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fandomhigh2022-12-05 03:28 am
somethingwithturquoise) wrote in fandomhigh2022-12-05 03:28 am
Intro to Fandom; Monday, First Period [12/05].
"It may be a little hard to believe," said Summer, getting things underway for that morning's class, which had relocated itself to the Danger Shop, "but the semester's almost over. Which means that not only have you gone through many lessons from Stark and myself about the weirdness of Fandom, but you've experienced quite a bit of it yourselves, already. One thing we hadn't really touched a whole lot on so far, though, is this place." She gestured around her at the Danger Shop, which, right now, was mostly just blank and waiting to be used. "The Danger Shop. And something we haven't really had yet, either, is a pretty big full-scale invasion of something."
“We haven’t had any invasions in nearly a year,” Stark said. The Fans didn’t count as an invasion and nothing at all of note had happened when they were here anyway. Right? “Which is very unusual for here and you should all be ready in case something happens soon. Something is almost certainly going to happen soon. I’m surprised nothing has happened already.” That was comforting, wasn’t it?
"So the Danger Shop here," Summer continued, "is going to throw a variety of potential bad guys at you to fight, in a simulation of the town itself. If you haven't had any of your teachers use this yet in any of your other classes, basically, this is great for training because you can't actually get hurt here, it's all a simulation, so it's a good way to fight things even if you're not much of a fighter. It will also generate a wide variety of weapons for you to potentially use against our incoming invaders, but since this is supposed to be a learning and prep experience, try to think of unique ways to defeat your enemies and work together to really make the most of your own individual skills."
“Nothing will hurt you,” Stark reiterated. “So there aren’t any real risks and you can try things that maybe you wouldn’t normally. One time, one invasion, a friend and I were fighting off things with stale cupcakes.” Because of course they had done that. “So even if you aren’t familiar with weapons perhaps you can find something else to use. And…we do have weapons in here. Weapons and things to use them against.”
And, with that, Summer went to the controls to turn on the simulation....which was definitely going to go exactly to plan, right?
....right?
“We haven’t had any invasions in nearly a year,” Stark said. The Fans didn’t count as an invasion and nothing at all of note had happened when they were here anyway. Right? “Which is very unusual for here and you should all be ready in case something happens soon. Something is almost certainly going to happen soon. I’m surprised nothing has happened already.” That was comforting, wasn’t it?
"So the Danger Shop here," Summer continued, "is going to throw a variety of potential bad guys at you to fight, in a simulation of the town itself. If you haven't had any of your teachers use this yet in any of your other classes, basically, this is great for training because you can't actually get hurt here, it's all a simulation, so it's a good way to fight things even if you're not much of a fighter. It will also generate a wide variety of weapons for you to potentially use against our incoming invaders, but since this is supposed to be a learning and prep experience, try to think of unique ways to defeat your enemies and work together to really make the most of your own individual skills."
“Nothing will hurt you,” Stark reiterated. “So there aren’t any real risks and you can try things that maybe you wouldn’t normally. One time, one invasion, a friend and I were fighting off things with stale cupcakes.” Because of course they had done that. “So even if you aren’t familiar with weapons perhaps you can find something else to use. And…we do have weapons in here. Weapons and things to use them against.”
And, with that, Summer went to the controls to turn on the simulation....which was definitely going to go exactly to plan, right?
....right?