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When not in use for classes, several of the greenhouses that are located on the school grounds are open for private and independent research and study. In fact, this is highly encouraged.
Within the unlocked doors of the greenhouses you will find rows and rows of plants. The greenhouses contain a wide variety of plants - both magical and mundane. Want to practice your pruning skills? Why not practice on the Abyssinian Shrivelfig of a Flutterby Bush? Or perhaps you want to harvest some Puffapod seeds- just don’t drop them! -- unless you want to of course.
Unfortunately the stores cupboard is quite bare. Under normal circumstances a variety of resources would have been at your fingertips, but it seems as though the items have been sold and pawned off. There are no seeds, or dung or meat scraps here, and there is only a single pair of large dragon hide gloves on a dusty shelf. If you borrow it, remember to return it.
Remember Professor Bentley likes to take regular strolls through the greenhouse to check on things. So make sure you wear your protective gear and behave yourselves accordingly.
SPOILER!!: Greenhouse Index
1 - VARIOUS including: toadstools, bubotubers, mimbulous mimbletonia
2 - VARIOUS including: creeping ivy (Wasima), fire seed bushes, venomous tentacular, screechsnap, polypody
3 - VARIOUS (largely floral) including: flutterby bushes, puffapods, angels trumpets, umbrella flowers, bouncing bulbs, snarfalumps, wiggenbush
4 - VARIOUS including: fanged geranium, piranha plants, bloodroot, chinese chomping cabbage, mixed herbs
5 - VARIOUS - ARID including: various cacti and grasses 6 - VARIOUS - AQUATIC including: gillyweed, sea lavender, sea cucumbers and coral
7 - VARIOUS - TROPICAL including: cobra lilies, albany pitcher, venus flytraps, poke weed and fire vine
8 - VARIOUS - RESTRICTED ACCESS: includes various flesh-eaters and various dangerous plants including snargallufs, midnight magnolia, dragon trees and mature mandrakes
NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list, it's just to give you an idea of what can be found in each greenhouse. Greenhouse 8 is restricted, locked and enchanted and may only be accessed with Professor Bentley. Any attempt to post that your charrie has broken in, will result in your posts being deleted.
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Lex was now in a bit of a fix. She could either ignore the simply HIDEOUS withering leaves that some of these plants had or she could take the risk of snipping them off but that usually left her with naked plants and a few things that needed hiding. She was trying to take care of the Greenhouse and it's plants here, not make them worse. She looked to Felix, figuring he would have a smart reply to this but by the looks of it she would say no.
Alright. Nooo problem.
She had a very simple solution to this. Lex walked back to the first plant in her line of plants and gave it a small, encouraging smile as she took hold of it's dried leaf. "This is only gonna hurt a little, I promise. You'll hardly feel a thing in the first place and if you do...it probably wasn't dead to begin with which is kinda sucks for you but...yeah... I don't think I should keep talking. It's probably not putting you at ease...unless it's distracting you in which case I could talk on, you know?"
No answer...no cringing away from. This was a silent go ahead.
Lex plucked the leaf from the stalk and dropped it to the ground. Look at that. Dead leaf gone and by all indications the plant was still living. "See??? TOLD you it wouldn't hurt!" GRIN. Or did it but the plant was being a total Gryffindor about the whole thing? If that was the case it should continue like that because she wasn't done plucking. She searched the plants, plucking away at dried leaves here and there until they were all looking fresh and green. Just the way Professor Bentley liked them.
"No need to thank me guys, just doing my job, you know?" And beams for all of them.
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Cutty noted that the boy was speaking a little faster. He recognized this tone. His mother had adopted it every now and again whenever Cutty was doing something right in the wrong way and required further explanation. The firstie put away his tail-twig trimmers and took out his wand instead. The peculiar pronunciation of that spell made him snort a little. But oh, yes! This was a spell he could use even apart from Herbology. Those tail-twig clippers were not a lightweight item in his school bag.
Cutty mimicked the karate-chop type wand motion and quietly repeated the incantation to himself. He gave the older kid a smile and a nod as he turned to get back to work. This kid was dead useful. He would be keeping him around. Getting back to the flowering bush, Cutty raised and fell his wand against some leaves that appeared to be browning and drying out. "Flipnipsnibbit!" No. Pretend he didn't say that. "Flipnsnipwitit!" He said more slowly and clearly as he repeated the wand motion. To his surprise it was an incredibly cooperative spell, and the brown detached itself from the rest of the healthy plant.
"So, erhm, are you Bentley's favourite student like?" He asked, wondering outloud. "And it's...something with a T, right?" He thought he'd heard the kids name being said in a class before.
Tobias waited and watched to see when the other would master the spell, effectively forgetting he was here to do some Herbology jobs himself. This just seemed important too, y'know?
When he DID manage it, it was all Toby could do not to go a little bit over the top. But he kept his composure, and gave the other boy a thumbs up and a grin. "Nice one!"
Right, so now more work.
As Tobias shuffled back a bit on his knees, his focus went to the ground, he listened to the other boy's question and grinned a bit. "Probably not! I don't think they have favourites. I'm just sort of... naturally pretty good at Herbology," he explained, picking up fallen leaves and other things from around the bush that could go on the compost heap or in the bin, and clearing the area around him, reaching further and further out. Just to clear up the area a bit, you know?
Something with a- OH! "Oh, sorry. My name's Toby, or Tobias. I don't mind which," the Hufflepuff grinned, wiping one slightly dirty hand on the side of his trousers to clean it off before holding it out for a handshake. "I'm sorry though... I don't think I know your name."
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She was happy to soak in the appreciation of the plants, even stroking and grinning at a few of them (love, they were getting love) but then Felix hopped off the table and made his way down the greenhouse again. Where in merlin's beard did he think he was going?? "Gimme one sec, guys, I'll be right back. Rogue kneazle problems, you understand." Lex followed behind him until they were back by the supplies. He began nudging a rake.
Alexa raised an eyebrow at him. "What do I look like? The maintenance crew? I'm just taking care of the plants like I'm meant to then we're leaving." In case he'd forgotten that in the short (or not so short) time they'd been in here. All the plant chemicals must have been getting to his furry little head. You raked things out in the student garden, NOT in a Greenhouse. No. Absolutely not. Imagine how silly she would look raking inside.
Despite her protest, he kept nudging at the rake until it toppled over, carrying down a few others with it. Lex scowled down at him. "I hope you're happy." She said, scooping him up then picking up the fallen rakes and such. "Now can we get baaaack to the plants??" It wasn't actually a question, she was hauling his butt back over so they could hurry up with this thing. Back at the table he walked to the far end and began brushing the window with his tail. She looked up from her plant inspecting and leave stroking. "Stop that." But the kneazle continued. Lex gave a heavy sigh. "I said to knock it off. You won't let me give you a bath later so quit messing up your tail."
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Addi nodded. "I really didn't know what to expect." So basically she over prepared...which really wasn't over preparing once she saw the state of the supplies cupboard. She shook her head. "Nope. First year here." Hence the reason she was going above and beyond to get points any way possible.
Olly. Adelaide made a mental note, glad to have a name to go with a face finally. She gave Olly a warm smile. "I have a lot of stuff in here. Like I said." She began to pull supplies out, setting them on the table as she went. "Take whatever you'd like."
Olly huffed in agreement when Adelaide said she hadn't known what to expect. Yeah. Who would've thought it would be THIS bad. Oh and it was her first year here too? There were quite a few new fifth years huh? Simply nodding in reply the Hufflepuff didn't voice her thoughts however. She wasn't THAT keen on small talk with the other girl after all.
Still. A lot of fifth years.
Returning Adelaide's smile with a smirk, Olly moved closer to stand next to her so she was able to look at the things she set on the table. "Thanks." She mumbled, not really paying attention to the Slytherin anymore but instead regarding the supplies carefully. They weren't her things but they would have to do. With an annoyed sigh she reached for a pair of pruners before moving over towards one of the plants. One who looked quite dried out. Aka dead. Partly dead anyway.
With a bit of fertilizer and water it might survive though.
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Admittedly...he was getting on her last nerve with his attempt to get the section of the window clean. Honestly. It wasn't even like he was making much of a difference and scowling was getting her nowhere by the looks of it. Remembering that patience thing she'd promised to try she took a deep breath then drew her wand.
A part of her felt offended by the fact that even then he didn't stop but she couldn't really blame him. He knew she'd never cast at him no matter what. This is why one was not meant to spoil their pet kneazle.
"Alright alright, step aside." Lex finally said. Her plant loving and leaf stroking would have to halt for a minute. She gave Felix enough time to get out of the way then turned to the dusty windows. These would make it harder for the poor plants to get any sunlight. "This is how you clean a window." Not that he'd be able to copy but gosh, leave it to her in future, yes? "Vitrumonia!" A simple window cleaning spell was FAR more effective than a kneazle's tail. DUH.
Now the plants had a nice clean window to get light through. She turned to the window directly next to it. "Vitrumonia!" And again with the other on the other side. Her little section of plant babies were now well taken care of. They were watered, talked to, clipped (plucked, same thing) and now given more sunlight. She was SUCH a good plant mommy.
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"Scourgify."
The windows were definitely looking cleaner now. Ella tilted her head and smiled as the light poured in, feeling the warmth on her face. Did the plants feel it too? The seventeen year old sidled out of the way in case she'd been blocking the light.
Now it was time for some TLC, yeah? Because plants needed more than just light and water to survive. Ella pulled up a spare stool and sat in front of a section of various greenery, ready to tell all the plants a story. Hm.
"Once upon a time there was a little badger with great hair." Y'know, just saying. "And this little badger was afraid that all of the other badgers, snakes, eagles, and lions wouldn't want to be friends with her." Because the erm...animals at the badger's old school had said she was a freak. Mhm. "But then she met some particularly nice ones who thought that she was nice too." Best friends doing best friend thingsss. "And the little badger learned not to be so afraid. She even decided to try out for the uh...badger house team so that she could play with her badger friends." Were the plants bored yet? She was almost done with her story. "And so the badger learned that not all animals were cruel and she grew to like meeting new ones and making more friends." Yup, not all animals were as horrible as the ones she'd known when she was small. "And she lived happily ever after...erm hopefully." THE END.
"Did you like that story?" PAUSE. ... ... ... "I'll take that as a yes."
The blonde then returned the stool and gathered her things, glancing back at the greenhouse with an approving nod. Not too shabby. "See you guys again soon."
When not in use for classes, several of the greenhouses that are located on the school grounds are open for private and independent research and study. In fact, this is highly encouraged.
Within the unlocked doors of the greenhouses you will find rows and rows of plants. The greenhouses contain a wide variety of plants - both magical and mundane. Want to practice your pruning skills? Why not practice on the Abyssinian Shrivelfig of a Flutterby Bush? Or perhaps you want to harvest some Puffapod seeds- just don’t drop them! -- unless you want to of course.
Unfortunately the stores cupboard is quite bare. Under normal circumstances a variety of resources would have been at your fingertips, but it seems as though the items have been sold and pawned off. There are no seeds, or dung or meat scraps here, and there is only a single pair of large dragon hide gloves on a dusty shelf. If you borrow it, remember to return it.
Remember Professor Bentley likes to take regular strolls through the greenhouse to check on things. So make sure you wear your protective gear and behave yourselves accordingly.
SPOILER!!: Greenhouse Index
1 - VARIOUS including: toadstools, bubotubers, mimbulous mimbletonia
2 - VARIOUS including: creeping ivy (Wasima), fire seed bushes, venomous tentacular, screechsnap, polypody
3 - VARIOUS (largely floral) including: flutterby bushes, puffapods, angels trumpets, umbrella flowers, bouncing bulbs, snarfalumps, wiggenbush
4 - VARIOUS including: fanged geranium, piranha plants, bloodroot, chinese chomping cabbage, mixed herbs
5 - VARIOUS - ARID including: various cacti and grasses 6 - VARIOUS - AQUATIC including: gillyweed, sea lavender, sea cucumbers and coral
7 - VARIOUS - TROPICAL including: cobra lilies, albany pitcher, venus flytraps, poke weed and fire vine
8 - VARIOUS - RESTRICTED ACCESS: includes various flesh-eaters and various dangerous plants including snargallufs, midnight magnolia, dragon trees and mature mandrakes
NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list, it's just to give you an idea of what can be found in each greenhouse. Greenhouse 8 is restricted, locked and enchanted and may only be accessed with Professor Bentley. Any attempt to post that your charrie has broken in, will result in your posts being deleted.
Raven realized she had a lot of work to do for Herbology compared to her other classees, but reveled in this fact since she had a love for plants and animals. Before digging in her heels she decided to start with an easy task in Greenhouse 1. Washing the window panes. Taking out her dragon hide cloves out of her pack putting them on, she realized that her wand would probably be a better option then washing them manually. But then she realized the lesson about the tea. She realized this was the perfect opportunity to put her magical knowledge to the test. She needed to make a cleaning solution using the tea. She needed to go to her room to get her couldron to mix the solution in. She exited the greenhouse and decided she would return as soon as possible.
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Raven realized she had a lot of work to do for Herbology compared to her other classees, but reveled in this fact since she had a love for plants and animals. Before digging in her heels she decided to start with an easy task in Greenhouse 1. Washing the window panes. Taking out her dragon hide cloves out of her pack putting them on, she realized that her wand would probably be a better option then washing them manually. But then she realized the lesson about the tea. She realized this was the perfect opportunity to put her magical knowledge to the test. She needed to make a cleaning solution using the tea. She needed to go to her room to get her couldron to mix the solution in. She exited the greenhouse and decided she would return as soon as possible.
Raven easily returned to the greenhouse with her cauldron full of her tea cleaning solution and she began to manually wash the window panes with a dirty rag that was sitting on some shelves. The windows did look cleaner though it would have helped to know a cleaning charm. She needed to brush up on her skills in the library she realized. After cleaning the windows in Greenhouse 1 she decided to ask Professor Bentley how they looked before doing any more.
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Raven walked back over to the windows. She wanted to dry them before the tea left water droplets all over them. She said "Siccus Aerous" and the windows dried off while doing the clockwise hand motion. She also used the spell on the rag and it dried too. "Wow this spell comes in handy." She used the spell on the cauldron as well to heat up the solution. She might as well clean the other greenhouse windows while she was at it. She needed to perfect the spell before her next Herbology lesson.
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Olly huffed in agreement when Adelaide said she hadn't known what to expect. Yeah. Who would've thought it would be THIS bad. Oh and it was her first year here too? There were quite a few new fifth years huh? Simply nodding in reply the Hufflepuff didn't voice her thoughts however. She wasn't THAT keen on small talk with the other girl after all.
Still. A lot of fifth years.
Returning Adelaide's smile with a smirk, Olly moved closer to stand next to her so she was able to look at the things she set on the table. "Thanks." She mumbled, not really paying attention to the Slytherin anymore but instead regarding the supplies carefully. They weren't her things but they would have to do. With an annoyed sigh she reached for a pair of pruners before moving over towards one of the plants. One who looked quite dried out. Aka dead. Partly dead anyway.
With a bit of fertilizer and water it might survive though.
"No problem." Adelaide mused as she watched Olly go through her supplies. She honestly didn't mind one bit. She just needed to know what she was taking so she could figure out what she was going to do.
...and what was that sigh about? Addi ignored it. Best not to bring it up as she learned from past experiences. She grabbed her wand and headed over to some nearby plants. "Aguamenti." She muttered moving her wand to slowly water the group in front of her.
Tobias waited and watched to see when the other would master the spell, effectively forgetting he was here to do some Herbology jobs himself. This just seemed important too, y'know?
When he DID manage it, it was all Toby could do not to go a little bit over the top. But he kept his composure, and gave the other boy a thumbs up and a grin. "Nice one!"
Right, so now more work.
As Tobias shuffled back a bit on his knees, his focus went to the ground, he listened to the other boy's question and grinned a bit. "Probably not! I don't think they have favourites. I'm just sort of... naturally pretty good at Herbology," he explained, picking up fallen leaves and other things from around the bush that could go on the compost heap or in the bin, and clearing the area around him, reaching further and further out. Just to clear up the area a bit, you know?
Something with a- OH! "Oh, sorry. My name's Toby, or Tobias. I don't mind which," the Hufflepuff grinned, wiping one slightly dirty hand on the side of his trousers to clean it off before holding it out for a handshake. "I'm sorry though... I don't think I know your name."
Cutty watched Tobias's hand swiped across his trousers then lift for a handshake. He didn't have to wipe it off. Cutty would've shaken his hand either way. With an expression Cutty thought might read as dignified, he shook the man called Tobias's hand and introduced himself. "Cutty Mordaunt. First year, Slytherin."
Wand in hand, Cutty went back to his pruning, sort of just leaving the dispensable bits of the plant that he'd caused to fall for later gathering. "Flipnsnipwitit!" Karate chop! "Flipnsnipwitit!" Karate chop! It was kind of enjoyable, really. It would be something that he could do whilst plotting thinking of other things to do and he liked that possibility. His thoughts about thoughts interrupted by a somewhat untidy vine. "So, am I to cut everything dead off? Even if it's just overgrown?"
Cutty watched Tobias's hand swiped across his trousers then lift for a handshake. He didn't have to wipe it off. Cutty would've shaken his hand either way. With an expression Cutty thought might read as dignified, he shook the man called Tobias's hand and introduced himself. "Cutty Mordaunt. First year, Slytherin."
Wand in hand, Cutty went back to his pruning, sort of just leaving the dispensable bits of the plant that he'd caused to fall for later gathering. "Flipnsnipwitit!" Karate chop! "Flipnsnipwitit!" Karate chop! It was kind of enjoyable, really. It would be something that he could do whilst plotting thinking of other things to do and he liked that possibility. His thoughts about thoughts interrupted by a somewhat untidy vine. "So, am I to cut everything dead off? Even if it's just overgrown?"
Once he'd shook hands with the other boy, Cutty, Tobias gathered up the dead pieces of plant and other such matter from the ground around the wiggenbush until there was nothing else to pick up. He went and deposited the suitable stuff on the compost heap and then returned to the bushes, where he decided to work on the next bush too.
While he was deciding where it would be best to use the specific severing charm, Toby heard Cutty speak again and looked over. He gave another big smile because that's how you INTERACTED with people and then answered.
"You should try and cut all the dead stuff off," Toby started, giving a tiny nod. "And for sure any part of the plant you think might be sick, unless it's a vital part." Like the stem or roots or the main bit that went into the ground. "And we can trim them down if they're getting overgrown too, yeah. So if you think a part is too overgrown and it's not dead, you can cut that part off too."
Tobias thought about adding that you needed good judgement with that, but people generally had common sense at knowing that, so he just stopped there. "I think keeping them from overgrowing constitutes as caring for them."
Another big friendly grin, and Tobias looked back at the shrub before him. "Flipnsnipwitit!" he cast, slashing his wand through the air and severing parts from the tree to trim it down a bit. "Flipnsnipwitit!"
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Mo poked his head into the greenhouse, trying to see what was the what and who was there. No West, no Alice, but he spotted Lex and Toby and some younger kids he hadn't met yet. At that, Mo slid all the way into the greenhouse and made his way to a few of the flowering bushes that seemed a little out of control. He was going to endeavor not to get eaten, bitten, or poisoned with the Quidditch game coming up so soon.
This was why he was Ravenclaw and not a Gryffindor. Planning.
Mo fingered the leaves of the first bush, plucking off a few that were dead and sad looking and setting them aside to be composted. If he was going to do this, he needed to do it right, huh? "So I'm supposed to talk to you and tell you how pretty you are, but I"m not gonna sing because that's... you'd die. And you are way too pretty to die."
He knelt beside the bushes again, giving them each a solid pat before he dug into the bed around their roots, pulling out weeds and loosening the dirt.
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Mo poked his head into the greenhouse, trying to see what was the what and who was there. No West, no Alice, but he spotted Lex and Toby and some younger kids he hadn't met yet. At that, Mo slid all the way into the greenhouse and made his way to a few of the flowering bushes that seemed a little out of control. He was going to endeavor not to get eaten, bitten, or poisoned with the Quidditch game coming up so soon.
This was why he was Ravenclaw and not a Gryffindor. Planning.
Mo fingered the leaves of the first bush, plucking off a few that were dead and sad looking and setting them aside to be composted. If he was going to do this, he needed to do it right, huh? "So I'm supposed to talk to you and tell you how pretty you are, but I"m not gonna sing because that's... you'd die. And you are way too pretty to die."
He knelt beside the bushes again, giving them each a solid pat before he dug into the bed around their roots, pulling out weeds and loosening the dirt.
It seemed like she'd barely gotten anytime to admire her freshly cleaned windows before her kneazle hopped off the table once more and was off. She...was getting rather tired of that. How hard was it to curl up and sleep like he always did??? She would have preferred that to him running about the greenhouse. This may not have been the one for flesh-eaters but you just never know with plants.
Lex gave an apologetic look to the plants she'd been caring before hurrying after the Felix. She gave a sigh when she saw him come to a stop by someone--Oh? Even from behind she knew who that was.
"Mo!" Whatever he was doing caught the felines attention long enough for her to sneak over at scope him up. He'd lost his ground privileges for the rest of the day, unless something came up that would require both her hands. "If I'd know you were coming out here I'd have waited a bit longer before caring my plants."
Weeding...she never weeded hers but...they didn't LOOK like the life was being drained out of them by a vicious parasite. They were FIIIINE. "You need any help?"
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It seemed like she'd barely gotten anytime to admire her freshly cleaned windows before her kneazle hopped off the table once more and was off. She...was getting rather tired of that. How hard was it to curl up and sleep like he always did??? She would have preferred that to him running about the greenhouse. This may not have been the one for flesh-eaters but you just never know with plants.
Lex gave an apologetic look to the plants she'd been caring before hurrying after the Felix. She gave a sigh when she saw him come to a stop by someone--Oh? Even from behind she knew who that was.
"Mo!" Whatever he was doing caught the felines attention long enough for her to sneak over at scope him up. He'd lost his ground privileges for the rest of the day, unless something came up that would require both her hands. "If I'd know you were coming out here I'd have waited a bit longer before caring my plants."
Weeding...she never weeded hers but...they didn't LOOK like the life was being drained out of them by a vicious parasite. They were FIIIINE. "You need any help?"
Mo glanced up at Lex and wiggled his gloved fingers at her, flicking dirt and perhaps a nice earthworm in her direction. Oh, no, definitely an earthworm. "Cambridge. What exactly is the function of a cat in a greenhouse? And I'm not being facetious. I honestly don't know."
He returned his attention to the dirt around the base of the flowering bushes, carefully removing each weed individually and adding it to his growing pile of weeds. There weren't many, but then these plants were highly managed. He supposed he would find loads more around the plants out in the student gardens, where plants were allowed to grow a bit more... naturally.
"Do you suppose plants like being sung to, even if you can't sing?" He patted the nearest bush again. Pretty bush.
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Mo glanced up at Lex and wiggled his gloved fingers at her, flicking dirt and perhaps a nice earthworm in her direction. Oh, no, definitely an earthworm. "Cambridge. What exactly is the function of a cat in a greenhouse? And I'm not being facetious. I honestly don't know."
He returned his attention to the dirt around the base of the flowering bushes, carefully removing each weed individually and adding it to his growing pile of weeds. There weren't many, but then these plants were highly managed. He supposed he would find loads more around the plants out in the student gardens, where plants were allowed to grow a bit more... naturally.
"Do you suppose plants like being sung to, even if you can't sing?" He patted the nearest bush again. Pretty bush.
He was flicking things at her, things she would overlook for the sake of the question he was asking. The function of a cat in a greenhouse? "I dunno. I've never had one in here before." Was this like a trick question that she'd have to answer? Was his Ravenclaw brain working in overdrive again? That wouldn't be any good for her. He'd start talking in advanced Ravenclaw logic then merlin knows she'd understand little to nothing.
Felix not putting up a fight in her hands told her that he was just about ready to settle in. About time. Lex wasn't prepared to spend her afternoon chasing him around tables of plants and the like. Not today thanks.
And there went Mo asking even mooore weird questions. The fourth year tilted her head and gave him a curious look. It was hard to tell if he was being serious or simply asking questions to pass the time. She would go with the first one...just in case. "I suspect they'll like any attention you give them. Most times they just sit in here in a lonely silence waiting for something to happen."
Mo's singing, no matter how terrible, would probably be the highlight of their day. "You could give it a shot. If they suddenly wither and die, we'll assume it's a bad idea." Nodnodnod.
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He was flicking things at her, things she would overlook for the sake of the question he was asking. The function of a cat in a greenhouse? "I dunno. I've never had one in here before." Was this like a trick question that she'd have to answer? Was his Ravenclaw brain working in overdrive again? That wouldn't be any good for her. He'd start talking in advanced Ravenclaw logic then merlin knows she'd understand little to nothing.
Felix not putting up a fight in her hands told her that he was just about ready to settle in. About time. Lex wasn't prepared to spend her afternoon chasing him around tables of plants and the like. Not today thanks.
And there went Mo asking even mooore weird questions. The fourth year tilted her head and gave him a curious look. It was hard to tell if he was being serious or simply asking questions to pass the time. She would go with the first one...just in case. "I suspect they'll like any attention you give them. Most times they just sit in here in a lonely silence waiting for something to happen."
Mo's singing, no matter how terrible, would probably be the highlight of their day. "You could give it a shot. If they suddenly wither and die, we'll assume it's a bad idea." Nodnodnod.
Lex was a stoic little thing (not so little thing anymore?) and didn't flinch at all about earthworms and flinging dirt, so Mo just grinned cheerfully and turned his attention back to the plants that he had temporarily adopted. He shoved the pile of weeds in her direction, hoping she could take the to the compost for him. That was what friends did, right?
"You have one in here now, though. Or a kneazle, at least, in case you didn't notice," Mo nodded at the feline in her hands. What was he doing here, Lex? Didn't she understand the question? Smart girl like that... she totally did.
Mo stood and brushed the dirt from his gloves, considering the problem of showing love to plants when one wasn't a singer. "I'm not willing to take it out on them, just because I have a rubbish voice. Truly rubbish, and not just me pretending to be humble. Aguamenti." Mo pointed his wand at the base of his bushes, watering each of them until the dirt was well-moistened. These pots had good drainage, so he wasn't as worried about over-watering.
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Lex was a stoic little thing (not so little thing anymore?) and didn't flinch at all about earthworms and flinging dirt, so Mo just grinned cheerfully and turned his attention back to the plants that he had temporarily adopted. He shoved the pile of weeds in her direction, hoping she could take the to the compost for him. That was what friends did, right?
"You have one in here now, though. Or a kneazle, at least, in case you didn't notice," Mo nodded at the feline in her hands. What was he doing here, Lex? Didn't she understand the question? Smart girl like that... she totally did.
Mo stood and brushed the dirt from his gloves, considering the problem of showing love to plants when one wasn't a singer. "I'm not willing to take it out on them, just because I have a rubbish voice. Truly rubbish, and not just me pretending to be humble. Aguamenti." Mo pointed his wand at the base of his bushes, watering each of them until the dirt was well-moistened. These pots had good drainage, so he wasn't as worried about over-watering.
Mo answered her question without actually answering it at all. He'd want her taking care of the weeds. Adding them to the compost bin most likely. Considering she'd been the one to offer, she didn't actually complain or make faces at him while he wasn't looking. Instead she placed the kneazle by his side, scoped up the weeds and made her way down the Greenhouse toward the compost bin.
It wasn't until she was on her way back over that she heard him referring to her kneazle. "Oh! You mean Felix?" He served PLENTY of purposes and had a lot of use. "He's my company. I took him here so I wouldn't have to work alone. Been doing a good job so far." In fact she was done so he'd done an epic job. THAT was the function of a kneazle in a Greenhouse.
Lex found herself snickering at him. "I think you give yourself less credit than you deserve. The tree you sang to last term didn't complain and it's bark didn't suddenly begin peeling off the moment you tried." She could remember Mo singing last term. Not the most melodious thing out there but it didn't curdle milk either...in theory. Had he ever tried out his talent by a tall glass of milk before? The results could be interesting.
"Talking to them works just as well. They like the company."
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Mo answered her question without actually answering it at all. He'd want her taking care of the weeds. Adding them to the compost bin most likely. Considering she'd been the one to offer, she didn't actually complain or make faces at him while he wasn't looking. Instead she placed the kneazle by his side, scoped up the weeds and made her way down the Greenhouse toward the compost bin.
It wasn't until she was on her way back over that she heard him referring to her kneazle. "Oh! You mean Felix?" He served PLENTY of purposes and had a lot of use. "He's my company. I took him here so I wouldn't have to work alone. Been doing a good job so far." In fact she was done so he'd done an epic job. THAT was the function of a kneazle in a Greenhouse.
Lex found herself snickering at him. "I think you give yourself less credit than you deserve. The tree you sang to last term didn't complain and it's bark didn't suddenly begin peeling off the moment you tried." She could remember Mo singing last term. Not the most melodious thing out there but it didn't curdle milk either...in theory. Had he ever tried out his talent by a tall glass of milk before? The results could be interesting.
"Talking to them works just as well. They like the company."
"I wonder if they can tell I'm talking to you and not to them," Mo watered down the row of bushes, kneeling a few times to handle the dirt and check just how wet they were getting. Not too bad, so he continued down the line. Each bush got a pat, and the last one, which was smaller and kind of pale looking got a cheerful, "Keep at it, Bushy-bush. You'll be Whomping Willow big one day, I promise."
So encouragement. That was good, right?
Mo eyed Felix-the-kneazle again when he returned to Lex, although he was smart enough to know not to question Lex OR Felix. They were just a bit too much like Vivi and Macha, and Mo had permanent scars to account for those two. "I'm not going to sing." Just... not.
He did reshape some of the bigger bushes, pulling out their most unkempt branches and cutting them back with the trimming spell. "Flipnsnipwitit." These trimmings were shoved toward Lex as well, and Mo hoped she'd carry the extra leaves and branches and things to the compost too. She was so helpful.
Once he'd shook hands with the other boy, Cutty, Tobias gathered up the dead pieces of plant and other such matter from the ground around the wiggenbush until there was nothing else to pick up. He went and deposited the suitable stuff on the compost heap and then returned to the bushes, where he decided to work on the next bush too.
While he was deciding where it would be best to use the specific severing charm, Toby heard Cutty speak again and looked over. He gave another big smile because that's how you INTERACTED with people and then answered.
"You should try and cut all the dead stuff off," Toby started, giving a tiny nod. "And for sure any part of the plant you think might be sick, unless it's a vital part." Like the stem or roots or the main bit that went into the ground. "And we can trim them down if they're getting overgrown too, yeah. So if you think a part is too overgrown and it's not dead, you can cut that part off too."
Tobias thought about adding that you needed good judgement with that, but people generally had common sense at knowing that, so he just stopped there. "I think keeping them from overgrowing constitutes as caring for them."
Another big friendly grin, and Tobias looked back at the shrub before him. "Flipnsnipwitit!" he cast, slashing his wand through the air and severing parts from the tree to trim it down a bit. "Flipnsnipwitit!"
Cutty glanced between the boy, Tobias and the overgrown vine. Silently, he took in the information before deciding that it was indeed overgrown and that it would be best to cut it away. "Flipnsnipwitit!" He cut away, still a little fascinated by the use and cutting power of the spell Tobias had taught him. He couldn't wait to try this outside of Herbology. Cutty moved on to another flowering bush and repeated the spell causing the dead bits of the plant to fall down to the ground beneath.
"What are you doing with that pile? Are you going to jump into it later?" As one might with raked leaves.
"No problem." Adelaide mused as she watched Olly go through her supplies. She honestly didn't mind one bit. She just needed to know what she was taking so she could figure out what she was going to do.
...and what was that sigh about? Addi ignored it. Best not to bring it up as she learned from past experiences. She grabbed her wand and headed over to some nearby plants. "Aguamenti." She muttered moving her wand to slowly water the group in front of her.
Trimming the plant wasn't as exciting as it usually was. Something had put her in a particularly foul mood today. So after a while, Olly scowled down at the plant for a while and then at Adelaide's pair of pruners in her own hands. She should've brought her own supplies. This wasn't the same. Why had she missed to bring them here? Stupid. Because the school supplies (HAD THERE BEEN ANY) wouldn't have been good enough either probably.
Brain, where was her brain lately?
"I don't think this one needs any more water." Olly pointed out with a nod towards the plant Adelaide was currently using the spell on. It wasn't drowning or anything but still, there were plants in here that could have better use of the water emerging from the girl's wand. Watching the Slytherin a little longer, Olly finally set her tool aside and went ahead to pick on some of the dried, dead leaves of the plant in front of her. Maybe she should just leave and come back another day with her own things.
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Try as she might to ignore it, Sophie couldn't get past the part of the assignment that required her to give love to a plant. UGH. This was so annoying. She was a firm believer that plants didn't have a brain and couldn't comprehend what was going on. This was only going to make her look silly.
Again, ...UGH.
She made her way into the greenhouses in search of a plant that needed attention. Apparently, the other students had already been here, because most of the plants looked well attended to. However, in the very back, she saw a plant that looked pretty wilted. This was the one, she decided. As she approached the plant, she whipped out her wand. Waving it around, she said, "Aguamenti!" Water shot from the wand and onto the plant, and when Sophie thought it had been watered enough, she ended the spell.
...and now for a short, very quiet song.
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small, small world.
There. She'd be back later to see if that had helped.
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"I wonder if they can tell I'm talking to you and not to them," Mo watered down the row of bushes, kneeling a few times to handle the dirt and check just how wet they were getting. Not too bad, so he continued down the line. Each bush got a pat, and the last one, which was smaller and kind of pale looking got a cheerful, "Keep at it, Bushy-bush. You'll be Whomping Willow big one day, I promise."
So encouragement. That was good, right?
Mo eyed Felix-the-kneazle again when he returned to Lex, although he was smart enough to know not to question Lex OR Felix. They were just a bit too much like Vivi and Macha, and Mo had permanent scars to account for those two. "I'm not going to sing." Just... not.
He did reshape some of the bigger bushes, pulling out their most unkempt branches and cutting them back with the trimming spell. "Flipnsnipwitit." These trimmings were shoved toward Lex as well, and Mo hoped she'd carry the extra leaves and branches and things to the compost too. She was so helpful.
"Are you all done in here?"
"They probably can." She said with a simple shrug. "You've probably offended them by now but I don't think they'll mind too much considering how well you're taking care of them." Plants had this thing. You didn't have to make things obvious, they just knew. That was why she'd been so sure to talk DIRECTLY to the plants she was caring for, at the expense of ignoring her own kneazle and having him run about.
Mo not singing wasn't all that big a deal. It was probably actually a really good thing so she wouldn't pester him into it. Besides, she didn't think there was anything she could get him to do once he decided he wouldn't. It was a Ravenclaw thing.
Lex watched him clipping away at the plants but before a comment could be made she was being sent back to compost bin duty? WELL THEN.
The Gryffindor took a moment to remind herself that she had walked over to him and couldn't complain when he gave her work because she offered to help. That being once again, firmly lodged in her mind, she gave him a nod then got to adding them to the compost bin. To think she thought she was done here for today.
Op, there was the question right on cue. "Yup, completely done! Mhm!" No more compost bin going, yeah?
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Water, water, water. Her toadstools were looking nice and refreshed. She wandered around looking for more plants to water. It wasn't like this task alone would not keep her busy. She really hoped that the professor appreciated all that she was doing because she could totally be doing something cooler and definitely something that was more fun.
She walked over to some plants that she didn't recognize and decided to give them some water as well. Every single plant needed water to survive right? So there couldn't be any harm in watering whatever plant she came to. She paid careful attention to how much water she was giving them just to make sure that she didn't kill anything. She was sure that Bently would not appreciate that too much.
Feeling satisfied with the amount of water given she walked over to another plant that had beautiful pink flowers on it. This plant definitely looked like it could use some fresh water. She hummed to herself as she watched the water pour from her watering can.
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Just one more trip into the greenhouses for now, and Sophie will have done her good plant deeds for the month. She'd done pretty good, she thought, and had even learned a few new spells. Of course, she'd really have to want to save the plants of the world to use the spells she'd learned, but at least it would earn her some good marks in class.
She decided to check on the plant she'd sung to just a few days earlier. She was really curious as to whether or not all that singing really did help. SHe doubted it, but curiosity had the best of her. Approaching the plant, she was surprised to see that it was indeed thriving. Now if that was all due to her singing or not, she didn't know.
She knelt down next to it and decided to water it once again. "Aguamenti!" she said, aiming her wand toward the plant. After she'd watered it enough, she put her wand away. ...and then, she got all Hufflepuff-y with this plant. "So I wrote you a poem," she told it, "but don't get all mushy. I'm only doing this for points, mmkay?"
"When I met you, you were dying,
But I didn't give up on trying.
I watered you and sang a song,
Then left you here all the day long.
For a few days, I stayed away,
And I just came back to check today.
A surprise I did see, for you're doing well.
Was it my singing? I guess you'll never tell."
Okay, yeah. She was SO not doing that again...or anything like it. She quickly eyed her surroundings, folded up her poem and pocketed it, then left without another word.
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Nerida came back to the greenhouses with a book. Time to read to the plant... She thought it was weird to read to a plant but it was on the list.. So it was either that or kiss...Or hug the plant... Weird. As she walked to one of the plants she had watered earlier she smiled as she saw the little girl read a poem to the plant. It was cute!!
Sitting down next to the plant she noted that the plant needed some trimming but she could do that after reading to it. Flipping open her book, she looked around before reading. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.” She loved the Lorax... And it was like the perfect book right? Because she was reading to a plant and the Lorax was you know environmental and adorable!!!
You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.”
She smiled as she finished and looked over at the plant, "I loved that!! Did you??" she asked even though she knew it was not going to answer her back. "I want a Truffula tree! Do you think Professor Bentley has one? Or can make one? That would be so cool!!" Okay now she needed to stop she was talking to the tree like it would answer.
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Trimming the plant wasn't as exciting as it usually was. Something had put her in a particularly foul mood today. So after a while, Olly scowled down at the plant for a while and then at Adelaide's pair of pruners in her own hands. She should've brought her own supplies. This wasn't the same. Why had she missed to bring them here? Stupid. Because the school supplies (HAD THERE BEEN ANY) wouldn't have been good enough either probably.
Brain, where was her brain lately?
"I don't think this one needs any more water." Olly pointed out with a nod towards the plant Adelaide was currently using the spell on. It wasn't drowning or anything but still, there were plants in here that could have better use of the water emerging from the girl's wand. Watching the Slytherin a little longer, Olly finally set her tool aside and went ahead to pick on some of the dried, dead leaves of the plant in front of her. Maybe she should just leave and come back another day with her own things.
Adelaide noticed the look on Olly's face. Something had definitely gotten under her skin. But the red head had learned early on not to try and cheer people up when they were like this. It just ended in her getting yelled at or made fun of and both were very sucky.
She looked up from the plant she'd been watering at the Hufflepuff. "Right. Got it." She had just been about to move on to another group as it was. Adelaide moved on a little ways down the row to water the plants over there. The soil was definitely dry on these ones. "Aguamenti."
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