School Log!

[wise_maiden]

Who: Open to all! (Teachers, Students, the curious, newcomers welcome, anyone who might be at the battle dome around 1-3 pm, etc)
What: First Week(s)? of School and other catchall
When: September 17th-25thish (17, 18, 22-25 are class days; others can be used for clubs or tutoring or hanging out and the like if you want)
(Classes run from 9 AM-roughly 2:30 PM, and the log can include before and after-school activities)
Where: The school! (someday there'll be a cohesive layout for this)
Summary: The new year of school is finally underway, with testing, a look into classes, and general interaction for all involved.
Rating: A+



[As mentioned here, it's the start of a fresh term!

For some sense of guidelines, the morning of the 17th (Wed!) will be filled with testing and review, for new students and returning students alike, until the lunch break. (And if anyone misses the initial testing, they can always take it at another time! Very handwaveable, that.)

Students can chat before they begin or after they finish, but they will be penalized for during. There will be baked goods and lemonade as a treat during the lunch period and after school. (If they need more time for the tests, they won't be allowed to leave the room with the others, though snacks will be made available for them as well.) Newer students can request a tour (if they hadn't received one already).

The playground is always open for after school or lunch break interactions.

The other classes - Art/Music, Magic, and World Sharing - will continue on as usual, and will be similar through the week. Magic will start off with questions about progress during the break for those pursuing interest in the spirits, and demonstrations, as well as a chance to compare the concept between worlds for the newer arrivals. World Sharing will allow students to show off locations in the battle dome, either ones previously viewed or new ones they want to introduce.

The other days will follow the usual schedule!

You're not limited to the headers! Just do what you want--these are just some suggestions as to what's going on, but they aren't the be-all-and-end-all of what can be played with! Chat with each other, set up things! And by all means play with the current ongoing shifts! It's meant to be for CR!]


As always, please add your character to the roster here and update if there are any changes!

Comments

[lordhotman]

It's a musical instrument.

[And he holds it so that she can see it better.]

You blow through here, and the music comes out the other end.

[lostlegacy]

Cool.

[And Sophie, being a particularly tactile six year old, immediately reaches for it.]

[lordhotman]

[And Zuko lets her take it or... at least put her hands on it. It might be a little too big and heavy for her. He really doubted she could do anything to hurt it, so he doesn't mind.]

Do you want to give it a try?

[lostlegacy]

Yeah!

[Cue her trying to pull the whole thing over to her.]

[lordhotman]

[He lets her take it, but makes sure he stays close to catch it just in case Sophie accidentally drops it or something.]

Careful, it's kinda heavy.

[lostlegacy]

[She gives him a bit of a dirty look.]

I'm strong.

[Except oof, this really is kinda heavy--not that she's going to let on (or so she thinks). Oh well, time to get those eres going. Cue glowing fingernails!]

[lordhotman]

I'm not doubting that, but okay.

[He lets her take it but still hovers over her in case she drops it. But then there are glowing fingernails?]

Wait... what are you doing?

[lostlegacy]

Using eres.

[Okay, that got much easier to hold. Now she's taking a huge breath and blowing as hard as she can into the tsungi horn.... Which results in a sound like a dying turtle duck.]

[lordhotman]

[And when she blows, Zuko can't help but cringe at the awful noise that comes from it. Though really, he hadn't expected it to sound all that musical anyway.]

It takes some practice, but you don't need to blow that hard.

[lostlegacy]

'Kay.

[Trying again, this time with a bit less air. Now she only sounds like a disgruntled turtle duck.]

[lordhotman]

[There's less of a cringe and more of a wince this time.]

That's better, but instead of blowing all at once, try drawing it out.

[lostlegacy]

[...A constipated turtle duck?

She looks up at him for approval.]

[lordhotman]

[Zuko rubbed the back of his neck for a moment before reaching out for the horn.]

Here, I'll show you. You want to breathe through your chest, not your stomach. Like this.

[And here Zuko sat up straight and took in a deep breath, causing his chest to rise.]

And then you blow out again slow and steady.

[And then Zuko exhales just as he said.]

It'll take practice, but if you keep at it, you'll get it.

[Then he shows her by blowing into the tsungi horn, causing a long deep note to sound from it.]

[lostlegacy]

[She looks impressed.]

That's big.

[lordhotman]

Thanks?

[He's not sure what she means by that, but okay. He then offers the horn back to her if she wants to give it another try.]

[lostlegacy]

[Damn right she wants another try. She gets those fingernails going again, wraps her arms around the horn (in probably completely the wrong position), and tries a few practice breaths. Chest breathing, chest breathing.

Aaaaaand....

Was that actually vaguely recognisable as a musical sound? Possibly?

Whatcha think, Princeknight?]

[lordhotman]

That's a lot better. See? You're getting the hang of it.

[Like with anything, practice makes perfect.]

If you keep practicing you should get better.

[lostlegacy]

[A big smile appears on her face. Then--well, I hope you really like the sound she made, Zuko, because she's going to be making a lot of it. Over and over and over....]

[lordhotman]

[Zuko might need to give his ears a rest eventually, but he's patient and happily instructs Sophie the best he can in playing the tsungi horn. And would continue to do so whenever she wanted lessons if she wanted to continue learning how to play. He didn't mind.]

[lostlegacy]

[She almost certainly won't have the patience to keep at it without exterior motivation, but for now, she's having fun. And that's what counts, right?]