SPOILER!!: Professor Bentley :)
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SPOILER!!: Student Responses
Seren looked up as Ashely asked her a question. She smiled.
"Depending on the size of the plant your numbing it can wear off anywhere between fifteen minutes to an hour and a half. I suspect it'll take about an hour for this lot to regain any feeling."
Merlin... so many questions! But an eager learner -- so that was good to see.
"They're used in many things, anything from poison antidotes to burn healing balms, they're a very ingredient to have in stock."
Ahh right so... fangs. "They will usually grow back within a day or two, though they wont be fully developed for up to a week. Theres no limit as to how many times they may be harvested, but studies have shown that regular harvesting reduces their longevity." Which wasn't all that good. She was rather fond of them. "In the wild they ahve been known to shed their fangs, sort of like baby teeth, that way they can grow newer sharper ones which are far more effective for feeding than blunt ones. So it doesn't really harm them at all."
"Of course they will, they'll be fine." She nodded reassuringly. "They'll grow back in a day or two."
She couldn't help but giggle. "Depending on the size of the plant the charm can last anywhere between fifteen minutes to an hour and a half. I suspect it will take this lot about an hour to regain any feeling."
Giving MJ a wink, she added, "I'm sure your toadstool will be fine."
"That's alright dear, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the lesson."
And the brilliant thing was that there was more to come!
Seren wasn't surprised to see that Aurora was enjoying the task, and that she had finished. She was a bright girl after all. "They're a couple of months now."
"The numbing charm will wear off on it's own... it should take about an hour."
She noticed that the Slytherin opted to help a classmate. That was rather nice of her.
"Two points... for helping a peer." Yep it deserved some recognition. "Thank you."
What do you do with the toadstool? What do you do with the toadstool?! Wasn't that obvious.
"You leave it in the soil to continue growing dear," she said offering hima a small smile.
Checking to make sure the students were done, Serent hen turned her attention to her pendant watch. Time to move on.
"Right everyone, I hope you enjoyed that mini-activity, we're about to move on now. So feel free to leave your things here and follow me."
She was about to lead them further in toward the back of the greenhouse when she suddenly remembered something.
"Make sure you have your gloves and wand with you." Becasue of course if she didn't tell them everything they would likely forget. Children were amazing in that sense.
Leading the students down the central corridor of the greenhouse, she took them to a slightly darker, slightly damper and slightly cooller section of the greenhouse. But everything was still visible. Esecially the stunning and fragrent toadstools.
The scent of peppermint hung thick in the air here, and it had a very soothing effect.
Rallying the students around the beds of toadstools, she gave the little red and white striped caps a smile, though their black stems weren't as easy to see.
"These little toadstools are known as Peppermint Striped Parasol's, they are fairly rare and very valluable, can anyone tell me why?" OOC: If you missed the first activity, unlucky... but do not fret, there will be another mini-activity coming up shortly. You know the rules. No chatting, no double posting. Depending on activity I may post the next bit tonight or some time tomorrow. Please note I am a person, and I have a job I sometimes need to get to in RL, so if I do post tomorrow it might not be first thing. Thanks! Have fun!
Desiree had been staring at her now fangless toadstool, a bit distracted.. when she looked up and saw everyone leaving. She quickly followed Professor Bentley and the class into a new room of the greenhouse (wand in hand, and gloves still on) She sniffed the air was that,
Peppermint?
Ahh so they were Peppermint striped Parasol's. That explained it. Wait a Parasol, wasn't that like an umbrella? Well the toadstools did kind of look like minnie umbrellas.. Professor Bentley asked a question, why were they valuable, ooh Desiree actually thought she knew this one raising her hand rather quickly she said,
"Because they taste so good, so everyone's eating them." She said smiling confidently. Yep that sounded about right. In her mind anyways.