Class of Oddities

Icebreaker

As Wulf took a seat at his desk, another student walked into the classroom.

Wulf quickly looked up from his computer.

"Ah, welcome." He smiled.

"Hello." The girl said, placing an apple on his desk.

"Oh, thank you very much." He chuckled.

"No problem." The girl mumbled, taking a seat in the front row.

*

Before long, the classroom was filled with lively chatter, gossip, and laughter.

Wulf nervously tapped his fingers on his desk, waiting for the right time to announce that class was starting.

Before he knew it, all eyes were suddenly on him.

"A-ah, thank you for your attention…" Wulf smiled.

He then turned around to write his name on the board.

"He's awkward…" One girl whispered to another.

The other girl giggled.

"Duh, aren't all humans?" She sneered.

Wulf cleared his throat.

"Before we get started with the curriculum, why don't we try a class icebreaker?" He smiled.

There were several groans around the room.

"Some of us already know each other…" One girl muttered.

"I-I get that, but why don't we let the girls who don't know one another have a chance to introduce themselves?" He said.

"Why are you asking me? Aren't you, the teacher?" The girl scoffed.

Wulf began sweating nervously.

"Okay!" He clapped his hands together.

"Icebreaker time; let's get it, girls!"

"And he's cringe…" A girl rolled her eyes.

Wulf's face turned red.

"W-why don't we start with you…?" He said, pointing to the girl who gave him the apple.

She stared at him blankly, for a moment.

"You didn't give us the questions…" She mumbled.

"J-just introduce yourself; however, you see fit…!" Wulf cried.

"Here goes the teacher's pet…"

"My name is Madison, I'm thirteen and a quarter, my favorite color is light blue, and I like writing poems."

"Ah, wonderful, thank you very much, Madison!" Wulf smiled.

"Okay, next we have…?" He began, pointing to the girl next to Madison.

"Maci, thirteen, my favorite band is Six Feet Under Conversations, and I like the color black…"

"Cool band name, thanks, Maci!" Wulf beamed.

"Next?"

"My name is Lola, I'm fourteen, I come from the planet Zulea, and I like sweets," Lola said, looking down steadily.

"Awesome, next?"

"My name is Poppy; I also come from the planet Zulea; I love earth's plants the most!" Poppy beamed.

"Love your enthusiasm, thanks, Poppy!" Wulf cheered.

"Hey, my name is Nono, I like arcades, and I come from Icueary." Nono smiled.

"Lots of outer space girls, huh?" Wulf chuckled.

"Hi guys, my name is Sunny!" Sunny beamed. "I love the colors pink and yellow, and the sunshine!" She giggled.

"How lovely, thank you very much, Sunny." Wulf smiled.

"Bebe." The next girl said, followed by a yawn.

"Can you introduce yourself further, Bebe…?" Wulf chuckled nervously.

"Nope." She said, looking at her nails.

"Don't worry, teach; she's always like this." Nono chuckled, glaring at Bebe.

"And just why are you speaking on my behalf…?" Bebe glared back.

"Okay, girls," Wulf began.

"Settle down, okay?" He asked.

"S-sorry…" Nono whispered.

"I'm not," Bebe grumbled.

"We still have a few more introductions to go, so let's speed this up; no more interruptions," Wulf said firmly.

"Okay, you're up," he said, pointing to a girl with her head on the desk.

There was a moment of silence.

Wulf proceeded to walk over to the girl's desk, tapping the edge lightly.

"I won't call on you for the rest of the class, so please at least tell us your name." Wulf smiled gently.

The girl, seemingly the only human in the class, slowly picked her head up.

"O-Olivia…" She whispered, quickly burying her head once more.

"Wonderful, thank you, Olivia," Wulf said.

"I'm Goo!" The next girl, who seemingly looked like she was made of goo, cheered.

"Y-yes but your name…?"

The girl quickly looked up at him.

"That is her name." Madison frowned.

"O-oh…!" Wulf cried, quickly turning red.

"Goo, I am so sorry, what a lovely name…!" He stammered.

"Why do they bother to keep hiring human teachers if all of them do this, then leave after a few months…" Bebe huffed.

"W-well, that's not the case here!" Wulf reassured.

"Listen, I'll make mistakes here and there. I'm the only hum-" Wulf suddenly stopped himself.

"Only what?" Bebe smirked.

"Okay, okay, so I'll make more than a few mistakes, but I assure you the reason I'm here in the first place…" His tone suddenly shifting to a more serious one.

He took a deep breath.

"Actually," he began.

"I don't think I owe any of you an explanation on why I'm here." He said firmly.

"Next?"

The room went silent.

"Goo didn't get to finish!" The next girl cried.

"O-oh gosh, you're right, my apologies!" Wulf exclaimed.

"Goo, would you like to finish?" He asked.

"M-mm!" Goo nodded.

"My name is Goo; I like fashion and singing!" She beamed.

"Thank you, Goo!" Wulf exclaimed.

"My name is Kiara," the next girl began.

"I like grape soda, and my favorite color is yellow." She smiled.

"Thank you, Kiara." Wulf smiled.

"And finally, last but not least,"

"My name is Daisy, I'm fourteen, and I like baking."

"Neat!" Wulf exclaimed, clapping his hands together.

"Alright then, who's ready to lea-"

Suddenly, the loudspeaker came on.

"Attention students and teachers, please come meet at the auditorium now; thank you." It said, clicking off.

Quickly, the girls rose and started walking towards the door.

Wulf let out a sigh.

Suddenly, there was a tap on his shoulder.

"Hm…?" He turned around met by Sunny.

"You're doing great, Mr. Wulf!" She reassured with a big smile.

"A-ah, thank you so much, Sunny…" Wulf smiled, following behind her as he clicked the classroom lights off and shut the door.