Professor Kiva Kijewski
April 11, 2005 9:59 AM
Strange day by Professor Kiva Kijewski
So she hadn't really expected much for her first meeting with any of the faculty, but her run in with the Medi-wizard had been anything other than normal. She couldn't shake off the feeling as though she had done something wrong to upset him or rush him away.Thinking back on it now wasn't helping her any. Perhaps he thought she was being flirtatious, which she hadn't meant to be. Especially if he was already spoken for. But that might have been the reason for his haste to get away from her. Of course, he could have just been really afraid of some dangerous talking plants.
Strange though still. Strange day in fact. She had only been here a few days to ready herself for her lessons and to greet the students. She was still unpacking everything back in her living quarters. Mainly because she had been procrastinating that. Not that she had a lot of things, just pictures really. And a lot of them.
Kiva walked through the isles lost in her thoughts. She could normally be seen doing this and she wasn't at all worried by what people thought of her. Probably space case of some sorts. Still, she always found ways to avoid people and losing herself in her mind was the best possible way. Of course, it doesn't help when she runs into people while doing this, as she did just now.
"Oh, oh, sorry, I'm sorry." Kiva apologized, blushing crimson.\n\n
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Jim Dickens
April 11, 2005 4:25 PM
Bone marrow is yellow, right? by Jim Dickens
Jim figured out the problem by the second book: too many books. One after another, none of them yellow or pink, the books piled next to each other, in boring lines. And definitely no dinosaurs hidden in between them. 'Course, Mr. Barts had said that dinosaurs would be real hard to find, 'specially the cannibal ones, but Jim had faith.He was a mission at the moment. An important mission, one given to him by Mr. Barts himself. It was a Secret Mission, and so he had to be stealthy. Stealthly like the serpent. Stealthy like the squirrel. Stealthy like the sea monkey who's not real anyway, except when mixed with vinegar, cause then they turn purple and get real big and the bowl over flows.
Back to his mission.
Jim climbed up to the third shelf on his chosen bookcase. It was the widest and had really handy hand holds to grab. His goal was to reach the top of the book case and officially be the 'Tallest Jim in the Room.'
He'd get a patch for it and fulfill part one of his Secret Stealthy Mission.
He reached up to grab the next rung and felt his favorite left footed sneaker slip off from the lower shelf. Down he went, all a tumble, and landed the full two feet on his bottom.
"Ow," he said happily and reached back to start his climb again. If at first Jim doesn't succeed, he must try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again.
He managed to get one foot up, when a woman smashed into him. Again, down Jim went and so went his ankle underneath him. It cracked with a really loud crack sound.
Crack! went his ankle.
"Oh, oh, sorry, I'm sorry." went the lady.
"I'm fine, lady. Just need my vitamins-" and out went Jim.\n\n
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Bone marrow is yellow, right?
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Professor Kijewski
April 11, 2005 5:28 PM
Um...sure, why not...[Librarian] by Professor Kijewski
She heard the crack before she actually saw the boy. She froze at the sight of him. Had her little bump with him caused him great stress? She bent down in front of him, her face still blazing red, only more for worry than embarrassment."Oh, are you alright? Sir? Little boy? Hello?" Kiva gently shook the kid, trying to see if he'd wake. Of course he did say something about a vitamin. Did she injure a disabled boy? Had she hurt him terribly?
By now, Kiva really had rather been back in the depths of the Amazon rainforest studying the many creatures that lived there instead of bending over the boy who she probably killed in some strange way.
She stood up and looked around for the librarian. She needed someone to either show her the way to the hospital wing. She was biting on her lower lip in nervousness as her honey eyes swept the library. She cast a spell to raise the boy from the floor and brought him through the isles until she spotted the librarian's desk.
"Erm, hello, anyone here?" Her soft voice called out, "I'm in need of help."\n\n
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Tarquin
April 12, 2005 1:45 PM
I'm no longer the weirdest person in the library? by Tarquin
The sound of a student falling off a book case, the sound of a professor barging into them and the sound of the resultant crack should have alerted Tarquin to the fact that things were not quite right in his library. Oscar was aware. Well aware. His ears twitched back as each sound that shouldn't be there resounded through the library. Tarquin was reading.*Pay attention,* thought Oscar furiously, staring fixedly at Tarquin, in the hope that the feel of his eyes on the back of the man's head would snap his attention out of his book. As a familiar voice asked if anyone was there, Oscar gave up on the subtle approach and jumped onto Tarquin's lap, head butting the book in a most undignified manner... The stupid things his human made him resort to, honestly...
"Hello," said Tarquin softly, scratching Oscar's ears, surprised by his pet's sudden need for attention. Not that Oscar wasn't as needy and attention seeking as
'I'm in need of help'.'
Tarquin's head turned at the sound and, mission accomplished, Oscar jumped down. Tarquin marked his place, with a faint call of 'just coming' and wandered out of his office. Oscar followed, jumping lightly onto the front desk. He gave Kiva the look that arch villains' cats in James Bond are so adept at giving... Miss Kijewski... We meet again.
"How can I-" Tarquin began, assuming the person wanted a book. He caught sight of the student. "Oh."
*I don't normally check those out,* he thought to himself. If he'd known the woman better (or maybe 'at all' would have been a start) or had he not been quite so shy, he might have allowed the thought to roam beyond his head.
"How can I help you?" he asked after a moment's pause. It still did seem like the operative question...\n\n
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Kiva
April 12, 2005 4:23 PM
Is that a jab at me or the kid? by Kiva
She first registered the cat. It was the same cat from before. Her face lit up at the sight of him and she reached a hand out to scratch him behind the ears. "Cat" She said gently with a goofy smile. How can I- the some of the man's voice startled her and Kiva jumped away from the cat as if scolded.As if she weren't blushing enough, her face went even redder from embarrassment and for a moment, she forgot her reason for being there. Until she saw the student floating beside from her own wand.
"I-I, oh..." Kiva took a deep breath. First she scared off the medic and now she'll scare off the librarian, who was, of course, a man. Where were all the females? Talking to females were difficult as it was, but males were near impossible for her. Well, because of Henry anyway. "I think I hurt him." Kiva began again, "Not on purpose of course!" She added hastily. She was going to get fired because of this, there was no doubt in her mind,
"I was just wandering and I smacked into him. I don't know what he was doing, but I think he broke something and now he isn't responding and I don't know what to do." Kiva rushed it all out feeling hopeless and helpless. She had her look again. The same one she wore when she worried of having done something to offend Philemon.
"I need the nurse. I mean, I need to find the nurse. I mean, I need to find Philemon" Kiva said in a slightly strained voice. What the librarian must think of her now. If she couldn't deal with this, how would she handle classes?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Is that a jab at me or the kid?
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Tarquin
April 12, 2005 5:03 PM
firmly aimed at the (no longer) walking pharmacy by Tarquin
"You've met?" questioned Tarquin softly, addressing his cat rather than the Professor. "Is that where you were all afternoon... You cheating little..." he sighed shaking his head. Oscar gave him a haughty look that said 'I can't help the way people fall at my feet'. Realising he was talking to his cat rather than the young professor (and making himself sound like some pathetic singleton who had given up on having a relationship and was over compensating by pretending his cat really did love him), he blushed, murmuring an apology, whilst Oscar sat looking incredibly smug on the table in between them."No, of course not," he said reassuringly, to let her know that the thought that it was deliberate hadn't crossed his mind for a moment.
He became slightly concerned as she seemed to become hysterical. His relationship and comfort level with women was rather complex. In one way, he couldn't relate to them in the slightest. But he wasn't exactly a typical, average guy, in a way that made it easier for him to relate to women and make friends with them than it did 'normal' men. The first few steps in getting to know one were always difficult, but once he'd got over that, he was able to be a very sensitive friend. The trouble was, he didn't even know this woman's name. She looked like she could do with a hug, but he really wasn't comfortable with giving one to someone he didn't know. What if she misconstrued it and tried to charge him with sexual harrassment? Not that he wouldn't have an extremely strong defense case on that one, but still...
"It... It's ok.." he said, very anxiously and awkwardly patting her shoulder. "I... I think I know where the infirmary is. I've never had cause to use it. At the very least we can get hopelessly lost together," he half grinned. Oh Merlin, he realised, grin fading. That sounded like some totally cheesy movie line. We could just go off and...*dramatic pause*... get lost together. He was just trying to lighten the mood and now she was going to think he was some horrible, horrible pervert, who lived alone with his cat and pounced desperately on the first woman to come near him! He glowed red deciding it would be best if he just stopped talking. Stopping blushing would also be ideal, but seemed fairly unlikely. \n\n
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firmly aimed at the (no longer) walking pharmacy
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Jim Dickens
April 12, 2005 5:30 PM
I bet it's purple- way cool. by Jim Dickens
Jim kinda liked being unconscious. His eyes were shut and it was all dark and if he looked really, really closely, he could see these little red lines on the back of his eyes lids. 'Course, he didn't like being still for so long, and so he made sure to at least move his big toe from inside his purple sneakers. Nudge. Nudge. Wiggle. Wiggle. Ha. This was way neat.He heard the lady who knocked him over murmur about something and then shake him, which wasn't very nice but at least she didn't kick him like Mr. Barts used to do when he played dead. That would hurt and sometimes he'd get these big bruises the shape of Nova Scotia, which was cool in a way, but only if it was purple. But the lady only shook him and then called for help.
His nose twitched when the guy arrived and he could smell the cat. It almost made him wake up, but only almost. Cats were neat and all, but this was kinda fun, and maybe if they all thought he was dead, he could see a coffin again. His uncle's coffin had been neon green and covered in peace signs and everyone sang Dead Head songs which wasn't so great, but still really loud. Jim decided to wait a bit more.
The lady explained how she pushed him over and how he needed to see a nurse guy named Philemon which was a kinda funny name for a nurse. The only nurses he'd had known were named Susan and Mary; Mary was the best, she gave him a vitamin of the month card, and once a month he got a new vitamin in the mail. They were the best colors: green, yellow, blue, and of course, purple, which was the best out there.
The man was talking again and Jim wiggled his toe a couple times for good measure. His leg was starting to fall asleep, though, and the cat was making his nose itch. He really wanted to see it, too. But then the man mentioned getting lost, and well, that'd be no fun if he wasn't awake to get lost, too. Yeah, and his leg was starting to feel funny and prickly.
His brown eyes flew open and he grinned his metal filled mouth up at the lady and guy. "Hi. I'm Jim. I'm in Pecari. So, can we go and get lost now? I've been lost loads of times, but not here, and last time I found a bear, so maybe this time we could find a dinosaur. One of those cannibal ones. What do you say? Can we?"\n\n
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I bet it's purple- way cool.
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Kiva
April 12, 2005 9:36 PM
Yup, definitely deserves to be called weird by Kiva
He talked to cats. He talked to them just as she did. She hadn't noticed the small smile that fell upon her face, but it appeared the moment she saw him talking to the cat.He was awefully nice, as a Librarian should be. Oh, what he must think of her. She knew she probably seemed over the hill about the whole thing, but the boy was unconscious and it had been all her fault for not paying attention. She was always so silly in her little ways. Her mother had always warned her as a child to be careful with herself as Kiva always found some way to get herself into some sort of situation. And time after time, her mother was always proven right.
Her smile, along with her blush, grew when he spoke about finding the Hospital Wing with her. Had she been facing the boy, she would have been able to see the movements, but since her entire attention was on the man before her, Kiva was quite surprised when the young voice spoke out from behind.
It startled her so much that she jumped and knocked herself against the desk that separated her from the librarian. She even let out a small squeal of surprise. So startled, in fact, that she had forgotten the incantation she was maintaining and watched in horror as the boy fell back to the ground. She clutched at her chest, her heart pounding and her pulse racing, "I-you-how-what?" She couldn't even form a complete sentence, instead, she opted to stare at the boy as if he were a ghost having just risen from his body.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Yup, definitely deserves to be called weird
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Lysithea Dione
April 12, 2005 10:03 PM
Who isn't a bit strange around here? by Lysithea Dione
Professor Dione walked into the library, carrying the large tome of Astronomy she had taken out before. As she entered, she forced herself to swear to not pick up another book until she had ventured out more. Ashamed to admit, the only places she had been since her arrival were her classroom, the library, and the pathways leading to one or the other. It would be a pretty boring year if she only kept herself to two rooms and didn’t even bother to adventure further. That’s it, she thought, I am going to wander about this school and find something new, even if I can’t find my way back…On her way to the Astronomy section, a few voices close by caught her attention. One she could recognize, the voice of Tarquin the librarian, the only person on the staff she had met so far. Another sounded like a young woman, a faculty member perhaps, who sounded a bit flustered over something or other. The third was the voice of a young boy filled with enthusiasm. Lysithea found herself caught between two choices; she could walk over to see what was going on…or she could go about her business, drop off her book, and wander about the place alone. Both had their positives and negatives; she was horrible at introductions, but she did need to meet new people while she was here. Finally, her curiosity won over her timidity, and she walked closer to the three.
Upon closer inspection, she could see that the young boy was on the ground, and from the woman’s slightly panicky voice, possibly injured. However, the kid was jabbering on quite happily, so it couldn’t have been too serious. Meanwhile, Tarquin’s face was a brilliant red hue, though why this was so was not to her knowledge. She stayed silent, though her eyebrows raised and her icy eyes widened as the woman crashed into a desk. She walked forward, finally making her presence known as her eyes trailed from the boy, to the woman, then to Tarquin.
“The fun never seems to end here, does it? I’ve seen injuries occur during Quidditch matches and sometimes even during class…but this is the first time I’ve ever seen a casualty in the library. Should I ask how this happened, or leave it to my vivid imagination?”\n\n
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Jim Dickens
April 13, 2005 3:41 AM
I've a cousin named Allen Weird. But he's not here. by Jim Dickens
Jim listened and tried to pay attention, but the cat was still there, and it was awfully tempting to go and touch it and maybe see if it's fur was real or fake. He'd tested Mr. Barts' pit bull's fur once and got a really nifty scar on his elbow from it. 'Course, it hadn't been too neat when the dog bit him and wouldn't let go, but that was his first time seeing blood, and then he met Mary the Nurse and got that neat vitamin of the month card plus the scar, so Jim thought it a pretty good experience over all. Plus, the cat's fur looked really shiney.He stood up slowly, testing his toes and ankles and knees as he went. He twisted his ankle back and forth and listened for that neato crack it always gave when he moved it just so. His wrists did the same thing: crack, crack. His neck could do it, too, and for good measure, he nodded twice quickly. CRACK!
He beamed up at the lady who stared at him with her face all red, and briefly, he wondered if she wasn't sick. Well, Jim could cure that. He reached for the shoelace around his neck and pulled at it. Up came the vial of vitamins he always kept under his shirt- just in case he was attacked by a lemming again like that time at the zoo. Good thing he had his vitamins then, otherwise he could have caught ebola or rickets. The red ones were the best for rickets. Green for ebola.
And yellow for, well obviously, yellow fever which the lady definitely had. "Here you go, lady," he said, holding out two of his yellow vitamins, both shaped like smiling giraffes. He grabbed her limp hand and put them in her palm. "These will take care of your yellow fever. I promise."
He turned back to the man and tucked his vitamin vial back under his shirt. "So are we gonna go get lost now? I bet, if we go now, we can get lost a bunch of times!"
Jim was ready to just grab the cat and leave when another lady walked in with weird blue eyes, but they were shiney eyes so he grinned and made sure to show off his braces. They were blue, too.
"Hi. I'm Jim. I'm in Pecari. We're about to go and get lost. Wanna come?"\n\n
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Kiva
April 13, 2005 9:01 AM
Good for your cousin. by Kiva
Kiva was still staring at the kid, her mind whirling with all sorts of things. She couldn't quite grasp what had happened yet, having been startled so. She registered his name and that was about all. Everything else seemed a bit of a blur.Her eyes grimaced each and everytime his body made the sickening crack she had heard when she had knocked into him. But, he didn't seem injured. In fact, he rather seemed excited about something. What, she didn't know.
She was still leaning against the desk as if that were the only thing that could hold her up and she flinched slightly when the boy grabbed her hand. Her eyes travelled down to her open palm and saw the yellow giraffe pills, "Yellow...what?" She said, her voice somewhat distant. Her eyes flicked from the boy to the newly arrived female Professor. It was the sight of the other woman that made Kiva's mind thaw out. Everything clicked into place and started moving again.
"Di-did you just pretend to be hurt?" Kiva asked the boy. She knew she should be mad, but she wasn't. She was rather grateful the boy wasn't hurt because that meant she wouldn't be fired. But she was humiliated. Mainly because she hadn't realized it to begin with and she now just wasted the Librarian's time. "J-Jim that was a horrible thing to do." She told him, trying to scold him, but the obvious relief quite apparant in her voice. She turned her attention then to the Librarian and the other Professor.
"I'm sorry. I should have realized...I'm sorry." She apologized to them, not meeting either of their eyes. All she wanted to do was run back to her room, cry, pack what few things she had unpacked, and walk straight out the front doors and never stop until she was at the other side of the world. "Give me any sort of animal in need and I can care for it in a heartbeat, but give me a kid and I haven't a clue what to do." Kiva said jokingly, hoping they didn't think the worst of her.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Tarquin
April 13, 2005 12:58 PM
*pouts* No fair. It's MY library (sort of) by Tarquin
Kiva was not alone in jumping out of her skin when the first year opened his eyes. Even Oscar flinched. Tarquin winced as the young professor hit herself on his desk. The more that happened, the more he felt like she was someone he could get on with. If his guesses about her already knowing Oscar were correct, that was a fairly good indicator. Excluding Danny, Oscar was usually a very good judge of people. Or rather, he was picky about who he let touch him.He nodded a quick hello to Lysithea as she appeared on the scene. Since their initial meeting, he had seen her enough to be comfortable with making small talk whilst she checked her books in and out.
"Oh, didn't you know?" he asked, quietly, "The library is the hub of..." he continued, whilst the boy mentioned something about... dinosaurs, it had sounded like, which caused Tarquin to pause and blink. "Er... everything. Social centre of the school," he grinned, getting back onto his train of thought.
"And what about the bruise on her hip and the heart attack you gave her?" he questioned the boy, still grinning. This was the second Pecari student he had met who could be deemed... ‘interesting and imaginative' in school report language. He was about to answer the kid's question on dinosaur expeditions (at least Stephen's bizarre imaginings had had some traceable grain of logic in them, warped as it had been) when the young professor spoke up again, seeming very embarrassed by the whole situation. "I didn't realise either," he reassured her, "It seems we have quite the actor in our midst."
He hovered awkwardly. Part of him wanted to kindly reassure the new professor, and offer her a cup of tea, which he would be reasonably good at. But part of him wanted to indulge the child and take him dinosaur hunting, which he would be very good at. He was very good with kids, provided there weren't any adults around to make him feel self conscious. He was competent enough at talking to another adult, just, but that would involve leaving the boy, Jim, out. He therefore decided to wait for someone else to make a move. \n\n
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*pouts* No fair. It's MY library (sort of)
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Lysithea
April 13, 2005 3:25 PM
Yours,Tarquin? Could have sworn it was the cat's by Lysithea
As the young boy stood cracked various parts of his body, she sighted slowly, shaking her head. So, it was all an act…and a fairly good one too. Even she had been fooled. Then again, she wasn’t in any sort of position to be able to tell an actual injury from a feigned one. In fact, she wasn’t an expert on anything closer than the moon. Though she tried her best to put on a stern façade, her eyes gave away her amusement. From what she could tell, he was a good kid…a bit eccentric, but kind-hearted all the same.“Professor Dione. I’m glad to see you are well. I was thinking about taking a bit of a venture about the school today…perhaps…”
As she thought more on Jim’s offer of ‘getting lost’, she made note of Tarquin’s remarks. True, whenever she had entered the library, there was rarely a time when there weren’t a few groups of students pouring over various books, or just having quiet conversation. However, this had to have been the most interesting situation she had come across, as well as the most interesting student.
“It definitely doesn’t lack in activity, I’ll give you that one.”
Lysithea turned to face the woman who was now apologizing repeatedly. Really, she didn’t see any need for her to be so embarrassed. The possibility of accidentally injuring a student was certainly something to be worried about. Waving away the apologies with a quick motion of her hand, she gave her a reassuring smile.
“I haven’t a clue with any sort of species on this planet, boy or beast. I would have reacted the same way, I’m sure. You’ll have to excuse my sudden change in subject, but I’d hate to continue the conversation without knowing your name. My name is Lysithea Dione, and I recently became the Astronomy professor here. I’m guessing you are the Care of Magical Creatures professor?”\n\n
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Kiva
April 13, 2005 4:38 PM
Cats are Gods, they own everything by Kiva
Kiva returned her attention to the boy. He was a strange one and she wondered if all the students here were like him. If that were the case, she'd never get through one lesson, she thought as she listened to him talk about dinosaurs.She smiled when the Librarian questioned the kid about startling her, even if it were in a good-natured way. Her blush had finally faded and Kiva felt right in her mind once again, having thoroughly embarrassed herself. She absentmindedly rubbed the spot which had banged against the desk with one hand while the other still held the yellow smiling giraffes. They reminded her of the Flintstone vitamins she took as a child, but thought they had been candy. Her father had always been a good con when it came to such trickery to a child.
Her smile grew when the other Professor joked about her lesser abilities to care for anything livings, but the blush returned when the woman asked for her name, "Oh, yes, sorry. I'm Kiva Kijewski and yes, I am the new Care of Magical Creatures Professor. It's nice to meet you." She turned back to the boy. Eager about something. Searching for dinosaurs perhaps, or maybe it was the getting lost he was eager for. She wasn't really sure,
"Well, I can't say that I've ever met a dinosaur, carnivorous or not, but I did spend eight months with dragons. They are sort of like Dinosaurs...I suppose." Kiva said, looking at the other adults for confirmation. "But I suppose if one were to search hard enough, one may find a dinosaur. That is, if you knew how to look for one." Kiva said with a grin and a wink to the boy.
Her eyes caught sight of the cat again and her smile grew. Yes, cats were her favorite. She had one herself, but preferred to keep Ria in her room while she was out. She reached out a hand to the cat and scratched it behind it's ears, "I love your cat. Such a beautiful creature." \n\n
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Jim Dickens
April 14, 2005 5:50 AM
Idolatry is a sin, a BIG sin. by Jim Dickens
Teaching astronomy was just silly. How could someone teach about imaginary stuff? After all, the sky and stars and stuff were all Ginnungagap, anyway. It was very sad, but it seemed almost all the adults Jim met didn't have the slightest clue about the Truth. Ginnungagap was how it was, and Gunnungagap was what stretched far over head. Poor lady, he thought sadly. Poor Professor Dione. She really didn't know a thing. But, and Jim was happy to do this, he could share."It's not really there," he explained, picking at a piece of dry skin on his neck. "Space. It's not real. See, first it was just this huge big void called the Ginnungagap, and then the Ice guys from the north made Bor who didn't like the big giant Ymir and killed him. But Ymir's friends missed him and so they threw him up in the Ginnungagap and made Earth. So, ya see, space isn't real."
Happy to have straightened things out with Professor Dione, Jim turned back to the lady with the really long name. "Sorry I made you crash into the table, but did you know if you close your eyes real tight you see fireworks behind your eye lids? It's really neat. Is your bruise big? Is it shaped like Nova Scotia? I have one on my stomach but it looks like a parakeet. And," he added with a stern tone, "don't dragons like to eat boys my size? That's what Mr. Barts said when I tried to fix the carnival Horntail last spring."
He shrugged and rounded back around to the book-man who smiled real nice and owned the shiny cat. "Okay, then. Let's go and find someplace real neat to get lost. But don't worry about bears this time. I learned a real neat spell for my wand that makes my hand go all springy and turns the bear purple. And purple bears are safe."
Finally Jim settled down next to the cat, his legs turned indian style. Holding out his hand, he gently touched the cat's shiny coat. Soft. Real soft. And, he thought happily, definitely not fake. "Can we take the cat, too?"\n\n
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Lysithea
April 14, 2005 9:37 PM
So what? We're all human by Lysithea
The professor’s head slowly turned back toward Jim as he stated with confidence that space was not real. She merely stared at the boy, not quite sure to be amused, concerned, angered, but she was definitely confused. Ice guys? Ymir? Ginnun-something or other…what was this nonsense? Certainly Astronomy was not a subject exclusive to the magical community. Even Muggles knew a great deal about space and what it contained. Where did he hear this? Was it a little story he made up himself, or maybe a part of a fictional book? It definitely filled her with a sense of foreboding. When classes started, how could she possibly teach a student like him? And what if there were more? Hoping it was just another act to set off her emotions, she forced a smile and started to question him about whatever he was talking about before.“My, that is quite an interesting…theory. I must say in all of my reading, I have not once come across such an idea. So, this…Ymir is the Earth…but what about the other planets, and what about the moons, comets, asteroids? Are there any explanations for those?”
She hoped to eventually change Jim’s mind about the study of Astronomy. A bit of imagination was not a bad thing, in fact, it was often beneficial. But when it interfered with what they believed to be true in reality, that was when it became a problem.
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Jim Dickens
April 17, 2005 11:01 PM
Saints preserve us! by Jim Dickens
It was funny hearing the Dione lady talk about rocks and planets and stuff. She sounded real serious, too, and Jim wanted to explain it to her. He wanted to tell all about the giant fire man Muspelhein and how mad he was when Ymir was killed that he spit sparks and made the stars and planets and sun and stuff. He wanted to tell her all this, but it was impolite to argue with a lady. His mom said so all the time when he tried to tell her about Mr. Barts keeping girls underwear in his second dresser drawer.So instead of explaining how it really was, Jim itched his nose, ran his tongue over the front of his braces, and began to recite Mr. Barts' favorite lesson. "Planets are made from these strong holes in space that spin real fast and suck in a bunch of dirt and stuff, until it all mixes together like cake batter, only there's no cake at the end, but a planet." He scratched his head and peered up at the Dione lady. "Can't remember 'bout the stars yet."
Jim ran his tongue over his braces again and grinned over at the cat. He ever so gently ran his hand over the cat's shiny head, and asked from where he squatted, "Can you show me where the dinosaur is now, Library-man?"\n\n
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