a smile that actually does stop traffic

It was summer! Or at least it was hot enough to count as summer, and that was as good enough. It also made coming up with specials easy.

SPECIALS
Anything with lemonade!

When mid May weather gives you lemons... Or something.

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Yennefer sailed into the room in a swirl of black skirts and said, "Right. Listen up. I am Yennefer of Vengerberg, and this is--sweet Melitele, what is this? 'Coping with the Non-Modern World.' Right. I am going to assume that none of you are from the present, or a world that mostly resembles the one we currently find ourselves in. If you are, and you're planning to move to some hellhole without indoor plumbing in the future: don't. Problem solved.

"First we're going to do introductions, so I know what I'm dealing with," and so she didn't actually have to teach anything for as long as possible. "I am Yennefer of Vengerberg. I hail from the Continent, which is not Europe but what we call the one continent of my world. We're a very creative folk. My homeworld is stuck in, I would say, roughly your Earth Middle Ages, with magic. It's dirty, it's brutal, they've never heard of a vaccine and they're very racist against elves. Apple juice is a luxury good and no one has ever heard of chocolate. It's horrid. I currently live in France. But perhaps 'simply don't go back there' is not an option for you. Perhaps you like your family or something." Couldn't relate. "I don't know. Tell me about it."

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What up, island? It's me, ya girl Arden Finch welcoming you back for the first summer session. School started off with Try Not To Die, which went to Madagascar to run through a bunch of obstacles, with a congratulations to Rey for winning! Next up was Various Beach Things where we got to lounge on the beach to our heart's content. Loved it. And lastly Let's Eat! went to a ramen restaurant, much to Mr. Amicitia's excitement.

Then--

*noise makers, vuvuzelas, and recorded cheering*

Ah. From all the excitement, looks like we've got a note from the Dorms! I now have confetti in my hair and the porg is doing cartwheels. Sairis was cooking eggs in the second floor common room, which drew a curious Henry and Mutt.

Over to Town, Caleb was blessed by a cat on his shoulder all morning at Furnado. Remy - hi, Remy! - was people-watching at the Perk, and Professor Vess was working on her notes for her first class during her shift at the Infinite Consortium.

And that's all we got for the first day of classes. So this is ya girl, Arden Finch, signing off and leaving you with Tamagotchi, by TIMMS. Bye y'all!

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It was hot. So while class met at the beach, there were also umbrellas and coolers of water set up. You were doing summer right, kids. Just jumping straight into it.

"Welcome to probably the least class-y class you're going to have this term," Kitty greeted them. "We're going to do various beach things. Some sports, some lazing about.... Spoilers: there's going to be a Memorial Day beach party next week, tell your friends." Listen, when you had a beach class on a holiday, take advantage. "Today we're doing nothing. If you want to get in the water, get in the water. Otherwise you can just pick your favorite towel from a selection and hang out with a trash beach read, of which I also have a selection. Also, if anyone can't swim, you should let me know now."

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Sairis was confused by his class, a little annoyed to still be in this strange place, and at loose ends. He was taking that all out on the common room by cooking.

Beans, because look, he had plenty of experience with them. With eggs and onions. He'd found a few spices around and gone based on taste rather than whatever they were called.

Hopefully if anyone else dropped by they liked marjoram and chili powder.

He'd spent some of his money on a loaf of bread to go with it, because even if kneading dough sounded cathartic, he hadn't wanted to wait until midnight to eat.

And there was tea, but it had gone cold. Which might not be an entirely bad thing.

[Open common room!]

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First week of classes! Liliana was also excited for her first week of class. She was behind the counter, drawing up a list of some of the more ridiculous Dominarian historical incidents to cover.

It was a very, very, very long list. A target-rich environment, one might say.

There was a saddle in the window today, but she was already considering just bringing that home with her. The benefits of being a shopkeeper.

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Hannibal looked at his "class" when they met at Portalocity.

Apparently this term would be a lot of dinner dates with him as a third wheel.

"Welcome to you both," he said, giving them a polite nod. "If you have any requests, please let me know. I thought I would begin with something I know you will appreciate."

He bowed them through the portal and onto a street in Tokyo. He led them around a corner and past a long line, explaining to the person at the door that they had reservations.

And then they were in Ginza Hachigou, a ramen restaurant. Look, it was the closest to Cup Noodle Hannibal was willing to get. There were six seats in the restaurant, which was nicely and minimally appointed, and the smells of cooking meat and onions wafted throughout.

"They have earned several Michelin stars here, and the owner and chef, Matsumura-san," Hannibal paused to give the man a friendly bow, "has an impeccable reputation."

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Good morning everyone, and welcome to a new semester. And weirdly the squirrels still seem to be striking, or are at least extremely lazy on Sundays.

At the museum, Gregorith was apparently pondering raccoons, and Rey dealt with surprise candy everywhere at Stark's, and I'm going to ask that you keep that there.

And that's it, and I'm off to deal with a class that I don't have to write a weird syllabus for.

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Remy had been away from the island again for a bit -- not turned into an opossum, thankfully. Just caught up in the superhero/thief nonsense of his home dimension again.

Back in the day of working at the Jean Grey School this sort of behavior was exactly what had gotten him fired. So he was just going to assume that the university here was not going to be expecting him to teach again.

Which was just fine with him. He hadn't really considered himself much of a teacher, anyway.

He hadn't been back to Midnight Manor yet, and while he was anxious to check on his cats, he was more anxious for some sweet, sweet caffeine first, so he stopped into the coffee shop and ordered something large and dark.

Then settled back in his seat by the door, soaking up the A/C and watching the foot traffic wander past.

It was so quiet here. He wasn't sure he'd get used to it, but it was a nice difference from the nonsense he kept running into back home.

[I am trying very hard to live! Open!]

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Anakin and Ahsoka were in front of the Portalocity market with sunglasses, hats, and sunscreen for the class. Because safety first when trying not to die. "Are you sufficiently prepared for this first adventure?" Anakin asked, looking the class over. "Possibly."

"In any case, we'll be easing you into it." You know, for somewhat deranged Jedi standards of take it easy.

"Nothing will be trying to eat you today, which is more than generous," said the man with a lava river.

Ahsoka debated how reassuring pointing that there probably wouldn't be anything trying to eat them most weeks would actually be.

"We are going to Madagascar today," Anakin said while Ahsoka pondered. "It's that big island on the map near the continent of Africa. Put on your sunscreen, and your hats so we can find you."

The hats were various shades of highlighter green and orange.

It wasn't hard to guess who had chosen them.

He had an aesthetic, it was true. "Don't get lost. We'll see you at the final meeting point," Anakin said.

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"There's a cat on your shoulder." one of the volunteers told Caleb.

"Yep she sorta clambered up there when I took 'er out t' clean her cage."

"Isn't that the feral kitten you were trying to...I dunno, tame?"

"Uh...yeah actually." Somehow it hadn't registered with Caleb that he'd been perfectly fine handling her lately. She still didn't seem to be one for scritches but she'd been letting him pick her up, and today she'd climbed up his arm and settled on his shoulder.

"Have you heard about The Cat Distribution System?"

The shelter is open for anyone who needs a kitty or doggo fix. There's probably other critters too.

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It's here! Let me know if I've left anyone off!

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It's tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.

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Well now, look at that! Actual notes for me.

Yesterday was the Welcome Picnic for the school! Oh, I really need to get out of the lab this week. Yennefer is back as confirmed by her conversation with Rey and Steve. Ilya--oh, that's a new name--met Steve. I'll have to ask him about it since the squirrels were apparently distracted by the meta? Anyway. Henry and Flint caught up while commenting on the amount of food provided for the picnic. Rey and Henry also caught up, but the topic was more on the subject of smithing. Lydia and Rey discussed her dress and the holidays they'd had since the last Supper Club.

But that appears to be all there is. Or the squirrels were distracted. Could be one or the other.

Hopefully everyone is prepared for the summer session starting tomorrow. Ciao!

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Last week had been impossible with the flowers everywhere, and this week seemed much calmer. Except that every time Rey would reach for something, or open something, there'd be a Ring Pop there. If she took it out, closed the drawer, opened the drawer again, there'd be a new Ring Pop.

This was especially confusing as Rey had never even seen a Ring Pop before and now she was amassing a pile of them.

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Gregorith was spending much of his time today among the dioramas of local wildlife, sketching ideas for a new art project. He was toying with the notion of a series of racoon sculptures detailing it's adventures as a masked vigilante.

The way a racoon's fur made it look like those domino masks that superheroes wore, it's nocturnal nature, and habit of digging through garbage put him in mind of some kind of detective trying to find evidence of wrongdoing.

He was of course, available to assist anyone needing him. ~~Gregorith, I mean. Not the imaginary racoon.~~

Current Mood: creative

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Good morning, dear listeners! It is I, Miss Lydia Bennet, here to bring you all the news the squirrels saw fit to scribble down this week. Based on the last few weeks and the few sticky notes I see before me, I shan't lie to you, I haven't much hope, but it's perhaps all for the best as I've the picnic to be getting to. Let's see...we shall once again be reporting solely from the town, where Miss Skywalker meditated at her warehouse and at the Devil's Nest, Mr. Morningstar reminisced upon radio broadcasts past and Miss Blake wished to know why. Why not, I say. Until next week, dear listeners! I shall see you at the picnic!

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Maybe it was climate change, maybe someone had wished a little too hard for warm weather, but it was very toasty this morning. Luckily, the ~~moddable~~ food and drinks had already been prepared for a summer theme with icy beverages, fruit plates, and loads of ice cream among the mix, and pop-up tents around the school lawn were providing some shade. At least you didn't have to ring in the summer term in the rain?

[Happy summer term, everyone! Going OCD-free because I don't trust the gateways to stay good.]

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