Office hours, all day Monday

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty's a little boggled by the fact that she has an office. Seriously, you get into things that include revealing costumes and you don't really think you're going to end up working anywhere with four walls and a desk. And that goes for a lot of professions. (Hi, Becky.)

So while she's trying to work on things like syllabi and class rosters and the like, she keeps doing things like rearranging the few things on her desk and most definitely not calling anyone to taunt them about the fact that she has an office.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

After Ethics class, Molly worked off some of her annoyance by figuring out where all of her classrooms are. She was still grumbling though when she happened by Captain Liberty's office.

A glance through the door stopped Molly in her tracks. Vader forgotten now, she went to stand in the doorway. "Hello," she said politely.

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty looked up from where she'd been changing the phone number on her business cards- shhhh. "Hi," she says, capping the white-out. "Can I help you?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly ignored the question for the moment. She tilted her head and took in Captain Liberty's costume. "Are you a superhero?" she asked curiously.

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty smiles. "Sharp eye. Yes I am."

Ordinarily she'd think it would be obvious, but after last night's conversation with the hooker, she's not so sure.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly took one step into the office. "Are you the one teaching the Superheroing class? I'm signed up for that. What are your powers?"

[captainliberty]

"Competence," Captain Liberty says. "I'm lucky enough to be one of the few who can do the job without powers. I'm hoping to prove that you don't necessarily need to be naturally gifted to make a difference. You're interested in being a superhero?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly walked further into the office and started looking around. "That's cool. You don't need to have powers to be a superhero. And now I understand why you're wearing a costume. My friend Chase doesn't have any powers, neither did Gert." That statement was accompanied by a small frown, but it appeared as if Molly wasn't even aware of it. She continued. "But Chase does have telepathic link with a dinosaur that used to be Gert's. I may become a superhero eventually. Just fighting bad guys like we do now is good enough for me though. If my friends ever decide they want to stop, I'll probably go looking for a team to join. Or," she grinned, "maybe I'll start my own."

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty's figured out she should just not worry about words like 'dinosaur' at this point. So things just aren't as normal as they were in The City. Which is sort of terrifying.

"That's the spirit!" she says. "And we're actually going to be covering things like teams, so hopefully it'll help you either way."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned more. "Are we going to get to go out and fight any bad guys for real? Jamie and Teddy and Peter and I went over to the mainland a while back, but the bad guys were pretty lame and they ended up singing at us." She said this with a huge eye roll.

[captainliberty]

"...Singing at you?" she asks. "Um, well, there's only so much we can do with real bad guys due to things like insurance reasons, but simulations are just as good, right?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly wrinkled her nose at that. "Not really. You react differently when you know that there is no way that you can really get hurt or killed. Not me, of course," she was quick to add, "because I'm not scared of anything and it takes a heck of a lot to hurt me. But, I noticed it when i was at this other school where they were trying to teach the kids with simulations." She frowned again. "I got in trouble a lot because I didn't want to fight fake bad guys."

[captainliberty]

"Sounds like you've got a lot of experience with this sort of thing," Captain Liberty says. "Like, a lot."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"I guess so," Molly said with a shrug. "I've never really thought about it much. We started fighting bad guys back home when I was eleven so that's about five years."

[captainliberty]

"Wow. I knew they were starting younger and younger these days, but you've got more time doing this than some adults I know," she says.

She studies Molly and asks, "Any interest in TA'ing?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly brightened up instantly. "Really? You bet I do! That would be freakin' cool!"

[captainliberty]

"Sure! I think you could add a lot of perspective," she smiles. "Put all that knowledge to good use."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Awesome!" said Molly, who was practically bouncing. "What do I need to do? Can I give detentions? All the other students have to listen to me, right?" She stopped and looked a little uncomfortable. "I won't need to wear a costume all the time, will I?"

[captainliberty]

"Well... I guess you can help the other students out, and I'm not so sure about saying who gets detention, but you can hand out little slips saying they have it," she says, and makes a note to make those. "And I think the costumes will only be necessary for the practical exercises, don't worry."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly thought about it for just a moment. "I guess that's okay," she finally said with a grin and then stuck out her hand to shake. "Oh, I'm Molly Hayes, by the way."

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty stands, shaking her hand. "Glad to meet you, Molly. I'm sure this will work out well."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"I'll do my best," Molly said with a big smile.

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

Lorne bursts into the room talking on his cellphone. "Damn you Manuel! I need the light blue spotlights for my opening number Friday! The Azure lights make my skin tone pale! It's not good damn it! Fix it or there's no extra snap in paycheck this week."

He hangs up the phone and looks at Captain Liberty. "Good help is so hard to find."

[captainliberty]

"Yeah, that's why I work alone," Captain Liberty says. "Costume?"

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

"No thanks, spandex doesn't work for me," Lorne totally misunderstanding the context of the question. "You however look fabulous. Is that a lycra-cotton blend?"

[captainliberty]

"No idea, I cut the tag off forever ago. It kept itching my back. Um, can I help you?"

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

"You tell me toots. I'm here because I walked into the wrong office while talking on my cell," Lorne said hopping up to sit on her desk. "Tell me about yourself. Your life. Your love. Your dreams. How they all came crashing down and now you're here trying to rebuild your life while wearing a skin tight outfit."

[captainliberty]

"Well, you see- Um. Yeah, I'm here to teach Superheroing," she says, because ranting at some green guy you just met is sorta tacky. "The name's Captain Liberty."

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet 'ya Libby!" Lorne said offering his hand. "I'm Lorne the fabulous host of music class. Allow me to welcome you to Fandom High with an invitation to my first class to judge our students in our own version of American Idol."

[captainliberty]

She takes his hand to shake, amused. "Tell me they sing better than the people on the real American Idol," she says.

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

"No promises on that," Lorne replied. "I take what I can get and happily teach them in the ways of music. Come on! It's going to be a Justice theme! How can you turn that down?"

[captainliberty]

"...I think I have to agree to this, just to see how you manage a Justice theme," she says thoughtfully.

[karaoke-lizard.livejournal.com]

"Wonderful! Fabulous!" Lorne exclaimed hopping off the desk. "Class is on Friday. Bring your best set of tights and shine those points on your head! It's going to be a blast! Thanks again Libby!"

[captainliberty]

"No problem," she says.

Is it weird he's not the strangest person she's met in Fandom?