Sex Ed, Monday [1-26] Third Period

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Today a large poster was displayed at the front of the classroom. "I would just like to start by saying I had nothing to do with the creation of this poster," Steve said, looking faintly embarrassed about it. "But it has an important message. You can't always tell by looking at someone whether they have a venereal disease or not. They may not even know it. That's why protection is so important, and why abstinence is the only really effective way of preventing the spread of disease. Today we're going to have a little exercise to demonstrate this.

"You have the rest of the class period free to mingle and eat these cookies I brought. There is only one requirement: you must shake hands with anyone you talk to. And there is a catch. One of you is--hypothetically, of course--carrying a disease, which is transferred by the shaking of hands. I will tell you who at the end of the period. But don't worry about that for now. Chat. Enjoy the cookies."

((Edit: Disease vector revealed!))

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"...I suppose so," he said, offering his to her.

"Haven't tried the chocolate chip, though. Have you? They smell nice enough."

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[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

She took his hand and grasped it, firmly, giving it a solid shake before letting go again.

"There," she said. "Now we've infected one another. I don't feel ill yet; I suppose it's slow-working. The chocolate chip cookies smell perfectly normal, but I'm concerned that some of the bacon cookies might have been mixed in with the non-bacon cookies, so even selecting a cookie from the non-bacon pile might result in bacon."

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Would you like an orange instead?"

His conversation with Ned had him itching to see if he still could.

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[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Are you in the habit of carrying oranges with you, wherever you go?" she asked. "I suppose that would be useful, when one craved an orange. But it doesn't leave one's hands very free. Unless one had an orange-bag to carry. One should be careful to change oranges frequently, lest they rot."

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He patted his satchel.

"I keep all manner of things in here," he told her, "because I like to be prepared. And sometimes oranges are part of it."

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[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Do you frequently have need of oranges?" she smiled. "I do confess, I have never found myself going, 'dear heaven, if only I had thought to bring an orange.'"

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"They saved me in class once," he said honestly, "and they're good if you need something heavy to throw."