Zander looked at Simon to explain, but before he could it looked like Sophie had hopped on bored. Sorry Simon, we've got geocachers to save! Seeing as Sophie had already dived forward to grab one of the pencils sticks, he dropped on the ground to grab the remaining two. Handing on over to Simon with his left hand, and keeping the other in his right he turned to look over at the yeti group and then BAM SOPHIE WAS RUNNING TOWARDS THEM.

PRETEND GIRLFRIEND WAIT!!

....... MILLIONS $$$ WHAT!? There was no way he was going to let the other group take that all for themselves! So he started running towards them too.


Before he reached them however, he heard Lex... Or whoever she was in this scene... calling out instructions to capture Sophie! OH NO SHE DIDN'T.

Sophie was his friend now--ahem pretend girlfriend O__O--they couldn't take her away! Man, he was really getting into this whole act. Ahem. "HEY, DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" He had a STICK thing!! And with that he ran right to his pretend girlfriend's side with STICK in hand.

Maybe this was the secret to being a true Gryffindor? The acts that came along with geocaching? Could they just be geocachers all the time from now on...?

He frowned at both of them and reluctantly picked up a stick. It would be good to have it with him. When Sophie ran out, he dropped it and picked up his wand (a pencil) because if their were wizards and snow monsters then he would surely need it. Clutching it closer to him, he watched as Zander scrambled after Sophie bravely. Heh. Yeah. Simon was just going to wait here and shake his head at his two mates because the situation just got ten times worse. Once again the boy realized that this was why he generally spent his afternoons reading a book with a nice cup of tea by the fireplace and not geocaching with muggles.

Sure, there was money involved but he wasn't going to be fools like the rest of them. Nu-uh. He was much smarter than them all. He folded his arms for a bit and waited underneath a desk until he felt a bad feeling rise in his tummy. Soon enough, Simon found himself standing up and running towards his friends, the monsters, and the hunters.

WAIT. Did that female hunter say YETIS?

He raced out and decided to be the voice of reason between the hunters and his friends. Because by the way the lovebirds were doing it, they were going to be ended up being sold too with the yetis. Probably as Yeti food. Yikes."Woah. Woah. Woah. We're not taking the yetis. We're just simple casual geocachers on a quest," he tried with a happy go-lucky smile on his face. Yes, that was his character. The easy passionate negotiator. All of a sudden, he narrowed his eyes. "And they're not yours to take," he explained holding his fake wand (pencil) up high as if he were in a duel.

Continuing to walk around the room, Nessa noticed that it appeared that many of the students were finished with their preparations and were ready to present their ideas to the class. She turned her attention to the first group.. or rather three groups. And how wonderful.. what started off as a mock Yeti interview turned into a demonstration of a traditional Yeti mating dance ritual which then turned into a skit combining two other group's skits! Simply marvelous! A Yeti family.. a group of wizards in search of potions ingredients.. a group of muggle travelers.. such action, drama, and suspense! She loved it! On her feet, they got a round of applause and beamy smiles from the History of Magic professor. They really seemed to capture.. well, quite a few things.

SPOILER!!: Lucy's presentation

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Originally Posted by Chiara

Lucy had finished writing the song. It was a first attempt but she was satisfied.
She regretted not having brought her bagpipes at school..
But at the end of the school she would have played her song !
Then she cleared her voice and she began to sing the text of the song....

When it was Lucy's turn to present her ideas, Nessa was all eyes and ears for the young Gryffindor. Had she chosen to work alone? She supposed that was just fine, though sometimes it was fun just to bounce ideas off of someone else. Hoping it wasn't a shyness or social issue, she would make sure to keep a better eye on that next time. She beamed at the little lion as she began to sing about a sad and lonely Yeti earning her claps at the end. "Lovely job!"

SPOILER!!: AJ, Angel, Adi, Ian

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Adi did such a good job. She couldn't help but to beam from ear to ear. AJ wanted to shout and holler, and jump up and down, but she was supposed to be in character so she played it cool. Once he was done with his song it was her and Angel's cue. There were a lot of people in the class, but she wasn't stage shy. With a look at Angel she skipped her way to the front of the class.

"Oh no Mr. Yeti. Why so sad?" AJ looped arms with Angel and the smile she already had on her face got bigger. Ahem.

"Why do you have to be a sad Yeti?
Why do you have to cry?...
There no need to be this sad...
We are friends for life.
Oh, Mr. Yeti, don't look so sad. Just because you're big hairy doesn't mean you're scary…
You love the cold and we think that's bold, that height of yours makes it hard for anyone to beat you in a fight, though fire can turn any situation dire

Why don't you put on a smile?
Why don't you listen to what I say?
There's no need to be down and gloomy
We are friends for life."

When the song was over, she skipped over to Adi and looped her arm with his. SEEEE, yetis were bad m'kay. How'd they do?

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Angel was singing her song.

"Why do you have to be a sad Yeti?
Why do you have to cry?...
There no need to be this sad...
We are friends for life. "

Angel was totally enjoying herself and she was singing around when suddenly before she could get the last verse done, she was falling over.

EEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angel wasn't sure if Ian had seen her or not but when he had gone backwards he had fallen into her and had made her fall over. "Oh I don't think that was in the script Mr Yeti!!" Angel giggled.

And then a group of four was up next. What creative little souls they were! Turning her attention to this group of students as they presented their project, Nessa watched intently as they began. A wonderful song with very inspiring lyrics.. along with an interpretive dance.. and costuming! "Wonderful!" They also got enthusiastic applause and beamy smiles.

SPOILER!!: Mo and Maddie

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"I'm 100% an evil genius," Mo helped move the mountain around so Maddie could place the campers and tent and yetis on their diorama, and then he stepped back with her. That was actually really good work. Very impressive.

"Proud of you, little buddy. You're a great partner. Are you ready to go up and make our presentation?" He carefully lifted the diorama and carried it to the front of the classroom. He'd just hold it and let Maddie talk, right?

Or maybe he'd talk a little. "So this is our diorama of a genuine yeti cave, complete with baby yetis. The mama yeti is mad protective of those babies, and these campers are WAY too close."

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"I'll keep that in mind when I'm a world ruler." That was a promise mmkay, Branxton? Maddie smiled a little at him and then at their work. Hopefully everyone else was as great at recognizing masterpieces as they were.

Proud. That was a word the first year didn't hear very often and her cheeks MIGHT have turned pink but if anyone asked, she'd just say it was a trick of the light. Maddison Cooper did NOT blush. "You're great too, Mo. Ready when you are." And he was ready, apparently. She'd let him start them off.

"The campers are ALSO careless because they're falling ASLEEP without putting our their FIRE." The twelve year old's eyes were big as she motioned towards the flames Mo had created. "CLEARLY they never heard of that Smokey the Bear character because they do NOT seem concerned about forest fires or the creatures living nearby." OUTRAGEOUS, right? Was everyone's blood boiling yet?

Maddie glanced over at Mo and gave him a small smile. He was the yeti fan so he could finish them off? She'd just stand there and look CUTE and incredibly SMART.

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It wasn't a forest, really, and Mo didn't know that they had named their yeti Smokey, but he nodded along happily as Maddie talked. Everything she was saying was absolutely true, and those careless campers were to blame for so much that was wrong in the world. Like making yetis grumpy, and apparently forest fires.

"Right, right. So the yeti, being perfectly legitimate in its disgruntlement, now fears the terrible flame of the careless camper. When she sees the plushy goretex jackets and colorful tents of the camper, it reminds her of the frightening fire, and she reacts out of fear. Which is perfectly normal and I think you all would react that way too. So in conclusion, yeti aggression is a product of human carelessness and if we'd just leave them alone, they'd probably be much happier and go back to eating mountain goats." The end.

Nessa turned her attention to the next little group about to present - the pair of Ravenclaws she had noticed hard at work earlier. She watched them carry their intricately made diorama up to the room, then listened as they began their presentation of it. "Quite a logical conclusion," she nodded happily as they were finished, then gave them both beamy smiles and clapped for the great job they did, before she got up a little closer to examine the work they had done. Such meticulous care they must have taken to create this. Great attention to detail and the presentation really got to the source of Yeti aggression. "Well done!"


"Great job everyone!" Nessa exclaimed at this mid-way point in the presentation-giving. "You are all really getting behind why Yetis might act the way they do and understanding some of their natural instincts and behaviors." She'd really like to see some more statute breaking ideas as well, but she was pleased with the terrific job she had seen thus far. "Who is next to present?" Brown eyes swept the room looking for the next skit or art project.


OOC - Keep going guys, you're all doing fantastic! If you want to RP actually presenting something to the class, feel free, you don't have to wait for me or Nessa to say something. Otherwise, if you're acting out a skit, keep going if you want.. we see it all ;D Or watch and react to your classmates' presentations if you'd like to. It's all good. I'm going to close this class at about 9 pm EST tomorrow, so that gives you a little over 28 hours left.

Was Zahra supposed to lay down and act like she was tied up? NO WAY WAS LEX WINNING THAT. NO WAY. NO. WAY.

...so Bruce GNAWED THE ROPES OFF WITH HIS IMAGINATION.

But then things got confusing. Everyone seemed to be yelling, there were pencils and sticks and stuff, and Professor Snappy pretending to be a baby was freaking Z out. And Bruce. Bruce and Z were freaked out.



"NO. THEY ARE BRUCE'S TO GIVE AWAY. I GIVE THEM TO YOU. BOTH! You'll make DOUBLE MILLIONS." Bruce ENCOURAGED HIS FAMILY FORWARD. "BY ALL MEANS, TAKE THEM. PUT THEM IN A ZOO. OR A VOLCANO. BRUCE CARES NOT. BYE FAMILY!"

SO much for a THOUGHT PROVOKING YETI INTERVIEW. HUMANS ARE REALLY DUMB. FOR REAL.

AWESOME!

They were all sorted out costume-wise, and it seemed plan-wise as well. They were awesome partners! "You look awesome, and I love the idea of finishing you off because I am an ANGRY mommy Yeti and you are trying to take my baby." It was like the Unicorn incident earlier this term except with Yetis.

"Right, so I think we are ready to present now." This was so exciting, and Lux hoped that everyone would enjoy their little show.

A participation award? Did Grayson had to teach the kid a thing or two about sarcasm? Or jokes? But that would ruin the kid's innocence and......... no. He couldn't. "It was for being the best background tree anyone could ask for." That might have been HALF true. And not think he's cool? "Nah, I'm just flattered. So thank you, Strong Kyroh!" Uh huh. He remembered their homework.

Kyroh reminded him a lot of Dima, you know? They were both bouncy and sweet and he felt the urge to protect them both from the evil clutches of some freaking idiots in the school. "Brilliant! Looks like you're going to be a famous Yeti!"

Grayson didn't miss that impressed look. Nuh uh. Not when it was making his ego rise up to the stars. If he could, he would brush off his shoulders and claim that it was ALL in a day's work. He did, however, nod when the young Ravenclaw said to NOT do something fancy. It didn't bother him. Not when................ SWEET MERLIN! "You remembered the spell!" He did it! And the fifteen year old held his hand RIGHT UP. HIGH FIVE?

What he was DOING with his hair, though, Grayson didn't know. "Be careful, they might ask you to go into Yeti modelling." And if so, he'd have to don't forget the little people, mkay Kyroh? Something else Grayson didn't know was what Kyroh was doing with the Slytherin's face. He could take smooching off of the list since the kid was TWELVE (ew) and was using a pen to DRAW something on his face. A moustache? Because what else would you draw on the upper lip of someone's face? Whiskers?

If he turned into Kitty Whitty, there was going to be some ego bruising going on.

Instead, he grinned at the kid's growl and twirled his wand around (because he was cool like that) untiiiiiiiiiiiil............... "Quite a growl you got there, Mr Yeti Man. You practice everyday in front of the mirror? Go through your own growling regime? Our readers DO love a good insight on tactics." Wink.

So they were ready to begin. At the last minute, Jasmine had noticed a couple of teddy bears in one of the boxes. Picking them up, she handed them to Lux. "Here are some Yeti babies for you. That will give me something to steal." Checking to make sure their costumes were set, Jasmine said,"I guess we're ready."

Raising her hand, Jasmine said, "We are ready to present". She waited for Lux and then walked to the center of the room. Then Jasmine began to talk, trying to set up the scene so the audience would understand what they were doing.....hopefully.

Aaaaand Action! Jasmine began walking as if she was trudging through snow. She paused every few steps to look around. "Where are you Yeti? Come out, come out wherever you are.". More walking, more looking. "Come on Yeti. I've got four kids in the Wizarding University. I need to get paid. The potion makers need some Yeti parts for their potions." Poacher Jasmine walked closer to Yeti Lux, but hadn't seen her yet with only one good eye.

Taking the teddy bears from Jasmine, Lux eagerly walked up to the front with her friend so that they could do their presentation. To start off her part in the scene, she rocked the teddy bear babies in her arms as she gently GRRRRed at them. After a few moments, she placed her babies on the ground so that She could rummage for food. This would give Jasmine a chance to nab one of the teddy bears.

Continuing to GRRRR, Lux acted out grabbing food from branches and stuff. What did Yetis eat anyway? Well, this one ate berries and so did her babies!

Marigold was just standing there with her mouth slightly ajar STARING at everything that was happening. There was Lex getting captured and whoops… probably should have helped her. Well, she would jump into the action now.

..was Zahra offering her family away? She would soooo take advantage of that.

"Great Uncle Cassie, you grab the two of them. If needed, stun them by taking your leg off - it will be traumatizing enough!" Then she inched closer to Z/Bruce yeti. She muttered sideway towards Lex. "Two is enough, but I will try and catch a third one. Ve shall be reeeech." What kind of accent was that?

Nevermind that, she had just launched herself and might have grabbed ahold of Zahra's legs.

"GOT YOU, YETI!"

Oh. Well background trees were important too so Kyroh bobbed his head to this. Alright Grayson! Good job Mr. Background tree! He couldnt SAY anything about that though. Or about Grayson being flattered because he was in YETI WROCK STAR MODE!

Or..he was. Until the Slytherin held out his hand. "I did!!"Kyroh reached for the outstretched hand and SMACKED his hand right back. HIGH FIVE. GRIN! Oh wait. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

And modeling? YETI!Kyroh rolled his eyes. "Me Yeti musician. Me no model. GRRRRRRRRR" He lowered his voice as much as possible. Was that how Yeti's spoke? Who knew what Yeti's sounded like anyways? Yup. It was official. Yeti's official spoke like cavemen.

He crossed his arms and LOOKED at the Professor. They were ready to PRESENT okay. OKAY! HE WOULD NOT BE KEPT WAITING! HE WAS A YETI WROCK STAR!

"Name's Star. Star the Wrock Star." NOT Mr. Yeti Man. Kyroh GROWLED! Teeth showing and EVERYTHING. "Me was born like this Mustache man, readers eat your hearts out. Born YETI AWESOME." He GROWLED again before pretending to play a few keys on his air guitar, a few NEWneWnews and everything.

Jasmine the Yeti poacher suddnenly stopped walking. Looking of into the near distance, a smile spread across her face. Spotting the unattended Yeti babies, Jasmine said, "Could I be so lucky?" She crept up slowly, keeping on the lookout for Lux the mama Yeti. "I'll just snatch one of these babies before the mother gets back.". Tiptoeing up to the babies, Jasmine reached down and grabbed one of the teddy bears. "You'll do nicely. I can get a pretty penny for your parts. Maybe I should grab your brother too, more money for me." Jasmine the poacher made the mistake of pausing too long to think about her greedy plan.

It seemed like she wasn't the only one not all that enthused about this activity. Good. At least they had a comment point. "I'm Beverly," she replied with a nod. Introductions aside it was time to get down and working. And fast since time was running out.

"Not really." An idea, she hadn't thought one up yet. "I like the poster idea, though. It doesn't require," at this she glanced around at certain peers, "acting silly." Stupidly silly in some cases. "We can draw a giant Yeti and label body parts and their use or other cool facts." That'd made a much simpler presentation. Cover the points and get it over with. Not bad.

Yeti!Lux was done picking her berries and it was time for her to go back to her babies. Making her way back over to them, she spotted the evil Jasmine Yeti parts stealer trying to have off with her little babies.

YETI!LUX WAS MAAAAAAD!!

"RWAAAAAAR!!!" Stomping around and swiping with her claws, she saved her babies from the evil thief and slashed at her. "RWAAAAAAR!!!"

This was giving Jasmine the death scene that she wanted, Lux thought as she continued to roar and hit with her claws.

Goodness the commotion that was going on. It was soooo fun! She was so enjoying herself. "Grrrr leave Dada Yeti alone. Grrr leave mamma Yeti alone." She said in her squeaky baby voice as she kept her bouncy girly run going. Where had all these students come from? Not that she minded nor could she blame them. With all the excitement how couldn't they come over.

She noticed Cinna coming towards her. "No.. no catch baby. Leave Baby Yeti alone. Grrrr" She felt Cinna getting closer and catch her. "Noooo Mamma Mamma"


Help Baby Yeti down!! Baby Yeti has been caught, Yeti we have a problem!

Jasmine was about to snatch Yeti Lux's second baby when she heard a noise. She turned around slowly and (cue audible gasp) her eyes widened in mock horror. The mama was back and she was not happy. Jasmine stood still trying to look horrified while the Yeti was on the rampage. "Oh no, the mama Yeti is back. Maybe I shouldn't have messed with her babies."

When Lux slashed and scratched at her, Jasmine raised her hands to her throat. Then she dramatically fell to her knees. After giving several more gasps and choking sounds, Jasmine collapsed on the ground..........and "Cut". While it wasn't as fabulous as the infamous seagull death scene, Jasmine felt that she hammed it up pretty well.

It was SO hard not to laugh at Jasmine's death scene. Not that it was terribly done (Jasmine had been AMAZING), but it just was funny to be slashing about as a Yeti. This had to be almost as amazing as when the seagull had died during the first lesson.

As soon as the skit was over, she helped Jasmine back up and then bowed for the audience. Bows were always given after a performance, and they had given a good one in her opinion. This was so much fun, and Lux wished that they could do this in every lesson! Professor Glendower was so cool.

What. WHAT. Zelda’s mother instinct kicked in as she heard the baby growls of her child. Zelda whipped his head (and beard) to the commotion and paused eating Lex’s arm.

Didn’t she tell Kiki to RUN AWAY? Gosh. She’s a stubborn baby yeti JUST.LIKE.BRUCE.

But, no time pointing fingers now, yeah? Because MAMA YETI TO THE RESCUE!

“GRRRRROOOOAAAAARRRRRRAAAAHHHHHRRRR!!!” Zelda (sort of gently) pushed Lex towards the magick-y person that got Kiki. Zelda swatted the buggers away with her big yeti arms.

AND NOW WE RUN AWAY KIKI!

RUUUUUUUUUN!!! Zelda got her young and ran around the classroom knocking severl armchairs for effect...then charged the geo-tracking group as Zelda pushed them out of their way.

YETIS COMING THROUGH! "GRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHRRRRRRRR!!!"

You're on your own now, Bruce.

Why was Dima looking at him like that? Like he was disappointed about something? Eh. Didn't matter.

"I think we should do it together. Lets make a list." Paaause. "Except, wait, are we saying Yeti's are really good or really bad?" This kid was a bleeding heart, right? He gave out that vibe. A bit Mo-like in that sense.


Ravenclaws. Yeti lovers, all of 'em.

Together? But he didn't know HOW to write a song. Dima thought it would be a lot easier if they could each just write sections of it and combine them. Then they could organize and tweak and stuff, right? This guy looked like he knew more about what he was doing, though, so the kid wouldn't argue with him. Making a list then.

Not that he would have really pitched a fit anyway.

"Really good!" Why was bad even an option here? "We have to let everyone know that they're SUPER nice and cool and that wizards just bother and poke around 'em lots and are mean and they must be scared and just feel like they're being attacked 'cause people just won't let them be and how would you feel if someone broke into YOUR h-"

Paaause. Breathe, Toussaint, breathe.

"-ouse since that is a VIOLATION-"

Yeah. So much like what Mo used to get like. West grinned a bit.

"Okay okay. Good. So.... what's your favourite thing to do in the world? Mine is... playing Quidditch and scoring." He wrote that down. "So... a verse could be all about how good that feels and then we say... but I'd rather meet a Yeti, because Yeti's are... awesome and such. And then the chorus... we can say how great they are. Hows that sound?"

Easy enough really.

As soon as Ian helped Angel stand, apologies gushing out profusely it was apparently their turn. He did his best to not be a detriment to the group, and he assumed he accomplished that as the professor seemed pleased. He was however, very happy to take off this yeti head. It was rather hot there in that costume. He hoped he didn't look 'too' disheveled with a sweaty head and a red face. He smiled at his friends. That was kind of fun. Thanks for letting me work with you lot. You're much more creative than I am.

Oh, no--she'd been spotted! Well, DUH, because she had made that loud warrior sound and all. So BATTLE it was! "I am no thief!" she called out. "These are...MY YETIS!" Lies, but also--what were YETIS? Had these people named the Snow Monsters?!

WAIT.

There was plotting to grab her and sell her, and NO! Just NO! Oh, Muggle boyfriend Zander--wherefore art thou? "Zander! Zander!" she called, in her best damsel in distress voice. Err...a little help? Or a lot of help?

Meanwhile... "WAHHHHHHHH!" she said again, pencil in the air.



...and there was pretend boyfriend to the rescue--pencil as a stick and all! She gave him her best 'girlfriend being saved by heroic boyfriend' smile then turned back to the group they were battling and to the YETIS, who'd she'd just claimed belonged to them.

Err...Simon? We could use a little more help here. Sort of on the outnumbered side.

There was a movement out the side of her eye, and Sophie looked to see that Simon had arrived. She was just about to pass him a smile, too, when he just claimed they WEREN'T going to take the Yetis. WHAT. "Simon," she half-whispered, "that girl says they're worth millions! That's like..." Uhh, what was the Muggle equivalent to galleons again? Uhh... "A bunch of galleons!" They couldn't just hand them over!



...and then one of them SPOKE, which Muggle Sophie pretended to be extremely shocked about. He was just going to give them away? His whole family?! ...WOOT!

"DIBS!" she called out.

...but there were still others trying to claim the Snow Monsters, too! "ZANDER! Help me lift one! I called DIBS!" she said, as if that meant EVERYTHING.

"HEYYYY! I called DIBS!" she said, pencil in the air.



WHOOOAAAAAA now.

"I think we've met the Mama Bear," she said to Zander and Simon. Or Mama Monster, whatever it was. She took a step back, seeing what the Mama did to Lex.

Was this still worth the millions? Maybe she should run now and claim dibs later, because you know...life and stuff.

Playing Quidditch? A Chaser? Nah, man. KEEPERS had it all. He knew 'cause of Uncle Adri.

"I like.... um...." Talking? Making friends? Spending time with his dad and brother? "Eating." Yeah! Best hobby in the world, that was. "Okay! Is it gonna rhyme? I'm a good rhymer." Betty the sweaty, PETTY yeti. He'd come up with four ones, even. Talented, right? Dima could do this song writing stuff for a living.

So... eating. Quidditch. Yetis. All with MUSIC to it.

That sounded legit.

Death scene and skit completed, Jasmine grabbed Lux's hand and stood up. Then she joined her partner in a bow. Whew, that was a big relief. Turning to Lux, Jasmine said, "Thanks for working with me". Glad that they had finished their assignment, she walked back to her seat and sat down. Now they could relax and watch the other presentations.

High fives were the FREAKING BEST. YEAH. THE HIGHEST OF FIVES FOR YOU, KYROH SCABIOR.

Was it weird to think that he was proud of the eye-roll? This kid was going to go to places, man. Next step was the subtle art of sarcasm. By the time he reached adulthood, the young Ravenclaw was going to be one MIGHTY MAN, just you WATCH planet Earth. "Like this? GRRRRRRRR!" Cue a lame scary face impression. Teach him your ways, Yeti Kyroh.

Grayson followed the kid's gaze and looked over at........ Glendower. 'Sup. Hey. Was she WATCHING their obviously brilliant interview?

Star the Wrock Star? SNORT. What a NAME! Even better was Moustache Man. LOOOOOOOOOL. "Some sick--" Er. Wait. Interviewers wouldn't use slang words. MAN, this was going to hard, wasn't it? "You have some pretty impressive moves, Star. What made you go into Yeti Wrock? Did you struggle through Yeti school until you found your passion? Orrrrrrrrr did it come to you in a DREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM?"