English Class RP (lance,clara,mork,trick,gwyd)

<LanceLynel>: The mid-morning shone through the windows of Buck's Academy, as the clock ticked slowly toward lunch break. The students, eager to get the lesson over and done with, have all made their way toward the top floor,where their next class awaited.
Wrong_Way holds his stomach as he waits outside the classroom
<Wrong_Way>: "Man...."
<Gwyd>: "Are you alright?"
*** Amos is now known as Clara
<Wrong_Way>: "I want it to be lunch already..."
Clara is also hungry, moreso because she hasn't eaten last night as she was in the middle of a breakthrough that went... nowhere. She tiredly floats over to the classroom.
<Wrong_Way>: "Man, I'm just gonna summon a pizza if this is going to be a boring class..."
<Gwyd>: Man that sucks but lunch isnt fa-oh hey clara"
<Clara>: "Hey Gwydion, hey Mark" she says with a yawn, she hasn't bothered landing on the ground so she just thoughtlessly floats in the air
Wrong_Way 's stomach grumbles and Wrong_Way moans in frustratiion
<LanceLynel>: The teacher opened the door to the classroom, and immediately you could see one thing; he was the same age as the students. He is dressed smartly, though his hair is ruffled and shirt untucked.
<LanceLynel>: "Oh, right, forgot about the class. Well, c'mon in already."
Wrong_Way tries to exchange a glance of confusion with Gwyd
Gwyd heads into class and takes a seat near clara, and wrong way.
Clara heads on into class, wondering if it would be wrong of her to bring up the fact the teacher is a teenager
Wrong_Way sits down and raises his hand instantly
<LanceLynel>: The room looks pretty standard: A selection of shelves sat near the far wall, on them a wide selection of books. Various other books were strewn messily around the room, mostly dictionaries and thesauruses.
<LanceLynel>: "Oh, uh, right... you there, got a question?" the teacher points at Mark as he asks.
<Wrong_Way>: "Would you mind if I summon a pizza here?"
Clara looks over to mark confused
<Clara>: ["There better be pepperoni on that"]
Wrong_Way manages an embarrassed smile as he's holding his very hungry stomach
<LanceLynel>: "A pizza...? Oh, sure thing." he said with a smile, spinning his chair around before sitting on it.
<Wrong_Way>: "..Really? Sweet."
Clara looks at the teacher and back to mark, confused that worked
<Gwyd>: huh..
Clara finally conquers the mountain of social pressure and raises her hand
Wrong_Way spends a minute trying to word this properly and think of his order
<Wrong_Way>: "Alright...there /isn't/ a freshly cooked anchovy pizza on my desk."
<LanceLynel>: "Ah yeah, you there young lady, what's troublin' you?"
Wrong_Way leans back in his seat as a pizza just appears on the desk
Wrong_Way goes to grab a slice but it's too hot to touch now
<Wrong_Way>: "Ouch!"
<Clara>: "Well.... sorry Mr. Lynel, was it?" she says sheepishly "Aren't you a bit... young to be a teacher?"
Wrong_Way nurses his hand from the burn
<LanceLynel>: "Well, Mr. Lynel? Too formal, just call me Lance, y'hear?" he said, looking at the class. "Yeah, I guess I am kinda young, but I got the degrees I need to teach."
Wrong_Way shrugs as he grabs the same slice of pizza
Wrong_Way sighs to his relief that it's not setting his hand on fire
<Clara>: "Oh, okay" she says, sounding to accept it while still kinda weirded out
Gwyd has his stuff out, is drawing in his red book, and has notes out to the side ready.
Wrong_Way eats his slice of pizza quickly, so hungry.
<LanceLynel>: "I know, it is kinda weird, but don'tcha worry, I know what I'm doin'"
Clara prepares her things
<LanceLynel>: "Right, so, I wanna learn a bit more about you folks. So let's go around and introduce ourselves, startin' with pizza boy over there."


*** Dibbles joined #EnglishClass
LanceLynel [cool, do it to it]
*** Dibbles is now known as Trick
Wrong_Way [http://pastebin.com/tWL5T50g]
Sol Retconing me out ]
Wrong_Way [aw, why?]
Wrong_Way [...nevermind then]
LanceLynel [I think he still need a while to get home proper]
Wrong_Way [probably]
Trick [am I allowed in this, or?]
Wrong_Way [you'd be the oldest guy in the room]
Wrong_Way [so, you can show up late if you want]
Wrong_Way [barely started class]
Trick [that's what I figured]

Trick wanders into class, yawning as he slumps into a seat
LanceLynel "Oh, late arrival? Got a name, pal?"
Wrong_Way is eating his slice of pizza as he sees Trick enter in
Trick "John."
Wrong_Way looks back to his pizza
LanceLynel "Just John, huh? Well, alrighty, there ain't many folks here, so take a seat at the center table with the others."
Trick "Oh, okay."

Wrong_Way wonders why his classes are generally empty

Trick gets up, takes his backpack and sets it down at the table with Clara and Wrong_Way
Wrong_Way "Eyy, Tricko. Wanna slice of pizza?" he says as he gestures to the pizza that's just laying on his desk.
LanceLynel "Hey, pizza, you haven't introduced yourself yet. So, c'mon then."
Trick "Hey there" he pauses for a second to remember wrong_way's name "Mark! Sure."
Trick takes a slice and leans back in his seat to eat comfortably

Clara "Hello John.." she does her usual sheepish greeting
Wrong_Way "You know Clara, you can grab a slice of pizza if you want."
Wrong_Way "I doubt I'll finish the whole thing" he says, finishing a slice

Clara waits a second, then takes a piece once she is sure he actually means it.

Trick looks over to Clara and swallows his pizza before talking

Wrong_Way looks back to the teacher
Trick "Hey there... -wrong_way talks- Clara."
Wrong_Way "Oh right! Class."

Clara eats pizza
LanceLynel "Hey, just 'cause I'm a lil' looser compared to other teachers doesn't make this any less of a legit class."
Clara "Oh, sorry!" she looks back up to the teacher
Wrong_Way "Sorry sir. Lunch is next period..."

Trick looks back to Lance
LanceLynel "So, a quick introduction. Name, age, favorite book, go wild, what you think is important knowledge.
Wrong_Way looks back to the other two, hoping that one of them will go first
Trick looks back at the group
Wrong_Way "..Nose goes."
Wrong_Way puts his finger on his nose

Trick puts his finger on his nose
Wrong_Way "Ohhhhh!"
Wrong_Way "Ahaha Clara, you go first..."
LanceLynel "You know the rules of nose goes. Clara, is it?"
Clara "Yeah..." she regrets being slow on the draw
LanceLynel "Judging by your tone you ain't exactly fond of chattin' to people, huh?"
LanceLynel "What do they call it? Not being a "social butterfly" or whatever."
Clara "Just... shy a bit. Sorry, new here"

Trick looks to Lance with a "what are you doing, man" expression

Wrong_Way throws pennies at the freshmeat]
Clara "So, I'm Clara Walsh. Sixteen. Spend a lot of time working with machines"
LanceLynel "Machines, huh? Interestin'. Ever considered it as a career?"
Clara "Kind of my powers" she taps the scouter, indicating she made it "And once I graduate, sure"
LanceLynel "Hmm, I see. Anything else ya wanna add? Hobbies, favorite book, movie, TV show?"
Clara "Weeeeeell, I've always been partial to listening to big long boring scientific
lectures rather than TV, but I with the earpiece I've gotten myself into
music"

Clara eats pizza
LanceLynel "I see. Well, that's all good, you sound like a nice enough person."

Trick nods approvingly
LanceLynel "Now, who's next...?"

Trick looks to wrong_way
Wrong_Way "Nose goes."

Wrong_Way touches his nose

Trick puts giner on nose
Wrong_Way "Ahahah!"
Trick "Damnit."
LanceLynel [what's a giner?]
Trick [a hastily misspelled finger]
Clara [giner pls]

Wrong_Way grabs another slice of pizza for his victorious reflexes
LanceLynel "Ah, I see. Mark, yes?"
LanceLynel "It's your turn."

Trick looks at Wrong_way, slightly confused.
Wrong_Way "...What?"
LanceLynel "You won the round."
LanceLynel "Your prize is getting to introduce yourself first."
Trick "Yeah, you get the privilege of going first!"
19:54
Wrong_Way puts down his slice and sighs
Wrong_Way "Fine, Mark Rossi, 15, I have a turtle."

Wrong_Way goes back to his pizza

Trick smiles, he has a catlike face whenever he does this.
LanceLynel "Hmm, and nothing else?"

Wrong_Way puts down his pizza again

Clara looks at mark with a "you won't get out of it that easily" expression
Wrong_Way "Yes, that's all there really is about me."

Trick takes more pizza
Clara "C'mon, I know there's more about ya" she says to mark, half chewing
19:57 LanceLynel "Nah, people are a lot more complex than they ever give themselves credit for."
19:57 LanceLynel "Interests, for instance."
19:57 LanceLynel "Little habits."
19:58 Wrong_Way "Fine, my interests are flying the S-jet."

Clara [so you like fantasy then]
Clara [ #iceburn ]
Wrong_Way [shut up]]
LanceLynel [oh shit is that a burn[
Trick [apply cream]

Wrong_Way takes a bite out of his pizza slice as if that will end this conversation
Clara ]
Trick >blindness]
Clara http: //www.abiyamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/apply-cold-water-to-the-burned-area.jpg
Clara [mutha fucc[
Trick haw haw]

LanceLynel "You're not getting out of it that easily."
LanceLynel "Put some passion, some thought into it."

Trick looks at Clara with a concerned expression

Clara raises an eyebrow

Trick gestures to wrong_way with his head and raises his shoulders

Clara shrugs

Trick goes back to eating pizza
LanceLynel "...well then, if this is how he'll play the game, we'll just move on. John, your turn."

Trick slowly chews his bite of pizza, swallows, pushes his chair out with his foot on the side of the table, rests his hands on his knees, and lifts himself to a standing position. He leans backwards to crack his back, and sighs.
Trick "Okaaaaaaay."
Trick "So, I'm John Depascale. 18 years old. Male. Used to play a lot of football, but I was kicked off the team when my mutant powers activated. Y'know, since superpowers aren't fair and all. Moved here with my cousin to stop
getting shit from half the folks at my old school. I worked most of the time since and I guess I haven't had any room for hobbies."

Trick slumps back down and continues eating pizza.
LanceLynel "Quite the story. If you don't mind me asking, were you good at football?"
Trick "The best."

Clara nods as he tells the story, eats pizza
 LanceLynel "Huh, I see. Well, darn shame you got kicked off."

Trick continues eating.

Wrong_Way finishes his slice, having listened to Trick's tragic past
<LanceLynel>: "Well, now that we're all acquainted, I suppose we should get started, no?"
<Wrong_Way>: "I guess."
Trick shrugs. "Sure."
<Wrong_Way>: [i have no idea how many slices are left of this pizza]
<Wrong_Way>: [i had like 2]
<Clara>: [when nobody was looking, clara ate 40 slices]
<Wrong_Way>: [damn it clara]
<Clara>: [she ate 40 slices. thats as many as four tens]
<Clara>: [and that's terrible]
<LanceLynel>: "Okay, so, since we're all new, I'd rather avoid ramming you folks into some book you don't know or care about."
<Trick>: >every female amos makes is a thieving gluttonous whore]
<Wrong_Way>: [that's mean trick.]
<Trick>: [but muh pizza]
<Clara>: [I blame the women prominent in my childhood]
Wrong_Way can't remember the last book he read
<Wrong_Way>: "...Thank you."
<LanceLynel>: "So instead, I decided that it's time for more questions."
LanceLynel takes a notebook from his bag, and a pen from his pocket.
Wrong_Way slaps himself on the head
Clara thinks this could turn out better than she previously expected
Trick reaches over for more pizza without looking, and feels nothing but cardboard. Damnit.
<LanceLynel>: "Okay, so a book tells a story, right? And the idea behind the story is to give an experience, make the reader feel something."
<LanceLynel>: "Whether it's... Joy." he scrawls the word down in his notebook.
<LanceLynel>: In an instant, he is swarmed by brightly-colored butterflies, and once they disperse, a strange creature is left behind.
<LanceLynel>: Brightly-colored and human in shape, made from what appeared to be sweet treats, toys, and various other trinkets.
Wrong_Way looks to the pizza box, worried it was laced with marijuana
Trick blankly stares at the creature
<Trick>: [I did a marijuana and saw butterflies, man.]
Clara looks on quizzically
<LanceLynel>: When the creature speaks, the voice remains the same, although somewhat softer. "Or perhaps Sadness."
<LanceLynel>: Again he writes the word in, bringing in a group of dark clouds.
<LanceLynel>: They remain, and the creature's colors become muted and grey.
Trick looks to Clara and Wrong_way with a confused expression
Wrong_Way looks back interested
Wrong_Way wonders if he should be taking notes on this
Clara waits to see more
<LanceLynel>: The creature crosses the words from his notebook, and slowly things return to normal. The creature's body seems to shed off, leaving Lance standing there.
Trick returns to looking at what's going on
<LanceLynel>: "Which is why I want to ask you all, what do you want out of a story?"
<LanceLynel>: "What do you want to see and feel?"
<LanceLynel>: "Just throw words out, no fear."
Wrong_Way raises his hand
<LanceLynel>: "Yes, Mark."
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh...I want the hero to go somewhere. Like, learn something new and start to change.."
<LanceLynel>: "Change, Growth, Learning! All very good."
<Clara>: "I always look for some kind of commentary or message on something greater than the story itself"
Clara shrugs
<LanceLynel>: Lance writes the words in, and from his notebook hop out three figures; a young boy swinging a stick like a sword, a teenager training with a proper sword, and an adult man in knights' armor.
<LanceLynel>: "Commentary, Message, eh? Interesting."
<LanceLynel>: Lance starts to write the words in, and a miniature city seems to pop up from the floor.
<Trick>: "It could also use a hook. A unique and interesting set of circumstances."
<LanceLynel>: "Circumstance, Dilemmas and Events."
<Wrong_Way>: ["Yeah! And Vampires! And True Love! Like Twilight!"]
<LanceLynel>: As Lance continues to write, it seems hundreds of events show up; from families on the beach to dragons kidnapping princesses.
Wrong_Way looks at all these constructs filling up the room
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh...you sure we have enough room for all of them?
Clara watches lance's creations
<LanceLynel>: "Of course we do. All I need is to flip the page, and boom, they just go to sleep."
<LanceLynel>: "Or cross out the word and it goes."
Trick turns on his enhanced external awareness to simply see everything that's happening around the room.
<Wrong_Way>: "Huh. That's pretty cool."
<LanceLynel>: Lance sidesteps a rogue miniature helicopter, chuckling. "Yeah, it can be fun."
Wrong_Way tries to think of any other ascept
<LanceLynel>: "C'mon, it can be anything."
<Clara>: "Emotion, a feeling being evoked?"
<LanceLynel>: "Emotions, yes."
Trick turns to look at the clara and wrong_way
<LanceLynel>: "Now, seriously, just say anything. What do you like seeing in stories?"
<Trick>: "So what kinda story do you think this should be?"
<Clara>: "Well, if I remember, things usually fall into tragedy, irony, comedy, or romance"
<Clara>: "think we should start from there"
<LanceLynel>: "Okay, we have a foundation."
<Trick>: "...Can we make it a character drama?"
<Wrong_Way>: "Sure, if we have a villain."
<Clara>: "Good end or bad end? Best to decide early"
<LanceLynel>: "Not necessarily, Clara."
<LanceLynel>: "It's all about what works for you. For some, it's better to build as they go along."
<LanceLynel>: "Others like to plan in advance, be it for one book, a trilogy or even more."
<Trick>: "Let's do one of those stories where the antagonist was right all along, but you only realize like 3/4ths through the book and it's too late to fix what the main characters have done."
<Wrong_Way>: "...That sounds really mean to our main characters."
<LanceLynel>: "And in some ways, that's good."
<LanceLynel>: "People like to see what the main character is made of."
<LanceLynel>: "Beat him down, and watch him get back up."
<LanceLynel>: "A little sadistic, but eh, people have a mean streak."
<Clara>: "Or, we can build it up as to have the main character come to losing as they do because of their own decisions. A classic tragedy"
<Wrong_Way>: "Then why would anyone read that? Constantly getting beat up?"
<Clara>: "Well, the point usually is to sympathize while understanding what the main character has done wrong."
<Trick>: ["Iunno, but I've been reading Spiderman for however long now so..."]
<LanceLynel>: "It's not about getting beaten up. Well, it kind of is."
<Clara>: "Doesn't work for long running stories, but for a self contained story tragedy has made some of the most popular stories out there"
<LanceLynel>: "But it's about seeing them get up. No matter what life has thrown at them, they don't let up."
<Trick>: "The term is, uh... catharsis. You get the negative emotions out of your system empathetically through the stories you read."
<Clara>: "Greek tragedies and Shakespearean ones, big old obvious being Romeo and Juliet"
<Trick>: "So if you're angry, and you read an angry book, it helps you blow it all off and be done with it. Y'know?"
Clara has clearly spent a lot of time reading outside of the school curriculum
<Wrong_Way>: "I guess..."
Trick always surfs around on wikipedia on his phone whenever he's bored at work.
<Clara>: "Gatsby, Macbeth, Oedipus..." she lists a few
<LanceLynel>: "Okay now, let's start small Clara."
<LanceLynel>: "Now, one big thing in a story; things happen. I'm pretty sure we all agree on that?"
<Wrong_Way>: "Yeah, of course."
<Clara>: "Ahuh"
<LanceLynel>: "Right, so our main character, they'll have a goal."
<Wrong_Way>: "yep."
<LanceLynel>: "Let's start from there then. Who is our character, and what is their goal?"
Trick contemplates
Clara scratches her chin, thinking
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh.."
<Wrong_Way>: "Vampire. He's a vampire, but he wants to use his vampire powers for good and to get the girl."
Wrong_Way is visibly proud of his original character
<Clara>: ["We'll call him.... donut steel"]
<LanceLynel>: [I think you mean Iron Bagel]
<Clara>: "How about we make him a nosferatu looking vampire, horribly disfigured to the point of being a monster." she tries to salvage mark's idea
<Wrong_Way>: "That's boring..."
<Wrong_Way>: "He's already got the blood sucking part about him"
<Wrong_Way>: "He doesn't have to look too ugly."
<Clara>: bitch I'm stylin]
<Wrong_Way>: [blind]
<Clara>: http: //www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/nosferatu-1/Nosferatu%20Kino%204.jpg for you blind folk]
<LanceLynel>: [umm, sorry fellas, but is it okay if we leave it for now?]
<LanceLynel>: [It's around 2am, and, y'know...]
<Clara>: [sure]
<Wrong_Way>: [that's cool]
<Trick>: [alright]