Classrooms Around Campus, All Day Saturday

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

It was Saturday, and that meant Career Day! Unbeknownst to all the students who had taken the career placement test, Fandom had apparently conspired to place them all in workshops that didn't quite fit the answers they gave for their tests. The island was tricky that way. Not to mention that the workshops that the island had planned were somewhat different from the workshops an ordinary school might offer on Career Day. As in quite a lot different.

So the classrooms all around the school were filled with visitors from off-island and island alike, all of whom had been led to believe that they would be teaching eager-minded groups of students, excited to learn about their prospective careers. This assumption was not necessarily accurate.

[[up early early early for timezones! wait for the OCD or puppies will die. the puppies are safe now.]]

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Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

Most definitely not.

"No," said Jeff, patiently, "Because that's what nerds do."

Besides, he used to be a lawyer. He was pretty sure he was supposed to do evil.

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[notmyownage]

"Ah." Claudia smirked faintly. "So what you're saying is, nerds are awesome."

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

Dammit, she could probably make a really good lawyer.

"No, see, that's called 'making an effort'," he said. He was too cool for fingerquotes. He had inflection. "And making an effort is never cool."

Or at least not looking like you made one. Same difference.

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[notmyownage]

"I didn't say 'cool'," Claudia pointed out. "I said 'awesome'."

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

"Let me ask you a question," whatever her name was. Jeff pulled off his aviators again. "What do the words 'nerd' and 'geek' have in common?"

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[notmyownage]

"They both have the letter E in them? Which, oooo, so does 'awesome'!"

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

Jeff was too dignified to respond to that. "They both mean the exact same thing," he said, "Being 'dude--' or, I'll throw you a bone, 'dudette'," he made a face, "Of indeterminable age who doesn't believe in personal hygiene, lives in their mom's basement, and wastes most of their time stuffing junk into their bodies and inventing new and exciting ways to play Pac-Man and annoy people who are cooler than they are'. And nobody wants that."

Actually, some of his best friends were nerds, but he hadn't started this thing off by telling the truth and he'd be damned if he fell into that trap now.

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[notmyownage]

"Wow, that's not what either of those words means at all."

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

"Well, I don't know," Jeff said, "You're a nerd and you're annoying me. And what perfume is it you're wearing?"

He was clearly the most mature example of a 33-year-old ever.

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[notmyownage]

"Eu du solder. The scent of actually accomplishing something."

Re: How To Become A Lawyer And Not Get Caught

[dollop-of-irony.livejournal.com]

"The scent of someone who hasn't bought a change of clothes in three years," Jeff judged. "Be gone."