Heroes and Villains 101, Tuesday, Period 3

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When the students filed into the classroom today, they'd probably notice that the room lacked any particularly fancy setup that was especially villainous or heroic. There were two men standing at the front of the room, however, who both seemed to be pretty obviously on separate sides of that spectrum. One definitely seemed to have the mad scientist look down to an art. The other... well, his facial hair kind of looked like tiny kittens. He was probably a good guy.

"Hey, class! Welcome to Heroes and Villains 101! Over the next few weeks, we're going to give you all an opportunity to approach a few different scenarios, to see if you lean toward making heroic decisions," the man talking, the one with the kitten-beard, smiled broadly at that, and gave an encouraging nod, "or cold, soulless, cruel decisions."

There might have been a bias, there. If you squinted.

“Whether you’re willing to sacrifice yourself needlessly for people who could care less about you,” offered the mad scientist, “or to follow through on your own grand initiatives, and use your talents to further your own personal goals, no matter what they may be.” He grinned a little too brightly at that idea.

“I am Professor Souichi Tomoe. I have doctorates in astrophysics and genetic engineering from Tokyo University. I am also the main founder and sponsor of the Infinity Academy project in the Shinagawa Ward of Tokyo, which you may or may not be familiar with. As well as certain... other endeavors I’m less public about.” He started to chuckle, until it built into a full blown maniacal laugh. Oh yes, Prof Tomoe was a completely normal person, and not at all a slightly unhinged mad scientist helping to lead a secret apocalyptic alien invasion of Earth.

"And I'm Kotetsu Kaburagi," sir kitten-beard chimed in, casting a sidelong, slightly baleful look at Tomoe and shaking his head before pressing on, "and I've been taking... ah... an active role in law enforcement in the city of Sternbild for the past ten years!"

Subtle, Kotetsu. They'd never guess you were a hero trying poorly to protect your secret identity that way. Nope. He looked rather pleased with himself for a moment, and then gestured for Professor Tomoe to announce today's in-class activity, which was somewhat dumbed down compared to the stuff they were going to get into in the next classes. Hopefully. If both teachers could agree on a course of plans.

“We thought we’d start you off with something simple,” Prof Tomoe said. “I’ve heard that the kids today are all into Team this and Team that. So, using your art skills, we want you to make either a Team Hero or Team Villain t-shirt. Then, find someone wearing the opposite, and try to convince them that your position is better theirs. Using words is fine. Using violence is not discouraged.”

Kotetsu nodded as Tomoe finished talking, did a brief double-take at that last bit, and then shook his head and gestured to a table stacked high with t-shirts of various colors and sizes, and an assortment of paints, glue, glitter, stickers, fuzzy balls, and other such t-shirt decorating implements. If he was looking pretty smug, well... he was hoping for a good many more Team Hero shirts, okay?

"Play nice, students."

[Open class is open!]

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[100powered.livejournal.com]

There is a plate of fresh cookies stacked by the door. Fair warning: Kotetsu can’t cook, and Tomoe also uses his EZ Bake oven to whip up monsters.

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[hasadestiny]

Lex Luthor

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[notconflicted]

Marasiah Fel

T-shirts!

[100powered.livejournal.com]

How stylish looking! You can keep whatever shirts you make.

Are you Team Hero, or Team Villain? Your teachers won't judge you for choosing one or the other.

... Much.

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[hasadestiny]

Lex was Team Hero all the way. Down to the purple glitter paint on his shirt.

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[ultron_junior]

It seemed like a goofy class. There was absolutely no reason for Victor to look as ... manically focused as he was while he made his Team Hero t-shirt. Which featured black puff-paint letters on an orange background, because that was a manly combination that would in no way remind everyone of Halloween.

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[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

Granted in a place like Fandom, you'd run into different types of people. However the... person? boy? thing? next to Matt did not appear to be exactly human to Matt's senses. Not that he'd reveal that to the general populace but because he was curious...

"So what team did you end up on?" Matt asked as he finished his Team Hero shirt which was just the word "HERO" written carefully with black lettering on a white shirt. It looked like one would expect from a blind kid writing on a t-shirt.

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[notconflicted]

Sia was so, so very Team Hero.

But there weren't many Imperial Knights going around calling themselves heroic and she tended to look down on the ones who did, so there was a part of her that was just twitching internally at having to actually be Team Hero.

Couldn't there be a Team Doing The Honorable Thing?

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[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy made a pretty simple shirt, dark blue with "Hero" on it in a sort of silvery gray color.

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[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal just looked around at her classmates in confusion. "I do not understand the assignment," she hissed in frustration.

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[100powered.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey! That girl there seemed kind of confused!

KOTETSU HAD WORK TO DO, HERE!

"What has you confused?" He stepped up beside her, peering down at the t-shirt and art supplies at the table.

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[suitably_heroic]

Atton, being the fine, contrary fellow he was, made a shirt that was half Team Hero, half Team Villain, and all fashion disaster style.

He was going to put it on and glower. In a laid back sort of way.

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[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

Matt did his best with the T-shirt which was definitely a Team Hero. Or as best he could make one without seeing what it looked like.

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[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

No question Angelica was Team Hero. TEAM HERO! in fact.

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[selfhelphero]

Billy was totally Team Hero, but he made a Team Villain shirt just to play devil's advocate. It wouldn't be fun if everyone was a hero, right?

Class Discussion!

[100powered.livejournal.com]

Find someone and try to convince them that they are wrong! Tomoe won’t stop you if things end up getting violent. Kotetsu might.

If there are more heroes than villains, or vice-versa, one of you can feel free to play the devil's advocate, and reason out why the other team might not be such a terrible choice. Or the angel's advocate, as the case might be.

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[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy's sensitive nose had suggested the cookies might be better skipped, so she'd just made her shirt then waited to see if anyone wanted to try and convince her to be a villain.

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[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe wandered around the classroom, cup of coffee still in hand, and kept an eye on the students' progress. He stopped by Mercy, and looked over her shirt.

"I see you've gone with a Team Hero shirt," he said. "Any reason for that?"

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[suitably_heroic]

Atton was going to firmly stick to his stance of being both-or-neither, thanks.

So there he was. Kicking it back. If anyone felt the need to bug him, well, he'd fall out whatever way he liked.

Like things were that easy.

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[notconflicted]

Just try to convince Sia to be a villain. Just try it. It would certainly not end in an argument at all.

Talk to Your Teachers!

[100powered.livejournal.com]

It might be hard to make out under the labcoat and ominous face shadows, but Prof Tomoe is totally wearing a Team Evil shirt.

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[100powered.livejournal.com]

Kotetsu wasn't wearing a t-shirt at all. He kind of figured that his professional demeanor and his snappy necktie would paint a proper heroic image all on their own.

He was there if any of the students had anything to say that shouldn't be heard by villainous ears, of course.

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[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe had a fresh cup of coffee that he was sipping. He'd grabbed a selection of the fuzzy balls and glue to make tiny, angry snowmen.

He was there if any of the students had anything to say that should be heard by villainous ears.

OOC!

[100powered.livejournal.com]

Don't you wish you knew how to make EZ Bake Monsters?

Not going to lie, I kind of want a Team Villain shirt. Just because.

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[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

How To Make EZ Bake Monsters:

Step 1: Place evil egg in EZ Bake oven along with a random item: a sneaker, a doorknob, an elephant-shaped vacuum cleaner, etc.

Step 2: SCIENCE!

Step 3: Take oven to desired location of attack, and voila! Instant monster!