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Liisa · 05-29-2009, 03:52 PM

Professor Morgan was in a glorious mood this morning as she exited her office door. With a flourish of her wand, she levitated a number of large wire cages, each of which contained 2 or 3 fluffy black creatures with long snouts and flat paws.

With the cages leading the way, Iliana headed down to the paddock. She carefully deposited the cages on the ground and then withdrew a small black pouch from her robes. With a flick of her wand, its contents were instantly deposited beneath the soil. Professor Morgan had instructed the class not to wear anything shiny; she sincerely hoped that they took heed of her advice, otherwise they were going to be in for an extremely interesting lesson.

There was still some time to before the class was due to start so the professor reached down and unlatched the cage closest to her, pulling out one of the black fluffy creatures and cradling it in her arms. Then she leaned up against the paddock fence and began stroking its head while she waited for the first of her students to arrive.

OOC: Class will start shortly, please make sure that you read the CoMC Classroom Rules before attending. I've updated them today in regards to this terms' lessons.

Suziella · 05-29-2009, 09:55 PM

Simone watched as the cute little guy scurried back too her group. She smiled as she saw him proudly saunter with two coins in his mouth. She giggled, and picked up the little niffler. "Look guys, hes found two coins." She placed them in the bag along with the pendant, and wondered if he could find anything else. "Go find something else, and quickly."

Nifflers were fun.

Angie · 05-29-2009, 09:56 PM

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"Good point - but if it was Leprachaun gold then don't you think it would have disappeared by now? It's only meant to last a few hours, I think, and Professor Morgan put these in yesterday or even the day before," she answered with a small shrug and turned to gaze intently at the little whole their niffler had created. Their niffler was definitely a bit smaller than the rest, so maybe there were some that were just a little bigger and so were able to extract more coins at once?

"Ooh, ooh, it's coming out again!" Rachel said, ignoring Willow's comment about this being almost over. Grinning, she held out her hand and saw the niffler drop a few more objects into her palm. She bought her hand close to her face to examine it properly and grinned as she saw that it had bought three items yet again. Two coins and a small bracelet, to be exact.

"Here - I think it will be our last batch," she said and straightened her back as she rose to Willow's height and handed the girl the golden items.

Rachel had a really good point. "You are right," she agreed with a nod before adding, "Unless she used some kind of charm on them, but then, I don't think I've ever heard of a charm that can stop Leprachaun gold from dissapearing." Everyone with acces to Leprachaun gold would be rich then. "So I guess you are right."

Eyeing the little niffler as it poked his head on the hole and once again came out with a few other gadgets, Willow's head cocked to one side with interest as Rachel examined the objects. Taking them gingerly in her hand before inserting them on the little pouch Professor Morgan had given them, Willow agreed once again with a nod. "I think so, too. Our pouch is full." And then she turned to look at the Niffler that was staring expectantly at the two of them. "Good job, little one," said Willow, using the same tone one would use to talk to another human being. Nevermind it was a creature - surely He or She would understand?

Eh, whatever.

Kazuma · 05-29-2009, 09:57 PM

Looking at Ash, she crossed her fingers with a hopeful look in her expression, "I hope we did well. Maybe even good enough to get some points for our houses!"

ooc: I've got to go now, bye Ash!

Ash Love · 05-29-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazuma

Looking at Ash, she crossed her fingers with a hopeful look in her expression, "I hope we did well. Maybe even good enough to get some points for our houses!"

ooc: I've got to go now, bye Ash!

"Yeah I hope we did good too" Ash said looking at the girl next to her

ooc: Peace!!

Pigwidgeon Took · 05-29-2009, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica!

"Well..." Kiri floundered. That was a good question. She looked around discreetly to see what her classmates were doing. Most of them were kneeling or standing at the edge of the field where the nifflers were hard at work, watching silently or cheering them on. The creatures were racing back and forth, earth was soaring through the air.

"I think we just wait until our niffler comes back and... Oh, here it is!" Kiri bent low. The niffler they had picked stood before her and Jude, a madly cheerful gleam in its eyes. It dropped a small coin on the grass in front of them. "Well... done?" Kiri said uncertainly. She stretched out her hand to pat the niffler on its head, but it had already turned around again, burrowing its long snout in the ground, paws flailing so fast they were blurred.
Within a few minutes, it had dropped another two coins in Kiri's hand.

Jude's eyes were wide with awe and happiness as the niffler did his job.

"Oh meh gosh!!! Kireh..." Jude flailed inwardly and happily as the niffler brought him a coin too.

Lezleighd · 05-29-2009, 10:02 PM

Satine and Kel's niffler paused when Satine said "Precious", so she assumed that could be it's choice....the niffler went back to burrowing and then finally seemed to have reached what it was looking for in the bottom of the hole...Precious stuck it's long black nose out of the hole almost beckoning them both over...Satine walked over to the edge of the hole and pet Precious' nose looking down into the hole...looking over her shoulder, "Well Kel, either Precious found something or it dug through to China or Australia or somewhere..." she laughed as she picked up Precious so she could see what the Niffler found...there in the dirt was what looked like a shiny goblet of somesort...it had some amazing details on it and had still had a shiny part on the handle...she rubbed Precious between the ears..."Well, Precious this looks like the best find...we may not have found tons of coins, but just look at all this eclectic shiny treasure you found!!!" she added the goblet to their pile of treasure and decided to head back towards the meeting place.

Star-Lord · 05-29-2009, 10:05 PM

"So now i guess we wait." she said. She saw most people had stopped digging.

SilverTiger · 05-29-2009, 10:10 PM

After several more trips back and forth, Elizabeth's niffler finally shoved his nose under her knee and dragged the silver locket she had been hiding out, then curled up on the grass with it, like it was a little silver security blanket or something. She smiled as she watched it sleep, hoping the little Gryffindor girl wouldn't be too upset she'd given her gift to a niffler. but then she scooped the last of her niffler's treasures into her pouch, making sure it was all safe.

Once she had it all gathered up, she glanced inside, noting everything that was inside. About 25 coins, the gold necklace, the little silver box, a few little twisted pieces of metal, a silver ring, an old broken snitch, what looked like a pair of cufflinks, the crystal stopper to a potions vial. It appeared her niffler had found some place where all the lost or broken items from previous students had ended up, and she shrugged. Fastening the pouch up carefully, she stood up to go over to the professor to turn her niffler's findings in.

Yaya · 05-29-2009, 10:12 PM

How interesting...a hunt it was. Emiliano watched as Karma picked one girly nifffler. It seemed more affectionate of his partner than it was to him, problably a girl to girl chat thing...

Fifteen coins were found by that tremendous and excellent creature. "May I hold it?" He asked Karma, as he held out his hand to reach it. "Yes Professor, could we come to the nursery and help you take care of them?" Emiliano asked, since he didn't do anything for CoMC project that last year.

Daemon · 05-29-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Oesed

Rachel had a really good point. "You are right," she agreed with a nod before adding, "Unless she used some kind of charm on them, but then, I don't think I've ever heard of a charm that can stop Leprachaun gold from dissapearing." Everyone with acces to Leprachaun gold would be rich then. "So I guess you are right."

Eyeing the little niffler as it poked his head on the hole and once again came out with a few other gadgets, Willow's head cocked to one side with interest as Rachel examined the objects. Taking them gingerly in her hand before inserting them on the little pouch Professor Morgan had given them, Willow agreed once again with a nod. "I think so, too. Our pouch is full." And then she turned to look at the Niffler that was staring expectantly at the two of them. "Good job, little one," said Willow, using the same tone one would use to talk to another human being. Nevermind it was a creature - surely He or She would understand?

Eh, whatever.

"Yeah, I don't think a charm like that exists - it would kind of defy the point of Leprachaun gold then," Rachel said, imagining the craze that would follow if anyone managed to invent a spell like that. I reckon the Irish tourism will flourish, amongst other things.

Stretching her back to get rid of the dull ache kneeling over had caused, she watched with satisfaction as Willow put the golden items in the pouch. "I don't think we won, but we did farely well with this little guy- or girl," she said and bent back over to pick up the black niffler.

"Yeah, we're both proud of you," she said to him as she held him up to eye level, laughing as it wrinkled its long nose. "Do you think that's a smile or some sort of niffly pout?" she asked with a grin as she held him out so that Willow could see him too. He really is adorable... It wouldn't hurt to ask Professor Morgan if she could keep him, right? Or her?

Meh Reh · 05-29-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaya

How interesting...a hunt it was. Emiliano watched as Karma picked one girly nifffler. It seemed more affectionate of his partner than it was to him, problably a girl to girl chat thing...

Fifteen coins were found by that tremendous and excellent creature. "May I hold it?" He asked Karma, as he held out his hand to reach it. "Yes Professor, could we come to the nursery and help you take care of them?" Emiliano asked, since he didn't do anything for CoMC project that last year.

Karma held the niffler to Emiliano, carefully setting it in his arms. It was so cute, and she loooved it.

"I think it would be an interesting thing to do," she said. "Not even for points, but just because."

Hmm. What would they name the little girl? She was cute.

Liisa · 05-29-2009, 10:17 PM

Iliana looked around again. Some students were finished, others had just begun. She knew that some of the chaos out there was preventing the younger or rather shier students from being successful. So she made another announcement. "Class, those of you that are finished, hold onto what you've found and bring your niffler to me. Let's give the others some room please."

OOC: I am leaving this thread open for the students (my lovely 'other timezone' students) that have not yet had an opportunity to RP their charrie with a niffler. If you have already done so, please refrain from doing so during this time. I will be back in a few hours. Please hold off on posting until I return. And no more chatting just to chat or I will take points.

Cinn-O-Bun · 05-29-2009, 10:17 PM

Robert watched as his niffler was digging for Merlin only knew what. It seemed like he had been digging for far longer than necessary that was for sure. Maybe I got a defective one. He only likes dirt. Smirking he leaned against a tree with a sigh. His eyes caught sight of Liz and he sighed again as her niffler seemed to be doing it's job. Yes, definitely got a broken one.

He pulled out his pocket watched and flipped it open. The glint of the gold catching his nifflers eyes and the next thing he knew he was being pounced on. "OI!!! Ruddy beast." He pushed the niffler back only to trip on a rock behind him and fall down, the niffler landing on top of him and digging in his pocket to get to the gold watch which Robert still had wrapped securely in his hands. "Gerr offf!!!"

Yaya · 05-29-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Meh Reh

Karma held the niffler to Emiliano, carefully setting it in his arms. It was so cute, and she loooved it.

"I think it would be an interesting thing to do," she said. "Not even for points, but just because."

Hmm. What would they name the little girl? She was cute.

"Maybe we can come to talk to Professor Morgan later and convince her to let us take care of...her. " Emiliano suggested, grinning then looking at the little creature in his hands.

"...yep, just because." He slightly nodded and smiled.

Then he heard the professor calling for the nifflers and the coins. Ahh...he wanted to get hold of it more time....

Lord Divadicus · 05-29-2009, 10:20 PM

Divad guestered at Jule to hand him their niffler.

TeafortheSoul · 05-29-2009, 10:25 PM

It was possible that Cela's niffler had found coins, she however, had decided to sprawl out flat on the grass and stare up at the clouds. It was much more entertaining to look for treasure in the skies than a few galleons beneath the ground. It wasn't like she needed any money anyway. Except maybe to get more de-lusting potion.

She jumped as the niffler nuzzled her hand and she turned to look at it, noting that it did indeed have a few galleons in it's little mouth. She gently extracted the galleons and pocketed them, taking off her locket and trailing it across the nifflers nose and watching it get all excited and chase after it.

Cela liked nifflers, but meh.

Star-Lord · 05-29-2009, 10:26 PM

Jule handed the niffler to Divad. She was tired from the running and going in circles.

Pigwidgeon Took · 05-29-2009, 10:34 PM

Jude sighed and looked at Kiri. She seemed to be enjoying this little furball so, but it was time to give it back. "'Ey Kireh... Oi'mma give 'er de nifflah back noiw..." he said and gently stuck his hand out to try and grab the niffler.

The niffler sniffed his hand and nuzzled it a little bit, seemingly proud of his work today. And he should have been, he served them well. Jude grabbed the little guy and scooped him up into a loving embrace for a little while, petting the guy's head before he started towards Professor Morgan.

"Where d'ya wan' meh ta pu' 'im?" he asked upon approaching the professor. He held him out ever so slightly so she could take him if she wanted, but the niffler was still getting plenty of support to not be freaked out, just in case Jude had to take him somewhere else.

emjay · 05-29-2009, 10:39 PM

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As the Niffler came back again he dropped another 4 coins,silver this time.Turning to Mariel,Sarah smiled before picking them up. "I think the poor little guy has had enough," she giggled as she watched him sit down,panting.
Flicking them over in her hand she did the mental calculations. "Well I make that 17 coins.Probably won't be enough," she said,sadly,extending her hand for her friend to place them with the rest in the bag.Glancing back down at the Niffler,Sarah sighed. "Good try,though little guy.Thanks."

Lowering her head,and kicking the ground with her foot,Sarah stood waiting for the Professor to speak again and give them further instructions.

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Iliana looked around again. Some students were finished, others had just begun. She knew that some of the chaos out there was preventing the younger or rather shier students from being successful. So she made another announcement. "Class, those of you that are finished, hold onto what you've found and bring your niffler to me. Let's give the others some room please."

This was probably the easiest class she had ever had. All she had to do was stand around and the niffler did all the work, bringing the coins to her and Sarah. Taking the last of the coins from Sarah, she placed them into the pouch with the others and nodded her agreement. He did look pretty tired out, she noticed as he could barely move from his place on the ground.

Shrugging in response to Sarah's words, she said, "Yeah, maybe not. I don't get how some people were finding so much with their nifflers..." Or at least it seemed that way to Mariel. But their niffler did a good job, she thought.

Looking up as Professor Morgan addressed the class, the third year gently picked up the exhausted niffler and carried him over to the professor as she instructed. Then she made her way back over to Sarah, still holding onto the pouch of treasure and standing slightly out of the way as more nifflers scurried past.

Cassirin · 05-29-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

It was possible that Cela's niffler had found coins, she however, had decided to sprawl out flat on the grass and stare up at the clouds. It was much more entertaining to look for treasure in the skies than a few galleons beneath the ground. It wasn't like she needed any money anyway. Except maybe to get more de-lusting potion.

She jumped as the niffler nuzzled her hand and she turned to look at it, noting that it did indeed have a few galleons in it's little mouth. She gently extracted the galleons and pocketed them, taking off her locket and trailing it across the nifflers nose and watching it get all excited and chase after it.

Cela liked nifflers, but meh.

"Cela," Copernicus sighed and scooped up the niffler, letting it go back to snuffling through the dirt. The little creature was completely miffed that it was taken away from the locket, and Cope had to dance around to keep it from pouncing on Cela and gnawing its way through her fingers.

Finally, the niffler dove back into the dirt, sending up a little puff of dirt as it dug. He turned back to Cela. "Are you ill? Why are you lying in the grass?"

TeafortheSoul · 05-29-2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Cela," Copernicus sighed and scooped up the niffler, letting it go back to snuffling through the dirt. The little creature was completely miffed that it was taken away from the locket, and Cope had to dance around to keep it from pouncing on Cela and gnawing its way through her fingers.

Finally, the niffler dove back into the dirt, sending up a little puff of dirt as it dug. He turned back to Cela. "Are you ill? Why are you lying in the grass?"

"It's soft." Celandine answered, "And you can see the sky better from down here." She pointed. "That one looks like a niffler."

Nevermind that there were REAL nifflers digging about everywhere.

HUM. "Did we find enough galleons?" She held up the three she'd taken from the niffler, tempted to toss them away and have done with it.

Cassirin · 05-29-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

"It's soft." Celandine answered, "And you can see the sky better from down here." She pointed. "That one looks like a niffler."

Nevermind that there were REAL nifflers digging about everywhere.

HUM. "Did we find enough galleons?" She held up the three she'd taken from the niffler, tempted to toss them away and have done with it.

He took the three galleons from her and added them to the pouch, which now held 8 galleons, a shiny Droobles wrapper, and a very pretty rock. Surely the very pretty rock would count for something when this whole hunt ended? Copernicus sighed and chased after the niffler again, removing it from someone else's hole and putting it back down near Cela.

"I don't think there's such a thing as 'enough' galleons in a treasure hunt. We don't have the most, no. But I found a rock!" He wasn't even going to show it to her, because Cela quite clearly couldn't focus on anything except the clouds and occasionally the grass.

SilverTiger · 05-29-2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Liisa

Iliana looked around again. Some students were finished, others had just begun. She knew that some of the chaos out there was preventing the younger or rather shier students from being successful. So she made another announcement. "Class, those of you that are finished, hold onto what you've found and bring your niffler to me. Let's give the others some room please."

OOC: I am leaving this thread open for the students (my lovely 'other timezone' students) that have not yet had an opportunity to RP their charrie with a niffler. If you have already done so, please refrain from doing so during this time. I will be back in a few hours. Please hold off on posting until I return. And no more chatting just to chat or I will take points.

As she heard Professor Morgan's announcement, Elizabeth shrugged. Apparently they weren't turning their pouches with their niffler treasures in quite yet. So she slipped it into her pocket, turning to look at her niffler, who was still curled up with the silver locket, asleep. He was so cute. She almost wished she didn't already have Bella and Macavity to take care of. But she did, and Professor Morgan was asking them to bring their nifflers back to her when they were done. Heading over, she gently picked her niffler up, cradling it carefully in her arms so as not to wake it up, before she heard a yell come from over to her right.

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Robert watched as his niffler was digging for Merlin only knew what. It seemed like he had been digging for far longer than necessary that was for sure. Maybe I got a defective one. He only likes dirt. Smirking he leaned against a tree with a sigh. His eyes caught sight of Liz and he sighed again as her niffler seemed to be doing it's job. Yes, definitely got a broken one.

He pulled out his pocket watched and flipped it open. The glint of the gold catching his nifflers eyes and the next thing he knew he was being pounced on. "OI!!! Ruddy beast." He pushed the niffler back only to trip on a rock behind him and fall down, the niffler landing on top of him and digging in his pocket to get to the gold watch which Robert still had wrapped securely in his hands. "Gerr offf!!!"

She giggled as she saw Robert's niffler tackling him, the tiny creature against the tall boy quite entertaining, and then walked over to look down at him on the ground. "You do know that it's your own fault if you had something shiny and refuse to let the niffler have it, right?," she said to him, before carefully crouching down so she was more at the level of the niffler. Making sure her own niffler's treasure was safely hidden between her and the sleeping creature in her arms, she smiled at the niffler on Robert. "Come on, little one," she said to it gently, "Get off the nice boy. I'm sure there are other shiny things over there in the ground that the other nifflers didn't find. You can stop attacking him now."

As the niffler looked at her, then slowly crawled off Robert, she smiled again. "Good niffler. Now go find him some fun shiny stuff that he doesn't already have," she said, as the creature looked at her for a second, before running off to dig in the dirt again. Then she looked at Robert again with a grin. "See, it's not that hard. But you may want to keep your watch hidden again until after class, just to be careful," she said to him, before standing up and glancing toward Professor Morgan, her niffler still asleep.

Cinn-O-Bun · 05-29-2009, 11:33 PM

Robert saw a shadow fall over him and squinted his eyes from his place on the ground to find Liz over him, "Thanks...how about telling me something useful to get it off, eh?" He watched as she crouched down and tried to coax the niffler off. "That's not going to...oh..." he said as he crawled off of him and headed to dig another hole.

Sitting up he kept his watch firmly in his pocket, "Thanks...I think he's slow or something. He must've been digging in that other hole for five minutes and not finding anything." He stood up and rubbed the back of his head where he had hit it on the ground. Glancing at his niffler who was still digging and not finding anything. "See..." he shook his head and looked at the professor then at Liz. "Thanks for your help."

TeafortheSoul · 05-29-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

He took the three galleons from her and added them to the pouch, which now held 8 galleons, a shiny Droobles wrapper, and a very pretty rock. Surely the very pretty rock would count for something when this whole hunt ended? Copernicus sighed and chased after the niffler again, removing it from someone else's hole and putting it back down near Cela.

"I don't think there's such a thing as 'enough' galleons in a treasure hunt. We don't have the most, no. But I found a rock!" He wasn't even going to show it to her, because Cela quite clearly couldn't focus on anything except the clouds and occasionally the grass.

"A skipping rock?" Celandine asked in a weird little monotone. She slo-w-ly sat up and watched the niffler, again dangling the locket for it to play with.

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