Bloodwork 101 - Lecture 1 - Blood Composition

Michael was nothing short of buzzing with excitement. It reminded him of his first day at Salem; the nervous butterflies and the feeble attempts at making himself look presentable for his potential classmates. His stomach settled a little though when he reminded himself that it was Azalea Harrington who would be taking them for the class, and though they may be on slightly more formal terms than he was used to, a familiar face would never be a bad thing in the boy's eyes.

Punctuality was the first thing on his mind. He made sure to be early, not just on time. He walked into the lecture hall and to say he was a little confused would be a little bit of an understatement. He'd expected rows of desks, not sofas. Still, that was Azalea's way as he remembered it to be. Comfortable.

"Morning," he greeted her with a grin, taking the moment to look around the room again. It was a cross between a . He was taken aback, however, by the body lying on the floor, and he looked between the woman and the bleeding specimen before him. "What terms are we on here- is it Professor?" he asked. "And uh-... Do I want to know what you did to the poor soul over there?" A light smile accompanied the enquiry.

David was taking this classes, not because he had too, but because he wanted to, for once in his life, he was CHOOSING to learn. He thought about Shiva as he walked the halls of the university, making his way to the class taught by his old herbology professor.

He walked into the classroom, giving a side glance at the body, not at all fazed by it.. he had seen too many lifeless bodies in his time. His mother, people at lugarmago, The Quidditch match. he sighed at the memories, before looking at his professor.

"Hello Azalea.. er.. I mean Professor Harrington.. I can't believe I still have to call you professor" He smiled slightly, even though it was not really a happy environment. "That..er.. isn't a real person, correct?" he gestured to the body

To be honest Gavin was a bit excited about his first class at University, even more so because it was being taught by Azalea. He'd had enough experience with the woman's teaching styles to feel as if it would help his transition a bit to be working closely with someone he knew. It helped alot as well that the subject he was personally familiar with, having done work with his own blood.

Walking into the lecture hall he immediately smiled at the set up and walked down to the front row and plopped down in in one of the bean bags looking at his two classmates. Micheal he recognized from Salem and he sent a smile and a wave in his direction. "Hey Micheal, good to see you again." The other male Gavin assumed must have gone to Hogwarts, he was pretty sure he'd remember a boy that looked like that wandering the halls. Giving him a bit of a wave Gavin turned his attention to Azalea. "And a very special hello to you too Miss Harrigto--" and then Gavin noticed the body besides her and it was all he could do to keep from having a panic attack. He'd seen a lot of dead bodies in Spain, but still didn't think he'd ever be prepared for it.

Really the fact that in their first lecture she'd brought a dead body shouldn't have been a surprise. This was the same woman that affectionately referred to Devil's Snare. The red head was a little more concerend with the marking on the man's back. 'If that was the cause of death he could have easily been saved' He pondered the exact nature of the scar as he pulled out a norebook preparing himself for the days lesson.

Scarlett had been so excited at the thought of university that she had signed up for all the classes available. While learning about blood was of course useful in being an auror, it wasn't necessary, so she took the class because it did interest her. She walked into the classroom, happy to begin learning "Morning," she said.

Her eyes fell on the body on the beige rug in the middle of the room "What happened to that poor bloke?" she asked as she took a seat. She assumed it was a real body, as they were studying blood.

David smiled at Azalea "Cool" he stated simply, before flashing a small smile at His fellow Auror 'Fancy seeing you here Scarlett.". He then turned his attention back to the body.

he was glad when he heard the words 'dummy', and not person or body. However, when they were told to come up with all this stuff, he panicked for all of about 3 seconds, till he realized he was not alone. He had help. So he was the first to knell down by the body "Well, judging from what i see at first glance, the cause of death was blood loss. Of course that could be wrong, since this wasn't the crime scene, we have no idea how much blood was really lost." He mused quietly, before he continued saying "Since blood is still seeping out of the would, time of death would be with in the last 24 hours.." He then turned to the healers and said "You guys are trained better in this stuff, do you have any better ideas?"

He then stood up and stepped back and said to Scarlett "Do you know any everyday objects that could cause that sort of cut by accident?" he was piecing together the scene in his head. The guy walking home late at night, when suddenly..something happened. Could it be someone who snuck up on him seeking revenge? that would explain the jagged cut, or did something fall on him? causing the face first eagle spread? He had already stuck his neck out for the first few things, and wasn't about to do all the work and risk getting it all wrong.

Now, Scar found this task extremely interesting. She listened as David already began to list off observations about the blood, and starting forming her own observations.

"Since blood is still seeping out of the would, time of death would be with in the last 24 hours.."

"Less time than that," Scar murmured, mostly to herself "Blood dries rather quickly. So the fact that it's still seeping out, and looks fresh should mean that it was really recent. And if it were a real body, you'd be able to see more accurately the blood. And how long it had been there because of the colour of its skin, particularly lips and nails, and the waxiness of the skin," she added.

"Do you know any everyday objects that could cause that sort of cut by accident?"

"A cut like that's no accident," she said "Most likely a knife, or another sharp object. I guess the fact that it's jagged means that there was some sort of struggle. It wasn't clean straight in and out, it looks like it was dragged across," she added.

The brunet frowned to himself upon scanning the body, taking a few steps back and forth to try and get a view of the angle. The first boy to speak up did have some kind of point, it had been recent, but far more so than he suggested. Michael listened to the blonde girl's theorising, his brain already whirring away with possibilities, some slightly more bizarre than others. He remembered Angel telling him of her return to the human world and the loss of her wings, an experience that didn't seem all too pleasant, and that kind of idea was the most predominant of his thoughts.

The Scarlett girl seemed to know what she was talking about, and the training healer listened to her, rather impressed by her knowledge. Although... "If it was an assault, wouldn't there be more injuries? Facial, or on his arms and legs? You wouldn't not try to get away, unless you were hoping they'd leave off..." He spoke quietly, so much so that he was sure none of his classmates had heard him. That was a promising thought, though, in some ways. He didn't want to be wrong.

"I'd assume he had something that someone else wanted. The cut... more precise if it was just a stabbing. From behind or from the side, though," he murmured. "A frenzy. Looks more like the attacker was a little bit miffed, if you ask me, but I could be wrong..."

David shrugged and shook his head "I said within twenty four hours because that is the most it could be. I obviously think it was sooner than that.. but I am not healer, so i would not know. It is the aurors job to fond the murderer, not to determine time of death, that's this guys job" He said with a smile.

As micheal and Scarlett spoke of the Assualt David nodded. "That was why i was suggesting maybe it was an accident. However, the man could have been drugged, which would render him unable to defend himself. But the way of the cuts suggest a newbie, someone who had not experienced killing before. The jagged cuts were because he was shaking and / or did not expect the resistance of the skin." He said thoughtfully.

He then considered Micheal's statement on the motive. "there is always a chance, however, if this is exactly how the body was found.. he doesn't look like he was searched, and if the murderer asked for something before hand, there would be more defensive marks. Or at least some defensive marks. I think this attack was a surprise attack from behind, the man did not have time to fight back before he died."

From his seat Gavin ran his hands through his hair to slick the curly mop of copper locks back as he slipped on his glasses. It'd be a lie if he said that the fact that it wasn't a real body didn't relieve him just a little bit. He sat back and listened to his classmates theorize about the man and the scar before offering up his own opinion. "I agree with Micheal there are too few wounds for there to have been a struggle. But the cut while jagged was done with some amount of precision, almost as if it were done deliberately to inflict the maximum amount of pain. My guess is torture."

He'd seen plenty of that while he was in Spain and the mere thought brought a shiver to his spine. He couldn't for the life of him understand what would drive a person to do that to someone. But then again Gavin could hardly understand why anyone would do anything mean at all.

Sadie then slipped in the back of the classroom. She knew that she was running late, and that was because she was dealing with a student. When she looked up, she seen that Azalea was teaching the class. Sadie at least knew that this wasn't going to be boring. When she was finished with Salem she was glad no more classes. But she then remember that she would have to take some for being a healer. That was when she knew that she was never going to stop learning. There was always going to be some new thing that she need to learn for her field.

She knew that Azalea had already started so she was going to do her best to catch up. And she would have to find someone later.