Werethings

excluded training area

After the little quarrel in the lunchroom Sinencis continues the tour through the school.

We stop by a class strictly for small mammals. The teacher humors us by having a 'rare event', as he called it, called as screaming match. At first it didn't sound too appealing but I actually found it quite fun to watch. He had the students go against each other in a one on one, the winner of each round continuing until they were bested, then anyone could come up and challenge the current champion.

They would change only the arrangement of their vocal chords to that of there animals then let out there fiercest growl, howl, snuff, or hiss. At one point a girl came up, appearantly she was a guinea pig, and went up against a boy with a badger as his were-animal. She won out of shear cuteness as decided by the rest of the class, that had me laughing.

After that class we went to the next door classroom for the large mammal class. They had a separate room with bullet proof glass and concrete walls, the door itself was about a foot thick. Claw marks and large chunks of the wall where engorged. It gave me shivers as I learned about it. That particular class hour was mostly composed of younger, first or second year students so the teacher was simply having them take notes out of their notebooks about their particular animal.

In that time she came over and checked in with sinencis and myself.

"hi I'm Mrs. Maggi Anceps. I've heard lots about you!" she welcomed. As she introduced herself I saw that she was much older than she looked from afar. Thin wrinkles skirted her eye's mouth, and forehead from many smiles throughout her life.

"nice to meet you, I'm-"

"oh I know who you are dear. The whole school is abuzz with news about you! I mean goodness. Is it true that you braved the dreaded room of food and fear?" she asked with a joking smile.

"the wha-" I asked in a full state of confusion.

"the lunchroom silly" sinencis spoke.

"I wouldn't call it braved" I spoke thinking back to lunch. "more like ignorantly stumbled into" I laughed. The two women giggled lightly beside me.

"oh and broke up a fight. Is that also true?!" maggy asked sound like an enthusiastic school kid going on a field trip.

"well... i.. I guess so" I spoke, remembering the events. My eyebrows knotted as I drew them in in thought. "hmmm" I hummed.

Sinencis looked at me with shocked confusion before turning to maggy. "yes she broke up a fight, and it was truly amazing, she stopped a kick from a member of the reptilian class. And got bit by ruber, she didn't even flinch!! It was amazing." She exclaimed.

Some of the kids were looking our way. I turned to sinencis giving her a look that pleaded her to quiet down a little. She blushd lightly then an unnamed emotion struck her face. "hey we should probably go to the nurses office to check out that bite" she said quietly, pointing at my hand.

Looking down at it I saw some dried blood that I had missed when I cleaned it in the restroom. I nod when I look back up to her.

After excusing ourselves from Mrs. Anceps class she ushered me quickly to the nurses office. There I met miss Ricki. She explained to me after some prompting that she was especially fit for the job of nurse because her animal was a certain type of worm that had evolved regenerative abilities at one point. And although she couldn't change into her were-animal she still had the regenerative abilities and could secrete the chemicals through her skin.

To say it was an amazing feat was an understatement. To say I was shocked would also be an understatement. She simply touched her hand to mine and within a few minutes of leaving her office the cut was only an old scabbed over battle scar.