#ask-the-teacher-idv

[askthemanorresidents]

What are your tips to pass a chemistry exam, Caroline? Well, if you don't mind sharing some 👀✨️

Caroline : I have so many! But to begin, for memorizing the elements, I suggest using the symbols of one column in a fun sentence, that way it'll be easier to memorise!

Caroline : For example, Helium, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, and Francium. 'Harris Lives with Nathan, Kevin, Reuben, Cassandra, and Frank!' This also works for rows!

Caroline : And to group a few elements together, I say imagine them as certain groups of people! For example, since Noble gasses aren't very reactive, just imagibe them as a group of boring business men!

[lust-that-breeds-infection]

when i was in middle school i read the abridged version of les mis and my favorite part was the scene where valjean showed mercy on javert and javerts like “oh of course you’re using a knife” and then valjean cut his bonds and set him free. idk smth about that scene stuck with me and in 7th grade when we learned about knights in the middle ages the teacher told us that if you were caught on your back as a knight you wouldn’t be able to get up due to how heavy the armor was and the enemy would come and lift up your helmet and stab you in the face so i started writing a story with my friend based around a scene where a knight falls off his horse and is about to be stabbed by a thief but when she lifts up his visor she recognizes him as someone who had spared her life so she spares him. it was very hot to 7th grade me for some reason, my friend was more focused on the magic aspect we were adding to the story. now this was when i was still mormon and asking my friends not to swear around me and i didn’t really know that being gay was a thing (my only experience with same sex attraction was when i was in love with the personification of the moon and they swapped genders with their sibling the sun and i was still in love with them) but ANYWAY

what i’m saying is that if idve been taught that being gay was a thing as a kid i would’ve been shipping jean valjean and javert to HELL and back. i know this in my heart.

[teddypickrwritings]

Okay actual request, Emil x(?) Luca, maybe trauma bonding? Idk if ship or not, maybe with caring Ada sprinkled in

A/N: This is my first request! thank you, bestie!! I apologize if this is poorly written/OOC. This is my first time writing something IDV-related.

First Friend - Luca x Emil (platonic)

genre: fluff with a bit of angst

CW: discussions of trauma, mentions of death/murder

“Ada, I…I want to ask something…”

Ada looked down at her lover in her lap. His eyes were closed, but his brow was slightly furrowed with worry. “What’s wrong, my love?” she said softly.

Emil’s hands trembled slightly. “Are there other people like me?”

“Oh, Emil. I’ve already told you, I could never love someone as much as I love you,” Ada said reassuringly, gently stroking his hair.

His lips curled up in a small smile, but his eyebrows didn’t relax. “I meant, um…are there…other broken people?”

“There are people with conditions that affect their behaviors and actions, but not in the same way as yours,” Ada explained. She pursed her lips. “I wouldn’t use the term ‘broken’…”

Emil opened his eyes slightly. “I…kind of want to talk to them,” he said, almost in a whisper.

That was a bit surprising to Ada. But she felt her heart swell with hope; was this a sign he was improving again? “Of course, Emil. I can arrange a group therapy session,” she said happily. “Although, perhaps we should start out talking to one person first.”

“Could I talk to them myself?”

Now, that was shocking. But Ada was so overjoyed that she couldn’t help but lean down and give him a kiss.

“A-Ada!” Emil gasped, cheeks turning red. “Does that mean yes…?”

She nodded, beaming with pride. “Yes. I will go around and talk with the others to see if any of them would be interested,” she said.

Emil’s smile grew. He caught her hand and kissed it. “Thank you, Ada…”

Most of the people that Ada talked to were either disinterested entirely or only vaguely interested. She was worried that she would end up disappointing Emil, until a certain former prisoner agreed to sit down with him.

So now, Emil and Luca were in a secluded spot in the manor where nobody could bother them. Ada remained within calling distance, but she wouldn’t be able to hear their conversation.

“You wanted to talk with people, quote, like yourself. Is that correct?” Luca asked.

Emil nodded, not making eye contact.

“Your lady was quite persuasive. It was a bit scary, actually,” the other man continued. He tapped his chin in thought. “Can’t really remember what else she said…”

“Oh, I can’t remember things either!” Emil blurted out. He fiddled with his grappling hooks. “My brain is…spotty.”

Luca seemed pleased. “That’s what mine is like. It’s unfortunate for an inventor like myself, but I think I’m making progress.”

“Inventor…what kind of things do you make?” Emil asked.

The prisoner’s eyes—or rather, eye—lit up. “I’m glad you asked! Now, how familiar are you with motion machines?”

Emil stared at him blankly.

Luca launched into a brief but detailed explanation of basic physics and machinery. Honestly, Emil didn’t really understand half of what he was saying. But he was…impressed? Maybe?

“…and that’s that! Any questions?” Luca finally finished with a proud sigh.

Emil hesitated. “How did you get like this?” he asked.

“Get like what?” But it was clear that Luca knew what he was talking about from the way his fanged smile faded.

“You said your brain is spotty too, but you remember all that machine stuff,” Emil said cautiously. “I think I’m asking…how do you remember? And what happened?”

Luca was quiet for a few moments. Emil’s leg anxiously bounced up and down. “I can’t remember what happened to me,” he finally admitted with a small shrug. “All I remember is flashes of lightning and maybe an argument. When I was jailed, they kept saying I killed my teacher. But is that true…?”

Emil knew that that question was not meant for him, but he had a reply anyway. “It’s hard for me to know what’s true too, sometimes,” he said carefully. He looked down at his scarred hands. “I don’t know my past either. I swear that I remember something involving dogs. Ada’s treatments helped for a bit, but…”

The prisoner smiled sadly. “I would go looking for answers myself, but I think maybe I’m scared of the truth. I…I don’t want to be a murderer.”

“Ada says there’s people like that here…you’d fit in,” Emil said bluntly.

Instead of feeling offended, Luca burst out laughing, making the patient jump in his seat. “You’re pretty funny!” he exclaimed. He wiped tears from his eyes as he caught his breath. “Sorry. That kind of made me feel better, strangely enough.”

What was also strange was that Emil felt…relaxed? Luca was undoubtedly odd, but he was nice to talk to. Maybe it was just initial relief from confiding in someone other than Ada for once. But Emil liked the feeling.

“Listen. Let’s be friends,” Luca said. He had a slightly mischievous grin. “I’m not experienced with romance. Or maybe I was, I don’t know. But I’m sure you and Ada need time apart sometimes, right? And you don’t have anyone else to go to?”

Emil bit his lip hesitantly. He was right, but… “How do I know I can trust you?”

“I think you already do,” Luca said knowingly. “Weren’t you the one who initiated this meeting? And you seemed comfortable opening up to me just a bit ago.”

The patient tried stammering out a reply, but couldn’t.

“Eh, what do I know. I’m just an inventor with his brain scrambled,” Luca said with a shrug. He held out his hand for a handshake. “D’you wanna be friends, anyway?”

Emil stared at the hand almost a bit too intensely. This is what Ada wanted, right? No, she never explicitly told him to make friends with this man.

He realized that he wanted to be friends with Luca all on his own. So he shook his hand with a tiny little smile.

His first friend.

[williamkisser]

I saw a post on another site, which was mostly a meme, but it made a joke about a "pushing people down a stairs competition".

Emma and Richard were contestants, with William being the winner.

Emma for the railing accident with Kreacher, Richard for pushing his adoptive sister down the stairs. Did William kill Servias by accidentally pushing him down the stairs/off the stairs' railing?

I believe William when he states it was an accident (Naib seems to know what happened, but he's not the one who killed Servias, in addition to Naib not mentioning his opinions on Servias death or looking deeper into the matter.)

It's been an incredibly long time since I read Servias's lore (when I did, he only had two Letters). I haven't had much free time to read and re-read his letters or look into the newer letters for survivors and killers, so I am a bit behind. Luckily, I know just the person to ask about William's lore: the all-time Tumblr cognoscenti of William Ellis, William Kisser.

As much as i would like to, i am unfortunately not the William Encyclopedia you mistook me to be…💔 IDV lore is so vague and criptic it’s hard for me to comprehend all the lore… maybe there is a clear explaination lurking somewhere but me personally i haven’t heard of him pushing Servais down the stairs.

I wouldn’t really call it an accident though. While not openly hateful towards him, William was wary of Servais - first of all Servais not being certainly happy to see him, but most importantly William witnessing him killing a teacher. He was also present at one of his magic shows, which William didn’t think fondly of — i don’t know what he experienced there however.

William canonically is kind but foolish and hotheaded, for he was raised in the safe haven of his school and his rebelious passion for sport. This made him an easy pawn for Naib to manipulate and eliminate Servais without blood on his own hands. William probably felt sudden anger being aware of Servais’ past whereabouts and avenged the murdered teacher, which sparked a sense of justice within him. He certainly wouldn’t kill him on purpose and if he was given some time to think — he was somewhat emotionally stunned by his act and needed time to process what happened — giving Naib the time to get rid of the body.

[alvaeris]

also they're taking twenty-four of us to hiroshima for a history trip. and i really, really, really, really, really want to go. they'll likely be looking at our scores and asking our other teachers about our behaviour in school to select us, so you'd best believe i'm putting my whole eris-ussy into turning into the perfect student for the rest of the term. that means submitting all my math and amath assignments on time. which means. actually doing my homework at home. which means no spending the whole day on tumblr and idv.......... which i am totally fine with if it takes me to hiroshima! i can be very very determined when i want to be. i already have class participation down, because i am quite literally the only one actively contributing in class discussions and hence i have lots of brownie points with my teachers in that department. that is actually why i have gotten away with my homework habits this far. they sort of favour me. that being said, i still need to turn in all my assignments before my math and amath teachers hate me forever

[idv-thespians]

I volunteer my babies @ask-the-teacher-idv or @ask-the-snow-angel-idv

The choice of which one you want to use is up to you

Oooh long time no see! Hmm, maybe The Inspector for Adelaide?

[patientsays]

((OOh, new blog to interact with. Hehe))

"Ah, you're Emil, correct?" A voice asked approaching the patient. "I do hope I got your name right...I'm still trying to get used to all the faces in this manor, and I'm terrible with remembering names."

((@ask-the-teacher-idv))

"-! right, ah- mhm. that is... my name, yes. that's right.

i get that there's, uh, a lot of faces to remember. i'm afraid i don't know... yours, though."

(@ask-the-teacher-idv)

[legatarius]

"Oh, I don't think I've seen you around here before." A voice calls from behind the Heir "It's always interesting to see new faces around here." (from ask-the-teacher-idv)

“ In all fairness, I’ve no one else to blame for such a feat other than myself, “

　A hand is raised in greeting, and the Heir offers the tutor a polite smile.

“ Julius de Vogel, if it pleases you. Truthfully, I have been a bit of a recluse during my stay here. “

[ask-the-gamekeeper]

((Oh boy, an event for past Bane!))

"Hello there Mister Bane, how is life treating you? I hope you're doing well."

(ask-the-teacher-idv)

"Oh, it's treating me rather well, thank you!" Really, he was quite happy with his life and how it was. Everything was going well, every day a pleasant one so long as he didn't worry himself and overthink about the poachers and their traps...

"How about you? Hopefully you're doing just as well as I am, and life is treating you kindly too." He didn't recall meeting her before, but she seemed nice enough to him! Besides, he thought all the manor residents to be good people and even if he didn't know them, he'd gladly give them all some well wishes.

@ask-the-teacher-idv

[resilience-of-bamboo]

Question for Resilience, did you know sin²α + cos²α = 1 ?

（°–‸Ծ° ）> I do. Wisdom comes in many forms, dear anon.

（°–‸Ծ° ）> But do you know why sin²α + cos²α = 1 ? It's quite interesting when you break it down.

[idv-ask-optometrist]

— ANNOUNCEMENT

Exam is just in the corner and for the upcoming weeks will be study week for me. I also have a video project whose deadline is coming near and festival dance practice. And tomorrow is Monday. What this means is that I'll be plenty busy starting tomorrow.

My inbox will still continue to be open though. I will continue to make free time for this blog even with a busy agenda. Only, I might not able to respond to the asks as quick as before and resort to replying only in text.

Thank you for your patience and understanding :)

– mod eun (yes that's my name hwhehe)

[idv-ask-huntsman]

The Teacher huffed lightly, trekking through the manor after a particularly rough match. At least the survivors has still scored a victory, alas. She had been the one who the hunter focused on for a majority of the match. At least the match had ended and she was back in the manor.

She closed her eyes for a brief moment, letting out a sigh, but in that fleeting moment of distraction she bumped into the huntsman.

(ask-the-teacher-idv)

There was a game finished recently. He could tell by the subtle rise of activity in their side of the manor, as well as one or two faces appearing again after being gone for a couple hours.

Despite that, he found himself simply wandering the halls. Speaking under his breath and looking out the windows as he passed them.

“Oh—”

When he turned the corner, he naturally didn’t expect for a woman to suddenly walk into him with her eyes closed.

“Careful, you don’t want to get hurt.”

He put his hands on her shoulders and pulled back, getting a good look at her now that her eyes were open once again.

She was recognizable, though he knew he hadn’t spoken to her yet. And she didn’t seem to be hurt, at least by their impact, just a bit surprised.

“Hey, weren’t you one of those people that were in last game? I hope you didn’t have your eyes closed during that, too.”

Meaning it as a joke, he allowed himself a small smile.

[ @ask-the-teacher-idv ]

[ask-idv-sleepycarl]

"Ah sir, you seem tired. I do hope you're getting enough sleep, heaven knows I've had to deal with a large number of people who forget to sleep..." (ask-the-teacher-idv)

SleepyCarl: Hu? Who? Where? Oh, person... Sorry I was sleep while at the dinner table. Yes I know about that here have my schedule to see it.

*gives the schedule to the teacher*

SleepyCarl: See. I have everything plan out except from going my room to sleep. That's why you see me sleeping at the dinner table.

SleepyCarl: Anyways may I help you with embalming someone today?

*as he closed his eye and you can see his ears slightly went up if he was smiling underneath his mask*

(@ask-the-teacher-idv )

[the-otleus-parlor-archived]

"Oh my. A child in a place like this? How... nevermind. Hello little one." (ask-the-teacher-idv)

“Hello miss.” Amy looked up to the teacher with a small smile. “You look smart.” Amy pointed at her glasses with a curious tilt. “Are you some sort of teacher?” Amy asked curiously, placing her hands together. “You look like a teacher, hehe.”

[ @ask-the-teacher-idv ]

[alvaeris]

today my amath teacher called me and my desk partner outside and asked us why we hadn’t submitted three assignments in a row

she said she had forgotten it at home (she hadn’t done it and neither had i after multiple reminders from him) and i was planning on saying the same thing

he wasn’t mad at all, he was asking really calmly

i instead started ranting about how i didn’t understand any of the math and how i really did try but i wasn’t able to do it and i how didn’t want to submit incomplete assignments

he looked very surprised and told me to come meet him for consultation later, and then sent me away

i met him for consultation and he helped to clear the concepts up and while i was doing the work he flipped through my notes and looked like genuinely horrified and then he put it down and said he couldn’t bear to look at them any longer because of how messy they were. he told me he couldn’t read anything. i told him i couldn’t either

he told me that i sleep a lot in class

i told him math makes me sleepy

he told me he’s sorry that he’s so boring to me but that i still have to try to stay awake

i said yeah but i’m still sleepy

he laughed and said it’s okay to be sleepy as long as I do the math

i finished the work

he told me he’s going to check my notes from now on to make sure that I’m doing them

i said okay

he pointed to a hatsune Miku doodle on one page and said I can’t be distracted either

later i found out he emailed my desk partner’s parents about how she wasn’t doing her assignments

he didn’t email mine

i think

i hope

i would die if he did

but i think we’re chill now!! i think he’s made peace with my bad math and sleepy demeanour and I’ve made peace with crying for help in order to get out of trouble

sorry desk partner at least I’m not BLATANTLY watching hermit idv gameplay in class!!! i’m just constantly dozing off

[idv-viandawotcher]

Does beowulf have a S tier costume??

Yep, he does!

To be honest, I don't even remember the costume's name,,,,,

Bonus: