Good Omens...And Bad: Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Lab Eight

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Today the room is arranged so that a movie screen hanging on the wall is easily viewable from all the chairs. In addition to the usual scones, cookies and muffins, there is also popcorn and gummi worms.

"Today we're going to have a brief lecture, followed by a movie. No homework, since you have no classes next week. I hope you all enjoy your break."

LECTURE: Arithmancy

MOVIE: Nostradamus

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[ooc: Through the magic of handwavy time, you'll be able to watch the entire film and still make your third period class. Please wait for OCD is up.]

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Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh," Dawn looked very intrigued by that idea, "and yeah. Spike was an amazing guy, but very into British slang, explaining how he was still evil, and complaining about how Billy Idol stole his look."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

It was a shame that Anders's Earth pop culture references didn't include Billy Idol, because that would have explained so much. Instead, because Eddie Izzard was his main reference point for British culture, he was picturing Spike as much more of an executive transvestite. Except maybe an evil one.

"Was he? Really still evil?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

It was too bad that Dawn didn't know Eddie Izzard at all, or she might have hurt herself laughing at the description.

"Um," Dawn hesitated, then said, "Sometimes? There was a lot of crazy mixed in towards the end."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders picked a cranberry out of the muffin and popped it into his mouth. "Alternative lifestyle kind of crazy or institution crazy?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Um...he gave up eating people, but lived in a high school basement and talked to himself." Dawn tucked some hair behind her ear. "How do you score that?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Now that was a conundrum Anders had to put down his muffin for, and think about with his chin propped up on both hands. "I'm going with whatever the coinflip says," he decided finally.

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"A wise decision," Dawn decided. "Gotta coin?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders pulled a quarter out of his pocket. "Whaddya say? Heads, alternative lifestyle, tails, institution?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good." She waited for the flip.

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders flipped the coin pretty high into the air and made a flashy grab for it. In the darkened classroom, this only resulted in him swatting the quarter straight down into a crack in his chair.

Yep, wedged in on its edge.

"Well, that didn't help."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn started giggling. "Actually, that's the best answer you could have gotten."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"He sounds like a cool guy, then," Anders decided. It took several seconds of concentrated effort to tug the quarter loose, and he eyed it thoughtfully before tucking it back into his pocket. "In a complicated kind of way."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn decided that might be the best description she ever heard of Spike. "He was definitely that."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders noticed the verb tense. "Was?" he asked hesitantly.

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She nodded. "Yeah. He saved the world, but he died doing it."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Funny how that never stopped feeling momentous, no matter how many people he knew here had saved the world one time or another. "Damn. I'm really sorry. It shows, the way you talk about him, that he meant a lot to you."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"He did," Dawn smiled a bit sadly, "He was kind of my big brother, bad influence, and friend all rolled into one. Plus? Totally hot."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders grinned slightly, though that executive-transvestite mental image was kind of throwing him off. "That always helps. Wow, when I go, that's the way I want to do it . . . what are the odds of that, though?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"It depends," she answered honestly, "do you have hellmouths where you're from?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Can't say that we do," Anders said. "It's a pretty peaceful life where I come from. No sign of that ever ending."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Wow. Lucky," Dawn remarked, slightly awed by the idea.

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders shrugged. "I guess. But it seems so boring compared to some of the stories you guys have about your hometowns."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn looked at Anders like he was nuts. "Boring, yes. But in a good way, I bet."

Re: Watch the Movie

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders shrugged. "I guess, yeah. It just seems not all that exciting to me, but you know what they say. Grass is always greener, and all that."

Re: Watch the Movie

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Unless there's a Basalt demon on the lawn--then the grass is kind of a brownish purple."