Fun with Magic | Monday, 2nd period

[nuclear_snide]

Bob had only arrived, courtesy of Harry, the evening before. Now he stood straight and squinted at the students that had signed up for this class.

"Right, you lot. I'm Hrothbert of Bainbridge, but you can all call me Bob. I hope you're ready to have some fun."

Didn't he look like fun?

"Before we get started, introductions. I want your name, what sorts of magic you're used to, and any magical abilities - or anything else interesting - you may have yourself. You," he pointed at a random student. "Begin."

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Sign in!

[nuclear_snide]

Magically!

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Prince Sidon

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[always_someone]

Norman Babcock

Listen to Bob's introduction!

[nuclear_snide]

He's Bob.

Re: Listen to Bob's introduction!

[always_someone]

Norman was just kind of... there... staring... trying to wrap his head around what he was looking at. Which was clearly a ghost.

Clearly.

But everybody else could see him? And nobody else thought this was half as weird as Norman did? Right? Maybe he had finally lost his mind, here.

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[thegreatmanfredo]

Oh, hey, ghost. Normal.

Ghost that everyone else could see and was teaching their class? Uhhhh not so normal.

Give your own introduction!

[nuclear_snide]

Name, magic you know of, any magic or other abilities you have.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon's favorite week of classes! He nearly bounced on the balls ofhis feet while awaiting his turn, and then launched into his with the usual gusto and aplomb.

"Greetings!" he said. "I am Sidon!" And here it was, the ubiquitous pump of his fist across his chest, that bright and dazzling smile with just the right amount of gleam at the end of his fangs. "The Zora Prince! I myself do not possess any magical talents, none that I am aware of, anyway, but my bloodline does contain instances of healing magic, usually within females. My sister was phenomenally talented. Magic is present in many aspects of Hyrule, the land from which I hail, though many say it is not nearly as strong as it used to be in days long past. I am eager, though, to learn what might exist in the wider scope of all sorts of magic and, naturally, to have fun with such things that, in my world, are regarded with such seriousness and levity."

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[nuclear_snide]

"Aren't you enthusiastic," Bob said, torn between amusement and sighing. "Hello, Prince Sidon. Is Zora your domain or your species? I'm familiar with neither."

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[always_someone]

"I'm Norman Babcock," Norman said, still clearly distracted as he stared at the ghost that was teaching the class. "I work at the Magic Box in town, so I'm at least passingly familiar with the stuff we sell there. And, uh."

He looked around the room.

Oh boy.

"I'm a seer? I mean. I see. The dead. The spirits of the dead." He waved a hand around, a little flailingly. "I talk to ghosts."

And zombies. And there were visions and stuff, but he didn't want to get too far into detail. It was huge enough just saying that much out loud in front of his classmates.

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[nuclear_snide]

"Oh, good!" Bob beamed back at him. "I'm sure a lot of spirits appreciate that. You should be used to helping out, so congratulations - you're my teaching assistant."

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[thegreatmanfredo]

"Oh, hey," Manfred said. "Me too!" He sounded way calmer about it, though.

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[misshapen_spark]

"Uh, I'm Yang Xiao Long, and, like, while I get that magic is a thing here, it's totally not real where I'm from," she said with a shrug. "Though with training, you can control your Aura, which is a manifestation of your soul. I don't get a lot of the science behind it, because I haven't gotten to those classes in school yet, but mine manifests as kinetic absorption and redistribution of energy, and thermal manipulation."

"But no one at home has magic, that's just in fairy stories."

Yang, I have some very bad news for you about your mother.

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[nuclear_snide]

"You don't consider manifesting your soul to be magic?" Bob asked.

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[thatsweirdright]

"Jason," he said, giving a little wave. "I don't think my world has magic." Just aliens who could build giant creatures out of gold. Totally normal sciencey stuff there. "I just signed up for this class cause it seems like there's magic here sometimes and I dunno, I thought it'd be neat." He did have some stuff that would qualify as 'anything else interesting', technically, but he wasn't actually supposed to talk about that.

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[nuclear_snide]

"Well, I hope it will be," Bob said. "If you think of anything to contribute, do let me know."

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[thegreatmanfredo]

"I'm Manfred," Manfred said. "I uh, come from a long line of gypsy* fortunetellers, and I'm a psychic and a medium. Although...usually I'm the only one who can see the ghosts."

*((CANON's WORD NOT MINE.))

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[nuclear_snide]

Bob gave him his best innocent face (it was not very good). "Oh, are there ghosts around here?"

You were spoiling his surprise!

Class Activity!

[nuclear_snide]

"All right," Bob said when that was over. "Today we're playing hide and seek." Yes, you were in a decent-sized but pretty hiding-place free classroom. He pointed at a small rock on the desk at the front. "That, is an invisibility spell. First person to grab it is the hider, and everyone else has to find them. And no leaving the room - I will still see you. Go!"

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[always_someone]

Sorry, everybody. Norman was making a break for that invisibility spell. Mostly because after that succinct and completely coherent introduction of his, he was really looking forward to just disappearing for a minute or two.

... Even if Bob would see him quietly hyperventilating in the middle of the floor. That was still better than everyone.

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[nuclear_snide]

Oh Bob could absolutely see that. But he was keeping mum. And not looking directly at Norman, so as not to give the game away.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

As novel as it would have been to be invisible for a little bit, Sidon figured that he took up so much space that it wouldn't be difficult to locate him even with the spell, so he made no rush for it himself, especially after seeing Norman eager to try it out.

He did wonder, though, if his efforts to locate his invisible classmate might be better if he kept himself crouched or perhaps even crawled, though he would feel just silly doing the latter.

Talk to Bob!

[nuclear_snide]

Be prepared for the sarcasm his username promises. Or not.

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[talentforlying]

After class, there was a familiar trenchcoat lurking in the doorway. "Fuck, you again?"

That's Constantine for 'welcome back.' Mostly.

OOC!

[nuclear_snide]

Okay, so I missed this guy.