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Tutoring the Trio
Jul. 18th, 2015 11:55 pmThe "Twilight Time" tutoring sessions are moving forward slowly but surely.
Sweetie Belle's has progressed from sorting the gem grit by color and size to arranging it in abstract swirls. She now makes more complex patterns via magically enhanced harmonies, such as simple diffraction of streams of gem grit through a narrow gap in a magic shield. I think the notes she takes in her field book helps her to focus and improve.
Applebloom's glassware vibrates a bit under the influence of Sweetie Belle's humming and I could swear the color and length of the strings Applebloom pulls out of her pitchers and flasks match the color of the grit Sweetie Belle is moving. Applebloom is also developing a very strong glue. It just hardens too quickly and it needs to be more flexible.
Scootaloo has built a few wild scooter designs out of cloth, scroll paper and Applebloom's glue. Long boards, short stunt boards, boards with longer hang-times. Her wax canvas field notebook is already three quarters full of design ideas for all sort of mechanical things, from better gears to fixed wings to tire treads. I'm having her build an index on the last few pages to keep better track of what she's done and to find things faster. She's also playing with ways to weave Applebloom's fibers with reeds to create a lightweight board. I think Rarity could help her with that.
At the end of the session, I had the fillies stick short strands of Applebloom's strings to Scootaloo's near-finished vehicles, tie them down and move everything else into a nearby room. Then I opened up a few doors in the stairwell to the upper floors, opened the front doors, and we had a windtunnel in the corridor. The fillies were thrilled, throwing bits of paper into the gale and leaning into the wind. I told, shouted really, that wind was howling, to Scootaloo to look carefully how the air flowed over her designs and to look for straight and wagging strings. After I closed the doors I explained drag and turbulence, putting into words things Scootaloo had a feel for before but now she could visualize.
They were so excited that I think all three must have run all the way to their clubhouse to work some more on building the perfect scooter.
Sweetie Belle's has progressed from sorting the gem grit by color and size to arranging it in abstract swirls. She now makes more complex patterns via magically enhanced harmonies, such as simple diffraction of streams of gem grit through a narrow gap in a magic shield. I think the notes she takes in her field book helps her to focus and improve.
Applebloom's glassware vibrates a bit under the influence of Sweetie Belle's humming and I could swear the color and length of the strings Applebloom pulls out of her pitchers and flasks match the color of the grit Sweetie Belle is moving. Applebloom is also developing a very strong glue. It just hardens too quickly and it needs to be more flexible.
Scootaloo has built a few wild scooter designs out of cloth, scroll paper and Applebloom's glue. Long boards, short stunt boards, boards with longer hang-times. Her wax canvas field notebook is already three quarters full of design ideas for all sort of mechanical things, from better gears to fixed wings to tire treads. I'm having her build an index on the last few pages to keep better track of what she's done and to find things faster. She's also playing with ways to weave Applebloom's fibers with reeds to create a lightweight board. I think Rarity could help her with that.
At the end of the session, I had the fillies stick short strands of Applebloom's strings to Scootaloo's near-finished vehicles, tie them down and move everything else into a nearby room. Then I opened up a few doors in the stairwell to the upper floors, opened the front doors, and we had a windtunnel in the corridor. The fillies were thrilled, throwing bits of paper into the gale and leaning into the wind. I told, shouted really, that wind was howling, to Scootaloo to look carefully how the air flowed over her designs and to look for straight and wagging strings. After I closed the doors I explained drag and turbulence, putting into words things Scootaloo had a feel for before but now she could visualize.
They were so excited that I think all three must have run all the way to their clubhouse to work some more on building the perfect scooter.
