MU With a ZING!

Chapter 06 - Working Hard and Playing a Big Hand

"All right, then, let's see how scary you monsters can be! Ready position: Common crouch!" The students all but jump into their stances, bending their bodies halfway and looking forward as they followed Professor Knight's instruction to the letter. Today was their second day of class and the lesson for this week was going over the basics and how to pull off the right scare. This was to see how well they knew their frightening techniques for this course, having the teacher examine their maneuvers and gauging what was their strengths and weakness, what need to be target and how they can do it without screwing it up after they got it right, if they did without fail.

"In order to scare, one has to be in the proper posture that will make the kid scream in sheer terror. You don't want to come off as amateurs do you? No then get down here and show me what you got!" The teacher said after he finished roll call and the monsters all doing as they were told and standing in two separate formations but left enough space for Professor Knight to walk to and forth between them as he came to cross check each one before him.

Marian was glancing over at Mike who was standing on the other side and a bit to the right from where she was her while Leda and Randall were about three students on her left. She could see he was in the correct posture though indicate with her pinky with the pointy nail to flex his claws out just a bit so he would look super imposing while in this pose. He saw it and immediately did, sneaking a grin her way to say thanks for that.

She was glad to be of help as Marian knew this was just a small stepping stone in their class's progress in between both the standard and practical work they had to go about before the finals. Her aunt Lydia had lecture her over what scare methods that the professor would likely go over during the semester, having her practice until she was satisfied that she had gotten them patent down and her niece would be better prepare for the school year. She even mention a few other exercises that may or may not make the current curriculum if they were according to her aunt class 'outdated' after centuries yet old school scares did help score bonus points on the exams, especially if they can be pulled off correctly without any trouble. Marian admit that she could perhaps if she try real hard and thinking of letting the others know in case as it could be be most resourceful in their studies. The first few steps were always the easiest but would get harder further down the road as soon as everyone got it done properly and were move onto the next scaring stage depending on fast they all pick up without any slackers in the process.

"Okay people work with me here, you are in this program to do what now? Scare a child or be a clown, if your answer to the first is yes, show me what you got: Midnight Crawler!" The professor strolled over, clipboard behind his back and surveying each student while making the necessary adjustments before he kept moving onto the next monster and doing the same for them. He kept at it like a drill sergeant, barking out commands and watching them jump to it with no hesitation on their part. Some did better than others but had a long ways to go if they wanted to become a Scarer and work with the big boys.

Every monster wanted to be the best they could be and failure was not an option in his book, no sir.

"Keep at it, remember lay out the groundwork then strike, you want them kids to be screaming for their mommies! I wanna see matted fur, people, and yellowed jagged teeth; the grosser, the better! Moving onto the next pose: Basic snarl, go!"

Professor Knight watch the entire lot fall into position, extending their arms above their heads with mouths wide open, showing off their teeth and growl while he marched his way to where Mike was. The teacher gave the cyclops a quick once-over seeing it wasn't too shabby but it could be better in his book, "You call that a snarl? Show me some slobber! Drool is a tool, kids! Use it!"