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"For the thousandth time," Professor Bunbury called out in a clearly annoyed tone, "this plant is not that dangerous. It will not snap my boots off if I come any closer to it and it will not strangle me to death, as much as some of you are wishing that to happen."
*blink*
Well pin a rose on your nose, hmm?
LouAnn studied the plants in a bit more detail, eying them on the off-chance that one of them did sneak an attack on The Boots of Bunz. You know, just in case and all. Otherwise, she just nodded in reply to what the professor had mentioned.
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She rolled her eyes and vanished the two glass coverings from each sample with a flick of that willow wand. There, see, that answered LouAnn's question. That was what she had been planning to do with it. She tossed the wand back into the bin with the others and continued.
Okay, so the Willow; Phoenix Feather Core; 10 3/4 inches was being tossed about a bit too much for LouAnn's liking, but at least it was back inside that container and not on the floor in three pieces. Yes, that had indeed been feared once upon a time.
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"Ohhhhh no OHH NOOO, what am I EVER going TO DO??! I think I'm being STRANGLED! GEEEEE!!!" the redhead dramatized, flailing her arms about like Jake Upstead a headless hippogriff. Then, as abruptly as she had started, she stopped and calmly placed her hands on her hips and let them rest there immobile for a few silent minutes.
Slowly, bit by bit, tendril by tendril, the Devil's Snare - for yes, both samples had been Devil's Snare - unwrapped itself from Bunbury's wrists and fell to the ground. She calmly picked them back up and placed them in their respective spots before rubbing her wrists and glancing back at the class.
"There now, see, that was not dangerous." Okay so her skin was a little red and a little irritated but otherwise unharmed. "Now which is which? Now what can you tell me about the physical characteristics of Devil's Snare? Do you see why it's vital to NOT PANIC and be intelligent around some plants? Hmm?"
LouAnn sat back in her seat, one eyebrow raised, and watched in amusement as the plants snuggled their way around Bunz's arms. This woman, she'd finally decided on, was
insane. When everything had returned to normal and Bunz still had all her limbs in tact, LouAnn calmly raised her hand to provide an answer.
"Well, clearly the plant possesses a sense of touch, and...oh, a Flitterbloom likes the sunlight, but a Devil's Snare doesn't. So you know...if you toss a bit of light on each, the one that bites the dust is your Devil's Snare," she said, not really sure if she was answering the question or giving a 'beat around the bush' kinda answer. "I guess you sort of freak the plant out if you flail about...and maybe it gets bored with you if you just stand there."