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Jeff Calhoun ([personal profile] bardish) wrote in [community profile] riverview2018-09-03 05:31 pm

CAUTION: BEWARE OF STUDENTS (video; un: j.calhoun)

[ Here's Jeff Calhoun, wizard dad/teacher of youths, broadcasting live from his classroom at Gramarye. It looks a bit... chaotic right now, as there are winged origami hearts flapping around, and some kids equipped with butterfly nets and... y'know, magic, trying to round them up.

Amidst the chaos, the hearts are chirping out what sounds suspiciously like people's names, which the kids are reacting to with various degrees of shouted denials and peals of laughter.

Meanwhile, Jeff looks about as harried as if he's reporting from a warzone. But he puts on a nervous smile and waves at the camera. ]


Hey-- hi! Uh, so... one of my students got a little too into the spirit of Dragosta and brought these [ GESTURING TO THE BAT-WINGED MENACES. ] lovely cards in to share with his classmates and--

[ NO, he can't keep the charade up! ]

Okay, look, he pranked the class. And it's gone totally out of control! A batch of these little fuckers-- [ Cough. A student mock-gasps, 'Language, Mr. Calhoun!' Cue: adolescent giggling. ] --little... scamps... flew out the window, so if you see any? Don't be alarmed, and for the love of god, don't throw rocks or anything at them! If you miss, that projectile of yours will come crashing down on some innocent bystander, and I can't have that blood on my hands, because it's totally my fault for leaving the window open in the first place and failing to rule my classroom with an iron fist and--

[ BREATHE, JEFF. It's just, look, he's pretty sure this is some kind of karmic retribution for all the teachers he terrorized as a teenager, himself. ]

Uh, so just. Ignore them! They're harmless, really. All they do is follow you around shouting the name of whoever you might have a crush on.

[ Hence the kids' reactions to the various names the cards are shouting. Their secret crushes, revealed! It's totally embarrassing! ]

The enchantment should wear off in a couple of days!

[ Meanwhile, one of the origami hearts from hell lands on his desk and starts to chirp a name... but all it manages to get out is a 'CAM--' before Jeff's swatting it with a notebook. SHUSH, HEART.

...

Gosh, he actually feels kind of bad for smashing it with a notebook. Poor enchanted bat-heart... Jeff seems to remember he's still recording, so he flashes another nervous 'EVERYTHING'S FINE' smile at the camera. ]


Okay, that's all, I gotta get back to cleanup-- Bye!

[ But hey, FEEL FREE TO SAY YOUR CHARACTER'S BEING TERRORIZED BY ONE OF THESE HEARTS AS WE SPEAK. ]
11calls: (13)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-08 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you're not subtle! And honestly, that's fine. I think that it's wonderful. It means not a guessing game or whatever.

Just keep going with it and letting it happen and being wonderful. Let it be what works for you guys, so if you're obvious in it then you are!
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[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-08 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay wow, that is a truly high level of obliviousness, honestly. [Almost to the point of sounding intentionally oblivious but Alex isn't going to say anything about that. People who live in creepy Victorian houses made of glass probably should not be out there throwing stones. But the second part was one she was familiar with and it made her smile.]

Of course, Jeff! And a lot of times we just see things in people that others don't. Including themselves, a lot of times especially themselves. But that's okay, because that's why they have people like us.

And okay, you have to tell me about meeting him before. What happened?

[And was it during that whole thing with the demon or before he got so involved in it.]
11calls: (i'm not saying anything)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-08 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. That is a small world. And it's a little crazy at that. But I'm a huge believer in things happening when they're meant to, so it's probably a good thing it didn't happen then, right? Not that being an asshole precludes anyone from being in a relationship.

[Look at who she's in one with after all. Still she is glad; Alex can't imagine that a demon possession would be a good thing for someone's relationship.]

I'm just so glad that you guys are figuring it out now. When things are not so new for you [Alex does not want to fuck up their relationship with the introduction of her own asshole into the mix.] We should definitely do a double date thing.

[Richard would hate it. It'd be amusing as hell.]
11calls: (hmm)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-09 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
I think that we'd better start with brunch, knowing Richard anyway.

[There's a laugh in Alex's voice because listen, you would not believe how much she had to persuade him that their picnic was not to the beach. As for board games.]

I'm slowly working on putting together a board game night for the city, actually.
11calls: (lol really)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-10 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh Jeff, you've got it bad and Alex just grins, glad that she had the show to cover for all the gushing about Richard she used to do.]

Isn't everyone into brunch?

And thanks, when I get that far, I'll let you know. Right now I'm trying to find space because if I host something this big at the house, Richard might just end up hiding under the porch like an overwhelmed cat or something.

[Alex is amused at that visual, but she wouldn't do that to him.]
11calls: (hmm)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-09-11 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's true. I'll see if I can grab the coffee shop! That way it'd be all ages too. I know Peter Parker got the school for when he ran his old movie night, so if all else fails, I can probably get the gym and let people set up like a bake sale or whatever for fundraising purposes.