hollywoostar: (Default)
hollywoostar ([personal profile] hollywoostar) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2016-09-01 12:53 am
Entry tags:

Learnin' with Mr. Peanutbutter, Thursday, period 1

Mr. Peanutbutter lounged at the teacher's desk as the students filed in. His feet, clad in purple high top sneakers, were propped up on the desk, his arms folded behind his head, his sunglasses in place over his eyes. His mouth was open, showing his full set of gleaming Hollywoo-white canine fangs. His tongue lolled out the side of his mouth.

Every now and then he twitched, paws moving as though he were dreaming about chasing rabbits. But that was silly, he hadn't chased any rabbits since he was in high school! And it was always consensual chasing. It isn't nice to chase rabbits who aren't interested in being chased, no matter how short their skirts are.

At precisely the time that the class period was to start, an old-fashioned school bell rang. Was that bell always there? Unimportant. It's there now, and it's going to ring at the start and end of every one of Mr. Peanutbutter's classes. Better get used to that now, kids.

Mr. Peanutbutter awoke with a start and let out three barks, his sunglasses sliding down his muzzle to show his wide eyes. Then he blinked, yawned theatrically, and slid his sunglasses up to their customary position on top of his head. "Oh hi there!" he said, smiling charmingly at the class. "I didn't see you come in. Is it time for class already?" He chuckled. "Oh my, where does the time go."

He stood up and walked around his desk like an actor hitting his next mark, and leaned casually against it. "Welcome to Learnin' With Mr. Peanutbutter. Before we get started, let me just pass out some worksheets, here. Nothing to be worried about, just standard contracts: you agree to be filmed, your image and name can be used in promotional material by the network in perpetuity, you'll never sue, yadda yadda. This really should have been taken care of before I even got out to set this morning, but you know how reality television can be. Hoo boy!" He finished passing out the papers, which were photocopied pages of college ruled notebook paper with 'YOU'RE IN MY SHOW!' written on them, a little drawing of Mr. Peanutbutter doing a thumbs up in the corner, and a slightly squiggly line with an X next to it for the signature. He dusted his paws off and rested them on his hips.

"Now that that's taken care of --" though, no, he had not confirmed in any way at all that any of those contracts were signed, not that it mattered, as he didn't have any cameras, this wasn't a set, and the reason his producers hadn't gotten the students' contracts signed ahead of time was that they were in Detroit, wondering where the hell their star was already. "-- Let's get down to business, shall we? The business -- of learning!" He winked at the students and chuckled again. "It's our first class together, so you know what that means: time for me to shock you all out of your teenage ennui with unconventional teaching style. You!" He pointed suddenly at a student in the front row. "Up on your desk and introduce yourself! Now, student!" he barked. Literally. Then howled, then cut himself off with another friendly chuckle. "Very nice." Once again, he made no move to make sure his orders were actually being followed. "All of you, up on your desks! It's a classic for a reason! Tell me your names or any random thing you've just now decided to be called for the entire remainder of your high school career! Then tell me your hopes and dreams! All of them! We've got time!"

They did not have time.

Re: Sign your contracts

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hanna stared at the 'contract', then for once in her life, asked herself: What would Raven do?

Right.

Marissa Wiegler

Somewhere, she hoped Raven was proud of her.

Re: Sign in

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hanna Heller

Re: Listen to the lecture

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
...head of a dog. That was new. Hanna was mostly just blinking at this. And checking to make sure other people were seeing the same thing.

"Ennui?" she muttered under her breath. She was pretty sure she didn't have that.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hanna was the kind of student who mostly did what she was told, as long as there weren't trees or fascinating distractions in her line of sight. Also, this seemed harmless, if hilarious.

So, on top of the desk she stood, feeling supremely awkward. Awk.

"I'm Hanna, I'm a senior, and ... my hope is to graduate high school and work up to owning my own tour boat. Possibly after college. Maybe."

Nicely vague, Hanna. Also she left off the hope 'to never have to kill anyone again', but why freak out any new kids who were staring at Mr. Peanutbutter any further?

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Really?" Don't giggle at the ears, Hanna. That would be rude. No matter how cute it was. "Which one was that?" She wouldn't have said she was dreaming of being an entrepreneur so much as never having anyone be the boss of her, but she'd like to know how to make that work too, so.

Re: Introductions

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-09-01 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Like Se World?" Hanna frowned, wanting to ask. Not wanting to ask. Had to ask. "People really like marine biologists?"

So human-centric, Hanna.
seeks_truth: (cass: thoughtful)

Re: Sign in

[personal profile] seeks_truth 2016-09-01 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Cassandra Pentaghast
seeks_truth: (Default)

Re: Sign your contracts

[personal profile] seeks_truth 2016-09-01 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
There was a fair bit of squinting on Cassandra's part about the inanity of... this, at first.

"Ugh," she grunted.

She wrote Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast on the paper in somewhat choppy, so-many-handwriting-teachers-cried-in-despair-teaching-her-this handwriting, and shoved it aside just to be rid of it.
seeks_truth: (cass pb: formal)

Re: Introductions

[personal profile] seeks_truth 2016-09-01 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I am Cassandra," Cassandra said, barely containing an eyeroll. "And I hope and dream of leaving this school and returning to my work."

If only certain apostates could be less of a pain. (And the island would actually let her out again.)
Edited 2016-09-01 06:48 (UTC)
vrajna_kralis: (Chin in Hand 01)

Re: Sign in

[personal profile] vrajna_kralis 2016-09-01 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hyacinthe
vrajna_kralis: (Considering This (Unsure))

Re: Listen to the lecture

[personal profile] vrajna_kralis 2016-09-01 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah no. Hyacinthe hadn't had a Pinkie Pie in his first semester on the island. So this was the first time Hyacinthe had seen an anthropomorphic animal. Talking to him. And teaching a class.

"..."
vrajna_kralis: (Contemplating)

Re: Sign your contracts

[personal profile] vrajna_kralis 2016-09-01 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
"...What is reality television?"

Oh, Hya no.
vrajna_kralis: (Amused 01)

Re: Introductions

[personal profile] vrajna_kralis 2016-09-01 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
"I am Hyacinthe," he said, standing on his desk with a aplomb. He had no idea why they were doing this, but if the talking dog wanted him to stand on the desk, he was going to stand on the desk with all the flair he had. "And I will one day be the Prince of Travellers of Rue Cupole, Phedre will be my Queen of Courtesans, and and I will be the heir to my grandfather's kumpania."
era_two_triangle: (Breaking Down)

Re: Sign in

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2016-09-01 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Peridot
era_two_triangle: (Another Squint)

Re: Listen to the lecture

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2016-09-01 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
Peridot was mostly just assuming that Mr. Peanutbutter here was a crazy person. The dog head part didn't register with her so much, beyond 'probably another Earth thing.' But crazy? Yep. Easy.
era_two_triangle: (Eyebrow)

Re: Sign your contracts

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2016-09-01 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Peridot squinted at the contract, trying to figure out the purpose of the things. She'd been created into a life of servitude; her mere existence was a contract. Still, after a bit more squinting for good measure, she shrugged and wrote her name, facet, and cut down on the paper.

In the Gem language. Which was more or less a squiggle that probably made at least marginally less sense than drawing a bunny would have, for what it was worth.

Page 1 of 4