Welcome to Science and Technology! (open)

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He made his way down the hallway dressed in a freshly pressed brown suit, blue shirt, and maroon tie. Oh and don’t forget the glasses. Yes he was looking very teacherly today. Seeing his reflection in various windows and even a glass trophy case was odd. Each time he expected to see a skinny, big headed, bald blue alien. But each time its was still normal looking, brown haired, Bernard Megs.

Ah here it is. The next door turned out to be his destination. He walked in taking some time to look about the empty classroom. At the front of the room there was a wooden desk, a chalk board taking up the majority of the wall behind it. Instead of desks for the students there were several tables with chairs lined on one side. He noted the counter running along the far wall with several sinks and cupboards that no doubt contained supplies that would come in handy during lessons. Just what those lessons would be depended on the students. Staff members had advised that some may have come from places that lacked even the simplest of modern technologies or technology that was far different than this world.

They had provided a high back chair just as he asked. He took seat checking to make sure the back would conceal him from view, then did a couple of spins to make sure it swiveled well. Oh how he loved doing the chair reveal. Did not have an animal sidekick to sit in his lap but he could do the steepled fingers thing. That would work. Facing the desk again he leaned forward to slightly adjust the name plate, the name Bernard Megs neatly imprinted on it. It was a rather plan piece, the kind you would see on any teachers desk, no spikes. Spikes would be interesting but he was a good guy now after all.

He looked at the clock and jumped out of his chair nearly knocking it back into the wall. “Its almost time! Okay, okay. I can do this.” He took one last look around the room making sure everything was in order and jumped back into his chair turning it so that he would be hidden from view as the students entered. Hmm…what if someone was late? Ooh should he be the strict disciplinarian and dole out detentions or be the cool teach who didn’t care about bells? Had to admit this was rather exciting.

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Honestly, school was pretty much the last thing on Robin's mind. He was thinking about his identity, about Kori and Helena, about being a hero, about this place and why they were here, how to get home... remembering that he was a student who was required to attend lessons was just an added frustration that he didn't need. Required, however, he was, and he seemed to vaguely recall there was something important about meeting expectations enough to fly under the radar. Admittedly that was probably something to do with maintaining a secret identity, but it was still advice worth taking - there <i>had</i> to be more going on here than met the eye, and he didn't want to get noticed before he'd figured out what that was.

So he played student and went to school and all the time let his mind wander. Most of the lessons seemed to end up being things he already knew, because for some reason that was the kind of knowledge that he still retained, and he was obviously pretty well educated wherever he came from, especially about some things. Gym glass had been cakewalk, maths had been easy, and now it was time for science and he had a sneaking suspicion that it was going to be another class he flew right through.

Stepping into the classroom, he noticed he was the first one here, he also noticed that this appeared to include the teacher.

"...hello?" he called out, reaching for his bag to double check his schedule. He was supposed to be here, right?

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-Hello?- Megs giggled under his breath at that questioning voice. He straightened in his seat and made sure he was properly positioned. Legs crossed, check. Steepled fingers, check. Eyebrow slightly raised in an all knowing look, check. “Hello indeed.” He spoke up slowly swiveling the chair around to make his presence known. “Welcome to Science and Technology. Where I have been assigned the task of melding your young minds into...wait.” He paused in what was going to be a grand entrance speech when it dawned on him that there was only one students in attendance. “There’s only one of you?” Well that was a little ego deflating.

His green eyes went to the clock on the wall then to the timepiece on his wrist seeing the clock was definitely off. “Oh you have got to be kidding me.” He was obviously annoyed getting up to move the chair to the wall and climbing up to reach the clock. “Honestly! How am I suppose work with such infractions! Don’t they realize the importance of timing!.” Once the clock was properly set he hopped back down to the floor with a huff and gave a wave towards the tables. “Well just take a seat until the other students arrive.”

The chair reveal routine was pretty much done for at this point so might as well just set out the textbooks. Such a glorious endeavor. “I did not have time to scan the student records this morning so you will need to tell me your name.” Megs stated to the young man as he went about retrieving the class text books from a nearby cupboard.

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Robin tensed when the teacher spoke, his hand straying automatically to his waist. He'd noticed a tendency to do that whenever he was startled, and he could guess it had something to do with the utility belt he'd arrived with, he was clearly always ready for a fight. He relaxed a little once he realised there wasn't a threat being made, tucking his schedule back into his bag and listening to the speech with a bemused expression - one that only grew when Megs cut himself off and started ranting about... poor timing?

"..ok..." he nodded slowly, moving to slide into a seat, still watching the teacher. He supposed this was just what happened when you recruited teachers from a group of random people from multiple realities with probably little or no formal qualifications in education; more than a little eccentricity.

"Robin Wayne," he answered, pulling out the things he'd need for the class. He still wasn't sure that was his name, especially after the conversation with Helena, but until more of his memories returned, it still felt comfortable enough that he was alright with using it.

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“Robin Wayne.” Megs repeated to himself with a small nod. A simple enough name though it held a hint of something. Something hidden underneath. A superhero-ness perhaps? Such an idea would not be far fetched as he had met a unicorn and a vampire. Not mention the fact that he was a Superhero himself. It was also possible that the kid was just an ordinary fellow and that Megs constantly buzzing mind simply made a correlation between the first name and that steal from the rich give to the poor hero character. Who was that? A yes Robin Hood. He had read that story in his youth. Of course at that time he was more enthralled with the stealing part versus the giving part.

His thoughts returned to the task of setting out the books, setting the last one on the edge of the table and giving it a shove. “Catch.” It went sliding down to the lone student. “If your not already aware I am Bernard Megs. You can call me Megs.” Or Megamind he thought to himself as he returned to the front of the class crossing his arms and leaning against the front of the desk. Hmm eventually he may return to that moniker. But for now he would stick with his human alias. “So tell me Robin. Does the place you hail from contain modern conveniences or are they still getting around to inventing the wheel?”

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Peter wasn't all too sure what this school thing was, yet. Well, he knew what school was, of course: it was a terrible place where innocent children were sent to be tortured. Any parent who sent their child to school didn't deserve to have him or her remain in their custody, in Peter's opinion. In this world, he was expected to go to school as well. At first, Peter had been anything but happy about this, but very quickly, he came to see how this was an opportunity to witness what these poor children were up against. If he was particularly lucky, he might even be able to lead a revolt with some lost boys and girls.

Despite knowing what school was, Peter was still fuzzy on the details of how it worked. Where did one enter the torture chambers, what did one wear and when did one use the facilities? Apparently this school started at a certain time and certain classes took place in certain rooms. Peter thought that the whole thing was unnecessary, but he climbed a tree and climbed in through the window of what he was fairly sure was his first class.

As expected, there was a grown-up in charge of things. There was only one boy being tortured, though, so Peter had to say that things were looking up for the children. Deciding not to anger this grown-up without reason, as he apparently had the power of keeping children in his presence against their will, Peter rolled into a standing position, saluted and chirped, "Good morning! What are we doing?"

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Robin reached out and grabbed the book as it slid across the table, pulling it closer
ready to start the lesson. He raised an eyebrow slightly at the name, surely calling a teacher by just their surname without even an honorific was a little strange? But perhaps the place he came from did things differently, or it was a nickname he was used to, or he was trying to be cool. Really there were any number of options.

"Yea, it's plenty modern where I'm from," he nodded "at least, I think it is. I know what all the modern stuff is anyway, so I guess I must have it at home." he had a slight suspicion that he came from somewhere slightly more advanced than this world, given the level of technology in his utility belt, but then that also might not be common equipment.

He glanced over sharply at a noise from the window, surprised to see someone climbing in. Well... that was a novel way of arriving to class. It seemed this town was home to a lot of very strange people. With a bemused smile, he gave Peter a friendly wave.

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Robin stated that things were modern for the most part in his world or at least he thought they were. That was a bit of a relief. Megs rather not spend his first day lecturing on how to operate a light switch or something. “I assume you suffered some memory loss during your shift. The same happened to me somewhat. But don’t worry I hear it will pass.”

He heard the creaking of branches outside the open window looking with a quirked eyebrow as another student came climbing through. Well he had to give the kid some extra credit for making an unusual entrance. Either that or the kid did not know what doors were. Megs blinked at the boy who popped up in front of him. “Well right now we are waiting for the other students.” Megs replied to Peters question. “But we should be starting any time now so why don’t you take a seat.” He glanced from the new lad to Robin an idea striking him. “In fact take a seat next to Robin there. Since you two are the first to arrive you can be lab partners.” Yes that sounded like a plan. Megs moved around to the other side of his desk opening a small notebook to jot down their names. “Oh and I’ll need your name.”