Industrial Arts, Tuesday

[not_a_whiner]

"Since we're working with metal right now, I think we need to take a quick break and work on some basics," Kaidan said. "If you rush through this part, you can get back to your battle bots-- if it takes a little more time, then it takes a little more time. Anyway, we're going to be talking soldering."

You know, if the equipment on everyone's workbenches hadn't made that clear already.

"This is a soldering iron," he said, holding it up. "It runs up to four hundred degrees Celsius. Don't touch anything outside of the grip. Don't let it touch anything else. If you do, it's going to burn through whatever it touches like it's made of butter. When you're done with it, put it back on the stand. Don't leave it laying around." He put the soldering iron back. "In front of you, you'll find some circuit boards. When they're completed, they should make three or more - I'll leave that up to you - LED lights light up in response to audio input. So if you yell at it, it's going to light up."

Beat.

"Don't test it by yelling. I, uh, need my eardrums. First, turn on your iron. It's going to take a while to heat up. Take the sponge and make it damp. Then carefully wipe the tip of the iron with it - just let it touch the sponge. Then-- you can turn to the solder. Hold the iron to it and it should melt, if it's the right temperature." He demonstrated accordingly. "Then touch the iron to the point you want your joint to form at. Once the tin makes a little volcano shape, you're good. Check it, then move on to the next one."

And back into the stand it went.

"You've all got all the parts you need for this project," he said, "and a little extra stuff, if you want to see if you can tweak it. Get as crazy as you want, just... don't burn anybody."

Sage advice.

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Joining two things together.

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Topher Brink

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Cade, joining two things at the lips, oh yeah.

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Ace McShane, joining two things together at the nose-boop

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Jessica Drew

Listen to the Lecture

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Or trade notes, or...

Solder Things!

[not_a_whiner]

You have a circuit board and components. The base project you're going for is a machine that receives audio and translates that into light from three LEDs in different colors.

But there's lots of extra parts, so... get creative. And show off.

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[dollpocalypse]

By the time Topher was done with his project, it not only received audio and lit up in response, but it also had the ability to wheel across the floor toward the person making noise and shriek "Shut up!" in a voice oddly similar to Topher's own.

This had required yelling in order to pull off, so, sorry, Kaidan.

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[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Soldering irons were a lot like smaller lightsabers, plus Cade liked burning things, so he was having a lot of fun with today's assignment.

Work on your Battlebot

[not_a_whiner]

Or you can grab your partner and get back to work on that robot that kills other robots. Your choice.

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[dollpocalypse]

Topher had taken his sweet time working on the LED light machine, so by the time he was done, there were only a few minutes left in class. Still, he flopped down beside Ace if she was there, machine in hand, and asked, "Can this thing cry yet?"

Because obviously a baby robot needed the ability to deafen everyone with its shrieks.

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"I was sort of leaving that 'til last," Ace admitted. "Because... gel shooters."

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[dollpocalypse]

"Are way cooler and more interesting, yeah," Topher filled in, nodding. "Plus where are we gonna get a recording of crying? 'Off the internet' seems like cheating."

And Topher was so opposed to cheating.

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[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"We could offer to babysit somebody's kid?" Ace said thoughtfully. "Principal's got one, right?"

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[dollpocalypse]

"Gross, I don't want to babysit, that's girl stuff." Really? Really? "Don't babies, like, bite?"

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[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

Ace, who actually liked kids, snorted. "Not when they're in kindergarten. Unless you piss 'em off."

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[dollpocalypse]

Ah, right. He was probably thinking of dogs.

"...so... how do I not do that?"

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[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

Unlike adults, kids were relatively easy to not piss off, Ace felt. "Don't steal their toys? Or their chocolate. Or turn off their cartoons." Made sense, right? Just treat them like short, slightly oversensitive teenagers, really.

Talk to the Teacher

[not_a_whiner]

Kaidan's just hanging around. Chilling.

... except not really because chilling was not one of his strong suits.

OOC

[not_a_whiner]

We've all been there, Shepard.

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[dollpocalypse]

I'm just realizing now that if Kaidan had successfully poisoned Shepard with his cooking, everyone would have blamed the destruction of the sushi place for Shep getting food poisoning. KAIDAN WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN SICK OF APOLLO'S IF THERE HAD BEEN DELICIOUS DREAM-INDUCING SUSHI TO BE HAD, SHEPARD, GOSH.