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[OOC: Class will be Mondays, Wednesdays, and possibly Fridays, all day. As long as people post that day, they are considered present. However, for your character's scheduling purposes, consider it magic time. Jareth has a busy schedule. He holds class whenever it suits him, and you can just get snatched over to the class when it starts and sent back at the same time when it's over--even when you're sleeping!]

CLASS IN SESSION

"Good afternoon, class. Welcome to Manipulation, Myth, and Magic. I am, of course, Jareth. The Goblin King. My teaching assistant this year is

darkchylde_. I hope you all checked in with her when she gathered the class roster.

"Let's start with my expectations, shall we?

"Defy me, and I will send you to the Bog of Eternal Stench. Most other things--for instance, not completing your assignments--are negotiable, but are not without their price.

"The purpose of this class is to explore how manipulation, mythology, and magic interact together and with people, throughout history and the present. There will be practical demonstrations.

"Occasionally we will have a lab class where I will present several specimens for your further study. I will also give pop quizzes at my whim.

Today's Lecture

"All of the themes in this class relate and apply to sentient beings. This is convenient, since presumably all of you are sentient beings. Take manipulation, for example. Everyone in this room has used manipulation at one point or another. It is the act of doing one thing in order to trick someone else into doing what you--" Jareth pauses and gets a distant look in his eyes.

"I'll be back in a moment." He walks out of room (through the door, this time), is gone for precisely two seconds, and strolls back in, wearing a different outfit, and carrying a child. He snaps his fingers and four goblins scurry in with a throne. He directs them to put it down, kicks one out of the way, and collapses with the baby.

"Now, as I was saying, each of you has used manipulation many times in your life, starting from when you were small children," he jiggles the baby. "You would cry to get what you wanted. Granted, you could not outright ask for what you wanted, but that does not make your actions less manipulative.

"Your assignment for today is to write about at least one time in your life where you have consciously manipulated another person. It need not be the length of a grimoire, but the more thorough and succinct you are, the higher you will be graded.

"They will be due [in this post] by tomorrow morning.

darkchylde_ will count them to make sure everyone has turned theirs in. And now I open the floor to your questions and...concerns." Jareth shifts the baby to the side of his lap and looks out at the class.

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Draco is immediately impressed by Jareth. Not only because he seems to be the only magical teacher he has, he likes the way the guy dresses. Can never go wrong with black, thinks Draco.
When Draco hears about the assignment he looks like his birthday has come early.

Ah, where to begin? I've always been manipulative. I use my charm to get girls to do what I want. I use well-placed threats to get what I want from everyone else. I think my favorite time I used manipulation was this one time in school when this oaf Hagrid brought hippogriffs to class. I got injured by one and I spent the next month or so using the injury to get out of doing things. I had Potter do my potion's for me, I got attention from scores of people, it got the hippogriff a death sentence (he escaped) and I almost got that idiot Hagrid fired. He wouldn't have been fired if Dumbledore wasn't there. Ah well, he's not there any more, that's for sure.
Manipulation is actually very important in my job. In fact my newest assignment at uh, work deals with it.

*Paige looks over at Draco* You do know I'm here right?

Draco looks startled for a second. He smiles at Paige and leans over to whisper in her ear.
Can you believe this class? I hope he bought my manipulation story...hippogriffs, what the hell are those?
Draco puts on his most innocent face and hopes Paige can't see he's lying through his perfect white teeth.

*Paige shakes her head and laughs slightly* Hmmm, I guess I'll let you off, but only since you're so damn cute! *Paige winks at Draco*

*DEATH walks over to Malfoy and stands imposingly behind him, weilding his scythe in an intimidating manner. He looks rather displeased, for a creature with no expression*

Draco looks nervously at Death. Perhaps there is something scarier than Voldemort. How did I end up partnering with this guy?, Draco thinks to himself.

O-Of course not Death. I would never hurt your...Binky.

*DEATH nods*

Hello, class

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