Language Classes, 10/31

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Dream is wearing a sombrero today, and he does not look at all silly. Really. He has also put a plastic pumpkin full of hard candy on his desk for students to take from as they wish.

A dragon naps curled up on a blanket on the corner of a classroom. Some students may recognize him.

Hello.

To mark All Hallow's Eve, we will be discussing supernatural events in class today. I hope you find them entertaining. I have also handed out vocabulary sheets of words used around this holiday.

Classics students: I will read to you Homer's account of Achilles' encounter with the ghost of Patroclus. Note how the description of the ghost compares to our modern concept of spirits, or hauntings, and write a paragraph about this for class Wednesday.

Languages of Asia: The Jiangshi, or "hopping corpses," are the vampires of China. Many folktales feature them, and I will recount a few now. For homework, write a paragraph on how these vampires compare to the vampires of your home dimension.

Dream dims the lights in his classroom.

He is an excellent storyteller.

I wish you all a pleasant Halloween.

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Connor signs in, and takes his usual seat. He settles in to listen to the tales.

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Murphy signs in a few minutes later.

For some reason, he takes a seat a few spaces away from his twin.

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Connor galnces at him, eyes the empty seat directly beside him and gives Murphy a confused look.

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Murphy bites his lip and turns away, seemingly focused on his notetaking.

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Connor wonders if he did something to upset Murphy, and thinks if anyone has a right to be upset it's him since Murphy never showed at the Halloween Ball last night.