[Deirdre Brennan]

    As one were to walk into the classroom, the first thing they’d most likely notice would be the odd, new age music playing. It was of a soothing beat, playing quietly from bluetooth speakers at the front and back of the room. In addition to the blue-haired teacher in a maroon pantsuit sitting at her desk, there were a few Pokémon sitting around the large room as well. Next to her desk laid a large, golden Luxray with his paws tucked mostly beneath him and his eyes closed; on her desk sat a Sylveon, her ribbons floating around her. At the back of the room a Nidoqueen sat next to a silver-flamed Rapidash, who was seemingly wearing saddlebags made for the sole purpose of holding eggs. Six of the pouches were occupied with eggs, gathering warmth from the hot bodied equine.

    The room itself was as calming as a classroom could be, the music aside. The walls were decorated with a variety of motivational posters and insightful facts about Pokémon breeding, as well as a section with a few framed photographs of the teacher herself with armfuls of hatchling Pokémon from her own center back home, beaming at the camera, hatchling Pokémon by themselves, or other varied pictures from her facilities. On the walls by her desk itself sat a few framed degrees of Pokémon breeding itself, as well as one commendation for her work with her charity.

    Deirdre sat at her desk, chewing on her lower lip as she glanced through her syllabus. As was the norm when it came to anything business related, the blue haired woman was dressed in a pantsuit. It was maroon, with a white shirt underneath the suit coat. She didn’t ever wear a tie with it, but it still looked very professional in her eyes. Today was of course going to be pretty simple, a meet and greet more than anything and going over what her class was going to be like. Still, De would be lying if she said she wasn’t a little nervous. It was her first class, after all, and she hadn’t met any of the students yet.

    Despite that, she was cautiously optimistic. She knew the material she was teaching. Her Pokémon were all here by her side. Swallowing down the lump in her throat she attempted to straighten the unstraightenable-mass of papers on her desk before folding her hands on top of them. Sitting up straight, she reached up to scratch behind the Sylveon’s ears to calm herself down more than anything. Still, her eyes were still and there was a smile on her lips. All she had to do was wait for students to arrive.

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As this is the first class, I’m going to try to keep it short and sweet for the most part. Before posting, I highly recommend reading this class’s Guidelines so you know what you’re getting yourself into. Otherwise, as it’s the Holiday Season, I won’t post any earlier than forty-eight hours between rounds, so worry about having to post as soon as possible! (And depending on how things go with my jobs, even forty-eight may be pushing it aha.) All in all, have fun~

[Serena Miller]

Now that classes had officially started, Serena was looking at her schedule constantly to make sure she didn't miss any.  Today though, she looked at it and immediately started to blush.  Today was breeding, a subject she always thought was a little embarrassing.  She didn't plan on specializing in breeding, she didn't think her psyche could handle it, but it was still important to know how to properly care for pokemon and their eggs.  Plus, she wanted to learn as much as she could here, that was the whole reason she wanted to come to a school instead of just run across a region.  Missing a class because it was a little embarrassing would just be well, embarrassing.

This time, she was pretty sure she would be on time, so she didn't rush to class.  As expected, she arrived with a little bit of time to spare, and took a seat in the second row once again.  That was still the best area for her, close to the front but not too close.  All that was left was to wait for everyone else to show up and for class to start.  Once again, she was the first student here, which left her alone with the teacher.  She shifted in her chair slightly and weakly waved at the teacher.

"Good morning um..." she checked her schedule to double check the name.  "Ms. Brennan.  It's um...nice to meet you."

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson was sitting in his dorm, getting ready for his first class of the semester. He was not very familiar with Pokemon Breeding, but he did need to know about if if he ever came across a Pokemon egg or was given one and needed to take care of it. Tyson finished getting ready, and took one last look at himself in the mirror and headed out the door and out of the Lava Dorms and headed over towards the main Building for Breeding Class.

Tyson still wasn't very familiar with the Academy and its grounds, but he was diffidently more familiar with it now, then he was when he first arrived to the Academy. Tyson walked down the hallway and looked for the room. Then when he realized he was on the wrong floor, as well as going the wrong way. He quickly fixed this and got to the correct floor and headed down the right way this time. After walking down the hallway and passing a few doors, he found the correct room and walked into it and looked around.

Tyson noticed all the Pokemon around the room and smiled at them. They all looked cool and Tyson thought this class was going to be a fun and a good learning experience. Tyson then noticed there was only one other student here so far, that looked to be in his Dorm as well, good that meant he wasn't late, which is a good thing. Tyson then quickly took a seat towards the back of the class near the Nidoqueen. Tyson put his things on the desk in front of him and looked forward and smiled at the other student and the Professor.

[Sophia Schuster]

Considering that Sophia had a bit more experience with breeding than she did battling, it was a given that she was going to be more interested in a class on battling. That wasn't to say that her interest was hampered in any way, though, for the breeding class. Nope, not at all. It just meant she was a bit more comfortable and knowledgeable- in her opinion- in that field than the other. She'd understand the bare-basics, so it wouldn't be as immediately interesting from the get-go.

Or so she rationalized it. She wanted to stop herself from thinking like a giddy schoolgirl, mostly.

Either way, the young lady was a bit surprised, to say the least, when she arrived at the room in question. Music, she felt, was unfitting in an educational environment. Then again, she considered that this was a breeding class. Perhaps it had something to do with that? Either way, she was still a bit surprised. She stepped in further, all the same, and offered a polite bow. And then? She took a nice seat front and center. Or, well, as close to center as possible. She was definitely in the front row, though.

The young lady was in her silver uniform, with that same pleasant crimson shawl she used during Battle Tactics. Kept her nice and warm outside without being too hot inside. She immediately produced her utensils for class onto the desk, making sure to put that recorder down. Wouldn't do at all to miss any of the dialogue, after all.

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[Kotone Kato]

Kotone entered the room casually, a bright smile playing on her lips and a lively skip in her walk. She had finally woken up somewhat, and was in a much better mood compared to earlier. And, although she didn't have much experience in breeding Pokemon - with her entire team being made up of males - Kotone certainly wasn't adverse to learning. So, as she stepped in the classroom, she grinned at teacher, greeting her with a cheery, "Good morning, Miss Brennan," before doing a cursory scan of the classroom. Kotone saw Serena sitting in the second row, recognizing her from both the forest and Miss Ivers's battle tactics class, as well as Tyson and another student. Darn, she concluded when she noticed that Serena and Tyson weren't sitting near each other. It would have been nice to sit with both of them But, she decided that Serena seemed comfortable enough (and also, Kotone couldn't help but feel that she made the other girl nervous), so she just offered her a friendly wave as Kotone headed over to Tyson.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked, settling down in the seat next to him, hoping that he wouldn't be upset.

[Lithra Trease]

Now this was a class Lithra was generally excited for. Not because she had much experience with breeding pokemon, though she had done more of that here at the Academy then she had battling. It just seemed more up her alley than battling or fighting with pokemon. She wanted to love them, not fight them. Lithra had even brought the egg she recently bred to the class in the purse she was lugging around. She had packed the bag with towels so it didn’t move around or crack. If there was time she was hoping she could show Ms. Brennan after class or something. Not to be a brownnose! Lithra just wanted to be sure she was taking care of Bell and Mira’s egg correctly. Rumor had that another student already had their first breeding badge. If anyone was going to impress it would be them.

Reading the syllabus let Lithra know that pokemon were allowed in the class and that already brighten her mood. Her Cottonee, a light bundle in her arms, keeping her warm from the weather, comforted Lithra as she walked into the classroom. The music was strange but kind of nice. It relaxed Lithra and made the place less intimidating than other classrooms, especially the previous Battle Tactics. It boosted Lithra’s confidence. “Hi Ms. Brennan,” Lithra geeted before sitting down with the rest of the students.

She found herself next a redheaded girl dressed in Lava colors (Serena Miller ). “Hi,” Lithra smiled politely as Bell leaned over to sniff the other girl. “Bell stop! Sorry!”

[Sylvia Lane]

As the day wore on, the temperature rose ever so slightly, but it simply wasn't enough for Sylvia to completely discard her oversized coat. When she approached the classroom, she peeked inside before entering once again, this time gauging the temperature of the room with a serious look. It was chilly - no doubt about it, but not as much as the previous classroom had been upon her entering it. Somewhat satisfied, she walked inside and gave the place a good look around.

The classroom was cozy. Very cozy. She wondered if this coziness had anything to do with it feeling a little less colder than the last classroom. Her eyes glided around the room, taking in the photos and motivational posters with a smile. Once she'd reached her desk, she slid her bag from her shoulders and placed it by her chair. Then, surprisingly, she unzipped and pulled her coat off before placing it over the back of her chair. A chill ran along her skin, and she rubbed her arms. "...well, I-I'll keep my gloves on at least." she laughed weakly.

Sylvia looked up and surveyed the classroom again. She recognized all but one face among her classmates so far from the Battle Tactics class, which was nice. She gave them all a similar smile and wave from before, then turned to finally get a good look at her teacher. She looked distressed about something, but Sylvia greeted her anyway, "Good morning, Ms. Brennan." she smiled pleasantly.

With the pleasantries out of the way, Sylvia moved away from her desk and over to one of the walls of the classroom where the photographs and posters were plastered. She clasped her gloved hands together behind her back while surveying the images. It was, she thought, very kind of their teacher to have something pleasant and inspirational like this within the classroom. The music too, which she' finally noticed now that her mind wasn't whirring, was nice. It was unclear if the music was there to calm them down or for actual breeding purposes, but Sylvia appreciated it anyway.

She hadn't tried her hand at breeding yet, but she certainly wasn't against learning about it. She'd come to this academy to find her niche after all - maybe she'd turn out to be some breeding genius. She covered her mouth and snorted at the thought.

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith carefully placed her Misdreavus egg into her back pack. The Pokemon egg itself was protected in a warm and cozy clear container that was specifically made to protect and hold Pokemon eggs. It was a gift given to her by her father as a going away to the Academy gift. Therefore, the container itself is a bit special to her. Nonetheless, the Pokemon egg was special to her, too. In fact, the mysterious Pokemon egg happened to be the first Pokemon that she had ever bred on her own. It was the starting point of her future career as a breeder. Speaking of breeding, today marks the first day of her Breeding Class and to say that the young raven-haired girl feels excited about the class would be an understatement. She had waited weeks for this day to arrive. She gently placed her back pack against her shoulders and quickly walked towards her bedroom mirror to get a better look at her uniform. She wanted to make sure that everything was perfectly in place. A soft smile curved against her lips as she approved her overall appearance. She was now good to leave her dorm and make her way towards the Teaching Center.

A few minutes passed and Lilith had finally made it into the Breeding Center Wing. Unlike the other day when she headed towards her Battle Tactics Class, she did not feel overpowered by her nerves. Perhaps, it has something to do with that fact that she feels more passionate about learning more about Breeding in opposed to being interested in Pokemon Battle Tactics. Truthfully, she was not much of a battler, anyway. She just did enough to catch new Pokemon and to train her Pokemon, so that her Pokemon could learn new moves that would be useful towards breeding. 

She walked towards the door leading into her classroom, gently placing her hand against the doorknob and twisting it open. "Good morning everyone." She spoke in a gentle tone as she entered the classroom. Although, she wasn't exactly feeling nervous at the time, Lilith still appeared a bit timid. Her bluish-gray eyes scanned over her surroundings and she noticed quite a few shiny Pokemon spread out across the classroom. Maybe her professor specialized in breeding Shiny Pokemon? She wondered to herself as she found an empty desk towards the first and center of the classroom. She was felt more than eager to learn more about Pokemon breeding. After all, those Breeding emblems were waiting on her. 

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[Seraphina King]

The only good thing that could be said was that Seraphina was actually a little prepared for class this time. She brought a bag with some things any student would have in order to learn. Just a regular old duffle bag that looked like it had some serious wear and tear. Truthfully, it was her uncle's old bag that he kept his boxing gear in, and passed down to her to keep her fighting gear in. Of course, here, that bag contained no such thing. It only had some notebooks and pencils now.

As she entered the room, she saw a lot of familiar faces, along with a lot of Pokemon. The Pokemon especially interested her. Rather than directly taking a seat, Seraphina took it upon herself to wander around the room taking a closer look at some of the Pokemon. After she was content, she decided to go and sit down next to Sophia; just in case there was something else she was clueless about that needed answering. Why did school need to be so hard? Seraphina also noticed that a lot of students liked to greet the teacher, and sometimes the class. Was that something she should have been be doing all this time? She pondered over it for a minute, but opted to disregard it. It would be kinda weird to get back up just to greet people only to sit back down. So, as a lazy alternative, she just chalked it up to everyone being a suck-up.

As for the class contents itself, Seraphina wasn't sure what to expect to learn about breeding. It would be fine enough since it was something she had already had some experience in. Pokemon breeding, of course. Not human breeding. She had already helped produce a fair quantity of eggs with her roommate, and as a result, obtained quite a few Pokemon too. But maybe there would be some important stuff to learn here?

[Crispin Yates]

The island was so easy to get lost in, Crispin did exactly that. He enjoyed doing that as often as he could, his wanderlust getting the best of him more often than not. The only time that became a problem was during the few rare times he actually had a place to be. Now, for class, was one of those times. He had just planned on taking Endogeny out for a walk, and to perhaps get some training done, after all.

It wasn’t until he glanced down at his watch that he noticed what time it was, and how it was dangerously close to the time he was supposed to be at class. Groaning, he glanced up at the sun in the sky and mentally chastised himself for losing track of time. He’d have to start setting an alarm for himself if he planned on making a habit out of his walks.

Hauling butt back to the school, he just barely managed to pull himself into the classroom as the clock said it was about to start. His Goomy was just at his heels, happily bouncing behind his trainer. As was the norm, Jove was nestled away in Crispin’s hair, which was now windswept and more disheveled than usual thanks to him hurrying into class. Slightly out of breath, he glanced around the room. Smiling kindly, although a little embarrassed for almost being late, he made note of how most of the faces were familiar from Battle Tactics. The Pokémon around the room would have been intimidating, if it wasn’t for the fact that it was such a calming room otherwise.

Glancing to the teacher with the oddly colored hair he nodded apologetically, mumbling out a quick “Mornin', Ms. Brennan.” He walked to a chair close to the same spot he sat in his last class in the third row. Endogeny followed after, circling the desk once before settling in next to Crispin’s feet.

[Deirdre Brennan]

    As students began to trickle in, Deirdre could feel the anxiousness she felt slowly ease up. They were just children, after all, and working with breeding is something she had literally done her entire life. Not to mention the fact that anyone here wanted to be here, wanted to learn, so she reminded herself that it would have to be hard to mess that up. By the time the last almost-tardy student student walked through the door Deirdre was sitting straighter and with a less forced smile. Each student that greeted her was answered with a polite nod and greeting in return.

    It was then that she remembered she didn’t actually know all of their names as they knew hers. Sure, she had the student list, but that only went so far. Pulling out a drawer in her desk, she pulled out the stack of paper namecards. Standing up, she held them in her hands and cleared her throat softly to gather the classes attention. Once any chattering quieted down, she smiled. “Hello, class. As I’m sure you’ve all gathered from your class programs, I’m Ms. Brennan, and this is going to be our first Pokémon Breeding class together. Today will be an introductory meeting more than anything, although I will be assigning homework at the end.”

    As she spoke, she walked to each occupied seat and placed one of the cards to each desk. “Please put your names on the papers and fold them so your names face forward. You all have the benefit of knowing my name off the bat, and I want to be able to give you the benefit of being able to call you by name as well.” While she was handing out the cards and working her way back towards the front of the class, the golden Luxray near her desk opened his eyes and yawned. He sat up and shook his mane, looking around the class at the students with a pleasant gleam in his eyes.

    Once back at the front of the class, she placed the remainder cards on her desk for any stragglers and stood in front of the board, folding her hands in front of her. “It should be self explanatory, but just in case it isn’t, this class will help you learn not only how to breed Pokémon but how to better raise any hatchlings you may produce. I’ll be going over many of the basics to begin with, so for those who may already have a head start may feel slightly bored at the beginning. I apologize if that is the case, but I hope you have a good time here regardless!” At the mention of some having a head start, Deirdre glanced briefly at one student she had heard was spending a particularly enthusiastic amount of time at the breeding center.

    Looking towards the back of the class, she gestured slightly towards where the Rapidash lay. “I’m sure most of you have noticed Quince, the Rapidash, in the back when you entered along with the eggs in his saddlebags. Now, my most likely simple question to all of you is this: Why do you think he’s caring for the eggs? None of them belong to him, I will tell you that.” Quince whinnied lightly, the silver flames on his neck shaking slightly as he shook his head. Chances were it was an easy beginning question, but Deirdre wanted to see where they were starting. It was just an opening class, so they wouldn’t go too far into details. Yet.

[Kotone Kato]

When Kotone received the piece of paper, she took the time to print her name neatly and set it up appropriately while the teacher was speaking. Then, glancing up from her desk, Kotone watched as Miss Brennan walked to the Rapidash resting in the back of the room. And, as she asked about the eggs in Quince's bag, Kotone took a moment to consider all possible answers before piping up, "It's because he can keep them warm, right? Rapidash is a fire-type, so his natural body heat makes him similar to an artificial incubator. And, in looking after eggs, keeping them at the right temperature is necessary."

After having shared her piece, Kotone sat back silently, hoping that she had answered correctly. Although she was still an amateur in practice, she had read few books about the theory of Pokemon breeding. That isn't to say she didn't need to brush up on her knowledge, however.

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson smiled at Kotone when she had asked him if she could sit with him, "Yes, of course." Tyson then watched as more and more students rolled on into the class room until the Teacher started the class. He listened to her instructions and when he received the piece of paper to write his name on it. Tyson did that and put it where it had to go. Then the teacher asked a question about the Rapidash and the eggs it was carrying.

Tyson raised his hand to answer it, but was cut short by Kotone to answer it. He listened to her and when she had finished he added "I think i remember reading this in a book when i was traveling to the Academy. Specifically it has to do with his Ability, right? Its called like Flame Body i think. It helps speed up the hatching process. i believe." He said as he looked at the Rapidash and its eggs, and then at the teacher.

[Serena Miller]

Once again, she knew a few people that filtered into the classroom, but not most of them.  At most, she just recognized them from Battle Tactics, but didn't really know anything about any of them.  Once again, she felt bad about that, and while she briefly considered maybe talking to someone after class she knew there was no way her nerves would let her.  In the end, they probably didn't want to talk to her anyway.  Imagine her surprise when someone actually both sat next to her and talked to her.  After staring for a moment just to make sure it was actually happening (and then feeling bad for staring afterwards) she waved to the girl that sat next to her.

"Um, hi," then she felt something brush up against her side.  "Oh!  Um...he's very friendly."

It didn't really bother her, she was just surprised.  Her own pokemon had sniffed her over enough times that this wasn't anything unusual.  It's not like the pokemon was trying to dive into her shirt or something.

Then class started.  This teacher seemed a lot nicer than the Battle Tactics one.  Between that and the general atmosphere of the classroom, Serena almost felt comfortable.  Almost.  She wrote her name one the card place in front of her as requested, and then returned to listening.  Serena wasn't quite sure about the answer to the question she asked, but it looked like enough other students understood that she didn't have to.  It was always nice when she could just stay quiet and listen.  The principle made sense though.  The chickens back home just sat on their eggs to keep them warm.  If something was literally on fire that would probably be more effective as long as it wasn't too hot for the babies.

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith smiled as she noticed even more of her classmates starting to make their way into the classroom. She had recognized majority of them from her Battle Tactics Class a few days ago. Once her teacher started to talk to the class, Lilith quickly focused her attention onto the elegant female standing in front of the class. She nodded her head at Ms. Brennan when she instructed class to write their names of the small sheets of paper. She took a pen from her bag and wrote her name out in large, but neat letters. She carefully folded the paper just like her teacher asked for them to do and sat it on top of her desk.

She later turned her attention towards the Rapidash after hearing Ms. Brennan mention her Pokemon's name then presented a question to the class. Of course, Lilith already knew the answer to the question. She remembered reading breeding book that focused on Pokemon with unique abilities that aided in hatching Pokemon eggs. The ability was known as Flame Body. In Pokemon battles the opponent has a 30% chance of being burned when performing a physical attack, but outside of Pokemon battles the ability could used to minimize the amount of time an egg needs to hatch. Apparently, a lot of Lilith's classmate had already known the answer to the question, too. It wasn't a big deal that she didn't get a chance to answer the question before her classmates did, because it wasn't like she was comfortable enough to spit out an answer at the time. Perhaps later on within the class she would feel more comfortable with answering questions out loud.

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