Dispelling Curses 101 Class

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Definitely reminded her of meditation, Gwen thought, returning to drawing spirals on her notebook.

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"You'll learn more tactics in meditation, where of course they will go deeper, but we'll skim the surface here," Arana added and continued. "Another method is to remember to relax your muscles. If you're tense, you're more likely not to be able to focus or stay calm. Both things are needed or else you are more exposed.

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((I'm going to wrap up now))

"For your homework, I would like each of you to go to the library and research at least three different curses. The stipulations on your choices should be either curses you have experienced either first hand or second hand, or curses you find scary or interesting and would like to learn how to counteract," Arana told the class. They had a lesson plan already, but things like this would help guide which sections to stress on later. After all, it was important that the students had an interest in the subject matter.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Mikan pouted a bit. “Awww, I guess that means class is over,”

Akira smiles and begun to pack up her things. The homework was simple and reminded her of her own lessons in the Underworld, so she already had an idea of what she wanted to research.

“Finally! I thought this class would never end!” Dragos announced loudly, marching up to the teachers. “I want my game system back now! And I also want the hot teacher to give it to me!”

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

"Which one?" Gwen asked, thoroughly bored. She had her pack over her shoulder as she went to stand by him.
"Wanna go to the library?"

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

He rolled his eyes. “As if. It’s bad enough I had to sit in this stupid boring class for so long on a sunny day! Like I’m going to spend my time doing some stupid assignment,”

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

Gwen wondered if he was still mad at her but she couldn't tell. "See you later then," she said, walking to the exit with Milan and the rest of the class. As she left she took her bat out, tired of it resting awkwardly in her full bag.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Dragos remained standing in front of the teachers’ desk, not about to leave until he got his game back.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine took his time to pull the phone put, standing. "Why do you bother with taking the classes if you dont feel like paying attention?" He asked Dragos, genuinely confused on that.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

“Because someone told me if I didn’t attend any of them, I’d have to stay in school for six years...or something,” Dragos grumbled. “No freaking way I’m staying in school for that long,”

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"How long have you been in it so far?" He asked, raising an eyebrow as he held out the device.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

“A year I think? Which is already too long for me,” He answered, holding his hands out for the device.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Then why dont you join classes you at least like?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "Or get a private tutor or something, especially if you like technology."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

“I do have a tutor,” He stated. “But I’m too old for crap like this anyway! I graduated from school a long, long time ago!”

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Finally joining the others at the front after watching all the students depart, Jovie asked "Shall I get the thermometer. To determine which of us has the highest temperature?"

"Every class is required.Even I know that..."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

“Whatever. Can I please have my system back now? I have to rest up so I can go on a date with my girlfriend tonight!” He demanded impatiently.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((What do you mean, Hart?))

Constantine rolled his eyes before handing it over, crossing his arms once he did. "You wont be using it in class, you know? I dont care if you plan on actually learning anything, but you've got to follow our rules."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Dragos eagerly took it back with a grin on his face. "Fine, whatever. I won't play it in your class," He mumbled, suggesting he would just play it in his other classes.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Constantine rolled his eyes, but he didnt really care of what he did in other classes- because that was someone else's problem.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

((Pretty sure she was making a joke about his "I want it feom the hot teacher" comment.))

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

He then bolted out of the class, being the last one of the students to leave.

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After a few weeks had passed, it had become clear that Bolt and Anastasia had every class together. At first, he knew it had annoyed her and that was why he had kept pointing it out by sitting himself near her. Now, it was just habit. So at their first class of the day, he went to sit with her and dropped his singular notebook on the desk. He'd slept in, as usual, and had thus skipped breakfast. Problem was, today he'd also forgotten to bring his snack.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

At first, Anastasia had been confused as to why he kept showing up in every single one of her classes. Her advanced classes. Then she did a little digging and figured out that his grades were some of the higher ones in the school- alongside hers, of course. So despite wanting to throw him something for being so smug about it, she just got used to the idea that he probably was a good acquaintance to have.
“Glad to see you decided to join us…” She whispered when he slipped in besides her, careful not to be too loud for the teacher to hear them. “…half an hour late.”

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"Glad to see you saved a seat for me," he whispered back to her. Apparently she'd gotten into their routine too, because now he was sure she would make sure his seat was filled if he showed up late again. But he didn't care. He could annoy her in the other classes just as easily. Also, he had a feeling nobody would take her up on the offer anyway.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"I didn't save it for you..." She replied, rolling her eyes. she really hadn't. But she noticed that lately, people tended to always leave one spot free besides her- where he usually sat. It didn't matter if she moved to another spot or whatever- they had already decided it was his spot. Which was beyond annoying.

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"Whatever you say," he said in a teasing tone that he knew she hated. He was feeling a little more agitative than usual so why not take it out on her? She practically asked for it by how she treated him and how uptight she was.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

She hated that tone. So much that she sometimes found herself thinking about the things he said even when they weren’t with each other. That voice taunted her and so she couldn’t stop thinking about it and, as a consequence, him.

“Bolt Dragomere.” John Constantine, their co-teacher or whatever they called his position there, said once he realized that not all of his class was paying attention to him. He didn’t particularly care too much if they got there late as long as they turned their work in on time, but he did draw the line at disrupting the class. “I didn’t notice you finally decided to join us today. I’m assuming you’re asking your partner to catch you up on what we’ve discussed so far- so enlighten us with a summary.”

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Bolt barely reacted when he was called upon, instead just looking at the teacher. He didn't tend to make trouble as a rule, but he also never drew attention either. "I would love to, sir, but she's taken her time scolding me for being late instead of helping me out," he said, knowing it wouldn't get him out of anything. It didn't matter, though the urge to say something more snappy had been there and strong.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((I forget Arana’s last name so haha))

“Then perhaps taking a seat besides Ms. Raijin will keep you right on track.” John said, raising an eyebrow as he looked at him. He knew what the answer to that suggestion would be, so he wasn’t too worried about Arana scolding him for making Bolt her problem.

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((I don't blame you. It's Raijin haha))

"No thanks, I'm good here," Bolt said almost flippantly. He definitely wasn't going to go sit with the teacher in front of everyone. Even now he was getting annoyed by how much he was being addressed. But he kept telling himself not to lash out. He wouldn't lash out....but the agitation was obvious.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“I hope you are.” John said, and finally looked away from him to address the rest of the class. His point had been made and that’s as much as he was willing to do.

As everything went back to normal, Anastasia kicked him on his leg. Why? Because he had no real reason to even mention her in his excuse yet he did because he knew it would annoy her.

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Bolt rolled his eyes when the teacher's back was turned and gave Anastasia a look when she kicked him. Normally he would have flashed her a smile and teased her further but he was too annoyed at that. He knew she hadn't gotten him in trouble but she hadn't helped.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Normally, Anastasia would take silence as a point in her favor but the whole eye rolling thing… he didn’t roll his eyes at her. At least not without a smile on his face. So she knew something had to be wrong, which was why she looked him over for a sign.

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Bolt ignored her for a while but then she was still staring at him so he glanced at her with an eyebrow raised, though she knew he wasn't going to say anything and risk getting in trouble again.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

She finally just scribbled on the top of her notebook before sliding it over to him. Did something happen to make you so joyful this fine morning? She asked, and even if it was just a note, it was obviously full of sarcasm. Although not too much that would make him think she was mocking him.

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He frowned a little but answered back on the top of her paper, his handwriting a stiff but neat sort of chicken scratch. I forgot my snack it said when he passed the notebook back. It sounded ridiculous, he knew, but it was true. He only really got this agitated when he was hungry.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

She read the note and then looked back at him with a raised eyebrow. He… he was cranky because he was hungry? “You big baby…” She whispered, her turn to be teasing for once. But she reached into her bag and pulled out a package of Girl Scout cookies before handing them to him.

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He made a face at her teasing but he had to admit she was probably right. What he didn't expect was her offering him a snack. He hesitantly took it from her, like she was going to pull it away from him first. "Thank you," he whispered back to her, though he supposed she just gave it to him to keep him from being annoying.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“Don’t expect me to bring you some all the time.” She said, then looked at the front of the class to take notes of what was being said because she’d have to repeat them again when they saw each other the next class. She couldn’t let him fail, now could she?

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He just nodded a little and started to eat the cookies as quietly as he could. He didn't need to be called out for eating in class too, which was way easier to get in trouble for when you weren't sitting in the back row.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

It wasn’t long because they were all allowed to speak and pair up for their next assignment, and Anastasia felt a bit… conflicted. Normally, she’d pair herself with Marcie and let Mavis pair herself with whatever new “Boo” she had but… this time, she found herself turning towards Bolt. “Who are you working with?”

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Bolt shrugged. "I usually just wait to see who's left," he told her. Sure, he had friends, but he had enough that they paired with each other and since he never talked about his grades they never realized he was probably the better choice. Plus, not many of them made it in this class. Either way, he usually got paired with some interesting people for waiting. But why she was asking occurred to him after a moment. "Are you asking to be my partner?" he asked, smirking a little.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“I’m was but now I don’t think I will.” She replied, rolling her eyes as she crossed her arms and sat back. She figured it would be the easier choice too, since they saw each other all the time so… might as well work on it too.

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"Are you aiming for some bottom of the barrel people instead, then?" he asked, clearly amused. "Because that's all you're going to get at this point..." Most everyone else had gotten a partner already, because they wanted to pair and get out, but he was still available, clearly.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“I can go to anyone in this room and they’d be willing to pair with me.” She told him seriously, standing up. “You might think of me as a joke but there’s a lot of people that do like me.” She almost told him that guys liked her too and not because she was smart… but even she knew that would only amuse him more.

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"And yet...you're not," he pointed out. Even if she could, that didn't mean she wanted to or that she would. She threatened it, but considering he wasn't worried, it wasn't much of a threat. He didn't need her, and she didn't want anyone less. Not to mention that by some miracle they worked well together.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“No…” She admitted, crossing her arms. She wanted him to ask her to be his partner but she didn’t want to tell him to do it so… what could she do? Thankfully, she didn’t have to wait to long because a guy that she usually hung out with approached their table.

“Hey, Ana.” The guy- Harley, if she remembered correctly- said as he stopped besides her, giving her a small smile. He was good looking and whatnot but… Anastasia didn’t like his need for nicknames. She hated them and he seemed to love them.

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Bolt couldn't explain his immediate annoyance when someone came over to interrupt them. He was only going to make Anastasia squirm for another minute before he asked her to be his partner but now he didn't have that chance. He picked up her annoyance at the nickname and made note of that....for the future. He told himself not to intervene...right away but it was nagging him to. Like annoyance. But he'd just eaten?

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“Oh, hey Harley.” Anastasia said, turning her back to Bolt. Great- she’d be able to show him she was a valuable and desirable partner for projects. He had been taking her for granted and now he’d realize it.

Harley smiled at her before he noticed Bolt and nodded at him. “Hey, dude.” He said, but barely gave him any attention before he looked back at Anastasia. “So, I was wondering if you wanted to be my partner? I noticed Marcie and Mavis were already paired together so I figured you’d need one and… I can be the partner. If you want.”

“Huh.” Anastasia said, giving him a smile because at least he went straight to the point instead of playing with her like someone did. “I was just going to ask-“

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"Sorry, she already has a partner," Bolt said before she could finish. "You don't have to be so nice, Anastasia. A guy like him needs a straight answer. Sorry, dude. I guess you'll have to find someone else. I think Travis is still looking for someone." Maybe it was impulse and a bit rude but he didn't care to beat around the bush or play nice. Maybe those cookies hadn't been enough.