Another Round of Drinks

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(ooc: September 2nd. Open to all teachers. After classes are over.)

The corgi must have looked completely out of place. Lightning wasn't going to deny that he probably was, but he could do without the staring. Oh well; he'd just go on sitting at the bar and nursing his drink. What a day... He hadn't even been teaching that long and already he was sick of it. Lightning had gotten the feeling that his students weren't really taking him seriously to some degree, and it wasn't doing a lot for the corgi's ego. His ears flattened against his head and brown eyes were rolled. What was the point in trying to educate these kids about the history of the theater if they didn't even want to listen? Let alone pay attention to him in the first place.

It would have been nice if Lightning had actually bothered to make friends with the other teachers. As it stood, though, the corgi barely knew any of his fellow staff members. Hell, he'd hardly seen any of them around the campus. He thought he'd seen some gray and white cat, but that was about it. What was with the school hiring so many animals to teach, anyway? It was strange... Too strange. Maybe not as awkward as the idea of the students having to try and beat each other to a pulp, but still awkward and strange as far as Lightning was concerned.

His ears gave a twitch after a moment to acknowledge a sound coming from behind him. Lightning didn't bother to look up, though. He kept his gaze focused on his drink. If someone wanted to talk to him, they'd have to be the one to make the first move.

[Discord]

"Whhhhhhhat are you supposed to be?! Are you a doggie? Or a bat?"

Discord's voice echoed on the air before he himself appeared, a grin on his snaggletoothed face. He was having far too much fun and seen the sullen chubby canine on the bar was a scene too good to refuse so he poofed right behind him. Big bat ears, a chubby long body. If he was a dog he was like no dog that Discord had ever seen before in his long long life. His tail swished behind him as he snapped his fingers and lay flat on the bar in front of Lightning.

"Well, hi there, poochie," he whistled, "Wouldn't you like to tell me your name?"

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When Discord appeared, Lightning sat up straighter and his ears rose up in surprise. That certainly wasn't a creature he got to see every day. In fact, the corgi didn't have the slightest idea of what Discord even was. The strange creature's question of his name, thankfully, was easy to answer. It wasn't as if his name was super embarrassing as long as he took that pesky 'Lil' off of it.

"It's Lightning. And yes, I'm a dog. Not a bat," Lightning answered. He tilted his head to the side and looked Discord over. His assumption was that the strange mishmash of animal parts was a teacher too, but he hadn't the slightest idea of what it was that Discord would even teach. Maybe he taught how to deal with people making fun of what you looked like? ...No, that was stupid. Discord looked like the sort who wouldn't be bothered by what anyone thought of his appearance. Lightning wasn't that bothered either, but his comment about his ears did get to him a little... Whether he admitted it or not.

"And who are you supposed to be?"

[Mirajane]

Mirajane was not expecting to enter the pub and find animals. In fact, she was expecting to come and find well...people or at least other magical beings like herself. Though, she could sense very interesting magical energy coming from the strange horned creature. How odd. She had never seen one of those in Fiore, perhaps it was a new species all together. The white haired girl thought about leaving, at least for a moment, but she could at least come and see just what these animals were like. They could be friendly.

"Hope i am not interrupting anything." she said coming over to the two, with a warm smile. "I was wondering I could join you two gentlemen for a drink."

[Auntie Shrew]

Someone was not a happy shrew.

"Such impudence.  Such - contemptuous creatures," huffed Auntie Shrew as she stomped in through a small crack in the door.

It was entirely possible that she was smallest teacher in the academy, but when she was upset, she was not afraid to let everyone know about it.  The shrew was not having a good time with her students.  Few of them granted her the respect she was entitled to.  Furthermore, she was not very happy with the subject she had to teach.  Drama?  What dense buffoon ever conceived that drama of all silly things should be in her realm of expertise?  What nonsense!  She was deserving of a higher, more glorious subject.  But, alas, it appeared she was bound to drama.  Be it so, then - be it so.

However, Auntie Shrew wasn't about to take disobedience in her class.  Indeed!  Just because all the students she'd had to meet were greatly larger than herself didn't mean she was going to allow madness to run rampant.  They would listen to her whether they liked it or not.  The shrew was not afraid to lay down swift punishment to such hoodlums!  If she was to be a teacher, someone around here would learn if she had anything to do with it.  So, in conclusion, Auntie Shrew had a bit to be upset about.  The rodent trudged across the floor, some of the drapery on her person falling out of place slightly.  As far as she could see, she was the only one in the room for the moment.  She scaled a chair and was atop the counter in a matter of seconds, still fuming.

"What disrespectful children!" Auntie Shrew snapped, letting her point rest there.

Jerking her head, she noticed that her scarf was falling down her shoulder.  She frowned and jerked it back into its normal place.  Looking quite grumpy still, she finally looked at her fellow teachers.  Yellow eyes widened as soon as she spotted a strange mish-mash of a beast.

"My Lord," She uttered in response to Discord's appearance.

[Discord]

"And who are you supposed to be?"

"Why ME?! I'm pleased you would ask!" Discord poofed himself next to Lightning, placing the elbow of his lion side on his head, resting between his ears. The master of chaos was bored and would take all the opportunity to show off and cause some trouble. He tilted his head upwards, grinning. "I am Discord! Master of chaos and former ruler of Equestria!" Okay so he was fibbing a bit but Celestia and Luna weren't around so it didn't bother him too much. He blinked a bit before stepping back to see the shrew approach. He poofed himself next to her and made himself the same size as her.

He gave a bow. "Madame!" He said with a haughty tone, "Enchante! I hope I didn't frighten you too much!" He returned to his normal size, poofing on top of Lightning's head at a medium size.

"Ah so much delightful disarray around her isn't it? It makes me giddy!" He sat his bendy body between Lightning's ears.

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Well... That was a fancy title, all right. Lightning didn't really know what to make of Discord just yet, but he'd roll with it. Equestria, however, was a land he hadn't heard of. That was something the corgi had to wonder about. This Discord fellow really was a strange one. Not just based on appearances, either. His whole manner of speech and everything about him was just odd to Lightning. First things first, though. He wanted to know about this Equestria place.

"Equestria? I'm afraid I've never heard of such a place. Where exactly is it?" Lightning asked. Just as soon as he had asked, he found that the two of them had been joined by a couple of ladies. One was a shrew and the other appeared to be human, and Lightning couldn't exactly argue with either of them joining him. In response to Mirajane's question, Lightning shook his head. She wasn't interrupting anything particularly important at all.

"No, no. You're not interrupting. I was just... Reflecting. Students around here don't seem to take the idea of a dog teaching a class very seriously," Lightning said. He had to say he was in agreement with the shrew. Students could be so disrespectful and it bugged him to no end. He would have commented, but Lightning quickly found that Discord had disappeared and reappeared atop his head. He'd apparently changed sizes, too. That was certainly unexpected. Lightning's large ears drooped a bit and he looked up at Discord. He wasn't quite sure he was fond of the placement of the magical creature, and he really only had one thing to say to that.

"Do you mind? My head is not meant to be your personal perch."

[Mirajane]

Mira couldn't help but laugh at Discord's antics. He reminded her of Natsu and some of the other fairy tail members. When Lightning mentioned his trouble, she couldn't help but nod. "I can see why that would be quite troublesome to deal with. I for one think that a dog teaching acting sounds quite interesting. I would love to hear some of your experiences."

Polite. That's what she was. Always and always, she was that way with everyone. "Oh, pardon. I'm Mirajane. I'm the school nurse."

[Discord]

"Do you mind? My head is not meant to be your personal perch."

"REALLY? How offensive! I was under the impression I was a stylish hat!" Discord cackled before landing on the bar, head raised with a stupid grin on his face. This was far too much fun for him. Far too much. He grinned, pushing back on his heels as he nodded, blowing a kiss to Auntie Shrew. He grew to his normal size, looking down at the school nurse.

"Here in case a student gets a booboo huh? That's so lovely!" Discord landed on her shoulder. "You remind me of a friend of mine. Her name is Fluttershy! Ah but you treat everyone right? Not just fuzzy bunnies and kitties?"

[Auntie Shrew]

The shrew jumped a bit once the serpentine creature suddenly appeared next to her.  She clutched her chest in spite of herself.  Her hand slowly lowered after a moment or two before she haughtily dusted herself off, regaining her composure.  An incredulous grimace appeared on her face as Discord briefly addressed her.  Just as she was gaping her mouth as if to speak, the chaos creature vanished again.  Her mouth remained open for a few seconds before she dropped her pointed finger, slowly growing more annoyed than usual.  The creature was next upon the head of the dog.  Auntie Shrew didn't much like dogs.  Granted, she didn't dislike them nearly as much as she disliked humans, or worse, cats, but the old shrew knew she had to be cautious around canines.  Some of them were nasty or stupid enough to go after whatever moved, so she wouldn't let her guard down yet.  Her claws firmly came over her hips as she scoffed at Discord in response to him leaving her presence so suddenly.  The small frown on her muzzle became more severe as she contemplated that place a devilish creature like Discord might have in this whole thing.  Her yellow eyes narrowed in suspicion as he spoke of his love for disorder.  This odd establishment was certainly a hub of all sorts of tomfoolery.  Auntie Shrew assumed that it wouldn't be beyond this creature to put together such a "school".

Lifting her nose into the air slowly, she regarded him with a tart, "Disarray - enthralling, I should say."

Auntie Shrew blinked and glanced out of the corner of her eye toward the human.  Part of her despised complementing a human, but out of everyone else in the room, she was the one who wasn't getting Auntie Shrew's bad side.

"A nurse, you say?  How noble," The shrew said, clasping her hands and grinning, before suddenly glaring to one side of her, "At least somebody has taken it upon themselves to do something useful."

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Teaching acting...?

"Oh, no. No, I'm afraid you have me mistaken for my colleague Blun... Er... Thunderbolt. I teach history of the theater," Lightning said. It didn't make it any less frustrating that students wouldn't take him seriously, though. As much as Lightning wanted to rant, he decided against it when Mirajane brought up what it was she did and the others commented on it. He was equally glad that Discord had gotten off his head. Lightning had never liked the idea of being  someone's perch, and the fact that Discord was finally off of him was something to be glad of. But that wasn't the point of interest, even if his ears had perked back up again after all that time.

"So, you're the one the students will be going to after they've been injured? That's good to hear. I have to admit, I was wondering about whether or not there was someone here that would do that," he said. She seemed like a perfect fit for the job, too. Kind, gentile... The students were going to like her a lot, he thought. If only it weren't absolutely necessary for her to be there, though. Lightning had figured out what the arena was for by that point, but whether or not the other teachers had was something he remained uncertain of. He didn't want to question that much, though. Not out loud.

"...What about you? What is it you teach, miss?" Lightning asked. He had turned his attention to Auntie Shrew with that question. Really, he couldn't figure out what she taught just from looking at her.