Slacking - Last Meeting [Friday, Period 1]

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

It had been inevitable, really. Week after week of feigning sleep as the students arrived had, given that this was Max, virtually guaranteed that one day he'd actually be asleep. His head didn't loll back, and he didn't snore. In fact, he looked pretty much exactly like he did at the beginning of every class. Except that he didn't have his sunglasses on (they were lying on his desk next to a pack of multi-colored sharpie markers) and his eyes were firmly closed. When the last student arrived he sat up abruptly assuming no one rudely awakens him first and looked around in confusion for a moment. Then he figured out where he was and cleared his throat.

"Today your assignment is simple. Each pair of you has picked a task. Today you'll detail that task and how you plan to accomplish it, at least in broad strokes. But most importantly you'll explain what precautions you've taken to avoid officious interference. What measures are you employing to avoid having to ask anyone permission, which tends to take forever to get, or for avoiding other people taking over and wrecking your project?"

He looked over the students. "I'll call each pair up here and you'll explain things. Then, if you want, you're free to question the pair on details of their plans and suggest situations which might cause problems." He was going to call everyone, whether they were there or not, and if people weren't present or dawdled he was going to scowl. Very menacingly. Except without any menace.

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Sign in

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Like you're telling Max just how much you respect him

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen Haras-Uquara

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Hannibal King

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Claire Bennet Butler

Sleepy times

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max is pretty deeply asleep, and WHERE DID THOSE SHARPIES COME FROM? Unless someone makes a deliberate effort to wake him up, he'll sleep through just about anything. Feel free to do what comes naturally in such a situation.

Chances are he won't notice even after he does wake up. It's not like he can see his own face.

Re: Sleepy times

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal was torn. On one hand, easy pickings. On the other, Max was huge and Hannibal kind of liked him.

In the end, Hannibal went small. He drew two hearts on Max's cheek.

Re: Sleepy times

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire was totally giggling as she watched her class partner work.

Re: Sleepy times

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Maybe it'll get him a date or something," Hannibal said, looking over his shoulder at Claire. "Show off his sensitive side."

Re: Sleepy times

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

See, now, Valentine wasn't exactly one to draw on people's faces. She was more the type to think of something good and then try to convince someone else to draw it, and that was what she contemplated now. It would have to involve words, maybe backwards ones so that unless someone else was paying attention, the meaning wouldn't become evident until Max looked into a mirror...

Re: Sleepy times

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward eyed the sharpie and followed the example of his fellow classmates. He signed his name with a flourishing scrawl. Ah-hah!

He might not understand that signing his name was not the idea here.

Re: Sleepy times

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona picked up a sharpie.

And considered her options.

...and decided the best ideas involved archaic German.

The lecture

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

It's short and sweet, but there's enough time to catch a power nap if you want. Just be aware that Max has sharpies.

You probably already knew that, though.

Explain your project

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

In the appropriate sub-thread! And don't forget you're free to grill each other. And if you don't, Max will.

Effy and Valentine

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

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Re: Effy and Valentine

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine glanced over at Effy before they were called up, shrugging a little, and wondering if they should swap a few notes first, or just wing it. Their combined apathy would probably do the trick well enough.

Re: Effy and Valentine

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy shrugged back, in what was probably a 'whatever, let's just get this over with'.

Amazing how she could convey so much, while saying so little.

Claire and Hannibal

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

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Re: Claire and Hannibal

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal didn't have any notes for his project but he figured he and Claire had talked it over enough that it'd be easy to wing it.

Re: Claire and Hannibal

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

They totally had this in the bag.

Edward and Emmet

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

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Fiona and Helen

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Re: Fiona and Helen

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen was not at all certain about this, but she was here.

Talk to Max

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

This is a great opportunity to tell him how much you loved his class! Or... whatever else you need to get off your chest.

OOC

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

It's been a fun seven weeks. Thanks to you guys for pitching in as much as you have.

And I want you to know that I'll consider you all failures as human beings if Max doesn't walk out with a ridiculous caricatured mustache AT THE VERY LEAST.

Re: OOC

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA *g*