"I will say one thing," said Amaya, once the students made it into the Danger Shop, which was set up like a workshop with all the familiar tools and trimmings, and got settled, "this place sure knows how to throw some...interesting things your way. And interesting things can sometimes be weirdly inspiring. I got this idea for class stuck in my head, and how it works out will be another interesting thing.

"Now, as I'm sure quite a few of you did, I had a kid show up this weekend, claimin' to be mine, even though that doesn't make one lick of sense. Nice kid, though, I think she'd have gotten along real well with the lot of you. But that's not the point. The girl was called was Zephyr," and here Amaya turned to a chalkboard behind her and wrote the name vertically, a column of letters, "but her real name was... Zenobia.." She wrote the word out from the Z, "Eduarda," that one from the E, "Percival," from the P, "Hector," yadda yadda yadda, "Yamaya Ramos Jr. the Fourth of Daventry.

"This is a terrible thing to do to a kid," Amaya said, "don't do this to your kid." Even if she apparently had. "But I got to thinking, while it's a terrible way to name a kid, it's not a bad idea for a Creative Weaponry class. Today, we're going to make acrostic weapons. You're going to take the letters of your name and each letter stands for each component of your weapon. This means some of you with longer or shorter names might have a more challenging time, but that's part of the fun of it.

"For an example, here's mine," Amaya said, pulling out a flail that looked straight out of the produce section...which she had, admittedly, been stocking when the idea hit her. "The apple, the avocado, and the apricot are the three As in my name, and I strung them all together in a line using the string from a yo-yo for my Y. And the handle, of course, is a mop handle that I shortened to make it a better size."

She gave a stupidly proud grin. "Not the most effective weapons, but we're not going to practicality today. So now it's your turn. Take a few moments to think about what you'd like to use. All letters of your name should be incorporated in some way. I'll input your list into the shop to get the materials for you and then you can get to work. Lemme know if you have any questions, and good luck!"

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