Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd (Post 10129822)

"That might be true." Or it might not be. Should Maya demonstrate now?

Kneeling down next to the crate, Maya opened the little door and picked up the Crup from inside. The forked tail still waggled happily and it was really excited by all these students around him. The Mexicana kept scratching it under the chin, hoping to calm it down a little before setting it down on the ground, where it kept trying to have a tug war with her sleeve.

With a small wrist action, Maya's wand shot out from her holster and into her other hand. Aiming it at the sky, she mumbled an incantation and a light blue shield surrounded her and the crup. Protection, because she didn't know what these kids would do.

And without further ado, she made the forked tail dissapear.
There was no blood, no cries of pain, no nothing. But the puppy felt something, ofcourse, as it started to look around - much similar in the way a dog chases its own tail.

After a moment, it sort of stumbled around, as if not having enough balance, trying to sniff at the students through the shield. Soon enough, the tail stopped wagging and instead it was lowered down under his own body. The sign of fear and uncertainty.

"What is it doing and why do you think that is?" Silly question, perhaps, but it was important that they'd know what was going on.

Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd (Post 10130617)

Maya was ready for magically conjured up tomatoes and other vegetables, aswell as shoes and...whatever else these kiddos could pick up and throw. But, fortunately, there was none of that. Only dark faces and... two students actually left her lesson.

Sigh. There was nothing she could do about that now.
"The creature could be feeling all sorts of things," she watched the crup. It had now decided to stand still on all fours, tail curled under himself, and simply stared at what was around him.

"But to guess that it might be afraid, confused, feeling robbed, powerless, curious, vunerable..." she proceeded to carefully pick the creature up again,"...is about right."

Petting the delicate Crup, she continued, "It would also be a correct assumption that he was looking for his tail." Heh.

"We all know severing the tail of a Crup is not unusual, and in time the creature will adjust to it, as some of you have said. And as you also witnessed, it completely rubbed his perception - he suddenly had less body matter that he was used to. But wether or not the Crup feels less dominant, fears that it was a result of a reprimand, or ashamed, is our guess. But from my experience, when you remove something like the tail, the creature tends to be more confused than hurt."

"It is. But in order to take care of a creature the best way, you need to know what to take care of." Did that make sense? Maya wasn't sure she could rephrase that...

Ah. Yes, ofcourse.
Picking up her wand again, Maya gently touched the Crups short tail, and it seemed that from nothing, the fork was back. No severing, just a disillusionment spell that felt and looked like the real severing charm. For the Crup anyways. She removed the shield aswell.

Reaching into her back pocket, she fed the creature a small treat, stroking it and hoping that it too would be allright soon. And also hoping the two girls would be satisfied.

Standing up now with the creature in her arms, the Mexicana adressed everyone. "Okay, now it is your turn. Time to get your costumes in use." She took the crate and put it back where it was, away from the benches to clear up the middle area. "I would like you all to pair up, we are going to have a three legged...walk." It wasn't a race because she had no prizes to give. "Tie your legs with that rope," a pile of pre-cut rope in equal lengths appeared in the middle of the cirlce, "And then let me know when you are ready to start." Maya smiled happily. She was looking forward to this.

OOC: Pair up with anyone you want, preferrable with someone that has a different costume than your character's. You can also be three in a group, that is okay.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10130698)

And another loud gasp escaped from Kurumi. Still, their was no yelp of pain, no blood, nothing that would suggest that the baby Crup was suffering. That put Kurumi's mind and heart at ease and she ended up smiling at the little guy as he began turning around in circles. "Professor, I have read that dogs may chase their tails because there is physical discomfort of some type. While I understand that the Severing Charm will not harm the Crup, I think that it is probably confused and seems a completely new sensation due to the lack of a tail."

Kurumi's attention was no focused on the little guy that she still failed to notice that Walnut had gotten even close to the cage and was now sniffing as much as the cat could.

Then Kurumi saw the the Crup's position change. "I think he is ashamed and embarrassed now, Professor," she said sadly. "It has probably realized it's tail is gone and that his wobble was because of that. Without being able to balance properly...he is embarassed."

Kurumi found herself clapping this time as Professor Saylen returned the Crup's forked tail. She was sure the baby was much happier being the way that he was supposed to be - nature made, not wizard made. It wasn't just wizards that did these sorts of thing, non-magical people did it too. Changing animals so that they wouldn't affect the human environment. Weren't animals here first? Shouldn't they, the humans, be the ones to change?

Kurumi's eyes widened at the mention of a three-legged race. She had participated in one each year at her non-magical school's Sports Day. Actually, it had been more of a four-legged race since there were three people running, but the concept was the same.

"Anyone need a part.....ner....."

Looking around the area for a partner, she now took notice of Walnut who was standing up on his hind legs sniffing the Crup's cage. Oh, that wasn't a good idea...

Standing up Kurumi slowly began making her way towards Walnut hoping that he wouldn't do something stupid - like try to jump in with the Crup.

"Professor, would it be alright if I carried Walnut during the race? I'm afraid he is going to cause more stress on this cruppy..."

Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd (Post 10130854)

Hehe, look at that, some students were already falling on their behinds.
Maya sort of hid her face behind the cute Crup she was still holding, not wanting the kids to see how much she was enjoying this.

Hearing the calls of some students that were good to go, she nodded at them, "Feel free to walk about a bit, get familiar with your legs all tied up like that." Not that it would matter much later. HEHE.

"If anyone hasn't found a partner yet, let me know." She called out, scanning the area to see wether someone needed help.

OOC: You are all awesome. Really.

I'm going to let everyone get a chance to pair up before we continue. Do feel free to get to get better acquainted with your partner (have a chat).

And those who left the lesson are more than welcome to come back.

Edit: Three people in a group would look like this... :P