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"Good day, class. I'm pleased to see that you all survived the break and the tender tutelage of my TA. Today is the day that I assign you lots and lots of reading because ~~the mun has to brush up on her Welsh myth~~ I've decided to back up to the roots of things and study the Mabinogion. We've already looked at Culhwch and Olwen, and we'll pass over the Mabinogi, leaving us with 'The Dream of Maxen', 'Lludd and Lleyws', and 'The Dream of Rhonabwy', as well as the three so-called Arthurian romances, 'Owein and the Countess of the Fountain', 'Peredur', and 'Gereint and Enid'." He frowned down at his notes for a moment. "Actually, scratch 'The Dream of Maxen' and 'Lludd and Llefys'. They aren't relevant to the course. But I encourage you to read them anyway." He moved around the room distributing books. "I understand that Phoebe in her infinite wisdom had given you an assignment due on Thursday, so I will not assign any reading for you until then, but I encourage to look over the tales and read the introduction.

"Now, that's out of the way. For the rest of class, I want each and every one of you to tell me a story. But I want your story to be entitled, "Over Spring Break I Sought the Holy Grail". Tell me who you went with, where you looked, how many of you ended up in jail, if you found it, any details you want to throw in."

[[Cammie-mun is wrestling with the dreaded Beast of ~~Aaaaagh~~ Migraine. Ergo, short lesson. And not in haiku. Sadly. I've only given summaries of the stories, so if you want to read them in all their Lady Guest-translated glory, go here]]

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Roll call!

Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip . . .

OMGKITTY

That icon is the
cutest thing I've ever seen.
Boo on no haiku!

But seriously, cute kitty. and I'm wishing I never heard of haiku.

Phoebe takes her usual seat on the edge of the desk and waits for ~~Boone~~ someone to bring her coffee.

Allie signs in.

Kawalsky signed in.

"Over Spring Break I sought the Holy Grail. I went alone. I looked on the mainland. No jail. I didn't find it. And all I got was this lousy t-shirt."

"Over Spring Break, I sought the Holy Grail, and had a really nice time in England," Allie says. She carefully avoids looking at Boone and she tries desperately not to blush.

Boone signed in.

Boone tries to sneak into class, late. Stealthy like the ninja, he is not. But there's coffee for Phoebe and ~~Cammie~~ Camulus.

"Over spring break, I sought the Holy Grail in England, accompanied by, like, half the school. It might have been found, but it was probably just one of many things that got broken on the bus trip."

Awww. Kitty!

Boone ~~offers a sacrifice~~ grins at her and gives her the usual morning gift.

Macbeth signs in.

It's becoming apparent that he's going to smell like frosted cereal for a long, long time.

"Over spring break, I sought the Holy Grail. I didn't have to go any farther than me own dorm room, where Hamlet, Bridge, and myself tracked down a wee Irish man who had a pot of something that tasted magically delicious. We were indeed imprisioned... in barrels. I'm still picking cereal out of me carpet."

John signs in.

Over Spring Break, I sought the Holy Grail, having determined that it would hold the Elixer of Life. I drank from many containers, but found not the Graile. ~~However, my liver left for a weekend in the country, and I've not seen it since. Bit worried, that.~~ I don't remember much after the 10th Not!Grail, nor do I remember building a pyramid of Not!Grail bottles, but it is impressive.

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