Extreme Like Soup Exploding! [LAB SAFETY DAY]

[morphitudinous]

This was it, the day that Instructors Callahan and Cranston had been anticipating (and perhaps, on Mr. Cranston's part, dreading). This afternoon, in a Sensorium-created laboratory, their students would be learning laboratory safety protocol and putting it into practice.

As students enter and receive greetings from Billy, they'll notice the main features of the laboratory if they choose to look around. A desk sits in the front of the room with boxes of supplies piled on it. In the middle sits a mysterious boiling pot. One one side of the room sits an eye wash station that shouldn't be needed today. Long work tables stretch from the front of the room to the rear, surrounded by simple stools, and a white cabinet sits to the side of the room, opened to reveal hair ties, gloves, and goggles.

Behind the desk sits a chalkboard, where Billy has written a list of paired names. Feel free to react in dismay or horror at your lab partners, students, but your instructors won't be budging. They have their reasons. When everyone arrives and is seated, they'll begin.

After processing all this, there might be another question on their minds---where's Wyn disappeared to? Students unfortunate enough to fail to arrive on time will soon find out...

((And the nightmare begins! Start tagging in the first few subthreads, team. If you're not already on the lab partner list but would still like to participate, feel free to contact Kuroi or Zoki on AIM or comment to this post, and we'll set you up. Have fun!))

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Re: Arrivals/Meeting Up With Partners!

[morphitudinous]

Billy's somewhat surprised to see his partner. But he supposes it makes sense for the principal to evaluate new instructors. Making sure that everyone is settled and not touching anything they shouldn't, he makes his way to the back of the room.

"We haven't had the opportunity to review the rules yet, but we don't allow eating in the laboratory." He doesn't sound particularly stern about it.

Re: Arrivals/Meeting Up With Partners!

[madeofwyn.livejournal.com]

"Don't let it touch the counters, wash your hands if you touch any chemical-y things before you eat your popcorn again, and share." Wyn rattles off with a grin, snagging a handful of popcorn as she walks by. She's not even bothering to question the fact that Allen's in the classroom, and if she's perturbed by the fact that she might be evaluated she's doing a good job of not showing it.

[morphitudinous]

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Why, Wyn, must you undermine the seriousness of this very serious issue?

"Fine. I suppose we can allow it this once, but in that case we need to be extra sure to impress upon the students that food must never be present in a real laboratory setting. The bacteria that it introduces wreaks havoc on controlled experimental conditions and distorts results."

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

< Also, they should not ingest anything that has been used in an experiment, even if it was a food product to begin with, > Ax added. Or so he'd been told, loudly, when he'd attended school as Prince Jake when Prince Jake had been infested by a Yeerk. It hadn't been his fault that they were using marshmallows in that day's experiment, had it?

He wasn't exactly happy about being here. Elfangor had taken him aside and all but ordered him to attend this, in spite of the fact that he was already a member of the Science Team on-board. The only reason it hadn't been an order was that Ax hadn't fought back long enough to make Elfangor order it.

< If you have a spare person in need of a partner, you may use me, > was all he intended to provide by way of explanation for his presence, however.

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"Agreed. My high school's chemistry class once had a rather unfortunate incident involving the school bullies and some injested lima beans." Billy smiled behind his hand at the memory.

"Thank you, Ax," he continued. "Wyn may round up a few stragglers, but if she doesn't you're welcome to work with me. I know it's not the most exciting of tasks, but we'll try to put a little enjoyment in it."

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"I'm just messin' with you guys." Allen hands the rest of the popcorn to Billy, since Wyn would just eat it all. "If I had a shiny gold star, I would give it to you. What's on the agenda for today?"

[morphitudinous]

That was a relief. "Er...thank you." Billy dutifully discarded of the popcorn, happy to be rid of the safety violation.

Now, back to today's lesson plan. "We're introducing the class to the safety rules of a laboratory, and then testing their knowledge with a small experiment. We'll be reviewing techniques to safely handle laboratory apparatus, proper attire, and standard protocol, as well as emergency responses."

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

And Elfangor thought he needed to be in this class, why? Ax resisted the urge to sigh heavily or scuff his hoof against the floor. It wasn't Billy or Allen or Wyn's fault that he had to be here, and he shouldn't take it out on them. At least they all seemed to assume he was there to assist rather than learn. He was an Andalite warrior-cadet, boring review was hardly the worst thing he'd ever faced.

< What experiment will they be performing? > he asked in an effort to make it appear that he wasn't sulking.