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Jack damnit! She was late! In truth she had gotten lost on her way after taking a bit of time to practice an animator spell. That had resulted in her chasing a broom all over the reaper dorms. Tartalo had been very tired from that event so she had left him back in her dorm. But at least she was here. She was able to catch the last bit of what the professor said and recieve her candies. Hmm, most definately weird. But she had to learn to control her own shdaow before she could bring others to life.

She didn't even bother to see what other students were here, she just shoved a candy into her mouth to being her class. No need to make herself any more behind. Oh the feeling was completely humaniodal! She shivered horribly as her shadow came to life. She stared at it. It seemed to stare back at her. She blinked. It just hung around. Suddenly it shot off like a rocket and zoomed around on the ceiling.

"Hey! Get down here!"

Oh great. She had enough trouble controling the things she brought to life, let alone her own shadow! This wasn't going to be easy! As she ran around, trying to keep up with it, she noticed a few other people she knew. Daisuke of all of them. Thats when she saw her shadow make a beeline for his. Oh geez!! It was going to fast!!

"Daisuke! Tell your shadow to watch ou...."

She stopped as soon as her shadow tackled Dai Shadow and spun him around. She blushed brightly and ran over, trying to will her shdaow to behave. Yeah, like that was going to happen. It proceeded to dance about making shdaow faces at her.

"I'm not so sure this class is gonna be fun."

Her shadow seemed to whisper something to Dai Shadow then took off again. Now it was heading for...Val? That creepy undead doctor guy? Oh maaaaaaaaaaan. She ran off again as it began to sneak attack Val Shadow.

Siddie hadn't been late. In fact, she'd been early, finding the prospect of an easy class thoroughly appealing, and getting in good with the notoriously irritable Professor Hellma had seemed like an excellent idea.

However, her plans had been thoroughly ruined by falling asleep in her chair while she waited.

She jerked awake when someone handed her something - what - candy? Huh? "Thanks!" she chirped, mouth on autopilot while her mind scrambled to catch up. A surreptitious glance around told her that everyone else was eating theirs; she hurried to comply, wondering what she'd missed.

She was entirely unprepared for the candy's effect. "Ow! Ow ow ouch!" It felt like someone had taken a knife to her feet; as she pulled them up in reflexive response, she saw with shock that her floor-shadow had separated from her. She stared at it.

It stared back. Then it made a rude gesture.

"Hey!"

Unlike Siddie herself, her shadow had no facial features. However, that was definitely a smirk on its face. It turned and sauntered off across the floor ... and promptly bumped into a large, reptilian shadow. It flailed, regained its balance, then put its hands indignantly on its hips. "Watch where you're going!"

"Hey!" Siddie protested again. "I didn't tell you to say that!"

The shadow tipped its head in her direction briefly and considered her. "TThhbbpbppbppbpppt."

(( Siddie's natural fear is speaking through shadows. Heh.

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Valentino was 0-14, and about to lose another staring contest with his shadow. He had severely underestimated its skill at staring back and suspected that his shadow's lack of eyes and eyelids were unfair advantages. He had still been mostly unable to control his shadow in any meaningful way. It would only do the bare minimum required to ensure that Valentino knew the candy had worked.

he started to bargain with his shadow, "Do you want me to say some sort of magic word; perhaps apologize for all the things you've seen me do?" Valentino crossed his arms and took a long look at his shadow, eyes trying not to blink. The shadow stared back, Valentino thought he saw his shadow twitch, however it was too late to confirm it.

Another shadow had crept up behind Valentino's and was about to pounce. Both Valentino and his shadow were too preoccupied to notice the pouncing threat, and were oblivious until it was too late.

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Coralie was late. She could see how this could easily become a habit, as she had felt like she was making good time on her way there...well, nothing she could do about it now. She slipped in while the professor was first talking and eying the classroom with interest. She skirted around the sparkly corner that made her mildly queasy. She could tolerate a lot, but even she would rather be back in literature class snoozing away than have to endure something of that capacity. As she sat she barely managed to catch the last of the professor's explanation about the use of the candies. Help detach her shadow, hu? It didn't seem particularly useful (yes she had heard what had been said before to counter that thought), but at least it was interesting.

After receiving a candy like all the other students, she held it in the palm of her hand for a moment, just looking it over. She wasn't particularly afraid of putting strange things in her mouth, perhaps something of a skill she'd acquired from having to taste so many concoctions from one of her older sister's who favored potions and the like. Still, it didn't look particularly intimidating, though she could definitely sense something about it that she couldn't quite place. Eventually she shrugged, unwrapped it, and plopped it right on her tongue.

The sensation was an odd one, it wasn't quite the taste really, but something else, and it made her nearly cough and she ended up swallowing the thing whole. Within a few moment she felt a peeling sensation along the bottom of her feet, the same sort of thing you feel when you rip off a bandage slowly. Looking down she saw her shadow slip right off and away from where it had normally flowed right under her shoes. It made her feel a bit light-headed, admittedly, because visually it looked a bit like she was floating.

Her shadow didn't get very far and what was interesting was even though her hat was part of the shadow, it didn't seem to move like Wilfred would in the flesh...er fabric. She looked up at him and said with a short laugh, "I think I like that version of you better."

"It's awful crowded," commented Coralie!Shadow as she seemed to slip around the other shadows, trying not to run into them.

"Can you, as shadows, just move over each other?" Coralie asked, though she doubted her shadow knew and it was possible she didn't even hear her with everything else that was going on.

The professor surveyed the chaos with a rather grim expression. It was a...mixed batch, and likely to be just as bothersome as Snot level classes always were.

Hellma sighed, and spoke...well it wasn't quite shrieking, but it did cut though the noise, "As you have seen. The shadows, they vary. Some...stupidly energetic." With a roll of her eyes, she gestured to example a: Emily's shadow was currently spinning wildly on the ceiling, no form or shape discernible. The witch, having tried to keep up with it, could be found crouching behind her table, head between her legs, trying not to throw up or pass out for dizziness.

"And then we have more lackluster shadows." A wave of the hand included Raziel, Valentino, and several others. "The natural ability," a dismissive flick of the ruler in Siddie's direction. "And freaks." At this, a large shadow rose up behind Coralie's, and plucked it up, holding it firmly. "This...it is strange it should talk, unless you have a natural ability of such? Otherwise, it may be something of a..." the monster's expression soured, "gnome prank."

Deciding to ignore it for now, the headmistress continued, "What makes shadows so different? It is due to that which grants them energies, the darkness without is simply reflection of darkness within. The shadows of the mind and heart, the creeping nightmares that lurk around the corners of your thoughts. Those are what you see before you.

"An erratic and energetic shadow, it often, though not always, indicates great depth of this inner darkness. Ignorance or the denial of this darkness can make control...most difficult. A shadow that's too lethargic or easily controlled...it would best not to be complacent with such. They can be cunning and tricksome things, and may seek to lull you into false sense of skill and ability. That or your inner darkness it a shallow, pathetic thing." The disgust in the professor's voice indicated that she felt the latter was likely true. This rotting lot of Snots, did they think they could really sneak in?

Seeing a couple hands in the air, she rolled her eyes again, "Yes, the popinjay of a siren, and the head case zombie...the female one, you have questions?"

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