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daybreakacademy2019-03-31 03:01 pm
arcadianvampire) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-03-31 03:01 pm
One Of The Only Times Scarier Than Halloween (Dated Mar. 23 - Mar. 29)
Who: Valvatorez and whomever attends.
What: Study Session, Final Examinations, and Office Hours
Where: Largely his classrooms, as well as his office
When: Mar. 23 (Study Session) Mar. 24-29 (Finals and Office Hours)
Warnings: Probably none, though Final Exams may include practicals, which... well. Are what nightmares are made of.
Optional Study Session
It's the scariest time of the year for those attending Valvatorez's classes. Final examinations are soon upon everyone, and this notoriously challenging professor is quite looking forward to it. Not because he enjoys watching his students be afraid or stressed, but rather because he is eager to put what they have learned to the test.
And in the interest of fairness, Valvatorez is more than willing to aid whoever takes his classes, and set up study sessions for each of his three classes on March 23, a couple of days before finals start. Each session will include a rudimentary summation of many topics covered in his classes, but won't be enough to see you pass if you didn't put in some work either by asking questions, attending class, or doing your homework. Preferably all of those things.
For each class, here is a rough breakdown of some of the things he has taught:
Defense Against Daemons and Vampires: Doppelgangers, were-creatures (emphasis on the more daemonic variety, rather than human lycanthropes), several common varieties of Daemons including the ones that attacked Daybreak during the dance, daemon dragons, daemonic marionettes and gargoyles, daemonic orcs, and of course, Vampires.
Introduction to Dark Magic: Control, dark magic theory, risks and benefits to utilizing dark magic, responsible casting, basic rituals, and common attack spells
Oceanography and Marine Biology: This part of the semester primarily focused on marine biology, with emphasis on fish and larger marine mammals. Mostly fish. Especially sardines. He's not sorry. You might be though.
He will be accepting questions and offering individual instruction if desired during these study sessions.
Date: March 24-29: Finals and Office Hours
Expect Valvatorez to proctor his exams with a careful eye. He seems to have a nose for sniffing out cheaters, and expect to be caught if you think about trying to cheat his tests. His tests aren't multiple choice either: they're all short answer, and he expects his students to know their stuff. No lucky guesses will get you through this. It's now or never.
Alternatively, you might be taking the practical portion of either the Dark Magic or Daemon Defense examinations, and you can expect to be ferried to the Mythril Cage to either face an actual foe or Valvatorez approximating one. The choice is given to the student. Do not expect these exams to be easy. They will test your mettle. Unless you're straight up facing Valvatorez himself, losing your fight will result in a poor grade. Valvatorez himself will prove to be a much, much more daunting opponent, and few students ever best him even when he's holding back; however, a loss against him will be graded more charitably. It's about how you handle the fight that matters: smart, capable fighting even in the face of a loss will be graded better.
As long as Valvatorez is not proctoring an examination, he will make himself available in his office for hours to consult with students if they so need it. You can even speak to him about your examination later in the week, and he'll offer his insights as desired.
He'll be waiting, his office still gaudily decorated in that almost cartoonishly gothic fashion, though the singing fish on the wall might be missing. How strange.
What: Study Session, Final Examinations, and Office Hours
Where: Largely his classrooms, as well as his office
When: Mar. 23 (Study Session) Mar. 24-29 (Finals and Office Hours)
Warnings: Probably none, though Final Exams may include practicals, which... well. Are what nightmares are made of.
Optional Study Session
It's the scariest time of the year for those attending Valvatorez's classes. Final examinations are soon upon everyone, and this notoriously challenging professor is quite looking forward to it. Not because he enjoys watching his students be afraid or stressed, but rather because he is eager to put what they have learned to the test.
And in the interest of fairness, Valvatorez is more than willing to aid whoever takes his classes, and set up study sessions for each of his three classes on March 23, a couple of days before finals start. Each session will include a rudimentary summation of many topics covered in his classes, but won't be enough to see you pass if you didn't put in some work either by asking questions, attending class, or doing your homework. Preferably all of those things.
For each class, here is a rough breakdown of some of the things he has taught:
Defense Against Daemons and Vampires: Doppelgangers, were-creatures (emphasis on the more daemonic variety, rather than human lycanthropes), several common varieties of Daemons including the ones that attacked Daybreak during the dance, daemon dragons, daemonic marionettes and gargoyles, daemonic orcs, and of course, Vampires.
Introduction to Dark Magic: Control, dark magic theory, risks and benefits to utilizing dark magic, responsible casting, basic rituals, and common attack spells
Oceanography and Marine Biology: This part of the semester primarily focused on marine biology, with emphasis on fish and larger marine mammals. Mostly fish. Especially sardines. He's not sorry. You might be though.
He will be accepting questions and offering individual instruction if desired during these study sessions.
Date: March 24-29: Finals and Office Hours
Expect Valvatorez to proctor his exams with a careful eye. He seems to have a nose for sniffing out cheaters, and expect to be caught if you think about trying to cheat his tests. His tests aren't multiple choice either: they're all short answer, and he expects his students to know their stuff. No lucky guesses will get you through this. It's now or never.
Alternatively, you might be taking the practical portion of either the Dark Magic or Daemon Defense examinations, and you can expect to be ferried to the Mythril Cage to either face an actual foe or Valvatorez approximating one. The choice is given to the student. Do not expect these exams to be easy. They will test your mettle. Unless you're straight up facing Valvatorez himself, losing your fight will result in a poor grade. Valvatorez himself will prove to be a much, much more daunting opponent, and few students ever best him even when he's holding back; however, a loss against him will be graded more charitably. It's about how you handle the fight that matters: smart, capable fighting even in the face of a loss will be graded better.
As long as Valvatorez is not proctoring an examination, he will make himself available in his office for hours to consult with students if they so need it. You can even speak to him about your examination later in the week, and he'll offer his insights as desired.
He'll be waiting, his office still gaudily decorated in that almost cartoonishly gothic fashion, though the singing fish on the wall might be missing. How strange.
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"If it's not a contract... what else would it be?"
He's assumed it'd have to be some kind of contract, because what other relationships happen between humans and daemons? Even if it's a weird contract.
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"Any number of things. Possession, heritage or bloodline, influence, daemonic taint, a curse or blessing, a quirk in your magical powers, some sort of blight infection, or, like we discussed, a particularly unusual contract."
The vampire leaned on his desk, his expression thoughtful, but incredibly serious.
"Daemonic powers, influence, and more are complex, and even fluid. Contracts are the most common way for power to be granted, and often the most stable, but there are many avenues of approach to affecting a human. It sounds like there's something else at work here to me."
With that, he stood more upright and flicked his cape to the side a bit.
"However, do not be discouraged. What you've described to me hasn't suggested any malignancy to you. I do not believe you are in any danger, but even so, vigilance might still hold the key to finding your answer. That said, I would avoid any anti-daemon magics you can in the meantime. It seems like whatever wards the school itself have will not hurt you, but I cannot say what others outside of Daybreak might do."
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"Heritage?" Yuya's eyebrows raise. None of those sound better than the first, but it's that one in particular that catches his attention. "Like someone can... be part daemon?"
He's pretty sure that's not what's going on with him, but he's never heard of having that kind of mixed heritage before. He didn't know it was even possible.
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Valvatorez need not go on about the obvious things; being hunted down as abominations, being secreted away to keep humankind from discovering the truth writ large, and other things.
"Almost all of them exist in the Outlands for that reason. Some places there can be more welcoming of mixed heritage individuals. Depends on where you go. But they can and do happen. And will continue to happen, I'm sure."
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He closes the book and holds it closer. "I'm going to look through this, and I'll tell you if anything else happens, okay?"