My Superhero Academy V3: Reassembled

Brokk

He pointedly ignored the drama happening with the sharp-toothed boy. Daniel was clearly the kind who enjoyed getting a rise out of people; the best thing to do with him was ignore him. And the teacher had it handled, anyway.

Instead, Brokk offered Mitzi a wry smile. "Never such a thing as 'enough axe', Lass. Or, should I call you 'your highness'?"

His tone was playful as he continued. "And at least I've got an axe and some armor. Can always use armor, unless you're one of those bulletproof types. Which you don't look it. No offense."

What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?

Mako held up one of his tentacles in the air when the others were finished saying their intros.

"Uh hey. I'm Mako, and I'm basically a squid. So that's pretty cool I guess." He shrunk his tentacles back down into normal human arms after saying that. "Tentacles, ink, swimming, basically able to squeeze wherever. All that stuff."

"I guess that's kind of it. I'm from Florida if that matters?"

Edited by JustaBookWyrm on Feb 24th 2021 at 5:59:54 AM

Sue

Sue had turned her hand into a fluffy little bunny rabbit and was bouncing it across her desk when she heard one of her students call her name. "Huh? Oh, yeah! Everything you wanna know should be on your handy dandy little syllabus! Laurie put those things in your desks, case I forgot. And good thing she did, else I would've had to make some shit up on a bunch of napkins or somethin'!"

She propped herself up on her tail, tilting back and forth like some haphazard balancing act. "But today's gonna be simple. After everyone's gotten to know each other a bit, we're gonna head straight twaord the jungle! I mean, I guess it's a training room, but me and Laurie mostly use it as a jungle, ya know? Cuz she's Jane and I'm Tarzan and FUCK, shouldn't be saying that in front of the kids, huh?"

At that, her garments briefly switched to a loincloth and tubetop, cursing before snapping back. "ANYHOO. After we're done here, we're gonna head on over there and see what you guys can do! Nothin' too tough, but you guys already got through your provisional right? Shouldn't be nothin' you can't handle! Then we'll head over to the dorms and you all set up! Sound good?"

Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around

Dizzy

“Uhhh-huh. Jungle sounds good, teach~!” Izzy smiled in a (^-^) fashion towards Sue, either not noticing or silently disregarding the monkey woman's slip of the tongue. “Are we gonna have roomies, or solos, or whatevers?”

She found herself flicking her eyes between Seez and Mara at that. Both seemed pretty damn chill, so if roommates were allowed she wondered if they'd want to partner up with her. Either of them, thinking about it...

“Is there safety stuff too? Like big nets, or soft mats, or... b-bouncy trees, or...?”

Bouncy trees...

...

...heh. That'd be cool...

Ooh, wait. Syllabus. Izzy snalled out of her daze and began rifling through her desk upon remembering that, and in her usual clumsy fashion almost tipped the whole thing over. She found it eventually, however, and began skim-reading it.

Edited by Enirboreh on Feb 24th 2021 at 2:48:36 PM

bork

Zachaia

"That it does, Mara." Of course then the teacher intervened in the kerfuffle and it seemed that Daniel was not making undue noise any more. Hopefully he realized that as much "shit as he saw", that didn't make him impervious. And if he went on and attacked one of her teammates, she would...well, she would have to destroy him for the impish behavior.

She went along with the others to the next lesson.

It looked like there was a training room here.

Mm, if I could but train with both Lambert and Nikolai.

"Say, Lamby," Zachaia asked Lambert, "Are you going to be training today, by chance?"

She was already contemplating the many uses for this training room. Seeing that Sue introduced the idea, she next asked, "Excuse me, Miss Sue? Do we need to register or log when we would wish to use this training room, if we would use it outside of class?"

Edited by NickTheSwing on Feb 24th 2021 at 7:20:19 AM

Sign on for this After The End Fantasy RP.

Mara Springwood

Mara glanced at her shoes in slight dismay. She probably should've anticipated this, but she dreaded the thought of getting her mary-janes dirty so soon. They were her only pair from back home, and she didn't want to see them ruined.

Still, she had to admit she was interesting in seeing the others at work. She reached to drop her shades over her eyes in preparation to go, before remembering that she'd given them away and converting the motion into a brush of her hair behind her ear. Waiting for the rest of the class to rise, she idly interlocked her fingers behind her chair, lifting them to stretch her shoulders.

"So, teach, what's the punishment if we botch this? Are we talking corporal, psychological, social? Or do we just miss lunch and dinner?"

Mara figured the establishment might not be as harsh on this side of the dimensional line, but a school was still a school, and what was a school without vicious, painful consequences for failure?

Edited by furnacedoor on Feb 24th 2021 at 7:29:51 AM

"O-Oh? R...Really?"

James rummaged through his desk before triumphantly holding up what he was after with a cheerful smile.

...Which quickly went away at the mention that they'd all have to show off later on, made him uneasy with the more he thought about it made James even more anxious and nervously fidgeting when Mara decided to ask about punishments.

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

"I... see" Lambert muttered, looking at Sue like she suddenly popped off another head for a second. He decided to keep his mana or whatever you might call it for when he needed it, but at least now he felt readier for the physical part of the day.

"Not sure yet" He admitted to Kaia, "Might decide to use the room later or just focus on going running around the city or anything" He did need to go back paying attention to his own condition, beyond his own mastery of the sword. It was hard to get the balance right, sometimes.

That girl Mara seemed to have some odd ideas. Better correct that now, at least.

"That won't happen" He said, rather flatly "As long as we remember the dignity of all sentient beings"

And forgetting that will require a refresher course with iron

Edited by Blueace on Feb 24th 2021 at 1:40:13 PM

Wake me up at your own risk.

Seez had forgotten about the whole bizcuit with Gnasher pretty quick - looks like everyone else had a handle on that danger door, Ms. Zawooks at the front throwing down her staff just clinched it. The more he listened to her, the more acid she seemed. They should make a video game about her, she's got that whole vibeorama.

He was leaning back in his chair by the time she started telling everyone, and he was almost startled into falling back on his butt when Sue just blurted out 'FUCK'. He almost summoned a time bubble just in case he did fall over and he needed to reverse it, but he regained his balance just in time. Heh, 'just in time'. None of his squareoid teachers from back home would just cuss so brazz like that. ...Never got the whole signal for cussing, himself. Badical stuff.

Then he picked up on what exactly she'd said. A jungle, eh? Sounds acid. Already, he had way too many questio-lios.

"Yo, Ms. Zawooks!" he called out to her with a point, figuring she wouldn't mind the nick-label, "this jungle, ya mean like the music? Or some sorta Hardcore Parkour kinda sitch? Will we, like, race the clock to see who's the most sonic? 'Cause, yanno, I kinda have an unfair advantage in any comp relatin' to time," he said, pulling at his lapels, admittedly sounding a bit cocky. "O-or wait, will it be more like a, 'snake all the collectoids' 'jective? Are skate decks allowed?"

He assumed he mighta swathed Sue with all those questions, since some of his other classmates got some others in. He was a bit spookzed at Pastels' suggestion of 'corporal, psychological, social' punishment, enough to get his feet off the desk and put his shades up, exposing his alarmed expression. "Woah, what kinda schools 'ave you been to? Worst I ever got was 'prisonment in detention - which was not cool, not even a mitead - an' a coupla Ungenügend grades, which mom always used to beam to me is basically worse than death, so... huh, okay, I guess you're on to a real danger door here..." he admitted, now mimicking Mara's expression. He looked back at Zawooks, pointing a thumb at Mara. "Uh, what she said."

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Lux - Class 1-A

"I'm not...super sure about that; The "gliding" part, I mean...", Lux chuckled sheepishly while talking with the shy synthetic human, James. "If I make it big enough, I could probably glide with it...probably. It's made of gem things, so I don't know if it is as efficient as an actual fleshy wing!", Pollux was racking his brains about his Opalescent Wing's inner workings, to the point of getting slightly frustrated. "Also, I wouldn't really compare it to a rifle...", Pollux corrected. "It's more like...a porcupine shooting its spines..."

"..Wait, can porcupines shoot their spines?", he initially asked James, confused. But he then awkwardly laughed. "Heheheheh, I think you get the drill...thanks for the questions though, little guy..."

Then Sue got to explain to them that the next thing they were going to do was to go to the training room.

"Miss Sue...um, how are we gonna use the training room as a jungle?", Lux asked innocently as the innuendo flew over his head. He was also taking a look at the syllabus he picked up from his desk.

"I don't think any school would go as far as to inflict any kind of abuse...not even this one!", Pollux was surprised by Mara's inquiry. His eyes widened a bit.

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?

Nikolai simply took a moment to enjoy the peace that washed over once people were done being loud and arguing. For anyone else, it would have been overwhelming to focus so much on the conversations around him but Nikolai was so used to only three other voices, it was like heaven hearing this many voices, so many inflections, accents, knowing that he was around other people other than his family, it was genuinely the most blissful thing he'd experienced.

Because it reminded him he wasn't underground anymore, and that he was in control of his own destiny again.

His eyes snapped open but his smile remained as he turned to James, who got his attention with a simple, yet thought provoking question.

Blinking, he looked at the circlet, let the smile fade for only a moment before he turned thoughtful. "I am...unsure. I have never attempted! I have only ever tried with the stabbing and the whacking and the bonking and the cutting! But...shield...hm..." his eyes closed, he focused for a moment-

Then in a flash of green and blue, his circlet had shifted into what looked like a bright blue buckler, and as he opened his eyes he stared at it in wide eyed surprise, and his smile grew into an elated grin. "AHAH! LOOK AT THAT! NIKOLAI MADE NOT WEAPON! First friend James you are GENIUS! Nikolai is forever in debt to you for allowing me to think beyond own expectations!" He held it up and swung it around a bit.

"I am on track to becoming master! Ahah!"

Edited by MichaelDj54 on Feb 25th 2021 at 11:40:31 AM

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

Homeroom

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Mitzi smiled back. "I wouldn't mind 'your highness'. We're far from the rock though." She technically had a rapier but that was ceremonial, a glorified baton at best, if it being blunt and rose gold wasn't clue enough. Instead she showed off her satchel and the few bubbling concoctions visible through the flap.
"There's some light kevlar I can add, but I tailor my devices to the situation, and I have to trade off on mobility, protection, firepower. The flyer itself has heavy bottom shielding and the wings are force fields. My enemies should be below me most of the time."
"..." Mitzi had turned to give the teacher attention when she spoke up, and was rewarded by Sue ruining one of her childhood movies. That's... its in my brain now. Oh god...
"I made need to strap on the breastplate sooner than I thought." Mitzi said desperately trying to focus on something else, in this case the upcoming 'pretest'. And probably prepare some ice bolts. She hadn't even loaded the flyer because coming into school with loaded artillery did not seem like the way to make a decent impression. Well, in the next couple minutes, she wouldn't need to make anything too fancy.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives

Class 1 Homeroom

As Sue tried her best to answer everyone's questions, Izzy flipped through the syllabus, most of it pretty standard. Training, magic class, more training, etc. But a bit further down is where things got interesting. Compared to some other schools, there was a lot of hands-on material. Anything from supervised missions, to community service, to on-location classwork, it was all there. Even a couple field trips, too, including a trip to the beach. Above everything else, it seemed the school's goal was to give the class as much hands-on training as possible, which wasn't a bad deal.

"Oh yeah, no, nothin' like that! I mean, okay, kinda like that, cuz it's exactly like that cept not like that, 'cept when is? The Jungle's a jungle, or a city, or that stuff I let sit in the fridge for three jazillion weeks before tried to kill me. I don't get the science of it or anything, cuz I never got science, but it's one big hologram! Just tell the computer thingy what you wanna do and adjust the settings, and there you go! You can use it whenever you want, long as there ain't a class or somethin' or it ain't locked. But yeah, today it's a jungle. Fiona'll tell you more, but think of it like a big beginner's survival course! Won't be too easy, but it's nothin' you can't handle! "

Next up was the dorms. Sue sat back down on her desk, twirling around her staff as she gave the lowdown.

"And glad ya asked! This year, we wanted to mix things up! Make everyone felt a bit more relaxed and loose, ya know? There's still a big room in the middle where you can do whatever you want, but whether you pick a bunkie or go solo is up to you! Everyone's room has got a little mini holodeck, so you can set it up however ya want! You wanna make it a swanky little throne room, maybe go for somethin' more rustic, or even sleep under the stars, go nuts!"

She was about to jump off the desk and tumble onto the floor, but Mara threw her for a loop. But maybe she should've seen it coming? Like, she didn't know the whole story? Something about coming from some stupid-ass hellhole where everyone was evil or something? Wait, did that mean there was an evil her and was Laurie evil and were both of them wearing bondage gear orFUKKINGFOCUS

Point was, this girl was not okay. Maybe she wasn't that smart or anything, but it was easy enough to see. She needed someone to tell her it was gonna be okay. So she guessed she had to be that someone. She hopped off her desk, put a big fuzzy hand on her shoulder, and tried not to make an ass of herself.

Being a teacher was hard.

"Look, Mara. Let's just take a step back, okay? I don't know everything you've been through and I'm not gonna make you say anything you don't wanna say. But we ain't gonna beat you or make you starve or anything like that. I mean, sure, maybe this place is a bit crazy. Likr, for me it's perfect cuz you got crazy cool science dudes and creepy jorogumo-spider-thingies and Laurie's here too which makes it a win-win. But it's also what makes this place fun. And that's what we're goin' for here. All of us want you to want to learn, and be somewhere to you can feel safe. And that means making sure this is a place you wanna be." She gave her a big fuzzy hug, lifting her up before gently putting her down on the ground.Okay?"

Hoping she got the message, she let a stray hair fall to the ground, turning into another Sue. The first Sue was still standing in front of Mara, but the second roared triumphantly and pointed her staff at the door. "OKEY-DOKEY! Less anyone else has got somethin' to say, who wants some jungle action?!"

Edited by kkhohoho on Feb 25th 2021 at 9:20:04 AM

Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around

Dizzy

Hmm... hmm... hmmmmm... hmm! That sure was a lot of words, Izzy decided. After skimming through it for the fifth time in the row (more out of obsessive compulsion than anything else) she finally clapped shut the syllabus and... sort of fumbled with it a moment, before deciding to put it in her bag for later.

Mission success! I read a book.

So now it was jungley-time. It sounded daunting (then again most things involving any kind of effort did to Izzy), but Sue was right. They had all passed the preliminaries, so...

She shooouuuld be fine...?

Izzy wasn't confident. At all. She'd had to retake those preliminaries a couple of times before she'd finally gotten them right. Even still, she wasn't fully confident in what she could do. She could pick herself up, yeet herself in any direction, and sort-of flail a bit before hopefully landing fine.

Was it practical? Hell no. Was it fun? Hell yes! So Izzy hoped she had the ability in her to not have too much fun and actually use her fleshy brain noggin for once.

“...Heh. Yeah. Think I'm ready...” Izzy answered with a crooked grin and an uncertain demeanour, though regardless got up out of her seat in readiness to follow Sue. “No questions from me. To the jungle...!”

She pointed her finger... in a direction, one that she wasn't sure was correct but one she definitely put all her enthusiasm into. Flipping down her shades for extra cool, she held her pose a moment before awkwardly shifting back to a normal human standing position.

Annnd there goes any and all of my potential roommates...

Edited by Enirboreh on Feb 25th 2021 at 3:33:28 PM

bork

James couldn't help but scribbled down a few notes at the responses he got, quietly nodding at Lux.

"I...I-I don't think so...n-not unless they're a r-robot or a r-really weird science e-experiment..." He remarked, brightening up a little. "S-Still, s-sounds like s-something to t-try, m-maybe, j-just thought I-I'd ask, is all."

Of course, that didn't last very long with Nikolai's loud and cheerful discovery meant the youth was soon burying his head in his hands from embarrassment, face burning red from the praise.

"...I-I d-didn't r-really, I-I mean...um, w-well...h-happy to b-be of help, N-Nik. I-I mean, N-Nikolai."

And with the mention of it almost being time for what sounded like training in a simulator...well, that didn't sound as bad.

Edited by TheRealWren on Feb 25th 2021 at 11:23:54 PM

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

Zachaia

"I am ready and raring to go~"

Zachaia noted as she did that Nikolai was being loud and cheerful as she'd come to expect. On some level, she honestly wanted to preserve the cute boy as he was. But on another, she wanted to see how far she could take it. An internal conflict she did not really expect. Ah, it'd have to be that she'd see what happened first.

A jungle really is an incredible idea. If only I could get Lamby to dress up like Tarzan...

She was very eager to see what sorts of tests and tribulations this beginner's survival course might introduce. And whether it may be in her whim in the moment to lead the way to victory over the simulation...or play into it to a degree. She honestly didn't know.

Because in part she hadn't thought that far ahead.

Time to see how our lovely class stacks up when pressure is exerted. Not much pressure granted, but enough to see who has their head on their shoulders, and who positions it elsewhere.

Sign on for this After The End Fantasy RP.

Mara Springwood

Mara's devil-may-care smile faded by degrees at the unexpectedly alarmed reaction to her question from some of her classmates. She was confused; it had seemed like a pretty standard question to her.

It's a school. What did you cats expect, a love in?

And then she was jolted to attention by a fuzzy hand coming down on her shoulder.

'We ain't gonna beat you or make you starve.' 'All of us want you to want to learn.' 'Somewhere you can feel safe.'

Mara really didn't understand this place at all. Some things were supposed to be the same in every dimension. You learned the rules so that when you broke them, it was a choice instead of a mistake. You learned the punishments so that you saw them coming, and when they couldn't break you it was almost like you'd won. That was just the way it worked.

Right?

After she was released from the Sue's sudden embrace, Mara kept silent for a long, heavy moment. She held eye contact with the copy of Sue which had stayed in front of her, looking somewhat startled. Then, like the pause hadn't happened at all, she huffed a laugh and leaned back in her chair, her gaze drifting over Sue's shoulder and off into the middle distance.

"Sure thing, teach, I got it. You're a total dove. So, it's jungle time, hey? Righteous."

With that, Mara scooted her chair back with one foot and hopped to her feet, wiping her hands on the sides of her dress and taking a step back from Sue.

"We ready to split?"

Dario

While everyone else got around to introducing themselves, Dario stayed until the last, before clearing his throat and putting on his best smile, lifting up his camera for show. Admittedly, he had been tempted to speak up when that whole kerfuffle with Daniel, Seez and Zachaia started, to just agitate the beehive a bit more, but nah. It wouldn't do to leave a bad impression on the first day.

"Hey, I'm Dario Knight, nice to meet y'all. I can remember everything I've ever seen perfectly, and I still like taking photos anyways. Also..."

A door, much like the one that lead into the classroom, opened up behind him, swinging open and letting out a blurry light. As he swiveled on his feet and vanished through it, another identical appeared at the back of the class, popping open to reveal Dario again as he stepped out of a similar one, a small grin now on his face as he promptly dropped a more intense bit of information.

"Oh yeah, I also have an eldritch god or whatever inside me that lets me have absolute control over doors. Can make 'em, open 'em, anything really. So now's the time we get going, yeah?"

Seez probably should have been listening to Ms. Zawooks as she closed all their questiolios, but when Glazed Doughnut - Nikolai, he thinks - started beaming at the top of his lungs again, his attention was drawn back to him. Seez smiled again, scratching his jaw in thought. There was something about that dude, he was giving off a strong signal. The way he was zhwoopin' around all sonic, just not giving a logus, making dudes into his dudes. He was clearly an offshore cat, going from his accent and his... well, his everything. ...Kinda reminded Seez of himself. Or what he'd said he was going to be now. He was gonna start over, but he was gonna be pure.

Seez decided to lorp on over to him, dodging his rando swings of his new crystal shield or whatever it was, and threw an arm around his shoulder. "I gotta say, dude, ...uh, Niko, was it? I'm lovin' your whole signal! Just, the way you beam yourself, it's acid. An' that crystal woozat, you could snowboard on one o' those! Free flidea, from me to you. Say, you an offshore cat? Like, you come from some other place? 'Cause I came from some other place, an' I'm doin' the same thing you're doin'!" he rattled off, giving Niko a friendly poke in the shoulder.

It was then he glanced back over at Pastels, who seemed to have... gone deep into a sea there, and not the good kind. Shoot, that was not cool to have to see her like that. He chose not to drill too deep into that mine, especially when she started looking back at everyone.

With his arm still around Niko, he clucked his tongue, pointing at Mara. "Yeah! We oughta make like an alternate timeline, an' SPLIT!" he declared, now pointing at the slogan on his hoodie. "Uh... what was it we were doin'? I kinda sunk into a sea there, weren't listenin'," he admitted to Niko, quietly, his smile turning sheepish.

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Rosa

"H-huh?" Rosa recoiled slightly as the...mud-girl from earlier (Carol? Alice? Something like that) suddenly came up to her desk and started... Is she flirting with me? Rosa's cheeks went a bit pink at the thought.

"I, er..." What was she supposed to say? What could she say? A girl made entirely of mud was in front of her, flirting with her, elbows on her desk, likely getting mud everywhere. "You realize that...white clothing and mud really...really don't go together, right?"

Thankfully, Sue saved her from incoming embarrassment by announcing that they were about to go to the jungle. "Yes!" Rosa said a bit too loudly, standing up to her full height (which wasn't that tall, but still). "Yes, I am ready for the jungle!" If nothing else, it'd be a decent opportunity to show off her powers.

"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."

Lux - Class 1-A

"I guess I'll try these suggestions out when the opportunity comes...", Pollux nodded at James with a smile. "If you want to ask me something later, go ahead. I'll usually be available for everyone...", he gave James a smile with a thumbs-up.

"...Big hologram thingy...", Lux muttered to himself, placing a hand on his chin.

"So it's like some fake illusion, where, like, the place changes its appearance but, at the same time, it doesn't change at all! Hmmm...got it! I think..."

The prospect of the survival course, though, made the giant pretty hyped. He was finally going to see if all training he did will go to fruition.

"I can't wait to show everyone what I'm made of!"

Edited by Noussibonne on May 4th 2021 at 9:41:21 PM

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?

Rab

Well, the jungle sounds pretty cool. I better not cut loose until I see what everyone else can really do. Eyebert always told me to keep something in my back pocket. I think he meant like a gun, but still...

Sue, now. The fuzzy lady was hilarious! He was definitely looking forward to seeing what else she had up her sleeves, because an obstacle course sounded pretty easy. Probably.

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes at Muddina’s flirting and Zachaia‘s panting. Yeesh. Do we need a bucket of cold water in here? Though in Al Carols’s case that might be a bad idea. He was still a little irritated at the reaction his admittedly clumsy words had brought up. Perhaps the jungle would be the chance to redeem himself?

Edited by Booky on Feb 26th 2021 at 5:32:50 AM

"A...Alright. I'll think a-about it, I don't w-want to bug you too much..." James nodded with a smile before putting his notes away. "I-I guess depending on how t-this jungle thing goes, I-I might not need t-to ask anyone q-questions."

...And then taking a few seconds to make sure that everything else was in his backpack, somewhat uneasy before taking a deep breath and mostly calming down. He'd be fine. Probably. Hopefully.

A chance to shine or at least give some of the gear a proper test run.

"A-At the ready."

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.

Lambert just gave Mara the side-eye for now, but had to focus on the lesson.

Whatever else, he had to observe the others. Not too hard to do so, given how loud the others are. But he still felt a bit restless, so he pulled a pair of earphones for a second.

"Let the good times roll"

The jungle seemed an interesting challenge, for the most part, even if a few of them seemed to have a lot of explanations needed.

Better think about how to keep them safe.

Welcome to the jungle

Wake me up at your own risk.

Mako sat there still letting his chin rest on his hand while the teacher went on trying to explain the dorm room situation, and how the jungle hologram thing worked. His eyes wandered across the room, only really half listening. Something something punishment, something something weird maybe nineties slang.

Honestly he kind of tried not to get hung up on things or worry, but there was a lot going on. So many people talking and different conversations that it hurt his head to try to pay attention to them. So he didn't.

Instead he just kind of sat there letting the info wash over him. Cool.

He gave the teacher a thumbs up. "I mean sure. Let's go hang out in a jungle."