How To Science Things All Sciencily, Monday

[whatisclocks]

A tall, red-headed woman in a suit walked backwards through the open door.

She eyed the ceiling.

She walked forwards through the door, glancing at her feet.

She stepped backwards through it again. "If it's American," she wondered, "How can it be so French? Bloody traitors. Though I heard the French picked macaroni over a pen earlier, I can understand wanting a real snack, but it sounds like they were just tired of eating all that French."

Philomena narrowed her eyes at the ceiling. "Think someone scribbled on there, maybe it's the pen," she said. "Wait, does this mean France has all of one pen--?"

She turned around and startled immediately. "What are you?" she demanded of the class.

... that was apparently going to be it.

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[whatisclocks]

What?

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[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka Tano

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[era_two_triangle]

Peridot

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[studyingfear]

Rufus Shinra

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[onefootoutthedoor]

Peebee

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[intotheout]

Gratuity Tucci

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[giveherahand]

Mara Jade

Watch Philomena... Do Her Thing

[whatisclocks]

Yeah.

Answer the Question

[whatisclocks]

What are you?

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[snipsnspecks]

Sigh.

"A Togruta." Ahsoka was getting far too used to this part.

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[whatisclocks]

"A Tahiti," Philomena echoed. "Are you messing with me? That's a food."

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[snipsnspecks]

"Tahiti's a place." At least Ahsoka thought it was. Not that she'd said that to begin with.

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[whatisclocks]

"It's a sauce," Philomena argued. "Think you put it on a kebab."

No.

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[snipsnspecks]

"I'm sure it's not." Reasonably sure.

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[whatisclocks]

"It definitely is," Philomena insisted erroneously. "I had some just yesterday, nipped 'round the corner for a nice kebab with Togruta."

How she got Ahsoka's species right this time was a question for the ages.

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[snipsnspecks]

"I see."

Oh look, it was Ahsoka's 'humour the crazy person' voice.

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[whatisclocks]

"You can nip outside and get some food if you want," Philomena said. "I know this conversation made me hungry."

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[snipsnspecks]

"Yeah, I'll just go for a Pantoran burger with some Wookiee on the side."

Ahsoka, honey, she won't get the sarcasm.

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[era_two_triangle]

"I'm a Gem," Peridot supplied. She was in the list of aliens in the room who were getting far too​ used to this already. "A Peridot."

Humans. Eesh.

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[whatisclocks]

"Aren't you supposed to be purple, then?" Philomena asked, blinking skeptically at Peridot.

No, honey. That was periwinkle.

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[era_two_triangle]

Paridot glanced down at herself. And squinted. And then looked back at the human with a raised eyebrow.

"Not last time I checked," she replied. "I've always been green."

Always. Since long before anybody in this room had been a thought.

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[whatisclocks]

"Perhaps you've developed a fault then," Philomena offered helpfully.

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[era_two_triangle]

Peridot's eyes went wide at that.

And then she was standing up on her desk, all the better for pointing a finger as close to Philomena's face as was short-Gem-ly possible.

"You take that back!"

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[whatisclocks]

Philomena reeled back, looking offended. "Don't get cross with me 'cos you got the colors wrong."

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[era_two_triangle]

"You said I had a flaw!" Peridot was now waving her arm around, accusingly. "I'll have you know that I'm a fine example of a Peridot!"

She waved her other hand at the triangular stone on her forehead.

"Look at this! Look at it! You'd have a hard time finding another Era Two Peridot that compares!"

Well. Around here. And she was far inferior to the Peridots of Era One. But she wasn't going to say as much to any human who had the audacity to say that she was flawed.

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[studyingfear]

Rufus was... not actually an alien.

He was almost sorry for that, right now, because this was hilarious.

"A human."

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[whatisclocks]

The really sad thing was that Philomena had been surprised and confused by the identity of the mob of people looking at her, as opposed to anyone's specific species.

But Philomena's mind had a very particular way of functioning at a particularly low percentage of its total capacity.

So Rufus got the exact same blink all of his less human classmates had gotten so far. "Right," she said slowly.

She blinked at him again.

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[studyingfear]

That just made it funnier, really.

"Last I checked," he said 'helpfully'. "What are you?"

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[whatisclocks]

"I think I'm a human too," Philomena mused, "But only in an existential sort of way."

She had no idea what 'existential' actually meant.

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[studyingfear]

"But are you sure?" Rufus wondered. "That doesn't sound like you are. Perhaps you're just a figment of our imaginations."

Rufus was going to enjoy this class.

"Or maybe we're all figments of yours."

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[whatisclocks]

Philomena tilted her head and frowned thoughtfully.

She reached out to poke Rufus in the forehead.

To be fair, he had it coming.

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[studyingfear]

Yes, he supposed he did.

"Does that prove anything?" he asked mildly.

Because he was vastly amused he didn't bat her away from him like he would most other times.

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[onefootoutthedoor]

"Entirely too amused," was Peebee's response, because while this wasn't what she thought she had signed up for, it could be highly entertaining.

Not like she had any intention of giving out actual, useful personal information.

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[whatisclocks]

"About what?" Philomena asked, glancing over her shoulder. "Is there a clown here?"

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[onefootoutthedoor]

Peebee let her eyes widen, and made a show of looking around the room.

"You know, I think there might be. Should we be quiet and not startle it?"

Peebee. No.

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[intotheout]

"We're your class," Tip said.

She was already willing to call this one a wash.

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[whatisclocks]

Well, at least Tip had answered the actual question Philomena had been asking, unlike the rest of the class.

"I didn't order a class."

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[intotheout]

"Well you got one anyway." Tip was used to idiot adults, but this was kind of impressive. "Why do you think you're here?"

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[giveherahand]

Mara went with, "Far less confused than you are."

Because honestly.

Talk to the TA

[whatisclocks]

Philomena might need to know what you are, too.

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[good_for_six]

Why were the pretty ones always so spacey?

"I'm a pirate!" Not helping, Isabela.

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[whatisclocks]

"Like an internet pirate or a real pirate?" Philomena asked, frowning. "Or more like Captain Crunch?"

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[good_for_six]

"I have a ship."

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[whatisclocks]

"Like a water ship or a--" Philomena's voice went hushed, "Space ship? Or like one of those ships that comes in a cereal box?"

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[good_for_six]

"It's made of wood." Still not helping.

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[whatisclocks]

Long pause.

"Can wood fly in space?"

She had no idea.

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[good_for_six]

"You know, I've never checked."

Isabela, no.

OOC

[whatisclocks]

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[thatsweirdright]

I wonder if Philomena would get along well with Dave's Spokesman...

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