Wednesday: What was the school board thinking giving Jamie Madrox a teaching position?

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Yes. The students were meeting in hallway of the faculty offices. Specifically outside a certain teachers office.

There were also brown robes and a lot of handbells.

“Hello class,” Jamie said cheerfully. “Today we’re here to honor one of our longest reigning faculty members. He’s been teaching ethics as long as I can remember and because of his dedication I have decided to honor him the best way I know how.”

Suddenly two dupes appeared with a large banner that they started hanging up in the hallway. The banner read:

Happy Anakin Skywalker Day!

“Now I bet you’re wondering... How can I make Professor Skywalker happy and honor his tenure here? Well I went out to the wonderful world of the internet and asked those who know him best how to do that. And luckily I was able to find one volunteer to help us out. Kids? Meet one our favorite alumni, Bel Thazor!”

If Bel thought it was weird being back in Fandom and on this side of the classroom (and not recognizing a single face among the students), it didn't show, because he was grinning like mad. Really, how could he pass up any opportunity to harass Anakin? Especially in the name of education?

"Hey, kids," he said. Okay, he felt a little old. "I went to school here with Anakin, so we go waaaaaay back. So I know all sorts of ways you can show your appreciation. Jamie's got the robes and the bells, but he's missing one little item." He reached into the bag he was carrying and pulled out a handful of clip-on hair extensions, braids in every hair color (and a few unnatural ones). "See, he used to have this dorky braid in his hair, so I'm sure he'd love it if you all wore one in his honor. And if you really want to get on his good side, tell him that his wife is hot. Or his daughter is. He'll really appreciate that." Belthazor: master of subtlety.

“His daughter is pretty hot,” Jamie agreed. “Especially when she isn’t two. However I wouldn’t actually recommend marrying his daughter in a secret wedding. That just might annoy him. A tad.”

Insert awkward cough here. Yep There it was. “Can you think of any other ways of showing Anakin our appreciation, Bel?”

Bel did have the other daughter in mind there, and he gave Jamie a Look when he mentioned marrying the younger one.

"Ask him about Padme," he said. "He likes to talk about her. Or ask him about the other Ethics class and how that inspired him to teach his own version. I mean, he must've really loved it to go into teaching it, right?"

“I guess,” Jamie said scratching his head in confusion. “Though the previous ethics teacher was kind of a dick. With a really bad asthma problem. And an anger problem. And I think a weird obsession with IKEA.”

"Oh, not him, the first Ethics teacher," Bel clarified. "Tara. Ask him to compare and contrast his class with hers. It'll show you're really interested in the topic."

“All right then!” Jamie said clapping his hands together to show that, yes, the true activity was about to begin. “All good ways to show how much we love that Anakin Skywalker oh so much. But to kick things off, I’ll need you to pick out a bell, put on the robes and the hair clips and sing a certain song.”

A song that certain dupe was handing out lyric sheets to what was assuredly Anakin’s favorite song.

“Remember to ring the bell once after each line. And try to ring that bell as sullenly as possible!”

Jamie and Bel were so dead.

[OOC: Co-Written with the fabulous demonbelthazor. Yes. We have deathwishes.]

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Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

Bel leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. "Nah, she was down with it," he lied. "She was afraid you were corrupting the students with bad hair care practices."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"Because that's how I teach ethics," Anakin replied dryly. "Go stand in the emo closet."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Awww, is that any way to treat me after all this work we put into making this a special day for you?" Bel said. "I don't suppose any of them dared ask you just what it was about Tara's class that made you want to go into teaching Ethics yourself, did they? You must've really loved that class."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

Anakin snorted again. "Let's just say she set the bar pretty low for what I needed to do in order to be a more successful teacher."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Well, if it was such a low bar, that must be why they hired you," Bel said. Sweetly.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

Bel wasn't a teacher, which meant it was a lot harder for Anakin to rein in his temper.

Which would probably explain the bantha bell heading for Bel's head.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

And said bell bouncing off the side of his head.

"Ow!" Bel said, glaring at Anakin. "Dick." He conjured up a fireball in his hand.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"You started it," Anakin retorted, "and I will laugh my ass off if you set the fire extinguishers off."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

Bel glanced up at the ceiling. "Tempting, if only to see what you look like with your hair on fire," he said, but he did extinguish the fireball.

But then he gave Anakin a nice telekinetic shove instead.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"Are you nine?" demanded the guy who'd thrown a bell.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"You threw a bell at my head!" Bel bitched.

"...jackass."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"You showed up specifically to mock me," Anakin shot back.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Maybe you just need a sense of humor," Bel said.

Which was not to say he was being a complete dick about it rather than good-natured mocking.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"I have a sense of humor!"

Not really.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Bullshit," Bel snorted. "You were a humorless jackass in high school, and I don't see any change."

Gremlin bites not included.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"I'm much less uptight than I was in high school!"

Which was true, but not really saying much.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Oh yeah?" Bel challenged. "Let's see you prove it then."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

Anakin rolled his eyes. "You haven't made a second Bel-shaped crater in the park, have you?"

The Bel-shaped crater was one of Anakin's favorite places.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Like you could do that," Bel scoffed, rolling his eyes.

Stupid crater.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"Oh, I could," Anakin said. "It would make the park nice and symmetrical again."

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Like to see you try," Bel said. You could practically hear the silent "bitch" at the end of his statement.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

"You really are as dumb as you look," Anakin muttered.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

"Bite me," Bel said. "At least I don't have stupid hair."

OH YEAH HE WENT THERE.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[sith_happened]

Anakin threw the bell at him again.

Re: For the Guest of Honor

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was ready for it this time and ducked so that the bell clanged against the wall. "Sore spot, huh?" he snickered. "It's better than the dorky braid, I'll give you that. Those were my idea, by the way."