Ethics & Etiquette - 1st Period - 7/13

[screwyoumarvel]

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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[screwyoumarvel]

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

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

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

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[puppy_fair]

Zack wandered up to the first girl who looked like she was in need of a partner, and offered her a bit of a grin.

"I guess here is where I warn you that I work in a restaurant and I'm still bad with place settings, huh?"

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana snorted and picked up a chart. "How hard can following directions be?" Famous last words Diana, famous last words. "I want to do the tablecloth trick."

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[puppy_fair]

"There's a trick to it?" Zack grinned brightly. Oooh, this could be good! "Okay, now I have to know what it is, you know."

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[1moredaytodance.livejournal.com]

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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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Wanna wreck a table with me?" Hannibal asked, wandering over.

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[1moredaytodance.livejournal.com]

"Sure." She said with a grin. "You can be the brains to my brawn." Because, of course, she was the stronger one out of the two of them.

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I dunno if you want me to be the brains of anything," he laughed. "Might make us fail."

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[longislandiceme]

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.

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[life_inshadow]

Tara, shrugging, wandered over to Bobby, since he looked sort of familiar. "Are you working with anybody yet?"

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[longislandiceme]

"Nope," Bobby shook his head. "I am totally available," he said, spreading his arms wide.

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[life_inshadow]

"Totally?" Tara smiled. "Cool. There are a lot of pieces to keep track of without somebody to help."

She waggled her fingers in half a wave. "I'm Tara."

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

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.

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Angela, wanna work together?" Joan asked.

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Would love to," Angela answered, nodding easily. "You know all this stuff by any chance?" She certainly didn't, but it couldn't hurt to ask. "Or are we cribbing straight from that diagram?"

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[awalkingfelony.livejournal.com]

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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[trigons_child]

Joan and Diana had paired up with other people, so Raven shyly approached the girl she did not know. "Hello," she said. "May we work together?"

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[awalkingfelony.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hi," she said, smiling. "Sure, that'd be great. I'm Elle Woods by the way if you didn't catch my singing performance last week." Hopefully no one paid attention omigod.

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[trigons_child]

"I fear I did not," Raven said. "I am Rachel Roth."

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[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

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.

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[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie wandered over to Jon. "Hi. Need a partner?"

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[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon grinned and nodded. "Yep. I'm Jon."

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[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"I'm Ellie. I think we met before. A few months ago at the shuttle," Ellie said, smiling. "So, would you rather we set the formal or informal table?"

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

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.