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Goblinfrog · 02-20-2019, 02:27 PM

SPOILER!!: Kaira

The first answer was more than acceptable. It was the fundamentals which she hoped all of her students would possess."Correct. Bigfoot and Sasquatch are terms you can use interchangeably for the same species. This is in contrast with the Yeti, who is an entirely different (though related) species."

SPOILER!!: Stasya

This next answer was pretty good. Alice nodded approvingly at the precise language Stasya used when discussing Sasquatch. "Very good! Props for knowing the difference between Yeti and Sasquatch. Those terms are often confused. While cousins, both are distinct species." Good on her for knowing the word cryptid, too.

SPOILER!!: Hanna

Alice gave a small nod. "Sasquatch is one of the creatures that our governments have a hard time covering up. Sometimes Muggles in North America (No-Maj's) discover footprints in the western forests. Occasionally, there are even brief sightings."

SPOILER!!: Zoryn!

Now that was just disrespectful.

Perhaps it was her meditating that prevented her from flying off the rails like what she might have done when Julian was headmaster. Or maybe it was just her own resolution of not yelling at the students (unless really pushed) that made her reply to Zoryn's comment in a normal tone. "I am sure you meant that as a joke, which is why I will let it slide. Please refrain from making inappropriate jokes in my class from this moment until the end of class."

On the bright side, she suppose she should be glad that the girl knew Sasquatch was a creature.

SPOILER!!: Vivienne

While true that Alice usually required answers from all her students, she elected to make an exception for Vivienne. The young student WAS writing everything down, so it was not like she was distracted. Good for her.

SPOILER!!: Mr. Kowalski

She had expected some students to not know what a Sasquatch was. Understandable, since they were a North American creature. "What soup does Sasquatch sound like, Mr. Kowalski?" she asked out of vague curiosity. "No, I do not have Sasquatches in my boxes."

SPOILER!!: Patrick

She nodded at the Slytherin. "That is correct, Mr. Dooley. Sasquatch is one of the wizarding communities worst kept secrets. Luckily, the Muggles haven't figured out that he's part of a bigger world."

SPOILER!!: Trinetta

Alice crossed her arms thoughtfully at the answer. "Your answer is sufficiently descriptive if used to describe the Muggles perspective. As a witch, what do you believe Sasquatch is?"

SPOILER!!: Skyler

"I've heard this theory before," she said, nodding at the Slytherin's answer. "We will discuss him in greater detail in a few moments, but yes, there are multiple Bigfoots."

SPOILER!!: Jackson

Alice nodded approvingly at the more detailed answer. "Everything you said is basically correct, Mr. Thomas - except for the part where Sasquatch isn't real. I understand why you would have heard that, considering that this is what Muggles believe. You are correct about the Bigfoot's physical appearance."

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SPOILER!!: Tina!

And here was when one of her students brought up the subject of the lesson before she herself could do so. Alice nodded approvingly at the girl's answer. "Bravo, Tina, your answer shows a strong education. Two points to you." And Professor O'Hara would make sure those points counted once they manage to fix their hourglasses. Curse the unruly villains who had damaged them!

Standing from her seat, Professor O'Hara leaned forward on her desk (back still straight, of course) with her hands on the desk. "Sasquatch, otherwise known as Bigfoot, is a cryptid living in the northwestern forests of North America. They are one of our worst kept secrets, as Muggles keep noticing them. MACUSA is constantly having to Obliviate memories of "Sasquatch hunters" who see too much. Bigfoot are hairy creatures who average between seven and ten feet tall. They are covered in reddish brown fur and they wear no clothes." Alice did not like the idea of being face to face with one, but that was her prejudice. Usually Bigfoots were peaceful.

"Now, Sasquatch and Bigfoot are terms which you can use interchangeably, but terms like Yeti, Yowie-Yahoo, and Mono Grande are not terms you can use interchangeably, as they are used to describe different species of cryptids which can be found in other countries. The Yeti is far more savage than the Bigfoot and can be found in Asia. The Yowie-Yahoo is relatively peaceful and lives only in Australia. The Mono Grande is savage as a dragon and can be found in the jungles of South America. But today we will be discussing only Sasquatch (or Bigfoot), so let's move on, shall we?"

She took her hands off her desk and walked around to begin pacing between the students, carefully stepping over boxes as she did so. She wouldn't want to trip over her own boxes - that would be humiliating. Of course she had arranged them in straight lines so that it would hard for even a clumsy student to trip over them - and the graceful Alice was not clumsy.

"Now, as Ms. Tina Dantes mentioned, there was a Great Sasquatch Rebellion in 1892 which caused MACUSA to relocate their headquarters from Washington to New York. Do you remember how I said that Bigfoot is one of our worst kept secrets? This is in part because they like to wander and they do not appreciate hiding in the deepest parts of the forest all the time like what our centaurs do." No offense to centaurs, of course. "Irene Kneedander was the head of the Body For Protection of Magical Species at this time. She hated the Sasquatch and she hated most of all how they kept being sighted by No-Maj's. She answered their defiance with harsh punishments. Sasquatch were to be attacked for violating any rule, no matter how small. But this strategy only backfired. Rather than submit to Irene Kneedander, Sasquatch violently rebelled. A bloody war the likes of which MACUSA had never seen would soon engulf them. In the end, Sasquatch lost, but not without inflicting enough losses on MACUSA to warrant a switch in headquarters. These events are chronicled in the historical volume, Bigfoot's Last Stand."

That was a long talk. Alice knew that some students had an annoying tendency to doze off when lots of words were being said, so she was certain to glance at them as she walked by to make sur no one was doing that. If they were, she would be an Irene Kneedander to their Bigfoot!

"Now, I would for us all to roleplay the story you've just been told," she dramatically announced, and she took a large pack of cards out of her front robe pocket and began handing them out to the students. "I have assigned roles for each of you. Some of you are Sasquatch defending your rights, some of you are MACUSA enforcers just doing your job, and one of you is Irene Kneedander. Once you have your card, you will open the box to your left and you will find your costume inside. Put it on in an orderly manner. Then sit down patiently and wait for further instruction."

OOC: Woot! This is the mini activity. You can OOC decide who your student will roleplay. We'll move on in 36 hours!

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Goblinfrog DIMC & MO Billywig Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Riley's Brain Posts: 3,262 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lola A. Second Year	Mischievous Niffler SPOILER!!: Kaira Kaira raised her hand: 'They are hairy, ape like creatures that live in forests..they are also called Bigfoots..been represented in a few Muggle movies,' she said. She'd heard about Sasquatches. There were stories about them that her sister used to tell her to scare her when she was younger. The first answer was more than acceptable. It was the fundamentals which she hoped all of her students would possess."Correct. Bigfoot and Sasquatch are terms you can use interchangeably for the same species. This is in contrast with the Yeti, who is an entirely different (though related) species." SPOILER!!: Stasya On the one hand, the greetings from the others who hadn’t taken the professor’s meditation to heart hadn’t seemed to bother Professor O’Hara, which tempted Stasya to add her own greetings to the mix once the lesson officially began. The only reason she hadn’t spoken before was out of politeness anyhow, but as the lesson really began, not counting the response to Zoryn’s question about if they were moving boxes arranged around everyone’s desks, any thoughts about greetings fled from her mind. That and her hand rose almost before Stasya could say she controlled it. “Sasquatches are cryptids normally seen in North America, and traditionally they’re considered the counterparts to the Yeti in the Himalayas and the Almas in Siberia. Most people believe they’re a form of primate, too,” she offered, grey-green eyes sparkling at the thought they were going to discuss cryptids in the class. Even if it would have made more sense to be learning about them in CoMC. Either way, it was exciting. This next answer was pretty good. Alice nodded approvingly at the precise language Stasya used when discussing Sasquatch. "Very good! Props for knowing the difference between Yeti and Sasquatch. Those terms are often confused. While cousins, both are distinct species." Good on her for knowing the word cryptid, too. SPOILER!!: Hanna By now it fazed Hanna not one bit when Professor O'Hara didn't respond to a greeting. She was the meditatey kind. Including in class. She waved and said a hello to Jackson, and Dorian as they entered too. She returned Tina's nod, and Nettie's smile with a happy wave. And waited patiently until... Class began, and with it - a good morning from Professor O'Hara. Hanna gave a small smile to the Professor, having greeted her already. Hanna looked curiously to the boxes, having figured out a loooooong time ago that whatever was in the classroom, unless it said 'OPEN ME' or 'EAT ME' or whatever, it was generally NOT OKAY to open or eat things. Or touch them. But she was curious. She thought about what she knew about the Sasquatches, or Bigfoot. Kaira and Stasya started it off with facts, although Stasya's had information Hanna didn't really know about. She knew very basic facts. What else did she know about them? Not... much. Nothing. She raised her hand anyway, "Um muggles discovered them because of the... large footprints they leave." Alice gave a small nod. "Sasquatch is one of the creatures that our governments have a hard time covering up. Sometimes Muggles in North America (No-Maj's) discover footprints in the western forests. Occasionally, there are even brief sightings." SPOILER!!: Zoryn! Oh, Zoryn wasn't worried. Actually, she was just disappointed. Look no offense to Professor O'Hara, but Zoryn wasn't exactly her biggest fan. The woman was just plain weird. The whole meditation thing was really whack. Couldn't she meditate on her own time??? Or at least just meditate THROUGH the lesson so that they didn't actually have to learn anything? Where was the decency!? Honestly. As for the question, what did she know about sasquatches? Easy. "They're meant to be studied in Care of Magical Creatures," so... Why bring them up here? It wasn't sass. (It kind of was sass). Now that was just disrespectful. Perhaps it was her meditating that prevented her from flying off the rails like what she might have done when Julian was headmaster. Or maybe it was just her own resolution of not yelling at the students (unless really pushed) that made her reply to Zoryn's comment in a normal tone. "I am sure you meant that as a joke, which is why I will let it slide. Please refrain from making inappropriate jokes in my class from this moment until the end of class." On the bright side, she suppose she should be glad that the girl knew Sasquatch was a creature. SPOILER!!: Vivienne Vivienne walked in and greeted Professor O'Hara. Vivienne loved to meditate. It was an easy way to get rid of negativity. Just like Occlumency. She did not wanna hear O'Hara say Namaste. She sat and waited for O'Hara to explain about the boxes. She then wrote some details about the Sasquatch: their appearance and history. And also their behaviour. While true that Alice usually required answers from all her students, she elected to make an exception for Vivienne. The young student WAS writing everything down, so it was not like she was distracted. Good for her. SPOILER!!: Mr. Kowalski "Nothing. Don't even know what they are. Sound's like a soup." Yes, that was Józef Kowalski's intelligent offer from the back, hand up of course. Sasquatches. It was a funny word, though. "Sasquatches." So funny, that he had to say it out loud. And why was Zoryn bringing up Care of Magical Creatures? And that other kid, the first year, talking about Defence? This was History. DUH. The timetable said so. "Have you got Sasquatches in your boxes?" She had expected some students to not know what a Sasquatch was. Understandable, since they were a North American creature. "What soup does Sasquatch sound like, Mr. Kowalski?" she asked out of vague curiosity. "No, I do not have Sasquatches in my boxes." SPOILER!!: Patrick Patrick had heard everyone else's answers and had the same information as them. He felt like he was absolutely repeating what everyone else had already said. But the more he sat there the more he agreed with Zoryn. Who was she and why was she speaking to his soul all of the sudden. Raising his hand he prepared to answer in the most I-grew-up-mosty-muggle-and-have-muggle-answers. "In muggle society they believe the spot Big foot all the time and swear that its just a tall mutant of a man..." Although he was fairly certain that he would lose points for that answer... She nodded at the Slytherin. "That is correct, Mr. Dooley. Sasquatch is one of the wizarding communities worst kept secrets. Luckily, the Muggles haven't figured out that he's part of a bigger world." SPOILER!!: Trinetta Sasquatch? Was that even a word? Were they still speaking english? It wasn't until some people started calling it BIG FOOT that she made the connection. OOOOOOOH. Now she got it. She raised her hand. "Well, some people think it's a type of ape, whereas others don't think it's real at all," she answered. Alice crossed her arms thoughtfully at the answer. "Your answer is sufficiently descriptive if used to describe the Muggles perspective. As a witch, what do you believe Sasquatch is?" SPOILER!!: Skyler Skyler raised her hand. "Some say that bigfoot is a human that never evolved. If bigfoot is real professor" and out there, wouldn't there be multiple ones? He can't live forever right?" "I've heard this theory before," she said, nodding at the Slytherin's answer. "We will discuss him in greater detail in a few moments, but yes, there are multiple Bigfoots." SPOILER!!: Jackson Jackson had to admit, he wasn’t sure where this was heading… Perhaps Sasquatch was actually just a troll that had gotten lost? “Sasquatch is a famous lore that I jheard about all the time as a kid. Everyone knew he wasn’t real, but people still claimed to see it. Whether it’s one or many has also been a mystery since people are iffy on if they believe the creature aexists or not. When I think of Big Foot though, I imagine a big hairy neanderthal walking through the forest.” In America, people reported seeing Sasquatch all over the place, but it never seemed to lead to actual proof. With how good of quality everyone's phones and cameras had now, Jackson found it highly unlikely that Sasquatch himself was that blurry. Was Professor O'Hara going to bring one in??! He used the itch on his neck as an excuse to turn his head again, eyeing the boxes... Alice nodded approvingly at the more detailed answer. "Everything you said is basically correct, Mr. Thomas - except for the part where Sasquatch isn't real. I understand why you would have heard that, considering that this is what Muggles believe. You are correct about the Bigfoot's physical appearance." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPOILER!!: Tina! Tina glanced toward the door, watching as more people entered the classroom. So it wasn't going to be a Ravenclaw convention after all... that was good, she supposed. She had to fight not to roll her eyes as she overheard Lava Girl ask if Professor O'Hara was moving. Was that really an appropriate question? She supposed she should be used to Lava girl's antics by now... But she didn't have too much time to get annoyed. Class was starting. Tina sat up a little straighter as she listened to Professor O'Hara. So they were opening the boxes later? Tina wasn't sure what opening boxes had to do with history of magic, but she wasn't fussed about it... as long as there wasn't some unwelcome surprise waiting inside the box (like a dungbomb, for example). Upon hearing the question, she was even more confused. Boxes and Sasquatch? Nope, those two things didn't seem to go together... unless they were supposed to imitate a sasquatch demolishing a town using the boxes as mock buildings. But that seemed unlikely; the professor said they were to open boxes, not squish them. Tina pondered the question as she listened to her classmates' answers. All the facts she could think of off the top of her head were already said, and she didn't want to repeat someone else's answer. Then a memory stirred... something M. Evremonde once said about sasquatches and MACUSA, but what exactly was it? Ooh, she remembered! Tina's hand shot up, and she waited to be called on. "There was once a sasquatch rebellion that caused MACUSA to move headquarters from Washington D.C. to New York City," she said when it was her turn to speak, feeling pleased with herself for remembering. And here was when one of her students brought up the subject of the lesson before she herself could do so. Alice nodded approvingly at the girl's answer. "Bravo, Tina, your answer shows a strong education. Two points to you." And Professor O'Hara would make sure those points counted once they manage to fix their hourglasses. Curse the unruly villains who had damaged them! Standing from her seat, Professor O'Hara leaned forward on her desk (back still straight, of course) with her hands on the desk. "Sasquatch, otherwise known as Bigfoot, is a cryptid living in the northwestern forests of North America. They are one of our worst kept secrets, as Muggles keep noticing them. MACUSA is constantly having to Obliviate memories of "Sasquatch hunters" who see too much. Bigfoot are hairy creatures who average between seven and ten feet tall. They are covered in reddish brown fur and they wear no clothes." Alice did not like the idea of being face to face with one, but that was her prejudice. Usually Bigfoots were peaceful. "Now, Sasquatch and Bigfoot are terms which you can use interchangeably, but terms like Yeti, Yowie-Yahoo, and Mono Grande are not terms you can use interchangeably, as they are used to describe different species of cryptids which can be found in other countries. The Yeti is far more savage than the Bigfoot and can be found in Asia. The Yowie-Yahoo is relatively peaceful and lives only in Australia. The Mono Grande is savage as a dragon and can be found in the jungles of South America. But today we will be discussing only Sasquatch (or Bigfoot), so let's move on, shall we?" She took her hands off her desk and walked around to begin pacing between the students, carefully stepping over boxes as she did so. She wouldn't want to trip over her own boxes - that would be humiliating. Of course she had arranged them in straight lines so that it would hard for even a clumsy student to trip over them - and the graceful Alice was not clumsy. "Now, as Ms. Tina Dantes mentioned, there was a Great Sasquatch Rebellion in 1892 which caused MACUSA to relocate their headquarters from Washington to New York. Do you remember how I said that Bigfoot is one of our worst kept secrets? This is in part because they like to wander and they do not appreciate hiding in the deepest parts of the forest all the time like what our centaurs do." No offense to centaurs, of course. "Irene Kneedander was the head of the Body For Protection of Magical Species at this time. She hated the Sasquatch and she hated most of all how they kept being sighted by No-Maj's. She answered their defiance with harsh punishments. Sasquatch were to be attacked for violating any rule, no matter how small. But this strategy only backfired. Rather than submit to Irene Kneedander, Sasquatch violently rebelled. A bloody war the likes of which MACUSA had never seen would soon engulf them. In the end, Sasquatch lost, but not without inflicting enough losses on MACUSA to warrant a switch in headquarters. These events are chronicled in the historical volume, Bigfoot's Last Stand." That was a long talk. Alice knew that some students had an annoying tendency to doze off when lots of words were being said, so she was certain to glance at them as she walked by to make sur no one was doing that. If they were, she would be an Irene Kneedander to their Bigfoot! "Now, I would for us all to roleplay the story you've just been told," she dramatically announced, and she took a large pack of cards out of her front robe pocket and began handing them out to the students. "I have assigned roles for each of you. Some of you are Sasquatch defending your rights, some of you are MACUSA enforcers just doing your job, and one of you is Irene Kneedander. Once you have your card, you will open the box to your left and you will find your costume inside. Put it on in an orderly manner. Then sit down patiently and wait for further instruction." OOC: Woot! This is the mini activity. You can OOC decide who your student will roleplay. We'll move on in 36 hours!