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First Year |  The Harpy of Hogwarts | Dungeon Mistress | Bimba di Serpeverde
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow  Ella held the spine and organs in her hands, frowning down at them. She just would never be cut out to do this sort of thing, it wasn't her cup of tea. At least she hadn't thrown up though! That was something. Her Granddad would be proud of her for that.
Wait, had Professor Lafay really just compared this to plucking grapes? Nawwww. This was most definitely not like plucking grapes. Sure maybe the motions were the same, but plucking grapes was much less...disturbing. But hey, this was class and Ella was here to learn so she was going to do her best to finish the lesson without fainting or something.
Alright, here goes. Ella began disconnecting the organs from the spine one by one and placing them into the water. Many came off easily, much to Ella's delight. The kidneys though, those were posing a bit of a problem for the second year. She just couldn't seem to get them off. "Come" tug "on" tug "you silly" tug "kidneys" twist "you need" tug "to take" twist "a bath." Like seriously? Was anyone else having trouble like this?
With a defeated sigh. The second year eyed the kidneys once more and gave them a nice long glare. "Alright kidneys, you listen to me. I'm in charge of this little show and you're gonna do what I say, got it? And I say you" Tug "Are coming" TUG "OFF." TWIST. PLOP. THANK MERLIN! Ella grinned! She did it! She had removed the organs from the spine. Bahahaha! She was SO good at this. "See, it wasn't that difficult was it?" She said to the kidneys as she placed them into the water. And now it was time to remove the gills from the water, yeah?
Removing the gills from the water and placing them on the tray, Ella watched as they disappeared. And then a question. Why use their hands instead of tools? "Professor, I believe we use our hands because we want to cause as little damage to the organs as possible. Hands are probably gentler than tools on them." Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory removed each organ one by one carefully from the spine. He was getting used to the grossness by now. He removed what looked liked the spleen and dropped it into the water.
The puff removed the gills and placed them on the harvesting tray.
Jory raised a bloody hand a bit up in the air careful not to get any blood anywhere. "We use our hands because we have to be gentle with the organs, and tools can damage them.'' Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Louisa smiled at the analogy Lafay provided. Simply because she never really plucked grapes from its cluster. With her hand, she started plucking organs out and dumping them into the bowl of water. She moved the gills over to the harvesting tray at one point while giving her thought about using hands, "I was thinking because we don't want to damage anything while we take the organs out? Maybe one of the organs will be pricked while we take the organ next to it out? It's safer with hands, more controllable." Or maybe Louisa was just clumsy with tools. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephyr Mordred looked at his dish and got the gills out of the water and placed it on his harvest tray. He quickly shifted his attention back to the spine whilst his ears were absorbing Lafay’s instructions. He plucked each of the organs gently starting from the stomach, liver, and intestine up to the kidney. Each was carefully cleaned in the dish with his fingers and decided to leave it for a few minutes to be thoroughly cleaned.
Mordred raised his right hand and answered the Lafay’s question. “We use tools sparingly because the chance of getting the organs damaged is higher than if we use our bare hands.” Because if they did, then they just wasted their time. “Besides, having damaged parts won’t give us satisfactory results when we use it for a potion.” He said as he put his hand down and turned his attention to his other hand where he was still holding the spine. “Professor, do we dump this too in the dish?” he said as he raised it in the air. He wasn’t sure though if it had any use. Probably in its powdered form? Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat Nate did as told by removing the gills from the plimpy with his hands. After he was done taking off all the gills he dropped them into the water, and put the heart on the tray. He also removed the spine with the organs on it.
After he heard the next instruction to pluck off the organs he did so. One by one he picked off the organs from the spine. After he plucked each one he put them into to the water. Once he was done doing that he put the scales on the tray, and watched as they disappeared.
Nate then heard the question that was asked by the professor. Nate had no idea, and he didn't want to take a guess. Or else the teacher would mos likely yell, and Nate witnessed enough of her yelling last class. So he didn't answer the question. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa watched again as the Professor demonstrated how to remove the organs from the spine before picking up her quill and adding those steps in her potions journal.
Once she was done writing, she put down her quill and raised her bloodied hand. " Professor are we're using our hands more and using less of the instruments because we don't want to accidentally damage the organs by knicking them with the scalpel?"
" If we use our hands, we can actually detach them more carefully and leave most parts if not all of the organ completely attached and less traumatized."
Alyssa then started working on removing the organs from the spine, slowly detaching them one at a time and placing them into the tray filled with water.
She then gently removed the gills from that tray and placed them on the harvesting tray and watch as that too disappeared. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Oh, this was class was so amusing. Sierra was smirking at the thought of how much the grapes analogy likely grossed out a few Puffers and Lions. She didn't know for sure, as she was studying her plimpy and not her classmates, but it was still amusing to think about.
Anyway...back to plucking grapes. Err, ...organs. First, Sierra placed the cleaned gills onto the harvesting tray and watched them disappear. Then, as she started on the task of plucking organs, she raised her hand and looked up at Lafay. "...because we can control our actions a little better when we're using our hands. We can make sure what we're doing isn't hurting the plimpy, like a tool possibly could," she said. It wasn't foolproof, but it was better than a big scalpel carving through the plimpy's body.
Out popped the first of the organs, and Sierra immediately placed it into the water. She quietly continued the process, actually enjoying what she was doing. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron&Hermione(L) Isla raised her hand."We have better control with our hands and we have less chance of damaging the organs." She answered hoping show that she was listening. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon Silvia took a deep breath and began to reach in and tug out the rest of the organs, diverting her eyes from the plimpy as much as possible. Whatever the professor said, these were a bit more difficult than plucking grapes, she thought as she gave a tug. Not to mention grapes were tasty, but these were not for eating. Silvia wasn't at all feeling sick, but she HATED anything that even resembled a fish. To her, they were the creepiest creatures in existence. After successfully pulling out one of the organs, she placed it into the dish, then removed the gills from the water and placed them in the harvesting tray.
Taking a moments pause before moving to the next organ, she raised a slimy gloved hand. "Is it because tools are more likely to damage the organs?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah placed the gills in the water. Like plucking grapes, she plucked out all the other organs and plonked them in the water. She then removed the cleaned gills from the water and placed them on the trey. Now next the question. Sarah raised her gloved hand: "In order to keep the plimpy hydrated with our natural oils" said Sarah. Quote:
Originally Posted by nogoodforyou Pluck grapes from its cluster?
Errr...
Just as they were told, Nora plucked each organ by hand and placed it in the water, doing it without even looking. Well, barely even looking, because she didn't want... no, she didn't NEED to see all those disgusting things. So, when she was done doing that, the girl took the now cleany clean gills and placed them into the harvesting tray as well to disappear.
As for her question, she raised her hand. "It's easier to get them without damaging them, I think." Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen Pluck grapes?....
Trying to chase away thoughts of the Plimpy stew with its organs as the desert course, the majorly-wincing Ravenclaw separated the organs from the spine with the utmost care then deposited them onto the already murky water. He looked up again when the Professor posed a question. To make us feel this cruelty even more? Oh if he can only put that forward. Instead this is what he said as he raised his hand "Our hands are our best tools-- the have the strength to handle many difficult and heavy load yet are so dextrous and sensitive for even the most delicate of tasks... like this." Quote:
Originally Posted by caithal97 Nessie picked each organ off of the spine one by one. One by one the organs dropped into with a plop. She pulled the gills out and put them on the tray. After that was done Nessie raised her hand to answer Professor Lafay's question.
"With our hands we can get a feel of how to handle it properly without hurting the organ, unlike with tools where we don't know how much pressure we're putting on the material that could potentially puncture a organ." Nessie said looking down at the organs in the water dish.
" Yes. You are all correct. Our hands are gentler, we can control them better and we won't damage the organs... and Miss Edwards is also correct. The plimpy organs stay intact with the natural oils in our hands... where as the metal of the tools ruins the chemical composition." She said.
" Now that we have all the internal organs harvested, we need to harvest the slime. It's great for the skin... use your hands and squeeze the plimpy blood and slime into the harvesting tray. You will see that they separate before pooling apart and disappearing." She said showing how to do it. " Be gentle now... the scales are important too, don't damage those."
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