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Old 03-17-2012, 04:18 AM   #40 (permalink)
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SPOILER!!: Responses

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Originally Posted by Macavity View Post
Gideon listened as most of the rest of the class seemed to know what type of plant the bushes were. Norandola...okay now what was it about them.... he mused trying to think of an answer. The thought finally came to him after a few moments of thought and he raised his hand to answer. "Its appearance is determined by the characteristics of the planter and caregiver. Gender forms....shape of flower...scent as well as other things can change depending on this."
"Very good, you're on the right track."

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Alyssa sat up as the Professor confirmed that the plants were indeed the Norandola plants. Now that she knew what it was, Alyssa knew what made them unique. So she raised her hand and answered,"Professor, during a full moon when the Norandola plant is exposed to direct moonlight, it will spin on the spot and give off a bright light. That alone is unique, but I think mainly it has to do with the gender of the plant. Basically under the light of a full moon, the female and male plants will look a lot different from what they would usually look like. The female plant will look like they are silvery in color and have flowers that look like silver crescent moons, while the male plant will have golden pods that contain some kind of dust. "
Now here was some out of the box thinking.
"Not quite, though I'm sure if they started spinning it would be quite a spectacle."

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Jory raised his hand. "The appearance of both the genders of the plants will differ frm their normal appearance under full moon conditions,'' he said then took a sip of his hot chocolate.
"Yes, very good... though they do possess a more unique quality than that."

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Originally Posted by Katergirl View Post
Angelina thought for a moment about the Norandola before raising her hand. After thinking that she has her answer she said, Professor is it because you need to look at the characteristics of the plant. Also what it would seem like under the moonlight?" Angelina never heard of Norandola so this was all new to her.
"Erm..." said Seren pausing. "Not quite, no..."

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie View Post
Kurumi decided to sit back and listen to the others' answers before offering up one of her own, hoping to build off of someone else's with the knowledge of the plant that she already knew. However, Kurumi found herself cocking her head to the side a bit as several students sort of just seemed to repeat what Professor Bentley had said in her brief introduction and describe the plant with what was already apparent. After all, hadn't the professor just said that it was the light of the full moon that revealed their true identities?

Glancing back at the plants again and then nodding her head in Gideon's direction since his answer was more along the lines of what she considered to make the plant unique, Kurumi raised her hand. "Norandola grow as a sort of reflection of ourselves," she said, avoiding mentioning anything involving the moon since that was sort of a given. "As was already said, they grow based on the person who handles them the most, that is...if the plant gets a real feel for the person. So it's important that they not be handled by too many people." Or else the poor thing would probably experience an identity crisis of some sort. "In order for the plant to really understand the person who is planting it, one needs to touch it with their wand." Which was sort of an amazing detail really and made Kurumi think about the conversation her and Professor Bentley had had during her one-on-one. Plants had feelings too. It had to be true, especially when one looked at Norandola bushes. How else would they be able to resonate differently with different people? "As you just mentioned, professor, in the light of the full moon they show their true appearance," she continued, nodding her head at the female and male versions of the plants in front of them. "To where all females look the same and all males look the same." Which raised a question in the Gryffindor's mind. "Professor, does this mean that the moon's light sort of...breaks the connection between a person and the Norandola bush? Since they each develop differently in appearance and, well, in every sense depending on who planted it, but in the moonlight they take on a uniform appearance?"

They had discussed the moon in great length last term, but certainly not in this light - no pun intended. This was much more tangible than moon planting. You could actually see the results this time instead of generic speculation.
"Yes, very good Kurumi."
She continued to smile as the Prefect mused about the Moons role in the Norandolas appearance.
"Indeed, the Moon, at it's fullest is very powerful. Usually, the power of the Moon would enhance the magical features of plants, but in the case of the Norandola rather then enhancing it's bond with it's planter, it enhances it's DNA... the true essence of what it is, rather than what it appears to be."

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Originally Posted by hermygirl View Post
Wrapping his hands tight round his mug, Spike had issued a small gasp when he saw the norandola. He'd never seen one in the moonlight before, and felt lucky that he and his classmates could see it now. They were an unusual sight, but certainly one to behold on a full moon. He sipped the hot chocolate, glad for it's warmth, and listened to Professor Bentley spoke.

"I don't know if it's unique," Spike said after a while, drawing his gaze from the norandola, "But they take on attributes according to the person who planted them, including gender. And it's more significant than just how it reacts to them, or the conditions they like best...but how they look - the colour, shape and form." He knew plants that would do certain things for their planters, say like his chiming bluebells, but not that physically changed so dramatically. Looking at these norandola, he wondered if Professor Bentley had planted them. From what he could see, it looked like it was mimicking a self-fertilising bush...and he knew how Prof Bentley liked flesh eating plants.
"Yes, very good Spike. The appearance of the Norandola is what is most unique about them in the sense that they mirror the persons attributes that they've had the most contact with."

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Originally Posted by Harry174 View Post
Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "Well they can't talk and then drink water through themselves so that would be unique." Laura was sure that nothing else could do that. "And their seeds can go for miles." Laura wasn't sure if that is what the Professor wanted but well she'd guess.
Seren was confused by this Hufflepuffs response. "No... they don't talk... and yes... they do drink water. As for the seeds going for miles. I do not know what you mean." It made no sense. No sense at all.
"And at any rate, I wouldn't call that unique." Mundane plants couldn't talk and they can drink, did that make them unique?

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This Gryffindor prefect (Kurumi)... She was the definition of a walking library! He had not remember one lesson that she didn't know anything about. Long, slender fingers tightened around the mug as he listened to the class with his eyes fixed on the bushes. Hades took a few sip of the delicious hot chocolate as he tried to figure out the uniqueness of the Narandola.

"If I'm not mistaken, ma'am, that the Narandola somehow needs to make contact with the planter's wand before it's planted. If it is correct, that is," he lowered his head, feeling eased at the aroma of the hot chocolate.
"Yes, that is usually the best way to imprint on the bean, though touching and being with the bean for an extended period of time works as well."

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Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ View Post
Amelia covered her mouth as she gave a huge yawn and then raised her hand. "There are a few unique things about this plant. As you mentioned there is the fact that they take on their true appearance during the full moon. Also they grow based on the person who handles them the most. They get a feel for that person, so it's important not to have too many people handle the plant. And for them to really understand the person planting them, they need to be touched with that person's wand." This was all very interesting for Amelia and she was glad that she was finally seeing these plants in detail because reading about them had interested her greatly.
"Yes, very good Amelia."

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF View Post
Daichi yawned again, his mouth went wide open for a few seconds and he closed his eyes when he did so. Closing his mouth again, he rubbed his tired eyes and wondered why he hadn't taken a quick nap. Maybe because he was afraid he would be late? or oversleep?

Sipping from his hot chocolate , Daichi listened to the Professor as she confirmed what Kurumi had said and that it was a Norandola bush. Of course the Prefect knew that...she knows everything! Which was cool, yup. Moving a little in his seat, the Slytherin had no idea what Norandola bushes were but still, he wanted to try and answer the next question.

He looked at his surrounding and only now noticed that it was light outside despite it being night. He looked up to see the moon... full moon. Was it just a coincidence to have a lesson when there was a full moon or not? Vagualy remembering the joint lesson in Astronomy, Daichi raised his hand. "Maybe they only grow during....." another yawn escaped his lips and he held his hand in front of them. "During full moon?"

Can he go to bed now? He was tired.
"That's an interesting theory, but no. However the full Moon does allow us to see the Norandolas true form."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow View Post
Ella furrowed her brow, trying to remember what was unique about these particular plants. Thinking about it for a few minutes, she finally raised her hand. "Professor, I think I remember that these plants' appearances differ when they are planted by different people. So each one is pretty unique. Which is awesome!" Something about the plant taking things from the planter, traits or something...She wasn't certain but knew it was along those lines.
"Yes, the plant does take on the attributes of the planter, and we are all very unique." Unless of course you were an identical twin, in which case you were still unique, only a little less so.

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Belle raised her hand to answer the question. "Professor i have heard these plants are accustomed to only one touch by the person who handles the plant the most. It is a special plant because it will only grow for the one person who takes care of it the most." She mostly heard that story from her grandmother since she always wanted to grow these plants but it was hard for her.
"Mm.. no not quite. They will grow for anyone, provided you know basic care and maintenance. And any number of people may touch the bean before it is planted."

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Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter View Post
As Lily sat sipping her hot chocolate, she started to look at the bushes closely. Why would a plant look different only under a full moon... what would be the purpose of that... But the ravenclaw just decided to listen to what the professor had said. She had no clue what mad the bushes special. So she wrote a title onto her parchment so that she could copy down notes about the plants.
Seren skipped past the pensive Ravenclaw, clearly taking notes. At least she was engaging in the lesson if not contributing.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon View Post
Silvia didn't really know much about the Norandola bushes. She was familiar with the name, but not much else. But based on the reponses of the other students, they sounded very interesting. So she set her hot chocolate to the side for the moment and prepared to take notes.
And yes another pensive Claw. My my my.. were they all sleepy? or bored?
Surely they were just sleepy.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 View Post
These plants were...unique.

Professor Bentley had definately succeeded her mission to suprise them with things they had never seen before. August looked at his Head of House's face and then back to the odd plant. What else was unique about them?

After trying to remember what all he had seen about them in his Herbology textbook, it came to him. "Professor, isn't another quality of the plant that they can also take on the properties of other plants rather than just the people who come into contact with?" he had at least skimmed something related to that.
"Aahh you make a good point August," she said with a nod.
"After the Norandola beans are formed, if they do not come into human contact, or even animal contact then they are, essentially, unmarked. They do not take on the properties of plants in general, but they do then take on the mixed properties of their parent plants, and it is only in this case in which the gender of the plant will come down to chance."

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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe View Post
Emrys wrote his notes down furiously, squinting in the darkness. His eyesight might be bad in general, but it seemed worse in the dark, all the lights gaining little halos that obscured everything else around it.

He raised his hand tentatively. "Norandula is unique because of the ways it can be used. For example, if it takes on the form of a different sort of plant - like aloe vera - it can be harvested for that plant's uses, in my example, the sap of the aloe plant." And that was in addition to the fact that its pollen, on its own, was a potent potions ingredient.

Emrys could say one thing for the dark, as he lowered his hand. He was braver in it, because it was harder for other people to see him.
"That's an interesting theory, but no. While the Norandola has the ability to mirror human and even animal attributes, they rarely take on the persona of another plant."

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Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose View Post
Professor aren't Norandola bushes unique because of their genders Oakey spoke up raising his hand to give his two knuts on the plants. Under a full moon a female Norandola plant will look vastly different from a male.
"Yes, that's true."


"Well done everyone," Seren said, clapping her hands together. Their knowledge of the plant was quite sound.

"The Norandola is unique and famous for their ability to in a sense mirror a persons attributes. This can be done in two ways. If the bean is exposed to a persons touch and company for an extended period of time, it will still be able to get the sense of the person. The second way, which is the most efficient way, is to imprint yourself on the bean using your wand. In the same way that the wand chooses the wizard, the wand then gives off a distinct impression of the person handling it."

She paused to take another sip of her tea before it went cold.
"The Norandola only takes on physical attributes, meaning it's appearance. The true Norandola which is what you see here, does not have the ability to talk, to move freely, to fly, and is not flesh eating. All Norandolas have the same scent ... which is, they do not have one."
This was a shame, particularly when one was tricked into thinking they'd come across a beautiful bush of aromatic flowers only to find they had to scent at all.

"Also August and Emrys raised an important point, the Norandola does not take on the attributes, or it does not mirror other plants. However, in the case that a bean does not make contact with a being or a creature, its appearance will then be determined by its parent plants. It will adopt a unique mix of it's father and mother bush and its gender is determined by chance."
Seren paused, taking a few more sips of tea, to allow students to take notes if they wished.

"Does anyone want to have a guess at how Norandolas reproduce?" After all, they were here for a reason.

OOC: The lesson will continue in approx 12 hours from the time of this post.WHEN I WAKE UP. Again, creativity is appreciated.
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