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The Art of Cool: Class 14, Period 2 (Friday, April 18)

How to Use Alcohol to Your Advantage

When students met Tink and Barney in Ye Old Danger Shoppe, they might do a double take as it was set up to look just like a certain local bar. Complete with a certain hot local bartender. Happily, while Tink and Barney lectured, she was muted, lest she interrupt their talk.

"Today is a special last class before your final," Barney announced. "We are here to discuss how the many forms of alcohol can assist you in raising your personal Coolness, your own Hotness, and the Hotness of those around you."

Or it could lower your standards! Let's say you were amazingly Cool - well. Let's pretend you were someone else who was amazingly Cool, like Tink or Barney. Sometimes at a bar all you see are boring, ugly people. You can't stand listening to them talk. You can't imagine being bored enough to go home with them. Luckily, a few drinks made them seem fascinating and cute! When the drinks wear off in the morning, that's when you leave and never look back. It was simple and easy!

"Especially the leaving and not looking back," Barney said. "I have a form letter, if any of you need extra help with that last part."

The best part was that the process worked in reverse. The more they drank, the more fascinating and cute you appeared to be! Not that Barney or Tink ever needed help in that department, but for some of this class, it might be their only hope of not dying a virgin. Get someone good and loaded, and they wouldn't notice your gaping personality flaws or your hideous excuse for personal hygiene. They might think that awful top you insist on wearing is eccentric! Believe in yourselves, children! And more importantly, believe in the power of beer goggles!

"Or, like Weasley, you can attempt some liquid courage to hit on those much hotter than you and then pass out when they even seem to be considering it." He laughed for a moment. "Ah, memories!"

Could they show the clip again? Could they? Could they? Tink loved that clip!

Barney took a thoughtful puff on his cigar. "Unfortunately there's not time, but I'll give you a special post-class viewing, how about that?" There was drinking to be done, after all.

Hooray! Hooray! The clip! And look, children, liquor! This was a very special place! Absinthe lived here! The liquor was very real so they should drink up! And try to pick up the not-as-real bar patrons! Hooray! Barney and Tink had added all sorts of interesting people for them to hit on! Tink was especially proud of a few of her creations. (This meant that the students should probably be very afraid, right about now.)

Barney grinned evilly, incredibly pleased with the horrors they'd programmed into the simulation. "Oh, Ms. Bell, didn't you have a Special Announcement for our most willing to please students?"

Oh! Yes! Did anyone want to take a shift at Pixie Dust this week? Because prom was coming up and Tink hated people and did any of them want a free A in this class that they were far too uncool to pass otherwise? They did, right? See Tink after class! Do it! Do it now!

The evil look was still in place. He liked alternative assessments. "Now, brave students, step up to the bar. Extra points if you land the bartender."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm kinda not clear on why the whole undead thing means they can't bathe," Faith said, wrinkling her nose. "Vampires don't smell bad. Zombies can't put a little effort into it?"

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yah, I know right--" wait... Amber cocked her head and leaned slightly forward, eyes intense on Faith. "You know a vampire?"

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Faith laughed, not unkindly. "Thought everybody knew about that. We got a Sunnydale reunion going on around here. I know a few vampires. Most of 'em, I killed. It's a birthright thing. Slayer."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh my gosh," Amber exclaimed, hand to chest rather dramtically. "I wasn't aware. About vampires." Wow. "A slayer... like, stake through chest and all that?"

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's okay, this town's pretty clear of them," Faith said, hoping that was kinda reassuring. "Vamps are dumb and you've got two Slayers in town in case anybody shows up. Stake to the heart, they crumble into dust, good-bye, vamp. Kinda fun being a good guy."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh," Amber looked slightly disappointed. "I've never seen one except on TV. They're kinda badass, then, not... romantic like in certain movies? Whose the other slayer?"

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mel, she's a student," Faith said. "Double-colored hair, pretty kickass. They're mostly dumb animals running around feeding, you stake 'em and move on. Some of them have delusions of grandeur, and a couple are actually pretty okay folks. And no, it's not all pretty and goth or whatever. You see one, run."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Got it," she said. "See one and I'm runnin' in the opposite direction. Kinda used to that anyway, though instead of dodgin' pointy teeth, it was bullets," she said thoughtfully. "Oh, but I wouldn't mind meetin' a pretty okay one. You know, just sayin'."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Angel," she said, nodding. "He comes back from time to time. Not one of the ones you gotta run from. Good guy. Saved my ass once. Were you off saving the world? With the dodging bullets thing."

It seemed to be a theme, here.

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-18 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Angel," Amber repeated. "A nice name for a vampire and savin' your ass is a good thing."

"Nah," she twisted her lips. "I was tryin' to hide from some psycho crazy bitch who wanted to take me out. Still wants to take me out, rather."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"She's still after you?" Faith frowned. "You should be okay here. This island's full of the hero types and badasses like that. She's not, like, stalking you or some shit, is she?"

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Yah, apparently she escaped from prison, but I do feel safe here. She has no idea where I'm at so that's good." Again, Amber twisted her lips. "She blames me for killin' her daughter, Becky, which of course I didn't do. The girl blew up sittin' on a swan float..."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"She ... blew up on a ..." Faith stared for a minute. "You know? I got this theory that half of us are from places just as crazy as Fandom, and we don't know it 'cause we're too used to that shit to realize it's insane."

Re: Get a Drink and Hit on Faith [4/18]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Yah," she said with a nod. "I'll drink to that, definitely."