20 Feb, Class Time, Classroom 2-2
Yes! FINALLY, after so many theory lessons, we have a Chem practical lesson.
Mayuri-sensei is just so darn COOL! It's just a pity that he's creepy too. I can't believe he's Nemu-sensei's FATHER.
Yeah, so today we were testing for hydrogen. You light a burning splint and put it at the mouth of the tube. Then it goes out with a 'pop' sound.
Of course, Renji and Ikkaku (lab partners) just had to ruin the lesson. They have this stupid motto: "Bigger is better."
So what did they do? They took 1 LITRE of Sulphuric acid and mixed it with lots and lots of calcium oxide. Then they lit the splint.
BOOM.
Fortunately (for us, not them), the blast only hit them, Kurosaki and Matsumoto (who were working next to them). And then we were treated to a spectacular show of the 4 of them jumping around going "OWW! It burns!"
And then while hopping around like headless chickens, they knocked over this beaker of water at 80 degrees Celcius heating up nearby. It fell on Renji's hand.
Then he started running around in pain and blind panic, in search of cool water, and totally forgetting that the TAP had cool water. Then he spotted this beaker of ice at one of the empty tables. He ran towards it, also apparently forgetting that 1: big objects moving at high speed find it hard to stop and 2: the shelf built into the front of the table contained a lot of glass apparatus.
CRASH.
All the glass broke.
So as a result of 'improper lab behavior', as Mayuri-sensei calls it (I call it the amazing hydrogen saga), Renji was fined $20, and then were subjected to total humiliation by being shrieked at by both Mayuri-sensei and Urahara-sensei (drawn over by the ruckus) about safety in the lab.
Al in all, a great lesson.