Swans Don't Teach Music Class

[mutesician]

Characters: Louis and Fortitude students/sneaky Conquest students/lost teachers/okay, anyone
Format: Either
This log is: open
Location: Music room
Summary: Louis attempts to teach a class about music despite having forgotten how to play his own trumpet.
Warnings: May contain hideous screeching noises when Louis attempts to play his trumpet.

BEFORE CLASS
Louis was desperately trying to play his trumpet. Each time he touched it, though, a pain went through his head, and he had to withdraw. The one time he actually managed to bring it to his beak, all that came out were fairly unmusical screechings. His wings slumped. How could he teach if he couldn't even play anymore?

START OF CLASS
Louis stood in front of the classroom, trying to look stern. On the chalkboard behind him, he had written a question: "Who already knows how to play an instrument?"

Comments

[traces]

Dahlia walked into class fashionably early, as usual, and stopped and stared when she saw the teacher.

What.

[mutesician]

Louis had just set the trumpet down after another failed attempt. Upon seeing someone walk in, though, he immediately approached, waving her towards one of the seats. The oddness she must be experiencing hadn't sunk in yet.

[traces]

She remained in the doorway for a second, before stepping in and clutching her armful of textbooks to her chest protectively. "Er... Are you...?"

[mutesician]

He tilted his head, but was pretty sure what she meant. He nodded, then picked up a piece of chalk to write on the chalkboard with.

My name is Louis. I am teaching music class.

[knightime]

Wow, the fact he was used to all this ridiculous crap...

At least the teacher wasn't apparently nakking. Or laughing at him. Or making feathery asshole noises.

Dave just raises his hand at the question though. Yes. He can?

[mutesician]

[Oh. That's good. Louis, upon noticing that someone has raised their hand, goes on to write some more underneath the larger question, then steps back to show it.]

What kind?

[knightime]

[Dave shows the screen of his PDA. It's strange the amount of people that require different means to communicate seem to exist in both schools.]

idk
a bunch of random crap
whatever i could get my hands on

[fatebook]

[ Watch it, Louis. Ringo is known for having infatuations with her teachers ]

S-so cute!

[mutesician]

[Sorry. He's TAKEN. But right now, he's a little shaken by the exclamation. However, he'll gladly offer his head to be petted, and gesture with a wing to the question on the board.]

[fatebook]

[ She looks at the question on the board, frowning ]

Ah, no... I don't.

[bloodandfire]

[She's just going to stare, hope you don't mind]

You're a goose. And a teacher?

[mutesician]

[He uses his personal slate for this.]

A swan. My name is Louis. Yes, I teach music.

[bloodandfire]

Forgive me, a swan. I have never met an animal that could write let alone play music. Have you been playing music for long?

[heiropaque]

By 'know', do you require us to be able to play the instrument. Or is the theory sufficient.

[mutesician]

[He points his beak at Equius to show that he is addressing him specifically before writing on the board.]

How do you get just the theory of playing an instrument?

[This question has legitimately confused him. To him, knowing how to play and being able to play are mutually linked.]

[heiropaque]

I have of course extensively studied the more refined arts as befits someone of my stature. However I am limited in the instruments I may hold, being as I am of great and noble strength.

[overthroen]

[ Comments by other classmates are enough for her to figure out what the question was. She raises her hand, as well. ]

[mutesician]

[He already wrote "What kind?" on the board, so he points at it again. Yeah...he probably didn't notice she was blind yet. Whoops.]

[overthroen]

[ Uh...

She lowers her hand after a minute. Why is it suddenly so quiet? ]

[savedbyasong]

Shion of course had met Louis and so wasn't at all surprised that their teacher was a Swan that wrote. However music was something he knew nothing about, though the first week they had been here there had been a music teacher, but he had disappeared. His hand remained down but he listened carefully.

[mutesician]

Louis noticed Shion, and nodded at him. He couldn't quite wave, but he tried to indicate that he recognized the person who had helped him before.

[savedbyasong]

[Shion smiled at him and nodded back. Looking forward to the class even though it was something he had no idea about.]

[stoatallymad]

[Firifale looks nervous as he raises his hand. Nope, sorry, it's not because he knows how to play an instrument.]

...Can't read? Help?

Laaaaaaaaaaate. Whoops.

[mutesician]

[Louis comes waddling over with Rose's communicator. He quickly types on it.]

do you play an instrument.

No such thing!

[stoatallymad]

Instrument... [He has heard that word, yes? It was... it was...]

Ah! The one with the twee-deetle-dee! [Miming some kind of woodwind there. Then, abruptly, a look of intense disdain darkens his usually bright face. He's only seen one musician before. They didn't get on.]

No.