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Personal Improvement Through Science: Aperture Laboratories Presents Physical Education (Wed/Per 2)

So maybe the sign had skipped a couple of numbers from the last time, if anyone happened to remember or notice that. Someone might be extremely cranky about last week. Or broody. Maybe a little flustered, or all of the above. Luckily she also didn't have a face, so it was fairly easy to hide that -- with disturbing levels of (false) cheer, because that wasn't obvious at all.

Today's test chamber looked really simple: just a massive square room made entirely of portal-able panels. There were a few angled panels sticking out from the walls in places, one floor-to ceiling column, and a few high ledges -- if you looked carefully enough, you'd realize there were a couple of Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cubes up there.

"According to these test results, most of you did a passable enough job handling unexpected test circumstances last week. For that, you get a little bit of a reward. No, no, no need to thank me. If any of you are afraid of heights and you haven't gotten over it yet, now would be a good time," GLaDOS said brightly. Yes, in an almost perky voice. "Today's test is fairly simple: figure out as many practical transportation applications for these Aperture Science Excursion Funnels as you can come up with. If you figure out how to get to the Companion Cubes up there, you can even keep them for the duration of class! Provided one of your classmates doesn't devise a way to take it from you, that is. Possibly violently." She paused. "Have fun with that. And no, you can't take the Companion Cubes with you when you're done for the day."

Look. At least she wasn't going to force you to incinerate them, but if you tried to take out out through the Material Emancipation Grill, well, you brought that on yourself.

[OOC: The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube cannot speak. In the event that the Weighted Companion Cube does speak and tell you to ping before the OCD is done, the Enrichment Center reminds you to disregard its advice. Very good! You ignored your faithful Companion Cube's urges to ping prematurely more successfully than any test subject on record.]

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In black and white! Or apprehensively. Or however you want.

Christopher Brink

Jackson Whittemore

Victor Mancha

Ace McShane

Rapunzel

Billy Kaplan

Hanna Marin

Jessica Drew

Korra

Liara T'Soni

Where you will find the usual equipment, and also the radio playing samba music. For no apparent reason.

If anyone thought Jackson seemed to exude smugness even more than usual, they were right. He was feeling pretty damn good about his (new, improved!) self today. And even though Stiles wasn't around, he changed pretty quickly, lest anyone get too long a look at the bandage on his side and get too curious.

He was also side-eyeing any and all people who didn't seem to be quite the right color, but that was more like an afterthought.

Jessica waited until the locker room was as clear as possible to change. SOME PEOPLE had modesty, thank you very much.

While you wait for the door to open, lament the constantly-greyed-out cake on the sign, talk, etc.

There aren't even any turrets! This is about as easy as a test chamber gets.

The excursion funnels (http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/8/81/Funnel_diag1.jpg) will push you along, or carry objects/gels along inside them, like a conveyor belt. You can portal them different places/directions like the hard light bridges, but they'll only travel in one direction, away from their emitter. You can, however, hop in and out of them at any time.

Because if you don't do that, or make sure there's a portal in the wall, you're just going to get smushed against the wall. It won't be ~~very~~ painful, but your classmates might laugh at you.

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Man, this was kind of like work. Vic pouted his way through a couple comical wall mishaps before he figured out he could hop out at the right time and not get squished.

After that, he spent the rest of the class period floating back and forth. It was like swimming! Very, very lazy midair swimming!

The class might be accustomed to seeing Topher excel at these tests, but this week, Christopher didn't have quite his non-fifties counterpart's fascination with them - or his aptitude.

"This doesn't seem very safe," he said, adjusting the collar on his jumpsuit. "I really would've preferred baseball."

Ace frowned at him. "How's come you get a grey jumpsuit?" Instead of the bright orange one that she didn't entirely mind, but it did have a certain Young Offenders look to it.

She'd save wtfbaseballsincewhendoyoudoanykindofsport, which had been her planned followup question, in favour of "Wait, how's come you're grey?"

"Sorry, doll, not sure what you mean," Christopher confessed, but he smiled at her anyway, because hi, pretty. "Aren't we all?"

"....Doll?" Yes, Topher, you got an extra ellipse there.

"Well, yeah," Chris said slowly. HE WAS VERY PUZZLED BY THIS REACTION, ACE. "What's the matter? A girl as pretty as you shouldn't be lookin' so distressed."

Oh. Oh dear.

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Suspicious? Ace? Never. Especially of compliments? Never. "Here, are you takin' the piss?"

...

"I don't know what that means," Christopher admitted. "You sure talk strangely, you know that?"

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"Says the black and white Yank who calls people doll." Penny in the air.....

Penny drops.

"Oh. This is a thing, innit."

"'Scuse me?" So yes.

"Say, are you really from England? That's ace." No, she was.

"That's my name." No, it wasn't. Not really. "The real question is where d'you think you're from, today? Or when."

"Why, 1955, of course," Christopher said easily. "So's everyone. Why don't you know that? Did you hit your head? I knew this class wasn't safe."

Well, the greyscale made sense now. A weird, Fandom kind of sense.

"Pff, safe's no fun," Ace replied, exactly as she would've if he'd been in colour and from 25 years after her instead of 30 before. "Anyway, how do you know you didn't hit your head?"

It was as good an explanation as I just woke up six... had been.

"Because I'm an athlete, doll," Christopher told her ~~condescendingly~~ fondly. "I don't get hurt by mistake unless I'm skidding into home plate, and then I've got my helmet on."

He would pardon that choking laugh like she had a couple of elephants stuck in her throat, wouldn't he? "You've got a helmet. That explains so much."

By which she meant the fact that he wasn't wearing it now, after clearly hitting his head, explained his use of the word 'athlete.'

Hey, hey, all high school baseball players wore helmets! Because safety! This wasn't rugby, Ace. Or Beacon Hills lacrosse.

"I don't think I dig," Christopher said, with a little head-tilt of bewilderment. WHY WERE YOU SO CONFUSING, ACE?

LIKE SHE WAS ANY BETTER WHEN HE WAS NORMAL?

"S'alright. We'll laugh about it together when you get your brain back." For now, she would just laugh about it alone.

"Whatever you say, doll," Chris replied, then offered her a wink. "Never gonna pass up a chance to talk to a chick as fly as you."

Jessica didn't seem to be enjoying herself much. And why should she? This was useless to her life. She was just going to find a husband to get stuck in conveyor belt mazes instead of her, because he would be chivalrous.

Same deal as before, just in reverse, of course.

Who has no idea who that girl from last week was, really. Honestly.

Here is your weekly image gallery (http://gladigotburned.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/2663).

Yay, I get to take my stupid swollen eye to the doctor. :P I say that like I'll be carrying it there in a bucket or something.

Aren't you glad you love me?

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