Back to school!

[reminded]

Who: Teachers, students, anyone dropping in for the open classes, gatecrashers, etc.
What: First week of school, post-winter break
When: January 7th-10th
Where: The school
Summary: The new year has begun, so school must follow! Raine gets back to teaching, the school gains another professor, and students learn things. Or else.
Rating: A+

[It's the week of January 7th, and that means winter break is over and school is back in session! Students will notice a couple of staff-related changes upon their return: first, that Raine is back to teaching after being absent and bedridden since late November; and second, that there's a new teacher in class who wears a top hat and introduces himself as Hershel Layton.

In addition, the end of winter break means three articles of schoolwork are due in their respective classes:

1) a take-home math test;
2) an essay on what students learned about cultural winter traditions over the break;
3) a short scientific paper on the formation of snow crystals.

Otherwise, school life goes on according to the usual schedule with the usual roster. Students can chat as they come into class or use the playground during lunch. Passing notes, sleeping, and eating in class are all prohibited, of course, but when has that ever stopped students from trying?

Classes this week will start off relaxed as they ease back into the school rhythm, and Raine steps back for the first few days to let Layton settle into teaching. His calm but well-paced lecture style isn't a huge departure from Raine's, but the smile common on his face throughout lessons might lend him a different air.]

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Comments

/panics and smushes you with wad of tissue

[reminded]

[An interesting sound, you say? In pops an interested person. Quietly though, just in case some teaching is in progress.]

WOW RUDE

[of_sablier]

[There is indeed a bit of last-minute teaching going on, but despite his smile, Jack looks eager enough to end that interesting and rather horrible sound, meaning that he's just in the process of helping his student gather their things and shooing them out the door.]

Make sure to practice hard-- I want to hear how much better you sound next week, all right?

THEN COME IN LESS SHADILY

[reminded]

[Whoops, Layton moves aside to let the student pass. He watches them leave for a moment before turning to Jack.]

You are the music teacher? I could have mistaken you for a student. Hershel Layton. [And he holds his hand out for a shake.]

TANGOS IN INSTEAD

[of_sablier]

Ah, yes! Jack Vessalius, at your service. It's a pleasure to meet you, Hershel.

[Jack takes the offered hand and gives it a firm shake, smiling.]

Do I really look that young? I know some of the students are a bit old for a school like this, but I didn't think it was quite that bad.

ok that works

[reminded]

Ha ha, don't mind me. When you reach my age, anyone can look young enough. In any case, I was just stopping by to introduce myself, as I'll be teaching here from now on.

see I can be classy too

[of_sablier]

Your age?

[...]

How old are you?

but it takes two to tango 8|a........

[reminded]

Thirty-eight.

[He's not sure what to make of that pause there.]

this is true...

[of_sablier]

Eh? You don't look that old at all!

[That's a compliment, really.]

[reminded]

[He does get that every now and then.]

Why, thank you. How old did you think I was?

[of_sablier]

Thirty-two, at the oldest. I thought you were only a few years older than me.

[reminded]

[...]

Pardon, but how old are you?

[of_sablier]

Twenty-five. Why, how old did you think I was?

[He doesn't act like it.]

[reminded]

Twenty, perhaps. Goodness. Well, I suppose that together we make a deceptively youthful pair, relatively speaking.

[If severely mismatched in height.]

[of_sablier]

Ah, well, better to look younger than older, don't you think? That's how I feel about things, at least.

[reminded]

You make a fine point. Now then, what kind of music do you take to, Jack?

[of_sablier]

I suppose some worlds would call it "classical," but to me, it's the kind of music that's most popular in my own world. Pianos, violins, flutes, things like that. It's usually played in duets or small groups.

[reminded]

Chamber music, then? Most suitable for a music teacher.

[of_sablier]

Yes, that's exactly it! You must be a fan of music yourself, then, or at least somewhat knowledgeable in it. Most people I've met here don't know that term at all.

[reminded]

I happen to be a fan of the classical form as well. I play a bit of piano, you see, though I can't claim to be a virtuoso.

[of_sablier]

Do you now? How are you at accompanying a singer?

[reminded]

I should be able to manage. Did you have something in mind?

[of_sablier]

I was just thinking that it's been a long time since I last sung anything with accompaniment.

[reminded]

You sing as well! You're quite the talent, Jack. I would be delighted; I welcome any reason to have at the ivories, really.

[of_sablier]

Ah, I don't know if I'd call it a talent; more of a hobby of mine than anything else. But it's so much more fun to have someone accompanying you than it is to sing alone, wouldn't you agree? Music just isn't the same when it's played as a solo.

[reminded]

I'm not much of a vocalist myself, but I see your point. I'm a bit surprised we don't see many musical ensembles around the village, if any.