fandomhigh | Arts & Crafts Workshop #6, Camp Dining Hall, 06.26.06, Afternoon

The Tick grinned as the students walked in. "Just as a reminder, chums, next week will be a scrapbook review! Please try to get your books finished by by the time the workshop starts."

"This week, we'll be working on putting together a powerful friend. You'll notice that in front of you, you have four pieces of wood linked to a plank by tiny chains. If you look closely, you might notice that those pieces are arms and legs. If you look even closer to that, you might notice a face waiting to come out! Today you'll be bringing life to your very own Little Wooden Boy! Using the tools in front of you, you have to give him a face. Using the tools inside your head, you have to give him a name. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or-" Tick pulled a wooden figure of his own out from under the table, "- ask Little Wooden Boy IV!"

"This week for your scrapbooks, we're focusing on a certain phrase: 'you can't judge a book by it's cover.' While it's a reasonable saying for many things, it doesn't count in scrapbooks. In scrapbooking, the cover is the outer extension of everything that's inside! The cover should be as much a piece of art as anything on the inside. Mine is a simple blue, but if you look carefully you'll see a really keen antennae pattern in it. You don't have to get that detailed, but we need something for the front of the book that says your name in a non-literal fashion!"

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"Of course, Sakurazaki!" Tick said.

"Weapons can be used both for Justice and against Justice. Sometimes those weapons are nice and safe, cottony swabs of Justice to keep your ears clean! Sometimes those weapons are dangerous by nature, like a swab without cotton on one end, only you didn't notice it until after you stuck it in your ear and poked something. But most of the time, weapons are swabs with just enough cotton to do the job but with little enough to do a little bit of damage. It all depends on how you use them! Just don't shove it too far into the Ear of Society and you should be able to hear just fine!"

"A reasonable question would be how you would get trained to use weapons for Justice - and you always should both for your own safety and the safety of others. Well, the police and other law enforcement agencies are the ear, eye, and throat doctors of Justice. They're the professionals at cleaning your ears! Other well-trained mentors are the mavericks, people who are just good with cotton swabs through natural talent or years of training. They're not doctors, they're just really darned good at it!"

"The important thing is that if you use a cotton swab to clean the Ear of Justice, you know how to use it without puncturing an ear drum!"

It's difficult for Sakurazaki not to snerk from behind the camera, because the microphone would surely pick it up. She does a very good job of keeping reserved, though.

"Thank you very much, sensei!" she responds brightly after getting the footage. "Your words will be very helpful!"

"You're very welcome, Sakurazaki!" Tick said. "Would you also like to get Little Wooden Boy's take on it?"

Little Wooden Boy looked eager to help. Of course, that's how Tick carved his face to look, so this shouldn't be surprising.

Sakurazaki blinks, head tilting ever-so-slightly. "Uhhh, sure," she says, warily turning the camera back on and focusing it on Little Wooden Boy. She'd heard of stranger things.

Little Wooden Boy didn't move or say anything. Tick was hanging on his every word, though.

"Thank you, Little Wooden Boy!" Tick said after half a minute. "Keen insight as always! Sakurazaki, I hope we were able to help!"

Sakurazaki nods, still a little wide eyed. "Yes, yes, very insightful. Thank you...both of you."

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