How to Keep Your Neck in Modeling: A Mercenary's Guide to Fashion - Fifth Period - 07/14

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There were shoes at the front of the class. Many, many shoes.

And a teacher that was too gleeful for his own good over this part of the class. Sometimes it might be good that he wasn't allowed to do the really cruel thing to mess with his students. Other times it just produced days like these.

He was about five minutes from cackling.

"Morning kids. Today we're learning about a very important part of fashion." A beat. "And mostly serving to entertain me with the fun that comes from it."

He waved at the shoes, smiling so very nicely at everyone. "High heels are a must when walking in a runway show. And yes, I know it's mostly for the ladies, but... you never know what kinda wacky hijinks might involve wearing shoes like these. Or, at least, in case any of you are secretly cross-dressers and this is just your dream come true--" He coughed something that sounded an awful lot like 'Hannibal King'. "--But don't you kids worry your pretty little heads. I wouldn't just throw these at you without a demonstration!"

He grinned at his audience and held up a pair of heels. "Oh, Jr? Would you be so nice as to come on up and demonstrate for the kiddies?"

Hannibal wasn't a junior (and thank god, any attachment to his father like that would just be stupid) so he really didn't think he was being called.

Or maybe he was ignoring the possibility it was him.

So, he didn't move.

Deadpool's grin just grew wider. "Come on, Hannibal. Now is time for the dancing."

Yeah, no.

"This isn't dancing class," he said, finally looking up. "I'm not dancing."

"When was this me giving you options?" Deadpool asked slowly. "Now, come on up and demonstrate the shoes for the kiddies."

A beat.

"Or we can be in detention for the remainder of the summer. I wonder if they'll let me run it the whole time too..."

"Isn't there an amendment somewhere that says I don't have to bow to the will of insane teachers who wear pajamas and think it makes them some sort of crusading avenger?" Hannibal asked, gripping his desk just in case.

"Give me twenty bucks and I will." Hey, might as well try.

"I'm not an Avenger. I mean, sure, they have about a million kooky teams these days. And die like lemming. And keep popping back up from the dead. Those crazy folk." He shook his head.

"Nevermind that, walkies," Deadpool said, jiggling the shoes again. "And I left my wallet in my other pajamas."

"What if I decide to take the detention?" Hannibal asked. Not that he wanted to. Saturdays stuck in school sucked.

"Then I find something more embarrassing for next week," Deadpool replied in a sing-song.

"What if I skip?" he retorted.

"Have you met Reno? Red hair, kinda scrappy. Oo! Or lil' Jeff. He's... well you'd know who he was if you met him, trust me. How 'boutcha ask them what happens when students get all proactive around me."

"We'll end up wearing matching pajama sets?" Hannibal tried, looking at the shoes and wondering if he could make like he was going to before bolting from the room.

Probably not, but it would be cute to see him try.

Deadpool just jiggled the shoes again

"I want an IOU for the money," Hannibal decided, "or I'm not leaving this desk until it's cried from my cold dead but still pretty hands."

"Fine, fine. I owe you one favour that does not involve avoiding the humiliation of high heels."

"Fine." He stood up. "Are they even my size?"

"...maybe. I assumed you were the same as me," Deadpool informed him cheerfully.

"That's kind of creepy in all kinds of ways," Hannibal said, making his way to the front of the room. "Stop thinking about me when we're not in class and gimme the stupid shoes."

"You haunt my dreams," Deadpool told him flatly, handing over the shoes.

With a snarl and vowing not to blush, Hannibal toed off his own shoes and put the stupid shoes on.

And did not look up. "There, done. Happy?"

Hands clasped to his chest, Deadpool sighed happily. "Ecstatic!"

"Wonderful," Hannibal said dryly. "Am I done? Can I go sit down now that I've made your day?"

"Only if you wear them on your way back."

"I hate you," Hannibal said, reaching up to swipe his shoes before, gingerly, walking back to his desk in those stupid shoes. He felt like he was going to break an ankle or fall over onto someone's desk.

Deadpool waved him on. "Love you too, Jr. Now, that is what fashion is, kiddies. Pain and humiliation for the goal of entertaining others."

Hannibal dropped down into his desk and, when he thought Deadpool wasn't looking, added a one finger salute.

Just for funsies.

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With heels if you got 'em!

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Listen to the... bickering

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FUNSIES!

Re: Listen to the... bickering

[withoutverona]

Romeo listened, mostly grateful not to be Hannibal.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Hannibal was just going to bang his head against the desk after that display and wish for a quick, painful death.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

[wannabehunter]

That? Was a growing look of horror on Jo's face.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

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Chuck was so glad that he wasn't Hannibal right now. The smirk on his face faltered when he realized he would have to be wearing heels too.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

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Dōjima was doing her best not to laugh openly at Hannibal. Instead, she managed to keep it to an amused smirk, which grew slightly more amused as she realized all the boys were going to suffer the same fate.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

[peace_n_war]

Warren just stared in horror. A lot of horror.

And contemplated the logistics of melting his sneakers to his feet.

Re: Listen to the... bickering

[endsthegame]

This would've all gone significantly better if Hannibal had listened to him, but Ender was loath to care too much. He spent most of the bickering narrativing thinking, instead.

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Viki was just giggling during the exchange.

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[heromaniac]

Momoko just listened and watched, completely unsure if she should be finding this exchange funny or not.

Try out the shoes

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There is an assortment of modable shoes, heels only though, for you to try on!

Re: Try out the shoes

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Blair looked the shoes over. She wasn't trying on anything that was under three figures in price.

Re: Try out the shoes

[withoutverona]

Romeo had once gotten bored or drunk enough, likely both, to try on a pair of Mercutio's platform wedges, so that was the style he was going for. But he was moving very slowly, hoping class would end before he had to actually try to walk in the things.

Re: Try out the shoes

[wannabehunter]

Jo wasn't looking for the smallest heel possible. Really.

Re: Try out the shoes

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Chuck browsed through the shoes with a look of disgust on his face. He was a dude and none of these met up to his standards. If he was going to wear heels he was going to wear a decent pair.

Re: Try out the shoes

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Considering that she wore heels almost every day, including today, this was really no big deal for Dōjima.

That didn't mean she was just going to grab the first pair in her size, however, and it took her awhile before she found some she was willing to wear (http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2068843977&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2041639855&N=2041639855&Nao=108&Ns=Popularity%7c0%7c%7cProduct%2bCode%7c1&Nu=Product+ID).

Re: Try out the shoes

[peace_n_war]

Warren eyed the shoes warily, reaching for a pair was that quite possibly his size.

And then proceeded to continue to stare at them. Sooner or later, he might even get around to the beginnings of unlacing his sneakers. Eventually. Maybe.

Re: Try out the shoes

[endsthegame]

Ender had taken a pair of the least ridiculous shoes back to his seat, where he pretended to examine them thoughtfully. He felt no particular urge to call the teacher's attention to him more, but the pointlessness of this entire class continued to frustrate him immensely.

Re: Try out the shoes

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Aravis didn't think that heels could be so bad. They were different from her usual slippers, of course, but she'd worn them to dances and so forth in the past.

Plus, the girl was kind of tiny. A little height couldn't hurt.

Re: Try out the shoes

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In fairly short order Viki had managed to find a pair of pink heels that appealed to her. This, however, did not mean she could walk in them, and she clung rather precariously to to the wall to keep her balance.

Talk to the TA

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Who is the Nigel of the class now. Respect and fear him.

Re: Talk to the TA

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Actually, the respect and fear in this case was going to be entirely reversed for his classmates wearing those things. Seriously. If it meant not having to wear them, Chad was feeling very grateful to be the noted fashion photography, especially since Senor Deadpool hadn't (yet) asked him to shave off his hair.

He doubted that they made heels in a size big enough to fit him anyway.

Thank God...

Talk to the Teacher

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Who is insane. Respect and fear him.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[heromaniac]

Sometime before class was over, Momoko managed to toddle her way around the room and up to the teacher. She really liked these shoes. She put on her most innocent face.

"Sir? Are we allowed to take the shoes home? To... uhm," she frowned a moment, thinking. AH! "To practice walking in, I mean! If I could take these home I promise to practice until I can walk really well in them, even when wearing funny clothes, not that I have funny clothes, but I would if you gave me some and I'd be able to wear them and walk. In these shoes. I promise!"

OOC

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Huge thanks to decoder_rings for the help!