shirk

[thebeastwithout]

[voice]
Whoa. Hold on. Time out, dudes. So school was pretty OK at first, and I guess there was a buncha stuff that was good to know. I had no idea Napoleon crossed the Saraha on an elephant; I thought he was just the guy who invented that triple ice cream flavor. And the difference between geometry and geography is pretty obvious now, looking back.  But this is just gettin' lame!  Why the heck is there homework every day? Who invented midterms? And how do any of you guys have time for video games after going through all of this junk?!

You're all with me on this, right? I did fine teaching myself before; is there like someone I can talk to to get outta class?  I'm pretty much set for life schoolwise already.  I before t except after g, triangles have 360 angles, blahblah, see?

[action, high school]
[Beast Boy is so over this school thing.  The next day, instead of a skinny green boy sitting in his desk, there is a small, green cat curled up on top, taking a nap.  This persists in every class apart from lunch and gym.]  

[action, makeout point]
[Sometime after Valentine's Day, Beast Boy flutters up to the top of the mountain and transforms back into his usual self, sitting with his legs dangling off the side of the cliff.  There is a dreamy expression in his eyes and he sighs deeply as he flops backwards.  ...He changes his mind half a second later and sits back up, leaning over to scream down into the town far below.]

I've got a girlfrieeeeeend!!!!

[Oh, yeah.  Felt good.]

Comments

[thebeastwithout]

Switching it in? Yeah, that's what I meant! I'm not ready to give up anything I've got right now, though.

[pause]

.......But I wonder if the powers would work without the skin.....

[spinningorange]

(Total misinterpretations here.)

You want to trade in your skin for tofu?! But that'll hurt a lot! Maybe kill you!

[thebeastwithout]

What? Nah, I was just talking to myself. Uhh, yeah, bad idea. No skin-trading.

[spinningorange]

(Cat ears pick up more than a human's; you should know that, BB.)

If you really want tofu that badly, I'll start going around town and asking people for soybeans. Then I can prepare and cook them!

[thebeastwithout]

Hey, thanks. But don't worry too much about it. I'll just eat some grass once in a while or something.

[spinningorange]

Grass doesn't make a very good tofu substitute; That's why people don't make miso soup with grass.

[thebeastwithout]

People can't eat grass at all, dude! I meant as a goat or a cow or something.

[spinningorange]

But don't you get tired of it? I don't think goats or cows do, but you can...maybe.

[thebeastwithout]

Food is food. You gotta eat it or you starve. I could chow on some daisies for more flavor, I guess.

[spinningorange]

Well yeah, but it's never a bad thing to spice things up once in a while! It I don't know how well daisies would taste with nutmeg, but that's the fun of trying new things!

[thebeastwithout]

...

Spicing things up doesn't have to literally involve spices, ya know. I'll just take the daisies.

[spinningorange]

But what if it would be better with spices? Surely, there's something you'd want to try it with!

[thebeastwithout]

Yeah.

Tofu curry.

[spinningorange]

Then once I get enough tofu, I'll make sure your curry has plenty of daisies in it!

(Chen what are you thinking...)

[thebeastwithout]

No what -- l-look, I appreciate you being my friend and all, but I can handle my cooking on my own. Honest. I have for years.

[spinningorange]

Okay! Then I'll just worry about getting you tofu and you can cook it!

[thebeastwithout]

S-Sure thing. But it's really OK...

[Beast Boy is now imagining that Chen's culinary skills are on par with Starfire's.]

[spinningorange]

(She's not that bad! At least Chen doesn't drown everything in mustard...

But she has an idea.)

Oh! Maybe if we ask around right now, we can find people who have them!

[thebeastwithout]

Haha, relax, dude! You're way more worried about this than I am. I'll get tofu if I trade some of my stuff in. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it.

[spinningorange]

Just don't lose your skin over it; that's not a fair trade at all!