Office #18, All Day Monday

[tyler_gone]

A new semester and new class meant Tyler should probably actually go to his office and do work, especially since he still needed to brush up on his own history before he could inflict his knowledge on anyone else.

Mostly, this meant he was paging through A People's History of the United States and counting how many ways people who didn't look like him had gotten screwed over. The answer seemed to be "a lot."

The office door was open.

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[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

Before heading over to watch the embarrassment support a friend teaching sex ed, Tony just so happened to find his way to Tyler's office.

"I met your teaching partner," He said in lieu of a greeting.

[tyler_gone]

"Yeah?" Tyler stuck a slip of paper in the book and closed it. "What did you make of Nathan?"

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"He offered to buy me a drink," Tony said, going to take a seat in one of the zomgmodded chairs. "Which is very nice of him. You might want to explain more about modern times to him."

[tyler_gone]

"Have you ever been to a welcome picnic?" Tyler asked, a little defensive because Tony was probably right. "Those things get so crazy I'm surprised we found each other at all."

He sipped his coffee. "And besides, he's supposed to come by today to write the syllabus."

He did not say 'so there,' but his tone did.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

Tony rolled his eyes. "I was just saying..." Clearing his throat, he continued on. "When is your first class, anyway?"

[tyler_gone]

"I'll catch him up," Tyler promised vaguely, dropping the glare. "Thursday. I get Fridays off now."

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to remember to take advantage of that..."

[tyler_gone]

"Were you thinking about heading off the island again?"

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Not recently," Tony replied. But the wheels were already turning. "Why? Was there somewhere you wanted to go?"

[tyler_gone]

"I hadn't thought about it either," Tyler said thoughtfully. He was trying to come up with a place where he wouldn't instantly get thrown in jail. "London, my world? I haven't been, and fight club never made it big with the Brits. They worried about messing up their waistcoats."

Stereotypes R Us, apparently.

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"London sounds good to me."

Even if he couldn't use his celebrity to get them into clubs. He still had lots of money to do that.

[tyler_gone]

"Then we should do that," Tyler decided. "So what brings you to the school this early, anyhow?"

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

"A friend is back in town and I had to support him on the first day of class."

Oh, the smirk. It was so smug.

[shiroi_tiger]

Nathan had managed to find his way without any bouts of random time-travelling, self-loathing, or leaping clear across a continent slowing him down.

Given the past few days, he'd consider that to be a good thing.

"A drink costs a day's wages," he said, mostly bemused, as he stood in the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest. Really, he just felt like he ought to share.

[tyler_gone]

"It does?" Tyler was instantly suspicious. "Did somebody rip you off, or is this about inflation?"

He stood and gestured to his guest chair. "Come in, by the way."

[shiroi_tiger]

"Entirely about inflation," Nathan agreed, still more or less smiling as he made his way to the chair and took a seat. "But apparently there are one or two individuals out there who happily pay for drinks when they learn that somebody is over a century out of his league, and so I have no reason to complain."

A pause.

"Provided, of course, that the school will be paying me more than twenty dollars a week."

[tyler_gone]

"Tony mentioned he met you," Tyler said, with his own slight smile. "And they better. don't think they've realized they could save on staff costs by underpaying the time travelers."

He considered it. "You should probably go over your contract with Principal Zoe. Principal Winchester." He knew the "Principal Zoe" thing was adolescent, but that was always going to be her name in his head.

[shiroi_tiger]

"Winchester." Algren nodded, amused for a moment. It would seem that he was simply destined to work for a Winchester, one way or another. "I think I shall have to do just that. But for now, we have a syllabus to work our way through, don't we?"

[tyler_gone]

"It used to be Washburn. She got married," Tyler said. "And we do. The tradition is the first week is introductions. I usually make soap, but I can't see a way to justify it this time."

He seemed to find this regrettable indeed.

[shiroi_tiger]

That earned a raised eyebrow.

"I don't think we'll be able to find a way to work soap into the annals of history, no. Maybe we ought to just stick with the introductions. Those seem straightforward enough. Name, age, and something historical, for the sake of sticking to the topic."

He really had no idea what he was doing. Faking it, maybe.

[tyler_gone]

"Oh, well, if you want to stick to the topic," Tyler said, with a feigned heavy sigh. "Sure. Maybe something like ... name, age, and one historical figure from the U.S. or elsewhere they would like to" -- he did, to his credit, manage not to say fight -- "confront."

[shiroi_tiger]

"And why," Nathan added, nodding his agreement. "For purely selfish reasons, of course. I'm still a little behind."

A little. A lot. He was going to have to stop by the library some time this week in order to get himself caught up. Somewhat.

[tyler_gone]

"And it helps show how their brains work. Tony said you were still behind, too," Tyler agreed. "And that I should fill you in more. Any preference for where I start?"

Other than 1876.

[shiroi_tiger]

"I think the economy might be a good start," Nathan decided. "I think for the time being, I'll settle for knowing how far my five dollars will take me."

Not very far, Nathan. Not very far.

[tyler_gone]

"Five bucks," Tyler echoed, leaning back in his seat. "Not much. A big cup of fancy coffee, a magazine or two. A value meal at a fast food place if you don't get the large fries. And a recession just started, too."