fandomhigh | Shop Class; Tuesday, Fourth Period [01/09].

"Hello, everyone," said Amaya, at the front of the shop classroom with a grin, clearly eager to get back to work in what was, outside of the weapons class training field in the danger shop, clearly her best teaching element, "and welcome to Shop Class! Now, I know most of you are already familiar with both me as a teacher and this class in general, but for those of you who don't, my name is Amaya Blackstone, and I'm the blacksmith here in this town. If you ever need any metal work done, be it weapons, cutlery, decor for your home or decor for you head, hair, body and face, then I'm your gal! But we're not here to talk about blacksmithing in this class! Not yet, anyway, we may eventually get around to it, but we'll be talking about building and making stuff and exploring how things work in a much broader scope here. And it's the first week, so we're going to keep it pretty simple today, before we start really digging into some of the more dedicated stuff, but that doesn't mean we don't have a lot of ground to cover!

"Today," she continued, "I'd like to hit three main points: introductions, so we all know who we'll be working with; safety rules and procedures, because safety first, especially since we're not working in the danger shop ~~and only two of you were Muppets~~; and, finally, our first foray into getting our hands dirty, which will be a simple project that involves putting together not a birdhouse like one might expect, but rather, because this is Fandom, a squirrel house. The main difference is that there's a special little water bottle attachment you put in on the side where you can pour your rum, so when you really need to privacy, you can guarantee it with the squirrel going inside to drink it!"

With that, she clapped her hands together, and looked over the class. "Alright, then! Lots to cover, so let's get started with those introductions. Let's make it short and snappy so we have plenty of time to work, so let's hear your name, experience with building things or shop classes in general, and what you're looking forward to getting out of this class. Let's start with you."

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And now that all that was out of the way, it was time to get to the good stuff! To save time and because how to use the woodsaws was a lesson all on its own that deserved a lot of care and attention, there are plenty of pre-cut wood pieces for you to pick from, all you have to do is put it together! And Amaya will go over the various ways of putting your pieces together, from wood glue to nails and screws, and how you go about it is up to you! And if you have time, you can also work on decorating your squirrelhouses, and she's even got a few bottles of rum on hand if you wanted to see how it works right out the gate!

Eleanor definitely had more experience in destroying houses than building them.

Sure, it was just the one house, but that was still more than she'd built.

Until now, apparently, and she didn't want to mess it up, so she was being incredibly meticulous and careful about putting her bird...sorry, squirrelhouse together, but even with all that care and attention, she could see it going a bit slanted and crooked and she wondered if she could just pass that off as intentional and aesthetic.

As long as it held together, right?

How did Beaker manage to get his head stuck inside of the squirrel house he'd built? The world may never know.

Lydia wished she could just skip to the decorating part of this--she was good at decorating! She could trim a lovely bonnet!--but she was just going to get on with trying to put this thing together.

That was...definitely not how she was supposed to hold the hammer.

"You have that upside down," Gonzo offered. "Unless you're trying to nail that piece to your forehead? In which case, you're doing great!"

Oh. Oh, there were two felt people. Lydia had never swooned in her life but she found herself feeling a bit faint.

Well, at least this one spoke English? "I...thank you," she said as she adjusted the hammer (her grip on it was still extremely unfortunate), and then admitted, "I don't know what I'm doing." But that had been her general state of affairs since Saturday, so what else was new?

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"That just means you're in the right place," Gonzo pointed out. "Everyone starts out not knowing what they're doing. You should have seen me the first time I held a pipe wrench. Or the first time I recited Shakespeare while hanging from my nose!"

He hadn't gotten a lot better at that second one, let's be real.

Gonzo's squirrel house was . . . epic. It had multiple floors. Lockable doors. A three car garage. Indoor plumbing.

"Do you think the squirrels would prefer Arctic Tundra or Sunlit Sands for the entertainment room ceiling?" he asked. More to himself than to anyone else. "I mean under the gilt molding, of course."

Stark was working carefully on his little house.

And then a tiny sign stating "NOT FOR LEROY."

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