Guidance Counselor's Office, Tuesday

[electrocynic]

This week, Electroclash was lounging in her chair with her be-gogo-booted feet propped up on the edge of the desk, reading a fairly recent issue of New Power Express that Jenny had so graciously sent over, along with a bunch of other stuff that was meant to make Electroclash's office look more like her.

The rest were still in a box because Electroclash was too busy reading all the juicy details of the latest Glory Vixen scandal.

"Jesus Christ, you'd think she'd've learned not to let them video her by now..."

The guidance counselor was in! Or at least her door was open.

[ooc: Open! Though SP-licious until late in my afternoon. Bah, classes.]

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[electrocynic]

"Well that's me!" Sorry, Tony. But, she took her feet off the desk and leaned her elbows against the edge of it instead. "Have a seat. What seems to be troubling you, good lad?"

She was trying. Sort of.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Damn it, fate. Damn it to hell!

"My guardian thinks I should talk to someone." Becsuse Mrs. Rhodes was in possession of a brain.

[electrocynic]

"That's what I'm here for," said Electroclash. Then, she had the decency to add, "Or at least that's what they tell me. What about?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony shrugged like the emotionally stunted teenage billionaire he was. "Stuff, I guess? Last time I talked to a shrink, I was seven."

And it ended with Tony cobbling the toys the child therapist had in his office into a Frankenstein style robot. And that was the end of that.

[electrocynic]

"Well, I'm not a fucking shrink." She sounded like the idea offended her, no less. Which was a little odd if you considered that it probably should have been psychiatrists everywhere who should've been feeling randomly offended. "So this should be different."

For one thing, his shrink probably hadn't sworn like she did.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"So, we don't have to talk about feelings?"

[electrocynic]

"Fuck no." She was great at this counseling thing. Really. "Well I'm not gonna force you, anyway."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Oh thank god." Maybe it was a super hero thing. "If someone calls asking about my progress, tell them I'm... Self actualizing."

[electrocynic]

"That sounds like a nice and meaningless way of putting it," Electroclash nodded. "'Sides, what kind of mental progress can be expected of anyone living here?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

That got a snort out of Tony. "Uh, comparatively, this is a stress free environment."

[electrocynic]

"Most of the time," she shrugged, because sometimes Fandom managed to be downright boring, but it had a way of outdoing itself in the realm of stress in no time at all. "But there are some stressful times. Like missing out on watching people get their knickers in a twist over growing tits for a weekend."

Her priorities.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"It's not so bad after the first time," he replied. "Thoughit sucks not having the same upper body strength."

[electrocynic]

"Still bummed I missed it." Or just seeing one or two specific people. Whatever. "What do you need upper body strength for, anyway? Aren't you some kind of a geek or something?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I do my own smithing when designing," Tony said like that was perfectly normal for a seventeen year old. "It's kind of relaxing."

[electrocynic]

"Still sounds geeky," Electroclash rasped. Because she was supportive goddammit. Still didn't find it that weird, though. "What exactly do you... smith and design?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Whatever comes to mind?"

[electrocynic]

Electroclash rolled her eyes and waved a hand, prompting him for specifics.

"I'm sure you can do better than that."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I've been working on a new satellite system for my company?"

[electrocynic]

Electroclash nodded and leaned back in her chair as if saying 'there you go'.

"Geeky."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Productive. Those things degrade so quickly."

[electrocynic]

"Still geeky," she decided. "But hey, whatever floats your boat and keeps you... off the streets or whatever bad things kids are doing these days."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Doing meth?" Tony suggested. He was helpful like that.

[electrocynic]

"That's the one." At least she refrained from saying it wouldn't personally be her first choice. "Pretty American though, but I suppose it fits, seeing as that's where we are."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I will do my very best to not do any meth," Tony promised. "Or date Lindsey Lohan."

This was somehow an actual concern in his life.

[electrocynic]

Electroclash reached out to tap her fingertips against the issue of New Power Express on the desk. "Might want to add Glory Vixen to that list as well, just in case. Not that you probably know who that is, but it's something to keep in mind."

Counseling!

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

He'll just date all the super villains instead!

"That sounds... Well, like something you'd find on HBO at one in the morning."

[electrocynic]

"It's turning into something like that," she replied with another idle glance towards the magazine. "Daft cow."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Not a fan?" Tony asked awkwardly.

[electrocynic]

Electroclash responded to that with a highly expressive shrug.

"Well, the entertainment value is very very high."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"So is Teen Mom," Tony replied dryly.

[electrocynic]

"Nah, that's just depressing," she told him. "Why am I supposed to be entertained by brats having more brats?"