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*Kolyander* · 06-04-2024, 11:58 PM

Sure Bry could go see dragons anytime her young heart desired buuuuuuut this was different! This was HER very own dragon! Ary knew how much she wanted a dragon of her very own. It didn't matter that these weren't actual 'dragons', it was as close as she was getting for now. "Probably not.. but it's not my fault she's my mama and that's what I'm most used to calling her," Bry giggled, grinning at him cheekily. Oh, and that pinky of his she had grabbed onto.. she wasn't letting go of it just yet. Sorry not sorry. "Of course we will! There's no way we'll do badly on this." Squeeeeeeeeee! The smile on her face brightened all the more as he joined her in song for a few moments longer.

When her mama began speaking and all the explaining started to happen, this girl was all ears! She couldn't sit still and was rocking to and frow on the edge of her seat, lightly swinging Ary's hand along with her own.. at least until he made her let go. The blonde didn't need to be told twice about selecting her dragon egg! "Let's find our dragon babies!" Leaping to her feet, Bry was right at Ary's side as they made their way to one of the tables. The decision wasn't an easy. Each egg may look the same but she only wanted the one that she felt connected to.

Blue eyes scanned over each egg, slowly drawn to one furthest from her. Rather than reaching across the table for it and risking knocking over other eggs, she did the smart thing for once and walked around the table until she stood in front of it. "Hello there," she hummed softly, scooping up the dragon egg and cradling it in her arms. Smiling brightly at Ary, she followed him back to their seats, her dragon egg held protectively on her lap as she rocked gently in the rocker.

Questions? Nah, she was good right now.

***

It was quite interesting watching each student's process as they selected their 'dragon' egg. The way that some had to eye every single egg, others choose the first way they came close to. It reminded her of herself when she was young and anytime she had to select anything for a lesson. Always go with the one that 'spoke' to you.

Now that everyone was back at their seats, and their eggs had been chosen it was time to get to answering their questions. Hady was honestly looking forward to this part, seeing what they all were most curious about and where their concerns currently lay. Those curious minds already had a smile tugging at Paton's lips as the first round of questions was being asked. "Fabulous questions, Miss Walles! That is correct, it will take roughly 7 - 10 days for your eggs to hatch. How long it takes your egg to hatch is based upon its species as well how it's being cared for. Bigger, stronger, tougher dragons may take longer. Those that are looked after constantly, as well as cared for in a specific way in order to hatch them may take less time. These are magical eggs so it's not a direct connection to how a real dragon hatched, but I did try to keep it about the same. Some real dragon eggs take longer than others because it's like any other creature or even us as humans as we are growing to be born, we're all different and grow at our own rate." She hoped that answered her question but if not, Hady was happy to explain it more if Anna liked.

As for Miss Ackerly piggy backing off of her friends' questions, this was great. Hady could see how the questions fit together and couldn't help but give a very soft laugh as well as a nod of her head. "Yes, mama dragons do breathe on their eggs to help keep them warm and help them hatch. Don't worry though, you won't need to do that." Their breaths wouldn't be anywhere near hot enough to satisfy a dragon egg. As for keeping their eggs warm and carrying them around everywhere with them... "Some ways you can keep your egg warm are by wrapping it up in a blanket or something similar, keeping it in a basket or some other type of carrier with warm bedding inside, the use of a heating charm which would need to be repeated often. You may be as creative or as simple as you like in keeping your egg warm and cozy." This was their dragon egg to care for after all. "As for how you will tend to them during lessons is simple. You may either have some you trust look after them for you while you attend your lessons or you may take them with you. Now should you take them with you, I expect that you will keep them set aside in a safe spot where they can be seen but not in harms way AND also not a distraction to the class. If I hear from any of the professors that the eggs are being a distraction we will find another way to look after them during those lessons." While these eggs were important so was their studies and each Professor deserved the same level of respect in their classrooms. And yes, she did already have something in mind should the students need a safe space for the eggs to remain during a class.

Moving along now to the next hand raised, Hady smiled. "Another good question, Miss Thanatos. Should you decide that you don't want to choose and you would like to let nature takes its course or you are stuck between one or more dragons, the dragon will hatch into whichever is ranked highest on your daily activities. Maybe you wrapped it up in a glittery blanket, sang to it often, practiced many fire spells and went running daily. However it just so happens that you also wore a lot of blue without realizing it. Then you may get a Swedish Short-Snout. So in short, your daily activities would definitely play into what you would end up with.. and no, there will be no hybrids. Sorry to those hoping for any." Caring for these dragons was going to prove difficult enough for some of the students, all they needed was to add hybrids into the mix.

Hady smiled softly at Maria when her hand went up into the air. "That's what the list on the whiteboard is for. Should anyone be hoping for a specific species all they need to do is follow the guidelines on that list. It gives a hint on how to hatch the eggs into species." Now it should go without saying that some would certainly be a bit more difficult to hatch than others but that's just how things went. Not everything could be super easy all of the time.

Taking a quick look around for any more raised hands, Hady rose to her feet. "Now I do have some items here to her you all started should you want to use them. You may use whatever you like, you also don't have to use anything at all and can figure things out for yourselves, it's entirely up to you." A quick wave of her wand made several boxes appear near the tables. "There's baskets and blankets and wraps that you would wear when carrying a small creature in. You may also take these and modify them to your own needs." The reason she was supplying these items was simply, they were going to need all the help they could get soon enough.

06-04-2024, 11:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
Kolyander Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Everywhere Posts: 15,993 Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12	Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium Sure Bry could go see dragons anytime her young heart desired buuuuuuut this was different! This was HER very own dragon! Ary knew how much she wanted a dragon of her very own. It didn't matter that these weren't actual 'dragons', it was as close as she was getting for now. "Probably not.. but it's not my fault she's my mama and that's what I'm most used to calling her," Bry giggled, grinning at him cheekily. Oh, and that pinky of his she had grabbed onto.. she wasn't letting go of it just yet. Sorry not sorry. "Of course we will! There's no way we'll do badly on this." Squeeeeeeeeee! The smile on her face brightened all the more as he joined her in song for a few moments longer. When her mama began speaking and all the explaining started to happen, this girl was all ears! She couldn't sit still and was rocking to and frow on the edge of her seat, lightly swinging Ary's hand along with her own.. at least until he made her let go. The blonde didn't need to be told twice about selecting her dragon egg! "Let's find our dragon babies!" Leaping to her feet, Bry was right at Ary's side as they made their way to one of the tables. The decision wasn't an easy. Each egg may look the same but she only wanted the one that she felt connected to. Blue eyes scanned over each egg, slowly drawn to one furthest from her. Rather than reaching across the table for it and risking knocking over other eggs, she did the smart thing for once and walked around the table until she stood in front of it. "Hello there," she hummed softly, scooping up the dragon egg and cradling it in her arms. Smiling brightly at Ary, she followed him back to their seats, her dragon egg held protectively on her lap as she rocked gently in the rocker. Questions? Nah, she was good right now. ***** It was quite interesting watching each student's process as they selected their 'dragon' egg. The way that some had to eye every single egg, others choose the first way they came close to. It reminded her of herself when she was young and anytime she had to select anything for a lesson. Always go with the one that 'spoke' to you. Now that everyone was back at their seats, and their eggs had been chosen it was time to get to answering their questions. Hady was honestly looking forward to this part, seeing what they all were most curious about and where their concerns currently lay. Those curious minds already had a smile tugging at Paton's lips as the first round of questions was being asked. "Fabulous questions, Miss Walles! That is correct, it will take roughly 7 - 10 days for your eggs to hatch. How long it takes your egg to hatch is based upon its species as well how it's being cared for. Bigger, stronger, tougher dragons may take longer. Those that are looked after constantly, as well as cared for in a specific way in order to hatch them may take less time. These are magical eggs so it's not a direct connection to how a real dragon hatched, but I did try to keep it about the same. Some real dragon eggs take longer than others because it's like any other creature or even us as humans as we are growing to be born, we're all different and grow at our own rate." She hoped that answered her question but if not, Hady was happy to explain it more if Anna liked. As for Miss Ackerly piggy backing off of her friends' questions, this was great. Hady could see how the questions fit together and couldn't help but give a very soft laugh as well as a nod of her head. "Yes, mama dragons do breathe on their eggs to help keep them warm and help them hatch. Don't worry though, you won't need to do that." Their breaths wouldn't be anywhere near hot enough to satisfy a dragon egg. As for keeping their eggs warm and carrying them around everywhere with them... "Some ways you can keep your egg warm are by wrapping it up in a blanket or something similar, keeping it in a basket or some other type of carrier with warm bedding inside, the use of a heating charm which would need to be repeated often. You may be as creative or as simple as you like in keeping your egg warm and cozy." This was their dragon egg to care for after all. "As for how you will tend to them during lessons is simple. You may either have some you trust look after them for you while you attend your lessons or you may take them with you. Now should you take them with you, I expect that you will keep them set aside in a safe spot where they can be seen but not in harms way AND also not a distraction to the class. If I hear from any of the professors that the eggs are being a distraction we will find another way to look after them during those lessons." While these eggs were important so was their studies and each Professor deserved the same level of respect in their classrooms. And yes, she did already have something in mind should the students need a safe space for the eggs to remain during a class. Moving along now to the next hand raised, Hady smiled. "Another good question, Miss Thanatos. Should you decide that you don't want to choose and you would like to let nature takes its course or you are stuck between one or more dragons, the dragon will hatch into whichever is ranked highest on your daily activities. Maybe you wrapped it up in a glittery blanket, sang to it often, practiced many fire spells and went running daily. However it just so happens that you also wore a lot of blue without realizing it. Then you may get a Swedish Short-Snout. So in short, your daily activities would definitely play into what you would end up with.. and no, there will be no hybrids. Sorry to those hoping for any." Caring for these dragons was going to prove difficult enough for some of the students, all they needed was to add hybrids into the mix. Hady smiled softly at Maria when her hand went up into the air. "That's what the list on the whiteboard is for. Should anyone be hoping for a specific species all they need to do is follow the guidelines on that list. It gives a hint on how to hatch the eggs into species." Now it should go without saying that some would certainly be a bit more difficult to hatch than others but that's just how things went. Not everything could be super easy all of the time. Taking a quick look around for any more raised hands, Hady rose to her feet. "Now I do have some items here to her you all started should you want to use them. You may use whatever you like, you also don't have to use anything at all and can figure things out for yourselves, it's entirely up to you." A quick wave of her wand made several boxes appear near the tables. "There's baskets and blankets and wraps that you would wear when carrying a small creature in. You may also take these and modify them to your own needs." The reason she was supplying these items was simply, they were going to need all the help they could get soon enough. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread**!