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Try Not to Die!! [Tuesday, May 10, 3rd period]

May 10, 2011 08:10

Today, Anakin was a little bit grateful for the cloak he habitually wore as he waited for his class to arrive outside on the border between Fandom and the Viking village. It was a little chilly for a guy who grew up in the desert ( Read more... )

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Sign in [5/10] sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:12:50 UTC

Like it's beginning to dawn on you that your instructor might be a crazy person.

Re: Sign in [5/10] whitequeensfire May 10 2011, 12:56:46 UTC

Angelica Jones

Re: Sign in [5/10] nothornlessrose May 10 2011, 13:00:18 UTC

Cassidy

Re: Sign in [5/10] wrongkindofsith May 10 2011, 13:06:46 UTC

Cara

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Detour: Weaving or Waving sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:16:51 UTC

Pick one of the these two tasks, where you will learn about traditional Viking activities. When you complete them, you will earn your next clue.

Detour: Weaving sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:25:02 UTC

In Weaving, you race through town until you come to a woman making jewelry! Ha, did you think you'd been knitting a sweater? Listen as she explains the instructions in Ancient Norse, then wrap enough silver around the frame to make a bracelet. When she is satisfied with your work, you'll receive your next clue.

[OOC: From about step 9. The set-up part will have been completed for you.]

Re: Detour: Weaving whitequeensfire May 10 2011, 13:01:41 UTC

Angelica decided on weaving (wondering more and more just what kind of school Emma had sent her to). She was making good progress and enjoying herself until the silver and copper melted into a gooey glob of metal and dripped off the wooden dowel. Dismayed, she looked around frantically, hoping no one had noticed, then shoved the ruined bracelet under a rock and reached for another frame.

This, of course, put her firmly behind the rest of the class.

Re: Detour: Weaving nothornlessrose May 10 2011, 13:02:49 UTC

Cassidy had never done anything with metal like this before, so she was paying careful attention, wanting to make sure she got everything right.

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Road Block! sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:36:10 UTC

Everyone's clue will lead them back to the docks of Fandom, where there will find enough rowboats to take them to the Isle of Ikea. Once there, you must complete a Billy bookcase without instructions. When you're finished, an Ikea salesperson will hand you the final clue, which tells you to make your way back (via rowboat, again. Anakin believes in a lot of exercise) to the Viking village where he's waiting for you. First one back wins this day's prize!

Re: Road Block! whitequeensfire May 10 2011, 13:05:20 UTC

Angelica was horribly nervous after accidentally melting her bracelet, so she took her time with the bookcase. She had to anyway with the lack of instructions, though most of it seemed relatively intuitive? Hopefully?

She might be underestimating IKEA.

Re: Road Block! nothornlessrose May 10 2011, 13:08:34 UTC

Ok, so boats were something new for her. It took her some time to row the boat where it was supposed to go -- instead of around in circles. If she hadn't thought Professor Anakin would frown on it, she would have used Craft to make the boat do what she wanted it to do.

But the purpose of this was probably to learn something new and not take the most obvious or easy way out.

She finally got to Isle of Ikea and putting together the bookcase was a lot easier than working the boats. Thank the Darkness that Poppy was a carpenter and she had grown up watching him put things together without any written instructions at all.

By the time she fought with the boat and got back to the dock, her arms were sore.

Re: Road Block! not_a_parakeet May 10 2011, 13:21:10 UTC

Oh, man. Warren so wasn't made for this sort of thing.

The Worthingtons paid people to put together their bookcases for them! How was this supposed to work?

At least the rowing wasn't so bad. Thank you again, X-gene enhanced upper body strength. He rowed back quickly, but not nearly quickly enough to make up for the fact that he sucked at arts and crafts.

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Check in with Anakin! sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:37:45 UTC

He'll reiterate what the RNG has decided below congratulate you on completing your first class and not dying!

If you won today, you get to wear a genuine Viking hat for the rest of the day, should you choose. It's quite fetching.

Re: Check in with Anakin! whitequeensfire May 10 2011, 13:15:35 UTC

Angelica was the last to return and looked positively miserable about it. She didn't want to look incompetent on her very first day of classes. But at least she hadn't died?

Re: Check in with Anakin! sith_happened May 10 2011, 18:56:28 UTC

"You're the last member of the class to arrive," he told her in his best Phil impression.

Re: Check in with Anakin! whitequeensfire May 10 2011, 18:59:45 UTC

"I'm sorry," Angelica said, staring at her feet. "I made a mistake with the bracelet and I had to start over. I'll do better next time, I promise."

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Ask Tahiri or Anakin for help! sith_happened May 10 2011, 12:38:22 UTC

If you get stuck anywhere, lose an oar or manage to really piss of a Viking...

Re: Ask Tahiri or Anakin for help! weetuskenraider May 10 2011, 19:13:45 UTC

Tahiri was . . . well, she was here, let's say that. A couple of hours in a meditative trance meant she didn't look like she'd been crying, but she wasn't exactly bright and cheerful.

Yuuzhan Vong might know how to channel physical pain into strength, but if there was a way to do that for the emotional variety she hadn't figured it out yet.

Re: Ask Tahiri or Anakin for help! sith_happened May 11 2011, 01:27:28 UTC

"What's wrong?" Anakin asked.

Re: Ask Tahiri or Anakin for help! weetuskenraider May 11 2011, 01:38:52 UTC

Ben had asked her to tell people, but this was going to be hard, Tahiri realized.

"It's Ben," she answered quietly. "I heard from him today. Daala -- the Chief of State -- sentenced Luke to ten years' exile from Coruscant unless he can prove there won't be another Jacen."

She swallowed, and tried to meet his eyes. "Ben's going with him."

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