fandomhigh | Care for Magical Creatures; Friday, Period 2 [ 03/13 ].

"Good morning, class," Minsc's usual brusqueness was much more subdued today, although he still wore a smile on his face, greeting the students once they were all settled comfortably as usual. In front of him, as always, was the hamster, but also a small assortment of other items: scrolls, vials with bright coloured liquid, a few simple rings. "First off, I would like congratulate you all for clearly doing a fine job of surviving the attack earlier this week! Quite fun! I hope some of you got some good fighting in and those of you who aren't much for fighting managed to stay quite safe! In a bit, we shall celebrate as all great warriors should: by sharing our exploits with each other in great cheer! It is one of the best parts of an epic battle, and I could not dream of making you work when there is celebrating to be had!"

"But that is for later. This," he gestured toward the items, "is for now, as there is no work, but some very important business to cover."

"If any of you have been actually attempting to follow the syllabus, it gets a little messy at the end, but today, especially in the light of fighting something that is a fine but disgusting example of a half-creature, we are going to be talking about your final projects."

"You all remember my friend Jaheira, yes? Well, when she visited, as per request, she brought me some gifts from Faerûn. In front of me are various items for transformation. The scrolls will turn you into an animal for a week, the potions for about two to three days, and the rings are just a one-shot daily thing. I offer the three options to better suit your comfort. I will not hold it against you if you go for a shorter time period, but I will not lie. Those with the most experience are likely to have the better results. You have plenty of time before the end of the semester to make your transformation, so long as you can do it and have a report written about it before your final exam. This gives you the chance to better plan when to transform, to not interfere with other things. Which is more of an advantage than you'd like have elsewhere!"

"Now." Minsc cleared his throat. "I know that some of you are probably appalled at the idea of a transformation or very uncomfortable with the magic, or simply have reservations about the whole thing. I understand that, and if that is a problem, please come talk to me after class. Those not wanting to participate in this project who have very good reason not to will be given an alternate assignment at a later day. Those participating can also do this alternate assignment if they like, but for extra credit."

"Are there any questions? Let us go over those first and then let us begin in the storytelling!"

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"Sir Arthur," Minsc asked, crossing his arms over his chest a little and looking down on the boy and reminding himself that it wasn't very teacher-ly to reassert power by physically reminding him that he could probably crush his skull if he wanted to, "have you ever been transformed into an animal?"

"I was a squirrel one of these past weekends," Arthur gritted out, "It was not high on my list of enjoyable experiences, and it isn't in the least responsible to pressure these people into that kind of risk without a damn good reason."

"Were you harmed?" Minsc asked, simply.

"You certainly seemed to have survived the deadly risk of it well it enough."

"An arrow missed me once, Sir Minsc, that doesn't mean I want to repeat the experience of being shot at, or wish it on anyone else," he snapped. "Take some responsibility for what you're asking these people to do."

"If you do not wish to be shot at, Sir Arthur," said Minsc, "I suggests that you sit down and stop trying to fill in britches that are too big for you. With the questionable exception of Sir Merlin, these people are your fellow students; they do not answer to you and are all big boys and girls who can make their own decisions about what is or is not right for them. They do not need you deciding for them. I understand that this is not what you are used to, but we are also not in your kingdom. I am taking responsibility, Sir Arthur; I would never, ever dream of putting my students in harm's way. I suggest that you stop assuming so much responsibility."

Arthur closed his mouth. Minsc was his superior in this class - even if he felt his position as TA certainly warranted some level of responsibility over these people - and he'd obey a direct order.

That didn't keep him from glaring.

Or saying, "If there are any preparations to be made for this assignment, you can leave me out of them," before ~~flouncing~~ stalking off.

Minsc grunted a little, letting his shoulders relax only after Arthur had ~~flounced~~ stalked off, and then sighing.

Ugh. Nobility. Still, he felt he handled that pretty okay; he was definitely channeling as much of Dynaheir as he could, though, that was for sure.

Especially in that he didn't just hit some sense into the boy. He thought his repression regarding Sir Merlin was bad, but man-oh-man...

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