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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [03/28].

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:44:47 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

The Summer standing in the front of the danger shop classroom looked like the Summer you all knew and loved, but this Summer clearly seemed very confused and out of place and a little bit nervous actually. She had in her hand a stack of index cards that she was shuffling through, and, occasionally, would just sort of shake her head and murmur something to herself.

Then she sighed and rolled her eyes and just tossed the notecards over her shoulder, before taking a moment to look at the class in front of her. Which seemed to make her shake her head again.

"Right," she said, "okay, so I told her this was stupid, but she didn't listen, but whatever. Hi. I'm Summer. You may think you know me, but you don't, I'm a different Summer from a different dimension, and your Summer said that she would cover one of my GoTron shifts if I came to her class one week to, I don't know, I guess talk about being from a different dimension? I don't know what there is to say, like, there's a bunch of a dimension, it's freaking weird at first, but you just really get used to it, and then you get into the whole 'what happens when you cross dimensions' stuff, and usually, it's just, like, no fair, how come that Summer gets to be a cool bartender, and how come that Summer managed to nab a gorgeous underwear model boyfriend who works at a cat cafe, and why are so many of you obsessed with pancakes, and, my god, at least I'm not the brunette Summer. You know? It's all sort of personal, and I guess if you have stories about other yous, you can share them? But I think you Summer pretty much just wanted me to hold a Q & A? She says it's because it'll be good to introduce a different Summer-spective, but, can I be tooootally, like, honest with you guys?"

She seemed to look from side to side to check if there was any Summers hiding in waiting to eavesdrop, and then leaned forward to whisper:

"I just don't think she had any good ideas for this class. And, I mean, I'm sort of her. Trust me when I say that totally tracks.

"But whatever," she shrugged, sighed again, and hopped up on the desk to sit, "let's hear what questions you might have, if you have any, and if not? Then, I don't know, I guess you go? Don't blame me, blame your lazy-ass normal Summer."

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [03/14].

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:14:48 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer had honestly been planning on using her most recent life experience dealing with other dimensions' Summers as a whole part of a team and what not for a lesson, especially leading into things like dopplegangers or whatever, but to be honest? She was so annoyed with some of those other Summer right now that she decided it was easier, mentally, for her to just focus on a point in her life when dealing with other Summers was much more simple, and all they did was try to kill her.

So the class was meeting in the danger shop classroom simulator yet again, but things were markedly different. The base of it was all the same....general classroom setting, really, but things had very clearly been abandoned and overtaken by nature for a while now: moss and plants clinging to the dark, dank corners, branches weaving through the windows and across the ceiling, chairs and desks looked worn and weather with time and likely termites. And Summer had meticulously wiped away a small section of the teacher's desk at the front of the classroom so that she could sit on it without getting her white pants too dirty, and then smiled a little at the students.

"We're honing in one a specific dimension again," she said. "This here is a simulation of what could be any sort of post-humanity sort of dimensional apocalypse; Nature has reclaimed what is rightfully hers, and everything we people built are long, long gone. This dimension in particular, though, is actually based on another version of my dimension, where all of humanity with the exception of those of my own family's bloodline, were turned into horrible monsters straight out of a David Cronenberg movie, all because my asshole little brother thought it would be a good idea to try and love potion a girl during flu season, and it got out of hand and infected everyone, and now we have a version of my reality where literally everyone except my family are horrible mutated monsters.

"I mean," she added, "I could go on on why love potions are creepy and gross and you shouldn't do it, but could also destroy all of humanity is also a pretty good reason, too. Now, in my dimension, this all happened up to the point of the flu season meaning everyone got infected by the love potion, but the solution resolved in a very different way, when my grampa just made an antidote, ba-da-bing, bada-boom, everyone was better, but the antidote in this dimension clearly did not work, which is another example of the whole butterfly effect of it all, that it only takes one minor little detail to just change everything, and that leads into the whole concept that there truly are infinite possibilities out there in the multiverse, based on the tiniest things, like, every choice you make is like creating a whole plethora of possibilities and dividing the multiverse into even more separate parts.

"Which, you know, can be a lot. So, today, if you want to go out and explore a little bit of a world where literally everyone except for three people were completely transformed into what could arguably be a new form of humanity, I definitely encourage it, or we can just sit around and talk about it a little bit, and speculate on how we all could just be someone's bad decision away from a total dismantling of civilization, which, you know, is a nice, cheerful topic for a Friday morning, right?"

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So You're New to the Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [03/07].

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:36:10 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer's students would all be receiving a message that morning, with regards to their class, one you could practically hear the sigh and the eyeball that accompanied it like a whole ass mood:

Hey guys!

Sorry for the late notice, but I'm being RUDELY extorted by a different version of myself that really needs to gtfo her power trip this morning 💕💕💕 gotta go deal with that real quick but hopefully, hey, silver lining! I'll have some fun interdimensional versions of self stories to share next week!

But in short? Today's lesson? Don't let the man get you down. Especially when that man is a different dimensions version of yourself that needs to be taken down a few pegs 🙃🙃🙃

LovE,
Summer

Fine. It was fine. Don't worry about it!

[[ sorry folks, timing is not on my side today unfortunately ]]

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [02/14].

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:02:14 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

That morning, an email (or courier pigeon or squirrel Post-It note or whatever your preferred official school correspondence may be) was sent out to the students of Summer's class:

Just imagine, there's a dimension out there right now where the pollen is even worse and my students are STILL having to go to class! Thankfully, this is not that dimension! Enjoy the day off! Happy Valentine's Day! Have a five page essay about how nice it is to not be in that dimension ready for next week!

JUST KIDDING.

I don't want to read that just as much as I'm sure you don't want to write it!

Lots of Love,
Summer Smith

She did think of just taking a field trip to a dimension of Fandom without the pollen, but a class period was rarely even long enough for the effects to start going down, and it just seemed cruel at that point, anyway, really.

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [02/07].

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:57:10 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer was looking a little overly tired today, clinging to a cup of coffee as she had everyone meet her at portalocity this morning for class. She had firmly decided that she needed to include Thursdays as a black-out day for being on call for monster fighting in other dimensions, because yesterday's battle in REF-123 against basically a giant Hutt made out of pizza had gone on way longer than it should, and the only thing that eventually broke the guy down was her and a few other Summer getting high and...

....you know what? She did not want to talk about it. Or see another pizza again for as long as she lived.

(Lies, this anti-pizza rhetoric would last literally until the next time she was high, so, you know, probably tomorrow).

Thankfully, she already had a good ~~copy-pasta~~ easy class in her pocket for exactly this sort of situation. They were having a movie day, and a movie day in this class meant taking the class to what seemed like any average movie theater on a quaint little small city street with an ice cream shop just a few doors down that will become relevant in a few moments.

"Okay, guys," she said, once they were in the theater and could avail themselves to snacks before going inside to find a seat, "here's the thing. Sometimes, the real f'ed up thing is that there are some pretty awesome things in the multiverse that exist in other dimensions but not others, and some of the fun of other dimensions is discovering these things that are slightly different from your dimension, which we've talked about a little already, but much, much better. Take, for example, Ball Fondlers--not what it sounds like! In this dimension, as well as several others, Ball Fondlers is a TV show that has nothing to do with fondling balls and everything to do with action-packed adventure, explosions, and bad-ass protagonists. It's about a ragtag team of unique personalities who go on covert missions for the army, usually in tropical jungle settings, and they fight a lot of people and it's all action, no-holds barred fun, and Fulgora is kind of a personal hero of mine, you'll see what I mean. Anyway, Ball Fondlers only exists in some dimensions, and there's only a few of those where they actually expanded it out into a full movie franchise, a Ball Fondlers extended universe, so to speak, but lucky for you all, I've been to one of those dimensions so I know that this beautiful thing exists, and now I'm going to share it with you.

"Now," she added, "the interesting thing about this particular dimension is that, while we were here this one time, a complicated series of events that we will not go into lead to giant spiders invading the planet." She held out a hand as if to already placate Jon ~~assuming he was there~~, feeling strangely like they'd done all this before despite knowing full well that they had. "Don't worry, they worked it out and came to a peace agreement and honestly they're very uninvolved in the daily life here, but, as part of the peace treaty, all ice cream in this dimension now also has flies in it. So after the movie, we're heading over to the ice cream parlor to see it for yourself. You don't have to try the fly ice cream, but if you're brave enough, I actually highly recommend it, you'd be surprised how well it works, and, of course, you can always eat around it, but it's always important to keep in mind how the little things can sometimes make all the difference, you know?"

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [01/31].

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:42:23 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer was a bit distracted that day, with the weekend and her promise to come home and deal with whatever this Gotron thing Rick was raving about on the phone earlier this week was all about, so she was trying to think of a good class she could have that either didn't require a whole lot of effort on her part or could provide a distraction for her distraction. She was really trying to not just rehash old lessons in this class, but honestly? With not knowing what she'll have to deal with this weekend, she was going for easy and, hopefully, informative and helpful to her students, too.

"This week," she informed them, once they were gathered and ready in their little danger shop classroom that they'd only be spending a few moments in anyway because they were about to catch a portal, "we're taking another field trip. And while last week's was meant to highlight how different some dimensions can be on a very basic and fundamental level, this week's adventure is going to focus on dimensions that sort of take an element to an extreme to flip the script on our expectations. And for that, we're going to a world that answers the pressing question of What If Dogs Were the Top Species Instead of Humans? That's right, we're going to Dog World.

"Dog World is basically a world where dogs evolved like humans, and humans involved like dogs, so dogs are the dominant species and humans are basically pets. Which can be a little off-putting, but also, it's kind of an important lesson? As, like, a reminder that humans aren't shit everywhere, you know? We could probably stand to be taken down a few notches in some dimensions, there's even dimensions where people are, like, furniture and phones, and I always consider taking one of these classes there, but I thought you guys would appreciate not having sentient armchairs trying to sit on you. Or potentially making you feel really awkward about eating pizza again.

"The biggest threat we might face in Dog World, other than the giant birds," yes, that was randomly thing in Dog World, don't ask, "is someone trying to adopt you, probably, or take you home, so keep that in mind. Luckily, the current emperor of Planet Dogg-One is actually our old family pet, Snuffles, so I've got an in. He's been emperor for a while, he's kind of a tyrant, not gonna lie, but he's fairly benevolent and the people like him, so, hey, you know, if it works, it works. So, let's everyone get ready, hop on through the portal, we'll meet some dogs and you can ask questions and experience a world where dogs are humans and humans are dogs!"

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [01/24].

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:22:40 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Once again, the class was in the danger shop classroom (lots of little spaceships and little green men flying around outside the window this time), but they clearly were not going to be there for long.

"Don't get too comfortable," Summer warned them, as she pushed herself off of her desk and waved her phone at them a little bit. "We'll be heading out as soon as I finish my little lecture preamble dealy. We've been talking a lot of concepts in the past two classes, and now we're finally getting out there for some first hand extradimensional experience, and I'm starting with a classic that I feel highlights the point about how different even two seemingly related dimensions can actually be from each other. There are, of course, infinite examples of this, because, like, hello, infinite universes, but my favorite one to pull out for this class is actually Pluto. No, not the god or the dog, but the once former planet."

The helpful hologram of Pluto now popping up for everyone to witness was probably wholly unnessary, but, whatever, it looked cool. There was now a compartment opening up with several classic-style astronaut suits waiting inside, as well.

"We'll be making two stops today: the first is going to be the version of Pluto from this dimension, which is literally pretty much just a freezing-ass rock hurtling through space, which is where these fancy space suits are going to come in. Unless you've got some mega super powers beyond human conditioning, you're gonna want these out there. And then once we've had a look at this dimension's Pluto, we're heading over to my dimension's Pluto, which is absolutely nothing like it and actually has a thriving civilization, despite them once honoring my dad because my dad supported their status of planethood." She waved a dismissive hand. "It was a whole thing. Anyway! So, this dimension's Pluto first, so let's all find a suit that fits, make sure you've got it on right, and we'll head out! I mean, unless there's any questions before we do?"

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So You're New To The Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [01/17].

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:05:28 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

The class was meeting in the danger shop classroom again today, only instead of dinosaurs out the window, the students would find a sort of cyberpunk neon landscape spread out around them, replacing the old medieval aesthetic of the island to no purpose at all except that it was amusing to Summer. Also amusing to Summer was the fact that she'd leaned into the whole teacher vibe with her outfit, pencil skirt and button up and cardigan, fake glasses perched on her nose and her usual ponytail coiled up into a neat bun. Just like the landscape outside the window, she had no intention of addressing this and, in fact, just started in on the lesson.

( And here there be AUs.... )

"Overall," she concluded, "when you really start to dig into these and inspect them closely, it can all feel really meta on a level that you're not really sure you should be examining. It can almost make you start to question what reality even is...is there One True Reality? How do you know which is which? Are you the imposter, the slightly-altered version of some other Prime Reality? Maybe none of it's real, it's all just some sort of simulation or, I don't know, a game of some sort and we're not actually autonomous creatures but rather some playthings of higher powers acting in ways beyond our control.

"And that's usually the point where, if you don't just stop and take a breath and not think about it too much, you'll just end up in a spiral, so that's where I'm going to stop and open it up to you guys, and I swear, we're not going to be doing too many of the esoteric psychological theory lessons, I'm usually a much more experiential and hands-on teacher, but I do believe these are important things to look at if we're doing a class about the multiverse. What are your thoughts?"

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So You're New to the Multiverse....; Friday, First Period [01/10].

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:07:08 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer had the class meet in the danger shop for their first class, although if anyone immediately associated that with something thrilling and exciting, boy, were they about to be disappointed! Because they were walking into a room that looked almost exactly like any other classroom in the school, because Summer still thought that would never stop being hilarious. There was, however, one small different they may have noticed, should they glance out the windows, where the landscape of the island looked positively prehistoric, and the occasional dinosaur that would stomp or fly by would only enhance that impression.

But that wasn't important right now. What was important was the teacher at the front of the classroom, leaning on the desk and waiting for everyone get settled and looking almost a little excited because her roster offered a lot of variety that was going to make this class very interesting.

"Hi, guys," she greeted, when it was time to get started. "Welcome to the class. I'm Summer, I'm going to be your teacher, and this is So You're New to the Multiverse, an exploration of what it's like to start grasping the concept of a multiverse and living in it, especially in the context of residing in a multidimensional nexus that seems to really expand the possibilities. However, to know where we're going, we first need to take a second and think about where we've been, and I don't just mean that as a way to make the standard introductions class sound more important than it really is. But, like, it is actually important in this class, because we're all coming from pretty different places and levels of experience with this kind of thing. And I actually do want to be helpful and not throw anything at you that's too mid or too mind-blowing, you know?

"So today, that's mostly what we're going to be focusing on. I want to go around and start up a discussion about where you're from, your experiences with the multiverse so far, if any, and what you're hoping to gain from this class. If you're in this class because our administrative moose has a weird sense of humor, well, hopefully you'll end up thanking the moose because you'll have....well, I'm not going to promise a good time, but I will promise an interesting one.

"And while we chat," she continued, moving a little off the desk to gesture toward the snacks that were cluttered on top of it, "I've brought in some snacks. If I'm not mistaken, I don't think many of you are actually from this world, or even a world like this one, so the weird cognitive mind-fuck of brands that are just slightly off from the ones you're used to might not be as effective, but I've scored us a bunch of slightly-off brands from a few different dimensions to enjoy while we talk. Like, how about some Conka-Cola instead of Coke! Or Prongies instead of Pringles. McDougal's burgers instead of McDonald's. That kind of thing. Because sometimes, it really is the little differences that can drive you crazy about another dimension, while if it's a big difference, it's actually easier, because it's not challenging your current perception of what to expect from something like a name brand."

She waved her hand a little, shaking her head.

"But I'm getting ahead of myself. If you want some snacks, help yourself, and once everyone's ready, we'll get into finding out where everyone's at."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [12/20].

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:18:11 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Alright, guys," Summer came into the classroom that day just a smidge late, coat covered in splotches of color from the snow outside, with her arms full of a box of donuts and a to-go carrier of drinks, "hope you didn't get too comfortable, because we're skipping the preamble and getting right into it today, since it's our last class. I'm bringing treats with me, though, so hopefully that'll make up for it."

The portal, even, had pretty much been ready to go even before Summer got there, and, unless anyone was feeling particularly ambitious and decided to forge ahead without her, she told everyone to get up and hop on through and they'll get started...

....in another classroom.

That looked exactly like the classroom they'd just been in. Except, actually, no, wait, it wasn't exactly the same. At first glance, it definitely looked like it, but the more you looked, the more you noticed the little details: the blackboard was actually dark green, the style of the desks were different, the desk at the front was actually bigger, and the numbers on the clock on the wall were unfamiliar. A glance out the window would reveal not a scenic view of an island off the coast of Maryland, but instead surrounding snow-capped mountains. There was something a little off about the birds flying around out the window, too, and it probably wouldn't take too long to notice a chipmunk scribbling away in a tiny notebook in the room, too.

Summer made no comments on any of this, sliding the box of donuts next to another box of donuts that was already on the desk, and putting down the drinks. She opened both boxes: both had donuts, but different donuts from the other. In fact, the donuts in the box already there were decidedly squeare And then she turned to the class.

"So today," she explained, "is our last class, and I thought I'd bring it around full circle. I'd mostly like to just talk about what we experienced here, so come on up and grab some donuts if you want, I didn't know what you guys like to drink, so there's coffee, tea, and hot chocolate to choose from. And then we're just going to...talk. About what you guys learned in this class, how you're feeling about it, was there something you wished we'd done more of, do you have any further general questions? And I mean, we can also still definitely go somewhere else if there's something you still want to experience and I know a good way to go there, too. So....yeah. That's the class today. I'll mostly hand it over to you guys and feel out if you feel you're a bit more prepared for what the multiverse at large might throw at you.

"Although, even if we stay put, we do have to head back a little earlier than usual. Eventually, this dimension's version of this class is going to show up to use the classroom. In my experience, in most dimensions, the whole thing about you dying if you meet your doppelganger is totally untrue, although many versions of me have tried to kill me and, obviously, failed, but the version of me in this dimension is actually blonde? And that just weirds me out on a deeply fundamental level, so the less I have to worry about dealing with her, the better."

Also, she did tend to have a bad habit of getting into fights with herself in these encounters (see: previous comment about trying to kill each other, actually), and she was pretty sure both she and her blonde!dimension self would agree that that was not a cute look.

"So, here we go," she lifted her own peppermint mocha in a toast, "last class. What've you go for me?"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [12/13].

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:40:25 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Tempting as it was to stay very true to the title of the class and introduce everyone to the universe where people celebrated Blumbus instead of Christmas, she decided that maybe ritualistic mating and cannibalism of young males was a little...heavy for this time of year, so, instead, they were getting Ruben.

Who was Ruben, you may ask? Well, at the moment, he seemed like just a giant unkempt old man in a Santa suit floating above your basic-ass suburban USA street all decked out for Christmas, but Summer was about to explain further.

"Once upon a time," she started, "in my dimension, this guy," she pointed up to the giant disheveled Santa overhead, "had a anatomy-based theme park built inside of him that went haywire to the point where he exploded and that is an actual Christmas memory I have, it was disgusting, it was pre-Fandom, it's the kind of story to show you how this class title is not fucking around and why nothing about this place has really phased me all that much. But, anyway, I thought about using today to look at some alternate Christmases in different dimensions, one of which includes a murderous robot Santa and a shocking amount of them including some outsider trying to come in and change it in some way, only to be taught an important lesson about the importance of the holiday, buuuuut I already had this sim in the Danger Shop from when I taught it ages ago, so we're sticking with that.

"And if you want, we can talk about different dimensions' Christmases, but mostly, it's an excuse to hang out in a really gross amusement part built inside a guy that really did happen, don't try to think about it too much, just repeat to yourself the name of this class, and we're all good. Merry Christmas!"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [12/06].

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:49:32 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

All the little tiny horses prancing around (which, let's face it, was absolutely one of Summer's favorites, because, I mean, come on!) had really sort of struck some inspiration for her for her class that day, but it took a little doing, because, even though she knew of some places that they could portal to to experience things first hand, blah blah blah Prime Directive, probably best leave it to the sim. So they were meeting in the danger shop that day, it would appear as though either they had been shrunk down into tiny little versions of themselves, or the world around them had expanded to significant size.

You know! Kind of like that one movie!

"Hey, guys!" Summer greeted. "And welcome to a world where people are very, very small and everything else is very, very big! I figured it would be interesting to get in the perspective of what these tiny horses all around today might be feeling, but, like, even more so, because if there's one thing this class should be teaching you, it's that the multiverse is vast, and so while most things seem to be designed for humanoid sized things, other places definitely aren't. And since I've got some trauma tied into being bigger than everything else, I figured this was the safer route to go.

"So today we're just going to exist and explore and experience a world that's clearly not designed for us, and figure out how to navigate it as best we can and hopefully got get attacked by giant bees or bitten by...."

She almost said giant spiders, but stopped, remembering Jon, "snaaaakes? Or getting trapped under a leaf that's, like, big enough to be a tent for you. Have fun! Let me know if you have questions or want to make this seem like an actual class by having a discussion about it!"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [11/29].

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:26:27 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Right, so!" said Summer, who was clearly going all out today, as the Danger Shop was set up to look like a vast, nearly-deserted waste land, with the exception of the scrap metal and junk settlement they found themselves in. "Welcome to an Apocalypse. Because, well, when you start getting into Multidimensionality, there's a million different ways...actually, no, an infinite amount of ways...the end of the world could go down, and this is just one possibility. This is actually based heavily on the one I dealt with when I was in high school, but I'm sure you may have your own Apocalypse story, in which case, I'd love to hear about it in a good solid compare and contrast.

"Anyway," she continued, "an Apocalypse usually comes with some good stuff and some bad stuff, depending on your perspective, and you can either adapt to the brutal, nihilistic culture that has taken over in the lack of civilization, you can find a way out, or you can attempt to improve society and climb back to the point where it was before everything went to shit. Or you can just recreate it from memory to create a little Apocalyptic playground for your class, because why the hell not? The best thing about this class is that you guys only have to deal with these situations for the duration of the period, and then when something inevitably happens like it in Fandom or back home, you've at least had some experience and frame of reference. Or, if this has already happened to you, but in a different way, you now see another version of how it could have shaken out.

"So basically, today's just sort of getting a feel for a deserted wastleland apocalypse type situation, and you've got some options, so just find what hits your buttons today and let me know if you have any questions, because, I will not lie...." She gazed wistfully off into the distance, where there were marauding vehicles tearing across the desert in a cloud of dust and shouts, drums and flaming guitar riffs, "this kinda used to be my jam."

"Also," she added, "I'd also like to add, if you're not digging the whole end-of-the-world-from-severe-nuclear-fall-out thing, there is a way to fake-get us out of this fake-world, and that's by locating an element called Isotope-322, so you have the option of searching for that, and bringing the world back to civilization through its power or whatever. That's not exactly what happened in this world when I was there, but whatever, I wanted to give you guys an option other than just, you know, giving in to the hopelessness and embracing this nice little rust-infused post-apoco-punk nightmare. You could also totally just nope out entirely, but, come on, guys, where's the education and self-improvement in that?"

[[ CW on most links for this class for blatantly Heavy Metal-esque cartoon apocolyptic grossness, for lack of a better way to describe it? which is probably definitely not everyone's jam. ]]

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [11/22].

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:54:40 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"I'm gonna be honest with you guys," said Summer, leaning against the desk as per usual at the start of the class with a little bit of a shrug, "this week's class isn't going to be focused too much on how fuck-y the multiverse could get, but it'll be another one just looking at the diversity of the multiverse, in a way that definitely doesn't have anything to do with me being too lazy to put anything else together right now. Look, it's been a rough month, and sometimes, you just gotta take a trip on over to Blips and Chitz for a class, because why the fuck not?

"What is Blips and Chitz, you may ask?" she continued. "It's pretty much my universe's answer to Dave & Buster's in space, so a giant, sometimes planet-covering arcade filled with all sorts of games, prizes, food and booze. It's a class, so I suggest you avoid the booze, but I've got cards loaded with credits for you guys so you can play whatever you want an experience a vast array of media that maybe be just slightly similar to something in your own dimensions but just a little different, while being around a lot of different aliens from all across my galaxy.

"If there aren't any questions before we go, I'll pull up the portal and we'll just go have some fun for a bit and, I don't know, just to make things feel a little more class-like, try to, like, think about how even in the infinity of space, big loud consumerism is still a driving force and blah blah blah capitalism, or something. Or how some of us were kids this weekend, and this is a place where you don't have to be a physical child to tap into that childhood nostalgia or love of games and fun. I don't know. It's a space arcade field trip, it doesn't have to be that deep, but your assignment today is to pretend that it is."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [11/15].

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:13:50 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Now, I'm going to be completely honest with you guys," Summer said, leaning on the desk in front of the classroom-classroom while waiting for their portal to this week's destination to show up, "I'm kind of winging it with this class."

Shocker, right?

"In fact, I've mostly been cribbing from previous, similar classes I've taught," she continued, "which, you know, is fine, because some of this stuff is just classic and will never stop being relevant, however, due to the off-the-cuff nature in which I've been approaching it this semester, that means I'll probably leave a lot of the things I wanted to go over on the cutting room floor entirely by accident. Which is why, today, I wanted to make sure we did take some time to head out to a planet in my universe called Glaagablaaga...good luck saying that three times fast....home to the Garblovians. Now, if you're from a place where you're used to interdimensional....or even just interplanetary travel, the whole concept of a planet of individuals different from you might not be that mind-blowing, but it can be if you're not used to it. But we're using this trip today as a good example of the difficulties of communicating across the multiverse, because while, on the surface, there might seem to be some similarities between Garblovian culture and ours, they don't speak a word of a Common language like English, which, for some reason, is actually really widely known around my galaxy and a lot of other dimensions, too. Who knew? Anyway, they don't speak it, they do seem to understand it, though, but they have their own language and they are fully convinced that you understand it perfectly, which I'm assuming you do not. So let's go and see what we can do to work on some communication skills by interacting with some Garblovians.

"Oh," she added, as the portal arrived as if perfectly on cue, and she gestured for them all to come up and slip on through, "one more thing: they do tend to randomly explode, so if that happens, don't be startled, it's just a thing, and I promise you, the blue goo really does wash right off."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [11/08].

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:52:01 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Once again, the class was meeting in the danger shop classroom simulator, but things were markedly different. The base of it was all the same....general classroom setting, really, but things had very clearly been abandoned and overtaken by nature for a while now: moss and plants clinging to the dark, dank corners, branches weaving through the windows and across the ceiling, chairs and desks looked worn and weather with time and likely termites. And Summer had meticulously wiped away a small section of the teacher's desk at the front of the classroom so that she could sit on it without getting her white pants too dirty, and then smiled a little at the students.

"We're talking alternate dimensions again," she said, "because I feel like that's really some of the most mind-fucky aspects of this whole multiverse stuff, anyway. Now, this here is a simulation of what could be any sort of post-humanity sort of dimensional apocalypse; Nature has reclaimed what is rightfully hers, and everything we people built are long, long gone. This dimension in particular, though, is actually based on another version of my dimension, where all of humanity with the exception of those of my own family's bloodline, were turned into horrible monsters straight out of a David Cronenberg movie, all because my asshole little brother thought it would be a good idea to try and love potion a girl during flu season, and it got out of hand and infected everyone, and now we have a version of my reality where literally everyone except my family are horrible mutated monsters.

"I mean," she added, "I could go on on why love potions are creepy and gross and you shouldn't do it, but could also destroy all of humanity is also a pretty good reason, too. Now, in my dimension, this all happened up to the point of the flu season meaning everyone got infected by the love potion, but the solution resolved in a very different way, when my grampa just made an antidote, ba-da-bing, bada-boom, everyone was better, but the antidote in this dimension clearly did not work, which is another example of the whole butterfly effect of it all, that it only takes one minor little detail to just change everything, and that leads into the whole concept that there truly are infinite possibilities out there in the multiverse, based on the tiniest things, like, every choice you make is like creating a whole plethora of possibilities and dividing the multiverse into even more separate parts.

"Which, you know, can be a lot. So, today, if you want to go out and explore a little bit of a world where literally everyone except for three people were completely transformed into what could arguably be a new form of humanity, I definitely encourage it, or we can just sit around and talk about it a little bit, and speculate on how we all could just be someone's bad decision away from a total dismantling of civilization, which, you know, is a nice, cheerful topic for a Wednesday morning, right?"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [11/01].

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:29:56 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Sorry, anyone who came to class that week expecting some deep and involved lesson about various different weird things about the multiverse, but there was a party last night, and of course Summer was going to do what Summers did and, well, party at it, and then there was very distracting news about, you know, best friend's babies, and so she did not have it in her today, because things so much more prescient (and hungover) were on her mind today.

So she was definitely gearing up for a movie day but, since it was this class, Movie Day at least involved a field trip! A portal was all ready and waiting to go and take them to what seemed like any average movie theater on a quaint little small city street with an ice cream shop just a few doors down that will become relevant in a few moments.

"Okay, guys," she said, once they were in the theater and could avail themselves to snacks before going inside to find a seat, "here's the thing. Sometimes, the real f'ed up thing is that there are some pretty awesome things in the multiverse that exist in other dimensions but not others, and some of the fun of other dimensions is discovering these things that are slightly different from your dimension, which we've talked about a little already, but much, much better. Take, for example, Ball Fondlers--not what it sounds like! In this dimension, as well as several others, Ball Fondlers is a TV show that has nothing to do with fondling balls and everything to do with action-packed adventure, explosions, and bad-ass protagonists. It's about a ragtag team of unique personalities who go on covert missions for the army, usually in tropical jungle settings, and they fight a lot of people and it's all action, no-holds barred fun, and Fulgora is kind of a personal hero of mine, you'll see what I mean. Anyway, Ball Fondlers only exists in some dimensions, and there's only a few of those where they actually expanded it out into a full movie franchise, but lucky for you all, I've been to one of those dimensions so I know that this beautiful thing exists, and now I'm going to share it with you.

"Now," she added, "the interesting thing about this particular dimension is that, while we were here this one time, a complicated series of events that we will not go into lead to giant spiders invading the planet." She held out a hand as if to already placate Jon ~~assuming he was there~~. "Don't worry, they worked it out and came to a peace agreement and honestly they're very uninvolved in the daily life here, but, as part of the peace treaty, all ice cream in this dimension now also has flies in it. So after the movie, we're heading over to the ice cream parlor to see it for yourself. You don't have to try the fly ice cream, but if you're brave enough, I actually highly recommend it, you'd be surprised how well it works, and, of course, you can always eat around it, but it's always important to keep in mind how the little things can sometimes make all the difference, you know?"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [10/25].

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:11:18 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Right. So."

Summer was leaning on the desk at the front of the classroom sim in the Danger Shop, in part because it was still hilarious, but mostly just because in a sim, she could project a Fandom outside the windows of the classroom that hadn't become....well...

You've all seen it by now, surely. So the Fandom outside was idyllic and unscathed by billboards and gas stations and living YouTube ads that you couldn't just skip because they were real life, and it was nice, goddammit, and she regretted every single Starbucks she'd had since they started popping up, and, in fact, had briefly popped over to another dimension and pointedly returned with some Harbucks, just to prove a point.

And, well, because it was topical to the lecture.

"You guys have probably noticed that the island has, for some reason, decided to turn itself into an absolute corporate hellscape, which means two things: one, I'm really worried that it's going through another thing, like, do not even get me started about the summer it tried to find itself and took us all along for the ride, but, you know what? We all go through a capitalist whore phase, I'm sure it'll pass, and two....let's talk brands. Because when you start getting into different dimensions and universes, you find weird little details and differences that are just slight enough to freak you out.

"Which I know isn't much of a lesson, but things are really weird this week, we're just going to take the chill road today and talk about stuff like that. I mean, even just things like this," she held up her cup as an example, "or the fact that, in some dimensions, Shoneys is actually more popular than Denny's. Where, because 9/11 didn't happen, McDonald's still has Szechuan dipping sauce on their menus. Where you have Strawberry Smiggles instead of Lucky Charms, and it is way darker. One of my favorite alternate dimensions is my favorite because they have a whole movie franchise of an IP I like that doesn't even exist in my dimension. Going off of our trip to New Zealand, there's even some dimensions where they call King of the Bracelets Lord of the Rings, which, I know, right? Mind blowing."

Oh, no, they'd entered the Meta Ouroboros now.

"So," she said, "that's it, that's the whole class. We're going to talk about brands and how they might vary between different universes and maybe all this talk about lame corporate bullshit will be overheard by the island and it'll realize that we really.....Lords of PSL forgive me for saying this, but....don't need a gazillion Starbucks and dropping the Donuts was a really dumb idea, because now you sound like the IT nerd I used to pick on back at my old high school, Dunkin."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [10/11].

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:36:49 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Class that week would be meeting in the danger shop, not because anyone was likely to be in any real danger or anything like that, but just because it was the easiest way to get everyone nice and comfortable in one of those flashy home theater set-ups, although she definitely did think of just using the classroom mod to wheel in a TV on a cart, because, hilarious.

But honestly? For the week she'd had? She was going for cozy and comfort over comedy.

"Hey, guys," she said, "have a seat, get comfortable, I've got popcorn and snacks and drinks for you, too, so help yourself. I'm going to be completely honest with you guys, I have not have the time or energy this last week to really arrange something for class today, so guess what, we're doing the classic movie day. But we are doing it multidimensional-style, which means I'm about to introduce you all to the wonders that is Interdimensional Cable.

"Now," she explained a little further, "since we do live in an interdimensional nexus, we do, sort of, already have something like this here, it's just a little more limited, subtle, and nuanced, I guess. Not nearly as far reaching as an interdimensional cable box. Here, most of the media available seems to be pretty closely tied to this dimension; a lot of people come from places that have franchises or other things that don't exist here, but can be brought it in easily enough. This this goes fucking everywhere, and you'll get some of the most random stuff. A version of your favorite show where genders are flipped, or everyone's a different flavor of alien....I know there's one channel where you can't escape movies starring my dad because they're from the dimension where I wasn't born so he became a big movie star instead...and then you have things completely out of left field, advertisements for businesses in bizarro dimensions where pizzas are people or crime shows about a foot. Because, remember, the key factor about multiversinality is that the possibilities really are infinite. If you can think of it, there's probably a dimension out there that's got it.

"So each of you have a remote for the ID cable box and we're just going to spend some time today relaxing and watching TV across the multidimensional spectrum. Brace yourself, because it can get really weird....it can also get really boring, too, though, like imagine another dimension's version of C-Span but where everyone is literal statues and communicate mentally, or literally any dimension's version of the most boring TV show you can think of: it's out there, and it's even worse than you could have imagined."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [09/27].

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:21:23 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

The class would be meeting not in the classroom that week, but, instead, in the Danger Shop, which was a good indication that they'd be dealing with some multiverse stuff that had already f'ed up, or some approximation of it. When they arrived, they would find themselves in a large hangar of a massive space station, with flashing red lights and the occasional pleasantly feminine mechanical voice over the sound systems mentioning a bunch of intruders.

"That," said Summer, looking up toward the voice and then over at the student, "is you guys. Welcome to the part of the class where we start delving into some things that can happen that might really fuck up a universe, of which the options are vast, but most of my own personal experience tends to be on the Big Evil Galactic Empire creating a Mega Weapon of Space Station-slash-Ship that has planet-destroying capabilities, and they intend to use it on anyone who stands in their way. Like, seriously, the amount of times I've encountered this in my incredibly short life is actually pretty staggering, so I can't even imagine how common it actually is in the grand scheme of the multiverse. But, you know what? Every once in a while, the multiverse is fucked, and it's because some assholes got together to put together a really powerful mega-weapon, and it's up to a bunch of scrappy rebels and plucky anti-heroes to save the day. So that's what we'll be working on today.

"This," she continued, "is the NX-5 Planet Remover, brought to you by Wrangler Jeans. Yes, that's right. This particular world-destroyer is corporate sponsored, which adds a whole 'nother level of capitalist dystopia to it, and, in fact, there's an ad! Check it out!"

Summer pushed a button to pull up a screen so that they could, indeed, watch the ad all about the planet-destroying capabilities of the ship which they were currently on.

"And, well, you heard the ad," Summer said, "no secret weakness hole that you can just shoot to destroy the whole thing, so....what do we do? Time to brainstorm and see what we might be able to do to destroy the destroyer before the time runs out, we're caught, thrown in space jail, and they blow up the Fake Earth in this scenario. So....what now? I know I'm kind of throwing you guys into it, but sometimes, that's just how a good old Universe Saving Revolution happens! Let's take this bad boy down with our quick wit, cute banter, and...well, we've got weapons, too, those might help a bunch as well."

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [09/20].

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:47 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Today," said Summer, from the front of the classroom where their first portal was all warmed up and ready to go for the first leg of their lesson, "we're going to take a little bit of time and sort of explore some of the diversity of the multiverse, which is sort of a loaded statement, since, as mentioned before and as will be mentioned until you're absolutely sick of it, the multiverse is literally infinite, it has no limits, nearly anything is possible. Which, by the way, side-note, if there really is something you'd like to see in the multiverse, don't hesitate to bring it up to me. It might take some doing, but I'll see if it's possible to turn it into a whole thing for this class. But right now? We're going to narrow it down a little and focus on some of the diversity that can exist in even just one universe, with keeping in mind that while this universe has this, there are many universes that do not. How different are those universes because of this disparity? Well, that's a pretty big question a little too out of the purview of some thrown together community college class, really, but not a bad idea to keep things like that in mind as we traverse the galaxy.

"Now," she continued, "a long, long time ago, in a galaxy not far away from this one, really, on the grand scale of where multiverses are placed next to each other if even such a thing exists, before I ever came here as a student myself, my family and I were on the run from an Evil Galactic Empire^TM and needed to just sort of chill for a while. Only problem is that, with an Evil Galactic Empire^TM, there's only a limited amount of human-habitable planets left that aren't already under their thumb, and you better believe that there was a reason for it. So we're going to do a little planet hopping today, and I'm going to take you to those three planets, or just a little spell each, and then we'll come back here and discuss some of the notable differences, if there's anything familiar in your universe, and whatever else about our experiences. Sound good, yeah? If there aren't any questions, then, let's get on up and get going! Off to the Cob Planet!"

Yeah. You heard that right.

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [09/13].

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:02:57 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Last week," said Summer, at the front of the classroom again with a portal all warmed up and ready to go behind her for whenever they were ready to venture out into their next multiversinal destination, "we sort of got familiar with the idea of the differences between dimensions and the vast expanse of possibilities out there, because, well, you know, the whole infinite nature of it all. And obviously, there were big differences between this dimension's Pluto and my dimension's Pluto, but what if we could step into one of those dimensions that are pretty much exactly like the one we have here, except that they, like, call Starbucks something different or no one has ever heard of Beyoncé before--I know, right? The nerve! But the subtle ones are just that...subtle. They throw you off enough to kind of mess you up a little and make you feel weird and off-kilter, but that's about it, it's fairly easy to get used to. So, for this one, I like to to go just little bit bigger, and that's maybe going to one of the dimensions where there's a really big flip of the script, where one thing is noticeably different than this dimension, and that's why this is the week we're going to the Dog Dimension.

"So! Quick rundown! The Dog Dimension is basically a dimension where dogs evolved like humans, and humans involved like dogs, so dogs are the dominant species and humans are basically pets. Which can be a little off-putting, but also, it's kind of important? As, like, a reminder that humans aren't shit everywhere, you know? We could probably stand to be taken down a few notches in some dimensions, there's even dimensions where people are, like, furniture and phones, and I always consider taking one of these classes there, but I thought you guys would appreciate not having sentient armchairs trying to sit on you. Or potentially making you feel really awkward about eating pizza again.

"The biggest threat we might face in the Dog Dimension, other than the giant birds," yes, that was randomly thing in Dog Dimension, don't ask, "is someone trying to adopt you, probably, or take you home, so keep that in mind. Luckily, the current emperor of the Dog Dimension is actually our old family pet, Snuffles, so I've got an in. Things got a little rough between us when my grampa gave him sentience in our dimension and then he tried to take over the Earth, but, you know, that's when we sent him off to Dog Dimension, and honestly? It is working so much better for him now. So, let's everyone get ready, hop on through the portal, we'll meet some dogs and you can ask questions and experience a world where dogs are humans and humans are dogs!"

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The Multiverse is F'd, Y'all; Wednesday, Second Period [09/06].

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:30:57 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Summer's multiverse class was going to be held in one of the classrooms, but not her Danger Shop classroom simulation, as funny as that always was to her, because they would usually not be staying there for very long. Just a little preamble, until they whisked away to the lesson in question, and this first week was going to be no exception...although they would likely spend a bit more time than usual here today than other classes.

"Hey, everyone," she greeted, leaning against the desk in front and tilting her head with a smile, "and welcome to the revival of my class looking at the multiverse in quite possibly the least comprehensive way imaginable, since, you know, it's kind of infinite, and we're only pulling from my small little infinitesimal sliver of experience. Since there's just the three of you and I know who all of you are, we're going to skip the introductions, especially since, well, you'll have more than enough of those this week anyway, I imagine. I don't know how well you know each other, obviously, but hopefully, if the answer is 'not very much,' that'll change as we work together through the semester.

"Now," she continued, "we are going to talk about what this class is going to entail, first and foremost, though. As I'm sure you all know by now, we live currently in a multidimensional nexus, where a good deal of the people here are from different universes and realities, some similar to the plane of existence in which this version of Fandom University, née High, sits, some wildly different. And if there's anything I want you guys taking from this class, it's this: the multiverse really is infinite; if you can think of it, it exists out there somewhere. You know, kind of like the Rule 34 of Realities.

"If you don't know what that is," she added, her smile going extra sweet, "I suggest you google it only in Incognito Mode.

"But, moving on, we're going to be exploring a lot of really weird, quirky, and, to be quite honest, sometimes disturbing corners of the multiverse in this class, so, in lieu of a normal introduction, I just want to take a moment to get to know a little bit more about what you guys are comfortable with. I'd like to know what your experiences with the multiverse beyond being here on this island might be, what you'd like to know more about, if there's anything that is an absolute no-go that you'd like to absolutely avoid, if you have any allergies, phobias, or just personal hang-ups you'd like to get out there so that I can help avoid some really awkward situations. It...can sometimes be an issue, to have something I didn't know was a trigger sprung on someone suddenly, but I'm learning and doing better, so speak now, or forever hold your piece.

"Well," she amended, "not really. If there's something you're uncomfortable mentioning here now in class, for whatever reason, feel free to talk to me in private or just send a text or email about it, and your privacy will be respected. And, once we're done going over boundaries and things like that for the class, we are going to start out with a little bit of a simple jaunt between two dimensions to showcase how different two seemingly similar dimensions can be. Sound good? Okay. So, who's got some multiverse experience already and who's got some things that mmight be concerns> or, like, hell, if you've got a wish list of things you'd like to see, I'll take those now, too."

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The Multiverse is F'ed, Y'all - Tuesday, Second Period [04/21].

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:32:41 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

Hey, look! It was the Danger Shop classroom again! Shut up! Summer loved it and you'd have to pry it from her cold, dead hands if you even so much as suggested that maybe she just go and have her class in a regular classroom when that was all she needed. Look, if you had certain technologies, you should really just use them.

There was nothing Danger Shop-produced about the dishes at sat on the front desk, though, wiggling and waiting with some sort of odd presence of awfulness and doom.

Well, some of them, anyway....

"Soooooo," Summer started with a grin, "this is our last class, and I know teachers are always like, 'hey, congratulations on surviving the semester,' but, I mean, let's be real, I think this class gets a little more weight in being able to say that than some others. And if you didn't already have a good idea of just how f'ed the multiverse can be, you've probably got a good idea of that now. Or maybe I've surpassed even my own expectations and made your realized the the multiverse is even more f'ed than you thought it could be even after going to this school for as long as you have. It doesn't matter. You've had experiences, you survived, that's what counts. And so, for our last class, we're just going to hang out, talk about our experiences, or, hell, just leave early if you want, and have some jello."

She turned to look at some of the jello on the desk.

"Seriously, please, eat some jello," she said. "I got really hi--err, celebrated a little too hard last night and made a criminal amount of Doritos jello." Yes, you heard that right. "I mean, we've at least got variety? There's the classic Nacho Cheese jello, I made a freakin' Cool Ranch jello, and even the Sweet Chili Spice flavor. And therein lies your final lesson, guys: if this sounds pretty disgusting and messed up to you, just remember. The multiverse is so f'ed up, that somewhere, in some universe, on some planet, maybe even this one....this is some serious gourmet shit."

There was...a pause.

"I also made some more conventional and less disgusting ones for you all, too, as well as some chocolate and vanilla pudding if you're not into the whole jello thing. Help yourself. There is...a lot."

Someone remind her to make sure she cleared out her pantry before next April, because, clearly, she couldn't be trusted on her own.

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The Multiverse is F'ed, Y'all - Tuesday, Second Period [04/14].

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:07:12 GMT

Posted by: somethingwithturquoise

"Sooooo," Summer said, from the front of her ever-hilarious Danger Shop-generated classroom because that's all they'd need for today's lesson, "I haven't really bothered going through radios yet to pinpoint who all among you may or may not have had kids this weekend, especially since I was kind of busy sneaking a portal back home so I could break into my grampa's lab and steal this," she held up something that looked like a particularly sleek VR headset, "which I am, like, ninety-nine percent sure my grampa will kill me if he knew I stole them, so they're going right back as soon as class is over but what these are are Interdimenional Goggles, something he invented to keep tabs on what was going on in different dimensions without actually having to go to them. And I figured, this week is a good week to really just sort of talk about the whole interdimenionality of it all.

( Look, this whole AU thing is kinda sorta her JAM. )

She shrugged, grinning at them a little. "I know this version of me doesn't really have the answers to that, but this version of me does have some swiped dimension-viewing goods, so let's jump in and see where this timeline leads us. Who wants to go first?"

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