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One day, out of the blue, a hand-written notice appeared on the school bulletin board.



OOC NOTES
- Class will end before 1st March.
- Rounds will be 20 to 36 hours long.
- ONE student/pony/hunter per player please! So you can't play both Tom and Timmy; you have to pick either one!

- Contact me if you have questions! IM: XDragain | Gaia: Dragain

- LET'S DO THIS THING!

Reserved for list of students ouo

I PUT A TRAP CARD FACE DOWN ON THE FIELD
Student name: Tansy
Spot chosen: 3

Though Tansy had her doubts about the portal (not necessarily about making it through in one piece but rather whether it was going to leave permanent marks on her clothes), her excitement about her first Amityville Academy class finally won her over.

When she stepped through, she noted almost instantly that she was the first one there -- and glad of it, too. The underwater sensation had caused her tail to completely poof out, disturbing her customary cupcake tail capelet which drooped sadly off to one side, unable to hang properly over the stiff bristles of her fur.

Murmuring a too-soft-to-be-heard greeting the professor, Tansy distractedly accepted the cage-trap in one hand while she scooped her tail to her chest with the other. She turned to the suggested trapping spots and immediately looked for a hiding spot.

The tree looked like her best bet -- she disappeared behind its trunk for a moment. It was only when her fur was properly back in place and her clothing smoothed back down that she stepped back out. She squatted down to consider the suggested trapping spot, placing her cage up against one of the roots of the trees and making sure that the door was latched open. Now that her appearance was no longer at the forefront of her mind, it struck her that the bush with the berries might have been the better spot -- it certainly looked more appealing, and it seemed like it would be easier to trick a hungry minipet into a cage if it was already looking for food.

But picking the cage back up and moving it might draw more attention to herself than she wanted. Tansy ritualistically smoothed her dress over her hips and straightened her shoulders, trying her best to look like she was someone who knew a lot about the best place to trap a minipet.

Throw a balrog an underwater sensation, and he'll be out the other side all sparks darting around his exposed skin in protest. They vanished as quickly as they came once his brain caught up to his eyes at least, but his body was tense. He was not underwater. He was not anywhere near water. Scolding himself for the ridiculous behavior. At least here was warmer than from where he'd come. Though... that has him casting a few skeptical looks around. He'd come here with the unease of if the class really was optional. Better to avoid trouble if he could. How much he was already regretting his choice.. eh. Fifty-fifty.

A simple explanation for their location was given, and though he still wondered how far they were from the school, he took the cage-trap with... well. Another skeptical look, lifting it up to eye level to peer at the device. Namely the strange bait. Raising a brow slightly to the professor, he moved to the only location that seemed especially comfortable to the boil: near the rocky formation. Minipets could hide among the crevices, couldn't they? He was trying to trap them, not crawl in after them.

Or at least... that was the goal. Assuming the trap he set up actually was set up right. Didn't these things come with instructions? Crouching down by his attempt with the device, he glanced at the others gathered in the class. How big would this get?


I PUT A TRAP CARD FACE DOWN ON THE FIELD
Student name: Neithan
Spot chosen: 4

Millie stared at the portal for a few minutes before entering and was pleasantly surprised to be outside.
After being handed a trap and feeling a little confused at what they were doing, Millie picked a spot where some red berries grew.

What happened to the theory thing? she couldn't help but wonder to herself. Eventually, she decided that getting a potential new pet was better than any class.

I PUT A TRAP CARD FACE DOWN ON THE FIELD
Student name:Millie
Spot chosen: 1

"Mayaaaaaa!" Trisha took the tackled and hugged her best friend. Best friends forever.

"Yes, I'm trying to catch mini pets too.... though, I've never really caught minipets before. Well... I caught my fish but that was on lines... not in cages. I should show you my koi pond one day. Well not really a pond, more of a big Tank, but I caught a lot." Trisha loved her minis, even if it took forever to catch them all.


"We shall catch all the minis."

Upon returning to Amityville following his mother's surprise Scarentines summons, Brenley hadn't made any effort to leave the reaper dorms. With enough food and water in his mini fridge to keep him alive through weeks of self-confinement and plenty to think about, there was no real need to. Even after he had pored over her words until they held barely any meaning at all, Bren still had his experiments. At least this time he'd remembered to regularly brush his hair.

What had finally lured him back outside was a strange summons to research the Haunted Library. He'd been promised rare enchanting materials; all he'd gotten was a headache, dry mouth, and a whole lot of questions. Oh, and a little perspective. Staying in your room for so long that the pumpkin sun burned your eyes when you emerged was one of the most effective ways to make you feel like a crazy shut-in, and the way his room had reeked when he'd gotten back only served to add weight to that assessment.

He'd noticed the sign tacked to the bulletin board on his excursion and if he was slightly late to class, it was only because he couldn't figure out what to wear. His favorite pair of casual short pants had been ripped during his adventure and he hadn't made time to mend them. Showing up to class in fancier clothing than that would probably be bad, considering the messes he'd gotten into in the past, and he really didn't feel like putting up with the scratchy confinement of jeans today. In the end he wore them anyway, shuffling off to class in a combination of formal and casual that made him vaguely uncomfortable for reasons he couldn't pinpoint.

When he reached the classroom and found only a portal, Brenley stopped and frowned. Portals were not really his favorite way to travel, and he very nearly turned around and abandoned the very idea of attending this class when he heard approaching footsteps. Crouching behind the closest desk, the boil watched a trio of ghouls enter the room and walk through without hesitating (much) at all. Bren sighed. If they could do it, so could he.

Emerging on the other side, he paused to recover from the odd weightiness of passing through the portal before looking around the area. Students and traps. Bren nodded distractedly as he was handed one of his own, then took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and headed off to set it up near an inviting patch of sand.

I PUT A TRAP CARD FACE DOWN ON THE FIELD
Student name: Brenley
Spot chosen: 2

"Yep. Oh what did you catch?"

Trisha stared at her trap one more time. "I think we will scare them away." Minis are small and like quiet. And not to be stepped on.

"We should let them find the traps now...." She gave a sage nod, as if she really did know what she was doing and started off towards where the professor was.