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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline  Oooo class was beginning and he could focus on it for the moment rather than any awkwardness that lingered among the group of four friends. Benny was glad for that, even more than news of the likeliness of them creating smores since Adi and Henric were to be passing out marshmellows and graham crackers. He couldn't help but make a small face at the fact that they were grabbed together. Adi he could see as prefect....by why did the other boy have to be the other one.
Sigh.
There was mixed feelings about the news on the griffins since they wouldn't be caring for them anymore, but Benny supposed it was all for the best. They were probably best with trained professionals. Soon...soon he hoped to be one of them. Or at least on the way to be one of them. As the first question was put for the class, the Gryffindor was back being distracted away from thoughts of food and he raised his hand to answer.
"They are highly dangerous , the XXXXX creatures having instances of killing witches and wizards." And muggles too he supposed. " That is correct." Curtly nodding. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 This class was fun all by itself, but today they were getting snacks. That was an extra bonus. What more could Janelle ask for? Animals and snacks. Nothing better. Professor Thompson was still being mysterious though. They still didn't know what was in the box. The curiosity was killing her, but Janelle just had to wait for the answer like everyone else.
Then it was question time and Janelle was ready to share what she knew about magical creature classifications. Raising her hand. she began to speak. "XXXXX creatures can't be trained." They were the baddest of the bad. Those were the ones who should not be messed with. " This is partially true, with the main exception of the Basilisk and a few others. However, for the most part they can't be trained in legalities." Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Wait. Wait wait wait wait. What was this that the professor was saying? The griffins were gone, but it was somehow okay because he was giving them crackers? Merlin's long beard, did he really think that was a good trade? Her eyes welled up immediately and Dot put a hand in the air.
Then she put the other one in the air, because she had TWO questions.
"Professor, can we visit them? Our griffins? 'Cause mine thinks that I'm his best friend and momma, and I would hate for him to get abandonment issues. And also..." She waved her second arm. "Can you guarantee these snacks will not turn us into werepeople? Or any other animal? Or are entirely mundane and not magical?" You wouldn't lie to a teary fourth year, WOULD YOU? He had been expecting these sort of questions. Well perhaps not the latter ones exactly. As he raised a hand up in a gesture for her to hang on, " Not to worry, Miss Wojack-Gusey. I have written to the Sanctuary and should be expecting a reply any moment on the possibilities of visitation and more." As in regards to the snacks.. Javier took a graham cracker and marshmellow, making it into a little sandwich before taking a bite. " Looks like you're in luck as they haven't been tampered with." Quote:
Originally Posted by Deezerz Food. Curiosity. Distractions.
Beverly's gaze kept flickering from the food, the box and the professor. Her priorities shifted. Good and creatures, it was like putting her between a wall and sword. As the food came around, she raised her hand. At least she didn't have to choose.
"XXXXX creatures can't be domesticated...like dragons." Beautifully majestic and wild at heart. "Can't be domesticated."
Until one day...when Beverly Wayne conquered dragons. " For the most part, yes, Miss Wayne." Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy DID PROFESSOR THOMPSON JUST MENTION MARSHMALLOWS AND GRAHAM CRACKERS????
If s'mores were involved this lesson, she was going to DIE. Lux was going to die because she loved s'mores. Could they be a part of every lesson? Well, maybe not Potions...but still. They needed to be a part of lessons from now on.
She beamed at Cinna, because she knew that she loved food too. Food was amazing and everyone should love it. Bay loved it; too bad he couldn't enjoy it with her. Since she was an amazing girlfriend, she could eat another snack for him. Yeah, Professor Thompson should totally allow that because he was an awesome teacher.
Food in hand, Lux was sooo tempted to start eating, but figured that it would be a good idea to answer the question first. She raised her hand. "Only trained wizards and those with specialist knowledge can deal with creatures rated XXXX." Finished speaking, her eyes drifted to the box that occasionally shook. She wondered what was inside. " Correct." Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora "Aights, Professor Thompson! No problem,"Henric nodded, grinning at the prospect of handing out the deliciousness to the class with Adi!! BRILLIANT! He took the bag of Graham Crackers from the professor and started giving out to the first row of students. Hopefully there were still more left for him to steal back. Narh, he was only joking. He would probably eat them along the way though. Hehe. "Here you go, mate...for you...and you.."he said while handing out the goodies. After he was done, he walked to Benny, "Hey, you wanna help handing these out too?"he asked as he pulled a bunch of graham crackers in his hands, it was totally fine if he didn't want to, he would recruit llia to help him. There were plenty of hungry and eager looking students left to give around them.
Henric still left a few more Graham packets in his bag and everyone else seemed to have a fair share....huhu...He went back to his seat beside llia and passed the leftovers to her. "Here...llia,you can have the rest,"he smiled. And ohhh chocolates and strawberry jam!!Whuut!Weee~
Too distracted with the snack in hand....he opted to just listen to his classmates answers while popping a marshmallows into his mouth. He couldn't talk anyway with his mouth full. Apparently, this student hadn't realise by "take one box and pass the bag around" the Professor literally meant "take one and pass it around" without getting up. Now he'll forgive this little action since it wasn't a big deal. The sight of the Prefect who was allowed to get up and do so would have rightly contributed to this being okay...
But as for the action of this student who thought it was perfectly okay to give all the remaining boxes of Graham Crackers to one other student of his choice without permission. Well.. that wasn't going to happen as the Professor then swiftly summoned the bag over with his wand out. " Thank you, Mr. Nicolei. Now that'll be three points from Hufflepuff for attempting to give away the rest of the snacks to one student of your choice without my permission." Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Food. Sweet treats. This was happening. Throw in a mystery box that was currently housing a mystery creature and you had a party. Inner screaming was happening because outer screaming was frowned upon. It was a good way to get points taken away from you too. AJ was almost fifteen years old and she was totally mature now. Yeah... right.
Ohhh... Henric and Adi were going to be handing out the goodies to everybody. D-R-A-M-A. Either the professor had no idea about the issues with the three boys and it was a mere coincidence orrrr he liked stirring the pot. Either way AJ couldn't help but to look in the direction of Benny. Awkward.
She took the food given to her by the pair, and shoved a graham cracker down her throat before she could stop herself. Whoops. Slow down, AJ. Nobody was going to take it from you.
As far as the question was concerned, AJ knew those creatures were bad news. "I think they are just misunderstood..." " Quite right you are, Miss Valentine. As many others would agree. This is also why many of those XXXXX creatures still exist for the possibility on fully understanding them." Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Ohhh, Thompson had a job for him? Nooooo problemo! Mr Helpful was on the way! "Sure, I can do that, Professor.'' He gave the man a grin and padded off. Did Thompson do the right thing by giving him the marshmallows? Maybeee, maybe not, because even before Adi arrived at his first classmate, one of the treats was in his mouth. Woopsie. Hehe.
Adi moved about holding out the marshmallows so that the others could take how many they wanted. "None for you,'' he told AJ when he reached her and playfully pulled the sweets away. LOl! He kidded! The girlfriend was likely to beat him up if she didn't get any. After AJ had gotten hers, he moved on to the rest of the class before flopping down by his group, holding out what was left for Benny, Henric and Ilia.
His hand was up, ready to answer the question. "XXXX requires specialist knowledge, Professor.'' The sixth year snagged two crackers to sandwich a marshmallow between. Oh and yep. He was pleased for the baby Griffins but he would miss biter Henry. :/ Professor Thompson was expecting that bag to return to him after it was passed around. One of his eyebrow rose up at the Prefect. From Hufflepuff, so he taught as he witnessed the bag stay with his group of friends.
So Javier summoned the bag of marshmellows back to himself, before smiling genuinely. " Thank you for that assistance, Mr. Rehman. Another point from Hufflepuff should make up for the extra marshmallow you had consumed before everyone." Now he set the remaining boxes of Graham Crackers and marshmellows near the middle (but far enough from the campfire) so everyone else also had the chance to get extra if they wanted. Quote:
Originally Posted by VRSCIKA
She missed the baby griffin's and she worried about Sindri. Did anyone sing to her now? She knew that they would be well off, but she would always love her dearly. She accepted the food that Henric gave her with a small smile, but she didn't have any interest in eating it right now. After the joint P.A.D. lesson she was wary about anything given to them by a professor.....and she was too excited about creatures to want to eat. It was hands down the class she really loved and no food could take her attention, even if it was yummy.
What did she know about level xxxx and xxxxx creatures? She listened to her classmates , but on her turn answered. "Level XXXX creatures may be classified as such, not necessarily for their danger level, but also if they are endangered or hard to keep in captivity." Ah level xxxx creatures, phoenixes and thestrals were what came to mind for her and she loved them. " Correct, as with the Phoenix for example." Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon Marshmallows and graham crackers?!? WOAH. How was Dima meant to focus now?
He tried to keep his attention on the professor and off the food, though. An attempt was what counted, right? And the Ravenclaw would try ANSWERING, too, just to prove he wasn't totally lost in daydreams of s'mores large enough to hug.
Hand up. "I know that Merpeople are one of the creatures rated XXXX, sir." Dima was sure because he had researched them this year, when he'd decided to take up learning Mermish. It was rather fun. "D'you think they could be one of the species that are endangered or hard to captivate rather than being too dangerous, like that other girl said?"
Er... he didn't know her name....... awkward. 'Other girl', how cute. " As Miss Valke had suggested, indeed. The Snidget is another example, who had been classified for their own safety." Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin Marshmallows and graham crackers. Penelope didn't like marshmallows very much, but she did like graham crackers. She would just have graham crackers. What would they be doing today? XXXXX creatures? Those were the really dangerous ones, right? "They're dangerous." She didn't really know much about XXXXX creatures other than that. This wasn't one of her best subjects. Maybe she should spend more time studying for this class. Curtly nodding, " Most of them are indeed." Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara Food? FOOOOD? Man, this was the best day EVER. Norah beamed at Professor Thompson as she sat down and reached for a marshmallow. She held it up to her nose and took a deep inhale. Perfect. She looked up from her potential feast as he started the lesson. That was a whole lot of X's. Were there any creatures that were XXXXXXXXXX? Or XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX? Who got to decide how many X's one of them got, anyways? The other students had already mentioned the dangerous bit and really that was the only thing she knew, so she put her hand up instead to ask, "How do they decide how many X's it gets?" Professor Thompson had to know, he was a professor. Hmm.. how to put this simply. " Typically they consider the complexity of the creature. Majority are classified so highly due to the danger they can possess to the average witch or wizard who is unfamiliar with them. Some can be classified high not for their danger but the amount of skill needed to handle them or simply to emphasise the legalities of owning one not being recommended." Perhaps a little too wordy. " Basically it is decided among the Ministry of Magic's Creature department who look through the history of the creature and their behaviour around us before they are classified." Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel was totally happy and she gave the Professor a nod when he asked if she was well, now though she had to try and figure out what xxxx or xxxxx meant. In clothing wasn't the x like an extra so that would be some big clothing there.
Angel was shocked when the Professor said they were going to have a snack, most Professor didn't like you snacking in class and she wondered what was going on first it was very dusty and now the Professors were letting you eat in class, okay who has kidnapped the real professor and replaced them with robots?
Angel was still trying to figure out everything else. She thought for awhile but couldn't figure out anything so she decided that she would just guess. "Professor it means they are the most dangerous creature around which means you can't have them as pets right." " For the majority that is correct. There are some exceptions like the Phoenix, which are perfectly able to become pets but with far more skill required than a regular Puffskein." Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia Noel smiled when Zander joined him. "Hey Blondie" the boy greeted with a grin. The lint roller incident still fresh in his mind.
The grin only widened when snacks and a relaxing day was mentioned. Yes. They needed a break. Especially fifth years because OWLs. Yeah. Noel didn't wait around and got himself a juice box. Sipping on it, he waited his turn and then put his hand up to answer.
"the creatures in five Xs has to be much more dangerous than the ones classified in 4 Xs." It seemed like a 'duh' thing, yeah? "I think the 4 Xs mean there is hope to train these creatures and maybe not get killed but 5 Xs is like 'abandon all hope'" " ..That is one way of putting it." What a unique choice of wording, though. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich Marsha looked up as someone sat next to her, her happy grin still plastered over her face. OH! It was Roo. Awesome. ”How are you, Roo?” She asked as he got comfortable. Actually, how comfortable were these blankets? Hehehe.
Ohh, food! She smiled at Adi and the other Hufflepuff who were handing out food and grinned at the Professor as he handed out MORE food. This was awesome - but what. Marsha’s heart sunk and her face fell as he mentioned that the Griffins - THEIR BABIES - had been sent to a proper Griffin reserve. She bit on her lip to keep from crying at the thought of never getting to see Cadfael again but tried to hold it together as he moved on to the subject of XXXX and XXXXX creatures.
Sniff. Distracting them with food and awesome creatures. Low move Thompson.
But really… Marsha couldn’t blame him. I mean the Griffin’s were going to be far too big for the housing here and they didn’t have NEARLY enough space… so she knew it was better, but she would have liked to have said goodbye. BUT - Dot asked an excellent question. COULD they see their Griffins again? Yes? Yes needed to be the answer.
As she settled down again, she picked at her smore and then nodded her head at the Professor and listened to the others in her class. Dangerous? Pfft, they said that like it was a bad thing. You just had to be careful and know what you were doing. ”Misunderstood creatures…” She muttered as everyone kept pointing out their worst character flaws. Niave, creature loving girl over here.
”Sir, fiveX is the category assigned by the ministry to animals such as Dragons, Basilisks, Acromantula’s and Manticore’s. Generally, they are in that category for how hard they can be to calm down once they are shocked or scared and that can often lead to accidents and death… but it’s just a shame we can’t communicate with them properly… I’m sure they don’t really deserve that category listing.” Sighsigh. " You'll find a good number of other witches and wizards who have the same viewpoint." Outside this actual classroom of course. " The amount of skill required to even consider being in their presence is correct." Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Toby kinda did notice the blanket get a little easier to pull around him and therefore better suited as a sort of blanket burrito cave thing, but was not observant enough to realise how it had happened. Just one of those things. He sat huddled in the blanket and watched the fire for a little while until they got started.
And... ooooooooh... FOOD. Toby had absolutely not learnt his lesson about accepting food from professors, no questions asked, after that P.A.D. lesson, because 1. he'd not actually eaten the cookies that day, and 2. he'd pushed most of the memories from that class out of his brain. Also, he absolutely trusted that Thompson wouldn't trick them all with sneaky potions in food, for reasons.
Ohhh, but were those marshmallows vegetarian? Huh... that was the question. Toby had no idea, and even though he figured they probably WERE on account of Prof T always being prepared, he still only nibbled on one of the graham crackers (though he took both s'more components). Anyway, yeah. FOOD ASIDE FOR THE MOMENT (shock horror), he should probably give an answer to the question.
"Those're the ones that are less likely to let you cuddle them," Toby put in, his arm in the air and making the blanket draped around him look even bigger for a moment. Technically, he wasn't wrong, but most of the obvious answers had been said and Toby was thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX. Plus, Thompson knew that Toby knew his stuff when it came to creatures. The Hufflepuff dropped his hand again and picked up another cracker to nibble at. "I'd cuddle them though, if they wanted, or I'd at least try, and I'd ask first to see if they wanted a cuddle. Or I'd try to be their friend, 'cause it must be lonely at the top, everyone's probably scared of you with all those Xs, an-"
WAS THAT JUICE? Toby broke of suddenly, mid-sentence, and abandoned his answer and train of thought entirely to focus on leaning on over and grabbing himself a juice box.
... Could he maybe drink some chocolate syrup too? Maybe? Would anyone notice? No? Toby eyed the bottle, all shifty like. A blank face remained as he listened, " ...Yes.." and those Syrup bottles mysterious moved closer to the Professor. " Luckily with a number of those creatures, asking won't be necessarily as their actions will give away their clear thoughts on receiving that." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Class started, and Kate was suddenly really happy about two things. Number one, their griffin friends were alright, and they'd been returned to their sanctuary. That was good. Kate would have been heartbroken to learn that something had happened to Chad. The second was that their was food, which was good, because Kate was hungry thinking about all those snacks.
Okay, so Ministry rating and what they mean...
Raising her hand, Kate said, "My mom is a Senior Dragon Researcher at the Ministry of Magic, and she sometimes works with dragons that have that classification," she said. "I know that she and the team she works with is sometimes called in to give their research on the dragons, so that people know how to handle them properly. So I'd say that creatures in this category need to handled by people with a lot of knowledge about them." " Correct." Curtly nodding. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom OOOOH were they gonna learn about dragons? PLEASE LET THEM LEARN ABOUT DRAGONS! Caleb already loved this class and he would SO love it more if they got a chance to learn about some awesome, deadly stuff. Just not lethifolds.
He raised his hand to contribute to the conversation. "Sometimes, like with merpeople and centaurs, they are rated XXXX because they have human like intelligence and therefore can be manipulative and dangerous, just like any other human," he explained. Personally, if he were a merperson he'd be very insulted at the term 'human like intelligence' but eh, what can you do, that's how it was... " Very true, Mr. Newell." Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Satisfied? Zhenya was sad she didn't get the chance to say goodbye to Vaska. She hadn't known. Of course she was satisfied, her little griffin was in an environment that she could grow with her buddies and learn from the older griffins. She still felt a little sad though.
And yes, exams were approaching. Zhenya had stuck to her schedule and felt like she had deserved the breaks she had scheduled in. Her brain was often feeling sludgy but at least it was full of information.
Ooh food. Delicious sweet food. Zhenya got her juice and started to drink it. She wasn't sure what to do with the other stuff, so she waited to see what everyone else did before she touched it. The juice though; good. She got some biscuits and marshmallows and a stick. She knew what to do with the stick and the marshmallow, so she roasted a marshmallow and ate the delicious gooey blob.
Zhenya had a think about it and listened to everyone else's suggestions. They were all good, and Zhenya almost decided not to answer, but something came to her. She raised her hand, the juice box in it. "Well Dementors are XXXXX rated, and there's spells against them. Expecto Patronum. So, even though they're one of the most dangerous creatures, we have a skill to use against them. Are there things like that for all of them?" She wondered. They had learned about werewolves in the PAD lesson, learning the spell to bind the limbs together, and wolfsbane, but what about the other ones? Dragons? Besides run away and hide under something non flammable. And a basilisk? Cover your eyes and hide the best you can. Any spells for those other animals? " There are, but they are merely temporarily means."d
Well, well.. didn't the air feel a little tense? Preposterous, it had to be from the heat. Now that everyone was settled with their snacks, Professor Thompson set the remaining snacks aside. " Good.." In regards to those who had contributed their thoughts and answers, despite how... unique some were.
Anyways, that box had been rocking long enough, " Now as you all have noticed the coverings over all the stalls. Not only is it for the protection of the fellow creature residers.. But the dark presents a soothing atmosphere to them." Now who was 'them', exactly? " Norwegian Ridgebacks." Did the Professor just say that? Well, to prevent some students from questioning their own hearing, he gave the moving box a simple tap opening it.
Revealing the poking head of a little brown dragon. A curious one as he peered around at everyone before making a 'hiccup' like noise. " Not just your average Norwegian Ridgebacks, special ones that had been sized accordingly for our own handling." As Javier then picked up one to set in his hand where it sat perfectly, before he handed it one to the student sitting nearest, gesturing them to send it down as he sent more one by one until everyone had one. " After enough letters and compromising, a Sanctuary was generous enough to allow us a chance to handle them. With the conditions as you see being their size temporarily being small to be able to be handled by any student in here."
Javier then finger petted over the black ridges to its little head, making it cough a spray of little fire, " Not adults quite yet, they have a number of years before being sent elsewhere." Before looking at the students again, " They'll need some names, don't you think? How about we get acquainted with them. You can pet and talk with them, maybe even help cook the marshmallows faster by rubbing under their neck." As he then did so with his index finger, making the little dragon spray some fire.
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OOC: As explained, feel free to get acquainted with the little dragons. Should take no more than three labelled posts. Lesson will continue in 24 hours from this post. =)
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