[Charms] T1: Lesson 2: Shields and Bindings

[Prof. Rainer Freundschaft]

Rainer is tired and it shows. He is sleeping with the side of his face flat against the book he had been reading from and it is five minutes in to the class he has scheduled. The bear cubs he collected from the lawn after the battle, are trotting around his classroom, examining chairs and ruining his rug with their small, sharp paws.

He has also decided to comandeer one of the transfigured bicycles and it gleams where it stands, propped up beside his desk and catching the light from the windows. Rainer is very tired.

[Thom Moen]

Thom had been stood a while in the doorway, the professor's head slummed on his desk exhausted and somewhat defeated for whatever reason. He walked in quickly and quietly, hoping not the disturb him before he was able to go over to one of the bear cubs.

He stopped a few feet away from it, wondering if it would cry out or retreat, or worse bite if he were to try and touch it. He had originally intended to returned for it after the lake incident, but had found them missing the next morning. Well, here they were. They were no bigger, but they certainly looked far more capable than any dog. He glanced at Rainer suspiciously, then crouched down to stretch out his arm...

The cub grunted loudly, making an odd baby-throat noise before scrambling up from the corner of the rug he was demolishing. "Shh!" Thom hissed angrily.

[Professor Lauretta Mericcini]

Walking into the classroom, L.C looked at the whinig animals and noticed they were bear cubs. "Aww how cute" she said before moving to a table. Wonder how happy that momma was when the Professor took her cubs L.C wondered, setting her books on the flat surface. Still not taking a seat, as she waited on others to arrive.

[Novella Sandler]

Novella does not want to be in this class. In truth, Novella does not want to get out of bed. Ever. She does not want the weight of her guilt, the accusatory looks of the other students ( Because of course, even just the morning after, everyone knows what she has done-- what she is,) and she does not want to learn more of this magic, which has so corrupted her from what she used to be. But Darin is the sensible one of the three, and he is driving her now, own body perched on her right shoulder as always, and Novella is hanging on for him with tiny claws as Darin approaches Professor Freundschaft, tapping gently on his shoulder. "Professor?" He asks lightly in Novella's voice. "I think your class is beginning."

[Prof. Rainer Freundschaft]

Rainer raises his head off the desk and lets his gaze cross the room, bleary eyed and bloodshot. Knowing very well what state he is in, Rainer considers briefly a glamour to correct his appearance but quickly abandons the thought. There is no point in decieving them further, he thinks to himself bitterly. All this magic, all this time and always Erich behind him. Rainer had no idea what to do other than try and keep his job at this point. There was no forseeable way to deal with Erich now, he would just have to wait it out. Rainer had plenty of time for such things.

"Class will begin in a few shorty, meine kinder," Rainer announces loftily and returns to his previous position, eyes closed. He has decided after the fiasco down by the lake that it was high time that somebody taught these children how to protect themselves. Dig deep, Tom Why that name? What had Erich said to him down in the grass, where the water only just touched the shore? Tom. Why that name?

"Barrier spells would be perfectly apropos," Rainer murmured aloud, forgetting the students clustered around his desk. He had all the time in the world to wait. The bear cubs mewl.

[Helia Ollivander]

Helia was sitting in her usual chair, just off center in the second row. She watched the professor with a keen eye. After her History of Magic lesson she had been a bit unsettled about their Professor Freundschaft. Perhaps it was just her suspicious mind taking over, in fact, she was almost sure that had to be the case, but she didn't care. For now she'd try and be a good, un-paranoid student and jsut listen to the lesson.

[Novella Sandler]

Into their group mind Darin mutters something about impropriaty, but he smiles respectfully, taking a seat right at the front of the room though Novella begs him to sit in a back corner where she will not have to feel the other students leaning unconciously away from them. He ignores her and tents Novella's fingers, waiting brightly for the class to begin. Loiosh preens his scales nervously on her left shoulder. He is already getting bigger.

[Thom Moen]

Thom ignored the rest of the class as he stood still in the middle of the rug, the bear cubs slowly getting more used to his presence among them. The one he had previous tried to touch was now sitting near him, licking his paws but looking up at Thom with doeful and unsure eyes. He smiled at it. "Professor?" Thom questioned, seeing a sufficient number of students had arrived. All girls, none of em fanciable, he found himself thinking.

Taking a step forward, Thom stood right next to the desk. He was close enough to see the hairs on Rainer's furrowed brow. After a few moments Thom placed his hand on the old fashioned red bike and rung the jolly bell twice in quick sucession, hoping to gently coax his professor.

[Helia Ollivander]

Helia smiles and leans forward in her chair to whisper to Novella, "You did great yesterday. If we end up having to pair off, want to be partners?" she asked hopefully. She wondered a bit how much of an advantage she'd have with her pets there, but she didn't mind.

[Novella Sandler]

There is a moment of confusion where Novella attempts to wrest control from Darin, her expression caught between a snarl and a smile, but Loiosh presses Novella back into Darin's body. She jumps down from her own shoulder, crawling beneath the table sulkily, and she would have been crying if she was human because for a moment she wanted to rip Helia's throat out.


Darin smiles at Helia with Novella's mouth, looks at her with her eyes, and answers. "Sure, I'd like that."

[Helia Ollivander]

Soemthing suddenly didn't seem right, "Are you feeling ok? You don't quite seem... yourself, somehow?" she raised an eyebrow at Novella, then at her ferret that had run under the table. She gave a questioning glance between the three beings, still feeling something was off...

[Novella Sandler]

Darin is not sure how much of their powers he should share with anyone, and Loiosh doesn't understand people enough yet to understand why. He tucks Novella's hair behind her ear, a habit she has and so he has as well. "It's nothing, " he says finally. "Yesterday was just... bad."

Novella was so sure that they would all hate her and although Darin did not want to believe they would, he can see why they would. But Helia seemed.. completly unaware of what had happened, and that confused him.

[Thom Moen]

Thom shot a glance over his shoulder at Halo and Novella who were leaning together, talking in a hushed whisper with serious looks on the face. He rang the bell again and cleared his throat loudly, narrowing his eyes at Darin and Loiosh. Little pests, he thought to them. I'll exterminate you...

[Helia Ollivander]

She nodded, a bit awkwardly, "I was out for most of it..." she shrugged, then leaned back in her chair. She looked over at Thom who seemed to be trying to get the Professors attention, thoguh it seemed to have more of an effect on the students. She watched his steely glare aimed towards Novella and her pets, she rolled her eyes, 'What is his problem with dragons?' she smirked slightly, thinking how interesting it would be if a whole bunch of dragons suddenly showed up on campus... She began snickering to herself and doodling into her notebook.

[Novella Sandler]

Loiosh is the only one who catches Thom's glance, and he hisses low, opening his mouth slightly to bare his fangs at the boy. Darin catches his anger but does not look to see at whom it is directed, and Novella is curled up in Darin's body, small black eyes closed.

Darin takes a quill and a piece of parchment from Novella's backpack, holding the pen awkwardly and twirling it between unfamiliar fingers. He hopes the class will begin soon.