http://notmysupervisor.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] notmysupervisor.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2014-02-07 09:47 am

The Modern Workplace and You [Friday, period 1]

Responsible teachers might have put today’s class in the Danger Shop, so that no one could get hurt. Pam and Cheryl were not those people.


The chairs were cleared out from the classroom and had been piled in the hall. Pam, instead of her usual business attire, was wearing a sleeveless tank, grey sweatpants, and fingerless black leather gloves. Were those bloodstains on the shirt? Yes. Yes, they were.

They might be from the frozen side of beef that she’d hung from the ceiling, that she was casually punching. None of the bums she’d found in Baltimore wanted to come get their asses kicked for a class demonstration. Not even when she’d offered them $20. Punk-ass bitches.

Cheryl, on the other hand, was still dressed like Cheryl, though today she was snacking on a bag of gummy bears. (At least, they looked like gummy bears, right?)

"I keep expecting fewer of you to actually turn up," she said, watching the students file in. "Don't you guys have somewhere better to be? I know I do."

Well, kind of. She really liked the idea of watching a bunch of bloodshed, but she would have made it later in the day, at least.

“Today, we’re gonna talk about ways to make extra money since your boss doesn’t pay shit,” Pam supplied helpfully. “Or ways to pay for your college education, if … any of you lot are going to college.”

They were all kind of weird, was all. This wasn’t really the AP class or anything, as far as Pam could tell.

"Or if you wanna support your crack habit!" Cheryl chirped helpfully. "What? You might develop a crack habit. I don't know your lives."

“Point is, most of you aren’t secretly worth half a billion dollars,” Pam said, giving Cheryl the look of someone who resented the fact that her best friend was quite literally worth half a billion dollars. “So … underground fighting! There are clubs in all kinds of cities. You just have to find them. This isn’t like that movie, where dudes beat each other up because their dads skipped town; this is people paying good money to watch a coupla fighters beat the shit out of each other. If you can take a punch, you can rake it in, big time.”

Pam, exactly no one in class looked like the type who could take a punch. Like, at all.

"But say you're a lover, not a fighter," Cheryl said, waggling her brows. "Or...a person who loves watching fights, anyway. You get to bet! 'But Cheryl,' you might be asking yourself, 'if two of my friends are punching each other in the eardrums, how do I decide who to bet on?' You choose the one who looks most likely to get creative."

She reached over and gingerly patted Pam on the shoulder. "Like, I know I can count on Pam to win. It doesn't really matter how. And it'll be interesting. And kinda hot. She might bring a chair in from the hall, or bite someone's ear off or something!"

“Biting someone’s ear off is against the rules,” Pam said. “And kind of a pussy move. I did punch a guy so hard once that he coughed up part of his liver.”

Reach for those stars, Pammy.

“So today you’re gonna pair up and duke it out! If it’s not your turn, put up some bets on who you think is gonna win. Cheer ‘em on, or just yell stuff. Get loud! So, who’s first?”

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[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Joker Moreau

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Excuse me?" Joker asked. "Ms. Crazylady? -- I'm sorry, Professor Crazylady? You may or may not have noticed, but we've got a cripple all up in the hizzy."

Who today was extra crippled, thanks to pushing too hard on the pedals while driving yesterday. He had his foot propped up on a chair, even.

Re: Talk to Cheryl and Pam [02/07]

[identity profile] holyshitsnacks.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I got five bucks that says I can get one of 'em to punch the side of beef," Pam volunteered.

What?

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] holyshitsnacks.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can bring the crutches into the ring," Pam offered, helpfully. "Just smack someone around with them. It's like getting to use a weapon! Instant advantage."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2014-02-07 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Cecil Palmer
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Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2014-02-07 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll fight you," Cecil offered. "I know Verbal Hand Grenade. Um do they have that where you're from?"

Because he liked Joker, and so far classes here had been remarkably non-fatal; weird as it was, he sort of enjoyed it.

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, it's not," Joker explained. Because Pam had no idea how often this topic seemed to come up. "I smack someone with the crutch and they get a welt. I, on the other hand, get the lottery of 'is my arm going to break'. That's the opposite of an advantage."

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Never heard of it," Joker replied. "Is that something like, you say a word and I blow up? Because I am so not doing that."

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] holyshitsnacks.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Shit, are you serious?" Pam asked. "Your superpower really sucks. You're, like, the worst Y-person ever."

Pam maaaaaay have missed that he had an ordinary genetic condition and wasn't, you know, in a comic book. Easy mistake.

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, not a Y-person," Joker told her. "Because that sort of thing only happens in comic books. Call it... Sub-tastic Four. Cosmic radiation mutates my genes, and all I get is a perfectly normal disease."
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[personal profile] pulseof_life 2014-02-07 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Paddra Nsu-Yeul
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Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2014-02-07 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Fight? Yeul?

... HAHAHAHAHA.

Yeul looked dubious.

"I will just let the other person win," she said, since it was the truth.

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] fly-so-serious.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Quick bit of advice?" Joker interjected. "Refuse to fight, instead. If you agree to the fight and then throw it, all you'll get is a lot of beaten up."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2014-02-07 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven Darkholme
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Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2014-02-07 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She looked mildly puzzled.

"I appreciate your advice," she said honestly, smiling over at him. "However, if I do, then I do. It would not be the first time it has happened."

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] holyshitsnacks.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, man," Pam said. "Cosmic radiation? Did you get this from suntanning too long? Because I thought you just got skin cancer from that."

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] holyshitsnacks.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"You only get paid if you win," Pam said helpfully. "And if you take a dive, people will think you did it just 'cause you secretly bet on the other guy, and they'll take you out back and whup your ass."

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[identity profile] iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Elsa of Arendelle

Re: Pair up and fight! [02/07]

[identity profile] iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com 2014-02-07 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Elsa was not so much looking for a partner to fight as she was inching for the door.

It was nothing personal, but between 'fighting' and the idea of physical contact at all, she was really willing to have none of it.

Besides, she might not have been worth half a billion, but Arendelle currency translated nicely to American. She was financially set, thank you.

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