Home Ec 2, Fourth Period 1/12

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There were more than just brooms today, so hopefully the students wouldn't be as bored. "So," Steve said with a clap of his hands, "now that you've got your space tidied up, you need to clean it. And keep it clean. You should vacuum at least once a week," he said, gesturing to the vacuum cleaner in question. "Yes. Really. If you're from another timeframe, the vacuum cleaner may seem alarming--it's pretty loud--but don't worry, it can't hurt you unless you do something extremely inadvisable." No, he was not going to elaborate on what that might entail, or at least, only in the most roundabout of ways: he demonstrated how to use the hose and said, "Don't stick your fingers or anything you might want to get back soon in here for any reason. For the same reason, you should pick up cords and small objects like socks off your floor before you vacuum."

Moving right along, Steve expounded on the virtues of a feather duster versus a dustcloth versus those Swiffer things that he wasn't sure what they were made of but they picked up EVERYTHING (fascinating stuff, right?) and then on to, "Now let's talk about how to clean your space and not poison yourself!" with a cheerful clap of his hands. This was important. "First off, there are different cleaners for different surfaces," he said, gesturing expansively to the vast array of bottles on one of the tables. "In my day, we mostly just used bleach and soap, but now..." another gesture to the bottles. "The first thing you need to know is that you should never, ever, ever mix bleach and ammonia-based cleaners, because you'll poison gas yourself. Some cleaners can be flammable, or poisonous. Some can be harmful to the skin, meaning you'll have to wear gloves to use them. The most important thing to do, as with anything in life, is read the instructions. If you can't read the instructions or don't understand them, ask for help. Caustic burns are no fun. You'll also want to store your cleaning chemicals in a cool, dark place away from anything you might, say, eat." Sometimes with the teenagers he felt like he had to state basic logic like that.

"So, your assignment for class this week is to pair up and clean something in the classroom--" there were kitchen stations, so they had options beyond their desks or worse, mopping "--with at least one of these cleaners. Your assignment for the week is to dust your dorm rooms and clean the windows. And don't forget to sweep and tidy up!"

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Sign In

[screwyoumarvel]

Cleanly.

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[icecoldfrost]

Emma Frost

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[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet Darling

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[glacial_queen]

Karla

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Dana Scully

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

During the Lecture

[screwyoumarvel]

He's not seriously going to make you clean something, is he?

Re: During the Lecture

[icecoldfrost]

UGH. Emma haaaaaaaaaaaated this class so much.

...it would be bad if she shifted to diamond and used the Windex on herself, right?

Re: During the Lecture

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Despite appearances, Alex knew how to do this stuff. Several years cleaning up after two siblings and a mother who couldn't take care of herself provided him with some useful skills that he mostly kept hidden.

Activity Time

[screwyoumarvel]

Why yes, yes he is. Pair up. Read labels. Clean things. He wants to see them sparkle.

Re: Activity Time

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Cleaning? Seriously? Didn't they do that last week?

Juliet slowly pulled on a pair of rubber gloves and went over to a kitchen station, where she studied a bottle of cleaner in lieu of actually cleaning. She didn't want to use anything that wasn't thoroughly biodewhateverable.

Re: Activity Time

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Not gonna drink that, are you?" Alex asked, pulling on his own pair of gloves and wandering over.

Re: Activity Time

[longislandiceme]

Bobby couldn't help but feel that the arrangement of cleaning products on the counter near the kitchen sink bore a vague resemblance to a police lineup.

Now he just had to make sure to pick the right one...

Hesitantly, he reached out towards one before changing his mind at the last minute and going for the lemon-scented spraybottle.

[fleeing for work now, back around 6pst if anyone would like to pair uuuup.]

Re: Activity Time

[glacial_queen]

"These shouldn't be in spray bottles," Karla decided. "It just makes me want to spray one at you."

A cleaning supply fight would be kind of awesome! First the fight and then the kitchen would be soaked in cleaning chemicals they could use to give the place a thorough cleaning! A perfect plan, if one ignored the possibility of getting caustic chemicals in people's eyes, mouths, or skin.

Re: Activity Time

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully had to do this at the Clinic all the time anyway. But it did make her wish, briefly and frivolously, for superpowers to make the job go faster.

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[icecoldfrost]

Emma actually wasn't bad at this; she did spend a lot of time cleaning up after Hank when she was home, after all.

She selected one of the kitchen stations and set about washing down the counters with a mix of vinegar and warm, soapy water. Didn't these people know that manufactured disinfectants caused germs to mutate?

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[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy... would not know that, no. Definitely a manufactured cleaning product user.

"Looking to be star pupil?" Making your own disinfectant felt like going rather above and beyond the requirements of this little exercize.

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[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy had no problems with cleaning up a kitchen station. After all, she did it all of the time back home. She was fairly good at it.

Talk to the TA

[screwyoumarvel]

Once he pings in.

Re: Talk to the TA

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Now Tony was going to think about how to make that vacuum more effective, Steve. Unfortunate? Oh, you better believe it.

Re: Talk to the TA

[screwyoumarvel]

"There will be no tinkering with school property, Mr. Stark," Steve said. No, he couldn't read his mind, he just knew him already. Also, it was less weird if he didn't call him 'Tony.'

Talk to the Teacher

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He is here for your questions and concerns, and random weirdness.

OOC

[screwyoumarvel]

I don't know how, but the cheerleaders at my high school managed to gas the girls' bathroom by combining bleach and ammonia for...something they were trying to clean in there.

Re: OOC

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

I've read that accidentally killing yourself or a family member that way is sadly common, as such things go.

Fun with chemicals?

Re: OOC

[screwyoumarvel]

They all got out okay, luckily, but the room was very poorly ventilated (building built in the twenties) so no one could use that bathroom for the rest of the day.

The really sad/hilarious part is that they were across the hall from the chemistry lab. The teacher was like, "YOU COULD HAVE ASKED."