Aeryn had been singing Feliz Navidad all morning. Keep in mind that her translator microbes also read every "Feliz Navidad" as "Merry Christmas", and think about how much more repetitive and annoying that makes that song. Luckily for her students, she was doing a surprisingly good job of not taking it out on them today ( Read more... )

When the students came in to class today, they'd find the room completely decked out in Christmas decorations, complete with a tree and wreaths and all that stuff you'd find littering six aisles of your local Wal-Mart between August and December. Yes, Aeryn had made Fosse do most of it ( Read more... )

"This week we're going to be covering the larger scale invasions," Aeryn greeted the class once they'd all settled. "While we haven't had any this semester, save for the vegetables, they are common enough to have to prepare to deal with them. Trolls, zombies, snow monsters, these things happen. And while you may be used to facing an enemy on the ( Read more... )

At the back of the room today, there were mats set up, and the desks had all been rearranged in order to make room for them, but Aeryn wasn't addressing them just yet. "This week I had planned to give some tips on the larger scale invasions," she began when class had settled. "Frankly I know that there's one more day of classes this week and ( Read more... )

"I see you all survived last week," Aeryn greeted the class after the bell had rung and everyone was settled. "Invasions are simply a way of life on this island. I don't know what it is, but we seem to be some sort of homing beacon for anything that needs to attack in large groups. Today we're going to talk about the smaller scale of things, such ( Read more... )

After last week this was more than a little embarrassing, but Aeryn decided she was not about to show that to her students. "First of all, my apologies for last week's class. I had attempted to bring in a caged gremlin to show you, but ended up giving you a personal demonstration of what a gremlin bite does. This week, I just bring in a picture ( Read more... )

It was really Aeryn's own fault. When she'd planned the class on gremlin bites, it had seemed easy enough. Capturing one hadn't been difficult, and its little cage was set up so it would be comfortable and no one would report her for any sort of abuse, and the thing had actually seemed pretty content in there. At least until she went to get the ( Read more... )

"In case you haven't noticed," Aeryn greeted the class after the bell had rung, "October tends to be a pretty busy month here. There's Parents Weekend, homecoming, and now we move onto Halloween. This is a holiday that people celebrate everywhere here, though I can't tell you why. At the end of the year, everyone gets obsessed with being scared, ( Read more... )

For as much as Aeryn had enjoyed her first vacation in years, she was glad to be back at work. If you knew Aeryn well enough you could probably tell. If not... well, she was glad to be back ( Read more... )

"Congratulations, by all reports everyone survived the weekend," Aeryn greeted the class. "Luckily for everyone nothing strange rained down from the sky or invaded. I want to take a moment to talk about whether your relatives or friends had any trouble adjusting, and whether you had difficulties explaining anything to them ( Read more... )