TeeVee for Beginners, Friday Period Two

[chosehumanity]

"We were going to talk about early TV today," Mitchell announced. He was looking just a little antsy. Might've been the monsters outside. "But considering the circumstances, I'll leave you to the television itself. Er... they used to stage TV more like plays back in the day, with programmes that had a completely new story with different writers and cast every airing. This is an example of a show a bit like that, focusing on the strange and unexplained."

Mitchell just wanted to sit down and watch TV and try not to think about what was going on outside. "Please stay in the class," he said, "I've never seen one of those things before." And he'd seen quite a lot. He held up a hand. "Just-- stay here. The administration will handle what's going on outside."

Then he snagged the remote and turned on the set. "See what you can learn from the television," he said, and draped himself over the couch.

After a beat, he added, "That goes twice for you, George."

Comments

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Or at least biting and chomping and scaring them and scarring them!" Dinah bounced. Really, she shouldn't be happy about something to fight. Dreadfully dangerous. Wrong, wrong. Bounce. "We just have to wait a little while...."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[puppy_fair]

"But classes are so looong," Zack whined. "And the biting and the chomping stuff is happening right now."

Want!

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I knoooow." Dinah gave Mitchell a wistful look. So cool, and yet, he didn't get monsters. Well, he was New. "But they won't all be gone by the time we get out. They never are."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[puppy_fair]

"They're not?" Zack's reaction was now somewhere between a 'yay!' and a 'but, but, but!' "The townspeople, can they take care of themselves? They know to stay inside, right? Getting eaten kind of sucks."

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"They know to stay inside," Dinah quickly assured him. "And the troopers will be out to protect and tell people who don't know about the latest invasion already. Mostly it's the new students and teachers you have to worry about, which is why we should be out there." Bounce of impatience.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[puppy_fair]

"Class is over soon, right?"

Please? Yes?

Zack looked up at the clock. For what had to be about ten minutes.

And then the second hand finally clicked.

Sigh.