My Life as a Buddy Movie | Period 2 | Wednesday | May 20

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Loki was almost expecting to be met at the doors of the school by security, telling him he'd fucked up enough last week that he wasn't welcome back and they'd be filling his spot with educational movies about sexual education and not smoking. Luckily that wasn't the case and he was back in the classroom early enough to set up a few things for today's class.

Once everyone had arrived and was settled, he stood up and made his way to the front of the classroom. "Morning. I hope everyone slept well and wore clothes that they don't mind getting a little wet."

Oh, had he forgotten to warn them? Oh, darn.

"Once upon a time, a guy I worked went fucking insane," he said, almost fondly. "He got power hungry and that blinded him to what we were trying to accomplish. He lost my trust and then he lost his head."

Poor Bartleby.

"For him, losing my trust wasn't a huge thing because he really didn't give a fuck by then. He was too far gone, too uncaring about losing a friend he'd had for fucking centuries to really try and regain my trust." He was a little sore about that. "But, losing trust in a relationship often spells fucking doom. You're not going to work well with each other if you're constantly expecting your partner to stab you in the fucking back, literally or metaphorically."

He'd been stabbed in the back before. It fucking hurt like a mofo.

"Some may argue that it's possible to continue a working relationship without trust and they'd be right. Keep your friends close and your enemies fucking closer but it's not going to be a very productive relationship. When you trust someone, you trust them to have your back and your front. You trust them to buy you an extra fucking donut for breakfast and to cover your ass if the cops show up with a warrant for your fucking arrest. You really think someone who doesn't trust you isn't going to dime your ass out if that happens? Probably fucking not."

He'd known people like that too. Fucking jackasses.

"And, like everything in relationships, trust has to be gained and it has to be maintained. You can't just meet someone and the trust is there. It's a constant, ever evolving thing that can be destroyed in a matter of fucking seconds. Don't think that because you're pretty or you're smart, everyone's going to trust you. Work on it. Be conscious that it's an entity that can be your best friend or your worst fucking enemy and it's a fickle fucking beast."

Ah, personal experience. It helped so much in this class.

"For today, we're going to be doing two things. You can do one, you can do both, or you can just stare at me. Your choice. First activity is trust falls. Partner up with someone and take turns doing this. One person falls into the other person's arms blindly, essentially. You have to trust the other person to catch you. I don't want to see any sissy falling either. If I see it, you're going to be trust falling with me. The second activity is water gun Russian roulette."

Oh yes.

"It's amazing what you can get a nerd to rig for you." He pointed to an assorted row of bright pink water pistols that had been rigged up to work for this activity. "And I've gone behind him and rigged each water gun specifically for each student. You have to pull your water gun's trigger three times. If the water hits you, you lose. If it doesn't, you win. If you point the gun at me, you really lose. You might ask what this proves about trust, right? Well, you're just going to have to trust that I'm a nice guy and didn't want to get any of you wet."

He wasn't a nice guy and most of those were rigged to spray water but he could still lie like a fucking rug.

"You have to trust your partner for the trust falls and you have to trust me for the water gun fun. Get to it."

Once he was done rambling, he leaned against the edge of his desk and waited for the class to start the activities.

Comments

Sign In [BM 05/20]

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Like you have an insane teacher!

Re: Sign In [BM 05/20]

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Effy Stonem

Re: Sign In [BM 05/20]

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Griff O'Conner

Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Listen to Loki ramble on and on, take notes, chat with each other, fall asleep. It's up to you!

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy might have been slouched on her desk, but she was actually listening to what Loki was saying. The guy may be a right fucking weirdo, but he was at least interesting.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff listened to the lecture while staring at a notebook in front of him, doodling little pictures of some of the things Loki was talking about. What a weird class.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona didn't mind either falling or getting wet, but she didn't quite understand what the professor had done so far to earn their 'trust'.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Okay, Gabrielle totally, totally got the thing about trusting someone to catch you (she was starting to lose track of the number of steep ravines, seemingly bottomless chasms, and old wells she'd dangled over). She also had no problem with getting wet. But the water guns? Those were odd.

She didn't get that part.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

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Hurley found the lecture a little... too deep.

Mainly because he was the type that really trusted people, automatically.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

Maron ducked her head a little, making it look like she was taking notes, as she made a face at the topic.

Trust was something she knew she had to work on.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie listened to the lecture, but she didn't take notes. Loki might be crazy, but at least the lectures were memorable.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon was sitting the back, sketching something in a notebook and occasionally glaring at Loki.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco boggled. With his mouth open.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was wearing his "wtf" face for most of this until the water pistol part. Anything Russian couldn't be good.

Re: Chat | Stare | Take Notes [BM 05/20]

[abetterthief.livejournal.com]

It probably said something about Parker that Loki's lecture made the most sense to her of the three she'd had this week.

Class Activities [BM 05/20]

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Into pretty pretty subthreads!

Trust Falls [BM 05/20]

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Grab a partner and start falling! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_fall)

Water Pistol Russian Roulette [BM 05/20]

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Pick up a pretty pink water gun and see if you should trust Loki! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Roulette)

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[Mod the water squirting you or not! It's totally up to you!]

The TA's [BM 05/20]

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There are two of them! Wait till they ping in and Loki says you're totally allowed to squirt them with water pistols. It's in their nonexistent contracts.

Re: The TA's [BM 05/20]

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Effy was around.

She would be unimpressed if anyone decided to go for her. They who did would get the same right back. Like she'd take that without retaliation.

Re: The TA's [BM 05/20]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber was there and enjoying this class thoroughly. She sat back, kicked her feet up, and prepared to be entertained.

Talk to Loki [BM 05/20]

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

This is a subject he knows a lot about. Also, he's so taking all the water pistols with him after class ends.

Re: Talk to Loki [BM 05/20]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

First thing she did when she came to his class was put a box of donuts and a cup of coffee on his desk. Glazed and powder were his choices today.

Re: Talk to Loki [BM 05/20]

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Toward the end of the hour, Daisy stopped by, of course with a spoil for Loki from her class. She handed the large cup over.

"Smoothie," she said. "And it's made with real fruit, too, much more than those Pop-Tarts of yours."

OOC [BM 05/20]

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As always, you're welcome to one of the activities, both of them or handwave doing them. It's totally up to you!