You hung your coat on the back door; Intended to stay

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Who: Moriarty and you!
What: Settling into the Academy...and maybe spooking an old rival.
When: August 13th, though mostly in the afternoon / night.
Where: All over!
Warnings: Nothing's coming to mind rn.

Outside the Savant Apartments and room 107

[If you're outside and near the apartments around 2-3pm, you'll catch sight of a Ulysses Butterfly fluttering around, almost looking as if it's searching for help.

Coming close enough will cause the butterfly - which is almost faintly glowing, and certainly feels magical - to fly over and tug on the nearest item of clothing on you, apparently trying to get you to follow it inside the Faculty apartments.

Will you follow it inside?]

Campus grounds

[Those who are eagle-eyed enough might have noticed the older looking man who's wandering on campus - he did show up briefly on the 12th, though he didn't wander. Today, though - around 5 or 6pm - he's clearly walking around, taking in the sights with those sharp blue eyes of his.

Coming close will have him give a friendly smile, and extend his hand out in a greeting.]

Hello! A pleasure meeting you - I am James Moriarty, the new Mathematics Professor. Might I learn your name?

On the Network

UN: 128Nemesis

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself - I am your recently hired Mathematics Professor, James Moriarty! I will be teaching class in the fall, from elementary math to college-grade. I also have some qualifications in Astronomy, though I won't be teaching that - but if you need someone to look at the stars for a bit, I suppose I wouldn't mind assisting! :)

I will also be available for help or tutoring if students need - though I merely ask you schedule at least 24 hours in advance in order to make sure there are no scheduling conflicts.

Speaking of Schedules, I am not a morning person - thus, all classes will most likely be in the afternoon or night, and on breaks, I will most likely be asleep until noon. I ask for your understanding in this.

My faculty apartment is 107, if you ever have any need to see me in person, and I will post my office hours after I have fully plotted out my class periods.

I look forward to this next school year!

-ps. If you happen to see blue butterflies on campus, do not be alarmed. They belong to me, and will not bring anyone harm.

Locked to Sherlock - night of the 13th

[Surely, he must have seen the network post - a James Moriarty, teaching Mathematics and having knowledge of Astronomy? It could be a massive coincidence, but...

His office has been fully moved into, things in their places - and the door is locked, lights off. No one's in this wing of the college, and though it seems empty and devoid of life...

...Why does it feel like someone's watching...?]

Comments

[improbablenotimpossible]

[The vampire frowns as he read over the network post, it seem like a coincidence, neither 'James' or 'Moriarty' are that rare of names, but too many things are familiar, but after his recent brush with the past, he can't let things be.

With a quiet ease, he approaches the office, searching to make certain no one saw him before he dematerializes into mist to slip inside - to put his mind at ease, if nothing else]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[He can easily do that - and at first glance, it seems as if it really is just a normal room, though more austerely styled...less modern, and more what you'd assume a Victorian college office would look like. There is also a desk, with what looks like an open drawer.

However, when he reforms - he'll suddenly be hit with the feeling of spider silk all over his body, as if he'd somehow stepped face first into an unseen web.

How odd...]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He blanches at the sudden sensation, as his fingers reaches up, going to pull off the silk that he cannot see. A magic snare? He wondered as he waited for a few moments after he freed himself from the sensation of being wrapped in it. Once it seems like nothing is happening, he carefully peers into the draw, drawing a pen from his jacket's pocket, suspecting the open drawer was bait]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[Peering inside will only reveal a single key, as if it was for the locked drawer below. Reaching in for it will not trigger anything, either.

Still, after freeing himself - the threads still come back and stick on him, over and over. It seems as if they're made to do that whenever someone enters uninvited, as almost invisible as they are.]

Campus grounds

[yokeye]

Mathematics!? Really!? Are there any extra classes besides the usual math ones that I could take and use as a replacement for other subjects that I'm absolutely going to fail in, you know like stuff on number theory or astrophysics or anything supposedly really hard!? Can I swap those out for history of whatever and Latin and like gym!? Oh, I'm Toki! This is Marcel!

[Toki grabs Moriarty's hand to shake, gesturing to the guard standing behind him. Marcel gives a slight nod, but stays out of the conversation; his only purpose here is to hold the leash attached to Toki's yellow cat backpack.]

He's my personal, uhh... assistant! Anyway, so yes or no, will that work?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[This is Definitely not the reception he'd expected to get - and after a moment of wide-eyed blinking, he recovers enough to give the boy a firm handshake.]

Hahaha, slow down for a moment! I'm more than happy to have you fill up on electives using my classes, but I'm unsure if swapping will work!

Regardless - it's a pleasure, Toki and Marcel.

[yokeye]

[Toki considers that for a moment, but he's not entirely sure what electives are.]

Aren't electives optional? Why would I take anything I didn't have to? Anyway!

[His attempt at a conspiratorial whisper follows, but it's a pointless effort with Marcel right there.]

Find out about that swapping thing for me, will you? You'll be handsomely rewarded if you can make it happen.

BUTTERFLY

[lionson]

[Shiro, initially, does not see the butterfly. He's too busy sussing out where he's going to hold classes, since obviously a normal classroom won't work out most of the time.

Kuro, however, notices the butterfly right away, and begins pawing at it and chasing it. That is what gets Shiro's attention. He ends up smiling as he watches Kuro's attempts for a few seconds, though eventually he is going to speak up:]

C'mon, aren't you a mighty hunter?

[Yep. He's totally encouraging his cat to chase the butterfly. Run for your life, or fly I guess.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[WHY MUST YOU DO THIS

The butterfly immediately tries to make a break for it, fluttering back towards the faculty housing with all of it's might, as if trying to escape.

...Or maybe it's still leading, but with more panic involved now.]

[lionson]

[The butterfly might be escape-leading, but both cat and man are definitely following! Or rather, the cat is following the butterfly and the man is following the cat.

He might also have his phone out to record Kuro's pounces and attempts at catching this butterfly. Because that's the kind of person he is. He'll barely even notice it when they eventually reach 107.]

UN: REIRA

[soft_focus]

Does that mean if they are not blue, it's a bad thing?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

At the very least, it means they aren't any of mine. The blue ones I create are part of a spell.

[soft_focus]

Oh.

Why would someone be worried about butterflies anyway?

the apartment

[inflictwounds]

[The butterfly catches his attention, but more important it catches Stool and Rumpadump's attention. The two mushrooms are immediately enamored with the butterfly, and it's at their insistence that the daemon follows it into the apartments. He's pretty sure entering someone's home is largely frowned upon by humans, but he can't exactly say no to his charges.

The mushrooms - about a foot high - toddle in after the butterfly, with Hieke following. When he notices the apartments is occupied, he freezes.]

Uh.

[Hmm.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[It's fine - as there seems to be grunting coming from 107, with the form of an older looking man trying to shuffle a heavy-looking couch into the apartment by himself.]

Hr....rrrgh....

[The butterfly that had attracted the mushroom's attention quickly flutters over, landing on the old man's shoulder and flapping it's wings - before bursting into a flash of blue and fading away.

Mission complete.]

[inflictwounds]

[Somehow, Hieke feels like he's been duped.

He steps forward, nudging the mushrooms back with his foot.]

Do you need help?

[Or are you going to try to macho man your way through this and throw your back out.]

UN: GreenDolphin

[strings_theory]

Why the fuck are we teaching math in a goddamned magical school?

What the actual legit fuck, dude.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Because you need to learn at least some semblance of the basics while you're here? :/

[strings_theory]

Already went through high school before getting here, dude, pretty sure I don't need to involve myself in any more of that shit.

Campus Grounds

[ahew_kha]

[Was she expecting to get suddenly stopped on her way to go hide in her dorm? Absolutely not. Did she expect to have the tiny baby dragon in her arms as well? A little.

She's squinting a little at that hand before looking up at him properly and backing up a step or two.]

... Ah, a new faculty member... [She's frowning a little and motioning to the dragon in her arms.]

My hands are full, but hello?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Ah! My apologies, miss.

[He quickly removes his hand, though he's still smiling in that friendly, almost grandfatherly way - and he looks down to the baby dragon with interest.]

...Well now! Who's this little one, hm?

[A Butterfly appears on his shoulder, and flutters over to the baby, seemingly dancing just out of snapping range.]

[ahew_kha]

[At least she seems to not be immediately looking for an escape from this, which is some progress with her, honestly. She's managing a small smile in turn.]

That's... that's fine. Um, this is Hosni, he's a... distance family member of mine? [That makes no sense to anyone, but it's fine.

And the baby is squeaking as that butterfly is appearing, predictably trying to snap at the butterfly. Not in a way to try and kill it, but because his arms are still tiny and inspecting things with his mouth is just easier.]

un: likesflowers

[alreadyhuman]

Mathematics?? (((o(*°▽°*)o))) I'm really looking forward to it! [ And he really is. Mostly because formalized mathematics is something he's had really no experience in and he's READY TO LEARN. ]

Its nice to meet you Mr Moriarty!

[hatesdeerstalkers]

A good outlook to have! I look forward to teaching you as well! :D!

[Moriarty is boring and just uses normal emotes, mostly because switching his keyboard to Japanese and back would be taxing.]

It's a pleasure to meet you as well! What would your name be, then?

[alreadyhuman]

Oh! My name is Vivi! ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶ I don't have a last name though. Apparently that's a 'family name' and I don't really have one!

I've never had a mathematics class before so I'm excited! You can do lots of things with it I think? Is that right?