I’ve had some busy days at the HoK working through all the things that had been piling up on my desk while I was gone, but now I’m pretty much back to business as usual. Of course, just as I was leaning back in my desk chair to enjoy that feeling of finally having done everything urgent my Azectlotl, Asmodeus, contacted me telepathically. I looked through his eyes and saw two young men bullying a third. Now, I don’t know about you, but I despise bullies. Might have something to do with me having been bullied once or twice in my youth, until my magical abilities had developed enough that I could defend myself.
I jumped up and quickly tracked them down. When I arrived, the two bullies were having fun using their magic to scatter the younger man’s papers. The boy was quivering with helpless anger, trying to snatch his stuff out of the air.
“Enough,” I said and snapped my fingers, breaking the bullies’ magic. Papers fluttered to the floor all around the three men now standing frozen. A quick flick of my fingers and the scattered papers gathered themselves into a neat pile in the young student’s arms.
I released him from stasis with a short wave. “Go. I will take care of these idiots.”
The youngster didn’t need to be told twice. He immediately scrambled off.
“And now, to you.” I fixated the bullies with my most fearsome gaze, resting my hand on Asmodeus’s head. The big cat-like creature obediently showed it’s poisonous teeth. I released them from the stasis I had put them in so I could see them squirming while I kept on staring.
When I finally spoke, they flinched, just as I’d hoped. “I do not tolerate bullies in my HoK. In fact, I reserve the right to punish anyone misbehaving in my HoK severely. You two are about to find out just what severely means.”
The taller one puffed up his chest in false bravado and actually dared to sneer at me. “Pah. Put us in detention, see if I care. You can’t hurt us, it’s against university rules.”
I smiled a toothy grin in return. “Pain, dear boy, is the method of the weak-minded. I don’t need to hurt you physically to teach you a lesson.”
Before he could get himself into even more trouble with his attitude, I turned around to bring them to the HoK’s “detention” room.
And saw Cromvik standing at the other end of the aisle. My smile immediately turned genuine. “Hi. Would you like to see me punishing these two idiots?”
He grinned. “No thanks, I might get nightmares. I just wanted to say bye before I went back to my office.”
Wasn’t that sweet? I have to say I’m liking Cromvik more and more.
We chatted for another bit before he left and I took the bullies to a room that I had specially designed for punishing bullies. It is a square room filled from top to bottom with cardboard boxes. One of these boxes holds the key to the room. Every other box contains a spell. The two guys would be spending the afternoon fighting all kinds of ingenious little spells, for example wedgie-spells, itch-spells, hiccup-spells … you know, all the things they think they are experts in administering.
Ah yeah, an eye for an eye – that’s my kind of punishment.
What do you think: is that the right punishment? Or do you have a better idea? I’m always happy to learn about new punishing methods :-)
I jumped up and quickly tracked them down. When I arrived, the two bullies were having fun using their magic to scatter the younger man’s papers. The boy was quivering with helpless anger, trying to snatch his stuff out of the air.
“Enough,” I said and snapped my fingers, breaking the bullies’ magic. Papers fluttered to the floor all around the three men now standing frozen. A quick flick of my fingers and the scattered papers gathered themselves into a neat pile in the young student’s arms.
I released him from stasis with a short wave. “Go. I will take care of these idiots.”
The youngster didn’t need to be told twice. He immediately scrambled off.
“And now, to you.” I fixated the bullies with my most fearsome gaze, resting my hand on Asmodeus’s head. The big cat-like creature obediently showed it’s poisonous teeth. I released them from the stasis I had put them in so I could see them squirming while I kept on staring.
When I finally spoke, they flinched, just as I’d hoped. “I do not tolerate bullies in my HoK. In fact, I reserve the right to punish anyone misbehaving in my HoK severely. You two are about to find out just what severely means.”
The taller one puffed up his chest in false bravado and actually dared to sneer at me. “Pah. Put us in detention, see if I care. You can’t hurt us, it’s against university rules.”
I smiled a toothy grin in return. “Pain, dear boy, is the method of the weak-minded. I don’t need to hurt you physically to teach you a lesson.”
Before he could get himself into even more trouble with his attitude, I turned around to bring them to the HoK’s “detention” room.
And saw Cromvik standing at the other end of the aisle. My smile immediately turned genuine. “Hi. Would you like to see me punishing these two idiots?”
He grinned. “No thanks, I might get nightmares. I just wanted to say bye before I went back to my office.”
Wasn’t that sweet? I have to say I’m liking Cromvik more and more.
We chatted for another bit before he left and I took the bullies to a room that I had specially designed for punishing bullies. It is a square room filled from top to bottom with cardboard boxes. One of these boxes holds the key to the room. Every other box contains a spell. The two guys would be spending the afternoon fighting all kinds of ingenious little spells, for example wedgie-spells, itch-spells, hiccup-spells … you know, all the things they think they are experts in administering.
Ah yeah, an eye for an eye – that’s my kind of punishment.
What do you think: is that the right punishment? Or do you have a better idea? I’m always happy to learn about new punishing methods :-)
