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Roselyn · 05-18-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by pinkphoenix

Orr was excited for her first DADA class of four year. She couldn't wait to learn new things. She stepped into the classroom and to her amazement, read the announcement that the class would be taking place in the grounds.

So she headed down to the grounds and there she saw the other students with Professor Romanos. As she came up to claim a mat of her own, she greeted Professor Romanos with "Hello, Professor. I have no idea why we're here but it is a beautiful place to have a lesson in. But if I were to guess, are we going to learn about how to fight in an unusual environment, one that isn't the classroom?"

There was just something about one of the stragglers being the first to raise their hand in the class that made today just that more awesome. "That is a very creative answer." Medea nodded momentarily, though shook her head afterward. "Though not what we're learning today, no."

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Originally Posted by Lollipop!

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER VAMPY!ACCENT?!?

Was she faking all along? Not cool, teach. We thought you were interesting and Romanian. Just a regular English accent. How disappointing. She probably ate HobNobs and everything. *sad!face* It was very tempting to leave, given that they'd definitely be doing yoga and there was far too much articulation, going on HERE.

Blue streeeeetched and popped a couple of joints before letting her arms swing down by her side. Might as well get ready for the yoga that was inevidtable. "Weeeeeeellllllllll, are we going to be teaching the Giant Squid some techniques?"

Yoga-ish of course.

Oh! Another creative answer. She didn't even think about the giant squid! ...And had no idea what 'techniques' Blue was referring to. Perhaps for a future lesson though? She'd have to check their lesson plans. "I'm sure Bartholomew is fine without our help." Medea smiled anyhow, chuckling lightly. "That is a very good guess though."

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

She snickered openly at Amara's question. That was classic. She should have thought that up. Ah well, the Professor was talking now. Lex sat straighter on her mat and took a look around.

They were near the lake...

Her hand rose slowly. This was in none of her books--not that it would be, she was more interested in the hexes than the actual other stuff to be learned. "The way I see it, there could be two options." Solemn nod. "We're either learning how to handle ourselves against the Giant Squid, but really I heard he's quite nice so that might not be necessary," such a good Giant Squid ~~that she totally didn't have a near obsession with, nope~~, "or we could be learning about something else in the water like grindylows? Outside of those two guesses....I dunno." She did smile at the end though. Smiling made everything better.

Oh yes, there was grindylows in the lake too, wasn't there? Glancing out to the water, Medea squinted her eyes a little at it before turning her attention back to Alexa. "Both outstanding guesses, though neither of which we'll be learning today. Good try."

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

So. Clement really didn't have any idea what they would be doing. Wasn't it really the professors job to tell them. Anyway. He didn't know. He could take a good guess though. It was defense against the dark arts after all, so wasn't like they were going to go on a job or anything. So yes. Clement could guess pretty much. After a few minutes he raised his hand. "How to defend our selves against the dark arts..." He mused, with a little grin on his face. Was kind of obvious really. And hmm...they were near the lake so maybe something to do with that. "And....maybe something about the lake...or water?" Yeah. That would do. He still didn't really have any ideas.

...

He was certainly a funny one!

"You were right on track with your first guess, Mister Belrose." Good try.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked around and realized there wasn't any desks since they were outside how on earth had she missed that, well never mind she looked at the Professor and decided to answer the question. "I think we will be teaching the Giant Squid all about how to defend itself in the lake."

Sniffling quietly, Medea rubbed her nose really quick before nodding. Mmhmm. No, that wasn't anywhere close to what they were going to learn. "Wouldn't that be a fun lesson?" The students becoming the teachers? Oh yes! "But no, unfortunately that's not what we're doing today. I think our lovely Bartholomew knows a few tricks up his sleeve to have lived this long anyhow."

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Originally Posted by Lockhart292

Kommoto raised his hand. It shook a little, and he looked at it surprised. He didn't feel nervous.
"I heard about grindy-whatists. Grindylowe I think? Is that what it is?" He looked at the professor, hoping he was right, hoping he'd stand out. Giant squid his butt.

Sniffling a little more, eyes watering somewhat, Medea slowly nodded at the young Slytherin's very excellent guess. "Grindylows dear, yes. Though not exactly what we'll be learning today. A very excellent guess though." They were indeed by a lake filled with them after all.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Nerida smiled "Thats good. Yes mine was." Though next summer she would hope her mum wouldn't drag her everywhere. Though she was happy her mum was finally feeling better where she could get out of the hospital.

She raised an eyebrow, wait a second where did her accent go? She spoke like them now? What, the Professor was faking the accent??

"Are we going to b..." ACHOO! "Be learning about," ACHOOO! "About water creatures and how to..." she took a breath trying not to sneeze again, "how to protect ourselves against them?" ACHOO!

Why was she suddenly sneezing so much? She never had problems with the outside before....

Oh dear.

"Nazdrave..." Oh, goodness, was there something in the air? She was feeling it herself actually, and trying very hard to keep herself from sneezing. "Excellent guess, Miss Eventide, though no. We aren't going to learn about water creatures today."

.........

Nope, she held that sneeze in.

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Originally Posted by Syd

"My summer was really great, thanks," Jake replied to the professor with a grin of his own.

He leaned back on his hands, looking around the 'classroom' space as a he listened to a few people talk. Grindylows seemed like a good guess to him, personally. But he didn't want to sound like a broken record so he just raised his hand and said the first thing that came to him. "There are merpeople in the lake, right?" He didn't know if they would be considered something they would need to defend themselves against... but it'd be cool to study them anyway. Jake had thought about learning Mermish before, even.

Taking a deep breath, Medea nodded, only to...

ACHOO!

She wanted to hold that in, but good Merlin, felt so good to let it out. Her eyes could stop watering now. Right? Stop watering! "Yes-" Oh. No. No, holding it...in. There we go. "Yes, thou- ACHOO!... Though- ACHOO! Goodness, excuse me." Rubbing her nose a little, she pinched the sides until the need to sneeze again went away. Merlin, needed some tissues now.

"...though not what we'll be discussing today. Good guess, Mister Keller."

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Originally Posted by Eriin

Garrick turned to smirk at his cousin as he nudged and whatnot. RUDE. No need for the nudging. And well... the person on the opposite side of Lotus didn't exist so Garrick was unsure who Benjy was waving at, wasn't he? MHM.

Then Professor Romanos spoke and well... he was not entirely sure. "Perhaps as others have suggested you are going to teach us about many of the water dwelling creatures." Though he doubted she would sit them beside the lake in hopes of dealing with a Dark Creature that could potentially harm them. And well... couldn't she teach a lesson on those things inside?

Debating whether or not to summon some tissues, she moved on to the next student who had their hand raised...or not raised. Whatever worked for them. Perhaps she should've chose another area instead of by the lake. It was really throwing off their answers. "Not today, Mister Odgen. Good guess though!"

Oh, goodness. He wasn't a new student at all! What was she thinking before...?

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Originally Posted by Tegz

"Are we gonna learn about water demons? Like Kappa or something? Or are we just getting fresh air because its cleaner out here than in the castle?" Hand up and stuff. West well knew that Romanos kept her parts of the school clean and everything but still, something could have happened to make that true.

Sniffle sniffle.

Oh? "We are out here for the fresh air, though not because it's cleaner out here than the castle." She paused momentarily, holding down another sneeze while she smiled. "And no, nothing on water demons. Good train of thought though, Mister Odessa."

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva had sat down on her mat. While she was taking out her parchment and quill she felt something tickle her nose. Sniffing and scrunching her nose a bit, she carried on. Laying her parchment in front of her.. there is was again, another tickle.. "Achoo" Oh thankfully she had pulled her elbow to her face to block the sneeze, that wouldn't be very nice. Turning back to what she was doing, she laid out her quill. "Achoo... Achoo.. Achoo" Sniffing after the last one she looked around, what was wrong with her today. Wiping her hand on her face, she hoped she wasn't getting sick or something. She had never had allergies so it couldn't be that.

Oh the lesson was going to start. Sitting up straighter, but still feeling that annoying tickle in her nose, she tried to listen, "Achoo" Honest to goodness.. she turned red embarrassed to have sneezed so much.

Now what were they doing today, hmmm what could they be doing today. "Professor in a class before we had learned about different animals that are considered to be part of the dark title. Grindylow was one of the ones that was discussed, and I Achoo.. achoo.. achoo oh, excuse me.. I'm sorry" sniffling a bit, she couldn't figure out what was going on. "anyway, I know they live in the black lake, could we be discussing how to defend against them today?" They had done that once before though, in their Care of Magical Creatures class so she wasn't sure she was right.

So, it was Miss Wheatborn who was sneezing?

She'd heard someone while the other students were talking. "Nazdrave." she said after the sneezes seemed to stop. Medea smiled and nodded a little, not minding the interruption. A few of them had the problem today. Herself included.

"An excellent guess, but not what we're learning today."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella stretched a bit on her mat, green eyes flickering up to Professor Romanos when she started the lesson. The blonde considered for a minute or two before raising her hand. "Will we be discussing Kappas and grindylows, Professor?" Both quite nasty little creatures, in Ella's opinion. Oh and West was probably right about the fresh air stuff too. The castle was quite dusty.

Oh, goodness...

ACHOOOO!

Sniffle.

Fiddlesticks, this was ridiculous. Perhaps she should've re-thought the whole 'Lets do a lesson outside because it was a nice day!' idea. "Good guess, Miss Bishop, though no, not today."

ACHOO!

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Originally Posted by Emzily

Errrrr....

Theo really hadn't taken his surroundings, and until now, hadn't linked the location of the lesson at all with DADA. But he ventured a guess after thinking about it, and raised his hand. "Are we defending ourselves against creatures?" That could definitely come in handy.

After he put his hand down, he wished he had said SEA creatures like everyone else was.

DUH, it was so obvious now.

Taking another deep breath, feeling the tickling sensation in her nose again, her eyebrows raised somewhat both from trying to keep the inevitable down and at the next answer given. Oh, Mister Kinsley. We know you're more creative than that!

"Why yes. Yes we are. Excellent guess, Mister Kinsley."

Sniffle. Ugh.

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Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn

They were near the lake, so many they were going to learning about mermaids? Yes that was it!! "Professor, are we going to learn about merpeople?" It really was the best should could think of, she had heard about their being merpeople in the black lake.

SPOILER!!: Notes

That was the second time merpeople were mentioned. "That's leaning a little more towards Care of Magical Creatures. Excellent guess though, Miss Jones." She smiled and nodded encouragingly, glancing to the rest of the class. Hopefully that would steer them a bit in the right direction.

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Originally Posted by McFeisty

Mika couldn't help but feel that her eyes were suddenly going all watery as she sat there in class listening to Professor Romanos greet everyone and her in return. She just sent her a smile - as soon as that smile fell into place her face scrunched up suddenly. And then it went away the feeling and the face scrunching.

It must have been the sun in her eyes. She knew it had to be that. There were no other reasons. She brushed her hand through her hair and felt her face tingling once more.

Raising her hand she tried her best answer. "Professor are we..." she paused as she scrunched up her face again and made a weird look. "learning s-se-se-eelf defense" she finally stammered out. This was peculiar she had no idea why she had stammered over saying self. She didn't have a stutter and now people would think she did.

Oh, an answer that didn't have to do with water demons or the lake. She would've been even more pleased to hear so when her own eyes weren't watering from the tickle in her nose. "You're on the right track, Miss Johanson." Medea smiled and nodded.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Kace was glad that the professor seemed nice and friendly. She agreed with him that it was a nice day and then he replied, "I like the way you think teaching a class outside on this gorgeous day." he smiled.

Then the class begun. She asked the class what they thought they were going to be learning today. Well...they were near a lake...and it was defense against the dark arts....Kace had one idea. "Professor will we be learning how to incorporate water in our spells to defend ourselves?"

Another creative answer! Specifically having to do with water and spells, and thank merlin, not water creatures. Some different answers were always welcome. "Not quite..." Her words faded quickly, her expression scrunching up until, "ACHOO!"

For the love of Merlin! She didn't have allergies! "Not quite, Mister Lecium. Terrific thinking though."

Huh. Did that last name sound familiar?

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Originally Posted by Deniiz

Forrest LOVED it that they were out on the field rather than be suffocated in the dusty castle, and he did read the first few pages of DADA textbook for a change, something he had never done for other classes, so that he'd have an idea about what it was.

And he did have an idea. They were going to do...

"Duel!" The open air, the mats and lake. It was the best place for safety and duelling, for sure.

...

Well, that was a fantastic answer, if she did say so herself!

Medea chuckled softly and smiled, sneezing forgotten momentarily. However, she shook her head after a moment. "Not today, Mister Charlton. A brilliant thought though."

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Originally Posted by Destiny

Why..

.. was everyone sneezing?

Rhodes made sure to sit as far away from those people as possible, and as she settled down on her very uncomfortable purple mat, she picked up an extra, unoccupied one that was sitting next to her. If all those sneezers were carrying some kind of DISEASE, she did not want to catch it, and the only way to make sure she didn't was to protect herself. She flicked a few pieces of dirt and grass, and probably a few bugs off the extra mat before draping it over her head and around her face. No disease for her, thank you very much.

And because of the mat covering her entire face, she couldn't really hear what the Professor had to say. And even if she could, she doubted the Professor would understand her. Instead, she just nodded her head the entire time. Uh-huh. She was so paying attention.

...

...

Well, she'll just skip that student for now.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

What could they possibly be learning about outside? Oh, dunno... what couldn't they learn? Any lesson inside could potentially be taught outside, right? Mo dashed at his eyes with the back of his hand as he considered the subject. Must be the sun off the lake making them water.

"Oh, professor," Mo raised his hand, then immediately lowered it to rub at his nose. "Professor. Dueling in water would signif... achoo. 'Scuse me. Would significantly hinder our movements. Are we going to... sniffle be practicing dueling techniques in less than ideal conditions? ACHOO."

Turning her attention away from the mystery student with the mat over their head, her gaze settled on Marcus. Oh dear, another sneezer? "Nazdrave." She made a mental note to herself to have outdoor lessons only in the summer time. Sniffle sniffle. "As superb and wonderful as that train of thought is, we unfortunately won't be learning how to do that today."

Unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy

What would they be learning? Well part of it was obvious. Raising his hand, he answered. "stretching and Yoga, Ma'am? And maybe something with the lake? Like creatures or how to swim?" He wouldn't be surprised if there were swimming lessons or something. though, soo it would be too cool for that.

Oh hooo! There was a definite correct answer said!

Her eyes were beginning to water up again though, but she ignored it. "We won't be doing anything having to do with water today, but you're correct about stretching and yoga. Most excellent guessing, Mister Yarborough! Well done!"

Again with the ma'am though...

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Hmmmm. What could they possibly be learning today? It could be anything! But Jory raised his hand. Given the surroundings, his answer would make sense. "Are we going to learn about creatures that live in the Lake, Professor?'' Kappas or grindylows, perhaps?

Rubbing her nose momentarily, sniffle sniffle, Medea's attention turned to the next student who spoke up. Oh, yes, Jory. "Good guess, but not today, Mister Stonewall." Sniffle.

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Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Aaaand then the professor was speaking.

What they'd be learning? Hmm... Ronnie glanced around herself. Well. They were at the lake. So, obviously something to do with the lake. She raised her hand. "Perhaps something in the lake?" she asked.

Her hand itched to take out her wand and summon some tissues.

Oh? Oh yes, Ronnie. Another seventh year, goodness. "Not today, Miss Hawkins. Good try."

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Originally Posted by THE Govoni

Dylan was enjoying the sun on his face...and not really paying too much attention to those around him. It was brilliant of Professor Romanos to hold class on the grounds. For one, the crisp air had effectively woke him up...and another...Well, the castle had been gross. So, there was that.

...and they were getting started.

Scourgifying his mate, the Slytherin Captain settled down and just crossed his legs...She hadn't specified a movement like she usually did...So, he was just going to sit here until she did.

...and answer the question, of course. "We're going to either learn about defensive spells that work against water creatures....OR....duel in open terrain." GRIN.

Good answer, Dylan....Good answer...

Dueling was starting to become a popular topic, not nearly as much as water creatures were however. "Both splendid guesses, Mister Montomorency. Though neither of which we'll be learning today." UNFORTUNATELY! Didn't they sound FUN though??

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Originally Posted by Luna004

Susan noticed that Min was sneezing a lot. Sue hoped she wasn't allergic to anything in the area. "Bless you." Sue whispered to Min after she finished talking to the professor. Susan had absolutely no clue what they would be learning today at the lake. Maybe with something with water. Unless the professor was trying to trick them and they were learning about something totally different. Well Sue decided to go for the totally predictable answer "Will we be learning about defensive spells that deal with water?" Even though it was predictable Sue thought it would be cool to learn water defensive spells.

Well, at least there was a mention of spells and not water creatures.

GOLD STAR TO SUSAN!

"Not today, no. Excellent guessing though, Miss Bones!"

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Sophie really liked outdoor lessons. They had been great since her first term!

Only... when they went into the Black Lake itself. It wasn't that fun because the underwater there could be quite scary. Terrifying even.

What they would be learning today? "Grindylows?" There were grindylows in the Black Lake, Sophie remembered seeing them when they went in there.

MERLIN! Hopefully they weren't doing any practical things.... IN the Black Lake... Oh Merlin, please, let her be wrong!

Sniffling a bit more, she couldn't take it anymore. It was inevitable, no matter how much she just daaaaared it not to happen. "ACHOO!" Ugh, that one...that one was clearing her nose...

Taking out her wand, she flicked it to the castle, silently summoning a box of tissues to her. Oh, Sophie had answered. "Not today, Miss Campbell. A very good guess though." Considering where they were and all. Yes, excellent guess.

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Originally Posted by Sonea

Sonea stared at the professor and tried to think about this lesson and what the subject would be, but she had really no idea, she knew of course that it has something to do with Defense against the dark arts, but what exactly she didn’t knew, it could be everything! They could learn about dark wizards, dark creatures and even spells!

The young girl scratched behind her ear and tried to answer, even if her answer was fault, and raised her hand before she answered, slowly and hesitant. “Are we learning about pixies?” Sonea had just made a guess but she was really curious about the blue little creatures, she had heard a lot about them!

...

Eyes still watering a little, and with a post sneeze expression on her face, Medea stared at the young Slytherin. Well, that was certainly a creative guess. Perhaps the most creative she heard out of them all! "I wish, Miss Duvessa." She smiled, chuckling softly. "Very interesting creatures, they are, but unfortunately we won't be learning about them today."

ACHOO!

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Originally Posted by lemon

"Defense against creatures that dwell in the water, Grindylows and Kappas, like everyone else said?" Alice paused for a moment before adding to her guess. "Kelpies, too, they're water demons as well, yeah?" Even though she hadn't heard them mention yet? The ones that shapeshifted and dragged their prey underwater to eat them and all, right? She made mental notes to go read up on those more during study time and all.

OWLs, y'know.

They required effort.

Oh, there was a mention of kelpies!

"No quite." she said, rubbing her nose a little and glancing towards the castle. Ahem. The tissues could zoom down here any minute now. ANY MINUTE! "Brilliant guess though."

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

Wade had been bent over stretching as he touched his toes with his finger tips. Whilst doing so, he looked out into the Lake water, it was very nice today and he could practically lull himself to sleep there if he wanted..

But it was class after all, so Wade wasn't going to do that. Instead, he rose up at the first question. "A new spell relating to the Lake or... whatever's in it?" He sort-of-answered-sort-of-questioned. He knew of the merepeople, gindylows, the Giant Squid, and the alike... hmm.. Seeing something come out for the Lake for them would get Wade's attention, alright.

They were allllllllll mostly determined that it had to do with the lake, huh? Perhaps she HAD chosen a good spot. Maybe this could be a lesson! Or maybe she was thinking of excuses. "Not exactly. Good guess though."

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Originally Posted by Oesed

Maybe they were going to take a dip in the lake!

No, not likely at all.

"We're going to meet the merpeople."Seemed reasonable, and clearly a lot of people had the same idea. "Perhaps they're going to share with us what a better time they are having underwater, than us--" which wasn't all that difficult, considering he was pretty sure merpeople didn't have to do their own laundry, "--in the castle with all the..." Dust! Filth! Sub-par conditions! "...stuff."

Stuff. "Maybe they're hoping it'll make us feel a little bit better." Or probably worse. Ezra had never seen a merperson but he'd read about them and he couldn't say they sounded all that pleasant. "I s'ppose we could be dueling, too, though, learning how to defend ourselves from multiple threats, all at once!" It sounded exciting enough, Ezra supposed - like a battle! But Ezra was only interested in battles as long as battles involved swords, and he was pretty sure this class wasn't about swordsmanship. Which, of course, explained his completely unexcited tone of voice.

He actually looked a little pale.

The Gryffindor seemed rather confident that this was what they're learning.

Nevertheless, Medea's smile grew as he went on with his answer. That was actually rather sweet. Though no, unfortunately it wasn't what they were learning. "Not quite, Mister Carver." She said, sniffling slightly afterward. Her eyes were watering up again. "Though you're beginning to be on the right track with your last thought."

Sorta.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel did not know what to think when Romanos started talking in a English accent. What happened to her awesome foreign accent. That was whole lot cooler. Nigel wished he had her accent.

Nigel was so focused on her accent that he almost did not hear her ask the first question of the class. Hmm.. That was a pretty vague question. Well Nigel did know they were down by the lake. So maybe it had to do with water. Nigel raised his and answered

"Are we going to learn how to fight grindylow"

Nigel did know there were grindylow in the lake as well as the awesome merpeople. Nigel had always wished he could speak Mermish. Maybe in the future he would learn it.

More water creatures!

"No, not today, Mister Barrington." she said with a sniffle, glancing towards the castle. Yes, any time now, the tissues could...could show...u-up- ACHOO!

GOOD MERLIN!

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

Eliza was glad the Professor Romanos was still teaching at least. They'd lost a few professors since she'd been at Hogwarts and she wasn't ready to lose more. She smiled back at Romanos when she returned her greeting.

She looked around her, taking in her surroundings. Well there's the lake...with the water creatures of course, but there's also...wind, water, earth...distractions? She raised her hand to try a more abstract guess. "Could we be learning to deal with distractions in our environment? Or," another thought struck her, "Maybe learning how to continue to defend ourselves when being bombarded by other elements - like if someone tried to push a wall of water at us, or a giant gust of air - we'd have to know how to react to that tactic." That made sense, right?

Oh, how creative of an answer! Medea beamed as she sniffled quietly, rubbing her nose for a second. "A brilliant guess, Miss Dawnsel." It truly was. "You're- ACHOO! ...ACHOO!" Goodness, those came out of nowhere! "Oh, pardon me."

Sniffling, she sighed and continued to try to speak. "Not quite on track with what we're learning today, but there is some part that is correct in what you said. Well done!"

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Originally Posted by dansgurl

Brilliant smile flash. FLASH. Amara grinned as she took a seat closer to the professor. "Cool..I was so terrified when Prof.Airey told me you would curse us" she said, as she sat down on the mat. "You know..if we put the toe out of the line.." Yeah. You'll find it at the Romanos class. That's what he'd said.

The class had begun and Amara was as interested in it as she was for Potions. What they'll be learning? Huh? "How about some terrific spells?" she asked, excited. DADA and spells are blood brothers, aren't they?

...

Gryffindor first year said what?

Letting that little piece of info slide awaaaay for the time being, she did smile and chuckle at his rather excited attitude with his answer. "Theoretically perhaps. Excellent guess, Mister Kaul."

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Originally Posted by Mell

Michael was still trying to get over the fact that they were doing DADA down by the lake. He had imagined they would be learning defensive skills in a room, like the one his parents had at home, that contained different types of dummies to practice on, foe glasses and sneakoscopes. Stuff like that.

This was just...the lake.

He had been staring out over the water and almost missed the Professor's question as he sat there thinking about all the times he had watched his parents practice without them knowing he was there. He quickly turned his attention back to Romanos and then raised his hand.

"Water demons probably." He said in an almost bored voice. "Such as Grindylows, Kappas and Kelpies." BORING! "Or we could be learning how to use water defensively." That would be more fun.

Oh, this one wasn't going to fall asleep was he?

Making a mental note to keep an eye on him for the rest of the lesson, Medea smiled and shook her head. "Not quite, Mister toussaint." Nope, nooooooot quite. Her hands fiddled together as she sniffled, momentarily glancing back towards the castle. OH! OH WERE THOSE HER TISSUES? She could just cryyyyy, the sight of them made her so happy.

Almost with grabby hands, she took the tissues she'd summoned out of the air. "Pardon me class. Must be allergies or someth- ACHOO!" Or something. She didn't have allergies. ACHOO! Blowing her nose as quietly and quickly as she could so she could get back to the lesson, Medea glanced to most of the class before placing the tissue box in front of her, close to the front row. "If anyone else needs a tissue, feel free to take one." She'd accio more if needed.

Aheeeeeeeem. Alright, back to the lesson. Sniffle sniffle.

"You all had some very excellent and creative guesses, though I must say, the lake really doesn't have anything to do with what we're going to be learning today. It's more for a scenic view." Well, for her. The students weren't exactly facing it. "What we will be learning..." Sniffle. "...is mostly theoretical, about two dark creatures, a bit similar to each other. Dementors and Boggarts."

She paused momentarily to grab another tissue. "Does anyone know how these two are similar?"

OOC: For you sneezers out there, 'Nazdrave' is basically the Bulgarian version of "Bless you".

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Roselyn DMAC & DoM Kappa Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western US Posts: 14,683 x9 x8	Super Slytherin Buddy \| \| ⅓ She-Snake Trio \| \| a normal girl with normal knees Quote: Originally Posted by pinkphoenix Orr was excited for her first DADA class of four year. She couldn't wait to learn new things. She stepped into the classroom and to her amazement, read the announcement that the class would be taking place in the grounds. So she headed down to the grounds and there she saw the other students with Professor Romanos. As she came up to claim a mat of her own, she greeted Professor Romanos with "Hello, Professor. I have no idea why we're here but it is a beautiful place to have a lesson in. But if I were to guess, are we going to learn about how to fight in an unusual environment, one that isn't the classroom?" There was just something about one of the stragglers being the first to raise their hand in the class that made today just that more awesome. "That is a very creative answer." Medea nodded momentarily, though shook her head afterward. "Though not what we're learning today, no." Quote: Originally Posted by Lollipop! WHAT HAPPENED TO HER VAMPY!ACCENT?!? Was she faking all along? Not cool, teach. We thought you were interesting and Romanian. Just a regular English accent. How disappointing. She probably ate HobNobs and everything. sad!face It was very tempting to leave, given that they'd definitely be doing yoga and there was far too much articulation, going on HERE. Blue streeeeetched and popped a couple of joints before letting her arms swing down by her side. Might as well get ready for the yoga that was inevidtable. "Weeeeeeellllllllll, are we going to be teaching the Giant Squid some techniques?" Yoga-ish of course. Oh! Another creative answer. She didn't even think about the giant squid! ...And had no idea what 'techniques' Blue was referring to. Perhaps for a future lesson though? She'd have to check their lesson plans. "I'm sure Bartholomew is fine without our help." Medea smiled anyhow, chuckling lightly. "That is a very good guess though." Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo She snickered openly at Amara's question. That was classic. She should have thought that up. Ah well, the Professor was talking now. Lex sat straighter on her mat and took a look around. They were near the lake... Her hand rose slowly. This was in none of her books--not that it would be, she was more interested in the hexes than the actual other stuff to be learned. "The way I see it, there could be two options." Solemn nod. "We're either learning how to handle ourselves against the Giant Squid, but really I heard he's quite nice so that might not be necessary," such a good Giant Squid ~~that she totally didn't have a near obsession with, nope~~, "or we could be learning about something else in the water like grindylows? Outside of those two guesses....I dunno." She did smile at the end though. Smiling made everything better. Oh yes, there was grindylows in the lake too, wasn't there? Glancing out to the water, Medea squinted her eyes a little at it before turning her attention back to Alexa. "Both outstanding guesses, though neither of which we'll be learning today. Good try." Quote: Originally Posted by RachieRu So. Clement really didn't have any idea what they would be doing. Wasn't it really the professors job to tell them. Anyway. He didn't know. He could take a good guess though. It was defense against the dark arts after all, so wasn't like they were going to go on a job or anything. So yes. Clement could guess pretty much. After a few minutes he raised his hand. "How to defend our selves against the dark arts..." He mused, with a little grin on his face. Was kind of obvious really. And hmm...they were near the lake so maybe something to do with that. "And....maybe something about the lake...or water?" Yeah. That would do. He still didn't really have any ideas. ... He was certainly a funny one! "You were right on track with your first guess, Mister Belrose." Good try. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked around and realized there wasn't any desks since they were outside how on earth had she missed that, well never mind she looked at the Professor and decided to answer the question. "I think we will be teaching the Giant Squid all about how to defend itself in the lake." Sniffling quietly, Medea rubbed her nose really quick before nodding. Mmhmm. No, that wasn't anywhere close to what they were going to learn. "Wouldn't that be a fun lesson?" The students becoming the teachers? Oh yes! "But no, unfortunately that's not what we're doing today. I think our lovely Bartholomew knows a few tricks up his sleeve to have lived this long anyhow." Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhart292 Kommoto raised his hand. It shook a little, and he looked at it surprised. He didn't feel nervous. "I heard about grindy-whatists. Grindylowe I think? Is that what it is?" He looked at the professor, hoping he was right, hoping he'd stand out. Giant squid his butt. Sniffling a little more, eyes watering somewhat, Medea slowly nodded at the young Slytherin's very excellent guess. "Grindylows dear, yes. Though not exactly what we'll be learning today. A very excellent guess though." They were indeed by a lake filled with them after all. Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Nerida smiled "Thats good. Yes mine was." Though next summer she would hope her mum wouldn't drag her everywhere. Though she was happy her mum was finally feeling better where she could get out of the hospital. She raised an eyebrow, wait a second where did her accent go? She spoke like them now? What, the Professor was faking the accent?? "Are we going to b..." ACHOO! "Be learning about," ACHOOO! "About water creatures and how to..." she took a breath trying not to sneeze again, "how to protect ourselves against them?" ACHOO! Why was she suddenly sneezing so much? She never had problems with the outside before.... Oh dear. "Nazdrave..." Oh, goodness, was there something in the air? She was feeling it herself actually, and trying very hard to keep herself from sneezing. "Excellent guess, Miss Eventide, though no. We aren't going to learn about water creatures today." ......... Nope, she held that sneeze in. Quote: Originally Posted by Syd "My summer was really great, thanks," Jake replied to the professor with a grin of his own. He leaned back on his hands, looking around the 'classroom' space as a he listened to a few people talk. Grindylows seemed like a good guess to him, personally. But he didn't want to sound like a broken record so he just raised his hand and said the first thing that came to him. "There are merpeople in the lake, right?" He didn't know if they would be considered something they would need to defend themselves against... but it'd be cool to study them anyway. Jake had thought about learning Mermish before, even. Taking a deep breath, Medea nodded, only to... ACHOO! She wanted to hold that in, but good Merlin, felt so good to let it out. Her eyes could stop watering now. Right? Stop watering! "Yes-" Oh. No. No, holding it...in. There we go. "Yes, thou- ACHOO!... Though- ACHOO! Goodness, excuse me." Rubbing her nose a little, she pinched the sides until the need to sneeze again went away. Merlin, needed some tissues now. "...though not what we'll be discussing today. Good guess, Mister Keller." Quote: Originally Posted by Eriin Garrick turned to smirk at his cousin as he nudged and whatnot. RUDE. No need for the nudging. And well... the person on the opposite side of Lotus didn't exist so Garrick was unsure who Benjy was waving at, wasn't he? MHM. Then Professor Romanos spoke and well... he was not entirely sure. "Perhaps as others have suggested you are going to teach us about many of the water dwelling creatures." Though he doubted she would sit them beside the lake in hopes of dealing with a Dark Creature that could potentially harm them. And well... couldn't she teach a lesson on those things inside? Debating whether or not to summon some tissues, she moved on to the next student who had their hand raised...or not raised. Whatever worked for them. Perhaps she should've chose another area instead of by the lake. It was really throwing off their answers. "Not today, Mister Odgen. Good guess though!" Oh, goodness. He wasn't a new student at all! What was she thinking before...? Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz "Are we gonna learn about water demons? Like Kappa or something? Or are we just getting fresh air because its cleaner out here than in the castle?" Hand up and stuff. West well knew that Romanos kept her parts of the school clean and everything but still, something could have happened to make that true. Sniffle sniffle. Oh? "We are out here for the fresh air, though not because it's cleaner out here than the castle." She paused momentarily, holding down another sneeze while she smiled. "And no, nothing on water demons. Good train of thought though, Mister Odessa." Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva had sat down on her mat. While she was taking out her parchment and quill she felt something tickle her nose. Sniffing and scrunching her nose a bit, she carried on. Laying her parchment in front of her.. there is was again, another tickle.. "Achoo" Oh thankfully she had pulled her elbow to her face to block the sneeze, that wouldn't be very nice. Turning back to what she was doing, she laid out her quill. "Achoo... Achoo.. Achoo" Sniffing after the last one she looked around, what was wrong with her today. Wiping her hand on her face, she hoped she wasn't getting sick or something. She had never had allergies so it couldn't be that. Oh the lesson was going to start. Sitting up straighter, but still feeling that annoying tickle in her nose, she tried to listen, "Achoo" Honest to goodness.. she turned red embarrassed to have sneezed so much. Now what were they doing today, hmmm what could they be doing today. "Professor in a class before we had learned about different animals that are considered to be part of the dark title. Grindylow was one of the ones that was discussed, and I Achoo.. achoo.. achoo oh, excuse me.. I'm sorry" sniffling a bit, she couldn't figure out what was going on. "anyway, I know they live in the black lake, could we be discussing how to defend against them today?" They had done that once before though, in their Care of Magical Creatures class so she wasn't sure she was right. So, it was Miss Wheatborn who was sneezing? She'd heard someone while the other students were talking. "Nazdrave." she said after the sneezes seemed to stop. Medea smiled and nodded a little, not minding the interruption. A few of them had the problem today. Herself included. "An excellent guess, but not what we're learning today." Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella stretched a bit on her mat, green eyes flickering up to Professor Romanos when she started the lesson. The blonde considered for a minute or two before raising her hand. "Will we be discussing Kappas and grindylows, Professor?" Both quite nasty little creatures, in Ella's opinion. Oh and West was probably right about the fresh air stuff too. The castle was quite dusty. Oh, goodness... ACHOOOO! Sniffle. Fiddlesticks, this was ridiculous. Perhaps she should've re-thought the whole 'Lets do a lesson outside because it was a nice day!' idea. "Good guess, Miss Bishop, though no, not today." ACHOO! Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily Errrrr.... Theo really hadn't taken his surroundings, and until now, hadn't linked the location of the lesson at all with DADA. But he ventured a guess after thinking about it, and raised his hand. "Are we defending ourselves against creatures?" That could definitely come in handy. After he put his hand down, he wished he had said SEA creatures like everyone else was. DUH, it was so obvious now. Taking another deep breath, feeling the tickling sensation in her nose again, her eyebrows raised somewhat both from trying to keep the inevitable down and at the next answer given. Oh, Mister Kinsley. We know you're more creative than that! "Why yes. Yes we are. Excellent guess, Mister Kinsley." Sniffle. Ugh. Quote: Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn They were near the lake, so many they were going to learning about mermaids? Yes that was it!! "Professor, are we going to learn about merpeople?" It really was the best should could think of, she had heard about their being merpeople in the black lake. SPOILER!!: Notes Defense Against the Dark Arts Lesson #1: That was the second time merpeople were mentioned. "That's leaning a little more towards Care of Magical Creatures. Excellent guess though, Miss Jones." She smiled and nodded encouragingly, glancing to the rest of the class. Hopefully that would steer them a bit in the right direction. Quote: Originally Posted by McFeisty Mika couldn't help but feel that her eyes were suddenly going all watery as she sat there in class listening to Professor Romanos greet everyone and her in return. She just sent her a smile - as soon as that smile fell into place her face scrunched up suddenly. And then it went away the feeling and the face scrunching. It must have been the sun in her eyes. She knew it had to be that. There were no other reasons. She brushed her hand through her hair and felt her face tingling once more. Raising her hand she tried her best answer. "Professor are we..." she paused as she scrunched up her face again and made a weird look. "learning s-se-se-eelf defense" she finally stammered out. This was peculiar she had no idea why she had stammered over saying self. She didn't have a stutter and now people would think she did. Oh, an answer that didn't have to do with water demons or the lake. She would've been even more pleased to hear so when her own eyes weren't watering from the tickle in her nose. "You're on the right track, Miss Johanson." Medea smiled and nodded. Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 Kace was glad that the professor seemed nice and friendly. She agreed with him that it was a nice day and then he replied, "I like the way you think teaching a class outside on this gorgeous day." he smiled. Then the class begun. She asked the class what they thought they were going to be learning today. Well...they were near a lake...and it was defense against the dark arts....Kace had one idea. "Professor will we be learning how to incorporate water in our spells to defend ourselves?" Another creative answer! Specifically having to do with water and spells, and thank merlin, not water creatures. Some different answers were always welcome. "Not quite..." Her words faded quickly, her expression scrunching up until, "ACHOO!" For the love of Merlin! She didn't have allergies! "Not quite, Mister Lecium. Terrific thinking though." Huh. Did that last name sound familiar? Quote: Originally Posted by Deniiz Forrest LOVED it that they were out on the field rather than be suffocated in the dusty castle, and he did read the first few pages of DADA textbook for a change, something he had never done for other classes, so that he'd have an idea about what it was. And he did have an idea. They were going to do... "Duel!" The open air, the mats and lake. It was the best place for safety and duelling, for sure. ... Well, that was a fantastic answer, if she did say so herself! Medea chuckled softly and smiled, sneezing forgotten momentarily. However, she shook her head after a moment. "Not today, Mister Charlton. A brilliant thought though." Quote: Originally Posted by Destiny Why.. .. was everyone sneezing? Rhodes made sure to sit as far away from those people as possible, and as she settled down on her very uncomfortable purple mat, she picked up an extra, unoccupied one that was sitting next to her. If all those sneezers were carrying some kind of DISEASE, she did not want to catch it, and the only way to make sure she didn't was to protect herself. She flicked a few pieces of dirt and grass, and probably a few bugs off the extra mat before draping it over her head and around her face. No disease for her, thank you very much. And because of the mat covering her entire face, she couldn't really hear what the Professor had to say. And even if she could, she doubted the Professor would understand her. Instead, she just nodded her head the entire time. Uh-huh. She was so paying attention. ... ... Well, she'll just skip that student for now. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin What could they possibly be learning about outside? Oh, dunno... what couldn't they learn? Any lesson inside could potentially be taught outside, right? Mo dashed at his eyes with the back of his hand as he considered the subject. Must be the sun off the lake making them water. "Oh, professor," Mo raised his hand, then immediately lowered it to rub at his nose. "Professor. Dueling in water would signif... achoo. 'Scuse me. Would significantly hinder our movements. Are we going to... sniffle be practicing dueling techniques in less than ideal conditions? ACHOO." Turning her attention away from the mystery student with the mat over their head, her gaze settled on Marcus. Oh dear, another sneezer? "Nazdrave." She made a mental note to herself to have outdoor lessons only in the summer time. Sniffle sniffle. "As superb and wonderful as that train of thought is, we unfortunately won't be learning how to do that today." Unfortunately. Quote: Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy What would they be learning? Well part of it was obvious. Raising his hand, he answered. "stretching and Yoga, Ma'am? And maybe something with the lake? Like creatures or how to swim?" He wouldn't be surprised if there were swimming lessons or something. though, soo it would be too cool for that. Oh hooo! There was a definite correct answer said! Her eyes were beginning to water up again though, but she ignored it. "We won't be doing anything having to do with water today, but you're correct about stretching and yoga. Most excellent guessing, Mister Yarborough! Well done!" Again with the ma'am though... Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Hmmmm. What could they possibly be learning today? It could be anything! But Jory raised his hand. Given the surroundings, his answer would make sense. "Are we going to learn about creatures that live in the Lake, Professor?'' Kappas or grindylows, perhaps? Rubbing her nose momentarily, sniffle sniffle, Medea's attention turned to the next student who spoke up. Oh, yes, Jory. "Good guess, but not today, Mister Stonewall." Sniffle. Quote: Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan Aaaand then the professor was speaking. What they'd be learning? Hmm... Ronnie glanced around herself. Well. They were at the lake. So, obviously something to do with the lake. She raised her hand. "Perhaps something in the lake?" she asked. Her hand itched to take out her wand and summon some tissues. Oh? Oh yes, Ronnie. Another seventh year, goodness. "Not today, Miss Hawkins. Good try." Quote: Originally Posted by THE Govoni Dylan was enjoying the sun on his face...and not really paying too much attention to those around him. It was brilliant of Professor Romanos to hold class on the grounds. For one, the crisp air had effectively woke him up...and another...Well, the castle had been gross. So, there was that. ...and they were getting started. Scourgifying his mate, the Slytherin Captain settled down and just crossed his legs...She hadn't specified a movement like she usually did...So, he was just going to sit here until she did. ...and answer the question, of course. "We're going to either learn about defensive spells that work against water creatures....OR....duel in open terrain." GRIN. Good answer, Dylan....Good answer... Dueling was starting to become a popular topic, not nearly as much as water creatures were however. "Both splendid guesses, Mister Montomorency. Though neither of which we'll be learning today." UNFORTUNATELY! Didn't they sound FUN though?? Quote: Originally Posted by Luna004 Susan noticed that Min was sneezing a lot. Sue hoped she wasn't allergic to anything in the area. "Bless you." Sue whispered to Min after she finished talking to the professor. Susan had absolutely no clue what they would be learning today at the lake. Maybe with something with water. Unless the professor was trying to trick them and they were learning about something totally different. Well Sue decided to go for the totally predictable answer "Will we be learning about defensive spells that deal with water?" Even though it was predictable Sue thought it would be cool to learn water defensive spells. Well, at least there was a mention of spells and not water creatures. GOLD STAR TO SUSAN! "Not today, no. Excellent guessing though, Miss Bones!" Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Sophie really liked outdoor lessons. They had been great since her first term! Only... when they went into the Black Lake itself. It wasn't that fun because the underwater there could be quite scary. Terrifying even. What they would be learning today? "Grindylows?" There were grindylows in the Black Lake, Sophie remembered seeing them when they went in there. MERLIN! Hopefully they weren't doing any practical things.... IN the Black Lake... Oh Merlin, please, let her be wrong! Sniffling a bit more, she couldn't take it anymore. It was inevitable, no matter how much she just daaaaared it not to happen. "ACHOO!" Ugh, that one...that one was clearing her nose... Taking out her wand, she flicked it to the castle, silently summoning a box of tissues to her. Oh, Sophie had answered. "Not today, Miss Campbell. A very good guess though." Considering where they were and all. Yes, excellent guess. Quote: Originally Posted by Sonea Sonea stared at the professor and tried to think about this lesson and what the subject would be, but she had really no idea, she knew of course that it has something to do with Defense against the dark arts, but what exactly she didn’t knew, it could be everything! They could learn about dark wizards, dark creatures and even spells! The young girl scratched behind her ear and tried to answer, even if her answer was fault, and raised her hand before she answered, slowly and hesitant. “Are we learning about pixies?” Sonea had just made a guess but she was really curious about the blue little creatures, she had heard a lot about them! ... Eyes still watering a little, and with a post sneeze expression on her face, Medea stared at the young Slytherin. Well, that was certainly a creative guess. Perhaps the most creative she heard out of them all! "I wish, Miss Duvessa." She smiled, chuckling softly. "Very interesting creatures, they are, but unfortunately we won't be learning about them today." ACHOO! Quote: Originally Posted by lemon "Defense against creatures that dwell in the water, Grindylows and Kappas, like everyone else said?" Alice paused for a moment before adding to her guess. "Kelpies, too, they're water demons as well, yeah?" Even though she hadn't heard them mention yet? The ones that shapeshifted and dragged their prey underwater to eat them and all, right? She made mental notes to go read up on those more during study time and all. OWLs, y'know. They required effort. Oh, there was a mention of kelpies! "No quite." she said, rubbing her nose a little and glancing towards the castle. Ahem. The tissues could zoom down here any minute now. ANY MINUTE! "Brilliant guess though." Quote: Originally Posted by Charely Potter Wade had been bent over stretching as he touched his toes with his finger tips. Whilst doing so, he looked out into the Lake water, it was very nice today and he could practically lull himself to sleep there if he wanted.. But it was class after all, so Wade wasn't going to do that. Instead, he rose up at the first question. "A new spell relating to the Lake or... whatever's in it?" He sort-of-answered-sort-of-questioned. He knew of the merepeople, gindylows, the Giant Squid, and the alike... hmm.. Seeing something come out for the Lake for them would get Wade's attention, alright. They were allllllllll mostly determined that it had to do with the lake, huh? Perhaps she HAD chosen a good spot. Maybe this could be a lesson! Or maybe she was thinking of excuses. "Not exactly. Good guess though." Quote: Originally Posted by Oesed Maybe they were going to take a dip in the lake! No, not likely at all. "We're going to meet the merpeople."Seemed reasonable, and clearly a lot of people had the same idea. "Perhaps they're going to share with us what a better time they are having underwater, than us--" which wasn't all that difficult, considering he was pretty sure merpeople didn't have to do their own laundry, "--in the castle with all the..." Dust! Filth! Sub-par conditions! "...stuff." Stuff. "Maybe they're hoping it'll make us feel a little bit better." Or probably worse. Ezra had never seen a merperson but he'd read about them and he couldn't say they sounded all that pleasant. "I s'ppose we could be dueling, too, though, learning how to defend ourselves from multiple threats, all at once!" It sounded exciting enough, Ezra supposed - like a battle! But Ezra was only interested in battles as long as battles involved swords, and he was pretty sure this class wasn't about swordsmanship. Which, of course, explained his completely unexcited tone of voice. He actually looked a little pale. The Gryffindor seemed rather confident that this was what they're learning. Nevertheless, Medea's smile grew as he went on with his answer. That was actually rather sweet. Though no, unfortunately it wasn't what they were learning. "Not quite, Mister Carver." She said, sniffling slightly afterward. Her eyes were watering up again. "Though you're beginning to be on the right track with your last thought." Sorta. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel did not know what to think when Romanos started talking in a English accent. What happened to her awesome foreign accent. That was whole lot cooler. Nigel wished he had her accent. Nigel was so focused on her accent that he almost did not hear her ask the first question of the class. Hmm.. That was a pretty vague question. Well Nigel did know they were down by the lake. So maybe it had to do with water. Nigel raised his and answered "Are we going to learn how to fight grindylow" Nigel did know there were grindylow in the lake as well as the awesome merpeople. Nigel had always wished he could speak Mermish. Maybe in the future he would learn it. More water creatures! "No, not today, Mister Barrington." she said with a sniffle, glancing towards the castle. Yes, any time now, the tissues could...could show...u-up- ACHOO! GOOD MERLIN! Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon Eliza was glad the Professor Romanos was still teaching at least. They'd lost a few professors since she'd been at Hogwarts and she wasn't ready to lose more. She smiled back at Romanos when she returned her greeting. She looked around her, taking in her surroundings. Well there's the lake...with the water creatures of course, but there's also...wind, water, earth...distractions? She raised her hand to try a more abstract guess. "Could we be learning to deal with distractions in our environment? Or," another thought struck her, "Maybe learning how to continue to defend ourselves when being bombarded by other elements - like if someone tried to push a wall of water at us, or a giant gust of air - we'd have to know how to react to that tactic." That made sense, right? Oh, how creative of an answer! Medea beamed as she sniffled quietly, rubbing her nose for a second. "A brilliant guess, Miss Dawnsel." It truly was. "You're- ACHOO! ...ACHOO!" Goodness, those came out of nowhere! "Oh, pardon me." Sniffling, she sighed and continued to try to speak. "Not quite on track with what we're learning today, but there is some part that is correct in what you said. Well done!" Quote: Originally Posted by dansgurl Brilliant smile flash. FLASH. Amara grinned as she took a seat closer to the professor. "Cool..I was so terrified when Prof.Airey told me you would curse us" she said, as she sat down on the mat. "You know..if we put the toe out of the line.." Yeah. You'll find it at the Romanos class. That's what he'd said. The class had begun and Amara was as interested in it as she was for Potions. What they'll be learning? Huh? "How about some terrific spells?" she asked, excited. DADA and spells are blood brothers, aren't they? ... Gryffindor first year said what? Letting that little piece of info slide awaaaay for the time being, she did smile and chuckle at his rather excited attitude with his answer. "Theoretically perhaps. Excellent guess, Mister Kaul." Quote: Originally Posted by Mell Michael was still trying to get over the fact that they were doing DADA down by the lake. He had imagined they would be learning defensive skills in a room, like the one his parents had at home, that contained different types of dummies to practice on, foe glasses and sneakoscopes. Stuff like that. This was just...the lake. He had been staring out over the water and almost missed the Professor's question as he sat there thinking about all the times he had watched his parents practice without them knowing he was there. He quickly turned his attention back to Romanos and then raised his hand. "Water demons probably." He said in an almost bored voice. "Such as Grindylows, Kappas and Kelpies." BORING! "Or we could be learning how to use water defensively." That would be more fun. Oh, this one wasn't going to fall asleep was he? Making a mental note to keep an eye on him for the rest of the lesson, Medea smiled and shook her head. "Not quite, Mister toussaint." Nope, nooooooot quite. Her hands fiddled together as she sniffled, momentarily glancing back towards the castle. OH! OH WERE THOSE HER TISSUES? She could just cryyyyy, the sight of them made her so happy. Almost with grabby hands, she took the tissues she'd summoned out of the air. "Pardon me class. Must be allergies or someth- ACHOO!" Or something. She didn't have allergies. ACHOO! Blowing her nose as quietly and quickly as she could so she could get back to the lesson, Medea glanced to most of the class before placing the tissue box in front of her, close to the front row. "If anyone else needs a tissue, feel free to take one." She'd accio more if needed. Aheeeeeeeem. Alright, back to the lesson. Sniffle sniffle. "You all had some very excellent and creative guesses, though I must say, the lake really doesn't have anything to do with what we're going to be learning today. It's more for a scenic view." Well, for her. The students weren't exactly facing it. "What we will be learning..." Sniffle. "...is mostly theoretical, about two dark creatures, a bit similar to each other. Dementors and Boggarts." She paused momentarily to grab another tissue. "Does anyone know how these two are similar?" OOC: For you sneezers out there, 'Nazdrave' is basically the Bulgarian version of "Bless you".