Heroic Sociopath
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"Enter." The Vice Principle's voice emanated. A few notes of the YuYu Hakusho ending theme could be heard before he closed the window.
The Vice Principle's office was one of a man who was very passionate about his interests and achievements. Ellery sat behind a walnut desk in a leather bound office chair, fingers tented. Behind him was a case full of trophies. Most of them for soccer, but there were also trophies for many martial arts and a few weightlifting ones. There was indeed a pair of dumbells next to his desk.
Ellery himself was clothes in a gray suit. He spent a few seconds staring at Ray and Ken. Silent. Unblinking. He then reached into the drawer of his desk and took out a comic book. Sonic the Hedgehog. He had confiscated it from Nick Cortez.
"You boys need to hear a story." Ellery said, flipping through the comic book. "You might think that school is simply to learn pointless things. Like math and science and history. Don't worry, I thought that at your age as well. But it's not. School exists as a microcosm of society as a whole." Ellery swiveled the chair back and forth, laying back in it.
"There are people who you might not like but need to deal with anyway, just like in real life. Like in a real job, you get in trouble if you don't do the work. And like this school, society needs rules." Ellery said. "This comic book is society. And the staples are like rules. They hold it together. You know what happens if we take out the staples?" He began to tear them out with his fingers.
"It all falls apart." Vice Principal Ellery took out another comic book. This one was X-Men. He also took out a stapler. "But staples aren't necessarily good. If we start adding them for no reason..." He began to staple the pages together. "It becomes unreadable. Useless. Not so different than if we took all the staples away." The vice principal set the second comic book among the pages of the first. He then took a lighter from his pocket and set them both alight. As smoke began to rise from the miniature book burning, the fire alarm sounded, and water sprayed down from the ceiling upon the office. Ellery had prepared, however. He took out an umbrella, shirlding himself and the computer.
"Unless you have questions, you are dismissed." Ellery said. A few minutes later, an announcement rang out over the intercom.
"Please ignore the fire alarm. There is no fire. You may not leave school." There was a pause. "Abd don't forget: You are mortal."
The Vice Principle's office was one of a man who was very passionate about his interests and achievements. Ellery sat behind a walnut desk in a leather bound office chair, fingers tented. Behind him was a case full of trophies. Most of them for soccer, but there were also trophies for many martial arts and a few weightlifting ones. There was indeed a pair of dumbells next to his desk.
Ellery himself was clothes in a gray suit. He spent a few seconds staring at Ray and Ken. Silent. Unblinking. He then reached into the drawer of his desk and took out a comic book. Sonic the Hedgehog. He had confiscated it from Nick Cortez.
"You boys need to hear a story." Ellery said, flipping through the comic book. "You might think that school is simply to learn pointless things. Like math and science and history. Don't worry, I thought that at your age as well. But it's not. School exists as a microcosm of society as a whole." Ellery swiveled the chair back and forth, laying back in it.
"There are people who you might not like but need to deal with anyway, just like in real life. Like in a real job, you get in trouble if you don't do the work. And like this school, society needs rules." Ellery said. "This comic book is society. And the staples are like rules. They hold it together. You know what happens if we take out the staples?" He began to tear them out with his fingers.
"It all falls apart." Vice Principal Ellery took out another comic book. This one was X-Men. He also took out a stapler. "But staples aren't necessarily good. If we start adding them for no reason..." He began to staple the pages together. "It becomes unreadable. Useless. Not so different than if we took all the staples away." The vice principal set the second comic book among the pages of the first. He then took a lighter from his pocket and set them both alight. As smoke began to rise from the miniature book burning, the fire alarm sounded, and water sprayed down from the ceiling upon the office. Ellery had prepared, however. He took out an umbrella, shirlding himself and the computer.
"Unless you have questions, you are dismissed." Ellery said. A few minutes later, an announcement rang out over the intercom.
"Please ignore the fire alarm. There is no fire. You may not leave school." There was a pause. "Abd don't forget: You are mortal."
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