Thaumaturgy 101 - Thursday - First Period - 1/08

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She was more than glad to see, as her students streamed in, more than a couple familiar faces and quite a few new ones. After the heavy lecture of the last class, she was rather excited for this one. Oh the plans that she had...

"Well," she said as she stepped away from her desk, her blue corduroy walking dress swishing ever so faintly in the morning sun, "you've come to this class, I should like to hope, to learn the very basics of thaumaturgy. Were you to be interested in pistolry, this would be comparable to learning to build the contraption. Should you have been interested in dance, this is where you would learn the steps.

"Thaumaturgy is a complex art, to be sure, with many schools and branches and ideologies mixed into it but there is, at it's heart, a logic and a methodology, else it should be very hard to teach, don't you think?"

She didn't wait for an answer, but went on.

"I myself hold a doctorate in the subject, but my area of expertise is in forensic sorcery. My schooling was done with many of the Teutonic masters and so I admit that there might be something of a slant; I shall do my best to correct this should it become anything like a problem. For today, however, we shall of course be doing introductions and I will be handing out the syllabus and a small survey."

[ocd is a go!]

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Sign in - Thaumaturgy 101

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

It's MAGIC!

Re: Sign in - Thaumaturgy 101

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah Levine

Listen to the Lecture / Chat Amongst Yourselves

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She's not a terrible stickler, but if your conversations get too loud or involved, she will start poking her nose in. It's the first day, though, so that would be pretty loud and pretty involved, though.

Re: Listen to the Lecture / Chat Amongst Yourselves

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, Johnny was in this class. Chris tossed a note to him.

Dude, I need to talk to you.

Syllabus and Survey

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"If you would take one of these (http://brandyforapples.livejournal.com/10482.html#cutid2) and one of these. Keep the first and fill out the second, fold it up, and pass it to the front by the end of class, please."

For reasons I would prefer to remain private, it would be in everyone's best interest that the subject of _________________ not be raised or taught in this class for the protection of myself or other persons on these grounds.

"Honesty, please."

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly took a syllabus, and then studied the survey, almost in confusion. She knew almost nothing about thaumaturgy, or the things that could occur, or that she had anything to worry about in that area. So she left the survey blank, but handed it back anyway.

For reasons I would prefer to remain private, it would be in everyone's best interest that the subject of _________________ not be raised or taught in this class for the protection of myself or other persons on these grounds.

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris entered the important dates from the syllabus into his day planner and then studied the second form.

He couldn't think of anything that would fit the category, so he left it blank and turned it in.

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny took a syllabus but left the form blank.

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[absolutesnark]

Summer didn't really have anything to add to the form, so she left it blank.

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[likethegun]

Sam took a syllabus, and after looking over the form, he left it blank. He'd taken enough of Ms. Garrett's classes to know that she wouldn't cover anything that shouldn't be covered.

Re: Syllabus and Survey

[wantstodirect]

Tony took a copy of the syllabus and returned the survey blank.

Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"My name, as you might have picked up, is DCI Abigail Irene Garrett. I come to the subject as a Doctor of the Thaumaturgy School at Oxford, with degrees in Forensic Sorcery and Lesser Alchemy. I am a servant of the Crown working in the New World, America as it were, and currently my duke has decided my best use would be here."

She smiled at them even if that bit still stuck in her craw something fierce.

"If each of you could give your name, some explanation as to where you're from, and your knowledge of the subject at hand, that would be sufficient."

[crosschat as you like!]

Re: Introductions

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

"I'm Molly," she said, glancing around at everyone else as if wondering what they could do, magically speaking, "I'm from Chicago, um, a couple of years ago, and I know, well, pretty much nothing about any of this."

Re: Introductions

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"I'm Chris Halliwell, I'm from San Francisco, circa 2021 and aside from knowing it's some type of magic, I don't know anything about this subject," Chris said.

Re: Introductions

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Ohaiyo!" Dōjima said, waving a little. "Dōjima Yurika, from Tokyo."

"I'm here because I've been informed I'm going into, ano," Dōjima had a hunch that calling herself a Witch Hunter during the class introduction would probably not go over well. "Magical law enforcement upon graduation."

There. Nice, neutral, completely true, and not touching on her real job at all.

Re: Introductions

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"I'm Johnny Storm, from New York City and I, uh... my girlfriend's in this class." Which was awesome! But he knew nothing about Thaumaturgy.

Re: Introductions

[absolutesnark]

"I'm Summer Roberts and I'm from Newport Beach, California. It's 2006 back home," Summer said. "I don't really know anything about this subject, but I would like to learn as much as I can about anything related to magic."

Especially if she was going to be around it all of her life.

Re: Introductions

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"I'm Savannah Levine. I'm taking this class because I've enjoyed all of the classes you've done so far... and I'm a witch."

Re: Introductions

[likethegun]

"I'm Sam," he said, addressing that more to the people around him. "I'm from Kansas, sort of, about nine years behind where we are here. But I've been here long enough to get used to that. I have some basic knowledge of the subject, just enough to know that I want to learn more."

Re: Introductions

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

"My name is Agnes Nitt, and I'm from the Kingdom of Lancre, which is in the mountains of a different world. And I'm a witch. I... I'm not really sure what thaumaturgy is, to be honest. I just thought it was a fancy word for 'magic'."

Re: Introductions

[wantstodirect]

"My name's Tony. I'm from Vancouver, Canada, present day. I'm here because I'm a wizard. At least, I'm learning. I've got a kind of home study course, but I want to learn as much as I can."

Re: Introductions

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

"I'm Harry," Harry said. "And I'm a wizard. Thaumaturgy, at least the way I know it, is ritual magic. I know enough to get by. But I don't know what yours is like, so here I am. Plus it's always good to know more."

Abby Irene

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"If anyone should like to act as my teaching assistants for this course, I will of course be taking some. One or two depending on the interest."

And so she was there, all during class and some after for anyone who might want to speak to her.

Re: Abby Irene

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

What a surprise, Savannah was here.

OOC

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

AND NOW TO BED OMG.