It was no surprise to Paul that Isa was the first to arrive. She was positively EAGER about both Herbology and Creatures, sooo. It made sense. Much sense. He gave her a wave. "Hello, Isa, dear!" He smiled. The warming charm was proving a good idea. He didn't know why, but he hadn't taken weather as a factor when he and Tristan first planned this little activity. And yes, it was cold out right now. "Hello, Skylar. You're quite chipper today!" And chipper was welcome!

He stopped leaning on the Wiggentree because he had been there for way too long, and he wasn't keen on ticking off any bowtruckles today. "Junia, Kimi! Hello!" he greeted them both. He hadn't expected many students to show up for some extra credit, only the ones either very interested in points or interested in one or both of the accompanying subjects. Buncha' NERDS. Paul smiled affectionately, though. He appreciated passion for school. Or just in general.

Lord, Derf had shown up, and Paul was actually surprised, though he knew the boy had a love of creatures. So half surprised. But really, his INSANE fear of Paul had him chuckling for days. "Hello, Derfael." He nodded politely at his badger. "Greetings, Tenacius. And you too, Emmeline!" he grinned. Okay, this was a better turnout than he had expected. Nice!

But they really should get started soon, yes? So it wasn't dark before they finished here. "Nice to see you, Staysa!" he smiled. HENRY was here. pREFEEEECTTTT BADGER. Paul clapped a proud hand on his shoulder. Still not over it, really, and still very much feeling guilty for last term, NBD all right? "Henry." He smiled at Henry. Ignoring that stabby guilt in the pit of his stomach.

Well, he had wanted to start, but more students were trickling in. A few more minutes, then. "Hello, Vivian!" he smiled at the girl. And then Oliver. OLIVER. "Hellllllo, Oliver," he winked at the boy. He had seen Oliver over the summer. For his play. Beautiful work that boy could do, and Paul would encourage it in any way necessary. He was a talented boy. "That's the attitude, Matt!" Paul chuckled at the boy's excitement. Very very excitable. "Jessa, Noelle, welcome!" he grinned. OKAY? Time to begin?

Paul cleared his throat and glanced over at Tristan. "OKAY. As you can all very well see, there are a few distinct plants scattered about. We've got some very hardy Wiggentrees--" Paul gestured with his hand. "We've got some just beautiful orchids, they smell wonderful do they not?" He smirked. "We've got little mushrooms peeking out at us..hi little guys!" He waved at a mushroom. It wasn't the weirdest thing he'd ever done, either. "And just..random greenery! Very fun. Very plant-y. But seeing as Professor WAYLAND is here...and I'm sure you've all guessed or CAN guess....CAMO ANIMALS!" Paul did jazz hands. "CAMO ANIMALS!" He repeated for emphasis.

"Now, the FUN part of today is..." Paul gestured at four very large jars. "You have to FIND the hidden animals in here." HA! HAHA! FUN! "So....there's...bowtruckles---which, Professor Wayland, if you would kindly remind students on how to approach these animals at some point, yes?" because he liked his students having eyes, thank you. "There are some truly BEAUTiFUL orchid mantises...there's leaf tailed geckos... and some very nice horklumps," Paul chuckled and pulled a cup out of seemingly nowhere. "You will each pick an animal...er, creature." Because was a mantis an animal? A bug, more like. "That is the animal you will search for allllllll over this area. The jars are labeled by creature. Once each jar gets to a...predetermined amount (meaning, each is magically going to be "full" differently because the animals take up different amounts of space), it will be closed. The people that contributed to finding THAT animal have won, per say!" Paul gave three little claps. "It's not really a team effort...more...I want you all interacting with each other, with the plants, withs the little creatures. So lets pick --" Paul let each student pick a small slip of paper from a cup. "Gloves can be used if you wish! Be very gentle with our creature friends, please!" Like no smashing the bugs. Like, just no. "Once you have picked your creature, you may begin! We will talk about camouflage after this activity!" The educational part and all.




OOC: Here is how this will work OOC. I decided to scrap the pair work because I know it can be problematic depending on someone else in order for you to succeed. So I tweaked some things, but yes NO pair work involved.

1. No one is working together. BUT...
2. You post looking for your creature...and OOC, you will flip this coin. Post #1 will title their post with what they have flipped.
3. The next person will post their person searching for the animal. They, too, will flip said coin. If they roll the same as #1, they have found the creature!
4. #3 will post. If THEY roll the same as #2, they have found the creature.
5. #4 will post. If THEY roll the same as #3, they, too, have found the creature.
6. If you do not roll the same as the person above you, TRY AGAIN FRIEND. These creatures would be tricky liiiiittttttle guys, but not impossible to find.

I will edit your posts with what creature your character is looking for. That is the character they picked from a hat.

If this is confusing at all or you need clarification, please PM either me or Suziella. We will clarify, happily <3

This will go on until one of the jars is "full." I'll be keeping track of that and will jump in and announce when whichever jar is full (what r grammar). So...without further adoooo!

POST AWAY! Be creative, give me something fun to read <3 A little chaos can ensue, but keep it real, lovelies. <3 I titled my post with TAILS so that the first person to post still has a chance of finding a creature. I assigned you all creatures randomly but tried to keep it even. WHOOH!

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO POST. POST AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN ANIMAL. YES. You won't get in trouble for being late. THIS AIN'T A LESSON