Law & Order - Interdimensional Edition: Friday (Week 12)

[eager-platypus.livejournal.com]

The students had been handwavily notified to come to the Danger Shop today, and when they did, they would find themselves facing a long row of training dummies.

"It is rare to meet a criminal who is actually willing to be arrested and comes along peacefully," Ziva said. "Sometimes, a small amount of force is necessary in order to take a person into custody - the keyword being small." Using one of the training dummies, Ziva showed the students the pressure points that would incapacitate someone, but not cause them any permanent damage.

"Now, I would like you all to try hitting these dummies in the places I showed you. If you hit the right spot, the area will make a dinging noise and turn green. If you hit a bad spot that would genuinely harm someone, the area will buzz and turn red. Are there any questions?"

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Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Can has, although not needs.

Dinah facepalmed. "I got letters. From three. I haven't opened them." She glared at her bag. "Too nervous."

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"Three? That's awesome! Wait, you haven't opened them yet?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah shook her head, embarrassed. "I know. It's dumb. But until I open them, I could still be going to college. You know?" Or something. Look, they'd gotten more Significant every time she'd tried to open them, until she wanted to find someone with X-Ray vision to read them for her. "... you could look?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"It's not dumb. I mean, I totally didn't want to read any of the letters from the high schools I applied to before I came here." She took out the last point on her dummy and turned to offer her friend an encouraging grin, ignoring the buzz that said she'd hit that spot a bit too hard. Nothing at all to do with remembering the letters she'd gotten, nope.

"I will if you want! You're sure you wouldn't feel better opening them yourself?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Positive," Dinah said in relief, because as nervous as she was, she just wanted this over. So she could call Barbara and tell her she wasn't going. Gah. She headed over to her bookbag, and pulled out two big white envelopes (Gotham University, and SUNY) and a thin one (Princeton). "Here!" Like they were going to burn her fingers.

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

Momoko hurriedly made her face into a frown and blinked at the envelopes as she took them. "You do know that if the envelope is white, then you totally got denied, right," she teased, shaking her head.

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah actually froze for a second, then whapped Momoko on the arm. "Eeeevil. Shush. I'm so wired I'll believe anything. Meanie."

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

She giggled and waved the three envelopes. "Sooo. have a preference? Or shall we just go with the thin one first?" She glanced at the seal. "'Princeton?'"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Why not. I'm not caring so much about that one." Dinah wiped her palms on her jeans, staring at the envelope. "Go for it."

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"Not caring about Princeton?! Is it not a good school in this world?" Momoko glanced up as she tucked the other two under her arm and ripped into the smaller envelope.

She hesitated as she unfolded the letter. "You sure you don't want to sit down or something?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh." Dinah sat down on a desk, her hands twisting together. "It's a good school. A really good one. I just want to go closer to home, and I didn't really think I'd get in."

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

She scanned the letter as Dinah talked. "Well, technically you didn't." Momoko frowned, taking it personally that they'd turned down her friend. "They're being stupid! They say that you did well, but they can't accept you this term. I don't see why, though." She turned the letter over and checked the envelope.

"Obviously they're not that good of a school if they turned you down. Here, I'm opening the SUNY one next."

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Dinah said, breathless, feeling a little nauseous. One down. Two to go. See, not so bad? Not with a friend there saying supportive stuff. She gulped and dug her nails into her palms. "...well?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

Momoko liked the look of this one. The seal was much prettier than the stupid Princeton one.

"Okay, hold on! there's a lot of words!" She scanned the letter and quickly saw it was an acceptance so she decided to take pity on the poor girl. "You made it! I knew this was a good school! Ha! Take that stupid Princeton!"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I made it?" Dinah stared, completely floored. "I made it? Oh my God!" She reached for the letter, blinking, and the light-headed relief made her stomach drop. "I MADE IT!" She glomped Momoko in a delirious hug of glee. "YES!"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"You did! You totally did!" Hugs and bouncing and yay! "I told you! I told you!" Stupid Princeton didn't know what they were missing.

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You did! Oh wow, thank you so much for opening those for me--" Dinah took a moment to spin in place, then laughed. "I'm so relieved, you have no idea. Barbara doesn't have to be embarrassed by me. Yay!" Another spin, and then hugging Momoko again. "Whew. A college wants me. I'm good. I'm okay." She gave the Gotham University one a nervous look. "Maybe we shouldn't even open that one. Quit while I'm ahead?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

Momoko took a moment to lightly punch her friend on the shoulder. "She'd never be embarrassed by you! And you're totally good and wanted, silly."

She ripped into the last envelope. "And no waiting! Now I want to know!" She pulled out the letter and read it, then folded it back into the envelope. "Okay! Done!"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah rubbed her arm, rueful, then blinked and pointed at the envelope. "Hey?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

Momoko blinked at her, holding back a grin. "What?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Momoko!" Dinah half-threatened, half-pleaded. "Give! Did I get into Gotham or what?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"Oh! I thought you wanted to quit while you were ahead?" She tapped the envelope against her chin. "This is the one that's actually in your town, right? Is it a good school?"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yes, and yes," Dinah growled. "It's got a really good criminal justice program and Uncle Jim guest-lectures there sometimes and come on, Momoko, pleeeease?" Any second she'd reach for that envelope, if it weren't for the superstitious fear that it'd turn into a rejection the second her fingers touched it.

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[heromaniac]

"It had better be a good one, because if they even mess up your future, they will so have me to answer to, even if your uncle works there."

Momoko sighed and handed over the envelope, shaking her head. "Sorry, but now you have to chose which one you really want, since you just had to go and get accepted into two schools!"

Re: Beat Up Some Dummies

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"EeeeeEEEEeee!" Dinah's squeak approached her sonic range there for a second, and then she was bouncing and grabbing Momoko's hand and squealing, "I'm going to Gotham U! I'm going to Gotham U!"