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sharp_as_knives ([personal profile] sharp_as_knives) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2015-09-13 10:41 pm

Creative Inspirations | Monday, period one

When today's class had been asked to meet on the Causeway, there had been no special instructions, no strange vehicle in wait for them to take them somewhere strange and exotic and dangerous. Just Jonothon and Hannibal, waiting near an open portal, like so many classes before this one, back in the summer sessions.

Jono, at least, was looking pretty pleased about all of this. He liked today's inspiration of choice.

//Morning, class,// he greeted, giving the students a nod. //Today, we're going to be taking in another man-made wonder, and one that's rather close to my heart.// Please nobody mention how his heart had been left behind in bits and pieces all over a coat room in London somewhere, thank you. //Today, we're going to the library.//

Hannibal looked equally pleased with today's jaunt, though his content expression was somewhat marred by a still-healing black eye and bruised jaw. He was in a very nice suit and looking as suave as possible to compensate. Or at least to avoid looking like an unsavory character. "Specifically, we're going to the Abbey Library of Saint Gall, in Switzerland. It's one of the oldest and most beautiful in Europe, so I'm told. There is evidence of a library there as early as 820, and its collection has become renowned over the years; it has been declared a World Heritage site."

//If you have any sense of appreciation for beautiful things that persevere, you might find yourself awed by the architecture and the books alike,// Jono added. //But please, be respectful of both. Much of what you'll see is very literally priceless, and libraries deserve respect.//

"If you have any questions, please let us know." Hannibal nodded at Cosette. "Most of the staff will speak French, and some will know English as well," he told the others, "although if you know German, that will be easiest." Hannibal knew them all, naturally.

After making certain there were no questions, he waved them through the portal.

Sign in!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Quietly!

Listen to the lecture!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Such as it is.

Enjoy the library!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Their site is here (http://www.stibi.ch/en-us/library/lendinglibraryreadingroom.aspx), and you can actually walk about inside via Google here (http://tinyurl.com/q7929q2)!

Create!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Draw, paint, compose, play, whatever you like!

Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Once they ping in.

OOC!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's Monday somewhere, right? *thud*

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
At the library, Hannibal was going to wander around taking it in, picking up books from time to time to admire or read.

In the classroom, he'd be sketching the place from memory.
that_oldsaying: (spooky toys)

Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Alluka Zoldyck
that_oldsaying: (Look that way (w/killua))

Re: Create!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
And it was back to crayons today, since she actually felt fairly certain about how to use crayons and everything else was still a bit of a mystery.

What was decidedly not mysterious was her obsession with drawing princess dresses. No sirree. That was perfectly rooted in Alluka's logic.
that_oldsaying: (Yay! (w/jacket and hair up))

Re: Enjoy the library!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh gosh. Oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh!

It wasn't that Alluka was awed by the books (boring!) or the way the building looked (that was for old people!) but she was beyond thrilled becaaaaause this was the perfect place for a princess.

So she was going to be over here, clutching her stuffed bunny in her arms, and practicing sitting like a beautiful princess by one of the windows. Every now and then she'd get up and practice swooping over to the next window with as much dignity and class as she could muster.

At... least... she was quiet?
rebelseekspizza: (dante - arrival)

Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Dante
rebelseekspizza: (dante - up)

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Libraries. Boring. Which suited Dante just fine for this class.

He did, however, spend some of the explanation squinting at Hannibal, trying to figure out who - or what - he'd pissed off.
rebelseekspizza: (dante pb - black and white)

Re: Enjoy the library!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Dante strolled through it, mostly for lack of anything better to do. "Yeah, those are definitely books," he muttered. "...And more books."

There was something weirdly familiar about the place, though. But he couldn't put his finger on it, so he forgot about it. The other option was to let a stupid library make him unsettled, and that wasn't going to happen.
rebelseekspizza: (dante - facepalm)

Re: Create!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Dante spent the second half of class doodling little frowning angel figures on a piece of paper. Nothing better to do, right?

Well, besides make up library puns for the stick figures to make.
candycrushlove: (Majandra_Delfino_026)

Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] candycrushlove 2015-09-14 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
Maria DeLuca
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Re: Talk to the teachers!

[personal profile] furnaceface 2015-09-14 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
Jono's time in the library was mostly spent gazing upwards, drinking in the sight of the richly painted ceilings while soaking in the atmosphere of a beautiful room full of beautiful books.

After their return to the classroom, he'd reached for a pencil and a sheet of paper, and now he was writing. Maybe lyrics, maybe poetry. At the end of the day, the two weren't all that different.
candycrushlove: (Majandra_Delfino_067)

Re: Enjoy the library!

[personal profile] candycrushlove 2015-09-14 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Maria was loving the books and the architecture -- even while she was quietly seething about the bruises on Dr. Lecter's face. How dare someone hit one of her favorite teachers? (She'd seen enough football player fights and had seen Max's face after some of Kyle's would-be friends jumped him to know what hitting looked like.)

So, she was here, trying to pay attention to the amazing library even while her mind was trying to think if she had something in her bag or in her dorm room among all of her oils that would help.
that_oldsaying: (Who me?)

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Alluka took a break from princessing around (totally an accurate term!) to sidle on over to Hannibal. If he'd let her, she was going to take hold of his hand.

"Were you in a fight?" she asked curiously and not the least bit concerned.

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal squeezed her hand and gave her a reassuring smile. "Of a sort, yes." Being kidnapped was a sort of fight, wasn't it? "But Jono and his friend saved me."

Re: Enjoy the library!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Eventually, Hannibal passed by Dante; he nodded at him pleasantly. "Did you have a question? You seemed very intent on our introduction." Or on Hannibal's bruises. One of those.
rebelseekspizza: (dante - some bite)

Re: Enjoy the library!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Was his teacher actually getting passive-aggressive with him, or was Dante imagining it?

Well. There was only one response to that, either way.

"Yeah. Who the fuck did you piss off?"

Re: Enjoy the library!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Less passive-aggressive, and more giving him either an opening or an out.

Hannibal chuckled. "Nobody, initially. Jono's world is home to a number of unsavory people. Some of them decided I would make an easy target."
rebelseekspizza: (dante - down)

Re: Enjoy the library!

[personal profile] rebelseekspizza 2015-09-14 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It didn't really matter. You gave Dante an opening, he took it. He was just wired that way. Practically compulsive.

"So did you win or did you lose?" he asked, sounding like he was only faintly invested in the answer.
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Re: Sign in!

[personal profile] wildandbrave 2015-09-14 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Cosette Fauchelevent

Re: Enjoy the library!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal thought about it for a moment. "With help, I won."

He was, after all, alive.

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