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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:46 pm

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Introduction

Introduction being written

Basic Information

Name: Surl Ecgbeorht Dean (Was born as Burl E. Dean, but changed it to Surl some time later in his life)
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Birthday: 5-11-1941 at exactly 3:33 am under the full flower moon
Height: 188 cm
Astrological sign: Taurus
Chinese zodiac sign: Metal Snake
Life Path: 22 (4)
Gaia sign: Vulpus constellation
Blood Type: AB

Current Information
Family background: Mother, siblings unknown
Birthplace: In a village near Barton
Home: He has official sleeping quarters but feels his office is his home
History: One of the youngest professors to become Dean at the age of 33
Possessions: His prized wand, wizard cap and cape
Pets: Possibly a familiar, a cat, though I suspect that Mr. S Chompy would like to become the Dean's pet

Physical description
Hairstyle: Logan's hairstyle in gray
Body: Tall and Lean
Eyes: Gray and darkens to a very grayish black when angry
Physical condition: Muscular - takes pride in a regimented exercise routine and healthy diet
Marks: None that we know of -pictures of the Dean in his lavender speedo have demonstrated no marks however there is a rumor of one on his right buttcheek-
Clothing: Clothes that are approved and esteemed by the Association of Deans. This generally means clothing that is business casual, or formal dress.

Do you want to go further down this rabbit trail?
Check out my in-depth profile on the Dean. The link is below. It is going to get a bit heavy information wise--you've been warned! It's all in good fun!
--No really! It is all in good fun! Why won't you believe me? emotion_eyebrow
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References:

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:49 pm

The Man, The Dean, The Legend
This is about the epic rise of one Dean amongst colleagues as he battles against broken rules, broken promises and broken hearts. Against all odds he has been one of the longest running Deans taking charge and care over his pupils. His wizarding skills is no match and no spell is too small or too big. Let us travel back in time in a world without the Dean and his scrumptious suited self, well no, let's not, it was a rather miserable time. Rather let's focus when the world was finally blessed with the Dean among all Deans, Surl E. Dean.

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of it's power left at exactly 5:29 a.m. (Note it's not my place to tell you all that technically the moon was 24.9965303334531% full at 5:29 a.m. PDT. However that is neither here nor there, who am I to question the minut details?) did the Dean finally decide to break the ever present fourth wall. Well technically there were no fourth walls, nor were there any walls. The Dean did though believe it prudent in having his campus and associated towns masked with the power of the magic.

What could have prompted a wizard to finally make himself, his academy, and his students known? There's always speculation of course. Some believe that the Dean was a modernist believing that the way to true enlightenment was to embrace the unknown. Others believed that the Dean wanted to expose his students to various cultures, species, magic and non-magical alike. Still others believed that this was a means of public relations, a means of advertising his academy in the hopes of attracting prospecting students.

The reasons are only known to the Dean. However the results are clear. He opened up his campus, allowed his students to have a party, and urged them to socialize all under the utmost decorum and strictest rule following of course!

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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:53 pm

A memo from the desk of Surl E. Dean. Please click to enlarge

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from the horse's mouth, so to speak, though I cannot confirm if the Dean has the ability to transfigure himself into a fine equus specimen. The Dean, as always being the picture of respectability and the absolute resolution to the care, attention, and upbringing of his students, realized the importance of co-ed socializing under the strictest guidelines and decorum he had come to expect from his students.

He had wanted his students, academic organizations and several fraternities and sororities to have fun within reason. Some of his stipulations were as follows, behavior that he simply could not and would tolerate were: no unauthorized beverages (it was believed you needed a beverage pass); rude dancing (I can only suspect that name calling your dance partner is what the Dean meant); wearing of togas (though if one were to act out works by Livius Andronicus for their Ancient Roman history it might have been debatable); saying "whooooo" really loudly (unless practicing an anthropology project in which you immerse yourself in what would have been the "bro" culture in its peak back in 2012 then it might have been allowed); general tomfoolery (though it is suspected that the Dean is a fan of the musical); intoxicating party games (I hear though intoxicating study games were much more fun); or any act that violated the school code of conduct.

The party was held on campus with several areas available to attenders. There was the patio, front yard, kitchen, attic, basement and hangar. The event seemed to have ended much in the way you'd expect anything to end, but in actuality, it was rather anti-climatic. Everyone closed up their festivities and entered back to their classrooms in a single line.

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With the success of the "spring mixer" the Dean set about creating more collegiate experiences that would imprint wonderful memories for his college students. Ever dedicated into enriching the lives of his students, he went about setting up a beach party where the students could interact with other Gaians thereby opening up new opportunities, broadening their horizons, and learning about different cultures, species, and have fun doing so.

He authorized an aquatic-based soiree. He would not tolerate swimming within 30 minutes of eating, teasing the sharks, kicking sand in others' faces, building suggestive sand castles, drinking mature refreshments, novelty shark fin hats, snacks with mustard and most importantly appropriate beach attire.

What the Dean did not expect is that amidst the rule-abiding frolicking, and permissable merry-making there would be an upswing in rule-breaking, and harassment. The rule breaking and harassment came in the form of pranks. Pranks on the Dean, pranks on his office, and pranks anywhere that the Gaians and college students could do. Any spell that would cause "harmless" mayhem was encourage.

Some blame the heat of the sun scrambling the brains of the party goers. Some blamed the headiness of summer itself that caused their rule-abiding compass to go aschew. Still others blamed the Dionysiac nature of the party that seemed to be too much.

The pranks started with a shark in the Dean's office (made into shark soup!!), filling his office with mustard, putting sand in his office (and grainy mustard is never fun) to the point that he locked down his office due to the amount of damage incurred as well move to his substitute offices.

The order of the pranks and events; Please click to enlarge-

Note, while no detention was doled out, it was not something the Dean had forgotten. It simply was delayed. The pranksters were not reprieved for their misdeeds and shenanigans.

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During this event, an impromptu chance to win a prize was not authorized by the Dean. It was his hope that this event would reinstill the respect for the multifarious and multitudinous rules set by the Dean, and approved by the association of Deans. However it seemed that the temerity of some students had to be dealt with in a much more traditional sense that went beyond talking about going back to school, a subject that would make any student feel solicitous about the upcoming school year.

It is interesting to note that the following are the four different houses that make up the academy. (And yes it is in reference to Harry Potter)

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The detention took place during the Back to School event. It was to be a place to connect with other students and talk about the upcoming school year and everything it entailed. However in the Dean's own words it had become a "cauldron of insanity and misbehavior."

It was then that the Dean made a rather bold move that the Association of Deans have not done often in the past. He declared academic martial law meaning "all students are now in automatic detention until further notice." Under no circumstances did the Dean want his students to accept the unauthorized prizes that he denounced as nothing more than rumors, and rather file in (a single file line no less) to serve their detention.

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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:54 pm

-Time gap-
If I were to cosplay an human resources personnel and were to ask the Dean what accounted for his absence in 2013, what would he say? We may never know! (Perhaps the mustard was more difficult to remove then originally planned?)
-End time gap-

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It is my speculation that the clean up and repair of his several offices left the Dean exhausted, a depleted budget and reticent on having the events be a yearly occurrence. The damage done to several of his offices meant that he could not afford to have many events open to the community. Though only the Dean can fully discuss why there was an absence in 2013.

Because of the expense that went into past events, a Beach Party 2014 kickstarter was started. The incentives ranged from obtaining personal rewards that were reminiscent of summer, to global awards that included new items from Loyal to new items for our paw friends.

It is my guess that the Dean could have had the students raise the funds themselves rather than the funds coming solely from the school budget. Everyone who participated went above and beyond what anyone could expect. Perhaps to the chagrin to the Dean as it seems his hatred for mustard has only grown.

The beach event had been set up much in the same way it had been in 2012. There were several areas where people could gather, and socialize. That included an area to sunbathe (the brochures about the dangers of sunning not withstanding), a bonfire for those cool summer nights to reflect, and enjoy the company of a loved one(s), a tiki bar (serving non-mature drinks of course). Because this was not mandated by the Dean many students who attended in 2012 had decided to have their destination elsewhere, or stay on campus.

It seemed that out of the goodness of the Dean's heart he was going to officiate over the event. Perhaps he knew it was coming, but it seemed he was prepared for an anti-mustard spell. It seemed the excuse of a performance art of modern wastefulness through the wasting of mustard did not work. What the Dean had forgotten was that students were often quite creative with their tom foolery.

I suspect that the Dean did not want a community announcement rather have the event be relegated to the immediate local community of Gold Beach, and his students. One student in particular made a community announcement that certainly made everything much more populated, and the Dean's job that much harder. Especially when the Dean had duties throughout summer that included board meetings and the like.

Some of the pranks included summoning land sharks, (conga lines, parties claiming to have been approved by the Dean, mature beverages, stuffing bikinis in his office, putting large amounts of sand in his office, using unauthorized use of weaponry to blast hot dogs and other items, blasting water at the Dean and many more pranks.

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The Dean decided that enough had been enough. Detention was to be held during the event. It did not go according to as planned. Students began to rebel and essentially trash his detention rooms. It seems that detention did go as planned so much so the first detention meetup, and its office had to into another dimension all together. The last massive prank students did was stuff the Dean's office with swimwear. He then tried to return them all until he gave up and presumably donated it to charity. (I do believe though that there is a period in which he must try to find the owners if the articles were somehow misplaced, but because this seemed to be the result of a prank, that period of time was shortened to none. It was the goodness of the Dean's heart that he tried at all but enough was soon enough, and he then donated the rest to charity).

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The beach event ended quietly with everyone tired from the mania of Summer dreading the new school year many awaiting for their continued detentions.

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He was told that stepping away from the beach would do him some good. He attended the Annual Ball with the intent of being able to slightly relax (I suspect the Annual Ball was not in his jurisdiction thus he could not scream all the rules broken if he wanted to and possibly at best could only offer suggestions).

At the same time he had noticed how well run some of the rooms were. One in particular had an excellent procedure in place when it came to the cakes. The implementation of back-up cakes intrigued the Dean who felt that it would be good practice for him to think on.

The time he spent at the ball became a great learning experience for the Dean as he explored about their party planning expenditures such as catering, the DJ and the like. For the Dean, having fun should always be a learning experience, an educational adventure. The only grousing he had done was when people were pestering him, and his blaming another Gaian for nearly missing the cake.

After he attended the ball, he had to rush back to office to finish preparations for the new school year and prepare for the new and old students coming back to school, in a single file line of course.

As for what happens in the future, only time will tell.

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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:55 pm

Relationships!

S Chompy - Senpai (the Dean) finally noticed Chompy! x
Jolie - She once had a crush on him (tried to loosen up his tie from his "dreamy neck" her words) x
Gaians as a whole: they're either in detention and/or have a restraining order ( ninja )

Trivia
All trivia is in chronological order with a link to post confirming trivia; please note that the times reflect PST time zone
May 18th 2012

The only known shot of the grounds (**see screencapture of announcement above for "spring mixer"). It is rumored that one brave party-goer was able to sneak a picture. However upon learning about the unauthorized picture (thanks in part the fledgeling social media) the Dean set up an immediate ban on any more flash and non-flash photography. 4:15 pm

06/30/2012

May not possibly like mustard x 10:25 am
His tie is standard issue (plus it matched his sandals) x 10:35am
Only a pen in an exact shade of blue will work on filling out official documents x 10:46 am
Wears dress sandals to the beach x 10:43 am

07/19/204

Knows he's fashionable x 9:07pm
It is considered "secret information" regarding the number of robots used in detention x 10:49 pm
He has wrinkles when smiling x 10:51 pm
His office shrinks and expands as necessary (it has nothing to do with students not showing up for detention) x 11:13pm
He's trained many years to enforce the rules x 11:13pm
Has a complex regarding smiling and thus only slightly smiles x 11:16pm

7/20/14

Does not believe anyone capable to fall in love with an "old man" like him x 12:02am
Has over 9000 rules x 4:55pm
Doesn't like his cape touched x 5:04 pm
His cloak is waterproof (for a reason) x 5:22 pm
He doesn't like sass x 5:29 pm
His cape is also flammable x 5:55pm
The hat is unique and only comes in blue x 11:30pm
Can phase out of nets x 11:50 pm

7/21/2015

Likes Polka x 5:08pm
Burl E. Dean might be his name x 9:15pm
The Dean does not give gifts x 9:21pm
Changing his outfit might distort time and space x 10:17pm

7/22/2014

Wears lavender colored underwear x 12:05 am
His mother makes him wear it x 12:11am
She would not wash other colors x 8:04 pm
He's been a dean for over 40 years x 8:11 pm

7/24/2014

Has a balanced diet and stupendous exercise to maintain his trim and muscular physique x 8:18 am

7/25/2014

His cape billows to keep him cool x 11:22 am
It's a magical cape x 11:43 am
So dedicated to his students and his occupation he has board meetings over summer x 11:44 am

8/9/2014

Works hard to research for possible future events x 11:00 pm and x 11:14 pm and x 11:28 pm and x 11:30 pm
He has a wand that he uses to do magic x 11:51 pm

List of known penal codes used by the Dean

#000-001 states no congas x
#013-013: no splashing water on the Dean x
#030-568, no questioning the Dean x and x and x
#123-1100: No god modding near large bodies of water or when it involves mustard x
#124-789: No sharks outside of the beach zone x
#124-789-B No sharks in the swimming pool x and x
#125-132: No pranks on the dean x
#138-987: massive quote summoning is not allowed x
#219-212: no pretending you have the Dean's permission to do something when in fact you don't. x
#220-0008: No begging the NPCs x and x
#234-558, drinking on a no drinking beach x
#272-128: no hunting the sharks, for food or play or otherwise x
#345-678 is no hiding gum under the seashells x
#488-559, playing with Sharks on the Beach x
#449-334, blaming your friends in a no blaming zone x
#552-554 Being eaten by a shark and being nearly eaten by a shark with the intent to make a necklace from it's teeth! x
#557-232, dreaming of being a shark x
#589-123: no kissing the Dean x
#636-455, playing with a shark with the intent to eat it without a license to eat a shark! x
#878-989 Being eaten by a shark x
#990-021, Playing with sharks is strictly forbidden x

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:56 pm

Frick Frack Paddy Whackin' Contests!

The Dean's Pet
Do your very best to describe the Dean's perfect pet. You can use art, or write a short paragraph, or both to enter! The Contest thread is coming shortly!

Prize

1st place: User Image

[Animal] First Day Fashion (Animal) x User Image

[Animal] Late for Animal School x User Image

[Animal] Matsuri Specialties x

2nd place: User Image

[Animal] Matsuri Specialties x User Image

[Animal] Late for Animal School x
3rd place: User Image

[Animal] Matsuri Specialties x

The Dean's Favorite Past-time
(The Dean is a fan of tabletop games) Using 20 side dice for this with many items to win. The contest thread is coming shortly!

Prizes

Roll Dice:

The nicer prizes:

Heterochromia Shoujo School Girl Eyes (3) [x]
Homeroom (1) [x]
Sorcerous School Bags (2) [x]
St. Baldur's School Uniform Bundle (2) [x]
Super Level Academy (2) [x]
School Misconduct (2) [x]
Summertime Flair [x]

(The consolation prizes)

Magic School bag (2) [x]
Belletristic Beauty (2) [x]
Strangely Light Student H (2) [x]
Supreme Student Council (2) [x]
V-High Hiro(1) [x]
W-High Hiro [x]
Destroyer of Lunches (2) [x]
Melonpan of Haruharu (headband) (1) [x]
Momoiro Chugakko Uniform Bundle (1) [x]
Summer of the Shark (2) [x]
SDPlus #163 Jaws (2) [x]
Dakuwaqa (1) [x]
Head case (2) [x]
School Thug (1) [x]
Alluring librarian(1) [x]
Unpublished opulence(1) [x]
Jawesome (3) [x]
Sorceror School (1) [x]
Mage School (4) [x]
Warlock School (1) [x]
Wizard School (1) [x]
[Animal] Rumble Roar (2) [x]
[Animal] Extracurricular Activities [x]

This ship sails itself
A contest describing the perfect date between Chompy and the Dean (can be art, short paragraph, or both) Contest thread coming shortly.

Prize

1st place: User Image

Mr S. Chompy Pillow (Any) x User Image

Shark Attack x User Image

Sharky March x User Image

Mr Shark March x

2nd place: User Image

Mr S. Chompy Pillow (Any) x User Image

Shark Attack x User Image

Mr Shark March x

3rd place: User Image

Mr S. Chompy Pillow (Any) x User Image

Shark Attack x

Grand Prize:
All grand prizes will be raffled off to anyone who wins a prize at the roll dice, paw contest, and ship sails itself contest.

Back to School Bundle [x]

User Image

School Supply Bundle [x]

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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:58 pm

Oui Oui Les Talking Points de l' surliest Dean

What were some of your most memorable moments of events past with the Dean?
What are some future events you'd like to see him in?
What are some things you'd love to learn about the Dean? (Anything you can think of that doesn't break any rule)
What is your favorite rule?
Would you want someone like the Dean as your school's own Dean? Why so?
How many students do you think has the Dean put in detention? Personally talked to? Made into an assistant whenever he needed some help (wait does he need help)?
Which specific subject does/did the Dean teach?
Is he the worthy of his title? How so?

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