http://flipped-god-off.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] flipped-god-off.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-08-05 06:40 am

a guide to getting past life's little quirks | wednesday | period 2 | august 5

Unlike last week, Loki was back in the classroom, grinning smugly at each student as they entered. Once they'd all settled, he stood up and started talking.

"Welcome back," he greeted. "I hope you all enjoyed you free day last week. Seems I had other things to do and couldn't be here but I am glad to see that some of you stayed and some you...didn't."

He'd be getting to that later.

"Today, we're going to be talking about alcohol." His stomach panged just thinking about alcohol. It was just fucking unfair. "Now, I'm sure most of you have been exposed to alcohol in one form or another. Whether you're a connoisseur, a social drinker, or the one who gets to drag your drunk friends home, there's pretty much now way that you'd miss exposure to alcohol around here."

Or you were him and you had to watch people drink and yearn.

"And, for some of you, this class might be old hat," he said, looking around. "But, if you're going to be out on your own, exposed to all the things life can throw at you, you're gonna need to know how to control your alcohol intake so you can still function. That doesn't mean you can't go out and get rip roaring drunk when it's needed but if you're drink every single fucking day of your life, your gonna kill your liver amongst other things. You need to find your tolerance and stick with it on days you have to function. Don't fucking mix beer and liquor unless you wanna be praying to the porcelain god all fucking night. And for fuck's sake, be careful when a stranger pushes a drink in your hand and you don't know where it fucking came from."

That was just begging for trouble.

"Find a drink you like and fucking stick with it," he advised. "Change it up when you can but if you find something you like, you'll know how many you can drink without taking off your pants, putting a lampshade on your head and singing off tune fucking karaoke. For today, we're going to try and demonstrate the effects of what too much drinking can do to you in everyday situations. Those of you that stayed last week--" Big giant nerds. "--you get to wear beer goggles. Put them on and keep them on for the entire fucking class period. Talk to at least one other fucking person in the class with the beer goggles on. This can be easily solved during the class activity portion. Doesn't have to be a meaningful conversation, just has to be a conversation. For those of you that left class last week, you get to wear this.

Oh, that shirt was just so fugly, Loki couldn't even stand it.

"I wish I could actually give you guys alcohol but that'd probably get my ass fired," he said. "So, after you've got your beer goggles and t-shirts on, pair up and talk about your experiences with alcohol. I don't care if you have no experience, a lot of experience or something in between. Chat about it with a partner while you're wearing your awesome fucking accessories. Get to it."

There was one amused angel at the front of the room, oh yes.

Re: sign in [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
George Cooper

Re: the ta's [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
George couldn't decide if Loki was awesome or insane. He was tending towards awesome but the shirts' blinding colors swung that towards insane a bit.

Re: chat | stare | take notes [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Twas a color not found in nature, the shirt was.

And any lad who wasn't able to drink a bit was a poor bastard indeed, but George didn't have a clue what that had t'do wit' driving...

He was a puzzled George.

Re: sign in [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Image

Re: chat | stare | take notes [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The goggles were... strange. Firekeeper glared at Blind Seer through them, because he was totally laughing at her.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Firekeeper's experience with alcohol mostly had to do with watching its effects on others. Whether it was clueless beasts who'd drunk the liquid left by fermented grains, or foolish humans who'd drunk the stuff on purpose. Either way, there was no way she was ever going to touch the stuff.
life_inshadow: ([spec] drinking)

Re: sign in [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-05 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Tara Maclay
life_inshadow: ([neu] are you kidding?)

Re: chat | stare | take notes [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-05 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Tara made a face at the color of her shirt, but pulled it on anyhow. She didn't drink and didn't really see anything wrong with that; she wasn't even sixteen yet.
puppy_fair: (INVISIBLE BEER)

Re: sign in [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Zack Fair
life_inshadow: ([neu] this is what i think)

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-05 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi," Tara said softly. "So I don't drink. W-want to work together?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
George didn't drink all the time - too much ale dulled your reflexes, and thief that he was, he couldn't have that.

But he also wasn't about t'order cider at a alehouse like a child.
puppy_fair: (VR Goggles)

Re: chat | stare | take notes [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Zack wasn't sure if he'd stuck around or if he'd left, last week. He supposed he would have ended up staying in the classroom for the entire period if he hadn't fallen asleep, so he put on the goggles.

... Whooooa.
puppy_fair: (VR Goggles)

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Zack was totally going to have a conversation! A conversation with someone who could see!

... It was fortunate, perhaps, that the goggles brought down the voltage on that shirt, some.

"Hi! Wanna team up?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"How d'you see through those things?" was the response from George.

He paused. "Err, I mean, sure!"
puppy_fair: (One Date Plz)

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think half the point is that I can't see through them," Zack laughed. "Everything's all fuzzy and wiggly and weird. How stupid do I look? I mean, really? Be blunt, I can take it."

Yes, it really was that easy to get Zack off on a tangent.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't be wearin' 'em out in public if I could help it," George said honestly. "But then, they can't be tha' much worse than th' shirt."
puppy_fair: (Hmmmm)

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a bit of an awkward silence while Zack attempted to make out the shirt through the goggles.

...

"I can't read it with these things on," he noted. "Maybe that's for the best, huh?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[identity profile] noearsyet.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Also th' point," George said. "So ye don' go out drinkin' and wake up next t' a lass who's not really a - err, lass."

There were stories in the Lower City. Oh yes.
puppy_fair: (Shock!)

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[personal profile] puppy_fair 2009-08-05 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You probably couldn't make it out, but behind Zack's goggles, his eyes were wide. Oooh.

"I don't think that's going to happen to me," he offered. "I'm not much of a drinker."

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