fandomhigh | D.A.M.M. - Monday 1/7

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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Chris was having rather similar thoughts.

"Chocolate, dude?" he whispered.

"This guy's nuts," Wyatt whispered back.

Chris nodded. "Do you think we'll actually learn anything about magic?"

"I hope so," Wyatt said. "Otherwise we're better off just going back home and studying the Book of Shadows on our own."

"Yeah, I thought this would be a really helpful class," Chris said. "Oh, but yesterday I met this guy Dean and his dad is teaching Hunting and I think that we'll actually learn stuff in that class."

"Did he say what kind of experience his dad has with demons or anything?" Wyatt asked.

Chris lowered his voice even further. "Apparently a demon killed their mom when his little brother was a baby."

Wyatt winced. "Dude, that sucks. Guess we kinda got something in common."

"Yeah. So they don't have powers or anything, but they still hunt demons," Chris explained.

"That's pretty dangerous," Wyatt said dubiously. "How do they fight demons without powers?"

Chris shrugged. "I guess that's what we're going to learn. And if they can do it without powers, we should be good."

That reminded him of something. "Oh, hey, I met this guy Bridge who has telekinesis. He said he'll teach me how to use mine."

"I met him, too," Wyatt said. "He told me about the weetinybunnies. He knows telekinesis?"

"Yep. He said it's not one of the powers he was born with, but he taught himself how to use it," Chris said. "He has something calling a telekinesis ball."

"Cool," Wyatt said. "Maybe he can teach us both."

Chris nodded. "He'd probably be willing. He also scanned my aura, that's a power he was born with, and said it's a lot like Aunt Paige's, so we should have some white lighter abilities."

"I so want to learn that orbing thing," Wyatt said, grinning.

"Me too," Chris grinned back. "And Bridge thinks I should be able to do it. You should get him to scan you, too."

~~...dirty?~~

Wyatt nodded. "Yeah, next time I run into him I'll ask him about it. Found out anything else interesting about this place yet?"

"Apparently Mom taught a baking workshop here last summer," Chris said. "And most of the people who know that Bel guy Aunt Phoebe's dating said he's not too bad."