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Good morning, FoLCS!

Take your seats and turn with me to chapter one. School is back in session, and it's the theme of this month's FDK Scavenger Hunt! Your assignment is to leave feedback on a story which involves school and/or homework. Rules are as follows:

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1. Find a fic that fits the current theme (see above) and leave a comment on it.

2. Your FDK Post Must include a mention of this scavenger hunt, a genuine comment on the story (this is an FDK Challenge, after all), and a quote from the story which proves that it does fit the theme.

3. When you have made your post, report back here for grading.

4. The fanfic can be from anywhere, as long as it's specifically L&CTNAOS. (See Scoring...)

5. Whether the fic is complete or not does not matter. WIPs welcome.

6. If the fic has multiple chapters, you only need to comment on one; preferably the most relevant one.

7. IF and ONLY IF there is nowhere to leave FDK, you may start a thread for it yourself.

8. You MAY NOT tag a fic once someone else has tagged it. No copying someone else's work!

9. You MAY NOT tag your own fic. Leaving yourself FDK is just silly.

10. YOU MAY ENTER MORE THAN ONCE. (See Below)

This month, we will not have any scoring. Instead, you will be given a grade as follows:

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D - A school, or something distinctly school-related, is mentioned in the fic.
E.g. "Lois and Clark drove past a schoolbus on their way to something actually plot-relevant."

C - A school, or something distinctly school-related., affects the plot.
E.g. "Clark could not attend the emergency because he had to help his kid with a homework assignment."

B - The story contains an entire scene either set in a school or based around homework, teachers, etc.
E.g. "Lois wasn't sure why Perry wanted her to interview a math teacher for eight paragraphs, but here she was..."

A - Either Lois, Clark, or another main character is a Student or Education worker
E.g. "Lois wished she had gotten a job at the Planet instead of becoming a lunch lady."

You may enter as many times as you wish, and your highest grade will be the one you keep. Ready? Pencils sharp? Now GO!


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Clark Kent stared out at his classroom, willing one of his students to twitch perceptively enough to legitimately call it a raised hand. Most of the class was glancing desperately at the clock, or shrinking into their chairs. A few girls near the front had their chins resting on their hands, gazing up at him with near predatory gazes. That unnerved him slightly, but finally a quiet girl named Kaitlin raised her hand timidly.

Pleased that the normally reserved girl was finally speaking, Clark immediately called on her.

"The l-light represents a divine judgment, as if God is b-baring their sins for a verdict. When their hands join, it's a symbol of them mutually a-acknowledging each other."

Clark Kent is a teacher

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Lois slid into her seat in Mrs. Redwick's class just as the bell finished ringing. As the old woman stared at her, Lois stared right back, refusing to be intimidated.

"Miss… Lane, is it?" she began. Lois tensed. This was never good. Throughout the morning, none of her teachers had made her do anything too embarrassing. Miss Garza had told her to stand and say her name and where she was from, but that was easy enough. This woman, Mrs. Redwick, looked like she ate kids for lunch.

"Miss Lane, please stand and tell us about yourself and your expectations for this year."

Inwardly rolling her eyes, Lois gave Mrs. Redwick her most polite smile — one anyone close to her would instantly recognize as totally fake — and stood to face her bored classmates.

And Lois a student.

Teaching Indecency by Laura S

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Jumping back into the game.

Several fics immediately came to mind, but this one was first because I just finished re-reading it last week and am currently re-reading the sequel. It is one of my all-time favorite fics.

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Home by Nan Smith, posted in 2000

Lori Lyons is a journalism student at NTSU.

Review should show up eventually, meanwhile I also attached it below.

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Hi Nan,

We got another Scavenger Hunt on the boards, this time about school:
https://www.lcficmbs.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/topics/300519/fdk-scavenger-hunt-september-2024

So, what better story to pick (except for the junior-Kents in the Dagger series) than the start of the Home series?

> Anyone who knows my writing knows that I never go for the unhappy ending, so I can reassure you on that point, but if either of the other ideas bothers you, don't read the story. It is never my intention to upset anyone.

I read this the first time so long ago and it sure also helped with the *eep* factor regarding poor Lori!

> Lori glanced nervously to her right and left as she hurried along.

You do creepy so well!

> the fact that their neighbors seemed to be perpetually bringing in guys and -- well, Lori would rather not imagine what she thought she heard going on through the thin walls of the dorm rooms.

Well, I would assume it’s in-depth studying for the upcoming biology exam on human reproduction?

> In any case, studying was pretty close to impossible, so she had formed the habit of going to the library and staying until it closed.

I’m quoting this as one of the indications about Lori being a student in this tory to mark the story as prescribed by our task master.

> The distance to the dorm rooms was farther than she cared to walk in the dark that now stretched ahead of her on the path.

You know, thinking about Murder by Earthlight, you did a creepy walk in the dark at the start of the series and at the end. Unless you give us another chapter some day?

> The two girls had escaped alive, but although one had gotten away with only a couple of bruises, the other had been raped and beaten.

Eeep! Nan doesn’t do that to Lois. Nan doesn’t to that to Lois. /goes back to reading/

> When a dark figure emerged from the vegetation onto the path ahead of her it wasn't even a surprise.

Tell that to the character. /hugs self/

> This was it, she knew. If she didn't get away, she would be lucky to escape with only a rape and a beating.

Eeep! Eeeep! Eeeeep!

> A gust of air swirled about her and suddenly he was there; a tall, caped figure in the darkness,

Oh no, it’s one of the stories where Superman has to hide a body!

> It was one of the super-heroes, she realized, the new one who had appeared only two years ago. The one in the old Superman uniform, who looked so much like the pictures of his grandfather, or perhaps his great grandfather, the original Superman who had vanished fifty years ago.

Hi Clark! /waves/

> "Here." One handed, he reached up to detach his cape. "He tore your clothes."

Awwwww…

> Her assailant wasn't so lucky. Superman was holding him by the back of his pants and he dangled awkwardly, his arms flailing in the air.

Super-wedgy for the win!

> Besides, maybe they would fly.

Awwwww

> And I don't care if the Administration doesn't like it, I'm going to write this up for the school paper, tomorrow! They've ignored student safety around here long enough. If it hadn't been for Superman, I'd be dead right now. Others might not be so lucky.

And she’s all fired up!

> She was a twenty year old Journalism major at NTSU. It figured, he thought, shaking his head. He should have known.

Yep.

> Only, how was he to proceed, now?

Ring shopping.

> And then the time he dreaded had come at last. He had lost his beloved wife at the age of 108.

/points at heartstrings being pulled/

> And tomorrow, he would take his resume to the Daily Planet.

You know, considering the next story (which you hadn’t plotted at the time this was written) the resume might have been overkill.

> Anyone who had looked up at that moment wouldn't have believed the sight that greeted his eyes, for he would have seen Superman doing loop-the-loops across the sky. Life was suddenly full of promise once more.

Awwwww

> The End

The Beginning.

Time for a re-read some time in the future. That would be number 4. Or 5. Hmm… I think 4, probably.

/waves/ Michael


Edit: It did show up and snipped out the leading ">" to highlight the quotes. FDK on the boards is so much easier.

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Got another one:

AnnieM's and KathyB's Written in the Stars, part 1 of What the Heart Wants.

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Hi Mary,

since Amanda posted two, I can't not post a second one, either!

Fireworks by VirginiaR.

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My entry for this challenge is Homecoming by Shayne Terry.

FDK: FDK: Homecoming 1

D - A school, or something distinctly school-related, is mentioned in the fic.

Lois is investigating a football scandal in High School.

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Sneaking into the boys’ locker room wasn’t like her at all. Lois didn’t even go to parties, much less wander around looking through jockstraps and dirty underwear. Still, if she was going to uncover the dirty laundry she was looking for, she didn’t have a choice.

If Louie would show her how to pick locks like he’d promised, she’d have been able to slip into the school at night, without the risk being caught. As it was, her only option had been to slip in after the football team began their early morning practice and and hope for the best.


C - A school, or something distinctly school-related., affects the plot.

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The third set of files was different. She flipped through them and felt a growing sense of excitement. The school was changing grades for athletes so that they’d be eligible to play under the new no pass-no play rules. New Troy had been the second state to adopt the rules after Texas, and the coaches weren’t happy about it.

She began clicking her camera.


B - The story contains an entire scene either set in a school or based around homework, teachers, etc.

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“It’s every student’s responsibility to get his assignments for time he’s missed,” Mr. Johnson said. “One of your many friends should have informed you of your assignment.”

“I was only gone for 15 minutes.”

Mr. Johnson didn’t reply, simply looked at her with raised eyebrows.

“Who is my partner?” Lois asked tiredly. At least she’d only lost two days to do the project.

“Young Mr. Kent, of course,” Mr. Johnson said. “As he was the only other student missing from class when the assignment was made.”


A - Either Lois, Clark, or another main character is a Student or Education worker.

Clark and Lois are students.

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The class she shared with Kent was the last of the day. Of course it would be; this would be the place where he would humiliate her, his chance to climb the social ladder by pushing her down.

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Alright, everyone, pencils down! Final grades are in:

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Bakasi - A

AmandaK - A

DathMichael - A

UltraWoman - A

Plus extra credit to all of you for the fantastic fic recs; I'll probably have a lot of reading to do over the summer. laugh

Class dismissed. smile


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Plus extra credit to all of you for the fantastic fic recs; I'll probably have a lot of reading to do over the summer.
/eyes calendar/

MARY: angel-devil

/eyes Mary's muse/

Oh, *that's* why we're still waiting many a new ficlet!

/whispers/ it's been weeks now! wink

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