fandomhigh | Your African Expedition Adventure!, Tuesday, Period Four [ 05/24].

Since it often rained in the jungle, Jane had decided that, today, their clearing classroom in the Danger Shop should also be afflicted with the downpour that plagued the island lately due to their new move. She'd put up great big tarps, so that the rain pounded over them as they worked by torchlight, and it made her terribly miss being out there for real.

"As you can see," she said to the class with a laugh, "our helmets and boots will come in handy today, but you'll also be quite pleasantly surprised to find out, once we get out in the jungle today, that the cover of trees and the different levels of the jungle canopy is so thick that you'll barely feel a trickle of rain inside! Yet another fascinating feature about the African jungles! So far, we've talked about our three basic essentials and we've talked about some of the dangers of the jungle. Today, we're going to talk about shelter.

And so it was that Jane took to the blackboards. There would be many, many diagrams as she went over the basic steps to building a shelter.

It wasn't all going to be lecture, though. Jane had two conveniently located trees and all of her supplies so that she could actually give a more visual direction of how to construct your shelter, or at least a variation on one.

"And, ta-da, that's all there is to it, ladies and gentleman! So let's all grab these packs here, which will have everything we need, grab our hats, and we'll be off into the jungle. We'll trek for a bit; I much prefer you to at least trek in pairs, and, when you notice it's about time to start getting ready to make our shelter, you'll have the rest of class to put together one that will keep you dry, protected, and safe!"

A beat.

"Well, relatively speaking, of course. Any questions before we begin?"

[[ OCD is ~~on the way~~ all safe and sound! ]]

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Sheltered!

Surreal

Stephanie Brown

Annie Edison

Cara

James of Krondor

Elphaba Thropp

There's diagrams and notes and a fast talking teacher galore! And it certainly does look like this isn't Jane's first time putting together a shelter like this, either.

Stephanie wasn't phased by the extensive diagrams, at least, but the fast talking was still taking some getting used to. She was pretty impressed by Miss Porter's shelter-building expertise, though, since that definitely did show.

. . . way different from finding shelter in urban areas like Gotham, that was for sure.

Annie was already all wet from her last class, so the thought of having to deal with even more rain wasn't making her happy. Still, she was a good girl and took notes of the diagrams and what the teacher was saying, so maybe she could actually get a working shelter done.

The diagrams were very helpful for a city boy with limited experience in the wilds.

Into the jungle you go, ready to explore and, when the time comes, to put together your shelter. Feel free to work alone, but Jane prefers teamwork in situations where going alone increases your chances of death and all.

The backpack still felt weirdly bulky, and at the same time Stephanie felt like she was less prepared than she was with the tiny, tiny things that fit in her utility belt. She was trying to look at this as an exercise in being resourceful, though.

Plus the jungle life was still pretty exotic, and thus cool.

James redistributed some items around so he would be comfortable and have access to anything should he need it.

He hoped this hike was shorter than his last one. It's just a room filled with magic and not a whole continent, right?

Already, he was thinking of how best to build one of the shelters from the class...

She'll be in the clearing keeping an eye on things while adding a few domestic touches to her shelter. Like you do.

This makes me want to go build forts in the woods like I did when I was little, d'awwww.

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