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Hi Jonathan. You must be smouldering as madly as the remains of your model. It happened so fast I didn’t realise until it was over. I’ve tried to warn Gela there’s something off about Alyson. Most artists have a sensitivity about them. She just doesn’t. I can’t explain any better than that. Still, what you were saying about science, engineering and art being very close to each other could potentially be interesting. It’s a shame you didn’t remotely realise your idea. If nothing else, it proves you were right not to take a course in engineering! If you ask Gela about resubmitting your assignment, please can you let me know? By the way, my offer of a tutorial in working with clay still stands.

Doodle message group [Private] Jem and Patrick, 24 October 2023:

Jem Badhuri

If Jonathan gets to improve his grade, then we all should.

Patrick Bright

But Alyson setting fire to Jonathan’s paper model – right there in the studio. And those terrible things she said about it. Outrageous.

Jem Badhuri

Well, from what Gela implied, she only gave him a D because he at least had an idea, even if he couldn’t actually create it. Reading between the lines, she thought his piece was a straight E.

Patrick Bright

We’re supposed to support each other, surely.

Jem Badhuri

I can’t believe Alyson got an A. No one gets an A in their first assignment.

Patrick Bright

To be fair, her idea was a tricky one to pull off and the result was brilliant.

Jem Badhuri

My opinion: Gela thinks Alyson’s presence is a good advert for the course. That woman could get away with murder.

To: Gela Nathaniel

From: Griff Technician (Maintenance)

Date: 25 October 2023

Subject: Fire damage

Dear Mrs Nathaniel,

It has been brought to my attention that a fire occurred in the MA studio yesterday.

Apparently, a wastepaper bin full of ash sludge and extinguishant had been left for the technicians to discover and dispose of. On further investigation, we saw a fire extinguisher had been deployed, but placed back on its stand as if nothing had happened. There were no Incident Forms waiting for me this morning, so I would appreciate if you could complete one, explaining in detail the exact circumstances of how the fire came to start and be put out. I take it no one was injured and the alarms were not triggered.

Griff

To: Griff Technician (Maintenance)

From: Gela Nathaniel

Date: 25 October 2023

Subject: Re: Fire damage

Sorry Griff! Yes, we had a small fire during the MMAM(FTP) session. One of our students made a cardboard model and, as part of his presentation, used a lighter to illuminate it. Before I could stop him, the inevitable happened.

Luckily, another of our students was quick to grab the nearest fire extinguisher and it was all over in seconds. The fire was tiny. No one was injured and it didn’t even trip the smoke detectors, as you noticed. I’ll complete an Incident Form and, rest assured, it won’t happen again.