Creature Languages (Thursday, March 23 - Period 3)

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

After the students had filed in, they were introduced to a rather different tall, gaunt, pale man than the one they were used to.

“Good morning,” he said in slow English with a silky smooth sneer. “You may call me,” he paused, “Lord Voldemort. I have been requested to be here to educate you all in the fine art of slipping one’s tongue around the intricacies of Parseltongue - the language of snakes.”

He looked disgusted as he indicated a pile of papers on Dream’s desk. “Take a vocabulary sheet, if you please. Then ask me whatever questions you may have in Parseltongue. If all else fails, I’ll resort to English, but I warn you - it’s nearly an unconscious language. I won’t be happy about having to change.” He glanced at Dream. "But...I will oblige you, as you're," another sneer, "students, yet."

His red slits of eyes were scoping out various entrances and exits to the classroom, and his hands continued to reach for a clearly absent wand. It's also possible that he may have looked almost as though he was being forced to be there by some means.

But only if you were really paying attention. Which you shouldn't be. Because you're supposed to be working on Parseltongue.

[ooc: OCD threads coming are up. Also, I have some stuff to take care of this afternoon, so I'll be gone for about an hour. Should be back pretty steadily after that, though. Huzzah, am back!]

Comments

Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

He's harmless. I swear. Because Dream is totally making him play nice.

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi looks over her vocabulary.

//When did you learn to speak Parseltongue?//

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[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Some rare, fortunate few, such as myself// Voldemort hissed, //are blessed with the innate ability to speak the tongue of serpents. I discovered I was one such one when a snake understood me in my youth.//

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

//What did you say to him... or her?//

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[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//I don't recall// he lied.

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

//Daaaaamn...What happened to your face?//

//Can I call you Voldie?//

//Would you like to read my Cosmo magazine?//

//Good Morning! What are some of the practical uses for parseltongue?//

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[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Man, you come back from a dead-like state of infancy once, and everyone's a critic.//

//Only if you're really not all that into the whole 'alive' scene//

//I'm a Marie Claire man, myself//

//Aside from simply being one of the most renowned and rare skills that one can possess, the ability to communicate with snakes comes in quite handy in dealings requiring a more subtle communication and a need for discretion. The serpent can prove to be a most useful ally.//

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

//You should really try a wig. And some glasses. Maybe a nose.//

//Lord Vizzle?//

//Marie Claire is for pussys//

"Cool, man!" Blair bounced happily. //Are there aspects of the serpent culture that you would want to share with other people? What's your favorite things about snakes?//

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Wigs itch! And see, I tried the glasses thing, but my face is all wrong. I do miss having a nose, though.//

//That may possibly be the best name ever//

//Nuh uh. It's got Splurge vs. Steal! What more could you ask for?//

Lord Vizzle Voldemort considered this question. //I like snakes because they're...quiet.//

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly asked a question, but her pronunciation and word choice were so bad that it made no sense.

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

If Voldemort were one who facepalmed, he would.

And if he had a nose, really, instead of just two slits of nostrils, he would have pinched the bridge of it.

As it was, he sighed. "What was that?" he asked in English.

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly looked back at her vocabulary sheet and tried again.

//Do// something unintelligible that might possibly be a question.

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Do...// Voldemort said. "...what?"

Honestly. These children should have been applauding his patience at that moment. Well, that and thanking their teacher for the fact that they were still alive, but they didn't know that.

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[swerval_zero]

Zero looked at her vocabulary sheet. She looked at Voldemort. And then she looked at her vocabulary sheet again. "//Mister Riddle//Um, Voldemort--wait, doesn't that mean 'Flying Death'? //How does one--//Oh, bugger this for a lark. //What can I do to keep from being bitten by a snake?//"

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[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

Voldemort stared at her. Kinda creepily, in fact.

//Don't anger them// he said simply. //Most snakes have no interest in humans, and only bite when threatened or angered. Imagine if someone poked at you with a stick, for instance. You'd be inclined to killinate them with your mallet AK them - wait, no, that's me strike back as well, would you not?//

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[swerval_zero]

Zero arched one eyebrow at him and stared right back. She still hadn't seen anything at this school scarier than Arsenal with PMS.

//It's a very nice mallet... I'll try to keep that in mind, Mr. Flighty Death.// I pronounced that wrong, didn't I? Squall."

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[stykera]

Stark frowned at the vocabulary sheet before attempting a question.

//Do many...//
He paused and looked down at the vocab sheet and then back up at Voldemort before continuing.
//people speak Parseltongue?//

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

Voldemort shook his head.

//Many attempt to learn. Only few are born with the ability.//

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige has recently spelt with a demon, she should probably be less worried about the look of this guy than she is, couple this with her general inability to speak any of the reptile languages very well and we get this.

//do-do. you. speak. any. other. creature. languages?// said very slowly and in a accent probably much closer to dragon than Parseltongue

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Many// he replied.

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[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

(('spelt' with a demon? wtf that would be 'slept' my fingers are rebelling!))

She looks over her vocab sheet again, //could you give me any...examples?// she asks forcing a smile.

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[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//No.//

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander stared at the sheet and...waited for the letters to arrange themselves into anything resembling words.

The English letters.

He might have been a little distractedated.

Ditching class today would, on reflection, have been a possibly smart move.

Since he couldn't even think of anything to ask in English.

Plus creepy, yo.

Wait, creepy snakes. Duh.

//Is there a nice polite way to get a snake to fuck off go *away*? Especially maybe a *giant* snake?// "Or would that be the same thing and you just say it really loud?"

Re: Talk to Voldemort

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

//Why would you want to do that?// he asked. If he'd had eyebrows, he might have raised on.

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[soldtoarmenians]

//Because there's one//

Okay, there is no word for 'terrorizing' on this sheet. Not that at last report from Buffy it was really terrorizing -- more like slithering around lamely and eating the occasional pit bull or on especially foggy nights when it was really hungry, chomping on an SUV.

//threatening my home-town. I thought maybe instead of trying to kill it, we could...ask it nicely to find someplace else to slither?//

He'd just skip the part where it was a demonic snake and it had a reserved parking spot at City Hall.