He's going to wear his voice out [OPEN]

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Who: Avery, open
What: Avery attempts to get his rep back. Questionably -- Will match people's format!
Where: Around campus
When: Before the Herald announcement
Warning: Pop quizzes



A1. Truly a being who inspires fear (Variant 1)

[Wow, whoever's in charge of taking care of the weeds on campus sure seems to be slacking, huh? Or maybe, considering all these thorns are cropping up in rings, the fae decided to go goth? Either way you've somehow managed to step foot in one of them and it's like you've been pulled into another dimension, filled with dark, swirling purple fog. It might even be a sight familiar to some of you.

What might not be familiar is the 15-foot tall shadow ripping itself up out of the ground, eyes glowing bright as hot coals as it stares you down.]

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Smooth moves there! You really know how to screw yourself over!

[Is that... Professor Atchison?]

You know, if this were my forest, you'd TOTALLY be dead right now! Luckily for you, it's not. Unluckily for you, I'm not feeling that charitable.

Time for a pop quiz!


A2. Truly a being who inspires fear (Variant 2)

[It's a beautiful day out. Birds are singing, the sun is shining, flowers are blooming...

Shame all of that's hard to see at the moment.

Somehow you missed the trap laid out and now you've been ripped up into the air, trapped in a bag. Luckily (or unluckily), the fabric itself is rather flimsy, and with enough of a struggle you'll be out in no time.

...Right into one of Avery's traps.

Cue the FOOOOOOOOOLery from above.]


B. Truly a being who inspires... fear??

[How many times have you stepped into these traps by now? Or maybe you just were REALLY not who he was expecting. Either way, once Avery pops in to give his speech, it's a bit... lackluster.]

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo... Oh. It's you.

[He actually sounds a little hoarse]


C. Office Hours Catch-all

[Looking to talk with Avery one on one? Feel free to hit him up here!]

Comments

B i'm sorry

[spelleton]

[ There is absolutely no way Ekkehardt would ever step into a trap on purpose, barring being intensely distracted in some way.

He isn't. He just did it on purpose.

To be an asshole. ]

You're not going to have any voice left to teach at this rate.

[ His voice is mild. ]

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Look. It's completely worth it. Keeps them on their toes.

When someone isn't taking that experience away from everyone.

B

[unpocoloco]

[The first time it'd happened he'd been startled enough to actually be subject to the pop quiz. The second time, with struggle and all he'd just sort of... gone along with it. But this is not the first or second.

It may not even be the third. Never mind him missing the trap again--]

Yes, it's me. Avery, are you okay? Do you need to, like... talk about... something?

A2

[fireindreams]

[It hurts to admit but Grimm does indeed miss the trap. And as punishment for missing said trap the Troupe Master finds himself hoisted into the air, trapped in a bag.

He actually does not struggle for a moment. Really. Grimm has survived countless assassination attempts by the Nightmare King's old Clan but it is a cloth bag that gets him in the end. Just why.

Eventually he does start to work his way out of the bag by lighting it on fire, dropping safely to the ground. At least until the second trap goes off. Grimm sees the purple smoke and immediately teleports.

The trapper can FOOOL all he wants. Grimm meanwhile is standing just a few inches out of the trap's radius, just watching Avery.]

Well. I cannot say I have not see that before.

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[He groans, head in his hand.]

No. I don't need to talk. I'm FINE. PEACHY!

I mean, it's not like I have the same person constantly ending up in my traps, taking away the experience from other people or anything!

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Is it my fault you don't have better identifying methods?

[ It is, however, his fault for triggering it in the first place, so it's like a 50/50 split.

He's probing the composition of the trap with his own magic, idly, wondering if he can even find anything out about it. Avery can likely feel him casually prodding.
]

Re: A2

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[He doesn't even get through his whole speech. The FOOOOL cuts off somewhere in the middle, with Avery looking around wildly.]

What the--?!

[And then he catches sight of Grimm, the trap completely disappearing. Avery, however, remains in his shadow form, hands on his hips.]

You can't do that! That's cheating!

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[He definitely can. And that's when the trap disappears.

Nope. None of that, Gehring.]

Yeah, well, in my experience, most people don't fall into it more than once.

A2

[bejustorbedead]

[Ky was distracted, between the lingering uncertainty due to his rampage and the upcoming battle - he wasn't as alert as he should be, so when the world suddenly went dark the man struggled, easily tearing out of the bag and immediately dropping]

Ah-?!

[Instinct from war took over, the air crackles and he lets out a blast of blue-white lightning all around him, thankfully just enough to fill the surroundings with a high amount of static and making the air smell like ozone]

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If you're going to give pop quizzes, you should at least make sure you've got the students who actually take your class.

[ He's been hearing shouting over campus all day.

He lets out a short laugh when the trap vanishes. His own magic, red chains and bandages intertwined, wrap themselves back around his body and disappear. ]

It's very strong, though. I probably wouldn't be able to break it quickly.

[ Is he really giving criticism on the trap he was just in.......... ]

[fireindreams]

Oh, no? It is well within my abilities to teleport. Is it truly cheating if I escape a trap using what I have at my disposal?

[Or Grimm is indeed a cheating cheater who cheats when it comes to movement. And judging by the sly smile forming on the Troupe Master's face, he damn well knows it.]

I do admit it caught me off guard, however.

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FOOOO--AAARGH!

[Avery's grand entrance is immediately foiled. He isn't hurt, but all the static shocks have both served to startle him and leave the fluff around his shadowy neck a poofy mess]

B.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail's just looking around curiously, memories that are and aren't hers drifting to the surface.]

Huh. It looks super different when I'm not all teeny.

[Jasmine's been in one of these traps before, even if she hasn't. She wanted to see if it felt the same as an adult. ...Mostly she's a lot less nervous and a lot more scientifically intrigued.]

Does this work kinda like a fairy ring, or...?

a1;

[inflictwounds]

[The truth of the matter is Hieke didn’t see the ring on the ground - he’s not expecting it to be there, and he’s just on his way back from a shopping trip in Soleil. It’s just a boring, average day where boring, acerage things are going to happen.

And then he ends up in a shadowy void with someone yelling at him. He blinks, slowly, up at Avery.]

...What?

[More blinking, as he works through what Avery said.]

What??

[bejustorbedead]

Huh... Avery?!

[Ky stared owl-eyed as he stops struggling in the trap, taken out of the moment, then his lips twitched slightly at the extra poofiness around his neck]

What in god's name are you doing?

C

[arcadianvampire]

[Oh, Valvatorez caught sight of many of Avery's various traps across campus. He never bothered to trip one, nor did he even bother warning anyone of them being about. He did, however, watch at times as he messed with the various students and faculty who *did* trip them either intentionally or by accident.

And oh, was it a laugh riot all day.

Towards the end of Avery's office hours, Valvatorez shows up, with a knock on the door. In his arms he actually has a tray full of piping tea... with a bottle of honey on it. Hades knows the toll that all that delightful declaration of "FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL" would take on one's throat.]

Avery? You have a moment?

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Of course not. What's the point of a trap if someone can just leave? I've had years of experience to get it just perfect!

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...Yes.

[No. It's not really. But he's salty so it's cheating now.]

Most people can't teleport away, you know. If you got yourself into that mess, the least you can do is go along with it.

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Well, I WAS trying to teach a practical lesson. Then SOMEONE had to be a jerk about it!

[unpocoloco]

You can't just set traps outside in standard pathways designed to trap people and expect me to miss it. Maybe if it was the day time and I could see it but, in case you didn't know, this nocturnal thing doesn't actually come with night vision.

[He gestures to the eyes of his walking, talking corpse.]

What are you even doing? Is this some kind of warm up for exams? How do you know you're going to get one of your own students?

[bejustorbedead]

Sorry, but my nerves have been pretty frazzled lately.

[He didn't count too sorry, though least he looks sheepish lat least]

...A double trap, I'm a little surprised more people don't use it.

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I don't! That's what makes it so fun.

I've got plenty of other questions ready if it's some random brat who isn't watching where they're going.

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[He folds his arms and leans back with a sigh. Even if he has no intention of getting into ALL the nitty gritty details of his traps, he supposes he can answer a question or two]

Not really. It does exactly one thing: separate someone from the rest of the world for as long as I want.

[Which is up to an hour, but saying it that way makes it much more ominous.]

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That's right! Congratulations!

Now. Let's begin with an easy one:

In the SyFy Original Movie "Bearpocalypse," how do the grizzly bears end up zombified?

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[He reluctantly returns to human form, if only so he can start rummaging around for a comb to tame his now very frizzy hair.]

Of course. It makes sure they don't get away. And with the proper ambience, you can make quite the entrance.