"Here," she said, reaching for her scissors. "You're going to take your hand off at this rate, honestly."

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