D.A.M.M. - Monday 1/7 - Period 1

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Once the students are settled a dramatic explosion fills the space in front of the white board, generating a purple sparkling mushroom cloud of moaning skulls. When it clears, a tall wild eyed man in a red smoking jacket and pin-stripped slacks is standing there.

"Greeeeeetings students!" he says sweeping an arm out in a grand gesture that encompassed the lot of them. "I. Am Doctor Orpheus! And I am here to teach you all Defense Against the Dark Arts. There are many who would plumb the depths of the arcane, and each has their own reasons. Unfortunately, more often then we'd like, those reasons are greed! ANGER! REEEEEEEVENGE!!!"

As Orpheus talks, he paces back and forth in front of the white board while making dramatic gestures with his hands. He enunciates every syllable of every word as if he is being paid by the diphthong, this gives him a vaguely English sounding accent. (You'd never know he was from Maine.)

"For the most part, it is not the art that is dark but how it is used. I myself, am a Necro...mancer. It is unfortunate that some of those with similar training tend to be on the... creepy side. I assure you, the art of Neck-row-ma-see, is NOT all about dead things... A few publicity hungry bad eggs have foisted this stereotype upon the rest of us. The rest of us who combat these nogoodnicks with the ULTIMATE WEAPON!"

Byron strikes a dramatic pose and he radiates a golden light.

"Knowledge!!!"

The light fades.

"Knowledge is power! And with some knowledge comes great power. And with great power comes a whole lot of crap that you have to deal with if you abuse it. And by 'crap', I mean people like myself and the other members of THE ORDER OF THE TRIAD!" He exclaims as a glowing yellow triangular symbol appears behind him.

He's slightly concerned that he's just told his students that he and his brethren are "crap" but he decides to power through that.

"Firstly, we will discuss the most important weapon at your disposal in the battle against the darkly used arts..."

A plate of gourmet candy floats over to his hand.

"CHOCOLATE!!!"

[[ooc: please wait for OCD]]

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V. Cally

DURING THE LECTURE

[bluewindbreaker.livejournal.com]

Take notes, pass notes, pick your jaw up off the floor.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Still just as loony, Walter was pleased to observe.

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[blessed_twice]

Wyatt stared.

He was beginning to suspect this class might not be as useful as he had hoped.

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna wondered why she still expected the teachers to be sane.

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow took notes eagerly. She was rather enjoying things so far.

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[smartestone]

Hermione's kind of concerned listening to this... but he can't be worse than Umbridge.

So takes notes anyway.

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[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna knew a lot of people who worked with dark magic and went a little crazy because of it, so she wasn't....terribly surprised by the strange new teacher, but there were definately a few moments where she forgot about taking notes and just sort of...tilted her head, slid one eye shut. This...would be interesting.

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[notajar]

Door dutifully takes notes, though she does raise an eyebrow at the chocolate.

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[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim took notes. There may have been doodling in the margins.

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara was going to take notes even if she wasn't entirely comfortable with the strange pen she had found. But then the man began to glow, and while she was mostly certain that he wasn't some type of Avatar, she spent more time trying to figure out if he was a Firebender, charlatan, or just nuts.

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[likethegun]

Sam wasn't sure whether to be amused at the teacher's insanity, or disappointed at the idea of not learning much.

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[2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com]

Hikaru took a few notes, up until the chocolate part. Maybe this class wasn't the best idea after all..

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[wannabehunter]

Despite feeling like she needed a caffeine drip (stupid morning class), Jo paid rapt attention.

She even took notes.

Necromancer.

Despite protests, could be evil.

Do demons have this much love for melodrama?

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was torn between staring at this guy whom was clearly nuts and taking notes.

She was bothering with this stuff why?

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[narglette.livejournal.com]

Luna took prodigious notes and even sketched this professor, all so that she could send off letters to her father, and Harry and the DA to ask if, perhaps, the Doctor might not be one of those escaped from Azkaban.

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[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Ah great, another loony for defense against the dark arts. Couldn't be crazier than Lupin though. Draco did his best to take notes but the dramatic accent was making it difficult.

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[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger didn't exactly take notes. He did have a small audio recorder, though.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn took notes, as usual, and couldn't help but wonder why Giles had never told her chocolate was magical. There would definitely be a discussion later, oh yes.

Dear Giles,

We could have been fighting evil by eating chocolate? Let me see. Gross entrails and languages. Chocolate. Hours and hours and hours of training. Chocolate.

I am very put out. Send truffles.

Love,
Dawn

CHOCOLATE!!!

[bluewindbreaker.livejournal.com]

Ask your teacher WTF is he on about.

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"...Chocolate?"

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"TA?"

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"What does chocolate have to do with magic?" Alanna asked, more than a little puzzled.

OOC

[bluewindbreaker.livejournal.com]

Ping me if you need something.

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[notawitch.livejournal.com]

I've been away on vacation for the past week or so in real life, and I've just finished finalizing with the admins OOC that Will has been put in this class. Did you still want me to ping into this class lecture, or wait until next week?