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WHERE School(s)! probably.
WHEN Day 50

[Today, Quite Mounds Schools for the Gifted is having its... once every so often-ish... SCIENCE Fair! You know this, because there are posters pinned up all over town. And by "posters" we mean, someone drew a beaker, badly, with a black marker, wrote the relevant details underneath it, and then photocopied it on green paper a hundred times. Come check it out. What, did you have something better to do today?

Participation is only mandatory for grades seven and below, but students in the higher grades or college courses have been encouraged to do projects as well. Do you have a table? Maybe! What's your project?

Up at the school, for the afternoon, the gymnasium is open to the public and is full of lemon-batteries, baking soda/vinegar volcanoes, and... some other more unique projects... although it seems that the head of the SCIENCE Department (yes it's always in all caps. no we don't know why.) has managed to put a stop to anything too super-villainous.

The Fair takes place in the afternoon, though, so maybe you're in your normally scheduled morning classes. Maybe you're loitering in the hallways. Maybe you're playing poker for M&Ms in one of the empty classrooms on your lunch break. Maybe you're smoking behind the bike shed. Maybe you're at track practice!

Maybe you're not at the school at all and you're using this as a mingle post. That's fine too.]

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[Scully is strolling around, checking out everyone's projects, encouraging students, helping out with minor emergencies and in general making sure nothing explodes.]

[oh hey. Geez, should I be available if Mob needs help? He's in seventh grade right... wait, does Serizawa participate too? shit, do I need to brush up on science]

[ smoking AND eating m&ms behind the bike shed before attending the science fair, where he will likely be disappointed by the lack of super-villainy ]

Here to cheer your student on?

[caught by the science teacher, oops!]

No smoking on school property.

I'm on school property?

[ don't even, son. ]

My bad.

Can I bribe you into pretending you never saw this?

[ look, he's got m&ms. ]

[rolls her eyes]

Put out the cigarette and get to class.

[ he really was about to stub out the cigarette, honest, but first he's gonna grin and put his hand over his heart like he's touched because ]

I'm not a student here, I'm sorry. It's been a few years since I was in school.

[Ai couldn't QUITE lower herself to make a baking soda volcano, but also wasn't going to draw attention to herself by writing, you know, a doctorate-level thesis on reversing cell aging for her 1st grade science project, so instead on her table is an assembled soda bottle "lava lamp", as well as some extras of all the required materials if any NPCs (or perhaps even real QM citizens!) want to make their own.]

[...She looks pretty bored sitting at her table, but she'll sit up and smile a little if anyone approaches her booth.]

[her expression says "that's even less impressive" very clearly]

And you're just smoking behind the bike shed for... nostalgia's sake?

[the first time Scully makes the rounds there are people milling, so she just nods approvingly, makes some marks on her clip board and moves on. however, when she comes back after people have cleared off...]

...cute.

[ it has, however, NOT been a few years since he's earned that look. ]

It was good shelter from the breeze.

Uh.

What I mean to say is, I didn't want to make a bad impression on any students so I was staying out of sight.

[ he stubs the cigarette out. ]

Stick to one story.

Thank you, I worked very hard on it.

All right. I was sheltering from the wind. Cheap lighters, you know how it goes.

I'm very sorry, Ms... ?

Scully.

[considers giving her first name. decides not to.]

And you are?

I see that.

...do you have time to come by the lab after the fair?

I'm Cheonil. And I'm very sorry for smoking on school property, Ms. Scully.

Are you a teacher here?

That's right.

[an apology is an apology, so she switches from outright disapproving to deadpan neutral]

Oh, I think I've had enough "science" for today.

[grins up at her]

Of course, I'll come by.

[ HE KIND OF FIGURED you know with the authority and the disapproval and the attempt to send him to class but he didn't want to be rude ]

What do you teach?

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I'll see you there.

[gotta keep doing the SCIENCE Fair rounds though for now! she waves and heads off.

t-t-t-timeskip??]

Various sciences. Mostly physics and biochem at the moment.

Ah. Things I didn't study in school. They'd probably be beyond me.

Will you be at the science fair later? I was going to go check that out.

I will, yes.

...it's not too late to give them a shot if you have an interest.

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