Shop Class #5

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

MacGyver sits underneath the console working with a mess of wiring and cursing. Well cursing in an FCC approved way. There are a lot of "Fudges", "Darns" and "Damns"

"Where the heck is Kitty? She was supposed to help with this yesterday." Mac mutters as he flips a switch.

Suddenly the Danger room switches between multiple scenes in rapid fire sequence

* Robots that look like bizarre salt & pepper shakers with screeching voices yell "Seek! Kill! Destroy"
* A Spaceship bridge that looks something like a hotel lobby. A bald man pulls on his red and black uniform tunic and says "Warp factor 10. Engage!"
* Four kids and funny looking dog sit in front of a tied up monster in a cheesy costume. They yank off the mask and the tied up man says "I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those lousy kids."
* A beach scene. The waves crash against the beach. Tropical music fills the air. A woman in a bikini sits in a deck chair. Upon closer inspection the woman looks supsiciously familiar. Like a woman who dreams of a fiery apocalypse created by rob-

Mac yanks the power to unit and the room turns back to normal.

"Uh... Yeah. Today's assignment is to write a one hundred word essay on the many uses of duct tape. Turn it in before you leave class."

Mac leaves paper and pencils for everyone to write with and heads off to the supply room for some alone time with his mullet.

((If you want to write an essay, that would be great. Otherwise: *Wrote Essay* response is fine.))

Comments

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

*Wrote Essay*

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Illyana? I got your voice mail. Do you still wish to drop the class?"

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

Illyana shook her head and when she spoke, her voice was soft.

"No, sir. I dropped other classes instead. May I stay?"

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely!"

It's a danger room! We've gots to have the mutants!

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

Illyana smiled, some of the worry lifting from her face. "Great!"

But of course!

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam came into class and was surprised not to see Kitty at the controls for the machine, but sat down and wrote the essay as instructed.

Duct tape may be used at home, to settle the age-old battle of the sexes by duct taping the toilet seat down. It can also be used for body hair removal (although not at all recommended if you’re not really drunk). Duct tape can also be used in the field in combination with plastic garbage bags to create rainwear and with a plastic garbage can to make a backpack (don’t use them together, though, because the garbage can will fill up and you’ll fall over backwards from the weight of the water. Not that I ever did that or anything).

She handed the essay in to Mac and whispered, "Mac? Is everything okay? Where's Kitty?" She's probably going to the infirmary later--she can visit two sick people as easily as one.

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac is under the console making adjustments with his Swiss Army Knife.

"Well I was trying to integrate a program into the Danger Shop routine and it kind of went kerplooie. As for where Kitty is, I don't know. She was supposed to be here to-"

Sparks shoot from the console and Mac's mullet gets a little singed. Mac pats out his mullet and continues tinkering.

"-today. I didn't get a call from her saying she wouldn't be here which is totally unlike her. Then again parent weekend took its toll on everyone. I wouldn't be surprised if she forgot."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"What kind of program?" She crouched down and tried to get a good view under the console. "I don't really know much about the technology, but I'm happy to help out if I can."

Sam fell over backwards when Mac's mullet caught on fire, but aborted her instinctive rise and run for the fire extinguisher when she saw the mullet was safe if a little shorter and not quite as fluffy.

"I haven't seen her lately, but we don't really run in the same circles, so I didn't think about it."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac smiles despite the smell of burning hair. "Oh the program? Can't tell you know. I'm running detention this weekend and I don't want anyone to know about it just yet."

Mac sighs as he tinkers some more with the console.

"I think that should take care of the issue, but if you run into Kitty will you let her know I'm looking for her?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"You'll have to tell me about it afterwards, then, since I don't think I have detention this week."

She nodded. "I'll keep an eye out for her, and pass the word along if I see her."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Many scribbled-out sheets of paper later, Anders finally hands in his essay. He would have finished faster but the corners on the paper kept distracting him.

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Rogue looks around for Kitty. Not seeing her, she approaches the professor. "Uh, Mac? I think Kitty's gone missing. None of us in our room have seen her since Thrusday or so. I guess I just assumed she was with a parent this weekend but..." she looks down, a little ashamed. "I don't know what to do."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac looks up from underneath the console and frowns. "I haven't heard from her since last Thursday either. You sure she didn't leave a note or anything? Have you checked with any of your roommates?."

Mac sighs. "If you don't hear from anyone you might want to check in with those Security Officers on the Student council. That Marty guy or Alanna."

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

"Piper hasn't seen her either. And I didn't see a note, but she might have left somethin' on her computer." She shakes her head, "Kitty was always better at that kind of stuff.

"I'll do that. I just hope she did something silly like got turned into a cat by special collections or somthing."

She sits down and quickly cranks out a B-quality essay, and hands it in.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

*Cally turns in her essay* (100 words, not counting the strike-through, of course)

Duct tape is the most useful thing in the entire universe. It can be used to de-lint your clothes, or hold together engine parts while they await welding or gluing. You can make clothes out of it, or perhaps just wear the whole roll as a fashion accessory. It could work as a temporary bandage. Entire civilizations were built with duct tape. Duct tape could possibly be the key to defeating the cylons. Duct tape can also be used for kinky sex which I totally haven’t thought about, honest. If ever there was edible duct tape, there would be no need for anything else in the world.

[ooc: Daleks! Yay!]

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han sits down and starts writing.

Duct tape is like the Jedi's Force: it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together

Duct tape is the single most useful piece of equipment any space can have. It repairs anything from coolant pipes to loose wires, can be used to silence mouthy supercargo, keep beaten enemies subdued and for amusement. Duct tape makes balls to be thrown into containers, funny little shapes you can cut out and stick. In a pinch you can even make clothing of it, but it's not real pleasant. They are hard to move in. It holds gaping wounds shut and can function as a tourniquet. It even removes warts. It’s a terrible mess tangled in wookiee fur, though.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

(ooc: omg, running around at the last minute adding classes- not like i ever do this in real life or anything- but anyway! can Bridge join shop class?)

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

((Hey... I was a little hurt that you didn't sign up to begin with. Consider your add form signed.)

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

((ooc: woot! i did have m'boy signed up for another class at the same time, but he's been looking longingly at the doors to the danger shop every time he passes by ;) ))

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

[OOC: ZOMG THE OT3 IS REUNITED!]

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

[ooc: OMG, YAY!]

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

((No threesomes in the Danger Room Shop. Unless I'm involved))

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

((It's the hair. Everybody loves the hair.))

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge wanders in a few minutes late, just in time to see Mac pull the power switch.

"Um, sir?" He asks. "Bridge Carson here... I just added your class."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Hey Bridge. Welcome aboard. You've only missed a few classes so to do a makeup I want you to write a 500 word essay on the history of swiss army knives which is due Thursday nest week. You can go ahead and write the essay today on the topic of Duct tape."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, dude." Bridge nods and finds a seat, and then gets to work on the Duct Tape essay.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John signs in and writes the essay.
*wrote essay*

He hangs around to ask Mac about the old equipment that used to be in the room.

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Hey John. What can I do you for?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"I was just wondering, with the Mullet Danger Shop out of commission, I was wondering if I could use some of the old equipment. I can't seem to get this brake adaptor braket to work."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac shrugs. "There's some of the old tools in the supply room that you can bring out here. I'll be working on the shop for the rest of the day, so you're welcome to do whatever work you want on your bike. I did tell you that you could store your Harley here, right?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Alright, thanks, Teach. I'll be bringing the bike over later today. Got the wheels off, trying to work on this brake problem."

John started his work on his brake problem.

[not-an-ex-demon.livejournal.com]

ooc: I bet what he really wants to ask is how you get your hair so fluffy. He's just too shy to ask ;)

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Opens laptop, waits for it to find a wirless internet connection and then rattles out a quick essay that starts with the basic uses - fixing broken hoses and whatnot in cars and helicopters and whatever, fixing broken plastic things like toys and boxes and then goes into the more unusual uses, complete with illustrations:

Clothing:


Luggage:


Wallet:


A fighting dummy:


even First Aid uses (Maybe that's what I should have done after I fell)

(By the way, I was nice and didn't include the picture I found of emergency colostomy repair with duct tape. 'Cause you know, there's squeemish girls and emo guys in this class.

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

[ooc: I think the thing that scares me the most is how many of us clearly went to the 'net and researched duct tape. As I read these responses I see a lot of things I saw in my research that I didn't include. TOO funny!]

[death-n-binky.livejournal.com]

*DEATH, examining the duct tape carefully, seems intrigued. He strips his robes and begins to cover the entirety of the fabric in the shiney, silver material. He wraps the handle of his scythe for good measure. He then writes his essay on the fashion implications of duct tape and takes it to the front of the class to hand it in.*



*The rubber duck in DEATH's hand quacks in a surprisingly lifelike manner."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

*wrote essay*