Brooding for Dummies, Friday, Period 2

[furnaceface]

When students came into the classroom today, they'd find their teacher, a somewhat gaunt man dressed in too much black leather for the weather with flame gouting from his face and chest, leaning back against the desk, arms crossed in front of him, glowering somewhat toward the doorway. Possibly at them. Maybe not.

//At least I didn't have to get up early for this,// he said, once it looked like the last of his students had settled in. //I'm Jonothon Starsmore, and welcome to...// There was a pause, there, where he would have liked to put a sigh, if only he was able, //... Brooding for Dummies.//

The one upside to only being able to speak telepathically was that it was very easy to put as much disgust and annoyance into those three words as Jono pleased.

//Where apparently I'm supposed to teach you all how to look tragic or something.// He threw up his hands in a gesture of frustrated surrender. //Unfortunately, since th'school board won't let me light all your faces on fire to get that bit out of the way, and apparently since they believe sign-ups mean there's a clear interest in brooding as a practical skill, I've been informed I have to actually teach this. They've provided a syllabus I need to follow and everything. So, today, introductions. Name, how you prefer to brood, and why the hell you took this bloody class.//

Why were you doing this to him, kids? Why?

//And then, I don't know, sit around and demonstrate your brooding techniques for the class. We'll critique your form or something.//

What was his life?

[OOC: Open!]

Comments

Sign In!

[furnaceface]

Broodily.

Re: Sign In!

[white_oleander]

Astrid Magnussen

Re: Sign In!

[studyingfear]

Rufus Shinra

Lecture!

[furnaceface]

It's actually really short for a Jono class, at least?

Re: Lecture!

[white_oleander]

Yup. She knew the whole "normal teachers and pretty normal classes" (and honestly, she was being generous, there was nothing normal about Captain America, but it was an absurdity she had willingly embraced) was too good to be true. It was meant to just lure her into a false sense of security about Friday.

Astrid's level of incredulous could almost give Jono's a run for the money, especially as it was evidently clear that this girl did not need lesson in brooding.

Introductions!

[furnaceface]

Name, your favourite way to brood, and what the hell, guys?

Er, that was, name, favourite way to brood, and what possessed you to even sign up for this. Go!

Re: Introductions!

[white_oleander]

Did she really need to say it?

"I'm Astrid," she offered. "I guess I like to brood on the roof or the beach. And I'm pretty sure my mom just picked this class out for me."

Getting in her petty little jabs about Astrid's attitude all the way from the other side of the country, all the way from behind bars. Yeah, thanks, Mom.

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

//Got a sick sense of humour, does she?//

Had to be said.

Re: Introductions!

[intotheout]

"Gratuity Tucci," Tip said, with a little wave. "Also known as 'Tip'. Um, I've never really thought about it? But I guess on long car rides. Especially ones where there's literally nothing else to do, because outside the car there's just the vacuum of space."

Look, the drive to Jupiter got old really fast, okay?

"And I have no idea why I'm in this class. I kind of assumed it was a joke and we'd maybe listen to music or something instead."

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

Dammit, Tip. You were one of the reasons Jono was stuck with this.

//I'm going to try to at least work some self-care into this class if it kills me,// he offered. //And yes, of course there'll be a class about music.//

Because... Jono. She'd met Jono before.

Re: Introductions!

[justice_undone]

"I'm Breq," she said. "I don't brood, and I'm not sure why I was signed up for this class "

The not brooding part might not be true, but it was more a lack of self awareness than lying. Breq didn't want her employer to think she wasn't interested though, so she added:

"It might be helpful though." Here she finally remembered to smile.

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

//... Helpful for what?//

Jono really couldn't think of anything. Such was the plight of a natural-born brooder.

Re: Introductions!

[studyingfear]

"Rufus," he said, leaning back in his seat. "I like to brood while watching city lights from above."

It was true enough.

"And I thought this class would be amusing."

Sorry not sorry, Jono.

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

//Well... at least you're honest about it,// Jono replied, rolling his eyes toward the ceiling. //Thank you for that, Rufus.//

Re: Introductions!

[thegreatmanfredo]

"I'm Manfred, I like to brood anywhere without any ghosts," yeah, "and my grandma signed me up for this because she thinks she's funny."

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

//Your grandma sounds a fair bit like the friend of mine who came up with this whole mess,// Jono observed, not finding anything particularly strange about the ghosts comment.

When you were standing around on fire, 'weird' kind of became relative.

//Looking for privacy's not a bad starting point for brooding, at least.//

Re: Introductions!

[reicicled]

"Bobby," he introduced himself. "I don't... know why I was signed up for this class?" he admitted with a shrug. "Because I don't really brood." Sulk, maybe. But in general he was a bit too high-strung for brooding to really be a thing he did much of.

Re: Introductions!

[furnaceface]

//I suppose there's, ah, no better time than th'present?//

God, it was weird to have a tiny baby Bobby in his classroom. He'd basically gone through high school alongside one and basically wanted to strangle another, after all.

//We can both be baffled about this class together, mate.//

And... Brood!

[furnaceface]

Students! Take turns getting your brood on!

Classmates! Offer critique!

Jono will sit back and quietly mutter psionically the whole time! It'll be good for you!

Re: And... Brood!

[white_oleander]

Astrid took two seconds to consider the situation, consider the fact that it wouldn't be the first class here that she'd walked out on, sighed a little and shrugged.

She stood up, grabbed her bag, and slung it over her shoulder. "Sorry," she said. "I brood alone."

And just left.

Re: And... Brood!

[furnaceface]

//And that's an auto-pass for the lesson,// Jono called after her. Which wasn't so much 'calling' as it was 'talking normally, but telepathy isn't impeded by walls.' //Thank you.//

Now if he could just get the rest of his students to walk out, too...

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Because you clearly haven't caused him enough pain just by signing up for this class.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[sharp_man]

At some point, Hannibal was showing up to lounge in the doorway. After all the grumping he'd had to deal with about this class, he figured he might as well see how it was going.

Or troll Jono. At least one of those.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

I'm looking forward to spending the rest of the summer cheerfully ruining Jono's Fridays. :D

Re: OOC!

[studyingfear]

OH MY GOD NO EATING INO.