CoMC Three
 

It was a nice, warm spring day, and William was rather pleased to be sitting outside near the edge of the Forbidden Forest. This was the tamer part of the forest, actually, close to the boundaries of the creatures sanctuary. He'd set up the class in the hopes that none of the students would be intimidated by the forest. Not yet, anyway.

"Welcome, welcome," William greeted the early students. "You can drop your pygmy puff off from last class over there," and he pointed to the tiny wooden enclosure that had been set up in the barn earlier this year, "and have a seat over here!" There were a few wooden logs scattered around in a semi-circle near his wooden stool.

Today's class should prove... useful to the students. Heh.


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First Question
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Uh oh....
REAL UH OH!
Throw away all your candy!
Or... not. JK GUYS!
Don't worry, I've got this.
No yah don't!
Teamwork makes the dream work!
So long, suckers!
Let's debrief.
Wrap-up.
Homework/how to adopt a PP.

Lily walked up towards the area near the forest for the Care of Magical Creatures class. She took Blueberry out from under her arm and placed the pygmy puff down gently in the enclosure. Walking over toward the logs, Lily greeted the professor. "Hello Professor Williamson. How are you today? It's really nice out today." After saying hello, Lily wandered over to an empty log and took a seat, placing her bag on the ground in front of her.

Selena skipped to the the Care of Magical Creatures lesson with a bright smile on her face, and pygmy puff on her head. "Hellooooo Professor W!" Selena chirped, beaming as she popped a jelly bean in her mouth. Because they were colorful and yummy. Except the boogie flavored ones. And the vomit. And the nasty ones. She looked at the little enclosure that was there. Why were they putting the pygmy puffs together?! Was the professor going to FEED the pygmy puffs to other creatures? SLOWLY and HESITANTLY, Selena plucked the little purple ball of pure FLUFF known as Kent off of her head and placed it... in the pen. "We're not going to be feeding the pygmy puffs to weird animals, right?" Selena asked the professor as she took a seat as CLOSE to the pygmy puffs as possible. Because just in case... Selena would be able to snatch Kent and RUN.

Evelyn wouldn't have attended Willy's class if it wasn't for the fact that she had to return little Samwise. Professor over-obsessed with his animals. Heh. Carrying the adorable little Samwise in her hand, she walked over to the barn.

"Aw, I'm really going to miss you, bud." She petted him for a moment, before she placed him in the enclosure.

The girl walked back over to where Willy was sitting. "Professor." Evelyn muttered in greeting before she wandered over to one of the logs nearby and sat down, her eyes on the ground. She wondered what was in store for them. Something weird, probably.

Ellie was....unsure about attending. Simply because she was being lazy and moody and blah blah blah. She just didn't feel like DOING much. Especially LEARNING. Especially especially learning a lesson that she wasn't even positive she wanted to continue to learn.

But here she was.

She even took a seat pretty near Williamson. "Hi." That was her greeting.

"Hey, Professor!" The prefect grinned at him as she bounced over to the wooden enclosure, giving MO a little pat pat before placing her with the pygmy puffs. It really was a niiiice day out, and the seventh year had plans for it, after this lesson of course. Right now her only focus was to find a good seat and ready herself for some learning.

She chose one closest to him, but also close to the sanctuary, which wasn't nearly as close as she wanted it to be. But maybe, maaaaaaaaybe, something would slip out and come over for pets or something. She could hope. Heh.

Emrys sighed, standing back from the class a few paces. Semi-circle. He hated semi-circle seating. You couldn't hide, someone was always looking at you and, given that they were logs, well, he was bound to end up on the dirt, having fallen off.

Oh, great. And there was that girl - Ellie? - from that enchantment seminar. He walked over slowly, trying to decide whether to sit near her, and not have to look at her, or far away but have to deal with her being able to see him. Near the professor? Or right across?

There was no hiding here! Emrys stood, looking rather stupidly at the semi-circle, trying to figure out which seat would panic him the least.

Momotaro II sat proudly on Kurumi's shoulders after having bathed once again in pumpkin soup at breakfast. Kurumi had nearly missed her morning lessons thanks to the little guy, but she had somehow managed to get him cleaned up and decent without having to sprint too quickly through the castle to reach the grounds.

As she approached Professor Williamson, she heard him explain that they should drop their pygmy puffs off. That sounded like they were throwing away old socks and...well...Kurumi just didn't like that image. Momotaro II cooed on her shoulder and snuggled closer to her ear as if to say DON'T THROW ME AWAY! However, as Kurumi approached the enclosure and saw that there were other pygmy puffs rolling around, she knew she had to let him go. "Thank you for the week, Momotaro II," she whispered, giving the little guy a kiss on the head. "You...be...safe..." Because she would be coming back to visit him later. With that...she set him down in the enclosure and watched him roll off, her bottom lip quivering at the site.

Kurumi then made her way over to the logs and sat down with an obviously depressed expression on her face. She missed her pygmy puff already. Sorry, Professor Williamson, no greeting for you today unless a frown counted.

Alyssa walked up and saw the Professor sitting on a wooden stool. She saw that a wooden enclosure had been set up for Pygmy Puffs. Alyssa gulped. She didn't want to return Nerfball and was going to ask the Professor whether she could keep him. But she figured that she would put him in there for safekeeping until class was over and then she would go back and retrieve him and then ask the Professor at that time. So for now she walked over to the enclosure and slowly lowered Nerfball to join his friends. "I'll see you after class okay, Nerball. I'll miss you."Alyssa sadly waved at him before going up to the Professor.

"Hello Professor Williamson. It's a great day to be outdoors isn't it?" Alyssa smiled at the Professor before picking a log to sit on.

In my next post I'll start class, at about 3pm EDT tomorrow :)
 

Jory headed off to CoMC with Furball on his shoulder. "Hello, Professor Williamson,'' he said before going over to put his Puff with the others. "Bye Furball!'' He petted the creature before going off to take a seat on one of the wooden logs.

Daichi thought that the third lesson would be in the barn as well. But he was surprised when he saw the students hanging outside and followed them until he saw the professor and a *classroom* outdoors. Not that he minded because he was more of an outdoors person anyway. Ducky Duck was on his shoulder and seemed to be sleeping. Her fur was going up and down softly and when Daichi heard they needed to give them back he froze. He stared at the professor. "sir?" he asked and looked at his sleeping pygmy puff. "Does it mean that if we place the Puff in there we are giving it back or...or... Is it just so we can move freely and can take them back with us after class?" because Daichi was getting really fond of his little Ducky Duck. And just in case they were for sending back he quickly added: " i-i-'ll pay for her!" not that he had any money with him right now...

So still with Ducky Duck sleeping on his shoulder he waited for an answer from the professor before he would place her with the others.

Ella carried Barnabus on her shoulder, walking down to the edge of the forbidden forest. Though it was a beautiful spring day, she couldn't shake the uncomfortable feeling that being so close to a forest full of scary creatures was giving her.

Spotting Professor Williamson, she smiled. "Hi Professor, hope you're well!" Then she walked rather sadly over to where she would have to return Barnabus, her little buddy.

"Okay Barnabus, you have to stay with the other puffs from now on." She said, placing the little yellow fluff ball into the enclosure. "Try to remember all the great times we had together cause-" *Sniff* "we had a lot of fun. I'm going to miss you, Barny! Keep trying to refrain from eating boogers, you're making good progress." With that, Ella bent down and kissed the little guy on his little head. Barnabus, being so close to her nose, couldn't resist. "UGH! Barny, really?" She rolled her eyes at the puff but smirked. Then she went to find a seat.

Tayla walked to their next Care of Magical Creatures class. She spotted the handsome professor and smiled. "Good morning, Professor!" Tayla greeted, a little too eagerly. The nice day - and for some reason, seeing the professor - gave her an extra cheerful mood. She pet her pygmy puff Teacup then went towards the wooden enclosure Professor Williamson referred to. "Be good, Teacup," she said, hugging her pygmy puff once more before leaving the cute little creature inside the enclosure with the other puffs. Then Tayla went to the wooden logs and took the nearest seat to the professor she could find.

Rot and bother. As Emrys stood there, conspicuously awkward, the seats were filling rapidly and he was no closer to making a decision.

Fidgeting with his bag, he put his head down and murmured a few low 'excuse me's as he sped through the slower students and plopped himself down in what he thought was the least objectionable spot remaining - the spot at which there were few directly across and, if they paid attention to the professor, not really facing his way.

He refrained from looking around the circle lest someone make eye-contact.

annnnnd class has begun! Thank you all for attending! ^_^
 

so long >.<
 

Kurumi had mildly returned Professor Williamson's wave, but her focus was on Momotaro II who had seemingly already forgotten her as he rolled around with the other py gmy puffs. Had that week they spent together meant nothing to him?! All the pumpkin soup baths and sugar cubes and grooming?! Frowning a bit, Kurumi turned her attention back to Professor Williamson and thought about his first question for a few moments before raising her hand to speak.

"I...sort of let my pygmy puff guide me," she said rather vaguely. "Last lesson, we discussed how pygmy puffs ought to act and created a general picture about them, but that is sort of like saying that all wizards are a certain way or that every pit bull dog is an attack dog. There are always exceptions. So, Momotaro II taught me about him. What he likes and dislikes and guided me as to how to properly care for him." That...answered the professor's question, right? She was more than willing to go into further details if he wanted, but she didn't want to go on and on when he could read about most of this in her journal entries. "I rather enjoyed the assignment. It taught me patience and that you really have to listen to the creature you are taking care of, look for signs and really study them."

And that was really all she had to say for now...could she have him back now? Please?

As for his second question, well, that one was a little tricky. To Kurumi, given the proper environment and circumstances, ANY creature could be considered dangerous really. Kurumi rubbed the back of her neck for a moment, thinking about how best to word what she wanted to say and trying her best to throw thoughts like 'dark creatures' and 'Minstry ratings' out the window. It took a bit, but Kurumi eventually raised her hand. "I think...that human fear and loathing are a major contributor. For example, the platypus is capable of producing a venom that can cause severe pain and even incapacitate a human, but we see them as being rather cute and cuddly where as other venom producing creatures, like some snakes, are seen as dangerous. I suppose the difference is that a platypus' venom cannot kill a person whereas other creatures' venom can." She swallowed, thinking a bit more about the topic and remember just HOW many times this term she had come face to face with two creatures that were definitely dangerous. Why? Because she feared for her life. "T-This term...I came face to face with a chimaera and an acromantula..." Both of which were frightening and potentially lethal. "What made me instantly think they were dangerous was, well, because they could kill me." Once again, human fear defining whether or not the creature was dangerous or not.

Lily waited as the professor started the lesson. Once he had finished talking, the ravenclaw raised her hand to answer the second section. "I think a creature is considered dangerous when it is hard to be handled by a normal wizard. Many times they repel spells or have some sort of defense mechanism like venom. An example would be a dragon or something like that." Lily was glad that she had read her textbook because it came in handy with questions like that.

Zhenya didn't know how to answer the first question. She just loved the Pygmy Puff and wanted to have it forever! But holding her hand up, she though she would give some feedback, "Professor, the Pygmy Puffs were so much fun, and it was so good to be able to hold them in our hands, rather than just pat them," like... horses. You couldn't hold those.

For the next question... "And I think dangerous creatures are ones that have the potential to harm people whether or not they feel threatened, like if they are irrational creatures and hurt people a lot," she said. She had never come into contact with a dangerous creature. Well, sure Hippogriffs could be dangerous but only if you made them angry, and didn't approach them the way they should be approached.