Coping With Change, Friday, Period 3

[furnaceface]

If or why anybody was actually insane enough to come to class today was really anyone's best guess. The island was pretty much bending over backwards now in its attempt to kill everybody living on it. There were zombies falling into lava pits and half-monkey-half-pony monsters galloping majestically through ancient ruins with mummies riding on their backs and really, Jonothon had pretty much made up his mind that anyone who showed up for class today was going to just automatically fail the course.

He could be here because he was a walking shell of a corpse with a gout of psifire where his head was meant to be, thank you. And he was making sure students had a safe escort back to the dorms if they were in class today, and therefore stupid.

Ignore the hypocrisy. Just ignore it.

Cecil was here, too. Honestly, if he stayed home every time existence turned deadly or frightening, he'd never leave the house! So here he was, more or less unharmed, if slightly harried. "Do you think anyone will show?"

//If they do, I'm failing the lot of them.//

No, he wasn't.

"But if they're coping well enough to show up, that shows they're learning!" Cecil pointed out.

//… Cecil, remind me to give you a failing grade when things are back to normal.//

He wouldn't.

"You can't give me a grade," Cecil told him, rolling his eyes. "I'm a teacher."

Jonothon sighed.

//Here, if any students show up, ply them with some arts and crafts or cookies or something until I can offer them a proper escort back to the dorms.//

"I can do that!" Cecil agreed. "Art is a wonderful way of coping."

//And if you get any glitter on me,// Jono grumbled, crossing his arms and leaning against the door frame, //I'll be very put-out.//

"Um. Angry, right?" Cecil asked carefully. "Not extinguished?"

//… Just get the bloody glitter, Cecil.//

"Just checking!" Cecil protested. "It's good to be prepared for emergencies."

Jonothon suspected that he and Cecil had wildly different definitions for the word 'emergency.'

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[furnaceface]

Artistically! (Or stupidly. You ARE in class today.)

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[pulseof_life]

Paddra Nsu-Yeul

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[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Jeff Moreau

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[wildandbrave]

Cosette not-actually-Fauchelevent-right-now

Lecture?

[furnaceface]

Or, well, more of a quasi-argument between Jono and Cecil. You're welcome to wander in on it at any time.

Re: Lecture?

[pulseof_life]

Well, of course, Yeul was here. Except for the drying blood on her torn clothing, she even looked just like she usually did: unruffled and serene. (If you ignored the blood. That, yes, was hers. Her injuries had been healed, though!)

She listened to the argument with a slight smile on her face.

Re: Lecture?

[furnaceface]

Once the argument was through and Jono had sent Cecil off to collect cart supplies, Jono turned toward Yeul.

...

//Yeul, you're aware that it's fairly dangerous out there, aren't you?//

Be patient with this one, Yeul. He was a slightly different Jonothon.

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[pulseof_life]

She smiled up at him.

"I noticed there are more creatures than usual," Yeul said lightly. "Dangerous, though? I did not notice that."

Yeul wouldn't notice that even if it literally killed her, however.

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[wildandbrave]

Cosette arrived for class -- late, and a little out of breath, thanks to having run into a monkeypony. Literally, while running away from one of the angel statues. It was a good thing she'd had a lot of practice in running, from the police and frequently to try and keep up with Éponine and Azelma in the process of running from the police so they couldn't use her as a decoy.

She'd given it a good sharp kick in the shin and apologized to it as she got away.

Anyway, after all that she managed to make it to class, poked her head in the doorway, and got an earful of the conversation. Maybe it wasn't quite an argument, but it was argumentative enough that she didn't feel like sticking around for it, so off to the library she went again.

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[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Jeff was in the building anyway, so he could spend time in the library, so coming to class wasn't a problem for him. All the danger had been already faced in the morning. "Hey, now, you can't fault people for their work ethic and sense of responsibility!" he insisted.

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[voiceoverdue]

Cecil gave Jono a significant look and beamed at Joker. "Of course we can! It doesn't mean we should, though."

He was a bit curious that Joker's legs seemed to be working, but it seemed pretty rude to comment on.

Re: Lecture?

[selfhelphero]

Billy came by a little late, right around the time he heard Cecil arguing that they shouldn't be failed and hey, that sounded like a conversation to not be around for, so he turned tail and went right back to the library. It would be better to ask for forgiveness later if that wasn't the right move.

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[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

Eleanor leaned back in her seat and raised an eyebrow.

"You should have told us in advance you were canceling class," she said. "Rather than penalizing those of us who can actually handle ourselves and decided to drop by."

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[furnaceface]

Jono was actually fairly certain that students existed entirely to make him wish he had hair to pull out of his head.

//I'm not going to actually... bloody hell,// he grumbled, drumming his fingers against the doorframe. //I would've been happy to send out an e-mail or a text, but I have something of a technical difficulty with that sort of thing. It'd be nice seeing students exercising a bit of common sense, however.//

Said the guy who was also actually here.

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[dressedinblood]

Anna was a ghost. She couldn't think of any reason not to come to class, and she felt obligated to point out, "Maybe some of us could really use some help coping with changes right about now."

Re: Lecture?

[furnaceface]

Jono... couldn't argue with that. He was hoping that people would stay in the dorms and stay safe, but that was something of a moot point, if your student was already dead.

//Oh, Anna...// He taught fighting tactics in the reality he remembered living in. This 'coping with change' thing was apparently the speciality of some other him. But... he was still a teacher. Even if this wasn't the class he'd signed up for, he owed it to his students to try. //I'm sorry. I'm... worried.// A touch. //If you have anything that you need to talk about, anything that you need help with, though, I'll try.//

Who in the world had let any Jono teach, anyway?

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[voiceoverdue]

"Wonderful!" Cecil smiled at her. "Well, you have after all come to the right place."

Arts and Crafts!

[furnaceface]

You come to class while the island is being swarmed by zombies, these are the lessons you get, kids. Construction paper, glitter, cotton balls, popsicle sticks… Go nuts.

Also spiders. If you can catch them. And some weird scaly things (non-living) that were in the supply closet and looked interesting.

Re: Arts and Crafts!

[pulseof_life]

Yeul toyed with the arts and crafts materials, not really making anything but a mess, but exploring her options anyway.

She looked thoughtful, but at peace.

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[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Jeff raised his hand. "So, uh, if we're not actually doing anything important today, I'm just gonna go back to the library. Kinda got something goin' on there."

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[voiceoverdue]

"I don't think we're doing anything important other than coping, so I guess if you promise you'll cope, that's okay," Cecil answered, looking to Jono for confirmation.

Talk to the Teachers!

[furnaceface]

One will probably tell you how stupid you are for coming in to class today. Which one? Guess!

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

This one. This one right here will tell you how stupid you are for coming in to class today.

And then he'll offer to escort you safely back to the dorms.

Talk to Cecil!

[voiceoverdue]

Cecil will just commend you on your coping abilities. Pity he wasn't the one giving you your grade.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

The number of monsters on the island that could have JoCo music playing in the background while they traipse around amuses me so.