fandomhigh | Superheroing- Tuesday, April 17- 2nd period

The class meets in the Danger Shop today, and while Captain Liberty doesn't have any kids of her own to deal with, she's more than aware that some people might.

"So today, you have a practical. You are going to fight Electronimo," she says, and a little screen display shows him in all his blue-suited electronic glory. "He's had it with his HMO and has decided to use this giant ray gun to shoot the hospital and disrupt all of the machines. Essentially, he's holding a building full of sick people hostage, and you have to stop him. He's also got a couple of henchmen who are trying to keep him from being thwarted. You'll work with your partner to keep Electronimo from going zap and shorting out people's respirators and blah blah blah.

"And um, if you brought kids? We've got two choices. I set up a couple of rooms, totally separate from the hospital. One's totally normal. The other will have a little adventure. They won't get hurt, don't sue me.

"Finally, remember that next week's your final. You're going to be here again, working on your own, so I hope you learned something."

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Electronimo turns to them, frowning. "I'm busy! Go away!"

"It'll just take a sec," Peter promised. "I think you've got the settings wrong."

"I think I know my own machine," he says dryly, still paying more attentiont o the machine than to them.

"See, it's just that kind of complacency that leads to mistakes," Peter said.

"Then if I end up shooting myself in the foot with the giant electric ray, it's my own fault, isn't it?" says Electronimo, shaking his head and muttering something about kids.

"No way could you shoot yourself in the foot with a giant electric ray," Peter immediately scoffed. "You're not nearly that hardcore."

"I could shoot you with the giant electric ray. Buzz off!"

"Was that supposed to be a pun?"

"...No," he says, then decides it actually works. "I mean, yes. Yes, I planned to do that."

"'cause you know the Bee Squad's got serious copyright issues," Peter said. "If they found out you tried that you would be in so much trouble."

"Don't you have anything better to do?"

For some reason Peter's little brother nature was really coming to the forefront today. "Seriously. I am so telling. Imagine how bad your cred's gonna be on the inside when they find out you're only in there for violating patent rights."

Electronimo stares at him. Hard.

"Hey, I'm not the one who's claiming white collar crime is totally lame and that the cool electro-bad guys are the ones who can take a jolt of electricity directly to their bodies. I'm just telling you what they're going to say."

"...I don't care what they say," Electronimo says.

Though really, if he didn't, he wouldn't bother wearing a costume when he goes to make a whole big show as a protest, rather than just starting a letter-writing campaign or something.