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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Re: Give your own introduction!

[thegreatmanfredo]

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

Re: Give your own introduction!

[always_someone]

Norman blinked over at Manfred at that, looking... puzzled. Maybe a little stunned.

"Wait... you do?"

That was either awesome, or he was completely pulling Norman's leg, and Norman had no idea which it was.

Re: Give your own introduction!

[thegreatmanfredo]

"Well, yeah," Manfred said. "I mean, I don't work at the Magic Box, I have a website where I tell people's fortunes, but I talk to ghosts. It runs in my family. Do ghosts hijack you sometimes? Because that sucks."

Re: Give your own introduction!

[always_someone]

"It runs in the family," Norman agreed, perking up a little. "Mine too! But, uh, hijacked? Do you mean with visions? I've been shoved into visions before."

They had not been great experiences.

Re: Give your own introduction!

[thegreatmanfredo]

"No, visions are just visions," Manfred said, waving that off. "I don't get those very often." He could fake them with the best of them, though. "I mean, uh--" he leaned over and spoke softly, hoping their teacher wouldn't overhear and get any ideas, "you know, when the ghost hijacks your body."

Re: Give your own introduction!

[always_someone]

Norman made a little o-shape with his mouth at that, and then shook his head.

"The ones back home don't really do things like that," he replied. "Or... they haven't tried on me, yet. One did try to, uh, kill me outright? But... that was an extenuating circumstance."

A little. A bit. It was complicated.

Re: Give your own introduction!

[thegreatmanfredo]

"I don't think the ghosts where I'm from can kill people," Manfred said slowly. "But I'll have to ask my grandma."

Re: Give your own introduction!

[always_someone]

"She was strong," Norman supplied. "She'd been angry for three hundred years. And, before she died, she was like us."

He frowned a little.

"She died afraid and alone and angry, and she was consumed by it."

Re: Give your own introduction!

[nuclear_snide]

Bob could still hear. But as he was hoping that his surprise wasn't completely ruined for all the students, he was electing to ignore it.