Looking over the papers again as you get ready for class, you notice that oddly enough, a bunch of students wrote in their essays a translation of an obscure prophesy, something about a spider ruling a nation with no land. Each wrote a couple of sentences but together they wrote the entire thing.
Spider... surely this doesn't have anything to do with that weird dream I had of Kalli?... no, that's just absurd.You pick up the rude essay you had set aside, glancing over it with agitated suspicion, and decide to put it at the bottom of the stack so it would be easier to see who picks it up. It was probably that guy that had the accident that turned him into a zebra; apparently it also made him an ass as well. An assbra, if you will.. or would that be a zass?
Anyway, you put the stack of essays in your bag and leave for the university.
Passing by the abandoned factory and the wizard gang houses, you head towards Bumbleton, entering through the gates onto campus.
You arrive at the classroom on time, a few minutes before class starts. A few of the students are already there, with others just arriving.
In the front row is the wide-eyed, always enthusiastic and on-time Mary Maples, whose innocent and cheerful disposition seems somewhat unfitting for a student of Advanced Death Magic for Beginners. You figure that she's probably just morbidly curious or something.
Behind Mary, all the way in the back corner is Staavin, a lonesome aloof kid who can often be seen staring out the window at nothing in particular. You wonder if he's always been like this, or if he was perhaps affected in some way by the recent gang activity.
Entering the classroom now are four students, similarly dressed in black and green and seemingly moving in syncronicity: Jeanie Ethyls, Xozoik Gremugra, Ni Um, and John Doe. Rarely seen associating with other students, these four seem to have cliquecraft down to an art. It's no wonder their essays were also so cryptically in sync with one anothers.
Following them in soon afterwards is Rex Frenwick, a particularly obnoxious student who is rather adamant about pursuing a romantic relationship with you, his teacher. Even after notifying him several times of his inappropriate mindset, he still doesn't seem to get it, as he winks at you, taking his seat. You sigh, rolling your eyes.
Several more students soon enter, one of which is Cyro Pognerth, always grumpy and full of attitude ever since that incident where he was turned into a zebra. Sure, equid-transmogrification potions look a little bit like the beverages served at the school cafeteria, but there is an obvious difference in hue, of which you are sure Cyro is now quite aware of. He glares at you as he passes your desk.
As the last of the students arrive, the class looks nearly complete, and the day's lessons can begin.
You first have the students come up to the table to pick up their essays. A few of them groan in complaint, not wanting to move from their desks. However, they become quite a bit more motivated when you threaten to give them a visit to the 'timeout box'. Kids these days need proper discipline, and extreme petrifying fear is just the tool to teach them to behave like the wretched subordinates they are.
You watch with contempt as the lazy cretins fetch their essays. One by one the essays are retrieved, until there is just one left: the bottom-most one you had intentionally put there. And there is just one student without an essay standing before you: Cyro Pognerth.
Cyro looks at you with the same amount of disdain with which you look at him and the other students. He then picks up the last essay and glances at it for a long moment.
He then glances at you, and finally takes the essay, proudly turning away to return to his seat. Checkmate, Mr. Culprit.
Although, you aren't really sure what to do about this brazen insubordination. Typically, a good ol' series of severe punishments would do the job. But Cyro seems like he's past that point of caring. Maybe you should just let this one slide? The thought of allowing disobedience to go unpunished doesn't quite sit well with you, though.
Anyway, on to the lesson plan for the day...
Jess Bluethorn
Health: Good, slightly hung over
Equipment:
- Master Wizard's Hat
- Master Wizard's Robes
- Master Wizard's Wand
- Magic Watch
- Silken Shoes
Inventory:
- 80 Gold
- Bumbleton Arcane University Teacher's ID
- Finer Tastes Cult Insignia
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