fandomhigh | Breaking Things 101, Wednesday, Period 3

"Today, we are smashing watermelons!"

Electroclash just wasn't going to greet the students like a normal person anymore. They were in the Danger Shop, once again, and there were tables with watermelons on them, and... piles and piles of rubber bands. Yes. Oh, and cameras set up to record each table's goings-on. She should probably say something about that, right?

"Watermelons are hard on the outside but squishy on the inside, and while it's pretty bloody satisfying to just smash them to pieces with a hammer or some shit like that, we are going the slow route today. You are going to pair up, take a watermelon, and start putting the rubber bands around it. It'll seem pointless fr a while, like all things in life, but if you keep putting more and more rubber bands around the fruit, there'll be more and more pressure on it, and eventually it will explode all over you."

Which Electroclash thought would be hilarious all on its own, but she gestured towards the cameras. "And at the end of the class, we'll watch your fruit explosions in glorious slow motion with the help of these high speed cameras. Trust me, it makes it all worth it because it is fucking hilarious. Now, get to pairing up and slowly breaking things."

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

He had a point.

"It'd be a little hard in such a small town," Raven mused. "You wouldn't want to get reputation for it."

That way, in her experience, sometimes led to angry mobs.

"That," Sparkle replied knowingly, "is what Baltimore is for."

Naturally!

"You're just full of interesting ideas." This was possibly not the best influence for a potential future evil mutant.

Sparkle was possibly not the best influence for anyone.

"What can I say? I don't like to stagnate. Things get boring fast that way."

He slipped another dozen rubber bands around the watermelon, wrinkling his nose. This really was taking a while, here.

Raven started stretching another set, getting it ready to wrap around the watermelon, then paused. "It looks like it's starting to leak a little."

That had to be a good sign, right?

It kind of had to be, didn't it? Sparkle nearly leaned forward for a better look, but stopped as he remembered his mental image of the flying attack elastics.

"So the next rubber bands could be the ones that mean we end up wearing it," he noted, pleased. "Or the ones after that. It could be, like, literally any moment now."

Raven moved to hold the rubberbands over the watermelon, leaning back as far as she could while she did so. "Brace yourself!"

"Okay, I'm ready! Let's do this!"

He was sort of bracing himself, if 'bracing himself' meant holding his hands up slightly so that he could protect his face in a hurry.

With a great cracking sound, the watermelon exploded open before Raven could even get her rubber bands on it. She shrieked as watermelon juice and bits sprayed all over her.

"Oh, SHIT!"

At least Raven wasn't alone in her shrieking, but Sparkle was almost immediately following that up with a hoot and then a fit of laughter as he tried to flick some of the juice from his soaked arms.

"That was freaking awesome!"

Raven shook her head, dislodging a few watermelon bits as she did. "Look." She pointed to the bottom half of the watermelon, still sitting on the table. "It cut it in half!"

"Hah, you did!" Sparkle leaned forward for a better look. "... I wonder if we could slice this thing into like edible chunks with rubber bands."

He was willing to give this a shot.

"Maybe if you got really thick, strong ones? So you don't have to use so many. You could get more precise, then."

"... I want to try this. Damn, who knew putting rubber bands on fruit would be so awesome?"

Apparently Electroclash had.

"God, I love this class."

"It's definitely a great change from Mr. Doom's class," Raven said with a smile, trying -- and failing -- to wipe more of the watermelon off her face. "Are there extra watermelons? Can we do it again?"

"Danger shop, girly," Sparkle, replied, grinning a little as he bounced over to get two more. "There can be as many watermelons as we want."

Sparkle could say anything he wanted about the island, but, at the end of the day, classes here were still awesome.

Breaking Things 101, Wednesday, Period 3

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]

Re: Talk to Sparkle [BT 09/25]