[Sylvia Lane]

Sylvia spotted the teacher standing up from her desk while still examining the wall and took this as a sign that class was starting. She turned on her heels, made her way over to her desk and slid down in the chair just in time to catch her introductory speech. She folded her hands in front of her, only to slide them of the desk again when the sheet of paper was placed on her desk. After a quick rummage through her bag, she pulled out a pen and a notepad for notes. Then she folded the paper in half and wrote 'Sylvia' on one of the sides before propping it on her desk. She always liked it when teachers asked the class to do something like this. It was clearly for the teacher's benefit, but she thought it was nice to know the names of her classmates too.

Sylvia spun her pen between her fingers idly while listening. Although it was a given for the first class, she was secretly relieved that she planned to go over the basics. She appreciated the straightforwardness of the Battle Tactics class, and she'd actually learned something during their brief encounter with Ms. Ivers, but it was nice that this class was going to be a bit more fleshed out. Breeding interested her a little more, after all.

The Luxray, presumably Ms. Brennan's, had caught her eye as the opening remarks continued. She let herself get distracted while she admired him. Watching him brought Ark to mind - one day, he would look just as cool. She bit back a laugh, then turned her attention back on the teacher in time to notice that she was no longer talking. Not talking? No, instead, apparently one of her classmates, Kotone, had begun speaking. Answering a question, it seemed like. Uh oh, she thought, biting her lip. Well, she'd missed out on that one. Best to just listen and try to catch the details as they come.

It didn't take long to piece together what they were talking about. The Rapidash in the back, according to her two answering classmates, was warming the eggs that were strapped to him. One of the only two guys in the class - she read his paper on his desk - Tyson had even stated that it was probably due to an Ability that he had. Very interesting. She made a quick note on her notepad. She didn't think it would've been particularly fair of her to speak up considering she hadn't even heard the question, so she stayed silent. There wasn't much that she could add anyway, since the two answers had been solid.

[Seraphina King]

Eventually, the teacher started talking. Around the classroom were lots of familiar faces; none of which Seraphina recognized. The part she did recall though, was the part where she had to write her name down. At least this time she was prepared for something like that. Seraphina did as instructed, putting the piece of paper up front on her desk. On it was her full name in legible writing. One would have a hard time telling she never went to school in her life; for now.

At the mention of having a head start, she smirked, jabbing her neighbor lightly in the side. Me and wifey got quite a head start, huh? She spoke only loud enough for the girl next to her to hear. She only wanted to embarrass her, not disrupt the class. Sure, Sophia was a bit ahead of her in terms of breeding, but Seraphina was going at her own pace. She was, in fact, learning quite a lot about breeding techniques. It wasn't like she was just along for the ride at this point. She was getting her education's worth, and it seemed to be paying off just fine.

As for the question that the teacher posed, Seraphina did have some answers. Emphasis on 'some.' Because he's hot. Or no, wasn't there an ability that one of her Pokemon had? Yeah, I think there's an ability that's good for eggs. It's 'Hot Bod' right? My Larvesta has Hot Bod too.



Nailed it.

[Sophia Schuster]

It seemed that name-face coordination was going to be a trend among some of the teachers. Or something like that, Sophia imagined, going by the name cards. Well, all in all, she could understand the mentality. The teacher herself even covered it quite clearly. She obediently filled hers out, of course offering utensils to her roommate whenever necessary, while the distribution went on. Card folded, she made sure the name “plaque” was directed properly for the teacher to see. And it seemed like their first class would be covering the basics. While she did feel comfortable enough with breeding that she believed herself a bit past that, she still resolved herself to listen- one could never be certain about when they overlooked something.

As for why the Rapidash was utilized to care for the eggs, well, that was simple. Flame Body. Sure enough, one of the preceding students got it. It was fine, though. She knew from experience with Silk that it was a valid answer. So long as she knew it, it didn't matter who called in the answer. Still, it was a good thing to cover early on. She herself wouldn't be making steady strides without Silk, so any aspiring breeder probably would have wanted something with the ability quickly. Simply nodding to the youth's answer, she remained silent. No need to clutter up the airspace with another, parroted answer. Yes, she had every intention of remaining silent.

At least, up until her roommate jabbed her in the side. Though it wasn't painful, Sophia hadn't expected a sudden sensation in her side. As a result, she lightly jumped with a subdued squeak, her cheeks flushing slightly as a result. And then she processed Seraphina's words. Seriously, what was this gi- . . . “Hot Bod”? Oh dear. Covering her mouth, she looked down and focused on her notebook. She was just going to stay quiet. Yep. No need to say a thing. She just needed to get through this class without another side-jab.

[Crispin Yates]

    Listening quietly, Crispin took the namecard and wrote his first and last name, his handwriting just barely legible. Folding the paper so it would stand up and facing it forward, he reached down and pulled out a notebook. From what she was saying it didn’t seem as though she’d be delving into anything enough to warrant him pulling out his laptop, but he did still want to jot down what she was asking. He knew next to nothing about breeding, after all, and while he was ready to learn anything the Battle Tactics class would teach him he wanted to make sure he felt the same way about this one.

    When she asked about the Rapidash caring for the Pokémon eggs, he furrowed his brow. While it made sense on the surface, he couldn’t help but be surprised that that amount of heat couldn’t damage the eggs themselves. He assumed that they were made out of much tougher stuff than they appeared to be for it to not only not phase them but to apparently aide in the process of them hatching. As his classmates shouted out answers, he scribbled down the answers they gave. He hesitated when he heard one bizarre answer, though, stopping to blink over at the girl who gave it. Now, he was far from being an expert, but he had a feeling that wasn’t the actual answer. Still, he wrote it down with a few question marks after it. It didn’t hurt to be thorough.

[Deirdre Brennan]

    While a few of the students chattered their answers, Deirdre smiled and nodded. Good, so for the most part they understood how that worked. That is, until one particular student’s creative answer. Not to say that it was completely wrong, although it wasn’t… right, either. De smiled humorously, finding the answer silly but glad for the fact that at the very least the students seemed comfortable enough in her class so far to want to give answers. Even if they weren’t completely correct. She made a mental note of the names of the students who gave answers, before clearing her throat to carry on.

    “Yes, you are all correct. Quince does have the ability Flame Body, which helps quicken the incubation process for Pokémon eggs. Pokémon grow very quickly in the egg, which takes a lot of energy and requires a lot of heat. A lot of heat that it can’t easily generate by itself. And that is where the ability Flame Body─along with Magma Armor─come into play. Pokémon with those abilities naturally give off more heat than normal, which helps the egg incubate.” Pausing, she tilted her head. “It also helps if you have a close bond with your team, and they with one another. It takes a lot of trust for Pokémon to be comfortable with another caring for their offspring. Sure, they’ll listen to you if you command them to do something. But it doesn’t necessarily mean they want to. Without working with them to build those bonds of trust, you run the risk of unnecessarily causing stress to your team.

    That, however, is something we can work on down the road. For the moment, I plan on focusing on the basics, as I said before. The next class will go into details about Egg Groups, for those who like to come prepared. Otherwise, does anyone have any questions pertaining to my class?” Her hands were still clasped in front of her, as she smiled around the class. She didn’t have any plans on making the first class to complicated, and she was already worried about doing that by pop quizzing the class on day one. Still, it wasn’t something to make their lives difficult, it was just to see where they were all at for the moment.

    Ms. Brennan also noticed one student sat more quietly than the other, and lifted an eyebrow as she glanced over at her. While it was perfectly fine not to answer every single question she asked, she still wanted at least some participation in class.  It didn't help that the student seemed even more spaced out than those who just simply didn't respond.  Either way, the class didn’t have much more to it this time around, since it wasn’t a full one. Chances are as long as they didn’t bring anything of importance up, class would be ending very shortly.

[Lithra Trease]

Relief washed over Lithra as the Lava girl, whom Bell had taken an interest in, wasn’t mad at his affections. The panic on Lithra’s face vanished, worry turning into a smile as she looked between her pokemon and the other girl. The brunette wouldn’t even register the other’s lengthy gaze on her, too much was she wrapped up in wrangling her Cottonee. “He is, I’m sorry,” Lithra replied, tugging Bell back to her. “I’ll try to settle him down before he gets us into trouble. But he seems to like you for some reason!” A quiet, albeit endearing, laugh slipped from Lithra’s lips as she flushed red. She wanted to say more to the Lava girl, learn her name or trade thoughts on the class so far, but class had already begun.

Lithra did as Ms. Brennan instructed, writing her name on a slip of paper as the teacher prompted a new question to the class. Turning in her seat, Lithra squinted at the silver flamed pokemon in the back, toying with the answer in her mind. Had it something to do with the pokemon being a fire type? Probably. Eggs needed to be warm. Other than that, however, Lithra didn’t know. Abashed by her own lack of knowledge, the girl turned back to Ms. Brennan but couldn’t meet the woman’s kind eyes.

Let other people answer, the girl thought.

And answer they did. As did Ms. Brennan. Pulling out a notebook and pen from her purse, careful not to disturb the egg she had brought to class, Lithra wrote down this information. It was a lot to digest in one class, but Lithra was determined to learn the most she could at the Academy. She wouldn’t waste her parents’ money!

’It takes trust.’ Was the last thing Lithra wrote in her notes, paying attention to both Ms. Brennan’s lecture and how her notes were unfolding on the page. That was something Lithra had. She may not know a lot about pokemon and she may have only received her first pokemon in the last year, but she had the trust of her pokemon. Even Mira, her aggressive Bulbasaur, seemed to go to a length to protect Lithra. They were her family.

Hmmm, did Lithra have any questions? Cautiously, as if her hand might jolt back down into her lap, Lithra raised it. “If we’ve already bred eggs so far or if we do in the future, can we bring them to class to get the advice of you and our peers? Like as a way to encourage each other with breeding and…” the girl trailed off, allowing the teacher to finish the question if she’d like. Nervously, Lithra found her fingers back in Bell’s cotton-like fur.

“Unless that’s a silly question…”

[Serena Miller]

This was quite the conundrum.  Class had started, but the girl sitting next to her said something to her just as class was starting.  Normally that would be fine, but this time it was an apology.  If she didn't say something, wouldn't this other girl feel bad?  But if she were to say something, wouldn't that be rude to the teacher as well.  Serena fidgeted with her hands for a bit as she thought about what to do.  This teacher did seem nice, so she was sure that she would understand, and it's not like she'd be talking that much either...

"I-It's alright," Serena responded in a hushed tone.

That was all she felt comfortable saying though.  Interrupting class, even a little bit, was a bad thing after all.  The class itself wasn't even as awkward as she thought it would be.  One student's response made her blush a bit, but that was it so far.  Still, the very idea of taking her pokemon to the breeding center to make more was still a little bit too weird for her to consider.  It looked like class was wrapping up though, since the teacher was asking for questions, so it looked like she was going to survive the class she was most worried about just fine.  She didn't have any questions herself though, breeding wasn't exactly a subject she knew a lot about so she didn't even know which questions to ask.  The girl next to her had a good question though.  It might be fun to see everyone's pokemon and eggs, as long as she managed to not think about where those eggs came from.

[Sophia Schuster]

Sure enough, when Miss Brennan mentioned that the class would be the “basics”, Sophia figured the class would start with egg groups. It seemed the next class would focus on that. Instead, the introduction was focused entirely on halving the speed of hatching. Still, it was a relevant thing to note. She herself had been enjoying Silk's Flame Body for a while. It was very. . . nice. She wouldn't be making the progress she was making if not for it, for certain.

She shook her head lightly at the question regarding class. The fact that none of her current “suite” of tools had been rejected meant she was pretty much good to go for future classes. If anything, she just had idle curiosities regarding whether or not emblems would, in any way, tie into class outside of bragging rights. Not that she'd actually brag, but it seemed like that was the only purpose they'd serve in class.

Maybe she'd inquire later. Maybe.

[Crispin Yates]

Despite taking detailed notes, Crispin still wasn't completely sold on breeding things, for himself or for others.  When the teacher had mentioned helping learn to strengthen the bonds between a trainer and their Pokemon, as well as between the teammates themselves, his curiosity was piqued.  That was something he had a bit more interest in.  It still felt like Tori still didn't have faith in him, and while his other Pokemon seemed to like him he wasn't sure how much they trusted him either, and they sure didn't seem to trust one another that much either.  

While up until then he was on the fence about remaining in this class, in the end he decided that if nothing else that last fact alone would help.  Besides that, even if he didn't have interest initially in breeding that didn't mean it wasn't something he may benefit from learning anyway.  Closing his notebook and tucking it away, he folded his hands on the desk and looked forward.  Shaking his head to say he didn't have any more questions, he waited patiently for the class to officially end.

[Sylvia Lane]

Sylvia scribbled on her notepad in thoughtful silence as the teacher began expanding on the ability. It sounds as though her classmates had hit the target for the most part, but she felt it made sense to add Ms. Brennan's additions to her notes as well. It was an interesting ability for sure. Not only that, it seemed to be perfect for breeding. Almost essential, really. She found it interesting that there were such a convenient use for a Pokemon's ability. She wondered, while doodling a picture of a rough sketch of an egg beside a bonfire, if there were other abilities that could be used to assist with breeding.

She considered asking, but felt that she would simply wait. Since they had gone over Flame Body, and even mentioned Magma Armor, she was sure that her question would be addressed eventually. The basics were, after all, what she really needed to get drilled in her head first. Perhaps she would even study it on her own later. Her other questions mostly consisted of inquiries about resources she might be able to use to study on her own, and that could wait for after class if Ms. Brenna would allow it. She could even ask about abilities then, if she remembered.

Sylvia made a quick note about that underneath her notes and jotted down 'egg groups, next class' right beside it as an after thought. It certainly wouldn't hurt to be prepared.

[Deirdre Brennan]

While it seemed the end of the class grew quiet, all Deirdre could hope was future classes would be bustling once again. Even if the class remained small, as long as those who came left happy and a little smarter, than she would be content. For the most part everyone sat patiently, although the one who was mostly quiet before spoke up this time around with a question. Glancing over to the young woman, De smiled and shook her head. “That’s not silly at all! If any of you have eggs you’d like to show me, or hatchlings you’d like to be checked over, don’t hesitate to come see me with them.”

The Luxray at the front of class started to yawn, but stopped suddenly as his ears flicked straight up. He had been watching the back of the room the whole class, and as the Rapidash began to stir Melon stood up. The Sylveon on the desk did as well, her tail waving behind her as she gracefully hopped off of her perch and walked towards the back of the class, Melon on her heels. Deirdre beamed, barely containing herself from clapping her hands together in glee too many times.

“Yes! I knew at least some of the eggs were ready to hatch today, I was just hoping for your sakes it would be during class. Of course I know some of you have seen for yourselves what it’s like, but for those of you that haven’t, feel free to come to the back of the classroom.” As she spoke, she hurriedly swept to the back of the room. She seemed to hobble a little as she walked, favoring her left knee, although it may be harder for some to notice if they weren’t looking for it.

Once to the back of the classroom, she pulled one of the chairs from a desk over and sat next to Quince, gently pulling each of the eggs from their saddlebags and placing them next to him on the floor instead. They were already beginning to move quite a bit, and the one in the middle─one that was a bit bigger than the rest─was starting to crack. One by one the eggs slowly hatched, small newborn Pokémon breaking out from their shells until all three sat next to the larger Rapidash; an Eevee, a Riolu, and a Tyrunt.

They blinked around at the other Pokémon and the students around them, and Deirdre bent down to scoop the Eevee up in her arms. Turning, Deirdre smiled at the students excitedly. “See? It may seem like a lot of build up, but it’s all for this. I can’t promise you’ll see a hatching every class, but I’m sure there will be some more in the future. For now, I’ll be sending you all home with eggs to care for for the next class. They’re all sturdy, so don’t worry too much about being able to. If you can care for a Pokémon you can care for an egg, and I know a few of you have eggs of your own or have had in the past already.” Scratching the baby Eevee behind the ears before setting her down next to Melon and Plum.

Standing back up, she walked towards a set of cabinets by the door. Opening it showed rows of neatly placed eggs in their own stands, and if one put their hand into the cabinet they would see that it was kept significantly warmer than the rest of the room. “As you leave, stop by me and I’ll hand you your egg. If you’d like to talk after class or at another time, please, don’t be afraid to let me know!” She hesitated for a moment before her eyebrows creased together, “However, just for future reference, please do not be afraid to be more active in my class. I know this one was more an introductory session than anything, but in the future I would very much appreciate it. I may not hand eggs out to everyone in the future, otherwise.”

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Serena Miller ; Teddirusa Egg

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Covet
Play Nice
Snore
Thrash[/font][/ul]Tyson Halloway ; Duskull Egg

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Night Shade
Hex
Shadow Ball
Disable[/font][/ul]Sophia Schuster ; Chimecho Egg

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Wrap
Psywave
Yawn
Heal Bell[/font][/ul]Kotone Kato ; Ferroseed

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Metal Claw
Rollout
Pin Missile
Ingrain[/font][/ul]Lithra Trease ; Inkay

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Psycho Cut
Light Screen
Pluck
Foul Play[/font][/ul]Sylvia Lane ; Beldum

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Take Down[/font][/ul]Lilith Sinclaire ; Cubchoo

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Powder Snow
Play Nice
Rest
Flail[/font][/ul]Seraphina King ; Slowpoke

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Curse
Water Pulse
Headbutt
Disable[/font][/ul]Crispin Yates ; Cyndaquil

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Quick Attack
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[Sophia Schuster]

Class seemed simple enough for the time being. While the teacher and whatever students were interested in the hatching headed to the back, Sophia organized her thoughts. There was a certain charm to watching new life come about, yes, but she herself had no need to see it- better to let others who had yet to see it get a better view, after all. Classes seemed like they'd go pretty smoothly with Miss Brennan. She was a bit amused when they were all encouraged to show the teacher any eggs they might have been producing, though. If anything, Sophia had to wonder if she'd maybe end up an annoyance or hindrance, considering her future plans.

Oh well. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. She'd learn, either way, in the near future.

With a light bow and a word of gratitude, she accepted her new egg from the teacher and excused herself. Fortunately, it seemed like the egg was of a species she had yet to encounter. She'd need to do some research later on, though, to verify specifics. A pleasant smile was plastered on her lips as she departed. Yes, necessary research aside, this had been a good class. She'd be sure to try to be as small a burden on the woman as possible, but she'd no doubt be sure to bother her in the future.

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson stood there taking notes about the stuff going on in the Breeding Class. He knew that this class was going to be a great one. This made Tyson want to breed Pokemon and go for his Breeding Emblems more then his Badges, but Tyson still didn't know one hundred percent which one he wanted to go for first. Tyson listened to the teacher as she went on about the class and then he listened to the students ask her some final questions. Tyson started to pack up his things a little bit, and then all of a sudden he, along with the other students in the class watched on in awe as the three Pokemon hatched from their eggs. Tyson thought it was a very cool thing and liked seeing it.

Tyson watched as Eevee, Tyrunt, and a Riolu popped out from their eggs. Tyson smiled at them, as they looked around the classroom. Tyson then listened to the teacher again about the eggs, and then his eyes widened as he didn't expect to be leaving with a Egg. Tyson smiled as he packed up the rest of his things and walked up to the Professor and collected his Duskull Egg. "Thanks Professor, Great Class. I can't wait till the next one." He said with a smile.

[Serena Miller]

Unsurprisingly there weren't too many questions.  The class was pretty straight-forward, and in the end they didn't talk about that much, so there just wasn't much to ask about in the first place.  It was just an introductory class, so she figured they'd get started on the meat of the material next class.  Before it was time to go though, it looked like there was one last bit of excitement.  All of the teacher's pokemon, and even the teacher herself, looked towards the back of the room.  Serena herself turned back to see what the excitement was, only to have the teacher explain it.

Watching eggs hatch wasn't an unusual occurrence for her, though she had never seen this many hatch at once.  With as closely as the people in her hometown lived with their pokemon, it was more common to see some eggs hatch than it was to see a human give birth.  Still, it was always nice to see new pokemon being born.  No matter how mundane the matter felt to her, it still made her smile.  As long as she didn't think too hard about how they got there.

Ms. Brennan's comment about class participation made her squirm in her seat a bit.  Serena would always pay attention, but actually having to do something made her uneasy.  If she gave a wrong answer, or asked a bad question, or just did something wrong it would be really embarrassing and probably really frustrating for the teacher too.  She's going through all this effort to make sure they learn something, and then Serena doesn't understand it?  It must be hard to deal with.  She wasn't sure how teachers could deal with it all the time.  Therefore, Serena just preferred to sit back and listen.  She bit her lower lip a bit, but in the the end, she was here for the education not the prizes.  If she didn't get an egg, it wasn't the end of the world.  
Now that class was done, the only thing left was to claim her egg and leave.  It made sense that this class gave out eggs for people that came.  It meant that they would have something to practice with between classes.  Serena was a little apprehensive about caring for an egg on her own, but in the end, she supposed it wasn't all that different from caring for pokemon in general.  She would be sure to watch it closely until it hatched.  It would be a bit unwieldy to carry it around all the time, so the first thing she needed to do was find a place for it in her room.  With a smile and a wave to the teacher, she left the classroom to do just that.

[Lithra Trease]

Lithra blushed as the teacher looked directly at her. Green eyes fell away from the older woman as she listened to the response, a smile flickering across Lithra’s face. Not a stupid question then. Not a stupid question but a good one! That was comforting to know at least. And while Lithra wanted to stay after class so Ms. Brennan could check on the egg Lithra had in her bag, she decided she'll stop by the woman’s office later. There seemed to be a lot of activity going on especially with the hatching eggs.

Lithra watched in amazement as the eggs hatched around them, a smile spreading on her face that matched the look of joy on her Cottonee. This was amazing!

Taking note of what everyone else was doing, Lithra lined up for her egg and thanked Ms. Brennan for the class. “I would like to talk to you at another time if that’s okay? I kind of need to get all of this,” Lithra lifted her purse, her Cottonee, and now the new egg up. “back to my dorm. But I would love to show you my eggs and make sure everything is going well next time. If that’s okay with you?”

Thanking her again, Lithra smiled, took the mystery egg she needed to research. and left the classroom.