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Intro to Dance, Wednesday Period 1

As far as Verity was concerned, there was no good reason for her to be out of her house right now. But, apparently, the school disagreed, so here she was in the Danger Shop, trying to give a bunch of hormonal teens a final exam.

In ballroom.

Rather than anyone have to worry about touching each other, Verity had programmed a bunch of partners and tried to make them as featureless as possible. Hard to get turned on - hopefully - by a grayish, human outline. Just to be safe, she'd also programmed in a science safety shower, where someone could just go and stand under it to be drenched in cold water.

"Welcome to your final," Verity said, as soon as the bell rang. "It's pretty simple. All you need to do is show me you know two dances, leading and following. There's plenty of time to practice and whenever you're ready, you can come dance for me. Once you're done dancing, you're free to go. Have a great prom, try not to do anything you'll regret come Monday."

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Whelp. This thing was terrifying. Tip raised her hand.

"I don't experience sexual attraction," she said. "Could I please have a partner with a face?"

"I honestly don't know whether that makes this week better or worse for you," Verity said, adjusting the settings until it acquired something decently approximating 'face.' "I can only imagine how obnoxious the rest of the island is to deal with right now."

She was absolutely including herself in that, yes.

Tip shrugged. "It's not like I'm immune or something," she said. "It's more . . . you know when you're hungry, but you can't think of what you want to eat?"

Which was not to say that the island wasn't aggressively obnoxious right now. Just that Tip was annoyed and horny.

"I usually err on the side of not eating at all, those times," Verity said with a nod. "Doesn't do much for my temper, though."

Which, she was guessing, was Tip's point.