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PhoenixRising · 03-19-2014, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

Ian listened to the professor and felt she was protesting their early demise a little too much. I mean, if they were going to die early wouldn't it be kinder to let them know? Anyways, he felt like she kind of brushed his answer off. Nevermind that it doesn't matter or is untrue. It's how he felt and so that's what he thought.

She asked about physical attributes of a deceased organism. He thought for a few minutes and realized he'd probably eaten too little for lunch. He raised his hand again. Deceased organisms no longer take in and process nourishment.

"Very true, yes. They can not be nourished."

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Originally Posted by natethegreat

Deep breath. Nate had this. Before raising his hands he had to crack his knuckles. They were stiff. Probably from talking about old people. That was a common thing to happen amongst many groups of people. One person would say I feel ill, then others would psychologically think that they might be ill as well, and then they start to feel ill. So possibly talking about old people made his knuckles stiff.

Nate raised his hand, then stated "Some of the many signs of a deceased organism is they will feel cold to the touch. Depending on the time of death they might start to stink of rot and decay. Sometimes the body will become pail due to the heart not pumping blood through the body. Also they wouldn't have a pulse." Sigh of huge relief. Nate was glad he got that answer out quick. He couldn't stand being this one-of-the-first-few-people-to-raise-his-hand thing. That was unlike Nate's biological nature. He was more street smart and sporty. Not book smart and nerdy...that was his friend's job, Caelyn.

"Algor mortis, yes. The steady decline of body temperature, making the skin feel cold and clammy." Fina agreed.

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Originally Posted by Govoni

What was this lesson?

Vesper turned her attention from her elderly classmates to give Professor Hadley a curious look. Was she teaching them how to recognize when their classmates finally............passed away? That was morbid.

When people were dead, they just looked like they were sleeping to Vesper. Or...her aunt had, anyway...when they'd visited her in the funeral home. So...maybe she hadn't understood the question fully? How did someone look dead? "They won't breath anymore...Meaning their chests won't rise and fall..."...That was something physical, right?

Meh.

...and back to sketching.

"Breathing ceases to exist, yes."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Some signs? Hmmm. Adi had an idea and so he raised his hand yet again. "Erm...bloating, Professor.'' Yeah, you know. When the body does it's thing with the gasses causing the organism to swell and look all puffy.

That was kinda cool, to be honest.

"Bloating ... not really. Maybe when first met with death, but other than that...." No, generally the body didn't swell.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was just listening. This was morbidly interesting with learning what scientist considered actual death and all. Like what was the dictionary definition of death. Just things Nigel thinks about when the topic of class is a coffin and senescence.

Some signs?

Well that was pretty easy. "Maggots are around, since Maggots only eat dead tissue."

Everything else is a hit or miss because they could be buried alive and who is not slightly afraid of that happening.

"Maggots yes. But mostly for dead animals, not dead humans, since humans are placed into a box which would protect them from being eaten by maggots..." You know, just so they knew the purpose of the box. It wasn't for decor, so much as to keep the bugs away.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Hmmm...what were some signs that might be present in a deceased organism? Sander recalled that medical examiner show again. Sander listened as the other students shared their answers and when there was a pause, Sander raised his hand and gave his answer.

"Professor when an organism is deceased, there are chemical changes in the muscles, and the limbs and body start to stiffen and are hard to manipulate. They call this state rigor mortis."

"Rigor mortis. Yes. Good." And even nice use of the Latin terminology.

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Originally Posted by aaetha

How do you tell if someone's dead? Well, at least in Adrienne's experience (mainly through reading books about it, of course), it was pretty darn obvious. "Well, they'll likely smell absolutely terrible. Either 'cause the flesh is rotting and being eaten by maggots," she said, relishing the grossness of it, "or because when people- er, creatures die they tend to lose control of some organs, namely bowels and bladders and... yeah," she finished lamely. After a moment of fidgeting, she quickly barrelled onwards.

"Also, dead things like... don't breathe, or have heartbeats, or move, or have any brain activity." There was plenty more, like rigor mortis and stuff, but the rest of the class seemed to have that down, so Adrienne smiled brightly and finished there.

"The smell is terrible because of decomposition, mostly," Hadley explained. "But that's also another reason for the box. It protects against the unpleasant smells. Buries the odors six feet under."

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

While Hadley was talking, Alec started pulling out his journal and writing supplies from his bag. Notes, you know. Though, the boy did hope that something like this didn't turn up in the Muggle Studies NEWT. Imagine having to write about death and the signs in the exam? Just... yeah. No. He'd rather not.

Scribble... scribble... scribble...

... And then Hadley went on to mention the Dementor's kiss. Poor Kilt Man. It was a good thing that the Dementors weren't still floating around anymore. ~~They weren't right?~~ He didn't think he'd be able to help fend them off in his current state.

Some signs? Were they looking for physical ones or...? He placed his quill down and raised his hand in the air. "Erm... well, if you try and take a pulse, there usually wouldn't be one on someone... who's been dead for a while." Shrug.

"Yes. No pulse. Good."

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Eww. This was disgusting. Yes, people died. Animals died. Organisms...whatever they were being called. Sophie had never really focused on how they looked when they died, though. Somebody had even mentioned maggots, which made things even more stomach-churning to think about.

Did the professor think they were dying or something? They weren't, were they?

Sophie gulped then tried to come up with something nobody else had said. "They eventually feel cold instead of warm," she said, raising her hand. She shivered to herself. She hated thinking about this.

"Yes. Body temperature is reduced, making the skin feel colder..."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Cheery lesson.

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Ella sat uncomfortably, listening to her classmates answer the question Hadley had posed. Physical characteristics of dead organisms. She'd only seen one dead person in her life and that was her Granddad. The people...the ones who worked on dead bodies had already worked on him so she didn't exactly have an accurate picture of what his lifeless body had looked like in the minutes after his death but she knew enough about science to have a general idea and she was thankful she didn't have to see it. Her thoughts were broken by the mention of maggots and the Head Girl glanced at Nigel, wishing she could be as equally passive about this discussion. Must be nice.

"They pale. Dead people look really pale."

Yup, that was her big contribution to this discussion. Could they be done now?

"Otherwise known as Pallor mortis, a certain paleness with is inflicted within 15 to 20 minutes after death."

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

Benjy gulped, the colour draining from his face. He was beginning to wish he hadn't come to this lesson. Tiredness aside, this whole topic was making his stomach churn...and not just Nigel's mention of maggots, or Adrienne mention of smells or... EURGH. Even without the reality of his own mortality from this whole ageing thing (and Hadley's attempt at reassurance), it would have been a difficult topic for Benjy.

He frowned, and bit his lip. He needed to not think of dead humans. Maybe something more like potion ingredients, or meat or something. "They'll be still," he offered hesitantly. Maybe he should ask to be excused? Except, well, he was intrigued where this was going. What if Hadley really did have good intentions?

"Yes. They are very still. Not to be confused with the stillness associated with sleeping, as when you are sleeping there is still slight movement at least." OR sometimes a lot of movement if your initials were AXN, but that was besides the point.

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

"Wait...." Was Zahra the only one actually listening? HAHAHAH She was STARING at THIS CLAW. "Did that Claw just say dead people poop their pants?" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No really... that's what... HAHAHAHA Zahra was going TO DIE HERSELF NOW HAHAHA.

"I mean it's not bad enough to be DEAD, you gotta POOP YOUR pants on top of that? Oh man. Mikey... we are NEVER gonna die. If you poop your pants when you die, then I'm going to DIE too laughing at you."

HAHAHAHA WHAT WAS THIS CLASS?!? Zahra was here 'cause Mikey was, but man.. she'd been MISSING out if this was what Muggle Studies was ABOUT.

Uh what.... leave it to a Gryffindor to pick up on the fact that lose control of bowels equated to pooping in pants? LIKE WHAT EVEN!??!

"Losing control of your bowels when your dead, well it doesn't happen like that. Not the same way as when you're alive."

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Originally Posted by Felixir

KJSSDKHSKDMDSKJGDKGJGSD!

"Whawazzat?!"

All Tobias had seen was a sudden BLUR before being unceremoniously BLAPPED on the forehead. He blinked and flailed suddenly and squinted about. Did someone THROW something at him? Nope, felt suspiciously like a hand.

People clearly just wanted to high five his face. Toby was taking that as a compliment, as though people were telling him he had a good face. Gee whizz, thanks guys!

If anything, the face!highfive had properly bought Toby's focus back to the room, and the lesson and...

...

... oh.

Death.

That... wasn't fun. No. Toby didn't like that. He didn't want to talk about sad things. But rather than voice this concern he decided to just go with it. Because he was Toby Tempus, happiest kid on earth.

He raised his hand.

"Lack of life."

Uh, yeah.

Fina nodded. "Yes. Lack of life. That's one simple way of putting it..."

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Originally Posted by Mell

Okay he had to admit that when he first walked into the classroom and saw the coffin, he had actually thought that Professor Hadley was going to tell them how muggle's made them. He didn't think she was actually going to talk about death.

That was just kinda rubbing it in to those of them that had the ageing disease happening.

He was considering having a snooze when his GIRLFRIEND came in and sat beside him and he kinda missed the question that was asked and some of the responses but he couldn't miss what Zahra was going on about and despite how he was feeling, he burst out laughing.

"And then you'll POOP your pants and my ghost will be laughing at you." He gave her a nudge with his elbow. "Don't worry, I'll get you some of those adult diapers so that you don't ruin your clothes." Hahahahaha.

Uh what? Was he talking to her or to his friend over there? Frown. Making jokes about bowel movements when the class was about death. Honestly. Stern look for you, Mister Toussaint.

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Originally Posted by lemon

... was Hadley trying to teach them how to identify which of their classmates had kicked the bucket? That was rather macabre. Alice gave a few curious looks to the professor, but she didn't hesitate to participate in the discussion. It was a fascinating one, after all.

"Hypostasis. Blood stops when the heart does, settles due to gravity, and makes the skin look dark blue or purple in areas." This particular sign of death went by multiple names, actually, but that one was among the most common and easy to pronounce. Plus she wasn't a Ravenclaw and took no pleasure in the bragging rights obtained from memorizing long and painfully irritating scientific names. Mhm.

"Yes. Precisely right! I'm impressed!" So Miss Fischer DID know stuff besides Quidditch.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Yep, this lesson was going exactly the way she had expected. Not at all cheery and full of stuff she really rather not think about.

She'd stayed silent through the first question because, quite honestly, she'd been trying to get over the shock of seeing a COFFIN when walking into class. Well that, and she hadn’t known the answer. But now, she felt over it enough to try answering. "They start decomposing."

But know Layla had a question of her own, hearing all her classmates answers. "Does that mean that vampires and zombies and the like aren't really dead? Because they don't really show any of those signs, aside from cold skin and no pulse....?"

"Yes. Decomposition." And hmm, what was that? "Vampires and zombies are ... an entirely different classification. In theory, no they're not dead, but the cold skin and no pulse kind of makes them dead. Though the definition of death is sort of vague. The key is ... distinguishing death from life ..."

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Bay raised his hand totally unsure if it was right or not.. "muscles and stuff start to loosen up and like the skin will start to stretch?" ughhh was this what he had to look forward too.. IT WAS TOO SOON!!! Bay did not want to talk about this what so ever!! could he just hide under his desk and cry.. please oh please!!

"Actually quite the opposite. When you're dead, your muscles and such become tight. and stiff."

And it seemed as though between all the mentions, in someway or another all the symptoms of death were mentioned. Good. Now they could move on .......

"Alright, now that we've discussed some important distinguishing features of death, we're going to read a short muggle story together, which I believe to be very relevant. We shall discuss the relevance afterward...." Walking behind her desk, Fina pulled out a medium sized box and removed some copies of books to pass around. "We'll be reading the short story of Sleeping Beauty together."

"Long long ago...... a king and a queen ... wished with all their might and soul that they could have a child. But sadly, nothing happened." Fina then gestured to the student in the front row to continue the reading....

ooc: so some interactive storytelling for the next 20-ish (or so) hours. Use this site for reference to the story, please only have your character read one or two lines at a time to give everyone a chance. Also, don't necessarily copy the line directly from that site, but try and add your own interesting spin to it. Ready. Set. Go.

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 59,316 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ayden Diggory-Keighley (#07ad01) Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Levi Draguar (#062807) Ravenclaw Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Bailey Crawford (#bb04bc) Hufflepuff Sixth Year x12 x8	❄ Chasing Waterfalls & Wonder ❄ \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin Ian listened to the professor and felt she was protesting their early demise a little too much. I mean, if they were going to die early wouldn't it be kinder to let them know? Anyways, he felt like she kind of brushed his answer off. Nevermind that it doesn't matter or is untrue. It's how he felt and so that's what he thought. She asked about physical attributes of a deceased organism. He thought for a few minutes and realized he'd probably eaten too little for lunch. He raised his hand again. Deceased organisms no longer take in and process nourishment. "Very true, yes. They can not be nourished." Quote: Originally Posted by natethegreat Deep breath. Nate had this. Before raising his hands he had to crack his knuckles. They were stiff. Probably from talking about old people. That was a common thing to happen amongst many groups of people. One person would say I feel ill, then others would psychologically think that they might be ill as well, and then they start to feel ill. So possibly talking about old people made his knuckles stiff. Nate raised his hand, then stated "Some of the many signs of a deceased organism is they will feel cold to the touch. Depending on the time of death they might start to stink of rot and decay. Sometimes the body will become pail due to the heart not pumping blood through the body. Also they wouldn't have a pulse." Sigh of huge relief. Nate was glad he got that answer out quick. He couldn't stand being this one-of-the-first-few-people-to-raise-his-hand thing. That was unlike Nate's biological nature. He was more street smart and sporty. Not book smart and nerdy...that was his friend's job, Caelyn. "Algor mortis, yes. The steady decline of body temperature, making the skin feel cold and clammy." Fina agreed. Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni What was this lesson? Vesper turned her attention from her elderly classmates to give Professor Hadley a curious look. Was she teaching them how to recognize when their classmates finally............passed away? That was morbid. When people were dead, they just looked like they were sleeping to Vesper. Or...her aunt had, anyway...when they'd visited her in the funeral home. So...maybe she hadn't understood the question fully? How did someone look dead? "They won't breath anymore...Meaning their chests won't rise and fall..."...That was something physical, right? Meh. ...and back to sketching. "Breathing ceases to exist, yes." Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Some signs? Hmmm. Adi had an idea and so he raised his hand yet again. "Erm...bloating, Professor.'' Yeah, you know. When the body does it's thing with the gasses causing the organism to swell and look all puffy. That was kinda cool, to be honest. "Bloating ... not really. Maybe when first met with death, but other than that...." No, generally the body didn't swell. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel was just listening. This was morbidly interesting with learning what scientist considered actual death and all. Like what was the dictionary definition of death. Just things Nigel thinks about when the topic of class is a coffin and senescence. Some signs? Well that was pretty easy. "Maggots are around, since Maggots only eat dead tissue." Everything else is a hit or miss because they could be buried alive and who is not slightly afraid of that happening. "Maggots yes. But mostly for dead animals, not dead humans, since humans are placed into a box which would protect them from being eaten by maggots..." You know, just so they knew the purpose of the box. It wasn't for decor, so much as to keep the bugs away. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Hmmm...what were some signs that might be present in a deceased organism? Sander recalled that medical examiner show again. Sander listened as the other students shared their answers and when there was a pause, Sander raised his hand and gave his answer. "Professor when an organism is deceased, there are chemical changes in the muscles, and the limbs and body start to stiffen and are hard to manipulate. They call this state rigor mortis." "Rigor mortis. Yes. Good." And even nice use of the Latin terminology. Quote: Originally Posted by aaetha How do you tell if someone's dead? Well, at least in Adrienne's experience (mainly through reading books about it, of course), it was pretty darn obvious. "Well, they'll likely smell absolutely terrible. Either 'cause the flesh is rotting and being eaten by maggots," she said, relishing the grossness of it, "or because when people- er, creatures die they tend to lose control of some organs, namely bowels and bladders and... yeah," she finished lamely. After a moment of fidgeting, she quickly barrelled onwards. "Also, dead things like... don't breathe, or have heartbeats, or move, or have any brain activity." There was plenty more, like rigor mortis and stuff, but the rest of the class seemed to have that down, so Adrienne smiled brightly and finished there. "The smell is terrible because of decomposition, mostly," Hadley explained. "But that's also another reason for the box. It protects against the unpleasant smells. Buries the odors six feet under." Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone While Hadley was talking, Alec started pulling out his journal and writing supplies from his bag. Notes, you know. Though, the boy did hope that something like this didn't turn up in the Muggle Studies NEWT. Imagine having to write about death and the signs in the exam? Just... yeah. No. He'd rather not. Scribble... scribble... scribble... ... And then Hadley went on to mention the Dementor's kiss. Poor Kilt Man. It was a good thing that the Dementors weren't still floating around anymore. ~~They weren't right?~~ He didn't think he'd be able to help fend them off in his current state. Some signs? Were they looking for physical ones or...? He placed his quill down and raised his hand in the air. "Erm... well, if you try and take a pulse, there usually wouldn't be one on someone... who's been dead for a while." Shrug. "Yes. No pulse. Good." Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Eww. This was disgusting. Yes, people died. Animals died. Organisms...whatever they were being called. Sophie had never really focused on how they looked when they died, though. Somebody had even mentioned maggots, which made things even more stomach-churning to think about. Did the professor think they were dying or something? They weren't, were they? Sophie gulped then tried to come up with something nobody else had said. "They eventually feel cold instead of warm," she said, raising her hand. She shivered to herself. She hated thinking about this. "Yes. Body temperature is reduced, making the skin feel colder..." Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Cheery lesson. .. ... .... Ella sat uncomfortably, listening to her classmates answer the question Hadley had posed. Physical characteristics of dead organisms. She'd only seen one dead person in her life and that was her Granddad. The people...the ones who worked on dead bodies had already worked on him so she didn't exactly have an accurate picture of what his lifeless body had looked like in the minutes after his death but she knew enough about science to have a general idea and she was thankful she didn't have to see it. Her thoughts were broken by the mention of maggots and the Head Girl glanced at Nigel, wishing she could be as equally passive about this discussion. Must be nice. "They pale. Dead people look really pale." Yup, that was her big contribution to this discussion. Could they be done now? "Otherwise known as Pallor mortis, a certain paleness with is inflicted within 15 to 20 minutes after death." Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl Benjy gulped, the colour draining from his face. He was beginning to wish he hadn't come to this lesson. Tiredness aside, this whole topic was making his stomach churn...and not just Nigel's mention of maggots, or Adrienne mention of smells or... EURGH. Even without the reality of his own mortality from this whole ageing thing (and Hadley's attempt at reassurance), it would have been a difficult topic for Benjy. He frowned, and bit his lip. He needed to not think of dead humans. Maybe something more like potion ingredients, or meat or something. "They'll be still," he offered hesitantly. Maybe he should ask to be excused? Except, well, he was intrigued where this was going. What if Hadley really did have good intentions? "Yes. They are very still. Not to be confused with the stillness associated with sleeping, as when you are sleeping there is still slight movement at least." OR sometimes a lot of movement if your initials were AXN, but that was besides the point. Quote: Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz "Wait...." Was Zahra the only one actually listening? HAHAHAH She was STARING at THIS CLAW. "Did that Claw just say dead people poop their pants?" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA No really... that's what... HAHAHAHA Zahra was going TO DIE HERSELF NOW HAHAHA. "I mean it's not bad enough to be DEAD, you gotta POOP YOUR pants on top of that? Oh man. Mikey... we are NEVER gonna die. If you poop your pants when you die, then I'm going to DIE too laughing at you." HAHAHAHA WHAT WAS THIS CLASS?!? Zahra was here 'cause Mikey was, but man.. she'd been MISSING out if this was what Muggle Studies was ABOUT. Uh what.... leave it to a Gryffindor to pick up on the fact that lose control of bowels equated to pooping in pants? LIKE WHAT EVEN!??! "Losing control of your bowels when your dead, well it doesn't happen like that. Not the same way as when you're alive." Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir KJSSDKHSKDMDSKJGDKGJGSD! "Whawazzat?!" All Tobias had seen was a sudden BLUR before being unceremoniously BLAPPED on the forehead. He blinked and flailed suddenly and squinted about. Did someone THROW something at him? Nope, felt suspiciously like a hand. People clearly just wanted to high five his face. Toby was taking that as a compliment, as though people were telling him he had a good face. Gee whizz, thanks guys! If anything, the face!highfive had properly bought Toby's focus back to the room, and the lesson and... ... ... oh. Death. That... wasn't fun. No. Toby didn't like that. He didn't want to talk about sad things. But rather than voice this concern he decided to just go with it. Because he was Toby Tempus, happiest kid on earth. He raised his hand. "Lack of life." Uh, yeah. Fina nodded. "Yes. Lack of life. That's one simple way of putting it..." Quote: Originally Posted by Mell Okay he had to admit that when he first walked into the classroom and saw the coffin, he had actually thought that Professor Hadley was going to tell them how muggle's made them. He didn't think she was actually going to talk about death. That was just kinda rubbing it in to those of them that had the ageing disease happening. He was considering having a snooze when his GIRLFRIEND came in and sat beside him and he kinda missed the question that was asked and some of the responses but he couldn't miss what Zahra was going on about and despite how he was feeling, he burst out laughing. "And then you'll POOP your pants and my ghost will be laughing at you." He gave her a nudge with his elbow. "Don't worry, I'll get you some of those adult diapers so that you don't ruin your clothes." Hahahahaha. Uh what? Was he talking to her or to his friend over there? Frown. Making jokes about bowel movements when the class was about death. Honestly. Stern look for you, Mister Toussaint. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon ... was Hadley trying to teach them how to identify which of their classmates had kicked the bucket? That was rather macabre. Alice gave a few curious looks to the professor, but she didn't hesitate to participate in the discussion. It was a fascinating one, after all. "Hypostasis. Blood stops when the heart does, settles due to gravity, and makes the skin look dark blue or purple in areas." This particular sign of death went by multiple names, actually, but that one was among the most common and easy to pronounce. Plus she wasn't a Ravenclaw and took no pleasure in the bragging rights obtained from memorizing long and painfully irritating scientific names. Mhm. "Yes. Precisely right! I'm impressed!" So Miss Fischer DID know stuff besides Quidditch. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Yep, this lesson was going exactly the way she had expected. Not at all cheery and full of stuff she really rather not think about. She'd stayed silent through the first question because, quite honestly, she'd been trying to get over the shock of seeing a COFFIN when walking into class. Well that, and she hadn’t known the answer. But now, she felt over it enough to try answering. "They start decomposing." But know Layla had a question of her own, hearing all her classmates answers. "Does that mean that vampires and zombies and the like aren't really dead? Because they don't really show any of those signs, aside from cold skin and no pulse....?" "Yes. Decomposition." And hmm, what was that? "Vampires and zombies are ... an entirely different classification. In theory, no they're not dead, but the cold skin and no pulse kind of makes them dead. Though the definition of death is sort of vague. The key is ... distinguishing death from life ..." Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow Bay raised his hand totally unsure if it was right or not.. "muscles and stuff start to loosen up and like the skin will start to stretch?" ughhh was this what he had to look forward too.. IT WAS TOO SOON!!! Bay did not want to talk about this what so ever!! could he just hide under his desk and cry.. please oh please!! "Actually quite the opposite. When you're dead, your muscles and such become tight. and stiff." And it seemed as though between all the mentions, in someway or another all the symptoms of death were mentioned. Good. Now they could move on ....... "Alright, now that we've discussed some important distinguishing features of death, we're going to read a short muggle story together, which I believe to be very relevant. We shall discuss the relevance afterward...." Walking behind her desk, Fina pulled out a medium sized box and removed some copies of books to pass around. "We'll be reading the short story of Sleeping Beauty together." "Long long ago...... a king and a queen ... wished with all their might and soul that they could have a child. But sadly, nothing happened." Fina then gestured to the student in the front row to continue the reading.... ooc: so some interactive storytelling for the next 20-ish (or so) hours. Use this site for reference to the story, please only have your character read one or two lines at a time to give everyone a chance. Also, don't necessarily copy the line directly from that site, but try and add your own interesting spin to it. Ready. Set. Go. __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯