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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:30 pm
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"I guess so," offered Ignatius, shrugging. It seemed like a logical conclusion, but he wasn't entirely sure who a bird would be texting exactly. Did familiars have social networks? Did they often talk to each other like that?
Familiars were fascinating in a way. Elementals got no such thing.
So was this website thing. He was pretty sure he had heard about this before, at least in passing--lightning elementals tended to be rather tech savvy for what was probably obvious reasons--but actually seeing it pulled up in front of him was definitely something else. Ignatius leaned forward curiously, reading what he could from the projected website and forgetting that they were actually supposed to be answering questions until he came out of his distraction.
Oh, what were they talking about now?
Creature that steals memories? That could be frightening. "Good one."
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Wait -- what?
He didn't know he had a sister? But--
Cearney glanced between Sayael and Marosa, trying to figure out if Sayael had actually managed to pull the wool over his eyes (unlikely, but she was a fae, so he wouldn't put it past a fellow fae) or if Marosa for some reason wasn't aware of having a sister. But that didn't make any sense, she knew him -- what?
"Because, uh," Cearney actually sounded a little lost for words for once, which was kind of unusual considering all of his tendency to snark, "that's, uh, y'sister?" He pointed her out to Marosa, just to be sure he knew that Cearney was referring to Sayael and not anyone else. "She knew ye? Her name's Sayael."
So he didn't get in trouble for talking in class, Jack forbid, he also quickly volunteered a, "Humans hate losing their wealth, kind of like we do." We meaning leprechaun, of course. "Maybe a creature that leaves people destitute?"
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The website looked really cool to Ebele! She didn't want to take the time to read anything--too much staying still, that was boring anyway--but it looked like it had a lot of stuff on it and that probably made it scary. Reasonable enough conclusion to Ebele.
Lots of words could be scary!
Ebele knew how to be scary! She'd prove it right now! The moment that the professor asked them for things to volunteer, her hand shot up, she leaned forward in her seat, and she waved it around eagerly until the professor finally called on her.
"A big giant creature with a lot of eyes and claws and tails and stingers! Humans would find that very scary!!" Did she do well?
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Dr Mil generated a random number between
1 and 15 ...
8!
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:48 pm
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Dr Mil generated a random number between
1 and 14 ...
4!
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:49 pm
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Dr Mil generated a random number between
1 and 13 ...
8!
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:51 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:28 pm
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Mil nodded in approval as each student spoke, pausing to address Indu after she replied.
"All methods were experimental at one time or another. And some that were once fruitful have faded with time. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's dangerous to try new approaches to gathering fear, since to fail at gathering simply means we gain nothing from that single attempt. But you're right, we shouldn't rely on such methods as our sole means of survival until they are proven."
Once the last suggestion had been made, Mil remained silent for half a minute more, listening to the restless squeaks, quiet chatter, and swiping thumbs of her students as she waited to make sure no one had anything else to say. She ran her fingers over the desk in front of her, tapping it lightly as if she was choosing items on a touchscreen list.
"Very good. Many scary options. Picking several at random, let's say we have... a pyrokinetic entity that resides in the mountains. It can call on a teeming mass of creatures that resemble smaller, faster versions of itself, creatures that help it to lure humans away from their traveling companions and corner them in darkened caverns, each tiny copy stripping thin ribbons of flesh from the human's body, searing it, and eating it while the human watches. Death is optional." She nodded, clearly pleased with their collective progress.
"So. Keeping a creature such as this in mind, how would you describe it? Physically. Think of it piece by piece rather than as a whole and tell me about a single piece. What does its face look like? Its head? Its body? Arms? Legs? What would unsettle a human?"
Quote: It is time for Part Two! Same as last time! Volunteer, get called on, reply. If your student chooses to answer, please only have them give a description of one of these three parts: - the head - the body - the limbs (can be arms/legs, tails, wings, etc.) Post the part of your reply that answers Mil in bold red. They can be as horrific (following Gaia TOS, of course) or as comedic as you like, as this is from the perspective of your student! You may disagree with others and talk about a completely different version of the same part someone else has already described. ("I think it should have taffy arms!" "No, striped popcorn tentacles! And each tentacle should hold a teacup!") If you still haven't entered the class, please feel free to! Class will continue approximately twenty hours from this post.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:29 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:07 pm
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Describing a horrific creature - now this was a task Gabby could sink his fangs into.
He clicked his phone off for a moment and rose his hand, waiting until he was called to answer. "Really big eyes, and really big teeth. Humans hate things that aren't correctly proportional to themselves. They have those tiny little beady eyes and square, useless teeth like herbivores. It's pretty ridiculous. Show them a nice set of fangs, and glare at them with eyes that are almost the size of the head they're affixed to, and they'll die of fright in no time."
Now he kind of wanted to try it. He could, at least, get the fang part right. As for eyes, he could probably find fake ones if he really wanted to go for the full look. But as soon as he started to think about the work it would take to find said eyes, the temporary excitement fled him and he returned to his phone, tapping away at some monotonous app or another. He was sure just the fangs would be enough, if they were his monstrous fangs.
He thought about how brightly they gleamed, and how well groomed they were, when they weren't covered in blood. He took great care of his teeth (and every other part of him.)
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:15 pm
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Aww...fiddlesticks. Distracted by his game and other things, Dirge had completely missed the first question. What was it again? Something about a terrifying something or other? Ways to scare? All he knew was that there was a website, and now the professor was describing this terrible thing the class had created.
Or, they were supposed to describe it.
"Uh, I guess it'd need to be... I dunno, somethin' incorporeal? To draw the humans away, at least. They're pretty curious, and, y'know - solid. So they'd follow something that's not like them, but non-threatenin'?"
Right, back to Critter. More selfies needed taken.
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:49 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:24 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:35 am
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Any other time, Marosa would have been tickled pink to see Cearney in such distress at his behalf, but the gancanagh was also too perplexed for words.
"Cearney," He began as she was pointed out, his gaze staring at her with confusion, "Oi've never seen her before."
At hearing the teacher call out other questions, Marosa raised his hands and put forth his own answer, his mind being torn in two different directions. He put forward the first answer that came to mind, his inner self reeling at the memory.
"Tentacles. Hard ones, that hit like a brick."
Marosa's golden gaze slid back to Cearney, brows furrowing. From his look, and the one called Sayael, it looked like neither of them were lying.
The sugar faerie stared at him, slowly sinking in her seat. This was not how things were supposed to go!
Etzer raised his hand as well, clearing his throat before speaking.
"Books with terrible puns in them to make them groan. And possibly make their brains turn into mush." Grinning halfheartedly, the frost demon was rather proud of his answer yet still felt hollow inside after the whole breakup thing. Maybe it would be better to put on a front than to actually show what he was really feeling - after all, that's what creeple were used to, wasn't it?
His grin didn't falter, only widened.
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:12 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:49 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:51 am
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AJ began to like the instructor, for her informative teaching and logical mindset. The example of creature she listed was interesting, same as what it was capable of. The last part sounded like what his Shishou told him about her kind and reminded him of the examination for first year student with Prof. Selene. Marosa and him were tested on their knowledge and technique in scaring humans, it was a set-up with a bot to imitate a human scareling and calculate the amount generated from the scaring. He passed with flying colors.
There came her second question, they were asked to imagine the creature she described. When he was asked, he didn't answer it at once. He spent a few minutes pondering while analysed what had been said by other students. "First of all, let's exclude the creature has the ability to shapeshift as pre-requisite or else most creeple had said won't stand. I would focus on the body to make my opinion below." He paused to take a breathe.
"Based on the students I make contact with, to lure humans, there're mainly two factors: curiosity and attractiveness. Thus I had two approaches, the first one is it would have a body that piqued human's interest but not scaring them away immediately, subtle bizarre traits would be nice. On the other head, beautiful appealing appearance that fits general human taste like kelpies' or beautiful flowers."
AJ had another break before he continued, "Another point was it resides in mountains and could corner humans easily, so its body should in harmony with its nimble limbs. In conclusion, when humans are lured, a part of them would go against the desire naturally. That's their animal instincts to sense danger, however small and defeated, they still exist and I believe that the contradicting emotions would unsettle the human. Sorry if it's too vague and far from what you expect, Doctor." After he finished, he waited for feedback from her while chatting with neighbours.
"Oh hello ladies, how are you?" He greeted Taika and Camilla. "How's your campus life going? Everything nice and smooth?" He first smiled at Taika and asked if she blended into the school well. Then he turned to the dormouse, "Not seeing you around since the prom, you're doing good?"
Dr Mil Super sorry for the bright red paragraph...
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