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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Re: simulation one -- the park

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"My name is Maria Burton!" she curtsied politely and gave her best angelic smile. Ha! See her brother beat that!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

What was the matter with people around here? Everyone's names were so very boring. Nothing as romantic as 'Valentine,' really. He had hoped that this might be remedied by the next generation, but alas, apparently it was not meant to be.

"And a perfectly lovely name it is, Maria," he lied with a grin. "Okay, round two!" He waved his arm about again, and this time his right hand settled on the boy.


Disclaimer: Opinions of the Valentine about names do not reflect the thoughts of the management. Valentine is an arse.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Jack! Jack Junior, but you can call me JJ. Everyone does," he said, making a flourish (it looked like a dying fish) with his left before sticking his right out for a handshake.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine figured he must have taught him how to flourish that way, given the amount of style and grace that the boy displayed in his flaily gesture. He took the boy's hand and gave it a shake.

"Excellent," he stated. He knew which classmate to laugh at later, at least. Poor Jack, having two like this. Little and clingy and climby and eugh, kids. Why anyone would want more than one was anyone's best guess. "And now, for the big finish!"

He gave a fishy flourish of his own with his left hand and pointed... right between the two of them!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack gave him a good shake. His hand wasn't even that sticky!

"Hey, nofair!" Jack said, jumping at the arm and the hand and the way it's totally not pointed at him!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Our parents are Jack Burton and Anemone." Maria announced before tackling her brother. "JJ! Mom says no pouncing, unless it's for evil!"

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"But he's kinda evil! He juggles!" JJ protested. And he totally didn't pick Jack yet, so completely evil for that!

He totally out-tackles his sister and tries to pin her. "And you're Valentine and you're a 'thing' with Namine and we're not supposed to ask about it cuz it's complicated and then Mom gets mad!"

He picked up the subtle from his dad.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

"... Yes." Valentine just kind of stared at the children with the funny names and gave a bit of a nod of his head. And then, all of a sudden, he'd clapped his hands together and was grinning again. "So! How should I judge this, then? You both did such a very good job."

It was like herding monkeybirds.

"Perhaps it was a tie. Perhaps I should give you both one?"

Re: simulation one -- the park

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

At which point Maria shows exactly how much she takes after her mother.

By cheating in a fair-fight.

Grabbing JJ's ear, she twisted it hard as she tried to wiggle out from under him. "OFF! JJ, shut up! You are such a DWEEB, just like Daddy."

Eyes totally innocent liek whoa, she grinned up at Valentine. "Yes please. Will you teach us juggling?"

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"OWwwww!" he wailed and flailed. "Cheater! Now Unca Valentine's never gonna juggle for us. And you said he couldn't do more'n five at once!"

Innocent? JJ? Of course!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine might have jawdropped a little.

"I'll have you know I can do at least six," he stated indignantly, pulling two masks off of his face and presenting them to the kids before digging up to his elbows into his pockets for his juggling balls.

Can't do more than five. Puh. He'd show them both!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Five for each HAND, JJ. Sheesh." Maria went to tweak her brother's nose indignantly. "Don't fib. Mom will yell if she finds out you were fibbing to Uncle Valentine."

There was a pause.

"She's going to yell at us anyway for playing near an unsupervised portal, so I guess it can't get any worse."

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"We can show her the mask and she'll know we were with Uncle Valentine. She likes him." He nodded. "So she'll be mad, but she'll be mad at him for not visiting and we won't get grounded," he said with a nod. With a mask!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Your logic terrifies me," Valentine mumbled as he started to juggle. Three balls. Three. Nice and simple. He wasn't going to try for ten. He'd probably hurt himself.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"That's what Mom says too." Maria intoned, obviously fascinated by the juggling. "She says we get it from Daddy."

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Daddy's smart like that," JJ said. Yes, he actually did. "He can figure out stuff that no one else can." Nodnod. He grinned at Valentine, peering through the mask.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Ah, but can he juggle?"

If the answer was yes, Valentine might have to hunt Jack down so that he could have another juggling partner. One could never have too many juggling partners. Nobody around here could juggle.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Not that good. He can do three blindfolded (once!) and can do four or five on a good day. He says it's 'all in the reflexes' and that it's easy if you know how." He grinned. His dad had good reflexes. But couldn't juggle as good as Uncle Valentine!

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

Uncle Valentine wasn't formulating evil plots to throw things at Jack. That would be just wrong.

Okay, maybe he was.

"I'll have to test him on juggling sometime," he mused.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"He likes being tested," he said, laughing. His dad was the best and would catch whatever!

Maria poked him, wearing the mask and making a fishy face with hand-fins flapping at him.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine was now looking back and forth between fish-flourish boy and fishy-face girl.

"Are you fish often?"

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"No, we're plants!"

"We're not plants, JJ!" Maria said with more flappity finwaving.

"We're not fish, either. Mom gets mad when someone asks if she's name after coral," JJ countered.

"That's because coral's dumb. It doesn't move!" Finwaving!

"But Mom says she's not a plant either! Nor a fish!" JJ was making fish faces back at her through Valentine's face. "UncaValentine! Tell us we're not fish or plants!"

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

"You're monkeybirds, the both of you," Valentine said, deciding rather firmly on this point. "I shall have to start calling you both 'Bob' from here on in, I think. Bob and Bob, son and daughter of Jack and Anemone."

Re: simulation one -- the park

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

....that might not have been the brightest thing Valentine's done today. Because that lead to two child-things racing around him, flapping one arm (holding the masks on with the other) and making screechy monkey noises.

Oh, and chanting "Bob!" repeatedly.

Re: simulation one -- the park

[dark_slippy_thing]

They did rather good monkeybird impressions, Valentine noted. Perhaps all children did. Maybe monkeybirds were just children who got lost in transition from 'child' to 'functional member of society.'

Not that Valentine had ever really become a functional member of society, but that was neither here nor there.

"I hope you don't expect me to juggle bananas, now," he mused.