Creature Languages, 3/16, Period 3

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Dream stands before class in his robes, a raven perched on his shoulder. There is a stack of vocabulary handouts on the table in the front of the room.

"This is Matthew. He will be teaching you today," Dream says, then steps aside.

Matthew takes flight, circling over the heads of the students, before perching back on the lectern and opening his beak. He speaks in English.

"Hey. I'm Matthew, like the boss said. I used to be a man, I smashed up my car, now I'm a raven. It happens."

And if birds could shrug, that's what he would be doing. "Anyhow. It's pretty cool. I'm even used to eating rats now, and our culture's pretty neat, if I do say so myself."

"I hate this lecturing thing. Study your vocabulary sheets and then ask me a question. Raven's better, but if you have to speak in English, go ahead."

With that, Matthew snaps his beak shut and watches the class expectantly.

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Mr. Neilson leaves a paw print.

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Stark signs in.

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Zero signed in.

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Talk in class, Crature, 3/16

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Study those vocabulary sheets.

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Molly spent quite a bit of time studying her vocabulary sheet and trying to think of something to ask Matthew.

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Walter looked the vocabulary sheet over and the handout about ravens from the last class.

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Xander... studied his vocabulary sheet. Not that he really took much in, because his brain was all cramemd full of Shakespeare, but he at least aimed his gaze in the direction of the words...

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Victor tried hard to concentrate on his study sheets. He really did. But, unfortunately, that strange weariness was still screwing with him.

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Cordy looks over her vocabulary sheet blearily and sighs.

Talk to Matthew, 3/16

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Find out what he has to say.

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//W-// Blair cleared his throat and tried again. //Hu-//

"That's odd." Blair shrugged. "I can't seem to make the sound. So...um... what's the biggest difference between human culture and raven culture. Besides being a bird?"

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Pippi thought about what to ask.

//You said... that you didn't mind eating rats anymore...// she said.

//We learned how to speak rat. Do birds understand the languages of their prey in general?//

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//You were human.// The vocabulary sheet didn't cover this, so he reverted to English. "Do you think differently as a raven? //Or like a human?//

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Zero cleared her throat before making a brave attempt at speaking Raven. "//Did I hear you right*? Did you say teacher was your,// um, boss?" She coughed and touched her throat a little uncomfortably.

*right in the directional sense.

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Stark is very intrigued by the idea of someone dying and coming back as a bird. That's not something he's ever heard of before. Mostly, as far as he knows, people stay dead.

//You// "crashed your car" //and died and then you were a raven? Does that happen a lot?//

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Um...//What is flying like?//

Yeah, so lame. But so, so tired...

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Cordelia approaches Matthew, thinking about how much she really wants to stop talking to animals.

//Do you like your life better as a raven than as a human?// she asks in broken, stilted Raven.

After Class, 3/16

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Grab Dream or the birdy here.

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