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Felixir · 02-24-2017, 05:38 AM

SPOILER!!: reeeeeeeedster

"Oh, okay," Abey replied, nodding his head, even though he had no idea what a nerve ending was or what that had to do with anything. Dendrites? Not a clue. But he DID know what 'excruciating' meant, so... one out of three? "That makes sense." It did not make sense, but Abey was rather good at pretending, you see. It was like ACTING ~~and definitely not lying~~.

Anyways, at least he knew what he was doing now, and actually now that he'd already done one of the tentacle cutting things, he felt a little more like he could do the rest. AND, even though he hadn't understood some of those words the Healer had said, he DID sort of work out that what it must have meant was that the murtlaps just couldn't feel the tentacles after a certain point which made it okay to cut them off.

"No, not hard at all actually," Abey said with a grin. Okay, yes, he was ready now, and also now he should probably speed up because everyone else was way ahead of him. He didn't seem to be in trouble from being so far behind, but still.

After looking over all the murtlap's tentacles and locating the one that looked most like the one that the Healer had picked out earlier, Abey reached into the tank with loads more confidence than the last time. Feeling for the base of the tentacle - the stub, yes that - he made sure to cut a couple of centimetres away from it, now with the (sort of) understanding that he couldn't possibly be hurting it.

Abey wanted to be speedy, but he didn't want to RUSH, but he wanted to be speedy, but he DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH. Trying to rush his work when his work included scissors near a live animal and a task he had only just learnt to do was probably actually sort of definitely a bad idea. But he did work more efficiently now, putting the second harvested tentacle into the tray with the first, and then going back to locate a suitable third, fourth and fifth choice, and making short BUT CAREFUL work of collecting those too. Every time he finished one, he checked the shrimp status in the tank too, at one point even added another shrimp or two to the box with having to be asked.

And now he had five harvested tentacles! Or, no, wait... Abey paused, and did another count, this time pointing at each as he counted them off, just to be sure, because it HAD looked like four, but no, all five were there! Yesssssss!

Oh, and because manners were very important, Abey leaned forward and whispered into the tank, "Thank you Mr. Murtlap." He knew it probably didn't understand him, but it was important to say please and thank you actually.

Done!

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,197 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Fourth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	mini activity 2 post 3 Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight SPOILER!!: reeeeeeeedster Quote: Originally Posted by Stefan Jordan obviously taught his students well, considering that Abey wasn't the first student to express their concern about hurting the Murtlap while harvesting. it showed kindness and curiosity at the same time. "Their nerve endings stop at the stubs. Beyond that are just tentacles without any trace of dendrites so they won't feel anything. If they did, however, not only will they be in excruciating pain, but harvesting their tentacles would be close to impossible." And in the wizarding world, their tentacles were meant for harvesting...and for healing and protection purposes of the wizarding folks. River gave Abey all the time he needed to harvest his first tentacle, given that it was a bit daunting to execute. Live rodent and all. The Healer kept his pleasant grin as he waited for the Gryffindor, and nodded in approval as soon as the boy showed him his first ever harvest. "Well done, Master Botros. It wasn't that hard, was it?" River adjusted his grip on the Murtlap and allowed Abey to choose his next tentacle. "Four more to go, and we'll be ready to pickle the tentacles." Keep up the good work, Abester! "Oh, okay," Abey replied, nodding his head, even though he had no idea what a nerve ending was or what that had to do with anything. Dendrites? Not a clue. But he DID know what 'excruciating' meant, so... one out of three? "That makes sense." It did not make sense, but Abey was rather good at pretending, you see. It was like ACTING ~~and definitely not lying~~. Anyways, at least he knew what he was doing now, and actually now that he'd already done one of the tentacle cutting things, he felt a little more like he could do the rest. AND, even though he hadn't understood some of those words the Healer had said, he DID sort of work out that what it must have meant was that the murtlaps just couldn't feel the tentacles after a certain point which made it okay to cut them off. "No, not hard at all actually," Abey said with a grin. Okay, yes, he was ready now, and also now he should probably speed up because everyone else was way ahead of him. He didn't seem to be in trouble from being so far behind, but still. After looking over all the murtlap's tentacles and locating the one that looked most like the one that the Healer had picked out earlier, Abey reached into the tank with loads more confidence than the last time. Feeling for the base of the tentacle - the stub, yes that - he made sure to cut a couple of centimetres away from it, now with the (sort of) understanding that he couldn't possibly be hurting it. Abey wanted to be speedy, but he didn't want to RUSH, but he wanted to be speedy, but he DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH. Trying to rush his work when his work included scissors near a live animal and a task he had only just learnt to do was probably actually sort of definitely a bad idea. But he did work more efficiently now, putting the second harvested tentacle into the tray with the first, and then going back to locate a suitable third, fourth and fifth choice, and making short BUT CAREFUL work of collecting those too. Every time he finished one, he checked the shrimp status in the tank too, at one point even added another shrimp or two to the box with having to be asked. And now he had five harvested tentacles! Or, no, wait... Abey paused, and did another count, this time pointing at each as he counted them off, just to be sure, because it HAD looked like four, but no, all five were there! Yesssssss! Oh, and because manners were very important, Abey leaned forward and whispered into the tank, "Thank you Mr. Murtlap." He knew it probably didn't understand him, but it was important to say please and thank you actually. Done! __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!