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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:21 pm
Control? Control... how did one teach control? He had been thinking hard on that one. He understood that the young skunk needed to learn the skill to learn the ability to control his spraying but at the same time... control. He wondered... how exactly to go about the class. He figured best way to start would be to meet his student so he was awaiting him in the normal classroom that Orpheus liked best, the main one he used that was all trees, a gravel path, and deep into the forest there was a pool he used for swimming classes. All the stuff he needed unless the class called for something specialized.
He was awaiting Fleur's appearance so that they could get to work learning 'control' together.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:57 pm
Fleur was whimpering pitifully as he slinked into the classroom, his ears drooped completely, and his tail dragging along the floor. He felt horrible and smelled it as well. Stevie had given him explicit instructions to not use any of his perfume today, assuming it would be the best way for him to learn to control the constant "leak" of his natural odor if he and the teacher could smell it coming. That did not make Fleur feel any better though - he hated his natural odor. It made him extremely self-conscious and self-loathing, and he wished he could just be rid of the scent glands altogether.
Chrysler was with him only to make sure he made it to the classroom in one piece, and she had to shut off her scent receptors to tolerate the eye-watering odor. "This is it," she grumbled, poking Fleur in front of her who reluctantly raised his gaze to look at his teacher, afraid of his reaction to the stench.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:36 pm
Orpheus could smell the student coming, it was a good thing though to be able to smell the scent and acclimate himself to it before the boy got to close and so he wouldn't make any motions that would hurt the child's feelings. While it was strong and not to pleasent it wasn't to the worst smell in the world so he was sure that it would be alright, "Your Fleur right? I have heard a lot of nice things from my son about you, my name is Orpheus Solon. Its very nice to meet you." He greeted him, hoping to make him feel more comfortable as he looked like he very much didn't want to be where he was currently.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:51 pm
Fleur did not cheer up immediately - he could tell Orpheus was hiding his initial reaction to the stench - but he twitched one ear at the teacher's comment, repeating, "Y-Your son...?" Fleur's blue eyes unfocused a little as he delved into his memory to think of whose "father" this could possibly be - he had met the guardians of Revon and Valens, had seen Canti's at a distance, Del and Sahra were not male, and Cadentau hated him and could not have possibly said anything nice about him...that left only Drez or Ligeia, so Fleur took a guess, his eyes snapping back into focus again.
"L-Ligeia...?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:55 pm
Orpheus nodded, "Yep, he enjoyed getting to play with you." He said, grinning a bit. He motioned for him to follow along with him, "Come on, walk with me?" He asked of him. He looked over the the woman that had come along. She could follow if she wanted or duck out, up to her.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:07 pm
Chrysler snorted and flipped her tail, turning to leave. "I'll leave him to you," she muttered. "I'll be in the cafeteria when you're done, kid."
Fleur drooped even more when she left if that was even possible, but he reluctantly shuffled after Orpheus, looking up at him uncertainly. "U-Um...wh-what am I here f-for...?" He was still confused about that - all he knew was that he had to come. "A-And why c-can't I put on my p-perfume...?" The second question came out nearly a whimper. It was obvious being forced to do without it and let his natural odor take over was greatly upsetting him.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:15 pm
"We are going to learn the fine art of control today." He said, giving him a smile, "That way you won't need the perfume to mask the scent you give off naturally and will only have to wear it to smell pretty." He explained as they walked along.
"I can't say I know exactly how to teach control. All of the ideas I have come up with seem to tie into learning something that can help you calm yourself, simple tasks you see that would get your mind off of the urge to spray and onto something else. Or maybe when your feel the urge to spray something that you can do instead until you learn full control." He said as they walked along.
In fact the walking and talking was part of that, to distract the boy and get his attention on something else. If he were worried constantly about the scent he wouldn't be able to instead concentrate on funner things.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:37 pm
Fleur's ears perked up a little at that statement, and he blinked at Orpheus, relaxing a little at that information. "I can...control it?" he asked, making sure he heard right. "B-But it's the way I smell...how can I control that?" He honestly had no idea he actually had a "leak" of sorts so his odor was constantly trickling out.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:42 pm
"Its sorta how it is with snakes, they have glands that produce poison right? But they can control it and only use it when they need it. The same with skunks. You will be able to turn it off and on, use it when you need it. Skunks normally do it when they are startled or are in danger." He explained, "Its your own personal art of defense."
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:59 pm
"Ohh..." Fleur murmured, his blue eyes lighting up and his tail finally lifting up from the floor. He had no idea he could just "shut off" his stench like that, although... "I did make a big stink when Ligeia was babysitting me..." He looked down again, still humiliated by that incident. "B-Because Vorel scared me...w-was that supposed to happen?" If the stench was his method of defending himself, maybe...still, he would like to be able to prevent that from happening - he certainly didn't want to humiliate himself like that again in a similar situation where he was only startled and not truly in danger.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:23 am
Orpheus nodded, "Yeah, dragons are predators and are a bit big Vorel especially so it was a natural reaction to you crossing paths with him." At least he figured from what he knew about skunks that it was, "When your better at the use of the scent then you won't have to worry about incidents like that. Its good though that you remembered that, helps for us to figure out things that trigger you to spray." He told him. So fear along with self defense, so let see here. He was starting to piece this together.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:37 am
Fleur blushed though it was only visible under the white V on his face. "I-I sometimes spray Chrysler too in the m-morning...she's s-so quiet when sh-she walks..." he admitted. Chrysler had a tendency to startle him when she walked up behind him which usually ended up with her walking into a cloud of stench, and Fleur often ended up with a singed tail as a result. Neither had learned their lesson yet.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:47 am
"Being scared, being startled, I see a pattern there. See all of these things make everyone lose control in some form or another, some people jump, some people scream, that is sorta your reaction." Not to say that Fleur might not jump and scream as well those were just examples.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:55 am
Fleur tilted his head, considering that before nodding slowly. "When I get scared, I just kind of...freeze up," he stated, blinking up at Orpheus. "Then the smell comes..." Now that he thought about it... "Maybe freezing up is squeezing it out?" He was very smart for his "age", so it did not take much effort for him to understand. Besides - it made sense. At home, he rarely had to reapply his perfume, but outside Stevie's mansion, he was constantly tense and nervous and skeptical - maybe that was squeezing it out just like when he was scared. "S-So, I can learn how to spray when I want and hold it in when I don't...?" That was a very appealing concept. He liked his perfume, but he did not like frantically reapplying it multiple times a day for fear of stinking away anyone.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:00 am
The teacher nodded, "Yes, it will become your choice about when you want to use it." He said, "That your are able to put two and two together is helpful to this, the fact that talking it out has helped you to figure out the catalysts is even better then you can start working them. You will then be able to then take control."
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