Sex And Candy, Wednesday, Second Period

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Cindy had left a note on the classroom door telling the students to head up to the Danger Shop. As the students arrived, they would see that it had been programmed to look like a beautiful garden. A closer examination would show that everything in the garden was edible--more than simply edible, even. Much of it was candy. Spun-sugar flowers decorated the path. The bark of the trees might be made of candied peppermint, or peanut brittle, or simple chocolate. Even the 'dirt' was made of crumbled cookie pieces, with gummy worms burrowing through. Colorful rocks were little pieces of hard candy and the weeping willow dangled branches of thin caramel over the path. The apple tree was growing candy apples, of every different variety, and the tiny lemon tree gushed lemonade when the bark was cut.

Today, class was held in a garden full of moddable candy and treats.

A really sharp observer might notice that there was no sign of Cindy.

[Please wait for OCD up]

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Re: 15 Minutes Later...

[godofxbox]

Oh the class was about fairy tales. That made way more sense. Well, unless you were Alex's dad; who knew why he'd signed him up for it.

"I'm Alex Aaron, and, uh, I always liked Thor. Does that count?"

Re: 15 Minutes Later...

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

"The story of Thor is a myth--meaning that, at some point, people believed in it and him and the many gods of Asgard," Cindy explained. "We'll be talking more about the differences and definitions next week, don't worry. Fairy tales are stories that discuss creatures and characters of folklore. Do you have a favorite one of those?"

If not, Cindy was happy to let Alex explain why he was drawn to Thor so much.

Re: 15 Minutes Later...

[godofxbox]

"Except Thor's real," Alex pointed out, sounding like this was totally stating the obvious.

Alex hadn't really been exposed to fairy tales that much growing up. His dad was more about stories about epic battles. If he had thought to buy a book of fairy tales, it would have been Grimm's originals. And then there was the whole 'war in heaven' thing. Still, he was a modern American boy, so he knew some stuff just by cultural osmosis. "Um, I like Jack and the Beanstalk? Because it's this awesome adventure and Jack wins and the giant dies. Oh, and I'm a freshman."

Re: 15 Minutes Later...

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Of course Thor was real? Why wouldn't Thor be real? Cindy stifled a sigh. Fandom didn't get any less weird the longer one stayed--and this from the actual Cinderella.

"I don't know if that's true in all universes," Cindy said, though she wasn't entirely willing to put money on it. "But you're drawn to stories of high adventure and excitement? We'll cover a few of those, too. Promise. It's not all going to be spinning wheels and millers' sons."

Re: 15 Minutes Later...

[godofxbox]

Alex beamed at her. "Great!"