fandomhigh | Intergalactic Justice, Tuesday Period One

There were a lot of glass spheres at the front of the class. And paper. And pitchers of something watery. And toothpicks. And--

"Today," Jim said, with fiendish determination, "We are going to be talking about the universe. It's really, really big. It's so big you can't see stuff on the other end. You could say we can't tell what it looks like, buuuut that'd be wrong."

He held up a snowglobe. It had the Eiffel Tower and a little plastic cow in it. "This is what the universe looks like!" He grinned. Like an idiot. "We're all living in a giant snowglobe, kids! Now remember that snowglobes aren't indestructable, no matter what the nice made in China people put on the label. You wanna make sure," he tapped the edge of the globe. A little hard. "That it doesn't break. Because that would be bad."

He pointed at the tables. "So today, we are learning about snowglobes!" He was very enthusiastic. "Have at, you wee cow-clobbering, snow-loving defenders of the cosmos! Make your snowglobe SHINE!" Pause. "But don't use anything radioactive, that might violate my parole."

Did he even have parole? He'd have to call Peter.

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Well, the universe-as-snowglobe metaphor made sense to Sokka, but as for the rest of it... Jim was more insane than Deadpool, that was for sure.

He raised his hand. "So, can you teach us how to use our little snowglobes to protect the BIG snowglobe of the universe?"

"No," Jim said, like this was the most obvious thing in the world, "We don't touch the inspirational fluttering wonderful... wonder of the snowglobe!"

"But you don't want it to get BROKEN, do you?" Sokka asked. "That's not justice!"

"Well, if the universe is a snowglobe, how can you be sure a snowglobe's not a universe? There's always another plan to dispense justice!" He considered Sokka, then added, helpfully, "It usually involves senseless violence."

"Yes, sir," Sokka replied. "Very good point, sir." Best not to argue with the crazy person. And senseless violence was always fun, as long as you had an appropriate target.

He pointed at the Eiffel-Tower-and-cow globe. "But THIS snowglobe isn't a universe," he pointed out. "I checked."

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