fandomhigh | The Art of Ma; Thursday, Second Period [10/29].

"Hey, guys," Summer, with a pass of a hand at the side of her head because she was pretty sure there was another spider there, or it was her imagination, but she was pretty sure it was the former, because ohmygod, what the fuck, spiders? "Soooo, I'm Summer, as some of you know, and I'm going to be your sub today because your regular teacher is apparently off 'doing Death God stuff,'" yes, those were finger quotes, as well as an eyeroll, "which I'd totally think was a made-up excuse if this information didn't come down the pipeline to me from what I consider an actually reputable source. And I mean, it is almost Halloween, so maybe it's just a really busy time of year for them? I don't know, I'm not a Death God. I'm just a substitute teacher for a class I know absolutely nothing about.

"But I did Google it, and I came across a few short articles, which I printed out copies for you guys and will pass around, about a Japanese director who apparently seems to really embody this whole 'art of negative space' concept in his work. Which is also perfect because if all these elements aren't the perfect excuse for a movie day, then I don't know what would be.

"Anyway, it was hard to pick just one of his movies, because they're all honestly jams, but this one seemed apropos not only because of Halloween but also, like, because, like, I'm only teaching this class right now because your usual teacher is off doing things in a spirit realm, and....you know what? It made sense in my head, it's a movie day, just enjoy, and forgive me for the lack of popcorn, but also thank me because I'm pretty sure any bowls of popcorn we tried for would end up being half bowls of spiders."

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Substitute Teacher Movie Day!

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There isn't one, but there are printed articles from the IntraWebz! Summer is 99.9% certain she's already taught you more about the Art of Ma than Shunsui has in this entire semester because of it, too.

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

And having met Shunsui, Summer honestly wouldn't be surprised if this was actually what his world was actually kind of like...

Who is constantly checking her ponytail for spiders, but at least she knows the cats back home are going to be super entertained, and wondering if she should be a little bit more worried about them eating spiders all day while she's not there to stop them.

Did I totally just have Shunsui away all week because I thought of this post last Thursday but never got a chance to post it but liked it so much that I still wanted to use it?

Yes. Yes I did.

The Art of Ma; Thursday, Second Period [10/29].

Sign In - AoM, 10/29.

Re: Sign In - AoM, 10/29.

Re: Sign In - AoM, 10/29.

Listen to the Lecture - AoM, 10/29.

Watch the Movie - AoM, 10/29.

Talk to Summer - AoM, 10/29.

OOC - AoM, 10/29.