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Lana welcomed everyone to Portalocity, smiling. "Today we're headed to Tokyo, to the Tsukiji Fish Market, which despite the name has a lot more than fish. It's one of the largest markets on Earth, and a huge tourist attraction, though it is still heavily oriented towards food." Not necessarily a downside.

"We've had to fuss with time in the portals so it's not night, so I've also gotten us four hours to explore. Some people will speak English, but if you're worried, you can get help at the information desk. They can also help you find anything in particular you may be looking for."

The portal opened up, and she waved them through. "Enjoy!"

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“It’s our final class together,” Stark said. “And I’ve brought a friend to help us learn about a hobby. Or it doesn’t have to be a hobby. It can be an entire job, too. So. Prompto is here. To talk to you, to us, about photography. Which some of you know about already. Maybe all of you do? Probably all of you do.”

Stark shrugged. He was getting close to babbling. Maybe it was time for Prompto to talk.

And Prompto had to grin a little, because it was rare when he was actually not the more awkward public speaker in a room. "Hi," he said, waving a hand, while his other held a camera. "I'm Prompto, I know some of you already, and those of you who do know me know that I am all about this thing." He held up the camera in the other hand. "My camera. And photography, which is a really great hobby because all you really need is a camera, and there's tons of different ones out there, from super fancy ones to even just the camera on your phone. I started my photography journey when I was a kid, and it was a really great way for me to explore and understand my world, and so now I'm going to share some of that with you guys. I'm going to talk a little bit about how to use a camera and basic tips for great pics, and then I've got some great Polaroid cameras so that you can use the rest of the class to give it a try and get to see the results right away without having to wait for the film to develop. While also having a cool physical copy of the picture, unlike with your phone!

"So let's get started!"

Stark nodded. “Yes. Let’s.” Look, he also wanted to play with the Polaroids.

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"All right, guys," Raiden told his class. "This week we were gonna go to Sweden to try their unique spin on pizza, but my brothers convinced me that would be cruel." He was not going to expand on that statement. "So instead we're going back to Italy! Why not? We went to multiple locations in the US. It's only fair. So today we're going to Rome, and visiting Casa Manco, a pizza al taglio, or pizza by the slice, spot in the Testaccio food market--so you can do some shopping while we're here! Let's go have some fun and spend some money in Rome, huh?"

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The summery drinks continued to reign at the Devil's Nest, and Tiny was attempting construction of some sort of rampart out of coconuts to one side of the bar.

Thor thought it best not to ask.

Special
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The Devil's Nest is open!

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Lydia had seen a video on Korean barbecue, and it looked fun! Maybe with less alcohol than in the video. She didn't trust some of you not to catch yourselves aflame. But fun! So she had made inquiries of the tiny internet in her phone, and instructed the Supper Club to meet her this time in the suburbs of Baltimore for a Korean barbecue and hot pot dinner.

She didn't know what a hot pot was, actually. But she was looking forward to finding out.

Welcome to Supper Club, everyone!

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*chittery squirrel declaiming*

Are you done?

*chittering*

Yeah, don't give up your day job.

Up at the School, there was a final Shenanigans for the summer, and in the minglers, Stark and Rey were excited to see Summer, though less excited about getting voluntold. The task in question was sad, lonely cooking, actually alone or in pairs. I'm sure Anakin knows a lot about sad, lonely cooking.

Over in the Library, Arden had poetic ghost issues, which explains a few things, and then Gray horrified her with stories of his shenanigans cookery.

The Dorms continued to be quiet, while in Town, there was an 'adorable' infestations of bunnies at Furnado, sandwiches were serious business at the Trooper Station, and Hannibal and Jon turned into a snake and cat respectively.

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The first call came right as Jack was halfway into a Henley (in which he got stuck for an embarrassing thirty seconds, by which time the phone had stopped ringing). The second came as he was digging around for his keycard at the hotel desk (and then dropped it in his effort to get to his phone). The third followed right in the middle of his conversation with the barista at the Perk about the exact amount of sugar to dump into his giant coffee, which was now more sugar than caffeine.

And the fourth, the one he actually managed to pick up in time? Came while he was walking to a table with said very big, very hot coffee in hand.

"Rand," he managed.

"Trent bought a van!"

He was silent for a moment.

"Dane," he said, enunciating very clearly, "This could have been a text."

"Sorry!"

He sank down into a seat and immediately spilled sugar-coffee on his shirt. Sigh.

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There wasn't much going on at the store that day. No new shipments, everything was pretty neat and orderly, and so Luma was left wishing she'd brought with her a book or something. Thankfully, she now also had a phone, and so the majority of her shift was spent mindlessly scrolling through this and that, hoping to find entertainment or inspiration, but mostly just feeling like it was turning her brain to mush.

So she eventually just dropped her phone into a drawer to avoid the temptation and forced herself to go over to pick out a few new nail polishes and settled in to do her nails again. It was almost a ritual, at this point. And even though they weren't colors she would usually put together, she was oddly drawn to a combination of a pale pink (mauve, really), a pistachio green, and a dusky brown, which, oddly enough, left her kind of craving ice cream, and wondering if she should go get some after work and if she should go by herself or invite Eleanor to go with her.

Pixie Dust is open!

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Liz was feeling a lot better after the last two weeks and had decided to try and do some inventory while she was feeling up to it before she sat down to work on the computer.

After she went through the store inventory and changed around some of the front display items, she sat down at the computer to do finish catching up on her spreadsheets, making note of the inventory and what new stock needed to be ordered. After that was spending the rest of the morning catching up on the admin work that she had missed over the last couple of weeks and that was keeping her pretty busy.

[the Photo Hut is open!]

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Their last class together. Liliana wasn't particularly sentimental, but she would miss a class devoted to ranting about someone she particularly loathed. There had been minimal prep needed, mostly just making sure she had a thermos of warm tea and sometimes some maps. That would change next semester, and she enjoyed the ease while she had it.

But then the clock showed nine am. "Welcome to our last class," she greeted. "This is also going to be the class with the least information, sadly. There are many, many holes in this section of the historical record, in no small part because nearly everybody died." Nice, cheery place to start.

( The final battle )

"And that, darlings, was five times Urza ruined everything, and the one time it was a draw. Though, I do want to make it perfectly clear - this is not a full recounting of everything horrible Urza has ever done. It's not even a full recounting of everything Urza has done that we have records of. It's just a high-level overview of the stuff that we had time for this session. Anyone interested in further stories of his many, many, many atrocities will just have to buy me a drink sometime."

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Steven came into the Museum more subdued than normal. Not that there was anything wrong with him per se. He'd had a lovely week so far. And in theory the last thing that had happened to him at the Museum was a nice and incredibly helpful conversation with Liliana (herself so nice and incredibly helpful.)

It was just, you know, before.

So Steven was there, barring time for Stark's class in the morning, doing his work behind the Welcome Desk, and being...

Cautious, was all. Aware.

One might even say twitchy.

He was fine, really.

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Did you wanna know how expensive Legos were as a hobby? Really freakin' expensive. Danny was very much regretting his suggestion that Steve try those out in his slightly forced retirement hobby.

Not enough to change it when Steve actually seemed pretty interested. But. Close.

"How many boats can you even build here?" he muttered under his breath, shamelessly researching this while at work.

[open!]

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It was going to be impossible to compete with the ocean yeeting from last week, so Anakin went in a completely different direction today, with twelve individual tables set up around the park. On the tables were an electric hot plate (plugged in via extension cords that were definitely tripping hazards), a small bowl, a pot that didn't sit level, a coffee mug, a dull chef's knife, a metal soup spoon, a spatula, a chopping board, and a plate.

In the center of the clearing was one rice cooker, one microwave, one ice cream maker, and a variety of fruits and vegetables. There were protein choices inside the fridge under the table holding the small appliances.

Anakin, wearing an Kiss the Cook (but tacky) apron, waved at the ~~incoming victims~~ inhabitants as they arrived. "Today we're mastering the art of cooking in a dormitory. Well, a dormitory not as good as the ones here. Cooking in a bad bachelor apartment! Using only the equipment I have provided, make a savory dish that would impress a first date. You'll have an hour. Halfway through I will pair you up and you will work together to make a dessert. Listen for your name and come grab your apron!"

Rey
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Eleanor
Summer
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Another Wednesday and more notes for me to read. As always. We’ll start with the school where classes are ending.

(Even More) American National Park Tours with Sam Eagle did not tour any parks at all today but instead had a test and watched TV? All right. Paintball! did not go well for me, again, but it went well for Cal. Again.

*chittering*

Quiet.

And then there was Beach! where there was a beach party which may have been a crime or may have been many crimes since we learned last week that nearly everything is a beach crime.

Nothing from the dorms again. Sorry, porg. Perhaps tomorrow. Or today, for tomorrow? So now we have the town.

Marc was at Jeff, God of Biscuits, looking for treats for people. I offered some…advice, I suppose, on that. And Harley came in looking for sweets and found Marc instead and they talked. I hope it helped.

Ignis was at the diner, as usual. Because that’s what he does on Tuesdays. And he left after Liliana arrived because that is what they do on Tuesdays.

*chittering*

I suppose sometimes they stay there, yes, but they leave eventually.

At Atlas Gym, Gladio was…detangling gremlins? I…that seems unwise. How did they get wrapped up in so much ribbon anyway?

Tino was offering movie ideas to Kitty at Caritas. I have to agree with Kitty. Tino’s ideas are not good ones.

That seems to be all from yesterday for today.

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There were three absolutely adorable new bunnies at the shelter this week, which meant that Prompto had a great opportunity to work with Noctra on getting them all set up and teaching her things about rabbits and what they needed, about why they may (or may not!) make a good pet for a person, and for her to actively be involved in all of that. She was a bit more invested in petting the bunnies and giving them new names and making up stories about them (most of them involving adventures to find carrots), but that was fine, too! Prompto wanted Furnado days to be educational, yes, but one of his favorite things ever was the chance to really give Noctra the chance to explore her imagination....mostly because he got to play around and explore his own imagination, too.

And he was definitely preparing himself for at least a week of Noctra wanting to wear bunny ears and hop around everywhere they went, too, and that was also great, because he could already see how much it would tire her out to make her more susceptible to naps. Also, if she ended up wanting to eat more carrots, too? Also great!

Win/win all around!

Furnado is open!

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Twas the last week of classes and all through the room,
The aide was found cleaning, with dustrag and broom.
The books were all shelved with precision and care;
In wait for the new year which soon would be there.
The surfaces were scrubbed, now all sparkly and bright;
The gremlins in timeout for starting a fight.
Whence from the stacks there arose such a clatter,
The aide jumped three feet, yelling, "Yo, what's the matter?"
Suspicious as always, towards the clamor she crept,
Was it perhaps her big brother, falling down as he slept?
Or maybe a bat gotten lost in the sauce,
Or perhaps 'twas a student, or Belle, or her boss!
More noises came, a thump, a SLAM! and a rattle--
Perhaps were some alots locked in battle?
The aide peeped 'round, and saw at 5 feet at most,
None of those things, but a terrible g-g-g-ghost!
She squeaked out a curse, her eyes open wide,
And flew to her desk, away that spectre who'd died!
She turned and she fled, with the ghost right behind;
"Slow down," it moaned, "I'm paying a fine!"
The aide shook her head, and to a halt she did skid,
And turned and looked closely, "Why--you're just a kid!"
"Yes," it wailed, "and I find I can't rest,
"Not until I've paid off, all ten of my debts.
"I loved to read greatly, any book fell to hand,
"The libraries worked constant, to keep up with demand.
"But returning the books? Oh I was quite bad at that,
"And it turns out that heaven is run by stern bureaucrats.
"Who denied me my entrance till I had mended my way,
"Till all books returned and all debts be repaid."
"Goddess this island," the aide said, hand on her chin,
"Bring me your books and I'll check them all in."
The ghost cheered, "Yippee!" and brought her his books,
And waited with breath baited and upon tenterhooks,
To hear the sum total the amount that he owed,
And was shocked to see all the numbers zeroed.
"Wait," cried he, "You mean I owe not a dime?"
"I can move on--you mean it, it's finally time?"
"Sure is," said the aide, "so go with my blessing,
"Well, once you pick up those those books you were messing."
"Too late!" cried the spirit, "Bye now, I'm gone!
"You're on your own now, good luck, bye, so long!"
And the aide watched the soul vanish in bright light and rhymes,
Shook her head then grumbled, "I hate this island sometimes."

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Class was being held in a classroom today. Why? Maybe Sam forgot to order a portal. Or maybe he was planning a test!

Sorry, students. It was the latter. Sam was like that.

"I have written an exam for you, students! It should take no more than the class period to complete.”
And most things on it you’d never been taught. Sam was like that.

Sam was also watching more of the Ken Burns National Parks miniseries. He would not actually notice if you watched along with him. And it wasn’t like he was going to grade these exams. Come on.

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What up, Fandom, it's me, ya girl Arden Finch, and boy do I have some notes for you! Okay, so real talk, they're not really all the much different than our usual notes, but it's the last week of summer classes so we're hyping it up, okay?

So, last time reading this specific set of classes on this specific day of School...Teamwork simulated an invasion, suggesting people fight together as practice for when a real invasion happens. Which they do, sometimes, just as an FYI. 2 Creative 2 Problem had a comedy roast for their last session together. It says here that Cal came in last and...yeah, that tracks, actually. I bet he felt guilty the whole time. How To Waste Time On The Internet watched cat videos, a tried and true internet staple, and Destiny & Free Will got their fortunes told and then went to a casino in Monaco to see if they could thwart those destinies. Wait, Gray, were you allowed in that one? I thought that the whole family--

Never mind. Not important now. Anyway, no Dorms, but in Town, a number of folks were out and about. The Infinite Consortium was pretending to be the Wild West with an electro-lasso or something. Both Professor Vess and Dr. Blake knocked over a suit of armor, but then the squirrel wandered off. Pick Your Poison was once again undergoing an angry cleaning, which is one way to make sure that your place stays spotless. Ms. Nell was going through overpriced catalogues at Covent Garden Flowers - was it Williams-Sonoma? - at least until Steven - hi, Steven! - came in to drop off a friendship bracelet. Aww! That's sweet! And then they talk about how nice Professor--hmm. Really? Errr, anyway, Steven asked Ms. Nell if she'd help him come up with an interactive exhibit for the museum and they brainstormed about that for awhile. Pizza Planet was still delighting us with summer flavors, and at the Clinic, I guess Stabby was delighting Professor James Stark and the nurses with his tap dancing. Oooookayyyy.

Mr. Blackwood met up with Dr. Isley, Rey, and Lydia before they went off on a...shipping adventure? What?

*squirrely chittering*

Oh, a shopping adventure. Yeah, your handwriting sucks. There was a lot of strategizing and a fair bit of mimic potions, and then they all left looking they they just stepped out of a Glamour magazine photoshoot. Lydia was in a two piece pink outfit that showed her abdomen? Rey was in a sparkly gold miniskirt? Dr. Isley was 'backyard garden party but make it glam?' And Adrian was 'expensive Italian suits at discount taste'? What? Half of this, I don't even know what it means, and the other half, I'm not sure I believe. Anyway, uhh, I hope you had fun shopping?

The bee lady had the whole Trooper Station writing her bees individual thank you cards, except for Officer McGarrett and I can't really blame him for that. The park saw Ms. Pryde-Barton hosting a movie night for ~~meta-for~~ The Princess Bride. Raiden brought pizza, and he and Professor James talked about fresh fruit and delicious pizza. Ms. Solo-Fel had never seen the movie, where it was one of Ms. Nell's favorites, which she got to watch with Professor Amicita. Mr. Tiny was also there, for religious reasons, which left Mr. Northman to tend the bar at Devil's Nest, and Ms. Solo-Fel stopped by to make him make her a drink.

And that's it for radio! Now I gotta run off - it's my last chance to kick Cal's BLEEP in Paintball for the summer! So this is ya girl, Arden Finch, signing off, and leaving you to enjoy Karliene's Become the Beast. Bye Fandom!

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