Cupcake War Crimes, Take 2, Thursday [8/4]

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The Home Ec room was, thankfully, free of any and all creepy alien rocks. The teachers were still aliens but whether or not they were creepy was probably debatable.

Anders wasn't creepy! He'd argue as much, at least. He did, however, look a lot more serious than normal today. (Not to say cupcakes weren't serious business, but . . .)

"I hope to gods you guys are staying safe out there," he began, looking around the classroom to take stock of who was there and who wasn't, and wondering how in the hells he'd turned into a responsible guy. (Also: note how he wasn't admonishing them to stay inside and out of the thick of things.) "Seems like a good day to have a pretty stress-free sort of bake-what-you-want session. Long as it fits in a cupcake tray, I'm not gonna judge today."

Stark (who would readily admit to the occasional bout of creepiness) would probably still judge pretty harshly if you did something foolish like putting fish in your cupcakes, but he'd do it silently. No reason to add to the stress, but fish were really kind of unforgivable. Unless you were somehow not in your right mind. "So, go ahead and make something. Anything."

"Unless you have somewhere else you need to be," Anders added with a knowing look. "We've been there, we get it. Just take it easy, okay, guys?"

"Try not to get hurt," Stark said softly. He was planning on heading over to the clinic at some point to see if he could be of any help, but he'd rather not have to see any of you there. He'd rather not see anyone there, but he knew better than to hope for that.

Comments

Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Dealing with a BDE however you deal with it best.

Re: Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

[necroslacker]

Sam LaCroix

Re: Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

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Miley Ray Stewart

Re: Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby Logan

Re: Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

Freddie Benson

Re: Sign In [CWC, 8/4]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy Thompson

Listen to the "Lecture" [CWC, 8/4]

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Such as it is. Or, you know, leave to go fight things, or whatever.

Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

They probably won't stop you if you decide to bake something completely inedible to use as a projectile. Maybe they won't approve on principle, but . . .

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[necroslacker]

Sam had avoided contact with the rock and anyone infected so far so he wasn't tired or sickly or anything. He was worried which meant he was distractedly trying to bake...well, he hoped it'd be a basic cupcake but it wasn't coming out very good.

He had other things on his mind.

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

By all rights, Toby should have gone to the clinic like he'd promised Stan. After all, he'd woken up still sporting grey scaly patches. But he'd also felt... weirdly energized. He had places to be, damnit! So he'd snuck out of the room extra early so he could, well. Make it to cupcakes class.

Where he'd go about the task of making cupcakes with a faraway, unfocused look in his eyes, stopping every once and a while and looking as if he were listening to something no one else could hear.

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[necroslacker]

"Toby," Sam said, trying to catch the other boy's attention. He kept some distance between them but his concern was evident. "Toby, look at me, man."

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Sam," Toby replied distractedly. "What's up, man?" Was he worried about something? He seemed worried.

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[necroslacker]

Sam was a little worried, yep. He looked slightly relieved that Toby seemed to recognize him, at least, but still.

"You look like crap." He was just gonna be honest there. "You eat some bad fish?"

Or maybe touch a rock?

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

Freddie looked nervous and more than a little freaked out. The stuff that had been happening was way beyond what he could deal with, healthily.

Still, he did his best to bake. It just was going to end up completely inedible due to nervous mistakes.

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[stykera]

"You don't have to stay," Stark said. "If you want to leave, it's all right. Or, maybe I could help?" With the cupcakes or with the general 'this island is insane' feelings. Or both.

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

"Fantasma de la ópera!" Freddie said, out of mild frustration. "I don't want to leave class early. I also don't... I feel like leaving when there's danger might make people think I'm a quitter."

Re: Bake [CWC, 8/4]

[stykera]

The Spanish outburst earned Freddie a quizzical look. It sounded familiar, and Stark had definitely been called worse. If he was even being called anything now. "Sometimes staying out of the way is best," Stark offered. "Staying safe isn't quitting."

Talk to the TA [CWC, 8/4]

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Unless she's out fighting things . . .

Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

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When they ping in!

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

[stykera]

Stark was there and totally willing to send or escort you to the clinic should you need prompting, just ask! with a barely touched cupcake in front of him. He'd taken a couple of halfhearted nibbles at it earlier but there were more pressing matters to deal with. Like ill students. And creepy rocks.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

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Anders still looked pretty serious because he was pretty when he was angsty as he kept an eye on the students, and no, he didn't look inclined to come down on anyone who looked like they might want to slip off early. He'd be willing to give anyone who needed it a safe escort back to the dorms, though.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

[stykera]

"I don't like this," Stark said, finally pushing his mostly ignored cupcake away. "Not the cupcake. This." He waved a hand, trying to indicate that he meant everything that was happening.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

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"Just like old times, huh?" Anders hadn't even gone for a cupcake; he'd just been standing, occasionally pacing, occasionally crossing his arms when he needed something to do with his hands. And the question, even if it was worded like a joke, came out more sardonic than light-hearted. "Not exactly the good old days of zombie invasions or chasing friends into the sewers after they turn evil, but . . ."

It reminded him more of that plague, to be honest, and that part was more disturbing than he wanted to voice aloud.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/4]

[stykera]

"These things do seem to keep happening. But I preferred the times without monsters," Stark said quietly. He'd been gone already for the plague, at least. "But this is different. This just feels wrong. Zombies felt wrong too, but," he shrugged and tapped his mask lightly. Death was a Thing, with him. "Dead things shouldn't be walking, usually."

OOC [CWC, 8/4]

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I am having a little domestic BDE of my very own. The invasion sort. An invasion of ants.

Of course I've been playing Kingdom Rush (http://armorgames.com/play/12141/kingdom-rush) so much lately all I really want to do is set up a bunch of siege towers along their evil little ant trails . . .