Even wizards need to eat

[mc2willkaplan]

Will looked at his new uniform in the mirror and reminded himself firmly that even mages needed to have a day job. Especially if they wanted to do things like eat, or go back to school so that their mothers would stop nagging them about actually doing something with their lives

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[bricksinafist]

Jake was a bit early for his first day in a regular school. But this was going to be hard enough to get used to, without turning the teachers against him before his first day was even done with

[mc2willkaplan]

Do NOT stare, William Kaplan, or else they'll think you're a complete freak and fire you before you've even finished your first day.

But he had a good excuse to stare, really. Even in New York, it wasn't every day that you saw the Fantasticar come in for a landing outside of a high school.

It went a long way towards explaining why he wasn't paying attention to what was happening immidiately around him, and thus why he got more or less run over by a member of the Fantastic Five.

[bricksinafist]

Jake stopped almost a second too late, had he gone even the slightest bit further the poor guy would have had to go to the hospital or worse. Human bodies were not made to be run over by a brick wall.

As it were the guy was already hitting the floor and Jake could practically hit himself over his carelessness and stupidity.

"Oh my god, are you ok?"
He offered out his hand to help the poor guy up.

[mc2willkaplan]

"I'm fine," Will lied, taking the proffered hand and trying very hard not to focus on the fact that he was face to face with a Grimm from the Fantastic Five.

This was, he had to admit, not how he'd pictured meeting any of them.

Will made a show of dusting himself off to prove that he was fine, keeping from wincing as he moved. "No worries."

[unstoppable_son]

Zane stands in the administration office, sighing in frustration.

"Come on... can't you do anything about this?" He waves a sheet of paper towards the secretary.

"Zane, you know the rules," the secretary replies. "That's one too many unexcused absences. You've got saturday detention."

"It's not fair, though," Zane replies. "I couldn't help it."

"Look, what were you doing? Why weren't you at school?"

Zane pauses. "Um..." A guilty look passes his face.

"That's what I thought," the secretary replies. "I'm sure Mr. Finch will be happy to see you on Saturday."

Zane sighs and hides his face in his palms as the door opens behind him.

[mc2willkaplan]

Hall trash was taken care off, so now it was time for a sweep through the office before hitting the bathrooms, then hitting the nurse's office for an ice pack and to find somewhere quiet to sit for and read while he took his break.

Of course, something would ping off his magical senses before he could get an ice pack.

Only an idiot would take a job at this school, knowing what had happened to the last janitor, and not have a few magical wards set up around themselves, set to detect anything out of the ordinary. So far he'd run across a minor hex in the girl's locker room, a couple of love potions in the staff lounge, and an honest to God Gremlin lurking in the shop class. He'd quietly and easily defused each of these little potential pit falls and gotten on with his job

[unstoppable_son]

Zane glances over at the guy looking at him.

What's up with the guy looking at him?

He glances between the secretary, who has turned her attention elsewhere, and the janitor.

[mc2willkaplan]

Will looked away, tying up the trash bag in the bin and quickly replacing it with another as he pondered his options and mentally said goodbye to his break time.

[whats_thebuzz]

Ah, look, it´s a visibly groggy (seriously, there is still gunk in his eyes) teenager trying to sneak in after the bell rings. But Jack Jameson is certainly no troublemaker, no bad kid, no sir. Despite looking incredibly suspicious and troublemaker-y.

Please just let him sneak into class without asking any questions, Mr. Janitor. Please.

[mc2willkaplan]

Less than a day, and Will was already beginning to understand why his predecessor had turned into a mini Fin Fang Foom and rampaged through the school. He didn't even want to think about what he'd already had to clean out of the girl's bathroom.

And then there were the kids who were trying to sneak in late.

Oy vey.

At least this one didn't look visibly hung over or anything.

[whats_thebuzz]

Definitely not hung over! Just... having trouble summoning the energy to open the door.

Uh.

If he could remember where it was. Didn't Mr. Slattery's class have to move recently? Oh man, oh man. J.J. started looking around in a panic -- no way he was going to ask a teacher for help, they'd just accuse him of lying (which was not true) and skipping class again (which was, okay, pretty true) and give him detention (good times). Jeez, what to do? What to do? The lecture he'd get from gramps if he got detention again...

[mc2willkaplan]

Will emptied a dust pan into the nearest garbage can, watching the kid out of the corner of his eye. Ah, panic, the driving emotion of high school...

"Looking for something?" he asked, a little tentatively .

[mc2willkaplan]

This school needs to come with maps, Will thought. Great big ones posted in every hall.

"Need directions?" he asked.

This came up to the seventh time he'd had to give someone directions this morning. So far, he'd sussed out that a lot of students had transfered in from the school that the Hulk and J2 had wrecked, so at least there was a reason.

[mc2willkaplan]

"Okay, then," Will said, turning his attention back to the wad of gum he was trying to scrape off the side of a locker.