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“I was a koala last week, as you know,” Stark said. “I hope Summer didn’t traumatize any of you too much with her food choices. She can do that. Often. That’s just how she is. But it was good of her to take over while I was a bear that isn’t really a bear.”

Stark was very happy to be himself once more. Koalahood wasn’t terrible, at least, but he liked being Stark-shaped.

“This week we’ll do something different. Something less likely to horrify anyone.”

It was a low bar to clear, admittedly.

“Some hobbies are more passive than others. Sometimes you have things like camping, or cooking, where you have to do a lot. Sometimes you have things like reading, or like watching movies. Or television. That’s what we’re doing today.”

That’s right. It was time for movie day! Well, TV day. Close enough.

“There are so many things to watch and it’s easy to spend a lot of time doing just that. But some things are even educational, or at least they pretend to be. One of my favorite things to watch is programs about food. Cooking, or baking. And that ties in with the last two weeks as well. So, we’ll be watching episodes of Good Eats. One called ‘Art of Darkness’ about chocolate. And one called ‘Deep Space Slime’ about…well…gelatin.”

Because it was funny, ok?

“So. Let’s watch some television. There are snacks, even popcorn.”

noonedecidesmyfate posting in

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The library was not a mess this week, there were no stray feathers, and even the gremlins seemed calm.

Actually, the gremlins were just asleep as Belle discovered when she did a walkthrough of the stacks. Some had borrowed the blankets that were theoretically for Gray.

Today would be a quiet day, she decided. Shelving could wait. She would just sit and read and hope no gremlins were disturbed by anyone else.

wrongkindofsith posting in

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Let's get this over with, I have less than a day to find a seamstress.

In School news, Anakin took a break from his Shenangiansin favour of creating an impromptu waterpark, where he invited all the minglers to play. reports vary on how many people took him up on that.

Arden had to deal with pranks in the Library, but Gray was very glad to see she was no longer a bird.

Nothing for the Dorms, while in Town, Ignis was forcing his friends to help him burn off excess energy at the Creepy Mansion, but luckily Liliana saved them by turning back into a person and we can all guess what happened next, so, no, Leroy I did not need these drawings.

Quinn fed the chair pizza at the Infinite Consortium, a sentence I'm sure makes sense in a context I don't want to know, and at Pick You Poison, Harley was 'a mess'...

Do I even need this many quotes?

*chittering*

Journalistic integrity? Since when?

Harley was a 'a mess' at Pam who assured her it wasn't on her that Marc is "an idiot asshole who needs to deal with his toxic masculinity rather than play the martyr", also Adrian was naked and they all had icecream. I'm giving the porg your beat next week.

Finally, at Caritas, everything was coming up brandy, apparently. Raiden made his first visit in a while, also there were Rey, Atton, and Stark who was no longer a koala.

ifwebeworthy posting in

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They had reached a certain point in the summer, Thor felt. A point where being direct and to the point would be appreciated more than anything else.

Also, ice. Ice would be appreciated.

Specials
Anything Frozen

The Devil's Nest is open!

mustbeawitch posting in

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It was, if you asked Lydia, officially Too Hot. Too Hot for hot food, in fact, which was why she had sent out missives by the means most likely to reach people that the Supper Club would be convening today at Chilly Boulder. If you wanted actual nutrition from your supper, you were thus advised to eat in advance. Otherwise, Lydia found ice cream for supper a perfectly acceptable choice at this juncture.

Now to decide what combination of flavors she wanted. Some of them had fruit in them! Fruit was healthy!

Welcome to Supper Club, everyone! It's ice cream!

carbsliftthespirit posting in

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Once Raiden's students had gathered at Portalocity this week, he ushered them through said portal onto the streets of Berkeley, California. "All right," he said with an enthusiastic clap. "As pizza continued its journey across the United States, it inevitably reached the west coast, and California-style pizza was born. No one can really agree on the origins of California-style pizza, as it was more or less simultaneously invented by three different restaurants: Ed LeDou's Prego in San Francisco, Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, and Alice Waters' groundbreaking farm-to-table Chez Panisse--" Raiden held out his hands in a 'ta-da' sort of gesture toward the restaurant they were standing in front of "--right here in the funky college town of Berkeley. Prego doesn't exist any more and Spago only does dinner--and doesn't currently serve pizza. Chez Panisse doesn't serve pizza in the main restaurant, either, but they do have a few on their cafe menu, so that's where we'll be dining today.

"Now, California-style pizza is distinguished by its thin, crispy crust and creative use of ingredients you didn't used to find on pizzas, like goat cheese and chicken. It really helped people to realize the sky is the limit, toppings-wise, and that's why we salute it. You can find California-style pizza all over the country these days, most notably at the chain California Pizza Kitchen, but for now, let's head into the Chez Panisse cafe and have some lunch--uh, don't...don't look at the prices. I'm covering this. And after that you can explore the town of Berkeley!"

flamesburned posting in

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It was the end of the month so Liz’s main focus when she came downstairs that morning was working on finishing the last of the end of month reports and spreadsheets before she could start setting up the admin set up for August.

There was still a fair bit of work to finish off for the past month before she got started on next month’s work, so it was taking her most of the morning to complete what she needed to.

[The Photo Hut is open!]

suitably_heroic posting in

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The last couple of weeks had been kind of a blur of touring, music, life beyond the island - apparently just Summer-not-being-here had been enough to sever much of Jack's mental and emotional connection to the island and everything it represented. He supposed that somewhere, that was a good thing; that he should probably stop giving in to the urge to come back here at all, to this near-masochistic urge to poke at the shadows of his old life.

Still. One of the things he'd learned in his time as a (active? He still hadn't figured out how he thought of himself in that capacity, yet) Jedi was the importance of feeling present. In your body, in the moment, in the galaxy. And he didn't want to give up his presence on the island yet.

So. Lightsaber practice in the park. Seemed like a good way to put himself back in his body and back in the environment. He picked a quiet spot with good visibility - didn't want to chop anyone's head off by accident - and lit his blades with a snap-hiss. "Let's start with some Soresu," he muttered to himself, slid into a stance, and started moving.

The strain on his muscles, the sound of the birds in the trees, the wear of the humidity on his skin - it wasn't all comfortable, no. But it was grounding.

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joan_of_bark posting in

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A call to Janet that morning hadn't brought Pam the news she'd wanted; her Harley still wasn't home. Between that and the more recent, vivid memories of a crying Harley on her doorstep, a hint of concern was starting to creep in.

"Harley can handle herself," she muttered to herself, as she shuffled up to the counter at the Perk. She didn't come here often, but right now she needed something. "I want a--"

The barista took one look at her face and said, "We'll get the special coffee from the back."

"'Special coffee'," Pam muttered, watching her flee. "It's not 'special', it's just not murder coffee." Did she need to have the biodiversity talk with the staff again? Maybe she did.

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Current Music: 'Boys Wanna Fight', Garbage

hasaknightjob posting in

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It was a somewhat subdued Steven who arrived at work that day. Difficult not to approach his spot behind the Welcome Desk and think about the conversation he'd had there the week prior.

Still, nothing to be done about it. He could focus on his work and helping anyone who popped by and needed it. That was enough of a distraction.

Well that and working on some fliers. But those were only during his breaks, honest.

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but_mostly_america posting in

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I do not care if he is a koala I am an eagle and that does not stop me from communicating! How dare you!

Once again, I, Sam Eagle, have been forced by squirrels to read you the news of yesterday as seen through their tiny rodent eyes.

At the school, the class on Beach built sand castles. At least that is a wholesome activity. In Paintball! somehow Captain Rogers’s team lost which is an outrage! My class was canceled because I was unavoidably detained and there is no reason to look into that further!

Nothing from the dorms but the young porg is bearing up well under the circumstances.

Now, let us discuss the town. It seems the objectionable bartender at Caritas was making inappropriate suggestions to Kitty. Shameful behavior, sir!

In less shameful behavior, Remy kept his pets at home instead of bringing them to work with him. Well done, young man. He seems to have been rewarded with pizza.

Finally, Marc was at the coffee shop for, we must assume, coffee though he did peruse the available pastries as well.
He was then joined by Harley who walked into a door. That sounds painful. I recommend against it in the future, young lady! Their conversation involved bikes and then breaking up because someone thought he knew better and sir I recommend against that as well. And it all ended in tears which seems unnecessary for the squirrels to have reported on and I regret my part in reading it!

Thankfully we are finished and I will not be punished with this nonsense in future weeks.

deathtofrendo posting in

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There was a pizza on the sales desk.

Quinn looked around the shop. She peered at the pizza.

She had no idea what some of those toppings were.

After a lot of thought, she picked the pizza up and moved it over to the carnivorous chair.

She might be young, but she was definitely old enough to be suspicious of random pizzas.

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somethingwithturquoise posting in

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Koala sitting hadn't necessarily put a damper on Summer's work in trying to figure out what to do about her jello enterprise in Ravnica, but it did sort of make it slightly slower going than she would have liked. Since she was so distracted with all of that, though, she didn't have time to put a lot of thought into what to do for her shift at the bar tonight. Thankfully, a quick look through her pantry to do some inventory on what she had and what might need used up before she completely switched gears to another plane for a while, helped her get some inspiration.

Or, at the very least, find something that she had way too much of that she should probably use up soon.

Three guesses as to what type of booze in particular seemed to have been collecting a lot of dust among all the vodka, rum, and gin...

Featured Cocktail
Brandy Alexander

Featured Jello
Brandy Pudding
Blackberry Brandy
Brandy Old Fashioned

Caritas is open!

sith_happened posting in

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It was...well, not Tatooine hot because the humidity was so high that Anakin felt like he could chew the air...but that sweet spot of unbearable that Maryland got as July slid into August and no one with a modicum of sense was going to be outside.

(Well, a few were outside, and Anakin knew better than to wonder if Jaina had any sense.)

He'd turned the park into an ode to summer water activities. The slip 'n slides were back, spewing water instead of alcoholic beverages, and aimed at landing in the pond. There was an arsenal of water guns waiting for all takers, an ice cream truck with an incredibly loud, incredibly perky song that wouldn't.stop.playing (maybe if you threatened them with the water guns?) and free treats for anyone who asked, and a beach volleyball court set up because there was always (generally one of the Steves, sometimes both of the Steves) needing some sort of ridiculously athletic activity to participate in.

Anakin, for his part, had ditched the Jedi robes in favor of shorts (oh, the legs, they were so pale), sunglasses, and a trashy sci-fi novel, and was sitting by the pond with his feet in the water with no bullhorn or horrifying t-shirt pile to be seen.

"Relax," he told everyone as they arrived. "There's no trick today."

That would probably not stop people for looking for the trick, but that was because they'd known Anakin for more than ten minutes.

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The last thing Arden remembered before her sudden finching was the library being a complete wreck, so she was very grateful to discover that, at some point in the intervening two weeks, someone or something had cleaned it all up. She couldn't swear that the mess had been the reason for her transformation, but she couldn't completely disregard the possibility, either. Today, however, that seemed unlikely to be a concern either way; the library was spotless. In fact, the circulation desk was practically gleaming in the light.

Hey, wait a minute--

Arden marched over to the desk and examined it closely. Yep, someone had smeared Vaseline on the surface of it. And there were thumbtacks on the chair she normally sat in. And a bucket was perched precariously over the door to Mr. Constantine's office.

Someone had been in the mood for pranks, it appeared.

[ocdless!]

hasaknightjob posting in

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Marc had gone for a walk around the island just to get some movement in. Or that was the reason he told himself. Maybe there was other motivation but nothing he was letting near his conscious thoughts.

Before he headed back he decided to hit the Perk. Coffee for himself, stuff for back home. Not for any particular reason. Or again no reason he was telling himself. At best it was him noticing Illyana had dropped off her usual deliveries and he was feeling inspired.

Of course the replenishment of the vodka stash - which he hadn't made use of yet, just noted and moved a fresh bottle into the freezer of the mini fridge in his office - could just mean getting something for Illyana. But for whatever reason he was thinking about the other residents too.

Nothing he was examining too closely.

The problem was that Steven was the one who remembered crap like preferences and diet. Marc could ask Steven, but doing so felt like cheating. So here Marc was trying to remember.

Watts and Steven were easy, Marc knew their preferences on enough things. Illyana was chocolate donuts (you remembered when it was the person who kept you in good vodka and pastrami). Arden was... not poultry? Which Marc remembered because Watts had just done that radio about her being a bird? But was that even relevant when far as Marc knew there was no such thing as a chicken cupcake?

Yeah, got a little harder as he went down the list. Which was why he was in front of the counter, not in line yet, and studying the selection like it was a text he couldn't translate.

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knightinshinarmor posting in

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It took a judicious application of treats, but Remy managed to head to the store this week without the cats in tow.

Which was good, because the store was particularly . . . fragrant, today.

The source, he quickly discovered, was an extra-large pizza covered in brightly colored, not-easily identified, but likely non-traditional toppings, sitting on the check-out desk.

Remy blinked at it. He poked at it. He sniffed it delicately.

He decided to sit on the other side of the room today.

But hey, customers who may or may not show up: have some pizza! It's on sale. It may or may not be cursed.

[this post brought to you by the not-at-all mysterious pizza my company got for us for lunch. Mine has fried chicken and bacon on it. Mmmmm.]

heroic_jawline posting in

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Today Steve and Tony had on scrimmage pinnies on over their usual paintball protective gear. Steve was in blue, Tony in red.

"We're gonna capture the flag today, troops!" Steve said with entirely too much enthusiasm. "Half of you will be with me on Team Cap, and the other half will be Team Iron Man." He grinned. "And lose. How sad for you."

This was clearly going to end in tears. "We've had a neutral third party hide a blue flag and a red flag somewhere in this course. Whatever team finds the other team's flag first wins! Listen up for your names."

Team Cap:

Cal Kestis
Lana Beniko
Steve McGarrett
Arden Finch
Stark

Team Iron Man:

Thor Odinson
Percy de Rolo
Beckett Mariner
Anakin Skywalker
Prompto Argentum

good_for_six posting in

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Class was being held in the Danger Shop again. Partially because it was far too hot to go to the actual beach, and partially because Isabela was, well, partial to the neon pink sand. Which had a number of pastel coloured toy buckets set up along it.

"Welcome back," Isabela greeted them, and no, neither she nor Aphra would even acknowledge their absence last week. "Today we'll be tackling a class of the beach. Sand castles!"

"We considered making this a competition for best sandcastle to motivate you," Aphra added. "But we decided that really, you're all winners." Plus otherwise they'd have to judge the merits of everyone's castle, and that would be too much like work.

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Kitty liked doing the movie thing on Monday, and was putting up posters advertising the next one, but it opened her up for helpful suggestions from Tino about which ones to do next.

These suggestions elicited answers like, "That's disgusting," "Kids go to this," "No, we're not doing anything gory," and finally, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Fun day over here!

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