Manners Matter

[Vlad Masters]

[ooc: September 4th, open to all attending Vlad's Charm and Etiquette class.]

Ah, now this is what he needed, the academy was perfect. He didn't have to think about his mansion back home or the ghost zone. Here, he could be himself. Today, was the day of teaching. He could finally teach the boys and girls that they could be proper enough to be invited to a palace or meet a king or a queen. "Oh this is going to be enjoyable. I can tell." He thought back to the other teachers he had met. They were an interesting bunch, a Pegasus, a devil like creature, a dog, a cat, a man who claimed to be Santa Claus, and mystical creatures. He could only imagine what these students would be like. He turned his back to the room to write his name on the board. 'Should I go by Professor Masters, or Mr. Masters?' he thought, putting a finger to his chin thinking before writing Professor Masters in neat cursive writing and taking a seat at his desk.

[Pinkie Pie]

(Sorry to disappoint but this was too hard to resist XD)

A loud splash of confetti and balloons announced Pinkie's arrival to the classroom. The pink earth pony blew a party favor towards the male as she bounced in. "HIYA!" Pinkie hated her red tie & uniform; it annoyed her. It limited her movement. The female bounced about towards the desks before turning her blue eyes and pink head upside down to face Vlad...well sort of.

"I've NEVER taken a class on Manners before! My friend Rarity says I need to mind them all the time! But how do you MIND manners? That just seems silly!" She giggled. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name?!"

[Vlad Masters]

Goodness. That was certainly a way to make an entrance. At least it wasn't the Box Ghost, oh how he loathed that miserable ghost. Shaking his head, he gave a warm smile. "I am your Professor. Vlad Masters." he said with a proud smile. "It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Pinkie Pie." he couldn't help but wonder if he could actually get this one to sit still at all. She seemed very very energetic. "I am sure that you already know some manners. What about please and thank you?"

[Pinkie Pie]

Pinkie was bouncing as she talked to the man-ghost-thing before her. Her grin was wide and child-like. "Pleased ta meet'cha mister Masters! That's not a funny name at all, but that's okay." Not everypony had funny names, she reminded herself. She stopped bouncing briefly, looking confused before rolling her blue eyes to the side.

"Well DUH, what pony doesn't know anything about please and thank you? I mean how rude could you possibly be to not say your pleases and thank yous? That would just be terrible! That would make me so so SO mad if anypony just took something and didn't say please or thank you! I mean what kind of craziness is that?!"

She breathed in deeply. "Anyway, is THAT what we're here to learn? Pleases and thank yous?"

[Vlad Masters]

Vlad couldn't help but give a small smile, at least she knew something about manners. "That's good, you know a little about manners, but that is not all this class is about." he replied. "it is also about everything else, like when to say excuse me, when it is okay to interrupt someone, but also I am going to teach you Etiquette, how you present yourself at a party with dignity and pride." he said, clearly taking pride in the subject he was teaching. "By the time you are all done with my class, you will be able to impress everyone you meet."

[Pinkie Pie]

Pinkie blinked a few times before looking at Vlad again. Her ears folded back as she looked slightly confused. "Present myself...mister Masters, what kind of party do you have to be DIGNIFIED at? That doesn't sound like a fun party to me!" She sniffed, ears raising before she imagined what kind of party. Alas she'd BEEN to that kind of party before. The grand galloping gala! She shuddered.

"A party with stuffy ponies and awful music and no dancing?!" She gasped, "What kind of party is THAT?! Balloons and streamers and laughing and playing! Those are the types of parties that are the most fun!" She landed on both hooves again.

[Vlad Masters]

"I can see why these kinds parties would bother you." he said simply. "They used to bother me too when i was a teenager." He shook his head. "But there is much more to those parties than you think." He turned to look at her, a gentle smile on his face. "You see, the parties i am talking about do have dancing and music. They might not be upbeat but there is more to parties than just the ones you are thinking of."

He took a seat on his desk, seeing as that he was the only one in the class with her so far. "Miss Pinkie, have you ever had others look at you like...you didn't mean anything. This Rarity you mentioned, has she ever thought of you all as uncouth or embarrassing?"

[Pinkie Pie]

Pinkie's ears dropped. "Well...not ALWAYS," she mumbled, her blue eyes scanning towards Vlad. He'd hit a soft spot whether he knew it or not. Insecure pony was insecure and any attack or even a suggestion of an attack on her person made her miserable. She bit her lip, looking off to the side before looking up at Vlad again.

"My friends SOMETIMES think I'm over the top...sometimes...not always...I hope..." She swallowed before bouncing up and down again. "But I know I ALWAYS mean everything to my friends!"

[Sync]

"So, this is the moronic class I got stuck in?"

In walked Mr. Ray-of-Sunshine himself at that very moment. His uniform was a mess, as was his hair, and Sync looked as though he really didn't care at all about what was going on around him. How he had ended up in this particular class was a mystery to Sync, and by that point he just wasn't going to question it. Besides, with his luck he'd be dead long before he could complete the class. Sync was hoping for that much, anyway. He'd rather have been dead than take a class that was all about etiquette and such. Still, Sync walked in and came up to join Pinkie and Vlad. Which one of them was the professor? Probably the more human of the two.

"Well, here I am. Let's get this over with already," Sync said. He leaned to the side and glanced up at the ceiling for a moment, looking as bored as bored could be. Sync hadn't even noticed that he and Pinkie were in the same circle. Even if he had, he wouldn't have commented on it.

[Vlad Masters]

"Don't worry Miss Pie, i know that you are important to your friends I am sorry that i hurt you." he said. "My classes will help you, if you ever got invited to one of Miss Rarity's fancy parties, you will still be yourself." he replied. "And for that matter-" His last sentence was cut off by the entrance of a rather rude green-haired student. Oh boy. At least Pinkie Pie seemed to have a cheerful attitude about the class. This boy on the other hand, not so much.

"Ah, you must be one of my other students." he replied. "Welcome." he was trying very hard to keep his calm demeanor about him, but Sync's comment had ticked him off. "Well, come now, introduce yourself lad."

[Pinkie Pie]

Pinkie was about to speak again, swallowing her insecure sadness before she turned to see the green haired lad enter the room. The pink pony gasped loudly and happily before she bounced towards the male. "MORONIC?! This class is gonna be EPIC! Epic fun if you let it be!"

She danced around the male and giggled softly. "I'm Pinkie Piiiiiiiiiiie! What's your name?! We were just talking about parties and parties are oh so fun! do you like parties? I LOOOOOOVE parties! They're my absolute most favoritist things ever in the world ever! Next to my friends of course! Oh oh OH! Do you have any friends?!" She bounced next to Vlad again before doing a back flip into her seat, a halo appearing over her head as she awaited her first lesson.

[Sync]

(ooc: Oh my gosh. Pinkie, I'm dying. xD)

"Tch. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Either way, you're stuck with me and I'm stuck with you guys," Sync said. He still couldn't get over the sight of Pinkie, now that he was looking at her as she spoke up. Her boundless energy was already getting to him. However, he decided not to actively punt her or get in her face. It wasn't worth it. Instead, the green-haired male would answer their questions about his name. Worthless though it was...

"Name's Sync. I don't have friends," he said. With the life he'd led, Sync had never had time for them. What was the point in making friends if his life was worthless to those around him and himself? Not much of a point, so Sync never considered it. By saying this much out loud, though, Sync was unaware of what he might have sparked in Pinkie. He had no idea that the party pony was known for making friends with just about everyone she knew.

"So, you. I'm guessing you're the teacher around here. What's the point of this class?" Sync asked. He pointed his attention to Vlad again with the most uncaring look he could muster.

[Vlad Masters]

"The point of this class my green-haired lad is to teach you the manners and class that you will need when you are older to earn respect you deserve." Vlad said this as calmly as possible, however, the urge to smack Sync upside the head was growing stronger and stronger. No longer was his attention to change Pinkie important, Sync, needed the manners more than the pony did. Where was the rest of the class. Surely there had to be more than a pony and a very very troubled green haired boy.

[Vanellope]

"Yeah, 'cause that's gonna ever happen."

Eyes were rolled in accompanyment to the sentence. The third student had entered the room just in time to hear the end of the teacher's sentence, and Vanellope couldn't help but scoff at it. Frankly, she wasn't sure how she'd been landed in this class at all; it seemed the height of pointlessness to the small girl. Yes, King Candy occasionally hosted formal parties for the Sugar Rush inhabitants in honour of the racers, but Vanellope knew she'd never, ever get invited to one of them; and even if some day she did achieve her dream of becoming a racer, the glitch figured she'd still give them a miss. Formal events... nope, weren't her scene at all. Still, she had been signed up for this class, so Vanellope had figured she may as well put in an appearance.

She sort of missed her hoodie; if she had been wearing that, Vanellope would have had her hands stuffed deep into the pockets as she made her way into the room, but the uniform was seriously lacking in that department. As had become her norm, Vanellope wore her shirt collar undone; and though her tie was still high enough to keep her from getting into trouble for not wearing it right, it wasn't so tight as to be a real discomfort. Her hazel eyes quickly taking in the others present, the little glitch hopped up onto one of the chairs and propped her elbows up on the desk, looking fairly expectant. Did the class have a point for her? Not so far as she could see. But she was still somewhat interested in seeing where it went.

[Pinkie Pie]

(XD Yesssss)

Pinkie let out a 'meeting Twilight' level gasp, even bouncing off the ground several feet. "WHAAAAAT!? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS?! That's the saddest thing I've ever ever ever EVER heard!" Pinkie stuck her pink nose in Sync's face. "THIS is an emergency mister Masters! AN EMERGENCY! We need a friendship injection! But no needle. I HAAAAATE needles!"

Pinkie began to sway back and forth. Then sing, bouncing about the room.
"My name is Pinkie Pie (Hello!)
And I am here to say (How ya doin'?)
I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day
It doesn't matter now (What's up?)
If you are sad or blue (Howdy!)
'Cause cheering up my friends is just what Pinkie's here to do
'Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile
Yes I do
It fills my heart with sunshine all the while
Yes it does
'Cause all I really need's a smile, smile, smile
From these happy friends of mine
I like to see you grin (Awesome!)
I love to see you beam (Rock on!)
The corners of your mouth turned up is always Pinkie's dream (Hoof bump!)
But if you're kind of worried
And your face has made a frown
I'll work real hard and do my best to turn that sad frown upside-OOOH."

She bumped nose first into Vanellope! She smiled. "Howdy grumpy mcGrump pants! You look sad. My name's Pinkie Pie! What's yours?"