How to be Awesome | Week 6 | Period 6 | Mon. 8/10

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Back in the computer lab, How to Be Awesome students would find their witty and well-groomed professor waiting in an armchair at the front of the room with a glass of scotch and a cigar. Don't ask how he managed it, just be impressed with his abilities. There was also a screen hanging behind him and plenty of computer stations facing him for all to use.

A minute or two before the appropriate time, Barney started in on his 'lecture.'

"Alright students and potential street cleaners, this week you're going to prepare to show the world how awesome you are. Someday, some of you will need to apply for a job. But come on, who can really show off what they're able to do on paper? No one Awesome. Who cares what school you went to or if you were in the Honor Society? Not anyone important. Which is why you need a video résumé. That's right. People are nothing if not visual and this," he pointed at the screen, "is the best way to introduce Barney Stinson to the world. In fact, I sent a copy of my résumé along with an introductory letter to the school board just the other day to ensure they were using me to the very best of my abilities." Oh yes, Barney had ideas.

"Now, you're going to take a gander at mine and then today I'm giving you cameras and access to film editing software right in this very computer lab to crank out an Awesome résumé highlighting the best parts of you that show why anyone should ever hire your Awesome self. Your projects are due next Monday and are your pass to participating in the final." He clicked a button on the remote and the lights dimmed for the show.

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Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy cocked her head a moment, she was far too cute and well looked after for an alley cat, thanks, and eyed him for a long moment.

In some ways, feline instinct took over a little at times like that. Giving her a moving target right there was just too much to resist batting at. Couldn't help herself.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Don't glare at me, kitty. Alley was a perfectly fine assumption," he chided, ignoring the fact that he was talking to a cat. He let her bat at his fingers some (since it didn't really hurt without claws) before sneaking a finger in and flicking her nose.

Alex should never own any pets.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Apparently not. It was a really good job Effy had a nice roommate and hadn't had to go in search of... a friend to look after her, because, Alex was probably the closest to that she had.

She backed off a little looking a bit affronted. So far she'd done most of the pawing at people, and they'd just awww-ed at her. Nose flicking was different, and she was caught off guard enough not to try and bite him.

Lucky Alex!

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Lucky Alex, indeed. Cat teeth fucking hurt. Still, the affronted look could even get to a guy like him and he reached closer to scratch under her chin in apology.

"You started it," he said because he couldn't be all the way at fault. Still, he thought the chin scratching was nicer. "And I know that didn't hurt."

He was going to take so much flack for showing some kind of affection for her kitten self when she was normal shaped again.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

It didn't, and she had started it, but still. That hardly entered into her logic at this point. Chin skritching was nicer, enough so that she was going to rub back against his fingers.

His flicking faux pas was so easily forgotten.

When she was normal her again she'd probably be horrified that she was sitting here purring and enjoying that affection. At least it worked both ways. That'd be a fun conversation for both of them.

She'd be blaming those cat instincts, if it came to it. Impossible to ignore... Yes.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex didn't really know what he'd have to blame besides the crap that he'd had to do during the time he was in that other body on that other island. Made a guy a little less volatile for awhile. Not that he was talking about that with anyone.

"See, I'm not a bad guy," he said, quietly because no one needed to hear that even if he pretty much was a bad guy most of the time. She got to see the less bad most of the time, lucky for her. He added another finger to the chin scratching, working them back and forth against the fur for a quiet moment. "Good to know that, sometimes, cats can like me too."

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

He had this cat liking him, at least, even if right at this moment that was largely based on the fact she was getting fuss. Anything else sort of went out mind at that point. Things got a lot less complex when you weren't human.

The rest of the time... well, she was the sort that was into bad boys anyway, so. Worked out.

For now, she just stood and wound a little closer to keep demanding her attention. Yeah, some things didn't change all that much.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex cracked a smile at the cat wanting his attention and dropped the camera since he wasn't likely to get anything done anyway.

"Don't get attached," he warned lightly even as he pushed back to give her some room on his desk and lap (what a fucking softie he was turning into when he didn't think anyone was looking). "Griff's probably allergic to cats."

And that was the only reason people shouldn't get attached to him. Really. Honestly. Shut up.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

She was not the sort of girl to get attached anyway, and shot him the cuuuute kitty version of an eyeroll (which was really just another of those disdainful looks) before she rubbed back against his arm again. He was being a softy and giving her space, and she was damn well going to make the most of it.

It was a pity that whole attitude of hers didn't come across quite as well like this, but maybe a little of the point showed through.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What's with you and the looks?" he wondered, stroking her back softly and sounding amused. "Trying to tell me you're above everything but willing to let me pet you? Because I can stop."

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Pfft, empty threat! It was just a little similar to something he'd said before. She found it sort of amusing herself that he still had to complain about that, even when she couldn't snark at him.

Anyway, those looks were her specialty, whatever shape she was, and even now those very blue eyes staring at him as she wound around his arm might've been sort of familiar.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Those eyes were kind of familiar now that he was looking at her. Still, he wasn't thinking of the whole human to animal thing to really place the eyes but he still couldn't stop feeling like he hadn't seen those eyes before.

"Sucking up to me won't always work," he said, almost laughing at the attachment to his arm. "Besides, you were just glaring at me. I could take offense."

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

She was never! Innocent of all... okay, no, not innocent, but she could play cute and innocent when the occasion called for it. Human, kitten, it was all the same, and so much easier to get what you wanted when you were smaller and softer.

... and when your target had no idea who you really were. Effy could purr and crawl onto his lap and look adorable with the best of them.

Master of manipulation. Something like that.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, he might be letting her climb all over him but he had just as much ammo as she did when she turned human again. She was the one who decided he was interesting to climb over and now she was in lap. He wasn't going to let that one go.

"You comfortable?" he asked the blue eyed cat that was now on his lap. "Want me to grab you a pillow and some beer?"

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy would probably care a lot more about all of this once she was human again. But she'd spent the best part of the week cat napping on her roommate. She was a lot less against that sort of thing at the moment.

Never one to turn down cushions and booze, but that would involve him getting up, which was a lot of fucking hassle when she'd just decided he might be comfortable. Alex wasn't getting any response, other than an idle kneading with her paws to check how squashy he was.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Guess not," he said, reaching for the camera (oh yeah, it was going to happen) with the intent of fiddling with while she got comfortable. Once that was done, he propped his feet on the desk to give her more room and make himself more comfortable.

"You usually make yourself comfortable this easily?" he wondered, turning the camera on her and snapping a quick picture. That'd be fun to show her when she was human again.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Yes, in fact, she did, and the cocking of her head before she circled a couple of times and settled down to make the most of that space, was about as close to a nod as he was going to get.

Generally she wasn't just stretched out on his lap making herself comfortable, but... eh, details.

Briefly, she flexed her claws against his leg, not particularly maliciously, just because she felt like it. Cats were like that, and claws were fun. One of the perks of this week, definitely.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Careful with those claws," he said lightly, snapping another picture since he had the camera and all. "I prefer getting scratched up during more enjoyable activities."

His mind was always dirty, Effy the kitty knew that, even if randomly alluding to it to a cat was kind of odd. Oh well.

"Glad I could help you though," he joked since she seemed pretty content on his lap.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy was going to hate Alex and his stupid camera when this was done.

But right now, he was still comfy, and while she wasn't getting as much attention as she had been before he started snapping pictures, it was more interesting than doing nothing at all, or idly wondering why her roommate was so fucking weird (because this week had done nothing to change that opinion).

Even so, she did that tightening of her claws again, just in case it would encourage him to get back to the petting. That was encouragement for you.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Watch those claws," he said, dropping the camera next to his seat and stroking a hand down her back again. "I have spent enough time bruised and scratched lately."

Another thing she didn't know. Oh well, she could get tidbits here and there since he figured he was talking to a regular cat.

"And not in the good way," he added, rubbing her ears lightly. "You and your claws don't need to add to it."

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Well, when he was stroking, she didn't have to use them, and after a moment to make sure he wasn't about to do anything dumb like stop, tucked her paws under.

Look she was actually in a pretty good mood, considering she was a cat and hadn't had any nicotene for a week and a half. She could put away the built-in weapons for a minute.

There was a lot she didn't know right now, and even as herself, it was doubtful she'd ask for clarification outright. As a cat, all she could really do was sit there and look at him. He seemed to be doing just fine talking at her as it was.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," he said after his leg lost the presence of her claws. "You wouldn't like it if I just pushed you off my lap so you can put your damn claws away while I'm being nice. Don't get used to it, it won't last."

She'd caught him on a good day. He'd had a pretty good day yesterday, after all. His coping skills sucked but his distraction skills were sharp.

"Any specific reason why you decided to take up with me and not anyone else?" he wondered because there were friendlier faces. Not that he expected an answer.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy glanced around the classroom briefly. It hadn't really been a considered selection process on her part, and she couldn't really answer anyway.

She supposed she could've gone and tried to get some of this out of someone she didn't know, or even someone like Griff or Layla that she did, but... No, somehow she'd ended up here.

And no, she was definitely not going to examine that choice.

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I'm taking it as you liking me best," he joked with a grin, still thinking he was talking to a damn regular cat even if the eyes were still bugging him. Whatever. They were nice eyes. "No answer means no denial."

That probably sounded familiar considering a previous situation. Still, he had no damn idea. Idiot. He reached to scritch under her chin again, grinning smugly all the while. "You've got good tastes, at least."

Re: Work on Your Résumé [Awesome W6]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Couldn't really reply to that this time around anyway, now could she?

And even if she could (and wanted to stop tipping her head back under his fingers to do it), she probably wouldn't give him a truthful answer. Wasn't her thing, and there was really no need to make him any more smug than he was already.

That grin he was wearing right now was exhibit A against that.