Hexfield Visitor

[epicfrizz]

[There's something coming in on the Hexfield viewscreen!

It appears to be a short, yellow school bus...with rockets? There are no children on board, just a woman with crazy orange hair and a lizard on her shoulders. She looks up from her console and waves, clearly delighted, before honking the horn.

The viewscreen zooms in on her. She has her messy orange hair in a bun and appears to be wearing an outfit covered in planets and stars, her earrings (however) are a pair of Sputnik 1 satellites.]

Good morning, space cadets!

I hope you don't mind me passing by your satellite. I was doing a routine inspection of the bus's orbital stability and rocket boosters when I noticed your lovely ship and just had to get a closer look!

[She looks at the lizard]

It's a shame the class isn't here, Liz, I would love to teach them about satellites. Hmm, I might have to make a note of that. We've already been to space once, but as I always say "there's always room for more space!"

[Did her earrings just glow briefly?]

Oh, but I suppose you all know all about satellites seeing as you are aboard one right now.

Comments

[itsjustthebots]

Actually, for having lived here all my life, I don't know all that much about satellites!

And oh, when your red lights are flashing in space, does that mean all asteroids have to stop?

[epicfrizz]

Would you like to find out? It's always important to ask questions!

It would take much more than my bus's flashing lights to stop an asteroid I'm afraid, especially if it was being pulled around by gravity.

[punsofiron]

[Oh. My. God. Liz is trying to hide the feeling of the epic nostalgiabomb that just got dropped on her right now.]

Liz is a good name for a lizard. Or for anything, really.

[epicfrizz]

Well, of course, what else does one name a lizard, right Liz?

[Liz smiles and nods]

It's a lot easier than her scientific name Chamaeleonidae Trioceros!

[youreallweirdos]

Ah, an educational vehicle. That. Is a sight for sore eyes.

[epicfrizz]

Oh? Are you a teacher?

[She pats the bus's console] This old bus has been very good to me over the years. I am glad she's appreciated.

lemme know if this is too fourth-wall-y XD

[liefeldisgod]

DUUUUUUUDE!

I totally wanted you as my teacher when I was a kid!

not at all XD

[epicfrizz]

Oh, it's never too late to learn from me! Learning happens all the time as long as we're open to the possibilities around us!

[sailorlaughter]

[GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP! Pinkie runs to the nearest window and presses against it, peering out and waving frantically.] OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH! You have a flying bus! And a lizard!

[epicfrizz]

What a strange pigment for a pony. [yes, she is focusing on that instead of the fact the pony can talk, she DOES look a bit perplexed though]

Hello, I'm Ms. Frizzle and this is Liz. [the lizard waves] You're not a Houyhnhnm, are you?

[thirteenth_brat]

[A flying school bus... If Roxas hadn't seen other odd things flying, he might assume there was something wrong with his tea. As it is, he still gives the cup a suspicious look.]

Unfortunately, we don't all know much of anything about satellites. And all we'd really like to know about this one is how to get off of it.

[epicfrizz]

Oh that's too bad. It's always important to learn about our surroundings, even if they may not seem all that interesting to us at first. From our backyards to the vastness of space, there's so much out there to explore if we just take the time to look.

The easy way to get off of anything is to find the nearest exit! Although out here a space suit would be wise before taking any dramatic exits stage left.

[cleverkit]

[Ack, it's practically a pop quiz, and she hasn't studied! Even if she hasn't actually been to a formal school for a long while, that's no excuse for not at least knowing the basics.]

Um, satellites... orbit planets and stuff, right?

[epicfrizz]

Correct! Whether it's a natural satellite like the moon or a man-made one like the one you are currently in, satellites orbit larger bodies in space.

Can you tell me anything else you've learned about satellites?

[alleyenobrain]

So--you're... some sort of, of space expert, you are? [He squints at her, dubious]

Hardly think there can be more space. Kind of endless. Hardly enough things to even fill it with, sort of astounding.

[epicfrizz]

I'm a science teacher. I have to know about a wide variety of science fields. Although, I do admit, I have a special love for space.

Well, if it never ends then there is always more, right? And it just keeps expanding. It IS all astounding.

[wefallinsilence]

[Ienzo wouldn't really say he knows all about satellites, but he knows enough to understand them and to understand what one should and shouldn't do while on them. Which is perhaps enough and gives a sort of 'more or less' nod.]

[epicfrizz]

Well that's good to hear! It sounds like this particular satellite is a little special though.

[saint_sami]

Wow... you have a bus that flies?!

[Granted, her best friend is a cabbit that turns into a spaceship, but hey! She's eight...plus 700!]

[epicfrizz]

Oh, she does more than fly! But, I need her to be a spaceship right now because, well, we're in space. Hahhah.

[game_over_pal]

I know enough about satellites to know that this satellite probably violates like a hundred interplanetary laws back in the Lylat system.

[Totally glaring at the lizard btw 8|]

[epicfrizz]

[The lizard doesn't seem to mind at all, or so Frizzle thinks, after a minute Liz DOES stick a tongue out at him.

Falco just does not have good luck with things named Liz]

Oh! And where's the Lylat system located? Most of my lessons have focused on THIS galaxy, although I thought I knew most of the other named galaxies.

[verygassy]

...Wow, how'd you get your school bus to work like that?

[epicfrizz]

It's a secret.

[halfdarkened]

...That's the strangest gummi ship I've ever seen.

[epicfrizz]

It isn't a gummy ship, it is a school bus.