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Care for Magical Creatures -- Monday, Period One -- September 01.
Minsc was feeling exceptionally proud of himself for having set up the fandangled Danger Shop thingermajig to resemble a classroom.
...Kind of. It was hardly traditional, but he did manage to get close. There were desks, but they were very short and, instead of rigid chairs, the students would find plush pillows to sit on, inspired by what little he could remember of his education in Rashemen. There wasn't a desk in front, either, just Minsc sitting cross legged on a larger pillow, with a hamster balanced on his knee. He had originally programmed a bigger desk for himself, but had gotten so frustrated with making it that he had, instead, just programmed it in a heap of pieces to one side of the room, presumably thrown in a fit of rage and annoyance.
The class might also notice that, instead of a blackboard, there was a ledge behind Minsc, covered in a thick and cushioning layer of hay and straw. Settled in the bedding were several eggs, of various size, type, and colour.
"Good morning, class!" he greeted them all with a bright, though oddly untraceable accent. "I certainly hope that you are all here to be in Care! for Magical Creatures! If you are not here for that, maybe you will still stay, because it is a fun class, indeed! My name is Minsc and I will be your teacher for great justice! Justice in learning all about the wonderful world of all the creatures that are out there to help us and aid us and for us to think they are very pretty."
Suddenly, Minsc lifted his hand from the knee that didn't have the hamster. "And you are very lucky, children!" he announced. "Because not only do you have me, but you also have Boo! Say hello, Boo!"
There was a pause where nothing happened. Minsc grinned.
"Boo is no ordinary hamster!" Minsc continued, despite the silence that suggested otherwise. "He is a great and powerful giant miniature space hamster, one of the most magical creatures in all the galaxies! He is my very best friend and he will help us in our great quest for knowledge!"
"Now that you know me, I would like to know you, too! And Boo would like to know you, and your classmates would like to know you, so we are going to be having knowing eachotherness all around!" Minsc started waving his arms in the air, a lifting gesture. "Up! Up! One at a time now, and tell us your name and where you are from and why you are in this class and what your favourite animal ever just might be. Mine is the giant miniature space hamster, but I might be a bit biased." Here, he gave a mightily amused chuckle and turned another happy smile on the class.
"And when you are done with that," he said, "you may have noticed these eggs behind me! If you have not noticed them, then talk to me after class, because you are either blind or not paying attention, and those are both issues that we should address with great immediacy! Anyway! Eggs! These are just simulations, but! You must each take your pick of an egg. There could be anything in them, from a wee baby chickadee to a tiny dragon who will one day be great! The only way you will know for sure is if you take good care of it so that, later in the semester, it will hatch! Pick your egg today before you leave, and, every class period, you will have time to care for it so it can hatch into something big and great and magical!"
"Next week, we will talk about the great giant miniature space hamster some more; they have a great, wide, vast wisdom, you know, so I want you all to think real hard now about some good questions to ask Boo! It is a once in a lifetime chance!"
"But for now, speak! Introduct! You there!" He waved his hand up at the first student. "Speak loud and clear and bravely, now!"
[[wait kindly for the ocd is up and Boo is gleeful! huzzah! ]]
[[ Class Syllabus and Roster ]]
...Kind of. It was hardly traditional, but he did manage to get close. There were desks, but they were very short and, instead of rigid chairs, the students would find plush pillows to sit on, inspired by what little he could remember of his education in Rashemen. There wasn't a desk in front, either, just Minsc sitting cross legged on a larger pillow, with a hamster balanced on his knee. He had originally programmed a bigger desk for himself, but had gotten so frustrated with making it that he had, instead, just programmed it in a heap of pieces to one side of the room, presumably thrown in a fit of rage and annoyance.
The class might also notice that, instead of a blackboard, there was a ledge behind Minsc, covered in a thick and cushioning layer of hay and straw. Settled in the bedding were several eggs, of various size, type, and colour.
"Good morning, class!" he greeted them all with a bright, though oddly untraceable accent. "I certainly hope that you are all here to be in Care! for Magical Creatures! If you are not here for that, maybe you will still stay, because it is a fun class, indeed! My name is Minsc and I will be your teacher for great justice! Justice in learning all about the wonderful world of all the creatures that are out there to help us and aid us and for us to think they are very pretty."
Suddenly, Minsc lifted his hand from the knee that didn't have the hamster. "And you are very lucky, children!" he announced. "Because not only do you have me, but you also have Boo! Say hello, Boo!"
There was a pause where nothing happened. Minsc grinned.
"Boo is no ordinary hamster!" Minsc continued, despite the silence that suggested otherwise. "He is a great and powerful giant miniature space hamster, one of the most magical creatures in all the galaxies! He is my very best friend and he will help us in our great quest for knowledge!"
"Now that you know me, I would like to know you, too! And Boo would like to know you, and your classmates would like to know you, so we are going to be having knowing eachotherness all around!" Minsc started waving his arms in the air, a lifting gesture. "Up! Up! One at a time now, and tell us your name and where you are from and why you are in this class and what your favourite animal ever just might be. Mine is the giant miniature space hamster, but I might be a bit biased." Here, he gave a mightily amused chuckle and turned another happy smile on the class.
"And when you are done with that," he said, "you may have noticed these eggs behind me! If you have not noticed them, then talk to me after class, because you are either blind or not paying attention, and those are both issues that we should address with great immediacy! Anyway! Eggs! These are just simulations, but! You must each take your pick of an egg. There could be anything in them, from a wee baby chickadee to a tiny dragon who will one day be great! The only way you will know for sure is if you take good care of it so that, later in the semester, it will hatch! Pick your egg today before you leave, and, every class period, you will have time to care for it so it can hatch into something big and great and magical!"
"Next week, we will talk about the great giant miniature space hamster some more; they have a great, wide, vast wisdom, you know, so I want you all to think real hard now about some good questions to ask Boo! It is a once in a lifetime chance!"
"But for now, speak! Introduct! You there!" He waved his hand up at the first student. "Speak loud and clear and bravely, now!"
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[[ Class Syllabus and Roster ]]
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A look at Sir Marco's arms, however, lead him to doubt this theory, which was good, because he wasn't so sure he liked that idea. Still, his words caused Minsc to nod gravely.
"Ah, yes. The poodle. A truly terrifying beast, I cannot blame you there at all, Sir Marco."
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And then it hit him and he realized that he and the boy were on completely different wavelengths and he let out a laugh. "Oh. Yes. Of course. You crazy teens and you're just-fresh-out-of-battle approaches to fashion, quite amusing! But, you know, a seasoned warrior can still tell that you're green inside, even if the outside shows the shorn petals of war!"
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