fandomhigh | Intro to the 21st Century, Tuesday, Second Period

"So, this class wasn't on the syllabus," Cindy said as her students filed into the Danger Shop, "but with Parent's Weekend quickly approaching, I thought it would be a good lesson to have. You've already learned about some of the most important appliances in a house like the fridge and the microwave which can help you not starve to death. Today, we're going to cover a few appliances of lesser importance that still may help you to survive, assuming you have guests that are sticklers for neatness and tidiness."

Cindy pressed a button and several machines appeared: a vacuum, a dishwasher, and a clothing washer and drier. "The dishwasher probably won't help much this weekend, as I doubt your rooms are equipped with one, but these others can help you keep your dorm clean. Even if you are personally predisposed to neatness, these machines were invented to make cleaning much faster and less tedious that it had been in centuries prior."

Demonstrating one machine at a time, Cindy went over how each one worked, including a brief mini-lesson in checking tags and warnings to make sure that clothes were sorted properly and that everything loaded into the dishwasher was labeled 'dishwasher-safe' and another to demonstrate what each of the attachments on the vacuum was good for.

"Items made of delicate materials--which can include silks and satins for fabrics and crystal and china for dishware--should be hand washed and set aside to dry," she explained. "The temperatures and abrupt motions can easily destroy such things. Remember to check the tags and labels for everything you think might be delicate and follow those instructions, unless you fancy having your belongings ruined. Another tip to keep in mind is that most vacuums have a 'bare floor' setting which means that it can be used in lieu of a broom at need. We're going to take some time to practice with all of these appliances, so that your dorm can be made ready for anyone who shows up this weekend."

With another touch of a button, the class found themselves inside a mansion--one that was sadly in need of a good cleaning. In addition to piles of laundry, dirty dishes, and filthy carpets everywhere, there were also windows in need of cleaning, floors begging to be scrubbed, cobwebs that needed removing, and furniture that almost begged for a dusting and polish. There were also piles of clean aprons, hair nets, and rubber gloves for the donning, as well as many common household cleaners, like soaps in aerosol cans and toilet cleaners with duck-shaped necks to get under toilet bowl lids. "Let's see how much of this place you can get cleaned in an hour," Cindy said cheerfully, "using 21st century cleaners and appliances."

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Warren Worthington III

Cally

Rilla Blythe

You know what to do here.

Suit up ~~sorry, Barney~~ and start cleaning away. Cindy will be prowling around to make sure no one tries to mix bleach and ammonia by accident or anything like that.

On the plus side, after scrubbing away at this house, going home to tidy up your dorm room should be a cinch, right?

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"Oh, maaaan."

This was what housekeepers were for, Cindy! Well-paid ones, that came in and did the job with strict instructions to avoid the kid's bedroom because he was asleep in there!

But Warren was going to pull on the rubber gloves and reach for a rag and some aerosol furniture polish and just go with it. This couldn't be as bad as all that, right?

"This is what Susan is for," Rilla muttered under her breath. "She likes to dust."

Sure she does, Rilla.

Warren glanced at Rilla for a moment, and then he laughed softly, shaking his head.

"I suppose it could always be worse," he offered, holding a pair of gloves out toward her. "It could be real dirt. At least this stuff won't stay in our clothing after class, right?"

"Right," Rilla said with a bright smile, putting the gloves on. "Do you suppose we have to move the furniture out of the way for the vacuum?"

"Most vacuums have attachments that can reach under there," he offered, still smiling a bit as he uncapped his furniture polish bottle. "But if it's especially difficult to get behind the couch, I can take care of all of the furniture moving. Nothing in here looks too heavy, I don't think."

Okay, the sofa over there looked ridiculously huge. This place clearly belonged to somebody with money. Why they had so much money and still hadn't thought to hire a housekeeper was anybody's best guess, but...

"Or we could just pretend that there's nothing icky under that chair over there and be done in half the time," Rilla suggested.

"And focus on the grime we can see?" Warren was laughing again, putting one hand on his hip as he peered around the room. "I'm pretty sure I'm the only one with any hope of reaching those cobwebs up along the ceiling, for that matter. It would be a shame if I found myself too occupied with the furniture polish to ever bother to go about featherdusting."

Oh, that was a bad pun, Warren.

Rilla glanced at him to see if it was all right to laugh about feathers. "And I absolutely draw the line at beating the dust out of the curtains," she added.

In the span of almost a year and a half on Fandom Island, if Warren couldn't laugh about feathers now, there was something seriously the matter. His smile was stuck fast as he glanced toward the curtains, and then looked back toward Rilla.

"I wonder if we'd be able to clean those with the vacuum without getting the curtains stuck in it..."

"Not if I do it," Rilla decided, "but I could probably handle sucking crumbs out the sofa cushions."

Cally shrugged and decided to attack the carpets - even the illusion of this much dust was enough to tickle her nose into an almost-sneeze. The vacuum wasn't the sort she was used to (those tended to wander around cleaning up by themselves, without needing a humanoid guide), but the manual ones were still used for spot and industrial cleanup.

This didn't stop her from squeaking a bit when she flicked the switch and the thing growled at her. Like many things on Earth (aside from the inhabitants' minds), it was loud.

Who's not getting out of helping.

Who is 'supervising.'

Stupid spring cleaning *mumblemumblegrumblemutter*

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