Magick on the Fly - Thursday, 5/14 - Period Four

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

As her class came in, she smiled a little; it was nice to see familiar faces, after all, especially considering her recent troubled thoughts on the subject of teaching. It made her feel as if she was doing something instead of just standing in front of a room droning.

"Well, it's very nice to see all of you again, and I'm happy to see new faces as well. My name is Professor Garrett, though if you shout DCI, I will more than likely respond to that as well. I hold a ThD and have worked in the field of forensic sorcery for more than a decade of active duty. Suffice to say, I know the subject."

She walked from one end of the class to the other, glad she'd made sure to have their syllabi on their desks.

"Magick should always be done with consideration and foresight. Or rather, such would it be in a perfect world. Unfortunately, the world likes to get in the way with false leads, deadly dangers, and other such niceties, which is why you should always be prepared to do your magick at a moment's notice in some cases. This class is to prepare you for that eventuality: imperfect timing, imperfect tools, imperfect situations. This is rough and tumble sorcery, which is certainly no exact science, but I'm here to teach you the class so I like to think I know something on the matter.

"Today is just for introductions, however. Name, class or age as you feel comfortable, your experience with magick, and your experience with having to do so in less than optimal conditions if you might have such a situation you can share."

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Comments

Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Abigail Irene Garrett, servant of the crown, and your instructor. You'll get the benefit of my experience throughout this course, so I think I'll save the anecdotes for then."

Re: Introductions

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Eleanor Robinson, I'm a newly arrived second-year," if that made sense, "and I'm an apprentice Fire Mage."

She considered the other part of the Professor's request. Her experience. "There was a situation I was involved in, where another mage was drawing upon some rather horrific dark magic and I and one other mage had to stop her."

Which wasn't the whole story, but close enough for now.

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She looked out at the class.

"This goes for all of you: if there is something which would make you uncomfortable or which would endanger you, you are welcome to keep it to yourself. If there is something in this class that you find uncomfortable or information that would endanger you, I would ask you to speak to me privately and we will figure out something to do to ensure your safety."

Then she turned to Eleanor.

"Thank you, however, for sharing what you did."

Re: Introductions

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, my lady," she replied promptly, with a bit of a bow.

It was hardly endangering anymore since Alison was dead, so it didn't bother her to share that much. And she'd worry about other past issues if they ever came up.

Re: Introductions

[bitten_notshy]

"Jack Priest, and I am a senior," Jack stated. "I've never studied magic, but as I'm from your world I thought it might serve me well to take this class."

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She eyed him for a moment, somewhat uneasy with this even as she felt a thrill at the thought of someone from her own world.

"As you are from my world, there is the question of the legality of your place in my class," she pointed out to him quietly, "as I would be instructing you in thaumaturgy at an unlicensed school without marking you properly for such training."

But she'd thought over this ever since they'd met at the picnic and she already had her answer.

"However, we are currently in the United States, and as I am outside of my jurisdiction as a servant of the Crown in both time and space, I trust we can wave such formalities. The needs of this place require one to be versed in as much useful information as possible."

And she would feel guilty if anything happened to him because she didn't teach him something that could be useful in a crisis situation.

Re: Introductions

[bitten_notshy]

"I assumed you would have cleared questions of the proprieties before accepting my enrollment," Jack said, equally quietly. He understood what she meant; he had simply thought the training in the class would not rise to any level she would feel violated her position.

"Thank you for your consideration. If you ever want me to leave the class or do an alternate exercise, I will." A brief smile. "I never wish to make you uncomfortable."

Re: Introductions

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"Savannah Levine. I'm a witch and this coming year is going to be my senior year." She paused. "And I'm of the belief that you can never have enough training and learning when it comes to magic."

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"You've certainly proved that to me," she said with a faint teasing smile.

Re: Introductions

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

She smiled back. "What can I say, your classes are very informative and helpful."

No, she wasn't being flattering, she was being honest. She felt she had learned a great deal since she began taking Professor Garrett's classes.

Re: Introductions

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"I'm Diana Hansen, a Junior from Canada, and I have some powers." Diana finally admitted.

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Very nice to meet you, Miss Hansen. Thank you."

Re: Introductions

[wantstodirect]

"I'm Tony," Tony said. "I'm a rising senior and a wizard. I don't know if I've ever done magic under 'optimal conditions.'"

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Then you'll be an old hand at this?"

She was teasing a little.

Re: Introductions

[wantstodirect]

"Hopefully," Tony smiled. "I'm pretty sure I'll have plenty of use for the material."

Re: Introductions

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana crumpled a piece of paper and tweaked the Possibilities to make sure it flew at Tony.

Re: Introductions

[wantstodirect]

Tony turned to see who had thrown the paper.

Re: Introductions

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"I'm Leda, and I'm a junior." She shrugged. "I'm an Elf, magic is just kind of part of what I am."

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She eyed the girl thoughtfully.

"How so? And by that, I'm only questioning the applications and manner of your use of magic."

Re: Introductions

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Oh, animating inanimate objects, transfiguration, moving pictures, alternatives to tech, that sort of thing."

Re: Introductions

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"My name is Merlin," He said, looking around and hoping no one was going to comment again. "I'm a senior here, I believe. And--I've only recently begun learning magic."

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Good," she said cheerfully, "which means I have no bad habits to break you of. That makes things much simpler."

Re: Introductions

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Right! Wait... "Bad habits?"

Re: Introductions

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

"Agnes Nitt, witch," Agnes announced. "Just learning. I'm not really sure what the 'optimal' conditions for magic would be, since where I'm from it's meant to be a tool of last resort."

Re: Introductions

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Optimal conditions would be with all necessary tools at the right time while in the right frame of mind," she specified, "though I certainly agree with you. Magick should always be the last resort; using it as a crutch will only bring about failure.

"It's just that there are situations in which 'last resort' does not necessarily mean 'my back is to the wall and the monsters are closing in'."