Originally Posted by Deezerz

There was a Cutty Mordaunt...

...wedging his bum between Valentina and her.

Beverly pressed her lips together, attempting to hide her amusement at his behavior. Certainly he'd noticed Valentina's presence but decided to ignore it. He wasn't that daft to have not to. He was always so cool in making his presence known, this...this was something else and it amused the young Wayne.

"Hey--oh?" Five year plan? "No, you haven't told me about it." And hopefully he wasn't tutoring non-Slytherins. He almost had her on that when he turned to Valentina. Right. He hadn't 'noticed' her. "Cutty this is Valentina. Valentina this is Cutty." There might have been a hint of pride as she presented her best mate.

.....Okay. A lot of pride. Cutty Mordaunt was her best mate, let it be known.

Originally Posted by Bumblebee

Excuse me? What is this little man's problem?!

The young Gryffindor wrinkled her nose and was most displeased with this boy! How rude and uncouth of him.

And now he has the excuse he didn't 'notice' her?! "No of course you didn't, since you kept blabbing away." Valentina replied to him, in her broken English. As to whom he owed the pleasure to? Well now she didn't want that to be answered. Not after that stunt. Can he leave now?

.......

Wait was Beverly being serious? Apparently he was this 'Cutty'..more like a nuisance!

Valentina remained displeased as Beverly introduced the young boy to her and simply raised a brow and shrugged. He was rude.

Wait...was this her cousin's famous boyfriend?

"Is this your boyfriend, Beverly?" Valentina pointed at Cutty as she spoke to Beverly. She had been told about a boyfriend, but never had the pleasure of meeting him. What a bad intro, if she may add. But hey Bev liked, what Bev liked, who was she to judge after all?..

Originally Posted by Felixir

If you put something in front of Toby, there was always every possibility that he was going to pick that something up and fiddle with it. Poor impulse control, perpetual fidgeting, easily distracted; all things that contributed to that sort of stuff.

So as soon as the toadstools appeared in front of them, Toby's hands went straight for it. Luckily, he had the sense to stop himself before touching it and pulled on his dragonhide gloves like Professor Millard had done. Speaking of... he'd not said they couldn't touch, right? The Hufflepuff couldn't remember now.

Toby was better at remembering things in Herbology than he was in perhaps any other subject (except maybe Ancient Runes), but he still didn't remember the various names and characteristics of the many many many toadstools in the world. He didn't want to use his textbook to find the answer, but Toby thought it was a good idea to at least check once he had a vague idea of what the answer might be. But before he could do that, he was raising his hand.

"It could be the Vol... the... Volvo- no, Volvalaria... wait, no. I... hang on..." With his free hand, Toby quickly rifled through his textbook to the where there was a list of names of plants and tried to very quickly locate the one he meant. "... the Volvariella Pusilla." Yeah, no, he'd never had remembered that without checking.

He didn't even know if it was right, but other kids had said other things, so why not mix it up the answers and stuff? The one he'd mentioned was like, suuuuuper pale pink, which was why he'd thought of it for the toadstool he held in his hand.

Originally Posted by Emzily

These children were very observant! And they were excellent at pronouncing difficult names. Thankfully, the toadstool on the agenda today was much easier to pronounce. "Excellent guesses!!!!" Archie bounced a bit. Could they tell he was excited by their brains???? "Your suggestions are very similar looking to this one." He gestured to the withered one in front of him, "pink cap, and a white stem." Just to clarify the colours just in case any other students only noticed the brown.

"Wonderful. Take 2 points each for your great observations!!!"



Archie snorted a bit inadvertently before clearing his throat to answer. "Lucky? Not these toadstools, unfortunately." Really wasn't funny. Embarrassing, actually. "Check your book again, take a real close look at the colour left in the cap and stem. Good job for trying, though." Have a point or two! Archie did love a good student that tried to answer rather than not at all. This kid seemed like one of those.



Archie tilted his head to the side and glanced at the toadstool, wondering how on Earth the girl had come to that conclusion. "Nope! Take another look. Remember, it's a magic toadstool..." As opposed to a regular kind. "... pink cap, white stem." Archie nodded to the girl, and eyed her textbook in front of her.



Ah, even more observant! Archie had a feeling he would be dishing out the points in buckets today. "Great pronunciation." He grinned as the kid finally got to the end after checking. "Not the one that is in front of us today, but that was a very good guess. Take two points for that, Toby!"



AHHHHHH YESSSSSSSS... AT LAST!

"CORRECT!!" Archie jumped up and clapped his hands. Just once. "Today we are looking at Talking Toadstools! Well, they aren't doing much talking at the moment. But hopefully they'll all be chattering away by the end of the lesson." He would go into more detail on the subject in a moment...



Heh, Archie liked this one.

He chuckled a bit. "Very, very unique. Once these toadstools are restored you will see why!!" As much as they were super cool, they also got very annoying after a while. He didn't expect the students to appreciate them for long.



Archie understood that it was quite a hard question. A random toadstool in front of them with only a dash of its original colour left. He applauded all of the kids for trying. Even the ones who were quietly observing and not attacking his teaching. Ha. "They are very sick, yes..." He tapped his chin, paused, and then continued. "Which brings me on to the next part of our lesson!!!"

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Now, to end this small identification, Archie raised his arms up to indicate that they were moving on again. He felt like he needed to since he was shorter than half of these kids. "For anyone who didn't hear Miss Wayne and Mr Rehman, today we are looking after Talking Toadstools. YES, they talk... when they are... fully functioning, of course." He scratched the back of his head and paused for a moment before continuing. "When I say 'talk', I actually mean they mimic human sounds or phrases. Whilst a very fun little plant, it shouldn't be spoken to for long periods of time. Apart from being quite annoying, they can also caught slight mental fatigue and mild cases of hysteria... PAUSE. "Not to worry about that, though!" Archie grinned wide.

Moving on, "This is where today's lesson ties in with last terms." Kind of. "I would like us to try and restore these unhealthy toadstools today, ready for us to pot and plant! Before we begin the practical, does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how we could restore the toadstools back to their original state? What could we use, for example?" Perhaps students from last term could recall Andrew Walton's lesson on sick plants.


ooc: Class will continue tomorrow. Probably around this time! <3