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Hey Ju · 07-26-2020, 09:15 PM

Catherine always checked her planner first thing every day, which was a very useful habit to have at the moment. Another good habit she had: having all homework done as soon as they were given out by the teachers. That way, even if she completely forgot about a due date - which had been happening more often that not lately - it was all already done, she just had to go to class and hand it in.

Or in this case... present it in front of everyone. Urgh.

The Ravenclaw had done this multiple times at her primary school, but that didn't mean she was exactly used to it or that she liked it. Much on the contrary. She hated public speaking with a passion and avoided it like the plague. Unfortunately this was a solo project and she couldn't hide behind any groupmate or rely on someone else to do at least most of the talking. ~~Although she was never quite keen on those instances either because most people forgot to mention important facts and details every single time.~~

She hadn't been the first one scheduled to do a presentation that day, and she used that to gauge the level of other people's work. They were okay and it seemed like she hadn't been the only one to have struggled with the ridiculous scales of the cutout compared to the environment. Of course she hadn't, everybody's cutouts were the same size and no one could use magic. That made her feel a little better, but that didn't mean she was happy with the fact it was all just wrong.

It was a good thing she had all of her presentations ready, even though she was only expected to do one that day. Someone else had spoken about Newt Scamander near the kitchen, which was the one she was planning on speaking about that day. She immediately swapped papers when she realised hers would be a duplicate that day and decided to talk about one of the other locations she had picked to take the photograph.

When her time slot came, Catherine slowly got up and quietly walked towards the front of the classroom, her eyes never leaving the piece of parchment in her hands. She turned around to face her classmates and took a deep breath.

"Newt decided to go up to the owlery to check on the owls." She started finally looking up above everyone's heads and towards the back wall. Her eyes kept going between her piece of parchment and said wall throughout the entire presentation as she spoke quietly yet clearly. "He noticed the area hadn't been cleaned in a while and that some of the owls weren't happy about it." She herself was quite familiar with fussy owls. This was when she held her picture up so people could see her cardboard cutout of Newt Scamander standing in the middle of owl droppings. "He decided to do the job himself, and since he enjoys spending time with creatures, he chose to do the work the Muggle way. This way, he was able to spend more time at the owlery chatting to the owls and getting to know them individually, as they responded very well to him and his voice."

There. That was more than enough, she hoped. Catherine was happy enough that she hadn't felt sick or panicky before this presentation. She supposed the fact people's memories were so bad lately would be a good thing for her as everybody would forget it. Hopefully.

07-26-2020, 09:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Hey Ju DMAC & DMLE Bicorn Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Octopus's Garden Posts: 16,727 Hogwarts RPG Name: Scarlett Mordaunt Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Brenna Kavanaugh Slytherin Second Year x8 x4	#1 Arts TRANSPONSTER! Catherine always checked her planner first thing every day, which was a very useful habit to have at the moment. Another good habit she had: having all homework done as soon as they were given out by the teachers. That way, even if she completely forgot about a due date - which had been happening more often that not lately - it was all already done, she just had to go to class and hand it in. Or in this case... present it in front of everyone. Urgh. The Ravenclaw had done this multiple times at her primary school, but that didn't mean she was exactly used to it or that she liked it. Much on the contrary. She hated public speaking with a passion and avoided it like the plague. Unfortunately this was a solo project and she couldn't hide behind any groupmate or rely on someone else to do at least most of the talking. ~~Although she was never quite keen on those instances either because most people forgot to mention important facts and details every single time.~~ She hadn't been the first one scheduled to do a presentation that day, and she used that to gauge the level of other people's work. They were okay and it seemed like she hadn't been the only one to have struggled with the ridiculous scales of the cutout compared to the environment. Of course she hadn't, everybody's cutouts were the same size and no one could use magic. That made her feel a little better, but that didn't mean she was happy with the fact it was all just wrong. It was a good thing she had all of her presentations ready, even though she was only expected to do one that day. Someone else had spoken about Newt Scamander near the kitchen, which was the one she was planning on speaking about that day. She immediately swapped papers when she realised hers would be a duplicate that day and decided to talk about one of the other locations she had picked to take the photograph. When her time slot came, Catherine slowly got up and quietly walked towards the front of the classroom, her eyes never leaving the piece of parchment in her hands. She turned around to face her classmates and took a deep breath. "Newt decided to go up to the owlery to check on the owls." She started finally looking up above everyone's heads and towards the back wall. Her eyes kept going between her piece of parchment and said wall throughout the entire presentation as she spoke quietly yet clearly. "He noticed the area hadn't been cleaned in a while and that some of the owls weren't happy about it." She herself was quite familiar with fussy owls. This was when she held her picture up so people could see her cardboard cutout of Newt Scamander standing in the middle of owl droppings. "He decided to do the job himself, and since he enjoys spending time with creatures, he chose to do the work the Muggle way. This way, he was able to spend more time at the owlery chatting to the owls and getting to know them individually, as they responded very well to him and his voice." There. That was more than enough, she hoped. Catherine was happy enough that she hadn't felt sick or panicky before this presentation. She supposed the fact people's memories were so bad lately would be a good thing for her as everybody would forget it. Hopefully. __________________ AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ Maybe you'll dance, scour the buffet, or end up ~~gossiping~~ talking amongst yourselves! You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!