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Around Town, Tuesday Morning (6/24)

It wasn't that Steph had forgotten to do this earlier ~~unlike her player~~. It was just that last-minute gigs had kept cropping up, and there'd been a flurry of minor issues with repairs at the store (Saffron's toys kept ending up everywhere for some reason, apparently), and as it turned out, when a new RPG system comes out and a lot of people want to play it someone has to GM for them.

Not the planning. That had all gone on behind the scenes because she had this down to a science by now, just putting up the posters. That part was what was only just happening now.

THIS WEEKEND: FANDOM PRIDE RETURNS
Saturday -- Come hang out in the park for the festival!
Food, games, and entertainment will abound.

Sunday -- Parade time!
Walk with us, or join us along the route.

Questions? Contact Steph Gingrich.

A small map with the parade route highlighted was at the bottom of each poster, just to be helpful.

[OOC: Hi. It's, uh. It's been A Time. But by god I'm gonna make this happen. Also, open if you like.]

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The Wonderful World of Art [Tuesday, 3rd Period]

There were brilliant white overalls set out for people to wear today, as well as equally brilliant white drapes set up all over the class room, including over several bucket shaped objects. None of this was at all suspicious.

No doubt it would come completely as a surprise when with a utterly terrifying warcry of "ART ATTACK!" Aphra leapt in a conveniently open window and started throwing waterbombs filled with food dye at random. Isabela made a slightly more dignified entrance (if only because Aphra was drawing everyone's attention) with an actual sneak attack from behind.

Needless to say, those drape covered buckets were also full of dye-filled balloons.

Unlike other dye adjacent activities today, there would be no winner. Or rather, you would all be winners. Colourful, colourful winners.

Finding New Hobbies, Tuesday 6/24, 1st period

Once again class was being held in the preserve but today Stark had a teaching buddy with him.

“Today I've brought a friend to tell you about today's potential new hobby. Do you all know Gladio?”

They probably did, right? At least they'd seen him. Gladio was a very noticeable person. And, right now, that very noticeable person had a grin on his face and bro-chin-lifted a greeting to the class.

“Gladio's going to tell us about camping.” And Cup Noodle™. He was contractually obligated to do that part.

"I sure am," Gladio confirmed with an amused snort. "Usually, I'll teach a whole semester on camping, but today we're boiling it down into a single lesson. Which means we're not going to cover a whole lot, but we are going to cover the three big things: your general camping basics," fun fact! Gladio was also ~~paid by~~ a big fan of all of Coleman^™ brand's excellent quality camping products!, "how to pitch a tent," he will be taking note of who snickered at that one!, "and, last but definitely not least, how to build a campfire, so we can enjoy some classic campfire snacks: s'mores, hot dogs, and, of course, Cup Noodle^™."

Because you couldn't have camping without Cup Noodle^™!

"Any questions to start? Because, if not, we'll just get right into it."

Paintball, Tuesday, June 24, 2025

"Welcome to the last class before break," Steve said. "Since it's hotter than blazes--" no kidding, Steve, "we've added kiddie pools full of water and some paint buckets full of ice water to the course as well. They don't eliminate you like the paint will and we don't want you collapsing from the heat while wearing your gear."

"Please be careful," Tony said. "We do not need a clinic trip, okay?"

They'd never live it down if they took out their entire class!

"Suit up, hydrate, and go have some fun," Steve said, nodding.

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Caritas- Tuesday

Usually it was Tino who was annoying. Tonight, it was the zombies. Despite the AC cranking to a comfortable temperature, they were playing hear-related songs. Summer in the City, Fever, Heatwave... and then Nelly e wet second song despite Kitty begging them to give it a break.

So that was fun.

SPECIALS
Margaritas
Water

Norse Life, Tuesday, Period 2

Today the students would find themselves back in Valhalla's great feasting hall, the table groaning with food. "I thought that after our labors last week you deserved to enjoy the spoils!" Thor told the students. "So we've roast boar and all that one might wish to accompany it, and plenty of mead and ale and wine! Which makes this the perfect time to learn some drinking songs!"

Don had expressed a concern that some of the students might not be old enough to drink, but Don had been overruled. They were all in university, were they not?

"Neither of these songs comes from my home of Asgard, and indeed they are both rather more modern." One of them was from 1843. Much modern, very wow. "Helan Går is a song of Sweden, which has become popular throughout much of Scandinavia. Fear not if you do not speak Swedish; ~~Wikipedia~~ I have provided a phonetic version so you can sing along." Thor then proceeded to lead everyone in a rousing round of "Helan Går." It surely sounded fantastic.

"The other song for today is even more modern, but I am given to understand it is popular with SCA reenactors and such. It is meant to be sung 'in the round,' which means everyone picks up at a different point in the song." Thor then failed to explain any more about what singing in the round entailed, so likely chaos would ensue as he attempted to lead them in a round of "Lifeblood." "Now, please, eat, drink! Make merry! Sing! You have earned this feast!"

Fandom Radio, Tuesday, June 24th

Gooooood morning Fandom! It's ya girl Arden Finch here, reminding you that next Tuesday is the first day of July, which means, the end of - official - Pride. So get your Pride on over the the next week if you haven't yet!

Moving on from warnings of tomorrow to news of yesterday, we kicked off the final week of this summer session in School! Teamwork had us write bitchy letters to people or an institution that made us mad, and then share our letters with someone else so they could help us bitch it up a notch. I wrote to Callista but then I shredded it. Creative Problem Solving had people composing...love songs to Dean Skywalker?! And then lip-synching to them again???! Wow...that sounds like a Wednesday Shenanigans he just couldn't find a way to incorporate slime into.

*a long pause*

Please don't take that as an idea, sir. [BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP] Uh, anyway, uh, then National Park Adventure Team got to go to the Golapagos Islands!

No notes from the Dorms and I've decided it's because there is fly paper over all the doors and windows preventing squirrels from getting in. Tune in next week to see what bizarre reason I can make up!

Some notes from Town, starting with Professor Vess at the Infinite Consortium debating what class to teach next session. There were...tentacle...things...at the Magpie Emporium. This note gives no more detail than that so watch out for tentacle things? [BLEEP], that woulda been a way better reason than fly paper. It was National Pink Day at Turtle and Canary, but Professor Smith didn't notice because she was busy with Rage...Fest...? Okay, y'all squirrels really need to get with the contextualizing details please! Professor Argentum was debating over his best pictures from Friday at The Photo Hut, and Officer McGarrett was making all the troopers at the Trooper Station take a cybersecurity training while he...also did the training. Yup! Everyone was appreciative of the AC at the Clinic - aww, it's not that hot yet, y'all!

*squirrelly chittering, including a word that sounds suspiciously like HVAC*

Listen to me you little rodent hooligans, you keep your mouths shut about stuff you're supposed to keep your mouths shut about, or else Leroy won't be the only one with a picture on the back of a milk carton, we clear?

Aheeeem, ANYWAY, we finish up our broadcast with Mr. Northman being shirtless at the Devil's Nest, when Professor Fel came in and learned about Shirtless Mondays. And Thursdays. Because that's how we roll on Fandom Island.

And that's it for me, folks! So this is ya girl, Arden Finch, signing off with one last Pride anthem for y'all to enjoy: We Are Family by those icons, Sister Sledge. Bye!

Fandom Clinic, Monday 6/23

It was hot out. Stark wasn't too bothered by that but he was appreciating the air conditioning inside the clinic.

Stabby was staying in the water in his tank. Probably a wise move.

The nurses were very appreciative of the iced coffees Stark had brought with him and he offered to go out for more if needed.

National Park Adventure Team! [Monday, Period 4]

Trebor was 'helping' today, clinging very hard to his pile of handouts, and everyone was getting a flyer as they arrived, under Ghanima's bemused supervision.

"While this class has been very good at practicing 'leave no trace,' the rules for where we are going today are a bit more strict," she said cheerfully. "Galápagos National Park, Ecuador's first national park, is located about 500 miles west of the mainland and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site."

"Most famous for their turtles, there is a total of 21 islands with 18 of them considered significant, although today we'll be visiting Tortuga Bay specifically. Sadly, we are outside Baby Turtle Season, so the odds of seeing a live, wild, hatching are very low, but there are plenty of other things to do."

"The wildlife in the Galapagos Islands is globally renowned featuring the Galapagos land iguanas, the marine iguanas, the giant Galapagos tortoise,the green turtle, blue-footed booby, waved albatross, and the Galapagos hawk and Galapagos penguin. Sea lions, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, and several other marine species await divers and snorkelers."

She leaned-over to put a turtle-shaped sun hat on Trebor before picking him up as the portal arrived. "So, let's get going!"

Devil's Nest, Monday Night

Eric wasn't surprised that Tiny had the blender going for drinks this evening . Eric wasn't going fully blended but he did have a Hurricane in front of him to test for quality control: strong as shit and not too sweet, and if Tiny was doing it wrong, he'd hear about it.

The Devil's Nest was open and shirtless! Happy Monday.

Trooper Station, Monday

It was too hot and humid to make the Troopers run around the island and they flatly refused to go swimming, so Steve set them up with mandatory cybersecurity training.

As long as they clicked at the right places, he didn't care if they were actually learning anything.

He was playing Minesweeper while stalking the paperwork for the drug running case that had ended his Naval career. He was fine.

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The Photo Hut; Monday [06/23].

When he wasn't chasing Noctra, fetching food for Liz, scarfing food for himself, or wishing Summer a happy birthday on Friday, Prompto was taking lots of pictures (naturally!) and so of course he was going tgrough them that Monday at work to help pick out some of the best ones.

And, as usual, there was a lot of debate on which ones were the best, and so the list was pretty long, but that was find! Nothing wrong with that!

The Photo Hut is open!

Teamwork- Monday, 1st period

You know how on week one they said they'd be working in the Danger Shop weekly? Oops. It was the classroom today, where each desk had a notebook and pen on it.

"We're going to talk about communication," Jag began. "You've had to communicate with your teammates in these exercises, of course, but that's not the only method."

"You're writing angry letters," Jaina said.

"Yes, that," he said. "You've will each pick a subject you're angry or annoyed about, and write to the person, product or institution causing your ire. These will not be shared outside of this room, and we have a shredder available for use if you choose."

"And once you're done writing, you're going to pair up and perform a bitch check on each others' letters," Jaina said. "Check the tone, whether it's constructive, even if they can be meaner. The other person can correct as necessary, or not."

Listen, sometimes you needed to yell at people in written form. She wasn't about to say you shouldn't.

"You can get started when ready," Jag finished.

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Turtle & Canary; Monday [06/23].

Summer was at work that Monday, but she was distracted, because the current business was bound to suffer a little when its entrepreneurial boss was at the start of looking into a new one. So while she was busy hashing out some logistics of getting a jello shop up and running on a different plane before RageFest (or would after be a better idea? Something else to consider! But the idea was to have the shots for RageFest to really get started with a real fucking bang), she was only marginally aware of other things going on in the store.

Which was a shame, because it was National Pink Day, and Apu had gone all out,especially with Summer in mind, with decorations and special sales on pink items, and even a pink outfit for himself! And she wasn't even noticing! Talk about a tragedy! He was very put out about it, but if Summer noticed that, she probably wouldn't really actually care.

Today's Squishy Flavors

Detroit-Style Pizza
Pecan Sandie
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

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The Magpie Emporium, Monday [23/06]

Overnight the displacer and mimic plushies had been joined by a group of oddly adorable tentacle things.

They didn't seem to be getting into any trouble, and they were thematically appropriate, so Vi wasn't moving them, but she was keeping an eye on them. Just in case.

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Creative Problem Solving [Monday, Period Two]

There was a stage and microphone set up in the classroom today. It was probably nothing to worry about.

Of course not! These teachers were known for how normal and boring their classes were.

"Before we get to that," Anakin said, "you need to show us what you've brought from other people's houses today."

Once Anakin had judged their taste and possibly their life choices, Ahsoka continued. "Your task today is to improvise a love song to Anakin," she said, somehow with a straight face. "We will provide a backing track and there will be a bonus for the best lyrics."

Anakin blinked. "Wait. What?"

"That's what the task says," Ahsoka replied, passing him the clipboard.

"I don't remember this task," Anakin said.

"Have you been bitten by a gremlin recently?"

"No," Anakin said, frowning.

Ahsoka shrugged. "You must have just forgotten, then."

Anakin looked less convinced. "Maybe." He shrugged. "Maybe they'll be good at this."

Maybe.

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Infinite Consortium, Monday

The trouble with refusing to be beholden to the mundanities of time did occasionally backfire - usually when other people's calendars required paying attention to. Like right now, when she realized that if she wanted to teach next semester, she had to come up with the class idea and writeup now. Ugh. Did she want to reteach this, but with new scenarios? Another class on indulging? Opposing mana pairs...? No, that one would be better as a full semester class.

So rather than putting away the week's delivery, Liliana was lounging at her desk, contemplating her possibilities. It looked a lot like filing her nails, but she was deep in thought.

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Summer 2025 Workshop Applications

Do YOU Need This Form?

If your character is a current teacher and would like to continue teaching, or a current townie who'd like to start or return to teaching, you DO need this form. Just scroll on down and fill it out below.

If your character is an alum/expat who would be returning to the island to teach, first YAY, and second, you DO need this form. Please drop us an e-mail at [email protected] to let us know you plan to bring the character back, then mosey back here to fill out the class proposal below!

If you are a current teacher wanting to move to townie status, just drop us an e-mail to say so; you also DON'T need this form. If your teacher is running away for good, tell us over here in the dropped character post.

What's Needed For A Workshop?

The ability to come up with 7 weeks worth of classes.

The ability to post each class by noon Pacific or 3pm Eastern the day it's scheduled (you can also post the night before).

The ability to interact with your students (slow play is fine, you don't need to be around all the time).

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Your adult character's form will need to be in these comments by Sunday, Jun 29th for great scheduling justice!

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Caritas, Saturday (6/21)

Well, it was a hot one today. And, as such, Jane was standing over the ice bucket and pointedly not helping Tino out with restocking the bar.

"You can manage it on your own," she said, letting out a relieved sigh as she cooled down from the walk over here.

Summer was out to get them all this year.

[OCD free!]