Faculty Meeting (Friday after classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

With the semester in full swing, Zoe thought there might be a need for the teachers and administration to talk to each other. Or maybe it was just Friday and Fridays deserved to be celebrated. Either way, a handwavy message had gone out to the staff to meet in the student council room for an informal faculty meeting. Zoe had set up coffee, cold drinks, donuts, and pastries; there was nothing alcoholic yet, but it was still early in the semester.

"Good afternoon," she said once it looked like everyone was there. "I wanted to give everyone a chance to get together now that we're past the introduction phase with the students. Feel free to take some food and talk to each other about whatever you need to." Whether they talked about students or things that actually interested them was up to them.

[Hey, look what RTM reminded me to do this week! Open to all staff and OCD free.]

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[notasalad.livejournal.com]

There may not have been alcohol available in the layout but there was certainly alcohol in Jayne's flask he was currently sipping from.

Jayne will no doubt get a note from the school office on that as well.

[raspberryturk]

Pfff, Reno had been sneaking booze into non-alcoholic school functions long before your time, Jayne. Today was no exception. Hell, he wasn't even being subtle about pouring the alcohol from his flask into his coffee mug.

Hey, the notice had said it was informal. The suit he was wearing probably balanced it out neatly, anyway.

"So, is there some kind of school rule about makin' students cry in class? Because I'm predictin' a lot of that this semester."

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"We can make them cry?" Jayne said perking up. "How you making them cry? Because I got all sorts of notes how we're not supposed to punch or shoot at 'em."

[locointhecoco]

"Meeting" was just another word for "party", right? Especially an informal one. Pinkie was absolutely taking it as another word for "party". Hence the bunch of balloons tied around her waist that was making her hooves hover an inch or so off the floor.

Hey, at least she hadn't busted out the party cannon. And now you got to see her try to swim through the air towards the snacks.

[throughaphase]

Kitty walked in dripping wet again. Siiiigh, stupid island.

She was taking two donuts, dammit. She deserved it.

[throughaphase]

"That might depend on why they're crying..." Kitty said.

[raspberryturk]

"I haven't done any punching or shooting," Reno sniffed, gesturing with his coffee mug. "Some of 'em are just sensitive, is all. I'm tryin' to get the cryin' out of their system before they see shit that's really gonna break their hearts, yo."

See, Reno had the capacity to be sensitive if you squinted.

[raspberryturk]

"Rule of thumb is no outright mocking, but tellin' shit like it is without the candy coating is fine, yeah?" Reno paused for a moment, and then added, "For reference, the weekly field trips are going to involve visitin' and workin' in the fresh ruins of a recently collapsed civilization, yo."

So... there would probably be more crying outside of the Danger Shop sims.

[throughaphase]

"Eek," Kitty frowned. "I'd say that's an acceptable kind of crying. I'd cry."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

Irene helped herself to some coffee and neatly folded herself into a chair.

She hadn't actually see a lot of coworkers, so far, so this was...eye-opening.

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah, I figured," Reno agreed. "I had one student the other week who looked like she really friggin' needed to, even took her aside and told her it was okay if that's how hard it was hittin' her, and then spent the next ten minutes telling her that crying wasn't useless and self-indulgent. People do it for a reason, right?"

He wrinkled his nose a little.

"I just don't have a friggin' clue what else I should be doin' about it. Try to shelter them from the worst of it? Let 'em turn on the waterworks and leave 'em be, or... fuck, I dunno. I'm not the feelings guy, here. I'm the 'hit it with a stick until it stops tryin' to kill me' guy."

[sith_happened]

"I've done it," Anakin, Dean of Students, said. "It doesn't kill 'em."

[doubleohblonde]

Bond did nothing so gauche as sipping from a flask.

He'd had a good stiff drink before coming to the meeting.

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah," Reno snorted, "I've been in your classes before, yo."

Try to make Anakin feel old, Reno. Go on, do that some more.

"The students are tough around here, anyway. I'm just tryin' to figure out the line. How much 'shitty real life lessons' are too much for some of these kids."

[throughaphase]

"I figure people are going to be upset. Don't shelter them, but make sure they know they're allowed to be upset and it's normal," Kitty said. "And if you're any good at hugs, that might help, too."

[sith_happened]

"Well, some of them seem to come with lands made of cotton candy where they ride unicorns as rainbows shoot from their asses, so they need to realize most of the multiverse isn't that kind."

Thank you, Anakin. Very sympathetic.

[throughaphase]

Hopefully Pinkie wouldn't mind Kitty taking video. Which was totally what was happening here.

[locointhecoco]

Not at all! She'd even pose for her, if she wanted. Which would be what she did when she spotted what Kitty was doing.

[throughaphase]

"Thank you for being helpful," Kitty smiled.

[locointhecoco]

"You're welcome!" Pinkie said cheerfully.

It was what she did.

[atreideslioness]

Of course Ghanima was going to be there, since there were pastries. Her coffee was spiked as well, but with Spice rather than the 'traditional' alcohol. She was in minor withdrawal after transitioning from the air of Dune to the island - again - but nothing that a bracing coffee wouldn't not fix for now.

"Who let Reno and Karla teach?" she asked rhetorically, blue-on-blue eyes dancing with mischief. "I'm rather sure I failed both of them at least once."

No you didn't, Ghani, don't be mean.

[glacial_queen]

"You did not!" Karla protested, sticking her tongue out at Lady Ghanima. They were peers now, she could do that. "And I wasn't allowed, I was shanghai'd."

[raspberryturk]

Reno was... dubious at best about his hugging skills. Sure, he was at least decent enough that Rikku hadn't left him yet, but that was different.

"Upset is normal," he echoed, nodding. "Anyway, a lot of what they're gonna see was in the class description, and if they didn't know to expect it from that, the first class probably gave 'em a better idea. It ain't gonna be all full of happy experiences, but at least they shouldn't get blindsided by it between now and the end of the semester, yo."

[glacial_queen]

Karla, who currently could not drink, was giving everyone else who was a dirty look. Look at them all, showing off their ability to drink alcohol grumble grumble razzum frazzum.

That's fine! She'd just sit here with her juice like a four year old. WHATEVER, SHE DIDN'T EVEN CARE.

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah? 'Cause not all of 'em are going to go back to the multiverse when they're done here," Reno noted, pursing his lips thoughtfully. "Don't get me wrong, boss- I'm all for educatin' the sheltered ones. Hell, I enjoy pickin' on the rookies from time to time. But rubbin' their faces in it is just gonna distract from gettin' shit done in class, too, yo."

And it meant that Reno was going to have to deal with emotions and he was so not equipped for that.