Management Theory [Tuesday, March 3, 4th period]

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Today, when the students arrived, they would find Yzma wearing the same charming goggles and lab coat ensemble as the rest of them.

"Sometimes," she began, "traditional means of getting your point across to the clearly inferior--talking, yelling, kicking them with pointy shoes--simply do not work! Sometimes they will not let you win at shuffleboard and make fun of your hair!" She coughed. "Not that that has happened to me. Sometimes you have no choice but to resort to...CHEMISTRY!"

She cackled madly as thunder pealed and a cabinet full of pink vials opened up behind her.

"It is difficult to win at shuffleboard when you don't have opposable thumbs!" she giggled to herself.

"Pair up, and make sure you each take a vial. One person drinks the vial--or drops it on the floor, it doesn't really matter--and the other person observes what happens! Then switch!"

Somehow she didn't think the second person would be all that anxious to drink the potions after they observed what happened.

"All effects--if there are any--will wear off before class is over! And no taking potions out of the class with you."

And this was a totally effective management technique where she came from. Yzma's country was odd.

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Play with Potions!

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The potions are totally moddable--there are potions that will turn you into just about any animal you can think of, as well as ones that will turn you human, so you can drink a vial and have absolutely nothing happen after you get an overly dramatic puff of pink smoke.

Or you can be, you know, reasonable and decide not to drink something pink from the crazy lady. Or bribe your classmates to drink yours for you. She's not paying that much attention.

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[ashockingbitch]

Jenny looked around for someone to drink a potion with. Or rather, not, as she was pretty sure this wasn't exactly bathtub gin.

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[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Jamie said plopping himself down next to Jenny. "You first."

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[ashockingbitch]

"Oh, no, you first," Jenny said. "I insist."

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[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"See, I'm trying to be polite," Jamie insisted back. "Ladies first after all."

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[ashockingbitch]

"Youth before beauty," Jenny said. Why, yes, she did just pull that out of her ass.

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[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"You don't look that old," Jamie replied. trying to think of another cliche that he could spout off and failing utterly.

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen looked around for a partner. Not that she intended drinking any of the potions. The teacher here was insane.

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[withoutverona]

"I will drink no potion," Romeo announced as he slid into the seat next to Helen.

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I will not either," Helen said firmly. "Perhaps if we just pretend, but throw them on the floor?"

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[withoutverona]

"I think that would be the wisest plan," Romeo said, with a sidelong glare at Yzma. "I don't want to be a penguin today, thank you."

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I do not wish to turn into anything," Helen said firmly.

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[withoutverona]

"Then we're in agreement," Romeo said, leaning toward her. "On the count of three, we drop our vials to the floor?"

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was no way Mac was going to drink anything given to her by the creepy teacher.

She would be eying the bottles, and hoping someone braver than her (or possibly insane, she wasn't fussy) decided it would be a fun experiment.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"So," Turtle said, ruffling a hand through her hair as if to get it to dry a little more, giving Mac a dubious smile. "What do you think?"

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"I think I wouldn't drink this stuff for anything," Mac replied, holding one of the potions up to look through it.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"But how bad," Turtle wondered, with the sort of tone that suggested that she wouldn't be at all opposed to Mac talking her out of this one, "could they be? I mean, they can't be too bad. She can't do anything to harm any of us, or she could get sued."

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"... do you want to try, then?" Mac asked. Well, she sure didn't.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

There was a long pause.

"No," she said, "I don't want to. But whether or not I think we should...?"

She still looked very on the fence about that.

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Meg was studying her vial. Logically she knew she shouldn't drink anything from the crazy teacher. But at the same time, Meg was pretty sure the administration would frown on Yzma giving them anything that would hurt them.

To drink or not to drink...

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

"You're not SERIOUSLY considering drinking that, are you?" Agnes asked. Her own potion she slipped into a pocket, so she could study it later.

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"Maybe?" Meg shrugged. "What's the worse that can happen? It's not like she can kill us."

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"I don't think I want to find out what the worst that could happen is," Agnes pointed out. "And I DEFINITELY don't want to find out the hard way how long the effects last."

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[meg-powers.livejournal.com]

"She did say it would wear off before class was over." She looked at the potion, weighing the risks. Weird experience that ended before class was over versus a weird experience that didn't end. "It might be fun to do something weird and unusual for a change. Besides, I could send a picture to my brothers. They'd be amused if I turned purple or something."

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes shrugged. "If it's all right, I'll just wait and watch what happens to you. I'm not sure I'm feeling adventurous today."