Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I

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Well.

It was raining popsicles and suntan lotion today. Because Fandom liked to make the newbies cry sometimes. Yes, the island had a sense of humor about these things.

We've all learned to accept that and move on with our lives. Well, all of us except for Britta. But she's the worst.

[Please wait for OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here and here, in an effort to keep browsers from breaking for as long as possible.]

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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe hadn't even considered any plans that didn't involve horrible genetic abominations in some some shape or other.

"Oh yes. I suppose that works as well." He offered a hand, not caring that he was still holding a sticky cherry popsicle. "Professor Souichi Tomoe. I'm teaching here this summer."



[It's fine. Slow play for the win?]

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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"Kotetsu T. Kaburagi," Kotetsu replied, leaning forward and inspecting Tomoe's hand, partly because he was trying to figure out the best angle of attack for a handshake, and partly because he needed a second to blink, while the man's family name played a quick round of Punch Kotetsu in the guts with his emotions. He was smiling again by the time he'd looked up and managed to find a handshake configuration that would leave his hand only a little sticky. "Also teaching here, that Heroes and Villains 101 workshop?"

He figured he could probably just get away with teaching a heroes workshop. Who wanted to learn about villainy, anyhow?

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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Perhaps luckily for Kotetsu, Prof Tomoe looked less like a lovely, sadly deceased superhero fangirl and more like a slightly deranged shadowy figure. He missed any sign that Kotetsu's smile might have faltered for a moment.

Prof Tomoe arched an eyebrow over the top of his shiny glasses. "Are you certain about that? I'm here to teach a workshop entitled Heroes and Villains 101. I don't think the course will be bothering with the first half of the title, however. Heroism is greatly overrated. I will never understand why they think that tiny miniskirts are suitable attire for combat."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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"Because Pepsi is paying good money for her to wear that miniskirt," Kotetsu replied, before his brain caught up with the rest. "And it's right here on my schedule, teaching it on a Tuesday."

He flicked his finger against an entry in his day planner after a moment of flipping through, and then held it up for Tomoe to see.

"And we will definitely be putting emphasis on the Heroing part, if I have any say in the matter!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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And the other eyebrow arched up. "Pepsi? What does that have to do with anything? You'd think we'd have fewer public alien attacks if there was corporate money involved." There was no reason to make these things big and public when you likely had a better shot at letting your own alien invasion achieve its goals by going under the radar.

Prof Tomoe pulled a paper schedule out of a pocket in his lab coat, with a course scheduled for the same time and place on Tuesdays, and showed it to Kotetsu to see.

"It appears we're co-teaching a class together. Well, this will be ... interesting."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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"No kidding..."

Kotetsu was trying not to wrinkle his nose at the matching schedule. Trying so, so hard. He was teaching a class about heroes and villains with a guy who... well... he seemed kind of villan-ey from where Kotetsu was standing.

"So, what, do we take turns or something?"

Because there was no way he was going to agree with this guy on pretty much anything. A class on villainy? Bah!

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe? Kind of villain-ey? Whatever would give someone that accurate impression?

"I suppose so, unless you wanted to take it up with the school authority. As loathe as I am to encourage people to go into heroics, I suppose compromise is likely our only option."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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Cooperating with someone who disapproved of heroes. It left a bitter taste in Kotetsu's mouth, but he supposed all he really needed to do was make being a good guy seem more appealing to the younger generation than some guy in a lab coat would make villainy look.

That shouldn't be too hard, right?

"Okay! Then we compromise," he replied. "There are... seven sessions in the summer? That gives us one for either introductions or a final, and then three shots at making the students see things our way each. Sound fair?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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"Certainly. I'm sure we can work out a decent balance between the two of us." He grinned. "May the best instructor win," he said, before breaking out in a full on evil laugh.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

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"Eheh... heh... yeah."

Kotetsu was trying very hard to smile. Very, very hard. And failing. Miserably. But at least he was good at the 'no sudden movements' and the 'backing away slowly' parts.