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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.]

Re: Sign in!

[identity profile] dorky-broots.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Broots signed in.
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Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I thought I was in this class. Workshop. Thing. So should I just be evil?"
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Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Zero signed in.

Re: Sign in!

[identity profile] sogothcally.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Cally signed in.
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Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Zero nodded and went off to be evil.
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Re: Earn Your Doughnuts!

[personal profile] swerval_zero 2006-07-11 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, doughnuts contain sugar and carbs, which are ready sources of energy for those fighting evil. Um. They're very portable! And I'm takin' all the reasons so I'll stop now. And it's lucky to be the one sent to get them, because then there's no chance anyone else will, say, make you try to read squallin' Chinese if you're gone to get doughnuts."

Re: Sign in!

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Marie signed in.

Re: Earn Your Doughnuts!

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, if you have jelly doughnuts, you could make a trap for a bad guy since the jelly is slippery," Marie said. "And going to pick them up makes you lucky because you might not be in danger if the bad guy shows up."

Re: Talk to Xander

[identity profile] bridge-carson.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Bridge bounces and waves, thus pretty much blowing any sneakiness whatsoever involved in crashing the workshop.

Re: Talk to Xander

[identity profile] willbedone.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Willow would've been happy to help, except Zero was there and help was apparently not needed.

So she sat back with her sandwiches and waved if Xander happened to look in her direction.

Re: Talk to Xander

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Marie spotted her roommate and gave her a wave.

Re: Sign in!

[identity profile] 1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Buffy signed in.

Re: Earn Your Doughnuts!

[identity profile] 1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Buffy gave this a long think. "Well... If you're getting the donuts, you get the first choice! That's always good, because you have to bring, like, a mix, but not all of them will be awesome. And it's handy because... Um. It keeps the fighting going?"

Re: Sign in!

[identity profile] bound2blade.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Sakurazaki signed in.

Re: Earn Your Doughnuts!

[identity profile] bound2blade.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"The presence of doughnut," Sakurazaki explain, dispensing-Buddha-wisdom finger propped up signficantly, "especially particular kinds, can be important to remind one that the exteriour never shows what the interiour is. It may be dough, it may be jelly, it may be creme filling. Whatever it is, though, it is representive of the untapped individuality in each of us that will help us strive when we finally discover what it is."

"Furthermore, one cannot fight or plan on an empty stomach. And while doughnuts may not be particularly nutritional for the body, they are highly potent in nuitrients for the soul."

"And they taste good."

"And...in a pinch, they make great projectille weapons..."

"And...yes." She nods, biting back an urge to laugh.

Re: Random Chatter at J,GoB

[identity profile] bound2blade.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a day for reflection, and Sakurazaki finds herself ruminating over a doughnut about the description of the class, worrying that she may have misunderstood its intent. After all, she was the one with the big guns (well, swords) and superspy skills...

...but did it really matter if there were doughnuts to be had?

Re: Earn Your Doughnuts!

[identity profile] sogothcally.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Cally thought for a moment. "Erm, doughnuts are helpful cause they taste good, which leads to a happy team, and happy teams are more likely to get things done, cause they're not preoccupied being moody?"

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