Fandom High School

"A Mummy..." Why yes, Drac was still dealing with the monsters that were his BFFs. Why? BECAUSE HIS ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN HAD BEEN ALL ON THE EVILS OF HUMANS! He felt he'd adjusted it well, though. "Is a monster that technically is a human; it's a corpse that is reanimated, similar to a zombie. But, where the zombie is decayed and often missing parts, the mummy is actually preserved. Many times, to the point you cannot tell if they are actually dead or not."

"While mummification can happen all over the world, and even sometimes naturally, not every mummified human becomes a Mummy. Here is where the strangeness of the human mind comes into play: Mummies, according to humans, come from Egypt."

"For once?" Drac shrugged at the class. "They're right. Now for the rest."

( His notes rose from the desk and came to his hand. )

Both Drac and Mavis were already in the room today, as was hopefully going to be the norm. Mavis was still a wolf, though, which was hopefully not going to be normal. Drac was reading that stupid Dracula novel again. It had talked about transforming into a wolf, so maybe it had some clue about changing back from one? Mavis didn't seem as concerned; she was bouncing around the class, being chased by a zombie playmate. Well, technically it was just a zombie, a relative of one of the bandmembers from Caritas, but since Mavis had his armbone and was running around the room with it, he was unwittingly her new playmate.

Mavis seemed to find it humerus humourous?

Startled at the arrival of the first of his students- he hadn't noticed how much time had passed!- Drac closed his book and smiled as the children filed in.

( He stood to begin his lecture: )


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OOC:

• The film is on YouTube (85 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyzubFvBsA
  
• Wiki has a fairly detailed plot description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu
  
• Darksidesanitarium has an embedded video and some cool movie trivia: http://darksidesanitarium.blogspot.com/2011/07/nosferatu-1922-full-movie.html
  

From the way Drac strode into the classroom, head high, confident, cape billowing majestically... you wouldn't guess that he had just been led through the worst of the sewers from the hotel by a snickering gremlin.

He'd changed his clothes just before entering the classroom, though, and not even a hellhound could smell any of the sewer on him now, but a twitch at the corner of Drac's eye that meant SOMEmonster was going to get in trouble when located later.

He gave the room a glance; almost everyone was human-like in appearance! Drac dropped his stoic pose for half a moment to sag in despair that even here the children felt they should have to worry and fear about how they look.

He straightened quickly, though and nodded. "My name is Count Dracula, and I will be teaching relations between Monsters and Humans. Something with which I am very familiar." Another twitch.

"Today we will start by getting to know each other. Let us go around the room and say our names and what type of monster we are. And maybe something that you want the others to know about your kind." He gave a side glance. "Like how gremlins are totally not to be trusted, even when you pay them."

"My daughter, Mavis, will be my Teaching Assistant, and I will be choosing another before the end of class today. Oh. And please, feel free to return to your normal state," he waved a hand dismissively. Seeing his fellow monsters hide was making him depressed. "We are all monsters here; no need to fear."

...

He gave a dangerous smile full of fang. "Unless you're a gremlin named Gregory."


[Yeeeah, today Drac twigs to the fact that the primary population on the island is not "monster."]