Creature Languages, 3/16, Period 3

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

Re: Talk in class, Crature, 3/16

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Good," Walter said quietly. "I had a bit of a nap this morning. I was thinking - you might want to see if Alphonse can do anything to make your oars tougher - sort of change the wood, you know?"

Re: Talk in class, Crature, 3/16

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hmm," she mused, "That would be good for the whole boat... But it would still have to be a strong type of wood that won't sink if you loose the oar over the side... And it's not being dragged under by... Something."

Re: Talk in class, Crature, 3/16

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That's his area, not mine. I was talking to him earlier about how his alchemy may as well be magic for all I know about either of them. But it would be worth asking after the way your oar was chewed last night."

Re: Talk in class, Crature, 3/16

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to chat with him about it." she said. "At the very least, he may be able to repair any other damage those things caused as well."