Fandom High School

Abby was standing in front of a stack of plain stuffed dolls and boxes of wee tiny clothes. "Today is our last class. Since I know that not many of you will continue with your obsession with eyeliner and dark clothing, I thought I'd give you a reminder of class. You'll be able to design and dress your little goth guy or gal doll and then...oh, I don't know, frighten small with it."

"There's permanent markers for eyeliner and even wee tiny safety pins. Just be careful not to pierce them too much." Abby grinned at the class. "I have no emergency doll surgery skills."

[Last class! *sniff*]

Abby was extra bouncy today, sipping on a Caf-Pow and giggling at the current volunteer.

"Hi, class! Our special guest for the day is the lovely Dr. Wilson. He's going to help us learn how to gothify an adult." Abby nodded and pointed to herself. "Now as a grown up, we have to be presentable for work or meetings or driving a car. Which sometimes means that you have to forgo super fluffy skirts or crazy spikes for a more muted goth look."

Pointing towards the racks of clothes and boxes of accessories, Abby grinned at the students. "Go to it, kiddies!"

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Abby was once again twirling her black parasol as she waited for the students. Today the table with boxes of supplies had a clothes rack with skirts, dresses and corsets nearby. There was also severals cups of Caf-Pow waiting in a row.

"You guys did a great job on making Bel goth-tastic last week." Abby grimaced and shook her head. "Uh...rewind. Forget I added 'tastic' to the end of a word, please. I'm a little embarrassed."

"Moving on! Today we're going to going to focus on making a girl goth." Abby pointed to where Molly was standing, wearing a neutral outfit. "Now, this is different from how you worked on a boy. There's hair to deal with which is always fun. Spikes, mohawks, and I'm partial to pigtails. You can add more color to her face like red eyeshadow or lips. Never pink, of course. Pink makes baby goth Jesus cry."

Grabbing a laser pointer, she trained it on a poster board with a smiley face on it. A very badly drawn smiley face. Shrugging a little, Abby smiled at the class. "As you can see, I'm not so good with the drawing stuff. Just pretend it doesn't look a cross-eyed, brillo-haired monster."

Starting at the hair and working her way down, Abby talked about how to turn a regular girl into a goth. When she was finished, she grinned at the class. "Any questions? Then grab a Caf-Pow and a mascara pen and go get Molly!"

[ocd up! Play!]

Abby was waiting for the class, wearing her usual goth attire and holding a black parasol. "Morning, guys! Welcome to a really twisted version of fashion class. You're going to learn the ins and outs of the best looking fashion trend to hit geeks and vampires. Or geeks who like to pretend to be vampires and vice versa."

She held up a stuffed rabbit that seemed to have very sharp pointy teeth. "This is Poindexter and he wants to be a goth. He's got a head start because he's already pale. For those of you who aren't pale, you're either going to need to start staying indoors or investing in some pasty makeup. Speaking of makeup, the next step in Poindexter's transformation is eyeliner. Lots and lots of eyeliner. All black of course. That goes for guys just as much as girls." As Abby talked, she took eyeliner and drew carefully around the rabbit's eyes.

"Next we move onto clothing and one word sums up the clothing for a true goth....black." Abby whipped out a wee pair of black trousers and a black top with buckles. "Some goths will tell you that you need lace or leather or velvet. But really, all you need is black. Lots and lots of black. Rule of thumb is to stand in front of a mirror and then turn off the lights. If you look like more than just a disembodied head, you need more black. Also, this top has buckles. Goths like buckles. I'm not really sure why...maybe we have some psychological attachment to the pilgrims or something."

"Last but not least....accessories!" Abby fastened an ankh necklace around Poindexter's neck and a studded bracelet around his front paw. Grabbing a pair of tiny platform boots, she started wiggling them onto his back paws. "As you can see, the bigger the boot, the better. In fact, all your shoes should be tall and clunky. Between the shoes, the jewelry, the buckles and the obvious pain of existence; the only quiet thing about a goth should be their clothing color choices."

"Now, lets see how well you all were listening." Abby said and pointed to a box decorated with a pink polo shirt with a red X through it. "Get rid of all your non-goth clothes here. That's right, dump in your pastels and your chinos and your sneakers. Make a new outfit from the supplies on the table."

[Plz to be waiting for OCD OCD up! Play!]