Junior Achievers 2nd Meeting

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Outside of Dr. Carter's classroom is a neatly handwritten sign which says:

Junior Achievers Meeting

All are welcome

Tonight's topics include:

1. Welcoming new members


2. JA's role in the upcoming Student Council Elections


3. Discussion: Has the yearbook staff overshadowed our hopes for the bake sale?


4. Any new business


5. Any words of wisdom from Dr. Carter

Free food provided.

The door to the classroom is wide open. The teacher's desk is vacant, awaiting Dr. Carter. On the desk is an open box of brownies from Deb's Diner.

Angelus sits on top of one of the student desks with his feet resting on the chair of the desk in front of him. He leafs through a notebook, occasionally jotting things down as they occur to him. He is dressed in the same black on black ensemble that he had on earlier in the day, but the pin he wore in Study Hall is missing.

Angelus occasionally hums a cheery tune to himself, and occasionally shakes his head as though disbelieving his own inner thoughts.

[OOC ETA: For the newbies, these meetings work pretty much like Study Hall. Hop in whenever, join whatever conversation. And the refresh key is definitely your friend.]

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin walks into the room exactly on time because he's anal that way.

He's trying to stop a huge grin from spreading across his face, but it creeps back when he's not paying attention.

He makes a beeline for the brownies, then remembers the yearbook food and stops.

"These aren't going to do anything strange to me, are they?" he asks.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Hand to God they're just from the diner," Angelus ripped a piece of paper out of his notebook and handed it to Anakin. Across the top it read "SIGN IN SHEET" and had Angelus's name scrawled below it in the first spot. He gave Anakin a friendly grin. "No way I'm eating anything with a special surprise inside."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin signed in just under Angelus's name and snagged a brownie. "Yeah, me either. I haven't eaten anything that didn't come from home since the zombies."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith grabbed the sign in sheet, and gave Anakin a smile. "I know what you mean about the food thing. Noone had too much fun with that."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it's taken two weeks of solid groveling for Padme to get over the whole thing." He gave Faith a brilliant smile. "But she's going with me to Homecoming, so I guess we're okay again."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith grinned at that. "See, that's awesome."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I kind of thought so." He lowered his voice. "There may have been a bit of a gleeful dance, but don't tell anyone."

"The costumes that people have been talking about for the dance--that's not a requirement, right?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

"Got it, no dancing ever happened." Faith shrugged. "As for the costumes, I hope not- I'm wearing a dress, which is enough of a costume for me, thanks."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I figured as much. Perhaps I'll find one of those costumes that beings from this planet wear for formal occassions. People might not recognize me."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith laughed. "A tux? That makes sense, kinda- you're coming as you aren't. I think you'd pull it off."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." He yanked on his braid. "Stupid Jedi hair might be a giveaway, though."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith eyed the braid. "Why do you even have that? Ew, rattails are icky Like, is it for something?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Signal of my apprenticeship. Can't be cut off until I become a Jedi Knight, then I can do whatever I want with my hair." He smiled. "Most Jedi go for the long hair, trimmed beard look. I think it's rebellion for the decades spent with a braid and a dumb ponytail."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Pass that around when you're done with it," Angelus said, indicating the sheet. "And glad you could make it. I've been saying since the start we needed you in JA."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin tried not to look too flattered. "Really? Thanks!"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I have good instincts about people," Angelus said. "As soon as I saw you, my instincts said you were just the kind of guy we needed."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin nodded. "Well, whatever I can do to help," he said.

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

After awhile, and a bit of calming chocolate, Beka approaches Anakin. "Hey."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hey! What brings you here?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"A certain persuasive vampire, a hell-bitch of an ex-campaign manager, and a strong dose of pragmatism."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin handed Beka another brownie. "Sounds like a long day."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka accepted the chocolate gratefully. "Yeah. And that's not even half of it." She smiled ruefully. "I don't suppose you want to tell me a Jedi story?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin smiled at her. "I'm guessing a funny one, huh?" He tried to come up with one that wasn't too embarassing to him personally. Or involving him at all, ideally.

"Okay, about a thousand years ago," he scrunched up his face, "at least in my galaxy, there was this Jedi named Kat Man'Du. Most Jedi run around in pairs, but Master Man'Du liked to work alone. He also had this reputation for having absolutely no sense of humor.

"Anyway, he was on this unexplored planet in the Outer Rim, back when there still were unexplored planets in the Outer Rim, and he hears this noise. So he flips on his lightsaber, and all the sudden he's just innundated with these flying stinging butterfly type things. But they're all, like 4 meters long and bright pink.

"He doesn't report in on time to the Council and he was completely anal-retentive when it came to, well, everything, so they got worried and sent out a team to find out what happened."

Anakin grinned. "They get there and discover Master Man'Du dressed in bright pinky fluffy robes and going by the name Fifi. It took the med-droids three months to figure out how to reverse the venom."

He looked over at Beka. "Not a great story, and certainly not one to increase the honor and glory of the Jedi, but always made me laugh as a kid."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[OOC: *loves you so much* Brilliant. :)]

Beka looked at him incredulously, then shook her head grinning. "Fluffy pink robes? Fifi?" She couldn't help herself and burst out laughing. "That's a terrible story, Anakin. But I love it anyway."

After a minute, she smiled warmly. "Thanks, Anakin."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Given the canon I'm working from, by God there should be a Jedi going by the name Fifi somewhere. It's just a matter of time.]

Anakin smiled back. "Any time. Give me more warning and I won't have to disturb you with Jedi Master Fifi." He looked at her closely. "You sure you're okay?"