Early on when the class had entered, Professor Thompson remained silent returning each and everyone's greetings. It was quite chilly out, as he every now and then rubbed his hands together. Other than that and the sharp look he gave Professor Fuller when he suggested the students could step on Professor Morgan, he was all good standing by the Thestral while Piers did his thing first... and now it was his show. "
Thank you, Piersie.." Oops. looks like that nickname for him was contagious. Heh. Moving on..
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Maybe wasn't an answer. Did the Professor know that?
Except, it actually was when you added it to the shrug like that leaving the Gryffindor with one more question. "Does Kirby know you borrowed one of his thestrals?" Important stuff right there. As Groundskeeper he was incharge of the forest and the things living in there even if they were creatures and Thompson might have had some excuse. Couldn't leave out the wall of muscle in planning. Come on people, he had feelings too.
Not exactly how Javy had planned to introduce the fact on the Thestral being there. But no matter, it was a nice opportunity to include them in, "
Glad you asked, Miss Cambridge. Considering this particular Thestral isn't one of Mr. Kirby's, his knowledge on one being here isn't as necessary." Least this saved the time on finding out who could see them.
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Now then, to ease anyone's confusion there is in fact a Thestral right by me." Taking a fresh apple from his pocket, he then dropped it in front. The students who were able to see the Thestral knew what was coming. The majority of the rest.. got to see the apple appear to magically disappear chunk by chunk into nothingness. "
The Thestrals here are considered gentle creatures despite their appearance and reputation as associating with omens and death, because only those who have seen another person's death and accepted the circumstance of it are only able to see them." Just for the basic facts. Using his wand, the thirty-three year old Professor gently tapped the board behind him with it, making the words start visually appearing onto it. Yep, notes were happening.
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Thestrals
Ministry's Classification: XXXX
Beasts- Intellectual creatures // Strong sense of smell
- Only seen by those who witnessed & accepted another one's death
- Carnivorous by nature // Diet consists of: birds, fresh animal blood, fruits
- Can be domesticated and used for travel only with the Ministry's permission.
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Another thing to note is that Thestrals are a breed of Winged Horses." The ones over by the side that were more easy on the eyes. Some were making shriek noises among another. "
Who are considerably more tamer by nature and smaller in size. Can anyone share some of the other breeds of Winged Horses?"
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OOC: Mention only one breed + optional small fact on them. Feel free to be creative with your answers. =)