<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/13/93a9e129ed072f36dc188c37385f2b4e.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Erzulie Oshun (She/Her)<br/><strong>Student ID: </strong>N/A<br/><strong>Age/Year: </strong>Conjuration Instructor<br/><strong>Area of Study:</strong>Conjuration<br/><strong>Date and Time:</strong>Monday, September 7th | Conjuration Class<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Conjuration Summoning Room<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>OPEN<br/><hr/>Conjuring class had been all book work for the first week of class.  It never failed that freshmen witches wanted to jump right into conjuring entities from the beyond and were disappointed to learn that conjuration was an exacting discipline that required a lot of research and preparation, even when a teacher such as Erzulie Oshun had taken care of some of that for their first lab.<br/><br/>Each of the students could pick from a selection of elemental entities pre-approved by Erzulie.  They had to research the entity.  They had to write a paper detailing the entity's traits, appropriate summoning, and binding circles.  A list of components and materials needed for summoning and binding. Each circle's pros and cons and how a summoner could mitigate issues that come with summoning their chosen entity.  How those issues caused modifications to their circles and what the entity's name was.  Then they had to practice drawing their summoning and binding circles over and over until they could draw ten consecutive circles with no flaws.<br/><br/>None of the entities on the list were particularly powerful, but that did not mean there was no danger. Salamanders could still burn. Sylphs could whip up a miniature tornado, and don't get him started on those horny little imps.  It was not uncommon for conjuring students to end up with bumps and bruises or the occasional burn, pinch, or sucker marks.<br/><br/>Today was the first Conjuration Lab.  Zulie could tell from the buzz as she entered the summoning room that there was a lot of nervous energy mixed with excitement.  It made her smile.  She was aware that many students considered her a hard ass.  What they considered hard ass Zulie thought of as caring.  She cared deeply for her students' safety, and there was just no room for coddling when the summoning started.  At that point, it was too late.  Zulies' lighter side came outside of the classroom.  Students apprehensive about meeting their instructor one on one found her to be affable, with a dry sense of humor and gentle, encouraging nature.  She retained her bluntness, and she was always direct. Still, the harshness of her classroom demeanor evaporated if the student was open and willing to learn.<br/><br/>The summoning room was a cylinder with a large summoning circle in the middle for instructor demonstrations and advanced summoning projects. Around the edge of the large summoning circle were other designated areas for students to draw, scrawl, paint, or otherwise create their own summoning circles.  What was not apparent at first glance was that the entire room was a huge containment circle, so if any summonings got out of hand, they would still be contained in this one room.<br/><br/>"Alright.  If I have approved your summoning paper, you are free to grab whatever you need from the components room." Zulie pointed to a door on the east side of the room that opened into a storage room with common components and materials used in summoning. "If I have not approved your summoning paper, you can head back to the lecture hall to work on your summoning circles or the library to continue your research." It wasn't uncommon for students to miss out on the first Lab.  Zulie had office hours set up the following week to help get the stragglers up to speed.<br/><br/>"Once you have everything you need, you can begin setting up your circles."<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">The homework for this class was to pick one of the pre-approved entities supplied by your instructor for summoning and to come up with a satisfactory circle.  Your choices are a minor elemental like a salamander (fire), undine (water), sylph (air), gnome (earth), or an imp.<br/><br/>Please make a post reacting to the teacher's instructions for those who want to participate in the scene.<br/> <br/>If you choose not to participate in the scene, your student will be one of those who did not finish the assignment in time and have left to finish up the research. Once everyone who wants to post in the scene has posted.  I will have the teacher get called out of the classroom, and the following shenanigans can ensue.<br/><br/><strong>Shenanigans:</strong><br/><br/>As noted in the School Grounds thread, a student from the Beta Iota Chi sorority from Dunwich-Whately College has hexed some of your girls' notebooks.  You do not know this happened.  This means that some of your conjurings will go wrong.  It is up to you if your notebook was one of those that was hexed. <br/><br/>If you chose to have your summoning go perfectly, that is fine.  If you choose for it to go wrong, it means that there are some subtle changes to your circle that make things go a little haywire. <br/><br/>What does a little haywire mean?  It can mean that the summoning and binding only partially works or doesn't work at all. It can summon the wrong creature (power level should still be low.  You can PM me with your ideas.).  It could mean the binding didn't work, and you have a rather affectionate, huggy, or mischievous creature on your hands.  It could mean the entity kind of trashes the room.  Do not mess with other players and their summonings unless you talk to those players first.  If you want to help another player out in controlling the entity, that is fine. Just ask them before jumping in.<br/><br/><strong>Discovering what went wrong:</strong><br/><br/>It is possible to find the components Alvena left behind.  There is also a copy of the ritual she used near the components by the fountain in the quad.  Please talk to Envious if you want to discover evidence left by Alvena as she and Pink have helped develop this event, and I know Tessa will be leaving the scene to investigate.<br/></div></div>