The Elements of Friendship, Thursday, Period 1

[locointhecoco]

The Danger Shop today was set up to look like a large town square, surrounded by strange looking houses shaped like cupcakes and carousels and giant joker hats. In the center of the time square was a bucket full of apples, next to which sat Pinkie, crouched on her hind legs, holding a trombone. As the door closed behind the last student, she played a classic sad trombone riff. Don't ask how she managed this with hooves. She had skills.

When the last note faded out, a tennis ball sized bug with giant, sparkling green eyes fluttered out of the bucket of apples. It blinked adorably at the students, its eyelids making audible *plink!* noises.

Pinkie tried not to shudder visibly.

"It's cute, isn't it?" she said. "The way it flutters and blinks and it always looks like its smiling. Maybe you think it might make a nice pet. This is your assignment, today. There's a stash of musical instruments behind the joke shop, and a forest down the road. Try not to destroy the town!"

And then she trotted off. Leaving the little bug sitting on top of the bucket of apples, blinking and looking guileless and innocent.

Then it opened its mouth four times wider than its body and ate the entire bucket of apples in a single *howmp!*ing gulp, and spit the empty bucket out with a *ptoo!* And coughed up a little brown hairball -- which unfolded into a second tennis ball sized bug with a tiny smile and giant eyeballs. The two bugs began eyeing anything remotely food-like hungrily.

[ooc: We are open for business]

Comments

Sign in [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

Like your town is about to be overrun by parasprites.

Re: Sign in [9/22]

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

Chuck Bartowski

Re: Sign in [9/22]

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall Leonhart

During the lecture [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

It wasn't long, but Pinkie rather felt it gave the students everything they needed to know.

The question was, would they figure it out?

Re: During the lecture [9/22]

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"That's...."

Oh, for pete's sake. "Gah."

Re: During the lecture [9/22]

[eyebrowgoesup]

Spock was experiencing a strange sense of...it was almost what the Humans called 'deja vu,' but that was ridiculous, as he was quite sure he had never seen anything like these 'parasprites' before.

Parasprites! [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

Within in moments, the two parasprites multiply into four. Then the four become eight, then sixteen, then -- well, you see where this is going. Soon, they begin to turn on the houses in search of food.

It's the swarm of the century. Those things aren't as cute when they're everywhere.

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

They weren't so cute the moment you realised they could eat something the size of your head if they felt like it, and Chuck's initial 'aw, cute!' reaction was replaced by gulping and swiftly backing up a few steps.

Ooookay then.

Now what?!

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

"Uh," said Miley, backing up and almost (but not!) crashing into Chuck. "Please please please tell me you have a plan."

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

They were still kind of cute, but not so much when they started trying to gnaw through Juliet's Louis Vuitton backpack.

"That's" -- she said, kicking one off -- "a limited edition!"

The parasprite did not appear impressed.

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

The parasprites were lucky Squall had talked with the professor (http://fandomhigh.livejournal.com/2938154.html?thread=184064298#t184064298) first, or else he would be Tornado-ing them out of the sky. Instead, he marched behind the joke shop for acceptable weapons.

Professor Pie had suggested a trumpet, but he didn't know how to play one. Instead -- and at least partly because of yesterday's class (http://fandomhigh.livejournal.com/2936934.html) -- he grabbed one bell in each hand. Thus armed, he found the nearest parasprite and rang the bells vigorously at it.

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

The parasprites in the immediate area all stopped their devouring of the town, hovering wide-eyed in midair for a moment before they started vibrating in the air in time to the bell ringing.

Re: Parasprites! [9/22]

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully watched as that actually started to work. Even though the bells gave her the shudders after yesterday.

"Nice!" She dove into the stack and found a drum. Which was about the extent of her musical repetoire, keeping a beat. But it did seem to work. The Parasprites stopped eating. And started bouncing in rhythm with the bell and the drum.

Talk to Pinkie [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

She was standing by at a distance from the town square, all set up with a with a fairly spectacular one-pony-band outfit, including an accordion, a tuba, a harmonica, and a banjo. She rather looked like she was getting ready to go to war.

She'll totally be there to answer any questions you might have, though.

Re: Talk to Pinkie [9/22]

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall looked like he was ready to go to war, also. Mostly because he usually looked like that anyway.

"Can I kill them?" he asked Professor Pie. Normally, it wouldn't be a question, but he had a feeling the professor would object.

Re: Talk to Pinkie [9/22]

[locointhecoco]

"Nope," Pinkie said. "They're very durable. Better get yourself a trumpet."

Talk to your TAs

[locointhecoco]

Who may or may not be judging you sartorially, this week.

And probably aren't carrying any bug spray.

Re: Talk to your TAs

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

Miley was around. And boggling at the parasprites.

Yeah, there had been bugs in Tennesseh, but there were bugs... and then there were bugs.

She might not be so helpful today, folks.

Re: Talk to your TAs

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Boom Boom BOOM BOOM! Scully was beating that bass drum for all she was worth. The little bugs jumped in time. "Miley? Squall and I think it's the music."

BOOM BOOM!

Re: Talk to your TAs

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

You would be Juliet's hero for life if you got the parasprites off her bag. She wouldn't even care if you were wearing bad shoes.

Re: Talk to your TAs

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

"I thought this would be a sweet about clothes and the overwheming power of friendship!" Miley wailed, looking to Juliet for commiseration. "I do not want bugs in my hair! I have enough scalp problems as it is!"

OOC

[locointhecoco]

The Pink Lebowski

Re: OOC

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

ahaahahahah! Somehow, I feel the original movie just can't measure up now....

Re: OOC

[locointhecoco]

I haven't seen it in aaaaaaaages, but I suspect I will now forever see John Goodman's character as Twilight Sparkle.

Re: OOC

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

...oh my god, thank you for this class. *bows*