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Louis Bracken
Gryffindor Sixth Year
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl  "Great answer, Louise," William beamed at her. "They are great hunters." He noticed Lucy's behavior too, but didn't mention it. Fiona would mention it. She let out a long, lowwwwww hisssss at the domesticated feline. She didn't take her eyes off the other cat either. As far as she was concerned? That white cat could just launch itself off its owner's lap and fall flat to the ground, on its face... and her eyes communicated just that. So....nothing from these few, then? Williamson nodded to them all and made sure they could see the chalkboard.
"I think we have all our facts, then. Make sure you jot these down and then we'll move on."
Wampus Facts
---native to Appalachia
---eyes can hypnotize
---possible powers of legilimency
---can walk on hind legs
---quickly grow to be pretty large
---nearly impossible to kill, once fully grown
---hair is used in wands
---Cherokee of North America are the only ones to use their hair in a wand
---look similar to a mountain lion
---most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular)
---VERY strong
---VERY fast
---EXCELLENT hunters
---GREAT climbers
---fierce warriors
---represent a House at Ilvermorny
---possibly originated from a witch in cougar skin who was cursed
---should avoid eye contact or wear sunglasses
---obligate carnivores, eat deer, rabbits, foxes, woodland creatures
---use stealth, ambush, and hypnosis against prey
"So, a few things I want to emphasize." The Professor had his dragonhide gloves on, and picked up Rufus, holding him tightly as he set him on the top of the cage for everyone to see. Rufus was NOT pleased with this action, but he was biding his time, casting his yellow eyes about for his first victim.
"This is obviously a VERY small wampus. In fact, it was born at the very end of July, and I picked it up from a friend's sanctuary in the States. Rufus and Fiona, and she was the runt of the litter, will be going back there after our class so that they can SLOWLY be rehabilitated and released to the wild. Both are the only survivors of a premature litter, rescued when their mum was shot by a Muggle hunter." He cleared his throat. "Just because these two are small doesn't mean they won't be nearly grown in a few months. Rufus and Fiona are NOT threats to your cats and kneazles, as far as I've seen. They are, however, WICKEDLY fast." And that was why he'd spent a day and a half casting protective spells and barriers around the fenced-in classroom space, so that IN CASE of an accident, the wampus actually wouldn't be able to escape.
Also. "I want you to experience firsthand WHY we don't attempt to make pets out of animals that are NOT pets." Looking at you, kids who wanted to bring snails and slugs and spiders and snakes and Merlin knew what else to school. "So. Two or three at a time, you're going to come on up and attempt, I say, ATTEMPT, to lead Rufus or Fiona through the obstacle course. YOU WILL HAVE TO HANG ONTO THE LEASH TIGHT. Do NOT use magic on the wampus. Do NOT let go of the leash. I recommend using the bond you have with your cat or kneazle to persuade the wampus to do your bidding. What worked for them MIGHT work for these two..." And uh, good luck for those who never finished the course in the practice round.
But, well, they'd see. "Let's get started. To make things easy, just work with the person you're sitting next to." And who would be first??
"Alright, Flynn, come on up." Williamson chuckled. "Try NOT to make eye contact with the cat, though? We don't want YOU to be hypnotized." But if Cabriole got hypnotized a bit? That would be oKAY, and interesting to see. "Who's working with Flynn?"
AHA. Victim found. So, Rufus would be working with him. But would he be working FOR or AGAINST him? Mewewewewewww.... OOC: OKAY. Main activity time.
1. You and the person nearest you (ie, just grab the post of the person above you, so we don't spend forever finding a partner) will attempt to run the course with the super speedy wampus.
2. Come on up and take either Rufus from WWW or Fiona from Eris. Remember, they're in a harness and on a leash.
3. Start the course. I'll reply to your post, RPing for whichever wampus you took.
4. You can keep RPing for your kneazle/cat, remembering that they might try to help the wampus, or protect your student, or do something else entirely.
5. Please remember to give me a chance to reply to you! I'll be back online in about 12 hours FOR SURE. <3 AHA, she had given a GReAT answer. Louise beamed back at the professor, pleased with herself and completely unaware of the staredown that Lucy and Fiona the wampus were having.
Something about those eeeeeeyes, ooooooh, she wanted to GET her. She wanted to POUNCE. Lucy's ears went flat as the wampus hissed at her and something in her little feline body told her to pounce. So, she did. She launched herself off of Louise's lap, but something happened between the launch and the landing and Lucy somehow ended up face first in the grass only a foot away from where she had jumped. With an embarrassed and muffled "mrrrff", Lucy got back on her feet and scampered away to hide between Louise's ankles and the stump she was sitting on.
At the same moment that Louise went to grab her notebook.... THAT happened. "Lucy, what on earth?" she whispered as the cat hid behind her legs. Louise sighed and let her stay there while she opened up her notebook to jot down some more notes about the wampus. The poor wampus kitties were the only two to survive? After their momma had been killed by a muggle? Awww. Louise pouted a bit.
And then it was time to interact with the wampus kitties. It was exciting, but also nerve-wracking. Louise liked cats a lot, so it was going to be hard to try and not make eye contact with the wampus. The Gryffindor stood and headed for the wampus kittens. "I'll take Fiona," Louise said to Professor Eris before carefully taking the wampus from him. Holding onto the leash TIGHT, Louise looked back to Lucy, who had followed her, but was still hunkered down behind her feet. Alright, who was going to be her partner? |