Interdisciplinary Studies or Whatever, Class 4, Friday, Period 1

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Squall was waiting for the class in the Danger room, which was set up to look like the regular classroom. Except for the computer terminal floating in midair near the blackboard.



"Today, class," Squall said, "we're going to talk about the Carpenters." He tossed the sign-in clipboard out to a random student and then walked over to the computer terminal.

Gazing at the class as if he were about to impart some deep and hidden wisdom, he hit a button. A two-by-four appeared in his hand and a picture of logs appeared on the chalkboard. "This," he said, holding the board up for everyone to see, "is wood."

He put the board down on his desk and hit another button, at which point the picture on the board changed to a saw, and a crosscut saw appeared on the desk. "This is a saw. You use it to cut wood." He demonstrated on the two-by-four and then held up both halves to show that it was, in fact, cut.

He hit another button, changing the picture to a hammer and nails, while the tools obediently appeared on the desk. "Hammer," he said. "Nails." He nailed one of the board halves to the wall. "Ta-da."

Another button, and this time the picture was of screws and a screwdriver. Instead of a tool, a yellowish drink showed up on the desk, and he drank it. "Screwdriver. Screws. You screw screws with a screwdriver."

One more button, and the classroom dissolved around them, to be replaced by a wood shop. Each student was supplied with a bandsaw, a nailgun, protective goggles, and plenty of wood. Yes, those are two of the most dangerous power tools, and he's letting the kids loose on them without any instruction. Hey, it's the Danger Room.

"Okay," he said. "Build something. And BE CAREFUL. The safety protocols are on, so you can't actually get hurt, but you will bleed a LOT, and you will bleed bright blue, so everyone can point and laugh at you."



[wait for ocd Have at it!]

Comments

Sign in

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Or whatever. Collapse and stuff.

Re: Sign in

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny Sparks

Re: Sign in

[intraspective]

Ino

During the lecture

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Take notes, ask questions, place orders at the bar.

Re: During the lecture

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny was torn between boggling at the idea of actually having to build something and really wanting a screwdriver.

Re: During the lecture

[intraspective]

... Carpentry? Ino was torn between giggling madly and being mildly horrified at the thought of having build something. She hoped he didn't expect anything decent out of them.

Re: During the lecture

[the_merriest]

Rikku was taking notes and staring. Wood. Huh. Okay.

Then she raised her hand. "I think I need one of those screwdrivers? In case there are screws."

Re: During the lecture

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Squall shrugged and hit a few buttons. An electric drill with a screwdriver bit and a highball glass full of a yellowish liquid showed up resting on her bandsaw.

Re: During the lecture

[flamingbonehead.livejournal.com]

Johnny was taking notes, but he was still disappointed that they were talking about carpenters instead of The Carpenters. He hummed Rainy Days and Mondays to himself when he was pretty sure the teacher couldn't hear.

Re: During the lecture

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

He didn't need to -- the teacher wouldn't recognize the tune. Or care.

BUILD STUFF!!!

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Be creative. You've got plenty of wood, and power tools. Work alone or in groups.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny decided to try to build a birdhouse, as she was under the impression it was kind of classic.

This was probably not going to go well.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

"Not your forté, huh?"

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[intraspective]

Ino eyed the tools and wood dubiously before looking around for a partner.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[not_in_the_book]

Once he had a clear picture in his head, Ronan got to work on his project: a small, waist-high cabinet.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com]

The only wooden things that Cassandra was really familiar with were combat training dummies. She needed a few of the things anyway, so this worked out rather well.

Except for the tiny problem of her not really knowing how to use the tools properly, or how to make a training dummy. She was sure going to try, though.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Ed looked at the wood and tools thoughtfully.

Finally he grabbed a pile of wood, carried it to a corner, and with a clap of his hands transmuted it into a bookshelf.

He was rather hoping he could keep it.

Re: BUILD STUFF!!!

[the_merriest]

Rikku bounced. A lot. And took a large hunk of wood and attempted to shape it into something cylindrical. Which kinda failed. She seemed chipper anyway.

Show off your creation

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Show your wooden monstrosity to the rest of the class.

Re: Show off your creation

[the_merriest]

"I built a weapon!" Rikku announced. She held up the freak of nature wooden semi-cylinder proudly. "See, it's almost shaped like a baseball bat, and it's light enough you can swing it? And then for extra force it's got nails and screws jammed into it, so they can tear a little when you smash people."

She held it up at different angles in ways that would make Vanna White proud.

"Anybody want it?"

Talk to the TA

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

When she pings in.

Re: Talk to the TA

[ashockingbitch]

The TA was here for the talking to, and thoroughly convinced she had now done enough carpentry for the rest of her extraordinarily long life.

Be Annoying

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

Talk to Squall after class.

OOC

[whatever-sucks.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful day in the wood shop.

Re: OOC

[the_merriest]

My best friend in college really had a baseball bat with nails in it. It also had shards of broken glass jammed in. Best thing ever.