Ethics & Etiquette - 1st Period - 7/13

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The students had handwavily been notified to meet in the Danger Shop this week. Upon entering, they would find their teachers standing among some dining tables. "Good morning, class," Steve said. "Today we're going to talk about table etiquette."

"Which is when you use napkins and all that Pretty Woman stuff. Though I doubt any of you are hookers with a heart of gold..." Although the chick who ran the flower shop was.

"Wade!" Steve said, sounding somewhat scandalized. Then he remembered who he was dealing with here and decided moving along would be the better part of valor. "You should always use napkins, of course, but proper dining etiquette is more complicated than that. It involves knowing how to properly set a table, as well as which utensils to use for which foods. It's kind of a pain," he admitted, "but it can help to smooth the way in a social situation."

"Or just confuse the crap outta ya and make you start to wonder if this was just a bourgeois plot to keep the man down," Deadpool added helpfully. "The tablecloth is there for a reason, right? Why waste a perfectly good napkin when you have that? And a shrimp fork? Really? Really?"

"The tablecloth is there for a reason, but to substitute for a napkin is not it," Steve said. "As far as place settings go, please refer to this diagram, which will help you understand what goes where and when to use each utensil. Utensils are arranged basically in the order they'll be used."

Deadpool rolled his eyes. "Blah blah blah boringcakes. How about we actually do something? Can we have 'em set the table and then yank the tablecloth off? It'll teach them poise."

Or how to clean up smashed china. One of those. "Yes, everyone pick a table, then set it for four either formally or informally," Steve said. "Then..." he gestured to his co-teacher to let him finish the assignment.

"Bill Murray that shiznat up!" Deadpool said cheerfully. "Work in groups of... say... two. That's a good, solid number. Not a lonely number at all. That would be one."

"What?" Steve asked him blankly. Then he realized giving Deadpool an opening was a bad idea and said, "It doesn't matter. Everyone pair up and get to work."

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Like you wish there was food.

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Listen to the Lecture

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Such as it be.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

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Adora took notes about the diagram thinking this activity could be very useful when attending dinners at Castle Bright Moon.

Of course, she never managed to finish a meal when she sat down to one there. Huh.

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Rose facepalmed throughout the lecture. She so shouldn't have tempted fates last week over the stupid table settings bit. She was a bodyguard, dammit. Not a servant.

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Zack managed to suppress a groan. After his shift at Fina yesterday, he had been more than happy to be away from dishes for a while.

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As far as diagrams and all that shit, it was stuff Eva had known about since she was old enough for her grandmother to teach her. She didn't have the mouth for a very nice dinner table, but she did have the manners for one.

Nevertheless, she paid attention for anything she might have forgotten or anything new.

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At least this was pretty easy, right? Even if Angela was doubtful she'd ever need to lay a table this exactly again once this was done.

As usual, this class was weird, and she kind of wished she had remembered to go through with those plans she'd had with Rose. It might have worked!

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Hannibal thought he could deal with all this, even girly as it was, after this weekend. He was so freaking thankful not to be followed around by two girls who kept hanging all over him.

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Tara knew how to set a table, even if this was fancier than what she was used to. Still, she took a couple notes during the lecture.

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Elle already knew about table settings, not that she'd ever had to set one. But she knew.

She wasn't in a favorable mood this morning so didn't particularly care one way or the other. She jotted down a few notes anyway.

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Esme sat with her arms folded, and one eyebrow raised, as if to say You might have me listening, but if you think I'm setting a table, you've got another thought coming.

Only with worse grammar.

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Jon just stared at the diagram. He was only suppose to know how to act at those damn dinners, not set them up.

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Agnes looked at the diagram dubiously. Whoever had drawn it up had a MUCH different idea of "informal" than she did.

Activity Time

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Pair up, set a table properly, and then wreck it. Unless you're actually able to do the tablecloth maneuver.

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Diana glanced around, already planning how she was going to do the tablecloth maneuver.

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Setting up a table and wrecking it seemed completely doable, but she was sure who to pair up with to do it.

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Man, mind-movey powers would so totally come in handy for that second part.

Right now, though, he was just gonna stare in dismay at the three different kinds of forks. Two too many, in his opinion.

Re: Activity Time

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This... could actually be pretty fun. Once the table had actually been set and it was time to destroy it, anyway.

Right now, it was just a pile of cutlery and plates to sort out and arrange with someone. Little less exciting.

Re: Activity Time

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Setting a table up just to wreck it seemed shameful.

She wouldn't admit that it did sound somewhat fun and for her, possibly mood improving.

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Jon hummed a bit as he started to set up a table. Wrecking it he could definitely get into.

He also wondered how many tries they would get.

Re: Activity Time

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Agnes looked around for a partner. And wondered if she'd actually be able to pull off yanking the tablecloth out from under the place settings. Because that? Would be cool.


...Damn, she'd just used "cool" in a thought. That was disturbing.

Talk to Your Teachers

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After they ping in!

Re: Talk to Your Teachers

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Steve was present and accounted for in this second week of madness.

OOC

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Whee!