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apologizeswithpie ([personal profile] apologizeswithpie) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-04 03:12 pm

Around Town, Wednesday Afternoon

Sure it was still cold, but apparently Demons weren't immune to the whole "you get used to one temperature so then any change feels significant" thing.

So low to mid 30's after over a week of single digit temperatures? Positively balmy!

Plus even extreme introverts sometimes get cabin fever so Gregorith was out and about, contemplating trying to build a snow man. Or possibly a slush man.

[Le open]
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Adrian Blackwood ([personal profile] witchoftheflesh) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-04 01:23 pm

Pick Your Poison, Wednesday

Boston had finally convinced Adrian to download a music app onto his phone, which meant that Adrian could now listen to music while cleaning up the shop. Currently, he was moving stock around while dusting the shores while listening to 'Mood For A Day' by Yes.

Listen. He'd grown up in a witch commune. Prog rock had been inescapable.
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Arden Finch ([personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-04 01:18 pm
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Fandom Library, Wednesday, February 4th

Arden couldn't skip two weeks of work, even though she felt 'bitten by a gremlin' was a really good excuse for missing one, and so she was back behind the circulation desk today. With a book. And determinedly ignoring everything the gremlins did, so long as they were doing it more than five feet away from her. See if the little jerks got any attention from her for awhile.
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Gray ([personal profile] napking) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-04 11:36 am
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Over Easy, Wednesday

"Okay! Everybody's going to talk as little as possible, okay? And remember, if you can't say something nice, shove a waffle in your mouth. Okay."

Gray had this management thing down pat.

Special
Chocolate Waffles


Over Easy is open!
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John Constantine ([personal profile] talentforlying) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-04 10:20 am
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The Long Con, Wednesday, Period 1 [2/4]

"I would say I'm sorry I missed last week, but I'm not," John said bluntly as everyone arrived. "I went to get supplies for class, and got sidetracked making some bets." He pulled a fistful of bills out of his pocket and tossed it all on his desk. "But now we have decent counterfeit cash for you delinquents to play with."

Was it an Honesty Day? Honestly, Constantine wouldn't even fucking notice.

"You're all broke students, so you'll like this one," he continued. "Change raising, also known as a quick-change artist, is a common short con and involves an offer to change an amount of money with someone, while at the same time taking change or bills back and forth to confuse the person as to how much money is actually being changed. The most common form, 'the Short Count', has been featured prominently in several movies about grifting, notably Nueve Reinas, The Grifters, Criminal, and Paper Moon." Yes, John watched movies. What else was there to do around here?

"For example, a con artist shopping at a gas station pays for a cheap item - under a dollar, say, for you Americans - and gives the clerk a ten dollar bill. The con gets back nine ones and the change then tells the clerk he has a one and will exchange ten ones for a ten. Now, here's the con: get the clerk to hand over the $10 before handing over the ones. Then the con hands over nine ones and the $10. The clerk will assume a mistake and offer to swap the ten for a one. Then the con will probably just say: "Here's another one, give me a $20 and we're even." Notice that the con just swapped $10 for $20. The $10 was the store's money, not the scammer's."

"Now, say you're the clerk. To avoid this con, keep each transaction separate and never ever permit the customer to handle the original ten before handing over the ten ones. It's just common sense."

"Another variation is to flash a $20 bill to the clerk, then ask for something behind the counter. When the clerk turns away, the con artist can swap the bill he is holding to a lesser bill. The clerk might then make change for the larger bill, without noticing it has been swapped. The technique works better when bills are the same colour at a glance like, for instance, American money. It doesn't work so well in places where a ten is pink and a twenty blue, and so on, unless you've scooped your mark in advance and know he's colorblind."

"A similar technique exists when a con comes to a gas station with a young clerk, buying something cheap, showing him an uncommonly huge bill while not giving it and telling the clerk to prepare the change. While he's busy counting the change, the con would ask many questions in order to disturb the young clerk. When change is counted and ready the con is acting as if he had given the huge bill. If the clerk does not remember having received the bill, the con will say he gave him the money. If the clerk is weak or disturbed enough, he could let the scammer go away with the change."

"Now here's your money." John started pulling even more counterfeit money out of his pockets, tossing random handfuls on their desks. "See if you can scam each other, and keep a hold of your own money at the same time."
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Octavia Blake ([personal profile] okteiviakom) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-04 04:21 pm

The Devil's Nest, Wednesday Evening

Octavia was not at the axe range, this week. She was behind the bar.

But the axes were spread out in front of her on the bar. She suspected they hadn't necessarily seen a whole lot of maintenance over the years, and, well, she had the time and some of the skill. And no, she would not be lobbing them at anyone.

Odds were she was going to be unnecessarily truthful, however. She hadn't had enough conversations in her day just yet to have caught on to what day it was.

[ooc: Annnnnd open.]
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Rey Skywalker ([personal profile] thatwaslucky) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-04 08:00 am
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The Perk- Wednesday morning

If Rey knew it was truth day, she'd have not left home and maybe locked her phone in a closet or something for the day. But she didn't, so when she stopped in at the Perk and sat down with her drink, she was startled when a very personal argument broke out among the two baristas.

Now she was left wondering if she should leave, or if that would make things worse? They were getting into who stole whose boyfriend years ago and she was trying to figure out the best time to escape unnoticed before someone cried.


[Open!]
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Stark ([personal profile] stykera) wrote in [community profile] fandom_radio2026-02-04 09:02 am

Fandom Radio, Wednesday 2/4

Are you certain this is all? Really? Nothing from the town or the dorms and just these from the school?

*chittering*

It just seems you could have handled these yourselves instead of making me go outside. I would rather be asleep and warm. Or at least warm.

So. Feeding Yourself 101 students were introduced to frozen pizzas and all the toppings that can be put on them. A very useful lesson. Raiden’s pizzas are better. That’s also a good lesson. And then there was meditation in Ethics followed by a strange black and red man telling us something bad about a group.

And that’s all. I’m going somewhere warmer now. Probably my bed.
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Isabela ([personal profile] good_for_six) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-04 09:07 pm
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Creative Writing [Wednesday, Period Two]

"Welcome back, everyone!" No, neither Isabela nor Aphra would be explaining or acknowledging their absence last week.

"Today we'll be doing some flash writing exercises," Aphra said. "Because sometimes the best way to get really creative is to put yourself in a situation where you can't over think things."

Isabela waved an arm in the direction of what could only be described as an oversized slot machine. "You can get a prompt by pulling the handle," she explained. "Then you'll have fifteen minutes to write something inspired by that prompt, then we'll rinse and repeat for the rest of the class."
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Kitty Pryde-Barton ([personal profile] throughaphase) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-04 07:03 am

Glitter. - Wednesday- 3rd period

They were in a classroom today, where all the desks had been pushed against the walls, and a giant white tarp had been laid down under a long piece of butcher block paper, with supplies placed neatly next to it.

Kitty also knew what day it was because she'd been humbled by a first grader this morning, and she was deeply annoyed she had to be out and talking today.

"I'm annoyed I have to be out and talking today," she announced to the class. "And today I'm going to put you to work making the banner for Three Minute Dates, because I don't actually have any kind of syllabus for this class and this is what you're getting. I've got a bunch of supplies here, you can do what you want to it. The only rule is: the more glitter the better."

She added, "And I'll deny I ever said that if asked later."
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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2026-02-03 10:25 pm

Minor operations; testing new serving path

Hi all!

I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.

Thank you!

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carbsliftthespirit ([personal profile] carbsliftthespirit) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-03 12:37 pm

Feeding Yourself 101, Tuesday, First Period

"Okay!" Raiden told his class. "Today we're going to learn about God's perfect food: pizza. Now, this is basic cooking, so we're not going to make pizza from scratch. That's another class. Instead, we're going to explore the wonderful world of frozen pizza. When it comes to frozen pizzas, the world is your oyster. There are all sorts of options in the grocery store now, and if none of those float your boat you can buy a cheese pizza and add the toppings you want to it. Me, I'm a 'more is more' guy, so I go for a supreme or a meat lover's." Mmmm. Meat. "And if you're not adding stuff, you just read the directions on the packaging and follow them. Easy peasy! Just remember to let your pizza cool for a few minutes after you take it out of the oven, so it's not the same temperature as lava. Now, I've got a handwavey selection of pizzas for you guys to choose from, plus some toppings you can add. Get to pizzaing!" That was a verb, right?
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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-03 11:12 am
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Ethics, Tuesday, February 3

"Good morning, everyone," Anakin said. "Today we're going to talk about what to do when an organization you belong to turns out to be disappointing and morally corrupt."

The Jedi, the Senate, the Republic, Anakin himself...

"And what not to do." Like not becoming a Sith.

These things happen!

Anakin nodded. "Because in the moment, it's hard to remember your training."

"Which might be why it's a good idea to spend all that time meditating." So you didn't accidentally a fascism.

Again, something something peer pressure!

"We'll be starting with meditation," Anakin agreed. "And then we'll get to the horrors."

Ahsoka had somehow never been peer pressured into committing the horrors. "Yes, the horrors."

Because Anakin had been a good teacher?

Anakin had been an excellent teacher. Which made it all the more baffling.

"Everyone on the floor," Anakin said, matching words to action and settling easily onto the ground. "Eyes closed, focusing on your breathing."

"Just let your mind empty of thoughts," Ahsoka added.
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Kitty Pryde-Barton ([personal profile] throughaphase) wrote in [community profile] fhplotterywheel2026-02-03 09:00 am
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3MD Reminder!

Hey, all! Just a reminder that if you want to sign up for Three Minute Datesbon Saturday, you can do so here.

As of right now numbers are such that it might not happen. Signups go through tomorrow night so we'll see what happens by then!
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Arden Finch ([personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows) wrote in [community profile] fandom_radio2026-02-03 12:32 am

Fandom Radio, Tuesday, February 3rd

Hey there Fandom. What's up, it's me, ya girl Arden Finch, coming at you live on this frigid Tuesday morning. Yeah, it's less cold than last week, but you really don't get any points for clearing that bar when it's basically in Hell.

Anyway, in School, Professor Sims lost his notes for Squirrel!, so we met in the library and did some private learning on our own. Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques brought us to Sur La Table to learn about the importance of a good knife in cooking, and Tasks! got basketballs through hoops without using their hands.

No Dorms, but we've got Town. At the Magpie Emporium, Vi was playing on her phone, while Dr. Isley was reading a book at Pick Your Poison. Caleb learned how much huskies love playing in snow at Furnado, and in more animal rights' news, Raiden was refusing to put groundhog on pizzas at Pizza Planet. Rey stopped by for lunch and they discussed what groundhogs might like to eat on a pizza. Regular ones? Who knows. The ones on this island? Who could even say? And at the Trooper Station, Officer McGarrett was shaming the groundhog for its prediction and good for you, Officer. Nobody needs six more weeks of this! Lastly, at the Clinic, Professor James Stark was enjoying a new stained glass nightlight--in the shape of a crab, of course.

Anyway, that's all for me! So talk to you later, island, cause this is ya girl, Arden Finch, signing off and leaving you to enjoy Tyler Braden's DEVIL YOU KNOW. Bye!
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Stark ([personal profile] stykera) wrote in [community profile] fandom_clinic2026-02-02 06:37 pm

Fandom Clinic, Monday 2/2

Coffees and Stark arrived at the usual time today certainly not many hours late because someone is sick.

The lights were turned down low and there were new lights plugged in around the room when he entered.

"I like it," Stark said, looking around appreciatively. "It's...cozy."

Stabby's current napping state seemed to indicate he agreed.

The clinic was open, the crab was snoozing, and the alien was in.
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Steve McGarrett ([personal profile] grenadesandohana) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-02 02:22 pm

Trooper Station, Monday, February 2, 2026

Steve got off the phone with Duke in Honolulu for a quick check on Junior in his first week at the Academy (so far, Junior was a try-hard who was outstripping everyone in his class and annoying all the slackers. Steve smirked to himself. Good job, Junior), then opened a link that one of Danny's sisters had sent him about all the groundhog days around the world.

(Hawaii didn't do it because it didn't have winter.)

"Snack Town Steve, you're a disgrace to all Steves," Steve told his computer. "We don't need six more weeks of this."
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Hannibal Lecter ([personal profile] sharp_man) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-02 10:38 am
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Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques, period two

Class had been handwavily asked to meet at Portalocity today, and Hannibal smiled at the students when they arrived. "Good morning. There are several field trips we may take this semester, to experience first-hand some things that might benefit from it."

He paused. "If any of you have difficulties with green light, I suggest you don sunglasses before we embark." He wasn't particularly fond of this world's sun, but the people at the store were very friendly and helpful.

Once anybody who wanted to had put on their glasses, Hannibal waved them through the portal )
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carbsliftthespirit ([personal profile] carbsliftthespirit) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2026-02-02 09:17 am
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Pizza Planet, Monday

"No, we're not--we're not putting groundhog on a pizza. Because they'll be mad at us, that's why. We should be making groundhog-friendly pizzas. What do they eat? Grass? Okay, yeah, we're not doing that. We've got some dandelion greens, maybe I can do something with that...hey, why do we have so much Gorgonzola?"

Specials
Potato, Caramelized Onion, & Gorgonzola Pizza
Dandelion Green Pesto, Fig, & Prosciutto Pizza with Gorgonzola
Cherry & Caramelized Onion Pizza with Brie & Gorgonzola


Pizza Planet is open!
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Jonathan Sims ([personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2026-02-02 10:15 am

Squirrel! Period one

Today, class would find a paper taped to the classroom door like it was the 20th century: Squirrel class: Meet in the library. - Jonathan Sims

When they got there, they would find Jon looking slightly disheveled and very sheepish.

"So I...um. Well, I got distracted last night and forgot where I put the notes for class, and I couldn't find them this morning, either." You would think an entity of knowledge would be helpful here, but the Eye just seemed to be enjoying Jon's mortification.

"Fortunately, that is more or less on-brand for this class, so we'll call it a learning experience - it's best to keep things in specific places rather than putting them down...somewhere. And today will be a study period. We've got books, computers, CDs, and videos here. Learn something new and come back and tell us at the end of class. Even if all you learn is how they organize the library."