Try Not to Die!! [Tuesday, May 10, 3rd period]

[sith_happened]

Today, Anakin was a little bit grateful for the cloak he habitually wore as he waited for his class to arrive outside on the border between Fandom and the Viking village. It was a little chilly for a guy who grew up in the desert.

"The island has given us too great an opportunity to ignore today in this course," Anakin told them as his robe flapped occasionally in the breeze in front of a sturdy little clue box. "You will have to complete two tasks today that will hopefully teach you a little bit more about the Vikings and their traditions. Try not to die!"

With that he stepped out of the way of the clue box.

[OOC: You'll need the OCD. Please hold! Go go go!]

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Detour: Weaving

[sith_happened]

In Weaving, you race through town until you come to a woman making jewelry! Ha, did you think you'd been knitting a sweater? Listen as she explains the instructions in Ancient Norse, then wrap enough silver around the frame to make a bracelet. When she is satisfied with your work, you'll receive your next clue.

[OOC: From about step 9. The set-up part will have been completed for you.]

Re: Detour: Weaving

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

Angelica decided on weaving (wondering more and more just what kind of school Emma had sent her to). She was making good progress and enjoying herself until the silver and copper melted into a gooey glob of metal and dripped off the wooden dowel. Dismayed, she looked around frantically, hoping no one had noticed, then shoved the ruined bracelet under a rock and reached for another frame.

This, of course, put her firmly behind the rest of the class.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy had never done anything with metal like this before, so she was paying careful attention, wanting to make sure she got everything right.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

No matter what Toby tried, he couldn't seem to weave the bracelet and make it look exactly how had been demonstrated. However, the further he got along in the task, the... somewhat closer to how it should look his weaving got. Eventually, when he reached a point where it didn't completely look like a tange of wires, he was permitted to go get the next clue.

Which was something of a relief because he was pretty sure he'd caught a thought involving throwing him in the lake in exasperation the third time he'd messed up what was apparently a pretty simple task. If you were a Viking.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

You know, usually Gabrielle had no trouble whatsoever communicating with people, no matter what ancient faraway country she ended up with. Yes, that was weird. No, it wasn't worth asking how it worked.

It was a moot point, anyway, because it wasn't working so well for her today, and her stammered attempts to get the woman to slow down and go back a couple of steps were way less persuasive than usual.

Luckily, both her Amazon tribe and the villagers of Poteidaia had intricate craftsmanship traditions of their own that Gabrielle had observed enough to get the gist of things, and by dint of a lot of squinting and muttering to herself she managed to figure it out sooner than she'd thought.

. . . she was also not above playing up the earnest, adorable, eager-to-please role to the hilt to soften the woman up, and despite the (inexplicable) language barrier, that worked well enough to get her past the weaving station in good time.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[forhisfriends.livejournal.com]

Simon really got through this task mainly on his patience. He watched the demonstration intently, then took his time with doing the weaving. It cost him some time but at least he didn't poke his fingertips with the wire, nor did he have to start over.

Yes, he took this all pretty seriously.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay picked the task she thought would be easiest. When she started over again for the second time, that's when she regretted that decision. Eventually, she figured it out, but by then she was already well behind.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[richieryan.livejournal.com]

Weaving? How hard could that be?

Plenty hard, as Richie discovered while trying to coax his silver wire into some semblance of order.

"Mac probably speaks Vikingese," he said mournfully as the woman corrected him again. At least he thought she was correcting him. He really had no idea. Eventually he made a very, very ugly bracelet that probably would have sold for a ridiculous amount of money in Tessa's shop and got his next clue.

Re: Detour: Weaving

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

It wasn't Annie's fault she was in a class called Try Not to Die with two exclamation points, and so she was maybe a little bit panicked for this very first class. It ended up being a plus, though, as Annie's insane attention to detail was a big help in bracelet-making, and it meant she could take a little more time in getting it right on the first try without freaking out.

And it was near perfect on the first try, thank you. Woo! She wasn't going to die this class!