Zangetsu

..Vala.

In case you did not notice, the top of the Tower is the other way.

*awaits his students in the Transfiguration classroom as usual, paying absolutely no attention to the fact that he now has red hair and... various other changes since yesterday*

[[Filtered to fourth through seventh years]]

Today's Transfiguration lesson will be practical. Bring your wand.

The class will be conducted in English. I trust that will not be a problem.

[[/filtered]]


[[Unexpected test today ftw -- I had to study more than usual yesterday. Forgive my slowness. And Zangetsu is being curt because during the Language Event, he ended up sounding like Gollum. Feel free to have heard him commenting on the weather, the food, other peoples' accents -- it wouldn't let him shut up either. XDDD]]

*striding through the school with robes smudged, eyes bare, and a face like THUNDER*

If that trap is still in the dungeons when I get back down there, it won't be for much longer..... Three points to whomever returns my glasses in one piece.


[[Filtered to upper-level Transfiguration students]]

To make up for any lessons lost in the past six days, you will each meet with me outside of class and choose a new Transfiguration to prepare for our next practical session. Select one that you have not attempted before.

[[/filtered]]


[[Filtered to Yoite, Gau, and Kaname]]

What is your condition?

[[/filtered]]


[[Forgive my posting fail through the events; they just went by so darned fast!~ Let it stand that Zangetsu was around for the earlier part of the Alice in Wonderland Event, but quickly got trapped in an oubliette left over from Professor Jareth's old maze and has only just emerged, hearing rumors about students in danger too late to intercede.

..OH, AND: Zangetsu totally has more than one pair of glasses. So if you want to find them, go ahead!]]

[[Filtered to Zangetsu's students]]

There will be a practical examination tomorrow. If you do not have a partner, one will be assigned to you.

[[/filtered]]


*crouches on a railing in the Front Hall, the breeze from the open doors scattering autumn leaves around him, marking the teams he's gotten so far into a different notebook*
( *your name here* )


*raises his head so he can see out over the fields to the mountains beyond*

..The wind is changing.....


[[Who wants to have a log? ^___^

Speaking of which, this crazy subject really needs more elucidation than Zangetsu's going to give it. XDDD ( List of stuff your character should be working on )

If he comes... will we have anything to say to one another, after these many years? With her spirit standing between us.....

..His son has done them proud. Yet a cloud still hangs over his heart, as it never could have long ago, when....

He will come. And when he does... there are things I must know.


( Filtered to 6th and 7th years )
( Filtered to Senri )


*it's a quiet evening in the Ravenclaw common room when the upper-year Transfiguration teacher stalks silently in, looking over the inhabitants with a calm, unwavering eye*

*the new roster has been posted on the bulletin board already, so they should know... they're his house now*

*waits until his all-encompassing silence catches everyone's attention, then speaks in his low, intense manner*

I hope you all know... that if there is anything in this school, anything, that threatens to cloud your mind or hold you back from reaching your potential... you are to come to me.


[[Strikes = thoughts. During my absence (which is now ALMOST OVER), Zangetsu's class has been proceeding as usual, with large amounts of homework. Have fun choosing partners to practice on! 8DDD]]

*upon leaving the Great Hall this morning, students will observe a white line glowing in the floor, with the word Transfiguration hovering in the air above it: a subtle hint that the class is this way*


*the line having led each class in turn to a wide, pillared room in Ravenclaw Tower, they are given time to disport themselves among the desks -- and then a dark figure drops from a crevice high in the arched ceiling, landing as lightly on the raised dais as though he weighed nothing at all, a wand clenched in his right hand and his left raised for balance and drama*

*straightening, he rakes his eyes over the assembly, letting silence fall where it will and finally addressing his students in a deep, rolling voice*

..Who here was present when the Dark wizards known as Death Eaters were able to invade this school?

In a world where nothing is sacred, only skill and courage will prevail. It is my job to make sure that you are able to access those traits. In today's class, you will study and complete three Transfigurations which are, right now, above your level. If you do not think that you can do that... today, you will learn to know better.

Open your books to page 523.... and begin.


( OOC: skill sets for each year, etc )

*leafs through his pristine new journal's history of the past few months, his expression unchanging despite what must be severe temptation*

*sits for a moment in thought, ankles crossed in front of him, as dusk falls over the speeding train -- then writes the following in precise, deeply scored script*


Take note.
Transfiguration classes will be held
within the second terrace of Ravenclaw Tower.
Hours will be announced in the Great Hall tonight.
Be prepared.

*upon which, slipping silently out of his compartment, the dark-haired man prowls up the near-empty corridor, intending to get a look at his future students before they arrive at their destination*


[[Nope, Zangetsu's not doing no sign-up sheet. Since Transfiguration is a core subject for most of the degree programs offered at Hogwarts, he expects to be teaching practically all of you!~ Also, I'm assuming that those who were up for Transfiguration got the generic booklist with their Hogwarts letters for this year; unlike my other characters, he doesn't feel like personalizing that aspect of the class.]]