fandomhigh | Communication: Week 1 (Thursday, P5)

Silent Bob has never quite looked the part of a teacher, not even without his hetero lifemate - who was, surprisingly, completely absent. Bob did keep looking towards the window with some kind of trepidation, as if not sure who had gotten into the grappling hooks and was about to make an appearance at any moment.

He was wearing a 'HELLO MY NAME IS' badge, but the name on said badge was 'Jay'. Students he'd had before got a little wink to play along as they would take a sticker for themselves.

He also had his ever-present whiteboard (very handy for remaining silent) and the title 'COMMUNICATION'. When everyone had settled, he skipped the introductions and spoke.

Yes, spoke.

Silent Bob said, "Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing." Without saying another word, he wrote 'TYPES OF COMMUNICATION' on one side of his board and then 'REASONS TO COMMUNICATE' on the other, turning back towards the class and leaning against the teacher's desk with that expectant sort of 'your turn' look on his face.

[[OCD ~~on the way~~ up. Name thing will be explained in the threads. Today is also my first day of class, so I'll be gone for a chunk of the afternoon but will be around to play later on. Bob is still looking for a TA. Play away!]]

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Jeff's nametag said, proudly, 'JEFF'.

It was also upside-down.

He hadn't noticed.

Hoshi looked at the boy's nametag and something clicked in her mind. "You're the one who was on the radio last night," she said.

Jeff started in his seat. "I didn't mean it!" he babbled. "She made me!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Hoshi.

"There were things on the radio! I hadn't had any food, I didn't mean to, it's just my stomach sort of... reacted."

"So there's no union?" asked Hoshi. She really didn't care about the rest of the broadcast. She just needed to know how this union stuff worked.

"Oh! The union!" Jeff stared at her in sheer panic for a moment before returning, indignantly, "Of course there's a union! There's got to be a union, otherwise Gunther will take over and kill us all with mutant food."

"He was a most unpleasant person," said Hoshi. "I've never heard so many German curse words before."

"I think he breeds them," Jeff said, sagging a little, "I'm fairly certain some of them haven't been invented yet."

"That's where I must have an advantage, being from a later century," said Hoshi.

Jeff was impressed. "That's got to be handy," he said.

"Not always," said Hoshi. "For example, we don't use currency in my time period. The nice girl at Turtle and Canary had to give me a lesson in what all those bills and coins were used for."

"Ooh, you've met Turtle? She's my girlfriend." Jeff grinned goofily, "She's got the best hair, doesn't she? And eyes. She's got lots and lots of eyes."

"I thought she only had two eyes," said Hoshi, looking confused.

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Andrew smiled and waved at Jeff. "Ah, Fej, I'm glad to see we have a class together again." Then, just to clarify, he pointed to himself and said, "Werdna."

That voice. Jeff's head shot up. Oh god, he thought, no. "Oh god no," he said.

Andrew laughed. Jeff was funny. "You're funny. Do you know much about this professor?"

Jeff was staring at Andrew like he was a space monster with several pairs of eyes in his head. "Are you a space monster?" he asked, "I think you've got too little eyes."

"My big sister is an alien, but I'm just your run of the mill human type. Am I squinting?" Andrew opened his eyes wide and looked about the room, shrugged, and looked back at Jeff with chuckle.

"Oh, my new little sibling is a demon. He was raised in Hell. Not that that has anything to do with space aliens, but I think it's really cool. Did they give you a little brother or sister this time?"

"I'm not going to talk to you," Jeff said, slowly, "Because I think you may be a space monster come to destroy us. I can't take the risk. I will leave this room very quickly as soon as this class is over, and hopefully you will not explode and kill me before then."

He paused.

"I'm sorry about the rest of the class, though, but you can't save everyone."

Andrew decided to play along. "You may be on to me, but no one will believe you if you try and warn them. You'll be ridiculed and laughed at -- people will give wedgies, swirlies, and lock in you lockers."

He leaned in closer to Jeff and whispered, "And when I do explode, rest assured that no amount of running will save you from the blast."

Jeff stared at Andrew in complete alarm. "I KNEW IT!" he shouted. "Evil!"

Andrew just settled back in his seat and crossed his arms and simply said, "Prove it."

Jeff made a threatening but ultimately ineffectual gesture at Andrew, then fell silent.

Andrew waited a few moments before miming a small explosion with his hands and quietly saying, "Boom."

He didn't direct it towards Jeff, so the other boy might not have noticed.