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Roman Gellar
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SPOILER!!: Nettie Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom  Nettie wrinkled her nose at the smell of the corpse flower. YUCK. If she was sitting any closer to the flower, she might have found herself gagging. She didn't really know anything about corpse flowers, although she'd heard about them before. She raised her hand after flipping through her textbook and looking for the chapter on corpse flowers and giving it a little skim.
"Well, corpse flowers all smell terrible, which is why only flies and gross beetles want to pollinate them or go anywhere near them," she said. Did that sound rude and uppity? Oops. “Well you’re not wrong there, dear,” Paul winked at her a big, ignoring Noble’s snide remark to the girl. He was rather amused at his teaching partner’s snark. Heh! SPOILER!!: Bel Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Bel grinned at her head of house and then returned her attention to the stinky flower. It didn't really look much like a flower, Bel thought, but it was interesting to look at. She didn't know anything about them aside from what she could see. Erm. Could she comment on that? Bel put her hand up.
I don't know anything about them apart from what I see, " and smell, " but it has that weird cool spike in the middle and.... Is that frilly bit around the outside a leaf? It doesn't look like a petal." “Weeeellll the frilly bit is actually called a spathe...I guess you could call it a petal, almost. It encases the innermost bits. The pistil and the fruits when the fruits come out. But most do call it ‘the frill.’” He explained. “The spike is also part of the bloom. The pistil part.” He wondered if he needed to go over flower anatomy...again….maybe it would have been a good refresher for some of them? SPOILER!!: Dorian Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Why Professor Myers was getting excited about a stinking, rotting flower was beyond him. Even the flower's name was not appealing at all. The Ravenclaw tried to breath normally though despite the smell. It was difficult at first cause it was aweful. His grandpa once told him that the nose would get used to a certain smell when exposed to it.
He raised his hand in the air to answer the question when the Professor tripped over something. He couldn't see what it was but he hoped it was a chair leg or a bag. He'd be concerned if he tripped over nothing...
"Don't they make fruit for animals to eat?" he asked while reading from his textbook.
Uuuuuhhhhhh Paul chuckled a little. “Ummmm the fruits...well, if we were to eat them, we’d die. It’d be the last thing you ever ate. Most animals would die too.” Yeaaaah don’t feed your pets these berries, kiddos. SPOILER!!: Abraham Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir A... corpse flower. Abra had to make a face, but it was sort of hidden behind his mask, which he had opted for over the bubblehead charm (which he did know how to do), because he thought the latter would make him look a bit ridiculous. It didn't matter that he'd be surrounded by plenty of other bubbleheads.
So... corpse flowers. Abra raised his hand tentatively, trying to recall any of the facts Mairwen might have spouted at him at any point over the last... however many years.
"Is it... do they bloom for a really short time? Or only every, like, billion years or something?" Listen, he was exaggerating, but Myers would get what he was saying. "So when it happens, it's, like... mega special."
He eyed the flower uncertainly. The thing reeked, looked ugly, and had 'corpse' in its name. It was hard to think of it as very special at all.
Paul nodded and gave a little one-clap to Abra?? Abey? Paul hated Abra. It sounded like the beginning of the fake muggle spell...but if the boy wanted to be...called that…. “Very good, Mr. Botros!” Paul avoided le name, smiling. “It blooms for the FIRST time after seven years, usually, but after that can bloom every 3 to nine years.” They were very rare and special indeed. DID THEY NOT REALIZE THEY WERE IN FOR A REAL TREAT TODAY? A STINKY TREAT? LUCKY! SPOILER!!: Lydia Quote:
Originally Posted by Nyx Lydia was in a great mood on her way to Herbology. Along with Charms, it was one of her favorite classes, and Professor Myers was her favorite professor. He was just always so cheerful and fun to be around. As she stepped into the greenhouse, the wave of humidity rolled over her, and she took a deep breath, which turned out to be a very bad idea, because something smelled AWFUL in here. And she wasn't exactly to pleased to find Professor Noble of Potions standing next to Professor Myers. Potions was her least favorite class.
Finding a place around the rancid-smelling corpse flower in the middle of the room, Lydia gave Professor Myers a huge smile. "Hello, Professor!" she called. Turning to Professor Noble, she gave a much more subdued greeting. "Erm, and hello to you too, Professor Noble."
Lydia gathered her supplies. Apparently they'd need face masks for this. Urgh, corpse flowers were totally gross, even if they were fascinating. Why would they need face masks? She had a bad feeling about that. And why did they have to bring toe nails too? Extra gross! But she'd done as asked and brought some clippings in a muggle sandwich baggie.
Professor Myers almost tripped over someone's bag (poor professor!) as he was explaining that the flower in the room was a corpse flower. Having already pored through the herbology textbook (it was fascinating!), Lydia had already suspected that it was indeed a corpse flower. Now the professor was asking them about it.
Lydia's hand shot into the air. "The muggle scientific term for the Corpse Flower is the Amorphophallus titanum, Professor Myers. It's called a carrion flower, because instead of being pollinated by bees it uses insects that eat dead animals instead, like Nettie mentioned."
He nodded at Lydia who had some very good stuff to say indeed. He wouldn’t uh...go into detail about the origins of the name of the flower, but some of them had probably done their own research, or would be doing so shortly. “Yesss! Very good!” SPOILER!!: Chloe Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Chloe, ever obedient, struck a pose for the good professor, showing off her suit for him. See? Very stylish, and Derfy had one too now. She also clapped and cheered uproariously for the plant's introduction, mostly for its own sake. Everyone deserved to be cheered on, especially when they smelled a bit awful. Double especially.
"It's a maaaaaagnificent plant, sir, and you're lucky to have one that's so pretty and big and ready to bloom. They usually can go years and years between blooming, so to have one here, like this, is lucky for us all." She bounced on her toes. The Greek name was rather rude, but she didn't think the professor would appreciate her saying so.
No, he wouldn’t. Don’t don’t DON’T, CHLOEKETTLEBURN. “You’re right. You all ARE lucky--the smell isn’t so bad--” Paul had no bubble-head charm on. No mask, nothing. He was just fine, see? He loved this flower! SPOILER!!: Maddie Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana A...corpse flower?! Maddie glanced up at the professor with a blank expression. She definitely didn't want to smell the air. She already had her Bubblehead Charm in place, and she was just fine with taking his word about the flower smelling so terrible. She did clap along with him, though. He seemed pretty proud about the flower, and she didn't want him to feel bad about Sir Stinks-a-Lot over there.
In a matter of seconds, he'd jumped toward the flower, nearly tripped on somebody's bag, recovered his balance, and asked a question. MERLIN. He had more energy than she did, and she had a LOT of energy. Anyway, Maddie had already gathered that a Corpse Flower was so special because it stunk. She didn't really know much else about it, though.
She raised her hand. "I'm with Bel, in that I don't really know much about it other than what I see," she said. "It looks huge, though, and I'm guessing there's a lot of potions ingredients somewhere in there." She eyed the huge flower before her, wondering if they were going to have to touch the stinky flower to harvest all of its parts... “Well, context clues indeed, m’dear--” he smiled and gestured at Professor Noble. “You’re correct! But you’ll see in just a few minutes-- yes--HOLD YOUR ABRAXANS FOLKS!” SPOILER!!: Emmalyn Quote:
Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom Having set all of her items out and making sure her mask was on as snug as possible, Emmalyn grabbed her parchment to jot down notes about the corpse flower. She really had no idea what the thing was, other than a big, stinky, plant. However, she was excited to find out what they would be doing with it.
Then something she had read earlier that year came to her. She rose her hand and waited her turn "Sir, isn't a corpse flower really more of a plant with a lot of individual flowers? Or, maybe it was mini flowers covered by large leaves?" After she answered, she immediately regretted it. Attempting to recall random facts from late night studying didn't always turn out as well as she meant for them to.
Paul smiled at her attempt because an attempt at all was better than no attempt! He enjoyed back and forth discussion in class! “Well...yes and no. There’s many little berries once the bloom opens fully...the flower comes and then the berries... “ it was kind of confusing. Corpse flowers were anatomically confusing! But it wasn’t like he would make them label them or anything. In fact, the potions part of this class would be far more important. SPOILER!!: Ronan Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty "Eh, I've been better," he answered Professor Meyers in that same flat tone. It was true, after all. That, and he wasn't really into talking about it with a whole bunch of people around.
The dressing down of Quinn, whom he was convinced thought herself above it all, almost got a chuckle out of Ronan. That was, until Noble got to him. Really? Was he planning on springing pumpkins or limes on them? Because that was kind of cruel. If he'd had the warning before, he would've skipped class. That smirk earned the potions professor a glare from the Head Boy, one that was thankfully hidden by the dark sunglasses, before he turned wordlessly to get one of the MagHaz (why the fancy name? why not just call it a HazMat suit like the Muggles?) suits and quickly slipped it on. Though, the helmet caused two problems. One, he would have to remove his Bubble-Head Charm before he put it on, exposing his nostrils to the smell and two, he would also have to remove his sunglasses, exposing his black eye to the classroom. But, he did enjoy living as much as his life sucked right now, so that's what he did, gagging slightly as the smell hit his nose briefly.
It would be great if the fates, or whoever, stopped trying to find ways to kill him now, thanks. Also, if anyone dared make fun of his eye, his wand was at the ready.
Now in the ridiculous suit, Ronan made his way back to his station just in time for Professor Meyers' question. "They can grow to be up to eight feet tall and 13 feet wide, though there was one that grew to be ten feet tall. Some call it the Sumatran Century Flower, since it blooms very rarely." was his flat-toned answer.
Hmmm...something was off with Ronan, but he’d check with the Gryffindor after class sometime. He eyed him going to get a suit just because Noble recommended it. Was there a...history there? Had Noble suggested the suits for this reason? He would have to ask Noble later, too, about that. He gave the boy a thumbs up once he was suited up, though, and continued. “All very correct, m’boy!” he cried cheerfully. SPOILER!!: Derf Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie ..............a WHAT?
Derf was GAPING at Chloe when she mentioned them being LUCKY right now - though he got that this was way more her thing than his. (....and had Ronan had a go with the Whomping Willow?). And while Derf couldn't REALLY smell anything anymore...he was pretty sure he could figure out how it got the name CORPSE flower since it smelled like a decaying body...and likely GREW out of one. His mind had already been unraveling about caves and protection surrounding them in a historical context, which meant that he had spiraled all the way to thinking about inferi which then meant he had started freaking out about Jessa and her SOMEHOW getting approval to study NECROMANCY here at Hogwarts and on her OWN with her OWN LAB with WHO KNEW what was going on there because Jessa was REALLY REALLY GOOD AT KEEPING SECRETS SOMETIMES....So while the Hufflepuff had, mostly, moved on from his theory that the Herbology professor was a Dark Lord...this was not helping.
At all.
And the pained expression of a true grin and bear it moment showed that quite vividly.
But one thing for certain was that the plant was MASSIVE and with corpse in the name it was easy for the fifth year to be brought back to that little boy sitting in the living room watching mum's flesh eating shrub massacre the family dog.
Which was why his hand shot up to ask an all important question - because something THAT massive surely needed something quite substantial to maintain itself, right? Other plants like trees and such fleeing his mind in the moment as his heart drummed wildly in his chest. "..........is it carnivorous?" he asked, taking a step AWAY from everything.
Paul had expected this question! “Well, it is in the textbook--but as we’re introducing you to the flower now--” He smiled, not unkindly, in Derf’s direction. “It functions like most other plants. Sunlight, soil, and water is all it needs to survive. In a tropical location, of course.” So no carnivorous tendencies! SPOILER!!: Kye Quote:
Originally Posted by Dokimoto Ahh corpse flower. She had smelt it that's for sure, but it hadn't registered right away what the smell was coming from. It reminded Kye of the plant in that one musical... Little Shop of Horrors... but she knew it was different. Lydia's response caused Kye's face to scrunch up a bit. Ew... Finally, raising her hand, Kye spoke up with her vast (hahaha yea right) knowledge on the thing. "I think it was first seen in the rainforests of like, Indonesia or somewhere... Isn't it true that the uhm... aroma... gets worse at night time?" she asked. If she was remembering that correctly, she was VERY glad this class wasn't at night. ...Also perhaps she would grab the suit offered simply to try to fend off the smell, even if she wasn't actually allergic to anything in here. Kye couldn't help but wonder what exactly they would be doing with the nails they were told to bring... She was liking this class less and less.
“Sumatra to be exact! A little island in Indonesia.” He nodded at her getting that correct! “And two for two---also correct! They stink more at night...AND AND AND -- “ he bubbled up in excitement here because THIS fact was AMAAAAAZING! “The CORPSE FLOWER CAN RAISE ITS TEMPERATURE TO MIMIC THAT OF A DEAD BODY!” Wasn’t that just COOL? “So those beetles and flies are fooled even MORE!” SPOILER!!: Hattie Quote:
Originally Posted by RachieRu Harriet frowned a little as she looked at the note from Sky. They hadn't really talked since christmas, and well, she didn't need to focus on that now. She had a lesson to pay attention to. A lesson that was just starting now. She put the note in her bag to look at later. For now, she was going to concentrate on the lesson. Something could totally come up in their exams, and she really did not want to miss it. Not at all. She didn't want to fail any of her exams, even if she didn't really need the exam results to help get into university.
Corpse flower. Lovely. Whilst Hattie enjoyed herbology, she did not like the sound of that plant. She tilted her head to the side, looking over the plant. She'd heard of it, having done a bit of reading about it during her herbology studying. That was pretty helpful actually. She smiled, as she put her hand up into the air. "They are native to Sumatra and Western Java, but some botanists cultivate them in their botanical gardens" which was pretty cool actually.
Paul nodded at the Hufflepuff prefect. “Yes yes! Mostly in the tropical climates of Sumatra...Java...but you CAN cultivate them elsewhere with the proper care. This pant would have withered and died if it felt the cold outside of this greenhouse.” SPOILER!!: Jessa Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Absolutely nothing was happening. It'd been several seconds of standing there leaving her to think whatever it was was slow acting or--Merlin's beard. What had started out as her nose still adjusting to no longer having that bubble head charm on from the walk across the grounds (to help filter out the cold air) quickly turned into a full on assault on her nostrils, but you'd never know unless you caught the way her nose scrunched and twitched for the briefest moment. Her sense of smell may very well have been temporarily shot to hell, presumably saving her the brunt of that odor.
She may have asked if THAT was what the protective masks were for, finding it not so entirely unbearable after a morning spent with formaldehyde but it seemed the Professor had a question of his own, about her well being no less.
The Ravenclaw cocked her head, fixing the man with a rather curious look. "Of course, Professor. Perfectly neutral right now." Strange of him to ask. "Preoccupied maybe, but I think I may have answered my own question." No rash, no hives, no unbearable coughing, no organ failure, no hysteria, no hallucinations. It had to be the smell. Overbearing as it was, it wasn't enough to send her back to the door for a mask. It was perfectly manageabl--corpse plant?
Blue eyes flickered from the man to the plant in question. Large and containing one of her favourite words. Jessa silently observed the plant while the others shared what they knew but she found that the more she heard was the less impressed she was.
Corpse plant because things that liked dead things pollinated it basically. "What're the benefits of such a plant, Professor? Potions wise." She had no use for it from a herbological standpoint.
Paul laughed. “Ah ah, ahaahhh, Jessa Cambridge---not just yet, Missy,” he winked. “ Let us follow our lesson plan, Professor Noble, shall we?” he smirked at the professor. “In due time, Miss Cambridge.” SPOILER!!: Rylee Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolyander The Corpse Flower!
Rylee practically wiggled in excitement, her blue eyes following Myers towards the flower/plant being spoken of. Seeing one up close and getting to experience it blooming was a real treat indeed! So much so that she clapped happily along with Myers as he introduced the plant. Yes, yes, she was just as excited as the professor about this. Truthfully flowers and plants in general got her excited but this was special... a rare treat as the man had said. These flowers bloomed only once every so many years, sometimes five or six years or sometimes even decades.
Smiling brightly which was hidden by the face mask, Rylee raised her hand. "The Corpse Flower is really a flowering plant like Emmalyn said, Professor. It consists of clusters of blooms the encircle the base of the spadix in two rings, one ring being 'female' flowers and the other ring being 'male' flowers. These flowers are protected by the spathe... which is a large frilly looking leaf."
All her research on flowers and plants was really paying off right now. She wasn't in to much need of taking notes at the very moment because she knew all that was being said already but this was all thanks to her love of the subject. Right now all her attention was on that gorgeous flower/plant.
Well wasn’t Rylee just a walking textbook right now??? Paul chuckled a little and moved to pat her head. “Yes. All correct. But we won’t be needing to go into that much detail about the flower today.” SPOILER!!: Max Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterloo It looked scary. It looked ugly. It smelled disgusting.
That's all Maxton knew about this so-called corpse flower. If you could even call that thing a flower. Weren't flowers supposed to be pretty? Derf's question about it being carnivorous had him on edge too. Is that why it was called CORPSE flower? Because it ate PEOPLE?
The nervous Slytherin shuffled back a few inches.
No thank you.
…….Paul didn’t catch the shuffle, nor did he notice anything remotely concerning! His eyes passed over Max...since he didn’t have his hand raised... SPOILER!!: Leesha Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonea Staring at the two teachers she frowned, she indeed had brought some of her toenails but why she had needed to did had been a mystery to her, she only had hoped that she didn’t needed to work with the nails of OTHER people because, if that would be the case, then she would quit the lesson, that was something she knew for sure… But when she listened to the professor her frown deepened, of course she had smelled the flower, it was more the question who hadn’t smelled it because it had been worse than her father’s farts and THAT was something what had impressed her! But about the question about the ugly smelling flower… She had no idea, it wasn’t that she did not wanted to answer, it was just… She really never had been interested in herbology and she truly had no idea…
Weeeeeeellllll anyone??? Paul looked around. “ Anyone else have anything to say?” Since a few were being quiet for now. But that was all right. SPOILER!!: Septimus Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Professor Myers sure was happy to see him, his returned greeting enthusiastic. Though he couldn’t say Professor Noble’s own was too disappointing. Polite but different. Soon enough, class was begun and they were introduced to the first smelly plant. A corpse flower. Yeah, that name fit the smell for sure, one of a rotting corpse. Or at least how he supposed one might have actually smelled if he had any actual experience in the matter.
He offered the herbology professor some claps for the bloom, not wanting to disappoint but he couldn’t find an answer. He didn’t know anything about said flower. Well other than the fact that it, of course, smelled unpleasant. Septimus simply remained quiet, letting his classmates speak and ask any questions they themselves had in mind. Surely they would be finding out all they needed to know during the course of the lesson…or for homework.
Paul looked round for some more raised hands ANYONEEEEE?….and his eyes merely by coincidence caught Septimus’...but the boy had nothing to say? Paul smiled encouragingly, but he wouldn’t nag at kiddos. If they didn’t want to answer, they didn’t have to! As long as they participated later, took good notes, and paid attention, he was satisfied! SPOILER!!: Vivian Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy Eh, that must explain why the smell almost made her vom just outside the greenhouse. If anything, even the slightest weird scents made Vivian's stomach tumble around like a washing machine. But she figured that maybe it did have some use for potion-making. This was a joint lesson, so the plant must have potential ingredients attached to it like its leaves and... roots.
And fruits, too, apparently. That was interesting.
What Vivian knew about the plant, though, was mostly clouded by what she had smelled before entering the greenhouse. Well, besides the fact that it looked like a thing, but you know. She wasn't going to mention that. The Head Girl raised her hand. "It smells like rotten egg and death, sir." As the name suggests.
Stomach still doing the washing machine thing.
Well.
Duh.
Paul….laughed. “The smell problem will be solved quite soon everyone, don’t worry!” he said quickly. “No one throw up, please!”
Paul heard the little exchange between Noble and Quinn, and he quickly smiled as he made his way over to Quinn. “Weeeelllll Quinn….you’re trying to surpass your year, I see!” he chuckled and patted Noble on the back. “Unfortunately, Professor is right...and you need a PEWTER cauldron for today...but I hate to see you run all the way to Ravenclaw tower...any extra we can summon from the Potions lab, Noble?’ he asked softly. He didn’t want anyone to miss that much of class!
Ahem. *Awk-ward* OOC: ps. Beth's post will move us on ^__^ still time to catchup folks!
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