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Usually Carlton sat by himself. A friendly wave here and there but usually he was on his own in class. So he was surprised but over the moon when Liv joined him. Yes, he was so happy. So, so happy. He shone up when Liv sat next to him and flashed her a wide smile. Did everyone see that? Did EVERYONE see that? An older student chose to sit next to him.

And not just any older student. Liv had saved him (and his fire babies) in the last Herbology class. He depended on her very much. "Hi!" Carlton gave her a loving look before turning his attention back to the professor. Class was starting!

Young Carlton had made Herbology much more enjoyable with his lovely smile and pleasant energy. Helping him had been fun for her, at a crucial time, you know? When the Gryffindor had really needed the confidence boost and feel good vibes that helping another person provided.

So, sharing a little smile with her friend, Olivia reached over to fluff his curly hair. "Doing well, I hope." They were still on for practice sometime, weren't they?

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"Miss Phillips. You're coming at the right time." Jordan said to the Gryffindor girl. By the time she arrived, Jordan took a look at his watch and it's time to start the lesson. Finishing his coffee, then he started the lesson by greeting them all.

"Good morning, students. And welcome to another care of magical creatures' lesson. " He said. "Okay, so you guys have to understand that in magizoology, sometimes we also need to deal with sick creatures and how to make them become healthy again. And that's what am I going to teach you today." Yup, a basic creature healing.

"But before we started, I would like to ask you this. When you were sick, what would you do in order to make you feel better?" This was not a difficult question, was it?

.....and that was time. The professor was stepping forward to kick this thing into gear... Or whatever the saying was. Phrases could be strange sometimes. Er, and why was she contemplating phrases? Could her brain not today? the blonde fought off a yawn. Yep, it was definitely a good day for wide open spaces and fresh air.

Also, sickness? Merlin, her mum cracked the whip when it came to colds and the flu; assuming they were talking mild illnesses and not anything truly dire. "I take Vitamin C tablets." And sometimes her mum would force feed her the most disgusting potions imaginable, but... Olivia wasn't too bitter about that. They did usually work. ".... and I'll reaffirm the popular answer of rest." Oh, how she wished she could get some of that.

Etta blinked at the question. Hmm. What would she do if she were sick? Mostly just eat a lot of healthy food, read books or... basically not do anything? Since being sick is just an excuse to be lazy? Ahem. She couldn't really say that aloud now, could she?

She paused for a moment as people answered questions, before raising a hand. "Sleep, mostly? Drink a lot of water too. And eat healthy.." uh?? Sensible answer, right? At least, that's what she thought. She relaxed back in her seat, absently doodling in her notebook as she listened to people giving answers.

After listening to the students' answer, Jordan decided to write them up on the board.

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- Getting warm food and drinks
- Taking a lot of rest and sleep
- Taking potions and/medicine, also vitamins
- Seeing a healer
- Having some company
- Skipping school (?)
- Taking a hot bath
- Doing something fun to make us feel better

"Alright. There are plenty ways to make us feel better when we were sick. Most of this are also applicable for the sick creatures." Except skipping school, since they didn't actually go to school. Ahem. "They do need warmth, like from warm food, drinks, although some of them might lose their appetite. Cuddles work too, sometimes I do give cuddle to my dog when he's under the weather." Hehehe. Big Boss could be quite a baby when he's sick. But lucky that as he grew up, he rarely felt sick anymore. "Taking a lot of rest is a must, because it will speed up their healing process. And then you can give them the tonic and potions if it's really necessary." He explained to the students.

"The difference of handling the sick creature versus the healthy one is, we need to give them more attention, just like when we were sick we wanted our parents look after us more than usual." It's just the nature. "And also. sometimes I would like to separate the sick ones from the healthy ones because 1) It would be better if their sickness not to spread to the others and 2) It would give them better space to take a rest and heal."

Moving on to the next part, the professor then throw another question. "Can anyone tell me how to see the differences between sick creatures and a healthy ones?" Like based on they physic or behavior. You can give me a specific answer for certain creatures like... maybe some of you have experience when your pets getting sick or just a general ones.

OOC: Second question already! Catch up post is always allowed as usual and class approximately will be continued in 20-26 hours Have fun and be creative with the symptoms etc.

Most of the answers her peers had given made lots of sense and they did seem applicable for even creatures. Jotting down the list into her notes, Skylar considered the next question a moment for how to tell the difference between sick and healthy creatures. She presumed some of the physical attributes were similar to humans, as she reflected on when creatures were sick at home. Yes, separating sick from healthy definitely helped speed recovery, as well as not spreading the sickness.

"Uh well, sick creatures, similarly to humans, like to mope. They're not as energetic as usual," Sky answered, raising her hand.

Sick creatures. Huh.....
"My dad once had a niffler. The thing didnt feel like raiding our china cabinet when it was sick" Jonas pointed out as he raised his hand.

It was interesting to hear everyone's "when I'm sick" traditions. Some were familiar, others not so much. Janelle agreed with the professor when she said that sick creatures would require more attention. She knew that she could be extra needy when she didn't feel well.

It was time for the next question and as the professor presented it, Janelle thought for a moment. What was Mikey like when he didn't feel well? The Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to answer. "When my crup is sick, he isn't his usual playful self. He tends to sleep a lot and wants to stick close to me."

She raised her hand again. "Most animals and creatures when they are sick won't be as active as they normally would be. If an animal starts closing its eyes a lot or just stays in a corner and rarely moves, that's a sure sign it's sick. There can be other signs too depending on what the sickness is, such as redness in certain areas of the body or not feeling hungry."

Her mom used to own parrots and she'd tell Kitty all about how they behaved when sick. Of course parrots weren't magical creatures, but the principle was the same.

"Do we have sick nifflers, professor?" Because Nifflers were adorable.

Ok Zoryn said skipping classes and that got the Curly Top to laugh a good laugh. Yep he'd do the same thing. Sleep. Sleep and eat. Which means what he does in the summer.


Ah Tenacius would know this well, given all the kinds of creatures he cares for, big and small, at home or at Hogwarts "Loss of appetite is usually the first indicator Professor, its true for practically all creatures, magical and mundane. Eating is a primary need, so them taking a pass on the munchies? Yeah somethings definitely off."

Oh.

Brent felt sort of bad now. He hadn't even been thinking about the creatures being sick. He had only mentioned something about how they can be used to get ingredients for potions to get the humans better. Oops. He shifted his line of thinking from sick humans to sick creatures.

"I read something about sick birds once," he said, raising his hand. "This was specific to birds kept as pets and not the ones out in the wild. I read where they'll sit low on their perches or even just hang out at the bottom of their cages when they're sick." he had no idea how to tell when a wild bird was sick, but he imagined they didn't do much flying when they were sick either.

She felt lucky that she hadn't yet had to deal with a sick Prince Charlie-her cat-but Junia did read up on some of the signs to look for just in case. Responsible pet owner right here, people. After listening to some of her classmates' answers, the third year raised her hand.

"Sometimes you can tell by how they're breathing, professor. Like, if they're breathing more heavily than usual or wheezing when they breathe. Those are indicators that something is wrong." They were like humans in this way.

Carlton didn't really have anything to add to the other's answers. But then he thought back to the time their dog had sneaked up on the kitchen table and eaten a whole bag of nuts. She did not feel good after that.

He raised his hand. "When our dog ate something she wasn't supposed to, she lay in a corner and didn't want anyone to pet her at all. She was almost agressive, Professor. And that's not like her at all."

He leaned forward. "And then she pooped all over the house." He stage whispered. Before they'd managed to get her to the vet, it was just poop everywhere. His sister had cried.

Awesome they were moving on.

He saw on the board the Professor writing the notes for them. He nodded and thought the notes were logical. Now the head boy heard the next question. Hmm still on the topic of sick animals huh? He wondered if that is what they were gonna do. All he knew is that he wasn't cleaning up their poop by any means. He would def let the first years do that one. He heard the other students answering and they seemed to know a lot about animals. They used crups and dogs a lot for examples. He began to think of another animal that he encountered. He half raised his hand and said, "Usually cats when they don't feel well usually throw up a lot more hairballs and other things..." Things he didn't want to mention.

He figured that is probably what the professor was looking for. Time to go back and doodle some more.

Well.... then yes, first years were so dramatic. Kat chuckled watching the girl call her a liar. Really she was just kidding with her. It was definitely something that a older student would say to her if she asked the same question. Oh well.

And now the class was starting, Yes, She listened to the professor start talking about how magizoologist had to take care of the sick creatures. So magizoologist were also like a muggle veterinarian.

Then the professor asked about what they did Kat just sat there listening to the others answers. All of the answers that was being given was pretty much what she did when she was sick. she raised her hand to answer. "Get as much rest as I can."

As the lesson progressed, she continued to listen. She was excited to see what animals they would be taking care of. Though it was sad that they had the sick creatures. She raised her hand "They might not come when you call them like they normally do." Once one of her horses were sick and they called and called for her to come. They had to go looking for her and when they found her she was very sick. Luckily she got better.

Ok this was boring. Where were the creatures to be loving and having fun with? Where was the things to LEARN?! Roooooooooney sighed and then shoved his hand up into the air to answer the next question. "Professor, my dog at home gets really bad farts when she's sick. That's usually how we know. And my cat here, at Hogwarts, sleeps on my head when sick." He shrugged, having little more to answer as he was just in one of those moods again today. Funny how these moods were more frequent as the winter approached...

Sick animals?

Now Kane wasn't so sure he liked this class...he hoped they weren't going to have to take care of sick animals because that was just going to bum him out! He hated seeing animals in pain!

He raised his hand. "Well, if dogs are sick, they might pant a lot. So some creatures like crups probably pant as well to show they're in pain, or lay down, showing they're vulnerable," he explained.

CoMC was one of the classes that Noelle didnt have to try hard at. She lived on a farm that contained muggle and wizard animals. More muggle since her father was a muggle and he was the one that owned the farm.

Plus, it was outside and Noelle loved being outside any chance she got.

She was seated by Hattie and listening to all the answers about the question "What do you do when you're sick?" That was easy. "If I'm at home, Mom usually helps me out. Takes my temperature and then giving me a homemade potion.. Mom was brilliant at potions. It was a wonder why Noelle had to try so hard to be good at it.

Noelle's attention turned back to Professor Hernandez as the second question was asked. "It depends on the animal and how they are feeling. But usually, their coloring is a little peakish and their energy levels are way down." Like humans.

The difference between sick and healthy animals. Hmm. Etta jotted down what the professor said before raising a hand and answering, "Well, they look rather dull, don't they? Some animals get a little restless too."

At least, her dog did. SIGH. The mention of dog!cuddles suddenly made her feel a little homesick. She missed her home quite a bit, she realised. Not as much as she did during the initial days at Hogwarts but still.. the girl turned her attention back to the book in front of her, hoping she didn't look as sad as she felt.

She grinned at Matt and was about to reply when the lesson began! Oh boy. She was certainly excited to see what they would learn today. Olivia had remained silent and listened to the lecture as well as the other students who had voiced their input to the questions. Interesting... She continued taking notes. Ways to help people when they are sick... Then the Professor moved on to sick creatures. Oh no! The idea of a poor creature being sick, like her poor Crup (Chewy) or her dog (Mr. Bennett) saddened her. Yes, sickness was a natural part of life but sometimes.... sometimes creatures didn't... recover. She bit her lip and stayed silent. Note taking time.



Differences between creatures when they are sick or healthy? Hmm... Well there was the time Mr. Bennett got awfully sick as a puppy and barely ate half of his bowl of food for dinner. That was a sure sign that something was wrong. "When a creature is sick, sometimes they lose their appetite. Loss of appetite can indicate that something is wrong whether it be sickness or perhaps stress or something else even." That's what the vet had told her brother and her when they had brought Mr. Bennett to the vet. It made sense to her and seemed applicable.

Leon was all ready to talk about what happened when his cat got sick, but most of what he was going to say had all been covered. So instead he just nodded along to what his classmates were saying and jotted down a few notes on his clipboard..

SPOILER!!: Leon's notes

Symptoms when my cat is sick.

Lethargic
Doesn't drink water
Or eat food.
Sleeps a lot
Heavy/labored breathing.
Hides from people
Not it's usual self.

There.

Leon put his hand over his notes as he watched the rest of the class. It wasn't like he was trying to be Hugger-Mugger and keep his notes from the rest of the class, it was just comfortable to keep his hands there for right now.

Oh, Brent agreed with her? That was super sweet of him. Katy flashed the boy a brilliant smile. Flattery moved huge mountains when it came to this Toussaint. She'd have to revisit the story about the fake fight club with him, since he was being so nice.

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"The difference of handling the sick creature versus the healthy one is, we need to give them more attention, just like when we were sick we wanted our parents look after us more than usual." It's just the nature. "And also. sometimes I would like to separate the sick ones from the healthy ones because 1) It would be better if their sickness not to spread to the others and 2) It would give them better space to take a rest and heal."

Moving on to the next part, the professor then throw another question. "Can anyone tell me how to see the differences between sick creatures and a healthy ones?" Like based on they physic or behavior. You can give me a specific answer for certain creatures like... maybe some of you have experience when your pets getting sick or just a general ones.

Still no handling of creatures yet, but Katy had a feeling that they were getting closer. Getting more and more to the crux of the lesson and away from the chitter chatter. Then again, if there were actual sick creatures to deal with today, then that wasn't something to rush. It was a genuine bummer.

"Sir? When my cat hurt her ickle baby paw, she was favoring it. So sometimes there are some really obvious physical signs that a creature might be displaying."

Differences between sick and healthy creatures, hmm? Probably lots of differences, it was safe to assume, and the other students had provided many of them - some of which were a little gross, but that couldn't be helped if they were true. What else could she add?

Rula thought about it for a little bit, jotting down a few notes as she did so, before finally raising her hand. "I'd guess birds that are sick probably wouldn't sing as much as they do when they're healthy. Or maybe they'd make a different sound if they did try to sing." Just a guess though.

So they really were going to be working with sick animals today. Or at least a sick animal. She wasn't sure if there were a few or just one. Oh she hoped there wasn't more than one. What if it was all of one creature, maybe they had a plague or something. That wouldn't be good and if they did have that, the professor, she would hope wouldn't have students working on them.

She glanced at Kat for a second who was sitting right next to her and then her brown eyes scanned the rest of the area. If the creatures were around they would have to be here close by. So maybe she could figure out what they were working with before they were told.


No such luck seemed to be happened and it was her turn to answer the question, "Professor I think body language is a very good start to figure out something is wrong. If you work with a creature long enough you'd realize when something was off. The winged horses for example if they weren't having normal behaviors you would start looking for other symptoms. See if they were walking correctly, their wings weren't dropping. Also animals run hot as it is, but if they start to fever we would really know."

OH OH OH HE KNEW HE KNEEEEEEEEEW!

Shooting his hand up into the air, the first year waited not-so-patiently for his turn to speak. He had A LOT to say on the subject and really had not been paying all THAT much attention to his classmates' answers so there was bound to be some repeating in the forthcoming ramblings of the aspiring magizoologist.

"WELL," Derf began, sitting up a bit more where he sat - because good posture was important when you had important information to share. "Fere are loads-s of differences-s-s, and a lot of fose are not all THAT different from us-s-s. Liiiiiiiiiiike...behavioral changes-s-s! Just like us-s-s when we are feeling s-s-sick...creatures-s-s in general will change what is-s-s s-s-s-seen as normal. Like like...maybe a niffler will s-suddenly loos-s-se interes-st in s-s-sniffing out and collecting s-shiny objects. Fat would be a HUGE red flag that the niffler was unwell...maybe had a s-s-stuffy nos-se so it COULDN'T s-sniff things out...and s-s-some aquatic s-s-species of newt will not want to go into water when fey are sick." Hold on. He wasn't done. Not even close. "Also...in general...changes in physical appearance! A healthy creature would haff ears-s-s fat s-smell clean - IF fey haff ears - bright eyes-s-s, and s-shiny and full coats-s or feathers or s-s-scales...or semipermeable glandular skin! Um...Kneazles-s and crups-s and most land creatures-s will haff pink gums when healthy! So...if a creature s-smells funny...compared to normal...fat is-s anofer sign....or if feir coloring changings - like how we look more pale or red becaus-s-se feverish when we feel bad - or fey lose fur or feathers-s-s...unless we are talking phoenixes-s-s approaching Burning Day. Fen they aren't SICK sick but just getting ready for rebirth sick." He paused for a moment to catch his breath, fingers still doing the air quotes on that last sick because phoenixes didn't get sick really. "Los-s-ss of appetite is-s anofer sign OR not drinking water...which is somefing you would have to obs-s-serve over a couple days-s-s and not just by LOOKING once. S-s-same with creature secretions! You can tell a lot from fose...which CAN s-s-sometimes be related to a s-s-swollen tummy...not like...the BIG tummy you get from eating loads."

Should he keep going? He could totally keep going. He had only been talking in BROAD terms so far and not toooooooo many specifics.

Or maybe he should stop talking. He was sort of a little light headed from forgetting to take proper pauses between words and sentences to breathe and was feeling a tiny bit dizzy. So...involuntary silence it was.

Zoryn was especially proud of her answer even though the Professor put a question mark by it on the board. She also saw her GryffinDad Prefect Tenacius smiling at it, which made her EXTRA proud of her answer. He was AWESOME. And shared his cookies. And was overall the BEST EVER SO YEAH. Zoryn loved him.

”Healthy creatures don’t vomit!” she said, waving her hand in the air SUPER enthusiastically before she was picked to answer. ”But sick ones might.” It wasn’t exactly a fact… But it COULD be true. And it sounded pretty great to her.

But also it was a vague question.

Zoryn didn’t like those. There were SO many possibilities. And now she regretted her answer a little bit.

Jonas rolled his eyes. Before he could stop himself, he turned around and faced the young Gryffendor.
"Would you shut up already?!" he snipped at the girl advancing (lunging? I'm not sure the right word) towards her in the process.