Watch And Learn So You Can Get It Right

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 Every now and again Doctor F remembered that this was actually a school and not a multi-roomed holding cell. The influx of new students reminded him, this time around. So he went and poked at the other teachers to remind them to do their jobs. 

Well, he had to prod Lady Tremaine and Mother Gothel. Yen Sid, it seems, has been teaching all along, whenever someone wanted to come in for a lesson. Unlike the others he was accessible and available. Well, now all of them were. How long that might last, however....  

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NPC - Lady Tremaine

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Lady Tremaine, called once more to work, reluctantly left her teacher's quarters and came out to a classroom with a broken door. The desks were all fitted with cauldrons, though some were in better shape than others. None were in shape that could be called good. The chairs were, of course, worse.

"Come in, come in," she snapped. "No dawdling. Evil does not dawdle. We might tarry, we might pause before we strike, but we do not hide and we do not cower. Take a seat and we'll begin."

Re: NPC - Lady Tremaine

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Morgana did walk past Tremaine... but didn't acknowledge she was there. No, she was way more interested in the cauldrons. She didn't plan on learning anything from this lady, she knew plenty. Instead, she knelt down to examine one of the cauldrons at all angles, talking to herself - or maybe to the little bats and spider in her hair.

"Hmmm... old-school, but it'll do. Not that I bet this place has much in the way of decent ingredients. Bet it can't even make a proper fog." She clicked her tongue in disapproval.

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"This is not potions class. That's the old troll in the basement. This is evil enrichment class. Now take a seat so we can begin," the woman snapped. "You're not much, but I'm used to working with less."

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Morgana tried to wave away the older woman with a hand, making it clear she wasn't up for conversation or learning. "It's not the worst venue I've ever played, but it's definitely close... we'll have to experiment plenty before a decent concert is even close to ready. Then again, maybe the grime and filth could be part of the show? Giving it a 'rise from the grave' theme? Hmmm..."

Shoo-shoo. Go away. Talk to the hand.

Re: NPC - Lady Tremaine

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"Do you think I am impressed, child?" she sneered. "Do not think that being rude to me is enough to qualify as evil. You have yet to impress me in the slightest. Do not think you can succeed in this world as a villian without the guidance of those who have come before."

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Morgana was silent for a while, closing her eyes, hand on her beak...

... And then she gasped.

"That's it! A whole theme of rising from your grave! Abandoning your old self! Taking on a new life! It's perfect! We can have gravestones for each member of the band, and there in the middle, a coffin, from which I emerge! No, no, I BLAST the lid off!" She giddily clapped at her marvelous idea, and then began to scour the desks trying to find pen and paper. "Oooh, I need to write this down! I can just FEEL the lyrics pouring in!"

So, yeah, still ignoring Tremaine. But now she was moving so fast that her familiars - twin bats and a spider - rolled out of her hair and onto the desk. The bats sheepishly waved hello to Tremaine, as if to say, That's, uh... that's how she is. Sorry. The spider just rolled its eyes.

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Lady Tremaine pursed her lips with disgust and picked up the spider by one of its legs, holding it up. "You consider these viable familiars? You are a disgrace to all things evil," she said, clearly about to throw the spider over her shoulder.

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Congrats, Tremaine - you finally got her attention.

Morgana froze in place, eyes wide... and she slowly rose to her full height, fangs barged, anger red hot. The bats squeaked in protest, worried over their "sibling".

"You let him go RIGHT NOW. Or I'll show you JUST how evil I can really be." She hissed, one hand on her guitar, ready to whip it out and put the heavy in heavy metal.

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Her smile was small, cold, and evil. "I look forward to it. What evil act do you think is bad enough to barter for this little wretch's freedom?"

Someone didn't look afraid at all. No magic, no obvious weapons. And she was an older woman, the odds that she could duck or dodge in time were probably pretty low. But she looked confident despite all of that.

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Morgana began to walk forward, holding the guitar up, ready to strike - the only reason she hadn't done it so far was that she didn't want to also cause harm to dear Archie.

"How about giving your dentist a pay-raise? Because when I'm done with you, you won't have a single tooth left over to spout any threats."

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"Hmmm, if all you have are threats, then I despair for the future of evil."

With her other hand she reached for one of the other legs. "Now, shall we try this again?"

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SLAM.

Morgana's hand lashed out, trapping Tremaine between the wall and Morgana, leaving no room for personal space. No room for running. No room for escaping.

"Three."

She swung the guitar back.

"Two."

If she got to one, guitar would meet face, regardless of consequences.

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And at every number Morgana counted, she pulled on the legs a little more, holding the spider before her own face. Not that it could hide the malicious smile there.

"I suggest you find your seat so we can continue the lesson. We wouldn't want there to be any further... accidents."

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Morgana took a deep breath... and pulled back. Without a word, she slid the guitar onto her back. Then she took another step back, sniffling, and turning her head away, finger to her eye.

"You're right... I would do anything to help my dear Archie."

She then smirked.

"And I do mean anything. Babies?" She snapped her fingers - and Eek and Squeak went on the offensive, swooping at Tremaine's hair ready to slap and bite and claw to release their friend.

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She smirked, watching the display. That turned into a scowl as she came under assault, but she took the small pains without - she refused to descent to the pun of batting - knocking them away. "That was poorly done," she said, pulling more. "Consider this your last chance."

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"That was just the opening number. Here comes the real show! Babies, sync up!"

Now all three would work together, Archie included - to bite as hard as possible on the hand holding Archie captive. Three sets of sharp fangs digging in as deep as possible.

"And now the main act everyone came to see!"

Morgana charged forward, but it was a feint - instead of hitting Tremaine in the face as threatened before, she tried to sweep the legs out from under her.

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You have to give something to the old woman for poise. She tried to shake the bats off, but didn't drop the spider or cry out. Her eyes just narrowed as she started to pull harder on the legs, as though the bites didn't bother her.

When the blow to her legs came, because she was backed into a corner, she topped forward towards Morgana. One hand let go, slamming the spider into the wall as her arms flung wide before she fell, spider and all.

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The plan didn't go exactly the way she wanted it, but the old lady was in pain - and that was what Morgana desired. Tremaine wanted to see Morgana live up to evil... wish granted. Now she cared more about revenge and hatred than seeing her precious pet let go.

With the old biddy on top of her, she reached up to hold Tremaine's face right up to hers, her slit eyes glittering, fingernails digging into skin.

"Should I give you the same treatment?" She hissed, forked tongue now easily seen among her fangs. "Pull out each of your limbs piece by piece? Squish you like a bug? Or maybe I can just take my time and ssslowly suffocate you second by second?"

By now, even her bats were concerned - they'd never really wanted their mistress to follow the path of evil, and the way she was talking was scary! They squeaked in protest, now gently trying to pull Archie free before anything worse happened.

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Lady Tremaine remained stoic. "You have the basics. Or at least the potential," she said, flatly. "But you lack wisdom. You chose your target poorly. Yes, you probably could kill me, but then what? I could bring your evil to whole new levels, but kill me and all you are is a murderer. There are more murderers on this lice infested isle than rats. If you don't want to fade or die then your evil needs to shine."

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"What I want, right now, is to make you SSSUFFER-"

The bats squeaked louder than they had before - they had Archie! It'd taken some effort, but they'd gotten him free, and were holding him with their feet.

It was the exact thing that Morgana needed to snap out of her monstruous, evil side. She blinked, losing a bit more of her ghoulish features as reason came back to her. "Archie!"

She let go of Tremaine, pushing her off so she could scramble to her feet and cradle her exhausted bug. "Oh, my poor baby! Are you okay? I'm so, so sorry!"

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Tremaine got up as well, brushing herself off. "Pathetic. I see I have much to do to turn you into a proper villian."

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Morgana turned a hateful eye at Tremaine, cradling her spider close. "The only one who needs to learn anything is YOU. Never go near me or my babies again... or the next music I'll play is a funeral march."

With that, she began to storm out of the classroom, wanting to tend to Archie. That whole encounter was awful... what had she almost done? She'd glanced down a road she never wanted to see again.

As for her familiars, the worried and the injured... Tremaine was right about them. They were a disgrace to all things evil... because they never wanted their mistress to be evil. And they'd do all in their power to help her turn over a new leaf. The bats even stuck their tongues out at Tremaine before joining Morgana.

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"And now you have given me power. Foolish child," she said to her back. "This is not over. Do not think I have failed to learn my lesson with those wretched mice. Your friends are not long for this Isle if you insist on allowing them to be your weakness."