lab day

[ratiocinations]

Who: Holmes and YOU!
When: Sept 29
Where: A random classroom
What: Holmes is overseeing a chemistry class. Everyone gets to mix solutions and get points for doing it!
Warnings: Mild lab accidents

[Today, you will find that Holmes has commandeered an empty classroom and turned it into a chemistry lab. Of a sort. There are tables with chemistry sets spread around, and a lot of scribbling on the whiteboard that serves as an explanation behind the science, the methods, the various intended results, and what they indicate. They range from basic to relatively advanced. I am not a chemistry person, so I am skipping the details, but use your imagination!

If you are lucky, you catch him either at the beginning or end of his lecture, which might make your understanding of what’s on the whiteboard clearer. That said, he is an odd teacher — fascinating to watch, but whether or not he instructs in a manner that makes it all stick is debatable. He rarely goes over problems more than once, and there is an air that he expects his “students” to understand in one go.

Near the end, he says:]

Now then, we will treat this class as a ramshackle laboratory. Upon each table is an experiment, which I expect you to conduct as I’ve taught. Move from the first table onward, then report back to me.

Don’t dally, now.

(( OOC: The INSTRUCTIONS are pretty simple:

-Start at Table 1, and follow the instructions to roll a die.
-Comment with your result.
-Wait for me to reply with either a success or a failure with very mild consequences. Feel free to thread with others/threadjack at any time during the process!
-Move on to the next table until the end!
-Get 50 points for doing an experiment! Yay!!))

Comments

TABLE 1

[ratiocinations]

A relatively simple experiment to conduct, with only small vials in need of mixing.

Roll a 1d10 and reply to this comment with your result before moving on to Table 2!

If your character paid attention in class, +1 to your roll.
If your character zoned out in class, -1 from your roll.

[darkholder]

[following along as best she can, and as far as mixing at the end goes, she gets an 8!]

Re: TABLE 1

[pissandvinegar]

[ 8 +1 = 9 ]

Re: TABLE 1

[presgarddihellis]

[he did in fact pay attention, so. it's a 7.]

[velluminous]

[ simply mixing solutions—child's play! she has done this since she was literally too short to see above the table.

tying her hair back and rolling up her sleeves before she begins. then, to the tune of a hearty eight, she refers back to the chalkboard and combines the vials in the quantities which he indicated. ]

Pay attention???? HA

[inexorableiron]

[10 - 1 = 9 which is a solid start, considering]

[poetaste]

[Is everyone familiar with teacher observation and evaluation day? Cadence's attendance definitely has an air of that mixed with a vaguely disinterested-looking (but eagle-eyed) student.

She's taking notes idly and, no matter how much it seems she isn't, pays attention to the full thing, so her experimentation runs her a 9.]

Re: TABLE 1

[rugpull]

[5

he paid attention so hard but the smells of all the chemicals were very distracting to him, rubbing at his nose repeatedly the entire time

he's also much better at hands on explaining than following written instruction alas]

[ordimame]

[he was definitely a humanities, history and languages kid, but. he's here, anyway! might as well give it a shot! how much does he remember from his high school chemistry classes. . . . . .]

[rolls a 5 + 1 = 6!! I FORGOT THE MODIFIER]

Re: TABLE 1

[bowtiedbones]

[she paid attention! she even took notes!

but, 3 + 1 = 4 ]

Re: TABLE 1

[demonvinegar]

[ he really did his best to follow along, even though the very concept of chemistry is way beyond him. he's a swordmaster demonman and what is this.

in any case he rolled an 8. ]

[mogger]

[ 7 + 1 = 8 ]

[isdf]

[This is not exciting so much as it is an opportunity to learn. Yuma is always eager to try his hand at something new, so he pays attention and comes out with . . . an 8!]

Re: TABLE 1

[threadling]

[9+1= 10.]

[selfportraiture]

[I like to think Ena poked her head in out of curiosity and then got pressganged into this.

Anyway she zones out halfway through class and gets a 4.

And looks very tentative about doing this.]

TABLE 2

[ratiocinations]

A more complex set-up, requiring both the careful mixing of solutions and heat control.

Roll a 1d10 and reply to this comment with your result before moving on to Table 3!

If your character paid attention in class, +1 to your roll.
If your character zoned out in class, -1 from your roll.

[darkholder]

[following along once again, but with more difficulty this time as it gets more complex; total roll is a 5!]

Re: TABLE 2

[presgarddihellis]

[it's an 11 this time!]

Re: TABLE 2

[pissandvinegar]

[ 7 +1 = 8 ]

[velluminous]

[ this, too, she has some experience in. she goes much slower this time, repeatedly glancing up at the chalkboard while everyone else around her conducts their own measurements.

toying lightly with the heat control... steadying her hand... she tries not to look towards Mister Adair. pretend he is not even here.

a nine. ]

Re: TABLE 2

[inexorableiron]

[10 - 1 = 9.... damn that 19 int just won't quit]

[poetaste]

[That's another 9 from her...who said that people in the humanities couldn't do STEM?]

TABLE 3

[ratiocinations]

An even more advanced and complicated arrangement, requiring careful measurement and a deeper understanding of how chemicals interact. And some patience; don't let your focus wander.

Roll a 1d10 and reply to this comment with your result before moving on to Table 4!

If your character paid attention in class, +1 to your roll.
If your character zoned out in class, -1 from your roll.

[darkholder]

[3....... it's hard out here for a ye olde]

TABLE 4

[ratiocinations]

Your diligent instructor may be messing with you now. This is an awful lot to keep up with—complex solutions with reactions that run parallel with each other—though maybe it's more viable if you have a partner working with you.

(Or maybe they just get in the way.)

Roll a 1d10 and reply to this comment with your result before moving on to report to Mr Adair!

No modifiers. Even Holmes fumbles this one sometimes.

Re: TABLE 4

[presgarddihellis]

[........................ 3.






how dare.]

REPORT BACK TO MR ADAIR

[ratiocinations]

[It's clear Holmes might have lost interest in the instructing aspect of holding a class, because by the time the participants return to him, he is seated at the teacher's desk, reading some other book wholly unrelated to chemistry.

He does peer up from his reading, though, when approached.]

And how did you do?

[DID YOU BLOW YOURSELF UP-

Also, there is a pile of stickers and enamel pins next to him that he retrieved from the hammerspace box. Rewards...?]

Re: REPORT BACK TO MR ADAIR

[presgarddihellis]

I'm a computer science engineer and a student of history and linguistics, not a chemist.

[this face does the glaring thing way more easily, but not acting on the threatening appearances.]