http://worsethanaunts.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] worsethanaunts.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2010-11-10 05:53 pm
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Boom-De-Yada Science - Danger Shop, Wednesday, Period 1 [Week 10]

The Danger Shop was set up like an open field, the kind you might find in several states in the mid-west or further south. It was fairly warm by Danger Shop normal temperature standards and the sky was grey. A storm seemed to be lingering somewhere, but wasn't here yet.

On the ground in front of the Doctor were what looked like large lunchboxes. They were not lunchboxes. They were too big for normal lunchboxes and had delicate electronic equipment inside. Since the lids were open, everyone could see that.

"What I'm about to tell you to do," the Doctor said by way of introduction, "should never be done in the real world without proper means of getting away very, very fast. Does that count as good enough of a warning? Yes? Good." He didn't listen to any actual answers to that question. "In three minutes, a rather large tornado is going to form over there." He pointed in the direction of a big red barn on the far side of the open field. "A tornado is-" He started, then stopped. "You'll find out soon enough. They are incredibly dangerous, can be very destructive, involve very high winds and one will probably kill you if you get in the way. Not in here though. All pretend in here. Your job is to get one of these packages as close to the tornado as possible in order to use the equipment inside to scan it to better understand it. Do this without getting sucked up into it or hit by debris. In the real world, you'd be dead. Here, you'll probably only have the wind knocked out of you. Probably. The other job is to experience what this planet's extreme weather can be like." He checked his watch again. "A minute and a half. You can team up if you'd like. Better think about a good place to start."
wrongkindofsith: (Taking epic hair lessons from Kahlan)

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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2010-11-10 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Cara
notmyownage: (*goes "aw crap!"*)

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[personal profile] notmyownage 2010-11-10 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia Donovan
notmyownage: (*is impressed*)

Re: Tornado Chasing

[personal profile] notmyownage 2010-11-10 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia picked up one of the kits and scanned the horizons, actually kind of excited about this one. The chance to check out a simulated tornado in a controlled environment? Hell yeah, she was there.

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[identity profile] redandblueblur.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Clark Kent

Re: Listen to the Lecture, Talk Quietly, Look Around

[identity profile] redandblueblur.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Clark knew tornadoes well. He'd practically flown into one to rip Lana out of her truck, after all. He worked on reminding himself this wasn't real and he didn't need to go into some protective state over his classmates.

That was going to be easier thought than done.

Re: OOC

[identity profile] redandblueblur.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Just so long as it's not that horrid trash can crab, I'm good! *twitches*
wrongkindofsith: (Not actually listening to a word you say)

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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2010-11-10 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara was there, and fidgety.

Also, every so often, sneezy.
wrongkindofsith: (Someone has to hold the wall up)

Re: Listen to the Lecture, Talk Quietly, Look Around

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2010-11-10 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara eyed the barn suspiciously, wondering what exactly the tornado was going to look like. "And it's only three weeks late for Homecoming," she remarked dryly. Yes, she remembered him bringing tornadoes up then, she had a very good memory was all.

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[identity profile] mathletenomore.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Lindsay Weir

Re: Tornado Chasing

[identity profile] mathletenomore.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Even though the tornado wasn't real, Lindsay was still a bit nervous about it. She was also kind of excited, too. Though that was only because it was a simulation. No way she'd be in a situation like this otherwise.

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Bruce Wayne

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Peter Bishop
trigons_child: (Scared)

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[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-11-10 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven
trigons_child: (Serious Raven is serious)

Re: Listen to the Lecture, Talk Quietly, Look Around

[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-11-10 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven had to wonder if she could take a tornado inside herself.

...it would probably be a bad idea.
trigons_child: (Looking at you)

Re: Tornado Chasing

[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-11-10 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
There was definitely an easy way of doing this -- Raven could teleport herself to the tornado, drop the equipment, and teleport away. But after what Ben had said yesterday when she'd taken him inside her not dirty, she wasn't feeling very confident about her gifts.

Re: Listen to the Lecture, Talk Quietly, Look Around

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"This is insane," Peter declared. "This is beyond insane. We don't have any protective gear, and I'm pretty sure the people who actually try to monitor tornadoes stay in heavily reinforced vehicles when they do it."

He'd have said that, honesty day or not.
trigons_child: (Arms around self)

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[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-11-10 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I was terrified of my very first tornado. Then I lived in Nebraska for two years. "Tornado sirens. Must be Tuesday."

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Kitty Pryde

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[identity profile] notavalleygirl.livejournal.com 2010-11-10 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitty spent a lot of the lectures in this class wondering if the weekly scenarios were something she could get out of in real life thanks to her powers, or if she had to figure out a different way out. For instance, being intangible meant you couldn't get blown away, right? Right? Was she going to have to test that?

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