http://tinkerbitch.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] tinkerbitch.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-04-17 11:50 pm
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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 2008-04-19 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I met him," Faith said, which was a miracle, because she really did suck at names, but the odd ones stuck out. "He went to school with me. Kinda. Wait, he's your dad? Damn, he aged well."

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

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Fandom time thing," Luke said. "We're only about seven years apart in physical age."

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

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Do not think naughty thoughts about that, Faith.

"I bet it is, then," she grinned, when she'd recovered. "Your dad that was part of the original list. And seriously, you're a friend of Dawnie's? That's awesome. She's something else, isn't she?"

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

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
"She's fantastic," Luke said, beaming. "Um, just don't ask her about the weekend everyone lost their memories."

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

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"This island never stops bein' weird, does it?" Faith laughed. "Hey, it's a nice, normal island, except when sheep overrun the place or we're all different people for a weekend or the amnesia or the plague or whatever else decided to be upside-down today."

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

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"The armed bears were new," Luke said.

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

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Armed bears?" Faith stared for a few seconds. "I missed armed bears!?"

Now she had to be pissed about that.

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

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"They made themselves a giant robot and stomped through town, too," Luke said. "Um. Pretend that makes sense."

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

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Faith waved it off. "Don't need to. We're in Fandom. Armed bears, robot, probably stopped by fruit salad and some penguins with toasters. Totally with you so far."

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

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
"If the next invasion is penguins with toasters, you owe me a beer," Luke decided.

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

[identity profile] neverfaithful.livejournal.com 2008-04-19 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Faith cracked up at that. "Deal. One beer, on me, for when the penguins and toasters show up. Hell, I'll buy you a six-pack."