Working With Jerks, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 [3rd period]

[heroic_jawline]

Tony and a large cup of coffee were perched on the edge of the desk at the front of the class. Because you could in no way teach without that. "Hello, and welcome to class. This is Working with Jerks--" excuse him while he side eyed his teaching partner a little for that title. "And I'm Tony Stark."

A beat.

"If you know who I am, it's admittedly a little funny." The things that happen when you garner a reputation.

"I meant in general," Steve said, cheeks going a little pink. "Everyone is going to work with someone who's a little difficult at some point in their lives. Class projects, shift work, military training...it happens." He smiled. "I'm Steve Rogers, by the way."

"Uh huh," Tony said, taking a pointed sip of his coffee. "College is the worst for that. You'll end up doing all the work in a group of slackers and contemplate murder a few times before you graduate."

Screw. Group. Projects. Seriously.

"But it's not all terrible! Working as a group also allows you to achieve things you can't manage on your own." Because you guys lucked out on getting the more earnest version of Tony Stark, kids.

Steve nodded, equally earnest. "Working as a team, when everyone's individual strengths become more important than their flaws is something everyone should experience at least once, but it does mean that you need to learn to...well...suck it up and deal with annoyances."

Tony put the coffee to the side and clapped his hands together. "Today we'll be getting to know who you are and seeing how well you handle yourself when your day is thrown off."

"It'll be fun." Steve was so optimistic.

Comments

Sign in 5/11

[heroic_jawline]

Teamwork. Yay.

Re: Sign in 5/11

[good_for_six]

Isabela

Introductions

[heroic_jawline]

Who are you? Do you know any jerks?

Re: Introductions

[good_for_six]

Isabela was grinning at Steve. A perfectly friendly, not at all predatory grin.

"I'm Isabela, I tend to just punch jerks int he face." Or steal their wallets. Sometimes both.

RE: Introductions

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm Rey, and I don't know many people at all." Yay for not connecting with anybody except one guy who left! "I didn't actually mean to sign up for this."

Re: Introductions

[omgnochecksyet]

"Eric Bittle," he introduced himself. "I'm a figure skater, and I grew up in the South." The 'And thus I know plenty of jerks' was pretty much implied there.

Re: Introductions

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"I'm Dipper Pines and my Great Uncle Stan is probably the king of jerks," Dipper said when his turn came around. "Any help I can get for dealing with him would be nice."

Re: Introductions

[sampippy]

Xanthippe was already a little wary about this class. Okay, a lot. "Xanthippe Voorhees." Had Steve learned to spell that yet? "And, like... doesn't everyone know jerks?"

Kimmy.

Re: Introductions

[notfinnyet]

"I'm FN-2187," said FN-2187. Yeah. "And I wouldn't really say that I know any jerks?" Careful listeners would note that this was not the same thing as saying he didn't know any jerks. But in the First Order you couldn't say that. You could just slowly back away while Kylo Ren destroyed another bank of computers.

Re: Introductions

[notamascot]

"I'm Kaylin Neya," she said. "And I'm sure a lot of people would say I'm a jerk. Not that I try to be. I guess I just don't remember to try hard enough sometimes."

Or care enough to think about it most of the time.

Re: Introductions

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

"I'm Velma Martinez, and pretty much everyone I know on the West Coast is a jerk," she said. Which included parents, ex-boyfriend, ex-best friend, and various teammates. "Which is why I'm here."

If you couldn't beat them - in the Isabela sense of the word - move to the opposite coast.

Scenario

[heroic_jawline]

You weren't in a class run by Tony Stark to get substandard Danger Room scenarios. Welcome to Buckstars, the trendiest coffee shop you've never heard of! Each of you will find yourself behind a counter clad in the most fashion-forward of aprons and hats, preparing for the morning rush at your shop, when suddenly, well.

Ping in and find out. And remember, you're working with jerks.

RE: Scenario

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had been to the Perk once! She absolutely thought this would go badly, but she did look adorable in the hat.

Re: Scenario

[good_for_six]

The apron was longer than Isabela's hemline. Whoops.

Re: Scenario

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Dipper was pretty confident he wasn't going to run into any problems with this scenario.

Wearing a hat and apron was nothing compared to when Grunkle Stan would force him to dress up as a "Pre-Teen Wolf Boy".

Re: Scenario

[sampippy]

"What."

It was safe to say Xanthippe didn't approve of the clothes. At all. Just look at the epic way her forehead crinkled up.

Re: Scenario

[notfinnyet]

FN-2187 had never been in a coffee shop in his life and had been assigned to rather more janitorial and maintenance shifts than food service. So he looked rather completely lost from the get-go.

Re: Scenario

[notamascot]

Kaylin had literally no idea what 90% of this stuff was. So she was pushing buttons and turning things randomly, jumping back when she spilled coffee stuff everywhere.

"Ooops."

Re: Scenario

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

Velma knew dead-end jobs. And she knew exaaaaactly where this was going, even before her classmates' phones started ringing. "Dammit," she sighed and grabbed a sharpie meant for misspelling names on people's cups. She had a plan. Probably not a good plan, but a plan.

Talk to Steve and Tony!

[heroic_jawline]

It's what they're here for.

Re: Talk to Steve and Tony!

[imafuturist]

It was indeed what they were there for! And Tony was done with his coffee for the morning, so he might even be able to talk back.

Go him.

Re: Talk to Steve and Tony!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve, naturally, had been up since dawn and had recently discovered protein shakes (thanks, Rumlow!), and he'd be happy to talk to you about the one he was drinking, or about Crossfit.

Steve maybe needed to not spend this much time with Rumlow.

OOC

[heroic_jawline]

Clearly these two needed to take this class.

Re: OOC

[imafuturist]

That's a lie.

RE: OOC

[geniuswithasmartphone]