Dacanay: Please sit in this chair. I’d like to ask you some questions.
Scapegrace: [internally] Deny everything.
Scapegrace: [out loud] That’s not a chair.
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Dacanay: Please sit in this chair. I’d like to ask you some questions.
Scapegrace: [internally] Deny everything.
Scapegrace: [out loud] That’s not a chair.
Yonder: Sheriff, our men were cut down and they had a note attached to them!
Dacanay: Oh. Well, maybe we should read it.
Yonder: It says, ‘Evildoers of Roarhaven, fear me.’ And then it’s signed ‘Vaurien Scapegrace’.
Yonder: But then that’s crossed out, and underneath it’s written ‘The Dark and Stormy Knight’.
Director, Cinematographer, Camera man: Cobbie Karagdag
Editor: Jireh Cuarto
“As I’m sure you’re aware of,” Father Dacanay said, “I adhere strictly to the school’s dress code.”
His eyes turned to a boy who was wearing shorts. The boy squirmed. Dacanay stepped closer. The boy squirmed some more. Dacanay stepped closer.
Finally, the boy could no longer take it. “I’m sorry!” His voice cracked.
Dacanay sighed. “The parts of the body that should be covered, should be covered,” he told us. “I’m sure they are wonderful to behold in different circumstances, but.” He shrugged. “Not during class.”
“The reflection papers must be completed to my satisfaction,” Father Dacanay said. The corner of his mouth tugged. A smile. An evil one. “This is not as harmless as it looks.”
Dacanay
The first thing the old man did was open the curtains.
Quiet reigned the classroom. There wasn’t anything particularly scary about the aged professor--people called him ‘legendary’ and ‘terror’ almost always in the same breath, but right now, he seemed harmless, if intent in his task.
And it was interesting task, because profs didn’t usually do this type of thing, you know? Some are straight to the point. Some dazzle you with Star Wars presentations. One memorable teacher spoke calmly at first; then, realizing that he had been assigned a schedule he did not approve off, he made to slam his chair on the ground and tramp towards the office.
This one opened the curtains and let the sunlight filter in, and you couldn’t help but feel all the more at ease for it. The tips of your university’s greenery peeped through, as if waving in encouragement. Around you, your classmates started whispering. Perhaps everyone really was overreacting. Perhaps Father Dacanay was just a softie old man who-
“Not. There.”
The room’s atmosphere turned to ice.
A student had apparently tried to sit in the very back row. Apparently this was not allowed. Dacanay didn’t so much as raise his voice, but his steely eyed gaze and set mouth - all pointed to the poor kid near the door - was enough to chill anyone to their core. The student obeyed, rushing to the nearest vacant seat.
You stared at your teacher, who was now serenely continuing his previous endeavor. So maybe not such a softie.
You stand by what you thought. This was going to be interesting.
reviving this meme because the occasion called for it
Ateneo Psyche's The Last Lecture Featuring Father Dacanay
Ateneo de Manila University's renowned Father Adolfo Dacanay on what he would say if it were his last lecture
Manila, Philippines