First Floor Lobby, Wednesday night

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The Tick hadn't been to that gathering space of righteousness commonly known as "The Lobby" in quite a while. Therefore, he was now in the lobby, pondering. It felt good to be out here. It felt RIGHT.

He was currently wondering if a fish could have a cold.

[OOC: Hi, people. Tick's actually open for interaction!]

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[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac walks in after his failed date with Eighth looking a little glum.

"Evening Tick."

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Mac!" Tick said. Taking a good look at Mac, Tick was curious. "Egads, man, is something wrong?"

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Oh just a bad night," Mac said waving it off. "Broke off a date with a fellow teacher and probably lost her as a friend. How are you doing this evening?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Rather better than you, I suppose," Tick said sympathetically. "I think my fish is sick."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Oh no," Mac says seriously. "What's wrong with your fish?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure. I could swear she has a cough, but she's a wee tiny fish. I don't even know how that would work," Tick said.

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Has there been any changes? When was the last time you changed her water?" Mac asked.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I just changed the water a few days ago," Tick said. "I trust that she'll make it through, though. She's a tough little fish. Tough as far as goldfish are concerned, at least."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Have you checked the ph level of the water?" Mac asked. "Maybe that has something to do with it?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I have no clue how I would do that," Tick admitted.

[fh_jackass]

Logan entered the dorms, returning from handwavey location. "Hey, Professor Tick," he said.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Logan!" Tick said. "I'm still thinking about your make-up assignment. Rory will probably give it to you. She's better at that kind of thing, to be honest."

Tick walked over and put a hand on Logan's shoulder. "I'm confident you'll do just fine with whatever it is and rescue your grade from the clutches of absenteeism, though!"

[fh_jackass]

[Tag!]

"Thanks, Professor. Your belief in me is highly encouraging," Logan said.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome, Logan! You have a good head on your shoulders. You'll do just fine," Tick said with a smile.

"Well, actually, you have a good head on your neck, I suppose. Whatever."

[fh_jackass]

"I rather like it in that location myself," Logan said. He gave a nod to the other professor.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Have you ever met Professor Mac, Logan?" Tick asked.

"Mac, this is Logan Echolls. He tends to bring a different and well-appreciated perspective to class discussion."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Really? Nice to meet you Logan," Mac says offering his hand for a handshake.

[fh_jackass]

Logan shook Mac's hand. [Tag!] "Nice to meet you, sir. What do you teach?"

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Shop Class," Mac replied with a grin. "We're having an open shop on Monday morning. You're welcome to come and see what we're all about."

[fh_jackass]

"Shop class?" Logan raised his eyebrows. "I'm not big on the woodworking, myself."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Well there is some woodworking," Mac says with a grin, "But really is about improvising a solution from the materials in your environment. For instance today we got to blow things up in class."

[fh_jackass]

"Okay, that does sound like fun," Logan grinned. "Maybe I'll check it out."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip entered the dorms, returning from an equally handwavey location.

"Hey Logan. Hey Professor Tick," he said, unwrapping his scarf.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Pip!" Tick said. "How are you this evening?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Not bad," Pip said. "Kind of cold out, though. How are you, sir?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"All things considered, I'm not bad. Just working out my class for tomorrow and pondering my goldfish's health," Tick said.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Something wrong with your goldfish?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"She may have a cough. It's hard to tell with a fish," Tick said.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"I imagine," Pip said. "Is there a vet in town you could take her to?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Not as far as I know," Tick said. "I might just be overthinking it, though. Hopefully."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully it's nothing," Pip said. "Have you thought about talking to the fish? I mean, I'm pretty sure there's someone on the island who can talk to fish. Isn't there a creature languages class?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. That's a good idea. I'll have to talk to Professor Dream tomorrow and see if he can help me," Tick said. "Thank you, Pip!"

[fh_jackass]

"Hey, Pip," Logan said. "How's it going?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Hey Logan. Not bad. Classes have been really light this week. Though that might be the whole not having class on Monday thing. Yourself?"

[fh_jackass]

Logan shrugged. "Monday's my light day anyway, but the less classes the better. Hey, do you do hand-to-hand combat stuff or are you more of a weapons guy?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip shrugged. "I can do hand-to-hand combat stuff, sure. I'm actually teaching a couple of people self-defense. Still, things generally work out better if you've got a weapon."

[fh_jackass]

Logan put up his fists and swung a mock punch at Pip.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grinned and blocked the punch. "You had any hand-to-hand training?"

[fh_jackass]

[Tag!]

"Not training, exactly," Logan said.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Ahh. School of hard knocks, then."

[fh_jackass]

"More or less," Logan said. "I'm not looking for a teacher, but if you ever want to just spar sometime, I'd be up for that."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grinned. "I've got more than enough students. But sure, I'm up for a spar if you're up to being beaten," he said, winking. It might have been a blink. Kind of hard to tell.

[fh_jackass]

Logan gave him an actual wink. "We'll see," he said. "I'll catch you around." He headed towards the stairs.