Cultural Exploration [Friday, 2nd Period]

[so_hawkward]

Clint had triple checked that everything was set at the Portalocity office in town for this class - call it first day nervousness, call it a desire to not get fired for losing students via portals, but either way Clint was ready to go by the time everyone arrived.

"Hey guys," he said, giving everyone his most easygoing smile. "Welcome to Cultural Exploration. I hope you're all in the right place, and if you're not, you're welcome to come along for the ride anyway. I'm Clint Barton, and you can call me Mr. Barton if you want to, but it's also cool if you don't want to be that formal or whatever. Today, we're going to start off by visiting Paris, France. I have some places I want you to check out, and we'll get to all the introduction stuff at the end."

He was pretty sure there was a rule against not having introduction time somewhere in the school handbook, but finding out for certain would involve reading it, and that just wasn't happening.

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Sign In! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

Like it's finally Friday!

Re: Sign In! [CE 1]

[nottrivial]

Alec Lightwood

Eat Something! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

The class' first stop was at La Fontaine de Mars where the students could enjoy anything on the menu that wasn't alcoholic.

Seriously, Clint likes this job, please don't get him fired on the first day of the semester.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[nottrivial]

Alec found a table a little ways away from most of the rest of the group and ordered a salad, proving himself to be an exceedingly boring person. He seemed content with his choices, though.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[pursuedthestars]

There were some interesting things on the menu. The calf's head salad caught his eye and he almost ordered it just to see if a calf's head would show up but he refrained.

Instead, he went with some french fries. Those were safe and he didn't want to end up with a stomachache because he'd eaten something that disagreed with his stomach.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Maddie loved this class pretty much immediately. She knew "plat du jour" had to mean "plate of the day," which sounded pretty safe, even if she didn't know what quennelles in seafood coulis was. She'd figure it out, right?

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Oh, how Walter would thrill to see Paris! Rilla looked around with wide, avid eyes, trying to remember everything so she could write about it to him and Ken.

This was such a hopeful sign after nothing but bad news from France in her time. No one here was speaking German or shelling churches.

She ordered a floating island and a cup of tea and was more than happy to people watch for a while. The women here were all so fashionable. It made her feel quite frumpy.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy decided to try the duck 'confits' since she'd seen it on tv, but never had it before. And she finished up with the strawberries, sayavon and vanilla ice cream. Delicious!

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[pulseof_life]

Yeul went with Gratin Dauphinois, partly because she was unsure what it was exactly.

That just made it more interesting, after all, right?

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Alex decided to go with one of the desserts, because really, who could go wrong with that? In this case, she chose vanilla crème brûlée.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhahar's experience with Dr. Lecter's class had made Sholeh a little more adventurous when it came to trying new foods, so she closed her eyes and pointed at the menu.

Duck's confit it was then! And she'd try not to worry about why confit was in quotation marks.

Re: Eat Something! [CE 1]

[notagoose]

Goose was not a picky eater so he selected an item at random of the menu and ended up with one of the fish meals.

The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

Next, the class headed for the Eiffel Tower to be truly stereotypical tourists. Once everyone had gotten their fill of the outside view, the lift would take everyone up to the second floor observation level for an inside look. Or you could climb 600 stairs and work off your food, if you were so inclined.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[nottrivial]

Alec could say that his choice to take the stairs had to do with working off his lunch, but that would be a lie. He just wasn't keen on squeezing into a crowded lift with his peers. Even taking the stairs, he was able to make it up to the second floor in no time at all before promptly rejoining the group, because enjoying the view was a mundie thing, apparently.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[pursuedthestars]

The view wasn't too bad, Jim had to admit. He hadn't been here in his time and probably wouldn't ever get here ever again so he took a moment to memorize the sight.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Everything was going on Instagram.

Maddie was 100% that person who had this lifelong dream to go to Paris even though she had a whole world to choose from, so she was just going to enjoy herself way too much up here. Could they stay? It'd be dumb to ask but could she do it anyway?

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy went up the stairs mostly to see if she could make it faster than the elevator. Which she almost did.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[pulseof_life]

Yeul drank in the view for a while. It was quite lovely, if not the most impressive that she'd seen.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Okay, this view? It could stay. Or really, Alex wished she could stay.

Re: The Eiffel Tower! [CE 1]

[notagoose]

Goose chose to do the stairs, mostly to see just how fast he could go up them and he made it in a pretty decent time.

He did have to admit that he did like the view though.

Introductions! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

Once everyone was inside the tower, Clint gathered them all up. "Okay, introduction time. Give us all your name, your grade, and one place you'd like to go this semester, if you've thought about that and are familiar with places on Earth."

Re: Introductions! [CE 1]

[nottrivial]

"I'm Alec Lightwood, I'm in my last year here, and I guess I'd like to see Rome," Alec reported.

Re: Introductions! [CE 1]

[pursuedthestars]

"Jim Kirk and I'm a senior." As for the last question, he shrugged. "Somewhere with a good beach, I guess."

Talk to Clint! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

He'd be stuffing his face with duck and enjoying the heights when no one needed him.

Re: Talk to Clint! [CE 1]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla shyly approached him. "Um, Mr. Barton? Miss Berry and I want to stay here."

Forever. Because Paris.

OOC! [CE 1]

[so_hawkward]

Wheeeee!