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This was one hell of a pose to pull off.

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The turn of a page, the scribbling of a quill upon parchment, the endless tick of clocks; these sounds echoed on within his mind, unable to focus any longer upon the volumes that lay before him. Danny sighed, closing the book in front of him, giving up on trying to decipher any more of the text. He'd lost track of the hours he'd spent sitting there attempting to scramble through the sheer amount of homework he'd procrastinated on... no doubt the time keeper wasn't going to be pleased with him...

The crick of the door opening caused the teen to jolt upright within his chair, banging his knee upon the desk. Muttering a few curses before finding himself pulled out of his thoughts by a familiar chuckle. ...forget speaking.... Even think of the devil and the devil shall come.... A scowl crossed his face as he turned his emerald gaze upwards to catch ruby one of his teacher. The man in question seeming relatively amused.

"Taking a break already?" The time master looked over the ruffled teen, still amused. He'd expected such.

"Well forgive me if I can't focus after a few hours... I'm not my sister after all...." The teen in question let a snarl curl on his lips as he spoke. But then it hit him... the recognition of his words; his gaze becoming downcast as the turned back towards his studies in subdued silence. It had been so long since he had seen Jazz... his parents... his friends...

The air of misery hung for a long while between the two spirits. Enough time for Clockwork to have shifted from child to elder and back again in several intervals as the young phantasm attempted to burry his emotions within the numerous books in front of him. He figured it was time to break the tension and turn the child's attention elsewhere.

"Daniel..."

"What..."

"I have an assignment for you."

Those very words nearly had the boy falling out of his chair. His form whirled round with a rather mutinous expression.

"Seriously? What now? Some essay I have to write with even more books I can barely decipher?!" Danny was all but fuming. Another pause, the air once again holding that constricting feeling between them before the time keeper once again broke it.

"Not in the slightest." A smirk visibly placed itself upon his usually stoic face as he watched the boy. The snowy haired teen shifting between different expressions, from anger to confusion, from confusion to dread.

"Is it some obnoxious equation...."

"No."

"Meditating?"

"Nope."

"Um..... a worm hole?"

"Where ever did you get that idea?" He just raised brow at the boy. Sometimes he could only ponder on where the child pulled such strange ideas out from. Danny just sighed in frustration, he hated it when the older spirit played these games on him.

"What is it then..?"

"Tired of guessing already?"

"That's not funny..."

Clockwork chuckled at this, simply mused, his gaze having shifted towards reading over the titles of the tomes upon the shelf somewhere during the conversation. He let his fingertips run along them as he perused the names with only half interest. He was simply waiting to see how long it would take before Daniel lost his patience again, which wouldn't take long; but it was something the boy would have to learn to overcome. He let the moment hang, only briefly glancing over at the younger spirit to gage how far he could push him before he decided it was time to let up. Just before the teen was about to open his mouth and yell at him to answer he spoke.

"I have a feeling you will enjoy this one."

"As far as I can tell.. I haven't enjoyed any of this..." Danny scowled, his arms spreading out to gesture to the confines of the room and numerous study materials.

"Then a good vent should be affective then." He mused once more, pulling a tome off the shelf and proceeded to open it to a random page. He knew as well as Daniel did that he was playing a game with him, but it was a necessity to have to boy frustrated with him if the lesson was to fulfill its purpose.

"Huh...?" The teen just stared over at the male whom was pretending to ignore him. A look of blank confusion visible upon his face as he attempted to decipher his teacher's words, "What are you getting at...?"

"Hit me."

"WHAAAAAAT?!?!" Danny couldn't help himself, the sheer blank expression that held on Clockwork's face as he said such words left him more than a little flabbergasted. As far as the time keeper was concerned, he just kept the same dead serious poker face.

"As simple as I put it. I want to you try and land a successful hit on me, " he closed the book with a snap, emphasizing his point as his gaze remained fixated upon the teen's wide eyed stare.

"But.. I .. um... whaa...." He couldn't get himself to form a complete sentence, his mind simply wouldn't allow it at that moment. The very thoughts that swam through his head or even the notion that his teacher would be so masochistic to even suggest such a thing left him speechless. However he just barely managed to pull his mind back into reality as the head of the time master's staff swung itself at his face.

Skidding backwards across the stone floor with a hiss, he glowered over at him, his teeth slightly bared, "What the hell was that for?!"

"We don't have all day now... And if you won't come of your own volition I shall invoke it," he pointed the staff at Danny in a threatening manner. The teen's eyes widening in understanding. Clockwork was dead serious, and if he didn't oblige he wasn't going to be allowed to simply walk out of the room.

"Fine! But don't blame me when this is over!" He cried, lunging forth to charge the older spirit. The spirit in question smirking once more, the look of playful mischief in his eyes as he spun away from the teen's claws at the last second. The boy in question finding himself slamming face first into the bookshelf.

"Did I forget to mention you have a month for this assignment?" The time keeper simply chuckled, giving the staff a twirl.

"WWWWHHHAAAAAAAATTTTT?!?!?!?"

Description
This was one hell of a pose to pull off.

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The turn of a page, the scribbling of a quill upon parchment, the endless tick of clocks; these sounds echoed on within his mind, unable to focus any longer upon the volumes that lay before him. Danny sighed, closing the book in front of him, giving up on trying to decipher any more of the text. He'd lost track of the hours he'd spent sitting there attempting to scramble through the sheer amount of homework he'd procrastinated on... no doubt the time keeper wasn't going to be pleased with him...

The crick of the door opening caused the teen to jolt upright within his chair, banging his knee upon the desk. Muttering a few curses before finding himself pulled out of his thoughts by a familiar chuckle. ...forget speaking.... Even think of the devil and the devil shall come.... A scowl crossed his face as he turned his emerald gaze upwards to catch ruby one of his teacher. The man in question seeming relatively amused.

"Taking a break already?" The time master looked over the ruffled teen, still amused. He'd expected such.

"Well forgive me if I can't focus after a few hours... I'm not my sister after all...." The teen in question let a snarl curl on his lips as he spoke. But then it hit him... the recognition of his words; his gaze becoming downcast as the turned back towards his studies in subdued silence. It had been so long since he had seen Jazz... his parents... his friends...

The air of misery hung for a long while between the two spirits. Enough time for Clockwork to have shifted from child to elder and back again in several intervals as the young phantasm attempted to burry his emotions within the numerous books in front of him. He figured it was time to break the tension and turn the child's attention elsewhere.

"Daniel..."

"What..."

"I have an assignment for you."

Those very words nearly had the boy falling out of his chair. His form whirled round with a rather mutinous expression.

"Seriously? What now? Some essay I have to write with even more books I can barely decipher?!" Danny was all but fuming. Another pause, the air once again holding that constricting feeling between them before the time keeper once again broke it.

"Not in the slightest." A smirk visibly placed itself upon his usually stoic face as he watched the boy. The snowy haired teen shifting between different expressions, from anger to confusion, from confusion to dread.

"Is it some obnoxious equation...."

"No."

"Meditating?"

"Nope."

"Um..... a worm hole?"

"Where ever did you get that idea?" He just raised brow at the boy. Sometimes he could only ponder on where the child pulled such strange ideas out from. Danny just sighed in frustration, he hated it when the older spirit played these games on him.

"What is it then..?"

"Tired of guessing already?"

"That's not funny..."

Clockwork chuckled at this, simply mused, his gaze having shifted towards reading over the titles of the tomes upon the shelf somewhere during the conversation. He let his fingertips run along them as he perused the names with only half interest. He was simply waiting to see how long it would take before Daniel lost his patience again, which wouldn't take long; but it was something the boy would have to learn to overcome. He let the moment hang, only briefly glancing over at the younger spirit to gage how far he could push him before he decided it was time to let up. Just before the teen was about to open his mouth and yell at him to answer he spoke.

"I have a feeling you will enjoy this one."

"As far as I can tell.. I haven't enjoyed any of this..." Danny scowled, his arms spreading out to gesture to the confines of the room and numerous study materials.

"Then a good vent should be affective then." He mused once more, pulling a tome off the shelf and proceeded to open it to a random page. He knew as well as Daniel did that he was playing a game with him, but it was a necessity to have to boy frustrated with him if the lesson was to fulfill its purpose.

"Huh...?" The teen just stared over at the male whom was pretending to ignore him. A look of blank confusion visible upon his face as he attempted to decipher his teacher's words, "What are you getting at...?"

"Hit me."

"WHAAAAAAT?!?!" Danny couldn't help himself, the sheer blank expression that held on Clockwork's face as he said such words left him more than a little flabbergasted. As far as the time keeper was concerned, he just kept the same dead serious poker face.

"As simple as I put it. I want to you try and land a successful hit on me, " he closed the book with a snap, emphasizing his point as his gaze remained fixated upon the teen's wide eyed stare.

"But.. I .. um... whaa...." He couldn't get himself to form a complete sentence, his mind simply wouldn't allow it at that moment. The very thoughts that swam through his head or even the notion that his teacher would be so masochistic to even suggest such a thing left him speechless. However he just barely managed to pull his mind back into reality as the head of the time master's staff swung itself at his face.

Skidding backwards across the stone floor with a hiss, he glowered over at him, his teeth slightly bared, "What the hell was that for?!"

"We don't have all day now... And if you won't come of your own volition I shall invoke it," he pointed the staff at Danny in a threatening manner. The teen's eyes widening in understanding. Clockwork was dead serious, and if he didn't oblige he wasn't going to be allowed to simply walk out of the room.

"Fine! But don't blame me when this is over!" He cried, lunging forth to charge the older spirit. The spirit in question smirking once more, the look of playful mischief in his eyes as he spun away from the teen's claws at the last second. The boy in question finding himself slamming face first into the bookshelf.

"Did I forget to mention you have a month for this assignment?" The time keeper simply chuckled, giving the staff a twirl.

"WWWWHHHAAAAAAAATTTTT?!?!?!?"