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Angie · 05-16-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

From the back of the class the Slytherin lad stared at the creature, not knowing if he should find it attractive or give it a pet treat. And he actually had a question for her. Oh yes he did!....

.... but was it somewhere that he heard that these things eat men or something when upset? Yeah scary, given that his question might be deemed.... inappropriate.

He leaned back and with a smirk mumbled "No further questions your Honor"

Your honor.

The boy's comment said he was being respectful, but the little smile he bore contradicted this. Was this was they referred to as sarcasm? Was the boy being sarcastic?

Rosamund moved on to the next student, though not before narrowing her eyes and making a small 'Hrrmph' sound.

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Originally Posted by Starbreeze

Very good, very good. He wrote down the answers she gave to the other students and finally when it was his turn he paid close attention to her answers. No petting? Eino frowned. He really wanted to pet her and figure out if Sphinx fur would make nice and warm coats. His mother had always wanted a Sphinx coat but he couldn't understand why. It did look shiny and very soft. Maybe the fur had some sort of magical attribute that made it so sought after. Magical abilities... existing? Very good. He wrote that down. Diet: Male (preferably?) Ravenclaw students, ferrets, and doves. He supposed she liked a wide a variety of meats. It did make since that it liked Ravenclaw students since they are, supposedly, the smart ones, and Sphinxes were smart creatures. Maybe Ravenclaw students were the source of their intelligence. He wrote that down, too. "Thank you, Miss Rosamund." Eino finally said as he finished his last sentence and looked up. He had no more questions for now, so he sat quietly and waited patiently.

Lady Rosamund blinked several times at the Ravenclaw boy, and wondered a for a moment if he'd not caught up with her small 'joke.' Served her right, too, if he hadn't, for trying to do such a mundane as 'joking.'

Soon enough, however, she realized she did not care enough to think about this for too long. "You are welcome." To what, though? Ask more questions? Certainly not!

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Originally Posted by PandaGirl

Heather sighed, trying to keep her parchment with her name written in it from flying away from her lap.

SPOILER!!: name tag?

She paid attention as hard as she could, taking down notes to everything.

SPOILER!!: more notes

she looked up. Lady Rosamund was asking if anyone has any questions, and that it would be best if it would be asked now or never. She bit her lip. She was quite nervous to voice herself out, and well, she wanted to ask, but what to ask? She looked at her notes again.

treasure? protect treasure? They're very intelligent creatures, but why are they used to protect treasure like some guard dog? No, that would be insulting, and she did not want to insult a majestic creature in front of her.

still, the curiosity runs deep. "why are they used in protecting treasure?" she asked, unaware she had said it, like thinking aloud, while tilting her head to her right, reading her notes.

When Rosamund answered, her tone was very nearly tart. A clear sign that yet again, she felt offended. "We are not used to guard treasures, child. We are asked to do it, and politely so, I should add." There was a difference! "More often than not, we agree."

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Originally Posted by samthehpfreak

WUT. Millie had to explain what a timelord was to a TEACHER?! Shouldn't he know about such things, even if they are only real in a sci-fi tv show that had been running since before she was born?

Either way Millie really had only a small moment of hesitation before explaining her somewhat huffie-fied theory. "Well timelords age reeeeeeaaaallllyyy slowly, they can live up to 900 years in the same body, they look like humans" but timelords came first so humans look timelord "and since Lady Rosamund also ages kinda slowly maybe she's not part human but part timelord" she explained deciding to leave out the fact that timelords were aliens from a muggle tv show, that they have two hearts and they travel through time and space in the TARDIS. Also known as "Time And Relative Dimensions In Space". Yeah better leave that out.

Well she had been kinda right. Millie had said that they had a slow aging process which was half right. But I won't deny the seventh year was a little disappointed at the lack of timelordiness.

BUT LORDY ME DID SHE HAVE QUESTIONS. She was a hufflepuff, of course she had questions. Like "Do you need eat? and if so what do you eat?" Well she couldn't help it. She liked food. Then relalising that ALL her questions had to do with food or something that the slowly-becoming-more-friendly-looking beast would find a waste of time. Though it would probably have to endure questions Millie held back for the rest of it's life.

BUT WAIT. Millie did have a question, because YAH KNOW SHE'S JUST COOL. And it wasn't about food. She raised her hand and asked "do you ever get bored?" well they must. Two hundred years was a really long time. "and if so, what do you do for fun? "

Truth was, while Rosamund busied herself with answering questions about those of her kind, Lachlan had grown mildly distracted. It wasn't until a Hufflepuff directed herself to him that the professor blinked sharply and was brought back to reality. "Time lords. I see." He, in fact, did not. Lachlan MacFusty was actually certain there was no such thing as a Time Lord, but he decided against pointing it out. "Sounds like an extremely lonely life," Was all he said after a brief pause.

Time Lords, Lords of Time, whatever it was that the girl was saying, Rosamund was not interested. Impatiently, she answered, "Well, I am bored right now."

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Originally Posted by affy7ann

Tayla listened in awe and kept her eyes at Rosamund. Raising her hand, she asked, "Are all sphinxes beautiful? And I know that sphinxes are Egyptian but...well, you're here Lady Rosamund, in England. Are there sphinxes in other parts of the world, and do they look different, like how people from around the world - though all humans - look different? And if all sphinxes are in Egypt...how long can you survive outside of Egypt? Or outside the desert? And...can you and other sphinxes speak more than one language?" Tayla smiled, her cheeks rosy from interest, curiosity, and holding her breath the entire time she spoke.

"That is more than one question," Rosamund pointed out, but smiled a small smile all the same. Mentally, she began to list them one after the other before readying herself to answer them. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," The Sphinx enthused simply. But of course, in Rosamund's mind, all Sphinxes were beautiful. Not many as beautiful as herself, Lady Rosmund VII, but beautiful all the same.

Was that conceited of her? Rosamund liked to think of it as The Plain Truth. "Not unlike dragons," And at this part, her button nose wrinkled; Rosie did not like it when sphinxes were compared to other creatures, but sometimes it was necessary, "There are sphinx reservations all over the globe. Though, not nearly as common, of course." Of course. "The amount of dragons left double up the amount of sphinxes." That much was true. Pity for humans, really, as dragons tended to be awfully rude. "As for the languages..." She shrugged a little--or as much as a sphinx could shrug in any case, "We don't see languages the same way your species do. You can say we speak all the, ah, languages out there, or that we don't speak at all." Once more, she did her version of shrugging. "I suppose you can say that if you were to speak to me in French or Spanish, I'd be able to answer you. But I prefer Turk."

As for Egypt... "Egypt is the Home Land." And that was all there was to it.

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Originally Posted by sevensnared

Even though she does not look like it, Aiden is almost completely blur. It is not her normal self to be so. She could not think of any interesting questions. "I was wondering what do sphinxes eat?"

She had already answered this question. Someone was clearly not paying attention. "It depends on the sphinx, but we prefer meat," Rosamund said, a little dryly. "I prefer doves and ferrets."

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Originally Posted by Rosemary McGonagall

Rosemary took a breath before asking her question, "Lady Rosamund, if you find this question intrusive then you don't have to answer it.... But do you come up with riddles or are they passed down?" She asked keenly yet with a respectful tone.

Rosamund bristled. She supposed the girl hadn't meant to sound quite as offensive, but all the same, she had.

The sphinx took a small breath. "Once a riddle is told, it mustn't be repeated."

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Originally Posted by Herminny

Wow, Lady Rosamund is only 3, thats really something. But now was the time to ask a question to a being of infinite knowledge, awesome. Chloe raised her hand asked, "Lady Rosamund, what is your favorite thing to do?". She was sure it was not the sphynxes fault people always use them to protect treasure, she was sure the have a mind of there own and therefore have likes and dislikes like anyone else.

Rosamund's only answer was a broad, mysterious smile.

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Originally Posted by Fred is awesome

Rose raised her hand and said 'Lady Rosamund, is the only stages in your llife child then adult or do you have elderly after like 150 years?' Rose wondered because she had only heard Lady Rosamund say about adult stages.

Elderly. Such a human term. All the same, Rosamund answered, "You can say we reached that Elderly stage around ten years before the Two Hundred Mark."

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Originally Posted by teamdobby

Charlie blushed slightly as she lost two points for Ravenclaw. It shouldn't really matter but it was Charlie's pride that had been taken away. Determined to gain more confidence with the Sphinx, Charlie raised her hand and asked her, "Em...Lady .. Rosamund, What would you..do..to someone who fails to answer the riddle correct?" She looked into the sphinx's eyes but didn't approach her. She wasn't that confident yet.

"That depends on what exactly we are protecting, and what exactly the humans have adviced us to do." Advice, yes. Never order. Casually, she continued, "But your stories say that we attack and even sometimes kill." Humans could be so dramatic when it came to their mortality.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Timidly, Kurumi raised her hand and her cheeks blushed before she could even open her mouth to speak. "Lady Rosamund," she said softly. "I was wondering if perhaps you could share a riddle with us?" After all, the professor had just implied that if they couldn't answer there was no problem.

It was not Rosamund who answered, though she did look at Kurumi, but Professor MacFusty. "And this, I believe, is the next and last person of the lesson." He waited a couple of moments, to see if there were any other questions for Rosamund--not that, judging by the sphinx's eager stance, Rosamund would be kind enough to answer any. "Lady Rosamund has been kind enough to provide us a few riddles of her own." Actually, Rosamund had demanded this, but it was not necessary for any of the students to know that. "Now, there are three things you should know, that several of you must be thinking right now; if you do not answer correctly, you will not be attacked." Even if Rosamund wanted to, she would not be able to. "Second, think your answer through; when you have it, provide an explanation that can support it. And third," He gave them all a very serious look. "If you don't have an answer at all, then remain silent."

Sure that by now they'd all written down what was on the blackboard, Lachlan tapped his wand against it and the words, "And raise your hand before answering," appeared on it. "Whenever you are ready, Rosamund."

Rosamund, who had begun to pace as soon as Lachlan began to talk, shot him an eager grin upon hearing his last words. As if on cue, she sat upon her hind legs and acquired a very serious, and detached expression. A small smile danced upon her rosy lips.

“I am a long and strong, powerful impaler,
I bring the greatest to their knees, when in the hand of man.
Broad, flat, thin, thick. Think, my greatness?
Compared to a certain Death Stick.”

05-16-2011, 07:12 PM	#164 (permalink)
Angie DoM Veela Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira Posts: 37,611 Hogwarts RPG Name: Nerissa M. Tate Sixth Year x8	Wowza! Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen From the back of the class the Slytherin lad stared at the creature, not knowing if he should find it attractive or give it a pet treat. And he actually had a question for her. Oh yes he did!.... .... but was it somewhere that he heard that these things eat men or something when upset? Yeah scary, given that his question might be deemed.... inappropriate. He leaned back and with a smirk mumbled "No further questions your Honor" Your honor. The boy's comment said he was being respectful, but the little smile he bore contradicted this. Was this was they referred to as sarcasm? Was the boy being sarcastic? Rosamund moved on to the next student, though not before narrowing her eyes and making a small 'Hrrmph' sound. Quote: Originally Posted by Starbreeze Very good, very good. He wrote down the answers she gave to the other students and finally when it was his turn he paid close attention to her answers. No petting? Eino frowned. He really wanted to pet her and figure out if Sphinx fur would make nice and warm coats. His mother had always wanted a Sphinx coat but he couldn't understand why. It did look shiny and very soft. Maybe the fur had some sort of magical attribute that made it so sought after. Magical abilities... existing? Very good. He wrote that down. Diet: Male (preferably?) Ravenclaw students, ferrets, and doves. He supposed she liked a wide a variety of meats. It did make since that it liked Ravenclaw students since they are, supposedly, the smart ones, and Sphinxes were smart creatures. Maybe Ravenclaw students were the source of their intelligence. He wrote that down, too. "Thank you, Miss Rosamund." Eino finally said as he finished his last sentence and looked up. He had no more questions for now, so he sat quietly and waited patiently. Lady Rosamund blinked several times at the Ravenclaw boy, and wondered a for a moment if he'd not caught up with her small 'joke.' Served her right, too, if he hadn't, for trying to do such a mundane as 'joking.' Soon enough, however, she realized she did not care enough to think about this for too long. "You are welcome." To what, though? Ask more questions? Certainly not! Quote: Originally Posted by PandaGirl Heather sighed, trying to keep her parchment with her name written in it from flying away from her lap. SPOILER!!: name tag? Heather Rosemary Olsen 3rd year Gryffindor She paid attention as hard as she could, taking down notes to everything. SPOILER!!: more notes -They are intelligent. -Often talk in riddles. -XXXXX Rating by the Ministry of Magic. -Classified as Beasts. -Prone to Violence. -Used to protect treasures. -Originate from Greek word sphingo which means to squeeze. There is a single sphinx in Greek mythology which is a unique demon destruction and bad luck. -Sphinxes are creatures with the body of a lion, and the face of a lion. -Only trained wizards should attempt to "handle" them. Additional notes -lives up to 200 years old -came mostly from Egypt? But Greek in name... -approach at risk; do not shock -highly dangerous -highly intelligible -stops aging in 2 years - enjoys ferrets and doves she looked up. Lady Rosamund was asking if anyone has any questions, and that it would be best if it would be asked now or never. She bit her lip. She was quite nervous to voice herself out, and well, she wanted to ask, but what to ask? She looked at her notes again. treasure? protect treasure? They're very intelligent creatures, but why are they used to protect treasure like some guard dog? No, that would be insulting, and she did not want to insult a majestic creature in front of her. still, the curiosity runs deep. "why are they used in protecting treasure?" she asked, unaware she had said it, like thinking aloud, while tilting her head to her right, reading her notes. When Rosamund answered, her tone was very nearly tart. A clear sign that yet again, she felt offended. *"We are not used* to guard treasures, child. We are asked to do it, and politely so, I should add." There was a difference! "More often than not, we agree." Quote: Originally Posted by samthehpfreak WUT. Millie had to explain what a timelord was to a TEACHER?! Shouldn't he know about such things, even if they are only real in a sci-fi tv show that had been running since before she was born? Either way Millie really had only a small moment of hesitation before explaining her somewhat huffie-fied theory. "Well timelords age reeeeeeaaaallllyyy slowly, they can live up to 900 years in the same body, they look like humans" but timelords came first so humans look timelord "and since Lady Rosamund also ages kinda slowly maybe she's not part human but part timelord" she explained deciding to leave out the fact that timelords were aliens from a muggle tv show, that they have two hearts and they travel through time and space in the TARDIS. Also known as "Time And Relative Dimensions In Space". Yeah better leave that out. Well she had been kinda right. Millie had said that they had a slow aging process which was half right. But I won't deny the seventh year was a little disappointed at the lack of timelordiness. BUT LORDY ME DID SHE HAVE QUESTIONS. She was a hufflepuff, of course she had questions. Like "Do you need eat? and if so what do you eat?" Well she couldn't help it. She liked food. Then relalising that ALL her questions had to do with food or something that the slowly-becoming-more-friendly-looking beast would find a waste of time. Though it would probably have to endure questions Millie held back for the rest of it's life. BUT WAIT. Millie did have a question, because YAH KNOW SHE'S JUST COOL. And it wasn't about food. She raised her hand and asked "do you ever get bored?"** well they must. Two hundred years was a really long time. "and if so, what do you do for fun? " Truth was, while Rosamund busied herself with answering questions about those of her kind, Lachlan had grown mildly distracted. It wasn't until a Hufflepuff directed herself to him that the professor blinked sharply and was brought back to reality. "Time lords. I see." He, in fact, did not. Lachlan MacFusty was actually certain there was no such thing as a Time Lord, but he decided against pointing it out. "Sounds like an extremely lonely life," Was all he said after a brief pause. Time Lords, Lords of Time, whatever it was that the girl was saying, Rosamund was not interested. Impatiently, she answered, *"Well, I am bored right now."* Quote: Originally Posted by affy7ann Tayla listened in awe and kept her eyes at Rosamund. Raising her hand, she asked, "Are all sphinxes beautiful? And I know that sphinxes are Egyptian but...well, you're here Lady Rosamund, in England. Are there sphinxes in other parts of the world, and do they look different, like how people from around the world - though all humans - look different? And if all sphinxes are in Egypt...how long can you survive outside of Egypt? Or outside the desert? And...can you and other sphinxes speak more than one language?" Tayla smiled, her cheeks rosy from interest, curiosity, and holding her breath the entire time she spoke. "That is more than one question," Rosamund pointed out, but smiled a small smile all the same. Mentally, she began to list them one after the other before readying herself to answer them. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," The Sphinx enthused simply. But of course, in Rosamund's mind, all Sphinxes were beautiful. Not many as beautiful as herself, Lady Rosmund VII, but beautiful all the same. Was that conceited of her? Rosamund liked to think of it as The Plain Truth. "Not unlike dragons," And at this part, her button nose wrinkled; Rosie did not like it when sphinxes were compared to other creatures, but sometimes it was necessary, "There are sphinx reservations all over the globe. Though, not nearly as common, of course." Of course. "The amount of dragons left double up the amount of sphinxes." That much was true. Pity for humans, really, as dragons tended to be awfully rude. "As for the languages..." She shrugged a little--or as much as a sphinx could shrug in any case, "We don't see languages the same way your species do. You can say we speak all the, ah, languages out there, or that we don't speak at all." Once more, she did her version of shrugging. "I suppose you can say that if you were to speak to me in French or Spanish, I'd be able to answer you. But I prefer Turk." As for Egypt... "Egypt is the Home Land." And that was all there was to it. Quote: Originally Posted by sevensnared Even though she does not look like it, Aiden is almost completely blur. It is not her normal self to be so. She could not think of any interesting questions. "I was wondering what do sphinxes eat?" She had already answered this question. Someone was clearly not paying attention. "It depends on the sphinx, but we prefer meat," Rosamund said, a little dryly. "I prefer doves and ferrets." Quote: Originally Posted by Rosemary McGonagall Rosemary took a breath before asking her question, "Lady Rosamund, if you find this question intrusive then you don't have to answer it.... But do you come up with riddles or are they passed down?" She asked keenly yet with a respectful tone. Rosamund bristled. She supposed the girl hadn't meant to sound quite as offensive, but all the same, she had. The sphinx took a small breath. "Once a riddle is told, it mustn't be repeated." Quote: Originally Posted by Herminny Wow, Lady Rosamund is only 3, thats really something. But now was the time to ask a question to a being of infinite knowledge, awesome. Chloe raised her hand asked, "Lady Rosamund, what is your favorite thing to do?". She was sure it was not the sphynxes fault people always use them to protect treasure, she was sure the have a mind of there own and therefore have likes and dislikes like anyone else. Rosamund's only answer was a broad, mysterious smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Fred is awesome Rose raised her hand and said 'Lady Rosamund, is the only stages in your llife child then adult or do you have elderly after like 150 years?' Rose wondered because she had only heard Lady Rosamund say about adult stages. Elderly. Such a human term. All the same, Rosamund answered, "You can say we reached that Elderly stage around ten years before the Two Hundred Mark." Quote: Originally Posted by teamdobby Charlie blushed slightly as she lost two points for Ravenclaw. It shouldn't really matter but it was Charlie's pride that had been taken away. Determined to gain more confidence with the Sphinx, Charlie raised her hand and asked her, "Em...Lady .. Rosamund, What would you..do..to someone who fails to answer the riddle correct?" She looked into the sphinx's eyes but didn't approach her. She wasn't that confident yet. "That depends on what exactly we are protecting, and what exactly the humans have adviced us to do." Advice, yes. Never order. Casually, she continued, "But your stories say that we attack and even sometimes kill." Humans could be so dramatic when it came to their mortality. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Timidly, Kurumi raised her hand and her cheeks blushed before she could even open her mouth to speak. "Lady Rosamund," she said softly. "I was wondering if perhaps you could share a riddle with us?" After all, the professor had just implied that if they couldn't answer there was no problem. It was not Rosamund who answered, though she did look at Kurumi, but Professor MacFusty. "And this, I believe, is the next and last person of the lesson." He waited a couple of moments, to see if there were any other questions for Rosamund--not that, judging by the sphinx's eager stance, Rosamund would be kind enough to answer any. "Lady Rosamund has been kind enough to provide us a few riddles of her own." Actually, Rosamund had demanded this, but it was not necessary for any of the students to know that. "Now, there are three things you should know, that several of you must be thinking right now; if you do not answer correctly, you will not be attacked." Even if Rosamund wanted to, she would not be able to. "Second, think your answer through; when you have it, provide an explanation that can support it. And third," He gave them all a very serious look. "If you don't have an answer at all, then remain silent." Sure that by now they'd all written down what was on the blackboard, Lachlan tapped his wand against it and the words, *"And raise your hand before answering,"* appeared on it. "Whenever you are ready, Rosamund." Rosamund, who had begun to pace as soon as Lachlan began to talk, shot him an eager grin upon hearing his last words. As if on cue, she sat upon her hind legs and acquired a very serious, and detached expression. A small smile danced upon her rosy lips. “I am a long and strong, powerful impaler, I bring the greatest to their knees, when in the hand of man. Broad, flat, thin, thick. Think, my greatness? Compared to a certain Death Stick.” __________________