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affliction mods ([personal profile] afflictionmods) wrote in [community profile] theafflicted2022-05-28 05:58 am

01.50 - week one, saturday

W1 SATURDAY
The first week of the Personal Enrichment Course draws to a close, which means it’s time for the first lesson. Hopefully by now you’ve gotten to know your classmates a bit better - but if you haven’t, that’s okay.

This first lesson is just going to be teamwork exercises, after all.

Bright and early Saturday morning, you wake up. Maybe you had a good night’s rest, or maybe you hardly got any sleep... Either way, the sun is shining, the day is beginning, and Lorelei's voice suddenly comes through everyone's tablets as well as the P.A. system on campus.

”Good morning. All students must report to the lecture hall by 8 o’clock for their first lesson. Lessons are mandatory. Please report to the classroom with its doors open.”

Which gives you about thirty minutes, so it’d be best to hurry. Do you want to be tardy? And if you think about bailing, well… you know what might happen if you fail the course.

When everyone gathers in the same hall they awoke in, Florence is there to greet you. They will gesture for everyone to take a seat, and once seated, the projector in the room turns on. Say hello to Lorelei and her usual cup of coffee.

“Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your first official exercise; today’s activities are designed to emphasize teamwork and cooperation so you are all more prepared for dealing with what’s yet to come. I have already split you into teams for the day, via raffle. There will be two activities total, and you will be completing them in the same teams. Regardless of whether you get along with your teammates or not, you’re going to have to figure out a way to finish each exercise successfully.”

She keeps that same calm, collected smile on her lips as she props up what appears to be a tablet of her own on her desk.









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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely we can be more ambitious than that. Perhaps hairspray that makes you smarter. [The exaggerated effort to not look at Marcus is hopefully more insulting than staring at him would be!] Or one that glows in the dark.
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Having fashion sense, maybe? It's tied to the reason of having hair spray.

[ ... ]

Honestly, if it was just regular paint spray, glow in the dark would be pretty cool.
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Fashion sense would do, for marketing purposes.

[Says the guy now stuck wearing his cozy sweater, after soapocalypse the day before.]

I wonder if there's anything of actual use we could get them to add.
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
... glows in the dark.

[He's not even trying to hide the fact that he's laughing here.]
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look he's not going to be the one using it!]

I'm waiting for your suggestions, Marcus.
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like you're missing the point of why people wear hairspray in the first place.

[Looks at Phantom's messy braid...]

... not that you would know, of course.
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Excuse?? His braid is entirely cooperative. Which doesn't keep him from touching it self-consciously when Marcus gives him that look, although he drops his hand quickly.]

Of course. Neither Phil nor I have any use for it.

[Can't diss his hair without it being a two for one, Marcus!]
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[WOW, THAT WAS A LOW BLOW. How dare you bring up his husband master. (You technically did it first, Marcus.)]

All the more reason we should use you as our model. You do have the most hair to work with, after all.
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[personal profile] sicklysweet 2022-05-28 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[time to slide on in here]

I agree. It would be best to show this "hair spray" in the most challenging environment possible, and what's more challenging than longer hair?









And if it doesn't work, we can just cut it off.
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just when Phantom was relaxing, thinking this wasn't going to escalate--]

That would be the opposite of a convincing demonstration!
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[personal profile] sicklysweet 2022-05-28 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? Wouldn't it be? It would be a show of how this could be improved, if your hair is utterly destroyed.
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you know what.

Challenge accepted.
]

Hey, Phantom. Get over here.

[ says the hair stylist with the hairspray ]
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Gh--

[Phantom looks between the members of this entirely untrustworthy group and then. Tugs the little hairtie out of his braid and sidles over to Hien.]

Fine. It's of no concern to me in any case.

[HE LOOKS A LITTLE CONCERNED...]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow... put your faith in me a little.

[ He used to style hair! That's why he knows this stuff. It's fine.

He's gonna make Phantom look gorgeous.
]
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm allowing you to do this, aren't I!

[THIS IS FAITH. He trusts Hien to keep Marcus and Owen away from his hair.]
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH HE'S HOWLING NOW]
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE WILL KILL MARCUS IN HIS SLEEP]