Applied Science | Monday | 11.02

[tyler_gone]

Tyler was late this morning, and looked a little scruffy.

... someone might have been a little hungover from some birthday drinking.

The fantastic role model tossed directions and boxes of popsicle sticks down on the lab tables.

"We're building catapults," he announced, and gave the world's shortest and sketchiest lecture on what a catapult was. "It's teaching .. engineering. And physics."

"Work together," he added, then looked at the student he had reason to assume was the despoiler of poor Smoochy "Miss Yamanaka, I'd like a second of your time after class."

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Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

Jono couldn't do that one, even when he'd had a tongue.

//There's a good one! Or making 'pop' sounds by pulling yer thumb against yer cheek. Which is really only good if yer singing songs about lollipops.//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

Ben blushed hard. "I don't like songs about lollipops."

Someone's Shirley Temple-related gremlin bite still haunted him.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

Jonothon gave Ben a somewhat weird look at that, but then dismissed it with a shrug of his shoulders. Perhaps this was one of those situations where what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

Or make him laugh until Ben died of embarrassment.

//To each their own, I suppose.//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"Gremlins suck," Ben said, still being a little cryptic.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

//Gremlins bite,// Jono corrected, casually. //I've been fortunate enough to not have been on the receiving end of their little games since I've gotten here.//

If he kept talking like that, his luck was not likely to hold out, really.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"They go after the Skywalkers first," Ben said wryly. "I think Granddad ticked them off when he was a student."

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

//I suppose that makes it all the more sweet, when yer stumble across somebody who isn't a Skywalker, actin' completely off their onion, hm?//

Well, at least Jono could see the charm in it. Oh, schadenfreude.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

Ben laughed. "Definitely. I make sure to have something with me that can record, just in case."

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

There it was! Jono had been hoping to get a laugh out of Ben, today. His expression was one of triumph, now. And as an added bonus, all of that being silly was good for him, too.

//Managed to get any good footage, yet?//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"My cousin's boyfriend and a guy who is going to grow up to be an admiral in my galaxy thought they were dancers in love," Ben said, grinning and nodding hard. "They ended up breaking a table. It was amazing."

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

//Definitely something yer going to have to show me, sometime,// Jono decided. Because this was totally Jonothon's decision to make, and not, say, that of the boy who owned the footage. Really. //I haven't witnessed anybody makin' absolute arses of themselves since gettin' here.//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"This was easily one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life," Ben assured him. "You should swing by my room later this week to see it."

And Ben could really use the laugh.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

//Well, then I'll have to make a point of it.// Jonothon picked up a rubber band, and idly twined it around his fingers. //Want to see one more pointless skill I've picked up over my time as a teenager from Earth?//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"Definitely," Ben said with a quick smile.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

Jono's smug expression deepened a few more notches, and then, forming a gun-shape with his index finger and his thumb, he stretched the elastic band from the tip of one finger in a loop around the other.

He then pointed at their little popsicle stick stack, bent his thumb, and fired.

//Bang.//

Popsicle-sticks scattered about the desk. Totally one of the more worthwhile skills Jono had picked up through grade school, wasn't it?

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

"That is astral," Ben declared, laughing.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

//It also stings like a sonofabitch if it backfires and gets yer in the hand instead,// Jonothon shared, picking up a rubber band and waving it in front of Ben's face. //Go ahead, give it a go, mate.//

Re: Science! [11.02]

[momslilassassin]

Ben picked up the rubber band, wrapped it exactly like Jono had, aimed, and let fly. He hit everything he'd aimed at.

It was a little obvious sometimes that Ben had been trained with weapons.

Re: Science! [11.02]

[furnaceface]

Only a teeny bit obvious, yes. Jono watched the rubber band zing off in new and exciting directions before turning back to Ben with a smirk in his eyes.

//Welcome to being a teenager in school on planet Earth,// he shared.

He'd teach Ben how to goof off in class like a professional.