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fandomhigh2025-07-10 10:37 am
Finding (More) New Hobbies, Thursday Period 2
Hobby class, today, was meeting in a generic classroom. Stark was standing at the front of the room with some books on the desk by him along with a stack of squares of colorful paper. Stark was also dressed in what could charitably be described as 'threadbare' clothing today. There were holes. He hadn't even known he still had this shirt.
“I’m Stark,” Stark said. “If you don’t know me by now. Welcome to a workshop on finding new hobbies. More new hobbies. We’ll try out something new each week and maybe find something we want to keep doing. Or not. Easy enough to never try something again after the first time.”
“I’m looking for ways to help keep myself busy.” Moreso right now than at the beginning of the summer, even. “So I thought I’d share that. I do better when I have things to do. And today’s thing to do is folding paper into shapes. It’s called origami, it’s from Japan, and it’s you make little paper sculptures.”
He held up a small paper frog. “Like this frog. It jumps.”
He demonstrated, then held up a few other shapes including tiny stars. “So, try some things out. And…I suppose we can do introductions? In case not everyone knows each other. If someone would like to start before we start folding? Or you can fold and talk. No reason not to do both.”
“I’m Stark,” Stark said. “If you don’t know me by now. Welcome to a workshop on finding new hobbies. More new hobbies. We’ll try out something new each week and maybe find something we want to keep doing. Or not. Easy enough to never try something again after the first time.”
“I’m looking for ways to help keep myself busy.” Moreso right now than at the beginning of the summer, even. “So I thought I’d share that. I do better when I have things to do. And today’s thing to do is folding paper into shapes. It’s called origami, it’s from Japan, and it’s you make little paper sculptures.”
He held up a small paper frog. “Like this frog. It jumps.”
He demonstrated, then held up a few other shapes including tiny stars. “So, try some things out. And…I suppose we can do introductions? In case not everyone knows each other. If someone would like to start before we start folding? Or you can fold and talk. No reason not to do both.”

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That wasn't sharpening weapons or target practice.
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"Oh, er," Steven said, when he realized his thoughts had wandered, "here to try out new hobbies. Sort of attempting to figure out what I like? Can't know until you try, can you? So far I'd say writing, cooking, and dancing are my hobbies. Oh! Perhaps hiking? But a nice stroll through lovely bits of nature. Not the sort of thing where you strain yourself."
With that Steven tried to find some green paper to use to try to fold a frog. It was going to take several attempts to even get near the area.
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Steven looked extremely happy. Moreso than you might think someone with a tea stain on his shirt would look. No, he hadn't had time to go home and change before coming here.
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"Well enough," Stark said. "How are you? Your trip went well?"
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Yes, he'd been trying to figure out the best way to present that information and in the end blurting it out had won no matter what the rankings of the other options were.
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"You did? While you were away? That's...congratulations!"
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"I didn't know that was something you were thinking of doing." He'd wondered but it was none of his concern.
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"We will do something for friends and loved ones though," Steven added, gesturing towards Stark to indicate he was on that list. "Not sure yet what or when, but something."
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Steven had not caught up on any radio from when he was on holiday, no.
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He was! Generally speaking.
"Trying to keep busy. Wondering where my clothes have disappeared to."
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He might not have. It might have just appeared today!
"No. I try not to look...like this. If I can help it."
Years of having no spare clothes would do that to a man.
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