Advanced Mad Science, September 25th

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

The first things the Mad Science students might have noticed about this week's class was that the Danger Shop didn't look anything like a lab this time. In fact, it looked suspiciously like an old graveyard connected to a small village in some Eastern European country, with a large pile of shovels placed off to one side. Prof Tomoe was especially fond of the full moon, and the wolf cry sounds that started up every few minutes.

"Good evening class!" he said, loud enough for everyone to hear over the wind that blew through the spooky trees. "Today, we're going to have a bit of a change of pace and do some more ... hands-on work. I'm going to pair you up in groups of two, and together you're going to explore some Mad Biology.

"Once you've found your partner, you're to grab a shovel from the pile. Pick one of the graves around here, and dig until you find something. There should be enough fresh pieces in there to assemble your own horrific reanimated monster, but you want to pay especial attention to finding a good brain. The brain is what drives a person forward and makes each one unique. With the right kind of brain, you could have a devoted servant who carries out your evil will; with the wrong kind of brain, you could end up with a horrific monster who chases you over the Swiss Alps, and hunts down and murders everyone you have ever held dear."

He pulled out a piece of chalk and wrote some notes on a chalk board nailed to a nearby oak tree.

BE CAREFUL WHEN DIGGING UP HUMAN REMAINS
PARTS NEEDED: ARMS, LEGS, TORSOS, HEADS, BRAINS, ETC

REMEMBER:
SUBSERVIENT HELPER MONKEY BRAINS --> GOOD
EVIL PSYCHOTIC KILLER BRAINS --> BAD

He turned back to the class. "To save time, I'm going to partner you up. Since we have an odd number of students in this class, we'll end up with a group of three."

He pulled out an oversized bowler hat, and started pulling out random slips of paper in groups of two. Once he'd pulled them all out, he wrote down the result on the chalkboard:

Valentine/Zack Addy
Yakushi Kabuto/Edward Elric
Johnny Storm/Victor von Doom
James Sullivan/Cher Horowitz/Zim

He smiled at the class. "Happy digging."

Comments

Sign In [September 25]

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Sign in using your Victorian Era mad scientist name.

Re: Sign In [September 25]

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto Yakushi

Re: Sign In [September 25]

[notclueful]

Um. Lady Cher Horowitz?

The Graveyard

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Stand around, talk to your classmates, whatever. Isn't it spooky looking?

Re: The Graveyard

[notclueful]

"UM," said Cher, eyes wide. "UM."

Re: The Graveyard

[dark_slippy_thing]

To say Valentine was slightly antsy standing in the graveyard was a bit of an understatement.

It was entirely possible that he was a little bit afraid of the dark.

Re: The Graveyard

[honoraryphd.livejournal.com]

This actually reminded Victor of home. He may have seemed almost human until he found out who his partner was.

Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Wheee, desecrating the dead! It's so fun to do!

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto eyed the shovels disdainfully, then looked at Professor Tomoe. "Do we have to dig, or can we use something we already have?" The scrolls in his pocket were so useful, sometimes...

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

"If your partner approves it, you may use something else to dig," replied Prof Tomoe.

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine grabbed a shovel.

And he held onto it for dear life, waiting for his partner.

If anything came at him in this place, he'd sent it flying into next bloody month.

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack looked at the shovels. "This would be much easier with an earth mover."

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny waited for Von Doom. Great. Von Doom. But at least he was an alternate universe Doom.

And digging up bodies? He wasn't sure whether to be repulsed or find it totally awesome.

Re: Partner Up and Dig Up Graves

[honoraryphd.livejournal.com]

"Get to work," Victor said, friendly as ever. He had his own shovel and started digging in a spot that he thought looked good.

Talk to the TA

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

The TA who wasn't informed in advance about the change of scenery!

Re: Talk to the TA

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto was thrilled. He took one of the scrolls out of his ninja-pocket-pouch thing and unrolled it. "I'm still looking for a 15-16 year old male corpse to fill in the hole here..." he said thoughtfully, eyeing the symbols on the scroll.

Talk to Prof Tomoe

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Once again, he managed to avoid actually teaching anything. He's feeling pretty good about that, and amused at making his class play with dead things

Re: Talk to Prof Tomoe

[notclueful]

"UM," Cher said, a little stuck on this concept. "Professor, you have got to be kidding!"

Re: Talk to Prof Tomoe

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

The Professor looked up from his coffee.

"Oh no, I'm quite serious, Ms Horowitz," he said. "I feel that everyone needs a good base understanding of anatomy."

Re: Talk to Prof Tomoe

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Edward stalked up to the teacher. "No."

Re: Talk to Prof Tomoe

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

"No, Mr Elric?" the Professor asked. "Are you protesting the class activity, the location, or everything in general?"

OOC

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

I've never actually seen the classic movie version of Frankenstein, but I've read both editions of the book. There's a world of difference between the two.

Re: OOC

[honoraryphd.livejournal.com]

There's also a world of difference between the book and Young Frankenstein.

I just wanted to reference Young Frankenstein.

Re: OOC

[dark_slippy_thing]

"That's _FrankenstEEn_."

Oh, that was such a good movie.

Re: OOC

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Totally feel free to give Ed detention if you wish. :D He's just going to refuse a lot.