Miss Errona (ladyszczyk) wrote in halcyon_halls, @ 2008-07-08 21:43:00 |
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Entry tags: | leecee, vinnie |
Week 13: Monday
Who: Miss Errona and Vinnie Vincenzo
Where: The Potions and Charms Use classroom/Lab/Abstract Sciences classroom
When: Monday afternoon
What: You think she has those long nails for no reason? The future Lady Szczyk does not do menial labor in her classroom.
For an award winning Witch such as Aqzlece Szczyk, her classroom appeared surprisingly normal. Some of the people who had taught here before had the room look a little more arcane, but not her. With the racks of dried flowers and other assorted goods, her lab looked more like a crafts area than any sort of scary bubbling cauldron hollywood set. Before she came to Halcyon, she'd held a conversation with some other very respected magic users about what they thought about the institutional teachings of their magics. Their conclusions was resoundingly practical; removing the fear and increasing the wonder of their magics would only increase their rankings within supernatural society and allow them more freedom of economy.
Of course, her course was based around commonly known magics and explaining and having them demonstrate the real applications and preparation. This way she appealed to their commonality without betraying any true secrets. Also, the students had no idea how much basic power many of them had. Some of those projects would actually be useful for her. Especially the section about weaveworking.
But what was pleasing her most was sitting in the middle of her classroom. Once a little dusty and now shining. Once covered in old chalk now wiped clean. A desk was covered in four different cleaning products and a small grocery bag of used paper towels. Taking off her plastic gloves, Leecee was rather proud of herself. It sparkled and was exactly what she needed.
Despite the change in name of her academic course, which had certainly seemed to boost its popularity, it was every bit as intensive as her Ancient Runes and Numerology courses. She'd encouraged her students who had been in both to take this course. This way she could weave in and out of different subjects without needing to tiptoe around them. The students were every bit as perplexed half of the time, but some of them she could see their minds opening up.
It was in honor of her ancestors and the Universe itself that she felt compelled to teach them this. No longer would they walk with their eyes closed to the true meanings of the universe. Religion was a hard thing to walk into that classroom with. Unlike many pundits in the mundane world, Leecee had very real explanations for 'miracles' that not only did not lean on Science, but defied it. Most importantly, she could also display how it worked. With a smile she'd asked when they planned on cannonizing her. In fact, some saints had been Witches, but dedicated to that specific kind of magic. Humans sometimes called them "white witches" and they were often more hated than women like herself.
"Oh, excuse me. Sir, could I bother you for a minute?" Leecee was in one of her myriad tailored black dresses. This one actually fell below the knees with a slit up above the knee. little stretchy but not too clingy with a gather around a circle of semi-precious stones by the bust. Not very conservative, but hardly scandalous. Her white jacket was over her desk chair. She smiled sweetly, knowing she was still young enough in appearance to not look like some snooty, older teacher. It also helped that she breathed and respirated like any other teacher. Unlike the demons and weres, there was nothing physically about her to differentiate her from a human.
It was just when you moved beyond the veil that things got a little strange.