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This was rather confusing to the snowy owl boy, he'd gotten a letter in the mail saying that his class for self defense with the teacher Kuyoja was set up for today as per his request. He'd never signed up for one of these classes... and the fact that Ter was tagging along looking rather pleased with himself gave him a few clues. He knew his brother was a bit of a pain but he'd never thought that he would do something like this.

"This was very wrong of you, Terpsichore. To drag me all the way here like this, to make the teacher go through all this work, and for a class I never requested." He told his brother, feeling rather guilty over having to make the teacher go through a bunch of work for nothing. He didn't like the idea of fighting anymore then he liked the idea of using what power he already had in battles. He just wasn't the fighting sort like Ter was... he could only hope the teacher would understand, maybe he would allow Ter to take over the class in his place? He sure hoped so.

Ter looked over his shoulder and gave a sighing sound, reaching out to catch hold of his brother by the wrist before he pulled him forward at a faster pace, to where the classroom was located and all but tossed the owl through the door. Not that it was difficult given the huge difference in their size, weight, and strength.

With a flap of his large wings the bird teen was able to steady himself before looking around the classroom, giving his teacher a glance and then a smile, "Good afternoon." He greeted the teacher, lifting a hand to smooth out his clothing and pushed his long braid over his shoulder. He looked over at his brother who slithered into the classroom and closed the door after himself and then over at the teacher, "I think that there was some sort of misunderstanding, you see the class that I signed up for was a magic class. I think that Ter signed me up for this one and..."

"And he really needs it before he gets his a** kicked." Ter helpfully and colorfully filled in, arms crossing over his scaly chest.

Geia gave a sigh, lifting a hand up to rub his fingers against his temples, "You know that is why Maria has such colorful language, Terpsichore. Really you need to watch that, before you get in trouble before you can't watch your mouth." He said, ever sounding like the scolding parent when it came to those around him that were younger then he was... which was most of the children that came from D-Corp since he was among the first group created and adopted out.

The snake rolled his eyes before looking at his teacher, "Don't let him talk his way out of this." He said, the end of his tail twitching in an annoyed manner, "As much as he doesn't want to believe it hes not a mother yet, so until then hes still a cross dresser asking for a beating." He might not seem it but really, deep down, he was concerned for his brother's safety. This was his round about and rather rough way of showing it. Not that it was easy to tell.

Ligeia turned to look over at Kuyoja in surprise, so the man wanted to keep him here for the class even though he hadn't signed up for it? Even though he had no real desire to fight in a hand to hand combat with anyone? He gave a little sigh. It seemed as though he wouldn't be getting out of this though, would he? His teacher was a rather determined man, wasn't he?

He tilted his head to one side when he was told to list his advantages and disadvantages in a melee combat fight, "I... mine? Ummm..." He wasn't sure what he might have in the way of advantages really since he wasn't the sort that wanted to fight in hand to hand like his brother did.

Ter watched... waited... then sighed, "I'd say the fact that he so light weight... and those wings of his have got to get in the way." He said, reaching out to catch hold of one of them and gave it a tug which made the owl teen sigh, pulling his wing away from Ter.

"Please stick to describing yourself, Terpsichore." The owl told his brother before looking over at the teacher that seemed determined to teach him despite his lack of desire to be here, "I guess what he said is right though... I men I am kind of light weight... so it wouldn't really be hard to hurt me. I got a busted arm and wing once when I got slammed into a wall." Then again those were also wounds given to him by a dragon but still... he wondered if someone that wasn't as light weight and bird like as he was would have broken so easily.

"I'm sure the fact that I don't want to fight in hand to hand combat is probably a distinct disadvantage as well... I would rather not injure anyone since I know my nails can be dangerous." It was why it kept them short trimmed and covered by his gloves when he was around other people.

There was a little sight from the cobra, "You would think that having sharp claws would be an advantage so why not list that since it seems to be the only one you have, Ligeia." He suggested then looked at the teacher, "I am full of advantages on the other hand, there is plenty of me to tangle and trip people up, its impossible to throw me around unless you way bigger then me, like a dragon maybe? I'm fast, I'm venomous, and I am just plain awesome."

There was a groan from Ligeia at the list, "You really shouldn't list your venom as an advantage... that you might hurt someone with that is terrible, Ter!"

"If I went as far as to bite someone that jackass likely deserved it! Its not as though its my first strike every time, I don't go around just biting everyone! Even I am not that stupid." He said, looking as though he were half tempted to give his brother a punch for making it seem as though he might go around mauling people.

Ligeia gave a nod of his head, "I know that its something that I will have to do one day." It didn't mean that he was happy with the idea though, it meant that he one day he was going to have to do something that made him terribly uncomfortable and he didn't much care for that idea... still, he knew it was likely inevitable so he should learn even if being here wasn't his first choice.

He seemed to think on what the teacher was telling him, to use his flight and ability to use ranged attacks as his advantage. It didn't seem at all fair but he supposed if he were standing off against a bad guy they wouldn't much care about what was fair and unfair, would they? He lifted a hand up so that he could chew on one of his dark nails in a thoughtful manner.

Ter watched his brother before lifting a hand to give him a shove, "Stop looking so much like your on the way to your own funeral." He ordered him before looking over at Kuyoja, flicking his tongue out at the guy, "I've survive well enough to this point when it comes to my battles but I am all for learning any other tricks you have to teach." He wasn't one who was completely against learning when it could be useful to him. Magic was all boring as Hell if you asked him, he took the classes because he had to do so, but now that he'd made it through the forced curriculum he was at the point where he got to take the classes he was interested in. As such he was all for taking lots of these sorts of classes.

The end to Ter's tail flicked from side to side and Geia's wings fluttered when they were told that they were both learning the skills today. Neither had set out to learn this class today, both were pulled into it, and both gave nods of their head ready to begin whenever the teacher was.

Geia's eyes went huge as he heard the teacher's words, starring at him, mouth falling open, "W-Wait... what? You want me to... to use my magic?" He asked in a hushed whisper, never having thought that a class like this would involve that.

Ter didn't seem to think of that either, "The ********? You want him to go flinging that stuff around? How is that him learning self defense?" Wait... was this one of those 'the best defense is a good offense' classes? This was not what he signed on for... not that he signed on for it at all, it was supposed to be the damn owl that was learning this skill, not him. He was all well and good with just beating on something until it gave up instead of worrying about defense. He gave a hiss, hood flaring up, and he turned to give his brother a glare, "Fine then, come on wuss! I am not afraid of your magic anymore then I am afraid of anything else!"

The owl gave a sighing sound, not liking this in the least as he back up a couple steps, gathering some power into his hands. It wasn't a powerful spell, it wasn't a dangerous spell, in fact it was a rather basic one... he made a snowball in his hands and gave it a throw. The snowball splattered against Ter's chest and drew a rather colorful curse from the cobra at the shock of cold, one of those nice curses that Maria was learning, and the owl's eyes went wide, "Ahh... weren't you supposed to dodge?"

Ter gave him a dark look, "I let you have the first one, idiot, just try it again!" He spat out, eyes narrowing, hands clenching at his side... apparently the deeply ingrained rivalry he had with Geia had been brought up to the surface once more.

Ligeia was very much not looking forward to when they had to switch places. It would have been better if they had started with Ter attacking first given that Geia attacking first would end with his brother wanting to get his revenge later for any strike that the owl landed against him. This wasn't going to be any fun, he just knew it... it was a shame that he couldn't be learning something like this across from Chath, at least he knew that the newt wouldn't pummel him, "Alright, here we go then." He said, calling up another snowball, prepared and threw it... only to have Ter catch it and whip it back at him, "Ter! You are supposed to dodge!"

The snake looked down at his hands then laughed, "Ahh... sorry, to used to attacking first." He didn't sound sorry, in fact he sounded amused, "Blame that reaction on a fight I had last week." Some idiot human though he'd get a preemptive strike by whipping a rock at him... and Ter had done about the same thing, catching the rock and whipped it back, pegging the moron in the forehead with it. If nothing else his aim was spot on though he'd bailed about then given the guy wasn't quick to get up and he didn't feel like having to mess with cops. They were sure to be biased given the fact that Ter was what he was and that human was what he was, "Alright, alright, try again. I'll keep my hands behind my back." He said, doing just that, clasping them behind his back in a manner that made him look that much more like a giant snake and not a D-Corp child.

Geia watched him closely to make he was being honest before throwing the next snowball his way. He threw quite a few, some hit, some were dodged, and toward the end of the round Ter was getting pretty good at moving from one side to the other, sliding out of the way. The owl had to say that while it was a way of improving his aim it was also helping to teach Ter to better dodge... which meant he was helping to give his brother a better edge in his fights. Never what he wanted to help out with...