I'll have no hesitation

[misery_called_npcs]

Doctor Facilier called all the students and teachers together in the usual gathering area. He was leaned against the wall, shuffling cards from hand to hand as he watched people gather, hat low over his eyes.

Once he's certain everyone who is going to show has shown - and let's be honest, there is only one person he specifically wants to hear this - he began the show. Such as it was. The Headmaster moved the cards all to one hand and pushed the brim of his hat of his hat up slightly with the corner of the deck.

"It has come to my attention," he said, eyes roving over the assembled group, "that someone has decided to poke the dragon." He kept his voice and tone and expression even. For now. "No one in this school has a problem with breaking into things and places, not as a concept. Same with stealing. However..." He pushed the hat up a little further and with slight of hand, rather than actual magic, traded his deck of cards for a cane.

He leaned his upper body forward towards them all over the cane top.

"I'm supposed to be teaching you all, so consider this a lesson. Targets matter. Who you steal from, who you attack... those things matter. And someone here has chosen a very dangerous set of targets. There are some lockers, you may have all noticed that share art with much of the graffiti that adorns out school. The well done graffiti, anyway. So as your teacher, here is your lesson. The lockers decorated with a design like this," he said as he used the cane to stab near a tag on the wall ..." He put the cane back onto the ground and leaned forward once more. His hat slipped down again hooding his eyes, casting shadows across the top of his face.


"They were made by a student who has shown the very real ability to show up when it seems like she had been gone forever. And the student in question? She didn't need magic to be one of the most terrifying forces this Isle has ever seen. If she comes here and takes umbrage to having had her stuff rifled through, I assure you I will let her know exactly who to blame."

"The owner of those locker needs no magic, and no weapons, to destroy students larger and older than her. She terrorized this school as a student, she has destroyed people for the fun of it."

"For a while, she was my most promising student," Lady Tremaine said, lips curling with bitterness.

The headmaster nodded. "She and the one who owns the locker with the same style tag took down a crew of pirates to steal their treasure not that long ago. I assure you, she will have no trouble dealing with a thief who touched their belongings. I am here to teach you, not protect you. So now you all have a lesson. Steal to your hearts desire, but still from one powerful - like her, or me - and you will pay the price in the end. That is today's lesson kids." And with that he turned and went into his office, slamming the door behind him.

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[seacub]

And Emporio...follows.

Innocently enough. He waits until they're a good ways away from the room to talk after all. But for now, somewhat nervously, somewhat quietly-

"So...I guess that's something to avoid then."

Just. To gauge the response.

[deductiongeek]

"Could be," Conan says thoughtfully. "Then again, the only information we have is from a single source."

And Conan definitely did not consider any of the faculty in the school to be unbiased sources.

[seacub]

"A source that's pretty invested in keeping themselves safe though," Emporio points out with a frown. "Doctor Facilier is more invested in us than he lets on, but he's still going to focus on himself for an announcement. Either way, with the rest of the faculty agreeing in that way, that means it's something they're afraid of."

...A beat.

"...And considering what they haven't been afraid of...we should be too."