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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom  It didn't help when a whole HERD of...things suddenly appeared after he waved his wand. Backing up a few steps, she paused as Wayland gave them the name of what they were. Leucrotta? She'd never heard of them. One word?
Mind still mostly on her hair, she raised her hand. "Moose." "Moose. Yeah they kinda look similar don't they?" Tristan said with a nod before moving on to the next hand in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by PatInTheHat GASPETH.
THOSE WERE SO BIG.
COULD THEY PET THEM???
COULD THEY RIDE THEM??
One word was REALLY hard for Emma. Like, who only had the one word? She had SO MANY. But after chewing her lip a little, she managed to just say the one word and nothing else. "Beard!" "Beard. Yeah they definitely have good beards." Tristan said with a grin and a wink before moving on. Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir What was that thing?! Indigo had never seen or even heard of... one of those before? What had Professor Wayland called it? A leucrotta? And now there were several of them standing in front of him. Indigo just watched for a moment, trying to understand for himself what exactly they were so he could come up with a word to describe them. Someone said moose, and honestly that was what they looked like. Except they had a lot of hair, yes kind of like a beard, and huge mouths that kind of reminded him of a pelican. He almost used the word pelican as his answer but decided against it. There had to be something better and less ridiculous. Eventually he said "Antlers." Those things looked sharp. "Yes, antlers. Very large and pointy, antlers." He gave Indigo a wink and a nod before pointing at the next student wit their hand in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Granger Danger Raising her hand her eyes wide in amazement and a bit of fear, she looked at the creature and back at Professor Wayland. " HUGE Professor, it's huge!" she said looking at the creature. She didn't know whether to be memorized by it or frightened, it was a close draw between both of them really. She knew that some creatures looked terrifying but were the nicest creatures you can very imagine, she had a good feeling it was the same with these. With a chuckle, Tristan replied, "Yes they are huge. Wait till they open their mouths." He said with raised eyebrows and a grin. Quote:
Originally Posted by Charely Potter Taddy was getting cozy in the heat while others added in their thoughts on the differences with Hyenas, Lions, and Mooses. He knew some things about them, wasn't the Lion the symbol of Gryffindor for one? And the Hyenas were always laughing in that Lion King movie his parents would let him watch with his siblings back at home. And the Mooses were some mascot for a Canadian Quidditch team. He knew stuff, but was fighting the urge to sleeeep in this comfy setting.
What kept him up though? The Leucrottas coming in. "WHOA!" He definitely was not sleeping here. First was how huge their beard was and their mouth. He contributed to the question. "They have big mouths.. literally." That was obvious, of course. But he wondered what uses they had them for other than eating. Tristan chuckled at the young Ravenclaws reaction. "Yes, they have very big mouths." Very wide round mouths at that. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Um.
Those were....interesting looking.
"Unusual, Professor." Intimidating. Not very cute. Not a creature she'd want to spend quality time with. "Yes, Vita. Very unusual and unique creatures." Tristan said with a nod before pointing at another raised hand in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Chloe was really trying to listen, but it was hard when her friend was so furry and she went from worried to wanting to pet her like she did her cat. She only barely heard the professor speaking again and she turned her head to try and focus more.
What were they learning today?
Looking at the herd that just come around she studied them for a few minutes, "bearded" She had other words too, but he only wanted one so she tried to stay with just what he wanted. "Yes, they have fantastic beards." It was already mentioned, but that was alright. There were only so many descriptive words...and their beards were pretty amazing. Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Oh, so the mystery animal was a leucrotta... and the professor wanted them to describe it in one word. Wow! That was going to be hard! Tina was used to showing off with longwinded answers. How was she supposed to give a thorough answer with only one word? She thought for a minute. The first word that popped into her mind was hodgepodge because the creature looked like a mash-up of several different animals, but that answer sounded too out there without an explanation to accompany it. The professor's instructions were "one word' not "one word and am explanation of how it applies", so she picked a safer option. "Furry," she said after raising her hand. "Yes, Tina, they have a lot of fur." Tristan said with a nod and looked around for more hands in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick was not thrilled that he would have to hang around with the patches of fur that he had recently acquired. He was hating this school right about now. He kept quiet as he listened to the first question. He would have said that lions were fierce and that the male lion typically protected the rest of the herd but he didn’t want to draw any more attention to himself than he had to.
As he sat and listened to other peoples answers he nodded they were right. But what exactly was a Leucrotta? He had never seen a single one nor did he know anything about it but from his spot as far away as others he put his hand on his head like antlers so that way he could show he knew something. He was tired of the pink fur in his hair. The patches on his back. Like why what did he do to deserve this? Oh, poor Patrick. It looked like he was beginning to grow fur as well and his was...pink? So strange. He was going to have to send all of the fur covered students to the healer at the end of the class. Whatever was going around was obviously contagious. Tristan made his way back to the front of the group but closer to the blackboard. It was note time before they got to their activity! "Alright, very good descriptive words everyone! Now a little information about our fantastic creatures for today!" He paused to collect his thoughts.
"The Leucrotta, as you can see, looks like a rather large moose with sharp, pointy antlers, and when they open their mouths they are ridiculously large compared to their face and heads." He paused so everyone could catch up to the blackboard. "They have the hindquarters of a Stag, and the neck, tail, and chest of a lion. Their backs are not flexible at all which means they have to completely turn their body to look behind them.'
Pausing for a moment to let the students catch up in their notes, he continued. "Now there isn't very much information out there about this creature. But what we do know is that they are offspring of the Hyena and the Lion. They are omnivorous. They can mimic voices and any sound that they hear. Their teeth are not actually teeth, they are long sharp bone that can crush anything. It's also been said they are able to switch gender every year if they want to, but that hasn't been proven." And that was all for notes today!
"This heard lives in the Forbidden Forest and I check on them often, so they are used to human interaction. Though they eat plants and meat, they do not eat humans so you are completely and one hundred percent safe with these creatures." He wanted to make that perfectly clear so no one would be scared of them.
He moved towards the middle of the semi-circle. "Alright for your small activity, your task is to interact with and get to know your Leucrotta! See if you can get them to mimic you, feed them, give them a good brushing! There are supplies on that table over there," he pointed behind him and a table appeared with various hay, grass, green leaves, meats, and of course brushes.
"Hop to it!" Tristan said with a wink, moving out of the way so he didn't get trampled by excited students. OOC: You all are doing great! I think this activity is pretty explanatory. You have until the 27th at 6pm to complete this part of the lesson. If you have any IC questions put "Professor" in the title of your post! If you have any OOC questions feel free to PM me! Most importantly have fun! You can post as much as you want!
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