Fandom Invasions Class #7 (Thursday period 3)

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

When the students filed into the Danger Shop they found two young girls standing with John in the usual lecture spot.

"Hi," the older one said, bouncing a little on her toes. "I'm Susannah Lynn and this is my half-sister Grace. Dad asked us to help him with this class since it's all about us.

"See, there was this big swirling thing, a..... vortex?" She looked up at John for confirmation of the word, grinning when he nodded and then continuing. "And a bunch of us kids got pulled through it and came to Fandom and got to meet our parents before they were our parents. It was really freaky and a little scary, but it was also a lot of fun." She giggled. "Seeing everybody's face when they realised we were their kids was really really funny.

"It was so much fun, that Dad decided that you should get a chance to play too! Isn't that great?" She turned and looked up at John again. "This is where you take over, right?"

John smiled and nodded. "It is. Thanks, Susannah." He addressed the class. "Fandom is always throwing the unexpected at you. And sometimes that isn't a hostile invasion. Sometimes it's the next generation. The object this class isn't to fight the invaders, but look after them. Keep them amused, fed, make sure they go to bed on time... you know. Be parents. And then make sure they get back to where they're supposed to be."

Grace pulled on John's pantleg. "Daddy? I wanna colour!"

John picked her up and smiled wryly at the class. "Sometimes it's easier to just beat something up."

[ooc: wait for ocd is up! Have at it.]

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simulation two -- common room

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

Feed the kids, entertain them, keep them from watching things they shouldn't. Y'know, be parents.

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[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick's mantra as he carried Lilly into the kitchen part of the common room was "It's only a class, it's only a class, it's only a class..."

"All right, what kind of ice cream do you want?" he said, as he sat Lilly down on the counter. "Don't fall off."

Father of the year, this guy.

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[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"Chocolate," Lilly said, giving him a 'duh' look.

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[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Hey, that's what I wanted too." he said, with a smirk. He pulled a carton of chocolate ice cream out of the fridge and grabbed two spoons. He placed the carton on the counter and handed a spoon to Lilly. "Bowls are for losers."

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[blessed_twice]

Wyatt walked in, holding Victoria's hand. "This is the common room of the dorms," he said. "I'm sure there's ice cream in the freezer. What flavor do you want?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Victoria nodded and looked around. She'd seen pictures in her mommy's scrapbook of fun stuff at Fandom. It looked just like where some of those pictures had been taken. "Chocolate please? And are there gremlins around? I don't wanna get bit."

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[blessed_twice]

"No gremlin is going to bite my daughter," Wyatt said firmly. "I'll blow up any one that gets near you." He checked the freeze and found the desired chocolate ice cream and began to scoop some out into a bowl.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Now this is called a common room," he explained, holding very tightly to Taven's hand so he wouldn't lose him. "They have something called electricity here, which is sort of like magic. It's what makes the lights light and the fridge cold and the television work."

Altra was following close behind, and Karal could feel the amusement rolling off him.

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[norglomofnit.livejournal.com]

Taven looked around the room, wide-eyed. He stretched to the extent that Karal's hand hold would let him and pointed at the television. "That is a TV. Mother showed me in one of her old pictures. Can you make it work, Father? I'd like to see."

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal nodded and, with a little bit of reluctance, let him go. "I can. There's a device called a remote control, which will be around here somewhere..." A quick look through the pillows on the couch turned it up. "Here. You push this button to turn it on, these to change to a different channel, and these control the volume." Karal held it out. "Would you like to try it?"

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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack is in so much trouble. He has two kids? And they know Valentine? And they're his kids?


Maybe if he gives them chocolate or ice cream or Chinese food they'll be fine.

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"HUNGRY!" Maria whinned, trailing behind her father. "I want okonomiyaki."

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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Ew!" JJ said, making a face. "I don't want any fish pizza!"

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Getting the fishbowl to the common room had not been easy. But he'd managed, and it now sat on the table in front of the TV, where Sunflower Road was on.

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! The tadpole was loose! Robin chased him around the room, not finding this nearly as much fun as little Jimmy was.

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[ashockingbitch]

Jenny led her kinda-son into the common room. He was barefoot, but after she'd asked he'd assured her he always went barefoot, "just like Daddy!" He didn't seem to have Jack's protective treads on the soles of his feet, though. If there was an actual reality where she'd had a kid with Jack, she was going to hunt him down and bitchsmack him for that.

"Right," she asked John. "What d'you want to eat?"

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[ashockingbitch]

"You said I could have ice cream!" John reminded her.

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[ashockingbitch]

"That's right, I did," Jenny said, and took a carton out of the freezer. "Triple chocolate chunk. Huh. Sounds healthful. Tell me, John, have you had a tetanus shot?" she asked as she started dishing up a large bowl of chocolate ice cream.

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco and Danny came into the room and headed straight for the fridge. "Any preference for flavors?"

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"Rock-y Road!" Danny replied, punctuating every syllable. "And mint chip, and...cookies and cream!" He skipped in behind Marco, then hopped around him as he paused by the fridge. Getting rid of excess energy, maybe?

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco filled up two bowls with ice cream and grabbed some spoons and did a few spins around himself as he tried to locate his bouncy spawn. Who still had no name. "Hey, before you get your ice cream? What do I usually call you?"

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[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Kyle bounded into the room ahead of Troy. "You promised ice cream!" he said, perhaps a bit louder than was really necessary -- but then, he was a kid. "Hey, can I watch some TV?"

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[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy nodded. "Sure," he said. "You've got an half an hour before bedtime." It seemed reasonable, given the constraints of the assignment, so Troy was going with that. "What do you want for ice cream?" he added, digging through the freezer. "There's, uh, oh, hey, French vanilla. I haven't had that in a while."

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[dark_slippy_thing]

Oh look. A common room.

Valentine, whose brain was far more broken than he ever would let on, led Coraline to the kitchen area, mentally demanding that there be both cake and tea.

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

And Princess Coraline beheld the cake and tea, and decided it was very nice indeed and met with her approval.

"Now I shan't regret telling you my name again," she said, smiling brightly. "Where is Mum?"