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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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*Paige looks at the new boy* well that's a nicer story than Draco's she thinks

*Paige smiles at Harry*

*Harry smiles back*

I...uh...don't remember meeting you.

I'm Paige Matthews, you're new right?

Harry Potter. Yeah. One of the new sign-ups.

*Paige thinks aboutwhat Draco told her (http://www.livejournal.com/users/pure_blooddraco/2183.html), decides he's pissed her off so carries on talking*

Oh you're Harry are you? I've heard about you *Paige galnces at Draco* So how are you liking it here?

*follows her glance at Draco* Malfoy told you about me? *frowns a bit* If he's the one who told you about me, I'm surprised you're talking to me at all!

I'm liking Fandom High quite a bit - although there are quite a few Americans around. It's a big change from my previous school. That's not necessarily a bad thing of course.

What were things like where you came from?

*Paige laughs* Me and Draco aren't really seeing eye to eye at the moment. He's not told me much about you're old school.

Oh where I'm from it's pretty normal, the school I went to was ok, til I get kicked out, that's why I'm here.

Can you tell me why you got kicked out? *grins* Or is it a secret?

*Paige looks down at her desk* I kinda went off the rails when my parents died, you know drinking, skipping classes, getting into fights that sort of thing. *Paige pauses* I'm trying harder here though, well I've been to all my classes so far, what more do they want?

You're an orphan, too?

*pauses and blushes as he realises he's given away his own background, but continues*

It must be really hard to have known your parents and then lose them.

*Paige smiles slightly trying to make Harry feel better*

Well sort of I was adopted, so I never knew my real parents, my adopted parents were great though, not that I knew it at the time

I guess your parents are who brought you up. If they cared about you, I mean.

*Paige smiles* Yeah of course, I'd like to find my birth parents one day though, maybe find out why they abandoned me

Hello, class

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