[His journal is getting so much abuse lately - there are more splatters on this page, though they're bigger this time, more from surprise than frustration.]
It seems I will not be talking much until this curse wears off.
Apologies for the volume of reading my students will have to be doing from the board.
...
Which I need to obtain.
[OOC: Ivan has an
adorably high voice (most of the time), in normal speech as well as in song, though singing does strain his voice, so he won't be as verbose as he might be normally.]