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soldtoarmenians ([personal profile] soldtoarmenians) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-07-11 12:47 am
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Summer Session 2, Scoobying Workshop #1, Afternoon 7/11/2006 (Held at Jeff, God of Biscuits today)

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A note was handwavily left at each cabin door this morning along with an e-mail, to cover all bases, letting the campers know where to meet, and that they should dress in shoes they don't mind running in, and clothes they don't mind getting jelly on.

Now, three tables along the window opposite the pastry cases are pushed together and covered with open white boxes of doughnuts. Yeast, cake, cruller, bearclaw, jelly, custard, cream puff and eclair, with sprinkles and without, they're all there. Chairs are arranged in a semi-circle around the boxes, and -- contain your shock -- where there are doughnuts, there's Xander.

Once everybody's settled down, he grins, and holds up a bavarian creme. "This is Scoobying 101; for anybody who doesn't know me by now, I'm Xander Harris." He waves the doughnut, because by all means reduce, re-use and recycle, even or maybe especially when it comes to jokes. "Actually, this is a doughnut and I'm Xander; Scoobying would be the thing you're in besides a bakery."

"Scooby is... well, it's a word we used to describe the gang of mostly normal people who ended up helping out one of our friends who's---" If it looks like he's staring somewhat bemusedly towards the area where Buffy's sitting, it's only because he is. "--kind of a superhero."

"The thing is, the girl in question's megastrong and martial-artsy--" Yeah, he'll skip using 'bendy' as an adjective this time... "--but she still ended up needing help from her friends, and we all found things we were good at that we could help with.

"So that's the deal here: not everybody has the flashy powers or the big guns or the superspy training, but everybody has something they can do to help. Hopefully by the end of the workshop you'll have an idea what that is for you, or at least know how to start looking."

"It makes sense to start out small, though - and you can't get much smaller than the guy who makes the doughnut run, right? Trust me, I speak from experience." He picks up one of the boxes of doughnuts and models his impressive doughnut-box-carrying talents. "But the idea is to get you thinking about how to make the best use out of the skills you have, no matter how little or lame you may believe they are."

"So today you have to figure out what's not lame about being the doughnut guy. In exchange you get...well." He points at the obvious -- though if it's not obvious or you're busy looking out the window, that'd be the baked goods. "If you can handle the job."

[OPEN LIKE A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS. Posted early because work is going to be wacky this week and next, so I have no idea when I'll be able to ping in.]
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Re: Doughnut Run!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Zero made a mad dive for the doughnuts, belatedly realizing she might squish them. Or Parker's head.

Re: Doughnut Run!

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The box went sailing forward, lid flinging open to disgorge pastries everywhere. Crullers, bear claws, and doughnuts spread out in an arc along the path.

An inquisitive "quack?" could be heard by the duckpond.

Parker's eyes widened in horror. "Noooooo!" pays Anakin in pastry
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Re: Doughnut Run!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, squall," Zero sighed from where she lay sprawled out beside the path. "Looks like the ducks win this one. Truce, do-gooder?"

Re: Doughnut Run!

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"If I could fly, I would *so* be rejecting that, but--" Parker mournfully watched the ducks and geese make off with the food. "Yeah. Truce. Let's go tell Xander there were casualties." She grinned. "I'm blaming him."
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Re: Doughnut Run!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"If he hadn't made us be at odds, there would have been no casualties," Zero agreed. "Squall. I really wanted a doughnut."