Popular Mechanics, Tuesday, May 12, 2015

[momslilassassin]

An exhausted but happy Ben was mainlining coffee in the Danger Room today as he waited for the students to arrive. "Hello again," he said with a bright smile. "I was glad to see how much technical experience most of you already had last week--that'll make this class a lot more fun when we don't have to slow down and explain why touching hot metal with your bare fingers is bad."

He rolled his eyes at that example, then smiled again.

"As you might have noticed, there are a lot of hills on this island, which makes it completely perfect for Soap Box car races," he said. "These are cars powered only by gravity, so no engines to muck with this time, but you do have to work to make it as aerodynamic as possible. I've put out all of the supplies you'll need to make your cars, so work on it for the class period and we'll race them next week once the paint's had time to dry, okay?"

He grinned over at Barry. "The TA and I will participate, too. If you can come up with a good prize for the winner, come talk to me. I'm thinking ice cream, but I could be persuaded."

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Re: Make your cars!

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

This wasn't exactly the type of cars Ronan liked to race but whatever, going fast was going fast even if this car wasn't built of sleek metal, wasn't painted a color that gleamed under stoplights and didn't make him utterly forget everything for just a few seconds.

He wouldn't be caught dead driving this in front of anyone. Maybe he'd give it to Matthew.

Re: Make your cars!

[momslilassassin]

"What color are you going to paint it?" Ben asked.

Re: Make your cars!

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

"Black."

Like his soul.

"Keep it simple."

Re: Make your cars!

[momslilassassin]

"Matte or shiny?" Ben asked.

Re: Make your cars!

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

"Whichever," Ronan said. "Paint job doesn't really concern me as much as making sure the thing doesn't fall apart or embarrass me."

Re: Make your cars!

[momslilassassin]

"Well, that depends on you," Ben said with a little grin. "How good are you at putting wooden stuff together?"

Re: Make your cars!

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

"It's not that hard," Ronan scoffed, shaking his head. "Insert tab A into slot B. Done."

Sort of.

Re: Make your cars!

[momslilassassin]

"Sort of," Ben said. "Make sure it's tight, too."

Re: Make your cars!

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

"Yep." Ronan even saluted with a tool before turning his attention back to the pile of car in front of him.