fandomhigh | Underwater Basket Weaving and Other Aquatic Arts!; Tuesday, Fourth Period [06/14].

A forecast and presumed morning of thunderstorms did not bode well for water activities, especially when lead by someone particularly sensitive to lightning damage, and so class that day was going to be held inside the community center...in whichever room had the highest ceiling. There were crafting supplies set out on all the tables, and, most important, large baskets (woven, of course!) filled to the brim with a large assortment of seashells of all colors, sizes, and shapes. There were probably few rocks that managed to make their way in there, too, but it probably didn't take a terribly clever mind to predict what was about to come.

"Hello, my adventurous aquatic artists!" Sidon greeted them brightly. "This week, we're focusing more on the art aspect than the aquatic by making seashell art! Now, of course, the most rudimentary and basic approach to such art is merely arranging your shells in a fashion you find aesthetically pleasing on a sturdy surface, be it a canvas of sorts or a frame or perhaps you'd like to decorate a vase or bowl! Beautiful and practical! We have a good deal of supplies available to us, so please, feel free to let your mind run wild and free of the variety of possibilities in which your sea shell may take you!

"If you have questions or need help, by all means, do not hesitate to ask! And don't hesitate t help each other or work together, because Aquatic Arts can always be a team effort!"

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Shell-tastic!

Liberty Hazlett

Liz Sherman

Josephine Jones

Kurt Wagner

Tahani al-Jamil

Hannibal Lecter

If anyone would like some inspiration, Sidon would be more than happy to offer encouragement or suggestions! He'd be particularly impressed if anyone wanted to take on an oyster shell lamp shade...

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Shells and supplies are fully at your disposal, so have at it, and make something beautiful!

Or at least something that is...definitely a thing. A+ for effort!

Libby was definitely going to make a few little pieces of jewelry out of her shells (a few of which she was already planning to adorn her Adventure Class character with), and then she set in to make a seashell picture...

....of a seashell.

She thought it was funny, anyway. The kind of silly humor she needed right now to try and chase off the funk she was still feeling after her conversation with Gray on Sunday. It had been a while, since that particular worry had bothered her, but it was a stark reminder of how different she really was, and how uncomfortable that made some people feel...

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Was it any surprise that Liz was making a frame out of her sea shells? Actually Liz was thinking that Steven might like one of his pictures of him and Marc to be in one and that was doing nothing to help the guilt she was feeling over the whole situation.

She was trying to hold it together for class, she really was but as she was making the frame she couldn't stop a couple of sobs that escaped.

For such a happy things like making seashell art, it was hard for Sidon not to notice that Liz seemed...well, a little down in the dumps. He wondered if he should just leave her be, but that was hardly in his nature as he drifted over to where she was working and offered a small smile.

"I certainly should hope," he commented, quietly, especially for him, as to not bring any undue attention to the situation, "that those are sobs of joy for how absolutely beautiful your frame is turning out, Liz! I daresay, it's one of the finest frames I have ever seen, and you're not even finished! I almost feel bad for whatever piece of art should be chosen to grace its interior, as it will likely be outshone by the marvelous frame that holds it!"

Liz knew that Sidon was trying to make her feel better and she did appreciate the attempt but she was feeling that tired and miserable that she could only nod and before she could try and say something she found herself blinking back tears and then to her horror they started rolling down her cheeks.

Sorry Sidon.

Well, if Liz thought something like tears were going to stop him, perhaps Sidon was the one to apologize.

But he did smile a little more softly, kneeling down beside her to significantly reduce the levels of looming, and set a hopefully reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"I, too, sometimes cannot help but weep at such beauty," he told her quietly. "At times, one just needs to simply let it flow like the very waters from which such seashell came from. But if you do need anything, Liz, please do not hesitate to make such a request."

Liz felt comforted by the hand on her shoulder, nodding and taking a few deep breaths to try and calm herself down for fear that if she completely broke down and started crying, she wouldn’t stop.

“I … thank you …” she said quietly, finally managing to be able to say something.

There was a small squeeze, and Sidon even made sure to be careful of his claws and everything, before he nodded and straightened up again.

"Keep up the excellent work, Liz!" he declared, a little brighter and more in step with his usual encouraging tone and volume. "You can do it!"

~~And then she recieved a very timely text from Summer conveniently reminding her not to fall in love with any giant red sharkmen while she was at it, too~~

Jo definitely preferred this activity to trying to swim so she was enjoying being able to make a couple of necklaces out of the shells.

If there's one thing Sidon does love, it's....swimming, actually, but talking is a close second.

Seriously, though, I hate that oyster shell lampshade with a passion and yet I am also still so fascinated by it.

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