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CoMC #1: Care to join us? The first thing you notice as you walk out in the grounds toward the usual CoMC area is the a sign by barnyard's ajar doors. "Enter". So you enter inside to see nothing particular unusual in the Creature Housing area.. So far. Professor Thompson is casually leaning against one of the already closed animal pens waiting. Welcome. -- OOC: The lesson has already started. Just joining in? Don't post your character arriving in, simply continue from the latest post as if they were there all along. Where are we at? Post 1 - Greetings + First question. Post 2 - Responses + Get with a baby Griffin. Post 3, 4 - Answer to some questions + Let's feed them. |
FAVORITE SUBJECT ALERT. Eden was in a gooooood mood for this class because this class ALWAYS put her in a good mood. She walked down to the grounds, tying her hair back as she went, and stopped only when she reached the creature pens. She smiled at Professor Thompson. "Good day, Professor...how're you doing?" So she was feeling friendly. Professor Thompson was always nice, though...she didn't think he'd mind the casual conversation. She was also the first one here. Or one of the first ones here. Well then. COME ONE FRIENDS, COME! |
Ethan stretched his arms and let out a big yawn before he entered the barnyard. He had a good sleep back in their dorm, which was kind of rare last term given it was his OWL year. Somehow, he still felt a bit sleepy, but is hopeful that Professor Thompson will fix that in a minute or so. CoMC was always packed with an interesting activity anyway, so he was kind of sure that he’ll feel pumped once the class starts. Making sure that he was all ready, Ethan knocked on the door twice, pushed it open and had let himself in. “Hello, Professor.” Uh-huh. Nothing unusual, eh? The man probably disillusioned a creature or something behind him so they won’t get over excited, eh? Ethan stood behind the back of the room and waited for the rest to arrive. |
COMC lessons were his favorite. You didn't have to be close to Benny to know that about the sixth year. And the Gryffindor was ready for the latest lesson...despite anything currently going on with his life. He would be doing his best to simply enjoy the class and whatever Professor Thompson had to show the class on the subject matter. So at the appropriate time and in the usual comfortable clothes, Ben picked his way across the grounds to the COMC area. Seeing the note on the door, he quietly slipped inside and took in the usual surroundings. Nothing seemed to be there out of place or grabbing his attention, including the presence of a certain Hufflepuff. "Hello Professor," he said, greeting the man simply as he took a spot off to the side to await the beginning of the lesson. |
WOOT! CoMC, HERE CAME ADI! The Hufflepuff hopped and skipped practically all the way over to Barnyard, wasting no time in entering through the structure's slightly opened doors. It did say 'enter', after all. And there was the Professor! "Hiya, Professor!'' Whaaaat was in there? The pen that the man was guarding, he meant. Wasn't there someway Adi could take a peek? But he could see no way for him to do this. How disappointing. Anywayyy. There were Ethan and Eden. "Hey, guys!'' he said happily as he came to a stop beside Ethan aka his rock n' roll buddy. He noticed Benny by himself but Adi ignored him completely and fidgeted with the Manchester United badge that Henric had given him earlier that term. Yeah, Benny. Surely you noticed Adi always wore the badge? |
With one hand shoved into his pocket and the other hand twirling his wand deftly through his fingers, Toby stepped into the barnyard. He was tired, worn out in all the ways, and feeling kinda despondent. All these things he put down to his NEWT studying, at least if anyone were to ask. It seemed that the NEWTs were really living up to the name, which was horrific and stressful but provided the perfect excuse for things. In any case, today was CoMC, one of Toby's favourite classes and one of the ones he found it easy to do well in, so of course he was here. His love for animals had probably grown a hundredfold, if that was possible, since recent things that he was trying to not think about. Still twirling his wand, doing some neat little tricks as he did so, Toby glanced around for any clue of what they might be looking at today. Seeing nothing particularly telling, he simply looked to Thompson, said, "Hi Professor T," then looked back to his watch still-twirling wand. It was fantastically soothing, really, to watch and do. AND it kept his fidgety hands busy, so that was like a double bonus. |
Smile on her face, Lux made her way to the Care of Magical Creatures classroom. She was looking forward to seeing what they would be working with today. She hoped it would be more unicorns, but that was doubtful. A lesson on mermaids would be so amazing. That would be her favourite for sure. Seeing some of her classmates already inside the creature housing area, Lux waved at them. "Hello, everyone." And of course Professor Thompson was there too; she noticed him leaning against one of the animal pens. "Hello, Professor!" |
Care of Magical Creatures! That's what time it was and just where Hady was headed. This was one lesson she was always excited for and couldn't help but hurry to. As she reached the open door of the barnyard with it's 'Enter' sign hung beside it she did as told and walked inside. Glancing this way and that it was easy to see there currently wasn't anything to much of interest in view. Hmm... Without a clue as to what the lesson held in store Hady grinned brightly anyhow, "Hello Professor," she chirped warmly sending a wave the mans way. Everyone else got a grin or a nod of the head in greeting sent their way. She was in a good mood today and it showed. Hopefully whatever they got to do today with keep her in a good mood or even better, push her into a great mood. Now just what was it they'd be doing? |
Henric was very....repeat...VERY....excited for this class. He practically ran as fast as he could from his dormroom to his favourite class of all time, and it only took him what..less than 8 mins to reach.He was panting like a dog, literally trying to catch his breath with little strength left in him.Man...that was brilliant! He waved at the professor,"Professor Thompson, its really good to see you again!"he greeted happily before he proceed to join the rest of the group. |
CREATURES! Caleb loved creatures. Which was ironic, since apparently he couldn't keep track of his own creatures very well - he hadn't seen Beans in like, a week. Maybe more. He wasn't sure, the rat was sleeping most of his life away so he never really took too much notice of him. Maybe he'd met a cute lady rat in the kitchen and run away? He wouldn't be too surprised. Happy for him, really. Taking a seat next to Ethan, Caleb smiled at him and then turned to the professor. "Hey, Professor," he said to Thompson with a smile. |
Angel was totally not looking forward to this lesson, everything was going wrong at the minute and it took all her strength just to drag herself to where the lesson was taking place, getting to where the lesson was taking place she looked around and saw that the Professor was leaning again a close pen. "Good day Professor." Angel smiled at him. "How are you today?" Angel thought that it was only polite to ask him even if her own day was going really wrong. |
Janelle was soooo excited for Care of Magical Creatures class. She didn't know what the professor had in store for today's lesson, but she was sure that she would enjoy it. She almost always did. When she arrived at the barnyard, Janelle went inside and saw that a number of her classmates had already arrived. "Hello Professor Thompson", Janelle said with barely contained enthusiasm. What animal would they be working with today? She hoped it would be one of her favorites. Well, they were pretty much all her favorites so she couldn't go wrong. Giving a wave to her friends, the second year found a spot to park herself until class started. "Hi Adi", Janelle said to her older friend. She had not had a lot of time to talk with him so far this term. She would definitely have to do better. Now if only class could begin, life would be great. |
Care of Magical Creatures. Dante was interested as long as the animals were interesting and that was about it. Everything else was not important. Professor Thompson was cool enough, look at him leaning against an animal pen so naturally. As if he does that every day. Maybe he does. Dante does not know "Hello Professor" Now all Dante could hope is that they were not studying flobberworms because face it, anything is better than flobberworms. |
Passing through the entryway to the barnyard, Sophie took in everything that was there - which was nothing out of the ordinary, besides the gathering of other students and Javy, which was still pretty normal for a class, so... hm. What WOULD they be working with today? Shrugging a little at her own thoughts, Soph crossed over toward the group and instinctively gravitated toward Tobes, standing beside him and giving him a very gentle, playful nudge with her elbow accompanied by a friendly smile. Hi, best friend. Hi. Oh, and she gave a cheery little, "Hi, professor," to Javy, too, though she didn't think he would have been particularly hurt if she hadn't greeted him. He knew the way things were. It would've been fine. |
Zhenya had already been walking around outside the Hogwarts grounds, enjoying the cool grounds, when she looked at her watch and knew it was time to head over to Care of Magical Creatures. She slung her bag on her back and made her way down to the barnyards, and entered the barnyard with the sign. There were a few people here already, and Professor Thompson of course. "Hello Professor," Zhenya greeted Professor Thompson with a smile. She smiled at her friends who had already assembled in the lesson, and went to stand by Lux. |
This was one of the classes Jenna really looked forward to every time. Creatures were some of her favorite things to learn about - some creatures more than others, but they were still cool in general too. "Hi, Professor," she greeted with a smile before taking a spot beside Hady. She gave her dormmate a smile too before looking around, as if that might help her figure out what this lesson was going to be about. |
Yep, again, for a second year, Marigold was taking Care of Magical Creatures RECREATIONALLY (because of that blasted OWL grade). Which was weird because she liked animals, a lot, but whatever. That's why she was taking the class again. YOOOO. Cool!professor. One of the only sane ones, though less sane now that Piers wasn't there. Sadface. "Hello, professor!" |
<3 Marsha was happy. And she was skipping… Though, coming down the hill she had With slightly pink cheeks from the run, and a huge BEAMING smile on her face, the Welsh girl waved at the Professor as she walked into the housing area. She knew better than to run, full force into a building with animals in it; that was just mean and would likely upset a few of the glorious creatures that considered this building home. Nope, you had to walk politely and quietly up to an animal's home if you expected them to give you any thought or attention. Just like Rusty and she had done over Christmas break with the baby bunnies. ”Hi, Professor.” she said, her fingers playing with the warm material of her jumper. She had opted for jeans and a jumper so that she wouldn’t be cold, but she could be as hands-on as Professor Thompson let them be without ruining her school uniform. As always, she was excited for class and excited to learn. |
Care of Magical Creatures, man. It was one of this subjects, you know? Either they were gonna learn about some dead interesting creatures which would lead to a freaking interesting lesson OR they were gonna be dealing with creatures more annoying than the Talking Toadstools. And boy, was that saying something. It was probably because of curiosity alone that the seventh year tried to get a peek at any new creatures once he entered the barnyard, only to be disappointed moments later. Nothing unusual here. Where were all the cool creatures at? The Graysons of the animal kingdom? He wanted to be learning about THOSE. Spotting the Professor, Grayson gave the man a small smile and a 'sup nod while saying, "Heeeeeey, Professor Thompson." Yeah, good to see him and all that jazz. Not wanting to seem like an eager beaver but also not wanting to miss anything exciting, Grayson came to a stop somewhere near the front of the class and tucked his hands in his pockets. Bring on the creatures, man. |
Care of Magical Creatures Time. This was one of Kace's favorite classes. He loved coming here and learning about new creatures. I mean this could be one creature to add to his new journal. He was well on his way to getting close to his dream. Anyways as he made his way down to the class he noticed other students beat him here to it. He grinned and waved at all of them. Then as he turned around he noticed Professor Thompson. He gave him a polite nod and said, "Hello Professor. Cool cage you got there." he grinned and nodded toward the cage. He wondered what creature was in it. He took a seat next to Grayson and waited for the lesson to start. |
SPOILER!!: Student Greetings Well then, there was no other reason to delay the start of lesson given the telling eagerness on some faces still. When it was officially time, he removed himself to stand up straight. "Good day everyone. Today we will be practicing real care in the creatures provided for us." Now then, "Before I unravel the doors here, by show of hands who has had experience with caring for a human infant? He definitely knew some in here did indeed have experience. He waited to get a good estimate of hands before moving on, "Alright. Even those who haven't are free to answer, what is one of the most important things they desire in order to live happily and healthy?" --- OOC: Do try to share only one thing. Class will continue sometime tomorrow. ^_^ |
Dot sparkled generally in the professor's direction. He looked like he needed a hug, and she was a very good hugger. And also, she was hoping that if they got tasked with something yucky, he might offer to be her partner on account of how charming she was. BUT BABIES! Oh! Dot knew about babies. "I have a baby brother, Professor! His name is Bubba, and he needs attention. If you give him a little love, he just lights up like you gave him the whole big moon." She paused. "His name is Sammy, actually, but we call him Bubba." |
Marigold PERKED UP at the mention of BABIES. Her hand shot up. SHE DID. SHE CARED FOR BABIES. Her best friend's LITTLE ICKLE SISTER, THAT'S WHO!!! And she held Mitch's niece person. ALL THE BABIES. YES. What was the question? OH. Happy babies. "LOVE!" Marigold demonstrated by hugging the person next to her. "Even though it sounds WEIRD babies of ALL SPECIES need love and care! There was this muggle study done in like…I don't know for sure, but a LONG TIME AGO, like, BEFORE Glitter Dragon. Anyway. Basically these scientists studied rats that had been pet as babies, and rats that HADN'T been pet as babies, and the rats that had been LOVED were all happy and healthy. But the poor unloved rats were very SCARED of even SMALL THINGS and seemed very anxious and had faster heartbeats. So love is SUPER important." |
It was time for class to begin and Professor Thompson certainly got right to the point. When he asked the first question, Janelle's hand shot up. "I've had a little experience caring for an infant. Well, as much as I was allowed." She loved babies and children in general, but not everyone was comfortable with a kid taking care of their baby. She went on to answer the Professor's other question. "Babies need food to be healthy and happy. If they don't get it, they will make sure to let everyone know about it." |
Still purposely toying with the Manchester United badge which was situated right next to his Prefect one, Adi turned his attention to Janelle. He smiled widely at her. Where had she been hiding lately? Sure he saw her around during classes and here and there around the other parts of the Caste but how was it that they hadn't hung out in a while? Hmmm. "Heya, Janelle! How's it going? What's Jasmine up to?" Adi did miss the other girl. .................... Oh they were starting! ...with a rather unusual question. Did that mean that they were going to care for a tiny creature? Is that what Professor Thompson was hiding? Anywayyy, about the tiny human beings... Adi raised his hand. Yes, he had a bit bit of experience with infants. Hannah's kids, Henry and Iris, whom he referred to as Little Monster Number One and Little Monster Number Two respectively. "Uh... for you to be gentle with them even if they aren't with you. That way they never get hurt.'' Henry certainly hadn't been gentle with him with all those bites Adi had gotten on his shoulder. |
Bleu thought about that question for a few moments. She had helped her aunt with her little cousins a lot. But she never really thought about what they needed to be happy and healthy. She raised her hand, "Professor, babies need formula, a lot of careful watching, diapers changed, and just a lot of love and care to be happy and healthy. It's a lot of work to take care of an infant." She was kind of nervous about what animal they would be taking care of in class now. Hopefully she wouldn't do the wrong thing. |
Woah Kace made it just in time because when he sat down, he realized Professor Thompson started the lesson. He asked an interesting question about if anyone had any experience taking care of an infant. Kace raised his hand instantly because he had experience taking care of his little cousins. I mean he was always asked to babysit and what not. He heard Professor Thompson's question and he heard Janelle's and Bleu's answer and he couldn't of have said it any better. He went with their explanations and added on to them a little bit... "Professor babies need a sense of security in order to survive. I mean if they are uncomfortable in their environment and can't adapt it could put a damage in their rate to grow." There that sounded good. He sat back and waited for the Professor to move on. |
Henric waved to Adi and the rest of the group he was with."Hey Adi! Hi Ethan,Hi everyone... oh Adi, you got that Manchester badge I see, me too! Brilliant mate! We should go to one of their matches one day,if you're still up for it!" he chuckled as he showed him his own Man U. badge. He looked around for Benny and wondered if they made up yet. Oh....there was Benny over at the other side. He should wave at him too,"Hey Benny!" ------------------------------------- Although Henric had no younger siblings or cousins of his own, he used to care and student volunteer over at the children orphanage too. He raised his hands,"Yes I did too professor,"he replied. He went silent after that when the professor asked them what the infants need most to live happily and healthily. He guessed...it would be someone to love them and care for them as best as they could. It would not always be perfect,but atleast they did not mean to abandon or leave them in the care of someone else's arm. |
TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS ERHFUIRHFITHGITGHITLGH Eden was officially SET. HAPPY. EXCITED. IF terrible things happened EVERY day this week, Eden would still be happy because of THIS lesson, okay? Her hand SHOT into the air at Professor Thompson's question. "Yes--babysitting is hard, but rewarding, if you like it--and they definitely need food. Nutrition to stay alive. And you have to feed kids or children at the right times, too..not when it's convenient for YOU." Mhmm. |
As more people arrived Lux sent them smiles and waves. It was almost time for them to begin. Yay, Zhenya had joined her. "Hey!" she said while giving her friend a playful nudge before the lesson started. Had she any experience caring for a baby? Not yet though of course she had held them before. This would change soon enough when she became an aunt and could help her sister and Jaxson with the baby. She wanted to help them even if they were around at the time. Raising her hand, Lux answered the question. "Babies want love and hugs! Everyone feels better with love in their lives and hugs bring happiness." Yep, loads of LOVE and HUGS. |
BABIES? SHE KNEW ABOUT THESE. Norah waved a hand enthusiastically in the air and waited impatiently for her turn to spread aaaalll the baby wisdom. She had two whole entire little brothers, okay? She was experienced. An expert, even, except maybe not because she was never ever going to be a real expert if real experts had to deal with diapers. That was a big no. "They don't like it if you put funny hats on them or pull their toes or wake them up when they're sleeping even if it's for a really good reason," she began, nodding knowingly because this was good information here. Hopefully the others were taking notes. And for the record, having a bruise shaped like a butterfly WAS a good reason to wake up a baby, even if her mum and baby Marcel didn't think so. "So I think they want comfort. Or maybe respect. Or maybe they're comfortable when they're respected. I dunno which." WERE THEY GONNA PLAY WITH BABIES? That's be almost as fun as the unicorns. Almost. |
As focused as he was on the fidgeting he was doing, it was impossible to miss the nudge he got, and Toby looked up to see Soph standing right there. He smiled back at her, and returned the elbow nudge. Hi, best friend. Toby continued whirling and spinning his wand around his fingers with no sign of stopping, even as Thompson began speaking. It was good to have it back again, even if he wasn't doing magic, purely for fidgeting reasons. As for the actual lesson, this sounded like something Toby would absolutely enjoy and maybe do well with. He glanced up at the question about looking after babies and raised his own (wandless) hand, the teeniest hint of a smile on his face. Mood was being boosted slightly by thoughts of Curtis, yep. Even though Toby really really missed him whenever he was here, he was at least able to focus on the happier parts of thinking about the baby nerd. That, at least, was an improvement, right? As for the question... those who knew Toby well might have noticed the faintest of mischievous glints in his eye. He was thankful that others had mentioned love and hugs and the like, otherwise he would have felt obliged to go with that answer rather than his own idea. Toby kept his hand raised and offered his totally innocent suggestion. "Babies need milk, it's like, super important and stuff. That's why all mammal babies can get milk straight from the mother. Cows make loads of milk, don't they? But baby humans don't benefit from cows milk for a long time, not 'til they're like a year old, and they can actually just have formula. So if you were to, say, bring home a cow to help provide milk for your baby brother, it probably wouldn't be very helpful, even though cows are super awesome." Toby lowered his hand again, oh-so-casually adding, "Though I've heard it's unwise to bring one into the kitchen to surprise your parents. They might not like it." He said it so deadpan, but it was pretty easy to do so. Toby barely remembered The Incident, after all. Still, he was snickering on the inside, and dared not look at Sophie. "But yeah. Babies drink milk." That was the point he was making. But it would have been a crime not to make the other reference. Toby still found it inappropriately amusing, and he was clinging onto any funny thought he could, at the moment. If Ella was here, she would laugh. If Piers was here, he would not. Really, though. Cows were awesome. #moo |
Class had officially started, well kind of, and Zhenya listened as they were told they would be caring for creatures today. Oh, well, Zhenya could always learn more about creatures. It was one area she wasn't... well, great in. The theory was interesting, but she was often challenged with a fit of nerves in the practice, so today would be a good challenge. First they were speaking of infants. What was the most important thing? Well there were many things, and Zhenya listened to the answers her classmates provided. She agreed with all of them, but didn't really have anything new to provide, so she continued to listen. Until she realised there was one very serious thing they all needed, though not necessarily desired at infancy. She raised her hand and waited until she was called upon then said "Er... well, it's not necessarily something they desire when they're infants but all human infants need a name. Otherwise they might not have any sense of identity." So yeah, necessary for psychological development. Wasn't this a thing the nasty muggles did, shave prisoners hair and remove them of their name, then give them a numerical identity? Awful awful stuff. And even animals generally had names. |
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Angel then didn't raise her hand, she had always wanted a little sister but instead she was part of triplets which was fun and she enjoyed spending time with them but a little sister would be good. Angel looked at the Professor and smiled as she raised her hand. "Professor, you need somewhere that you feel safe." Angel loved the fact that she was safe and sound at home. |
Baby things... They were studying baby things today. He didn't much mind baby animals, those were cool, but he found it slightly unnerving that the first question they were asked was about HUMAN babies. Ew. Zeke semi-raised his hand anyway. He'd seen plenty of them... and they were fine so long as they weren't crying or pooping or messing with their food. Babies were actually kinda gross. The answers his peers provided sounded sufficient enough to him, so he didn't feel as if there was any way for him to contribute more to this conversation. OH WELL. Third year Gryffie just standing to attention here. |
Leah smiled at the professor as the lesson began. She was eager for this class, and it seemed that her classmates were feeling the same. Practicing REAL care? Hmmm. Were they practicing FAKE care until now? This was confusing. Babies? Leah shook her head at the first question. Although she loved little kids, she rarely had a chance to play with one, let alone care for them. The second question though, she could answer. "I agree with Marigold and Lux - infants need LOVE in order to be happy." And that worked for people and creatures of all age! Leah was almost sixteen and she wanted to be loved. |
Benny had let his gaze wander around as he awaited class to begin. So it was how he caught sight of Adi after he greeted the professor, the Hufflepuff seemingly having arrived shortly after him. No surprise, seeing they both loved the class and Adi tended to always be one of the first to arrive at lessons. Before he turned away, the Gryffindor noticed the other boy fidgetting with something, registering the badge moments later. Oh...that thing. The badge he remembered being told Henric had gotten from him. Speaking of Henric, he heard the younger Puffer call out to him. Ben did his best to ignore it, especially as he noticed where Henric was. The sixth year instead descretely moving closer to Angel just as Thompson got them all started. ---------------------- The Gryffindor was listening as class was begun, but only half-heartedly. This was harder than he thought, tuning out the tension to enjoy the class they all loved. Letting out a soft sigh under his breath, Ben gathered his focus but didn't answer the first question put before them. What did he know really about babies anyway? Not like he was an expert, not even of dragons, and he was an only child. |
Babies? They were talking about babies. Hmm well um alright then. Hady shuffled about a little from foot to foot as she listened to everyone else give their answers. They all were pretty much saying the same things so there was no sense in repeating all that. She might not have had her own siblings but she did have a few cousins and friends back home with younger brothers and sisters. It might not be much but it was something. Plus if it counted for anything she'd raised all three of her pets from babies...not human babies of course but somewhat similar still. After a moments thought of her pets Hady raised her hand, "Guidance. Babies as they grow will need guidance so they can learn right from wrong and how to do things in order to continue to grow." It might sound easy but really it wasn't. Everything needed someone to help teach it, understand it and care for it. Guidance was right up there with love and nutrition wasn't it? |
Awkward. Things were intense between Adi and Benny still. Angel looked like something was brewing inside her too. Maybe she was upset with the besties fighting too. AJ didn't like to pick sides, but she was going to support her man. She stood next to him and glanced between the trio every so often. When the professor started to speak, she tried to give him her full attention. Babies? Did this mean... Oh man. Please be a baby unicorn. Please be a baby unicorn. AJ had to try really hard to compose herself. Just imagine if there actually was a baby unicorn. More point deductions? Probably so. Anywho, AJ didn't really have any experience when it came to babies. There weren't any younger siblings in her house. Thank goodness for that too because they could be very demanding and she just knew her mom would make her change diapers. What to add? She sort of had experience with baby unicorns. That was the same thing, yes? The brunette raised her hand. "I know they don't like to be startled." So, in a way she had answered the question by adding what babies don't need. |
someone had to mention it ;) So Tia definitely enjoyed magical creatures lessons, but then again who didn't like creatures? There was always something to learn about them and it was sort of a safe adventure when dealing with them. At Professor Thompson's introduction though on caring for a human infant, Tia smiled thinking of her little cousins. She didn't really care for them; not without direct supervision at least. And being the youngest, unlike some of her classmates, she had no experience in caring for baby siblings. But she did know a couple things which were already mentioned. They required food, love, attention, guidance. But there was one more thing she knew about babies which hadn't been mentioned. Raising her hand, "Clean, unsoiled diapers. Human infants are just like us, they poop, only they do so in their diapers and if not changed promptly can lead to health problems." Yes, she mentioned poop and she didn't even laugh |
Jackson just sat at his seat silently until Professor Thompson started the class already. His chocolate brown eyes sometimes looked at Leah who was sitting at two rows in front of him. He hadn't seen her for a while, maybe because both of them were really busy preparing the OWLs or maybe she went home for Christmas break. Ugh, why he had to think about her? Focus on your study, Jackson! FOCUS! Right, back to the lesson. Babies? So, they're gonna learn how to take care of creatures' babies? Well, he found babies were cute though he didn't have younger siblings or nephew/niece (kinda surprising if Micky got married and have babies). And what did he know about babies? "Professor, babies love to cry. A lot. But it's because crying is like their only way to communicate and tell the parents that they need to be fed or diaper change or anything." The Korean boy spoke up as he raised his hand. "So, they need attention and lovable patient parents to handle them." |
SPOILER!!: Adi, Caleb, and Henric before class! But back to the Professor... They were going to what?! Ethan blinked at the news, and just continued to stare at the man before them. Well, the subject isn’t called Care for Magical Creatures for nothing, so it was expected that they should know...or at least get an experience with the actual practice of taking care of something that is breathing and alive. The question is...what kind of creature will they be taking care of? Hopefully, it isn’t something that can easily fly away. AND NOPE, hopefully not REAL infants. Merlin, no. With that in mind, Ethan raised his hand to share his answer. “Attention, professor. Lots of it.” He’d seen muggle mothers (and fathers) fuss over their children most of the time, so yeah, attention must be one of the answers. And look at those girls go gaga the moment Professor Thompson mentioned the words human infant. Cute and all yeah, but...will they still gush happily about those wailing creatures if they got like, a whole lot the size of a Quidditch Team? Don’t think so. |
.....What? The Gryffindor couldn't help but be a little disappointed at the opening vague question. It was even more vague than the normal vagueness. You know? 'Cause normally Zander could at least speculate as to where the lesson was headed. But this time... Human babies? Unless they were actually dealing with babies here, which Zander hoped they wouldn't be. 'Cause how lame would that be, right!? If he wanted to work with babies he could've just gone back home to a daycare or something. But he expected great things from Thompson. So what the heck was this about? And if they really were dealing with babies... That'd mean that Professor Thompson would've had to get his hands on a baby for each of them and where the heck would he get that many babies? It was a little suspicious. Also, Zander agreed with the answers about food, so he didn't see a need to add on. He did, however, nod his head in agreement. What that one said, sir! |
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Infants? Sophie smiled at the topic, thinking immediately of Curtis and Helena, the only two babies she had ever really liked. Babies in general were pretty gross and hard to care for, and she wasn't about that life. No, she could hardly even take care of the kitten Cutty had gotten for her - an actual real human was completely out of the question. She had careers to worry about and a love life to figure out and friends to care for. There would be enough on her plate. But thinking about those two kids, Sophie began to think of things... much of which others already said, and when Tobes piped up beside her, Soph turned to watch him curiously. As soon as he said the word "cows," she was gone. Attempts at stifling her laughter with her hand were useless, but she kept her hand there and ended up bringing her other hand up to cover her entire face as Tobes went on, talking about cows and milk and parents and-- There was no end. She continued to snort with laughter even after he stopped talking, peeking through her fingers to see Javy's response to the whole thing. Good thing he wasn't Piers. |
Well talk about something Dante had absolutely no experience in. Which was many things, but who was counting. All he knew is that babies were annoying and that was it. "Food" You do need food to be healthy. So yeah, there is that. |
SPOILER!!: Responses to answers From the show of hands it seemed to be the general conscensious that those with that amount of experience would have no problems transferring that with creatures. Professor Thompson was quite approving of them all, even those without the experience. They were here to learn something after all. “Right. Just as it is important to showcase that amount of love and care with newborn human infants, it is the same with all creatures.” Continuing, “Most magical creatures tend to not live very long without having a parental figure to supply the appropriate nutrients. So today we're going to stop that today with helping care for baby Griffins.” Cue the Professor finally turning to slide open the door of the horse-like pen where many little versions of them hawked and squawked around. Their front to the top of their head resembling an eagle with the back to the lower end and tail of a lion. "Gather around here," After gesturing everyone to follow him inside they could see quite a number of them roaming around the woodchip flooring inside. "They are orphaned, but luckily old enough to not be as reliable for Griffin milk, so they will survive in captivity." So what did this mean? "Before we feed them, I'd like you all to get to picking one or even better, letting one choose you as you sit." Which the Professor then chose to sit down. "They'll try to nip or claw you when they show an interest, but not to worry, they aren't sharp enough to cause any sort of damage just yet." ---- OOC: Just as Professor Thompson said, either choose one or let them come to you while you sit. Feel free to name them as this should only take two labeled posts minimum. Lesson will continue on from here tomorrow. ^_^ |
Post 1 She got a point? That made Zhenya smile, glad her answer was welcomed. Zhenya listened to the rest of the suggestions, nodding as they spoke, because infants, and creatures, needed all of those things. They really were like babies, which is probably why the muggles in the apartment block always babied their cats. Zhenya treated her cat like an adult, because it was so old, but perhaps if she had a kitten she would treat it like a baby. Her cat got grumpy if Zhenya tried to care too much. It just wanted to be left alone most of the time. But today, they wouldn't be caring for cats, they would be caring for baby Griffins. Aww. They were kind of cute, though Zhenya still didn't particularly want to go close to them. Zhenya gathered closer to listen to further instructions, walking closer to the door and looking at the Griffins. She didn't want to go and grab one, what if it didn't like her? The poor things were orphaned, she didn't want to make them feel like she was removing them from friends and possibly siblings. So, Zhenya followed Professor Thompson's lead and sat down. They were moving around, and Zhenya looked at one close to her, who, she though, looked up at her. |
Post #1 Beverly had absolutely no experience with infants. The first thought that popped into her head when she thought of them was: annoying. They cried, soiled themselves and repeated the process. It was the lack of exposure to infants, she thought, it was also for other reasons that caused her forehead to wrinkle. Said forehead wrinkle disappeared as professor Thompson explained what they were going to be doing. Baby Griffins. They were going to work with ACTUAL baby Griffins. Baby creatures she could do, human babies...pass those to someone else. Gathering what the professor was saying, Beverly mimicked what he did, sitting down with her legs crossed. They were just so adorable Beverly could pick them up and snuggle them for ages. Thing was, she didn't snuggle in public. And she was sure that wasn't what Thompson wanted them to do. Instead, she sat there and watched the baby Griffins, occasionally petting the ones that got near. She was letting them choose her, so far it seemed they were playing around. |
Post 1 Adi grinned at Henric. "I always wear it along with this badge, Henny.'' He pointed to his Prefect one. And this was an important time not to forget to wear it, yes? His eyes flashed in the direction of his ex bestie, a smirk on his lips. "We should! If you aren't off chasing dragons.'' He did know all about Henric's plans for his future. .................... Eeeeep! Griffins! How positively AWESOMEEE! Momentarily forgetting about his MU badge, Adi leaned forward in anticipation to see the little creatures. Just lookit them! So cute that they melted the Puffer's heart. Hehe. HE WANTED ONE FOR KEEPS! :x3: Then they wouldn't be orphans no more. Okay, all that aside, they had to get to work. Adi yanked Henric down beside him, also tugging on AJ's hand. She join them on the ground, too, yes? He would be patiently waiting for a griffin! YUP! Did they have to sit still, anyway? Adi thought they should. It wouldn't be nice to be shifting around and then scaring off the poor things. But everyone know how difficult it was for hyper persons to sit still. Come on, Griffin! |
Post 1 Awwww the baby griffins were so cute. He had experience working with baby animals back on his farm. He would have to learn to take care of them since his grandmother had no time since she was doing other stuff. He grinned and knew he wasn't going to go right to the cage. Oh no no that would scare them. He was going to let one of them come to him. He began like the others to observe them. He observed how the babies were behaving. They were behaving like creatures would. The griffins were playing around and tackling each other like siblings. He grinned at the cuteness. As he was watching, one baby griffin caught his eye. It was staring at him and tilted his head in curiousity. Kace wondered if the griffin was going to come to him. He smiled warmly to let the griffin know he meant no harm. He waited patiently to see what the baby griffin would do. |
Post 1 OMG, they were going to be working with baby griffins!! HER HEART WAS MELTING BECAUSE BABY ANIMALS. It was hard to resist the temptation to squeal, but somehow Lux managed. They were just so cute. She loved babies!! Listening to Professor Thompson explain what they were supposed to do she couldn't wait to start. They could nip and claw at her all they wanted, she wouldn't care in the slightest. Either she could choose a griffin, or she could let one choose her. Lux preferred the latter option. Getting comfy on the ground, she watched them to see if any would venture over. They were sooooo adorable. |
Post 1 HOLY MACARONI WITH EXTRA CHEESE. If there was one thing in the entire universe that was better than human babies it was ANIMAL BABIES. Norah sat cross legged on the floor and inched herself closer to the opening of the pen Professor Thompson had just revealed. Look. How. ADORABLE. She pressed her hands to her cheeks as she watched the little griffin cutie pies moving around in their little cutie pie way. And their little TAILS too! Would it be okay if she fainted? She was gonna faint. No big deal, just KNOCKED OUT by all the CUTE. Okay, maybe not 'cause no griffin was going to like her if she was boring and knocked out and being liked by a baby griffin had quickly made it's way to the top if her 'Stuff That Needs to Happen Right Now Or Else' list. The fourth year scooted a little closer to the griffins and held a hand out. "Heeeere babies." She let out a squeal as one of the animals gave a squawk. She needed one. And soon. Before she exploded would be preferable. |
Post 1 Oh...Benny didn't he hear him calling his name? Henric frowned...weird...maybe he really didn't hear him...they were standing quite far away from each other...so..he guessed he would be talking to him later.Hmm...well...Henric didn't want to ponder over the thought anymore, time to get back to the lesson at hand. Brilliant! Baby griffins! WOOTS! Oh Adi would love this one, alright! If only it they were baby dragons instead. But baby gryffins were extraordinary too! He loved both. His smile widened as he watched the baby griffins came out from their pen,oh merlin...why were they so adorable! He wanted to pick them all up and hug them as much as he could. But he knew he shouldn't do that or it would scare them away. Before he could assess on how to actually come up with a plan to approach one, he was pulled down by Adi none too gently, his knees hitting the ground hard. "Oww...man..give a warning next time mate,"he groaned,rubbing his knees. Wait a minute....the baby griffins were coming closer to them..oh my oh my...Henric quickly got up into a crawling position and hold out his hand. "Steady...steady...we don't want to scare them off..."he whispered to them both. |
Post 1! GRIIIIIFFINS! That was SO cool that Eden bounced quite a bit at the prospect. She was pouring over all of the info in her head about griffins...it wasn't her forte but...she was still pretty knowledgable about them. Mhmm. The way to attract one..well, you didn't just WALTZ up to a griffin and expect a good response, but Eden thought baby ones might be easier to deal with. Ugh, BABY GRIFFINS. Eden went into the pen and tried to poke around...figure out a good spot to sit to attract one...hmm. She picked a spot near the far end of the pen, against the surrounding fence, and plopped down, just quietly watching and waiting for one to come near. A few of them squawked by, but Eden didn't move. She was waiting for one to come REALLY close--and finally, one did--and Eden smiled and geeeeently, very gently, raised her hand let the baby sniff her or something...but as soon as she did, it stepped back in alarm. Oh. Eden sighed and pulled her hand back in...COME HERE WITTLE BABY!! |
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Cutty followed Thompson and the rest inside the stables and observed all of the orphaned bodies. How were they orphaned? Were they being hunted down for potions ingredients? Or was it a habitat thing? He needed to go and see the Professor about his owl anyway. She was acting funny. Let one chose you. Cutty knew how this would go, so he casually passed a little orphaned boy griffin and lifted him, tucking him into his body as the tiny thing nipped at him all the way to their seat. |
post 1 They're gonna work with babies. Griffin babies to be exact. He heard some of the students were squealing and admiring how cute they were. Yeah, those griffin babies were cute but he didn't need to say it out loud. Hehehe. As Professor Thompson said, he joined with the other students gathering around the baby griffins and chose one? Hmm... Okay. The Korean guy looked at them before he decided to choose one of them. His chocolate brown eyes looked at one baby griffin that wasn't far from him. "hey there, buddy." He petted the baby's head. "Professor, how could we know if it's a male or female baby griffin?" He asked curiously. |
Catching Up and Post One SPOILER!!: P. Thomson Marsha’s had flew into the air. She had plenty of experience with children. Although she had been the only niece/grandchild for a long time in her family, her oldest aunts and uncles had started having children and she had helped to look after them… and now, now she had a gorgeous sibling. ”Professor, I have a baby sister called Alis, she turned one just before I came to Hogwarts.” Huge smiles. ”She needs sleep, somewhere warm and comfortable and where she knows she will be safe.” Because without sleep and rest, babies were loud and grumpy and meant that YOU didn’t get sleep due to them being over-tired. YES, sleep please. SPOILER!!: Profffessssor Thomson who Marsha will now adore for ever and ever and ever and I’m so sorry if you can’t get rid of her…. >.< Marsha was excited. She wanted to know what was behind the door. Surely, from this conversation it was a baby creature of some form - but … what that was? She had no idea. AND SHE DIDN’T CARE! ‘Cause it was an animal, something and somethings were always cute. Right? Right. Right. Wheeee. Come on Professor, let me seeeeeee. With a grin, she bounced slightly on the balls of her feet, the anticipation was kiiiillllliiiiinnnnggggggg her! She just wanted to know who they would be helping today. Rusty, Adi, Cutty and more of her friends could verify her love for animals and that Care of Magical Creatures was one of her favourite things, ever. And then he moved and opened the door. Marsha gasped. And likely squeed a little, though as her hands cupped her face she couldn’t really hear anything other than her heart racing in her chest. THEY WERE SO CUTE. However, her heart broke as her hearing came back to Professor Thomson saying that they were orphans. No! No-one should ever be an orphan and left without someone to love them. Her Dad and his siblings were all orphans brought together by her Grandad and Grandpa, who to this day still fostered children even though they hadn’t adopted anyone since Uncle Connell. Her heart broke as she stood in the doorway. Nope, this wasn’t happening; her dad and her Grandpa had taught her to love. So that was going to happen. Moving into the enclosure, she sat looking around them wondering if she would be told off for trying to hug them ALL… could she look after them all? IF they were orphans? Making a decision to talk to the Professor after class, she set that thought aside as she simply sat there waiting. She would give them a few minutes before she took action. |
Post #2 The little orphan boy was still nipping when Cutty set him down in front of him. And when he wasn't nipping, his beak was well and truly open in preparation for nipping. "Suusss. Calm down, lad. Calm down." Cutty had his hands up and out before they came resting on the shoulders of the still tiny beast. Nip! Nipnip'nippy! Gently, Cutty began to stroke the baby beast, letting his large hand glide over the back between the wings. The orphan boy looked straight on but held still as if growing used to the handling. When he felt it was smart to do so, Cutty used one of his fingers to scratch at the animals neck. His hand was full on scratching and massaging the underside of the neck when he decided to name the creature Phlegon. |
Post 2 Zhenya could see that a lot of the students were sitting down, too, and the baby griffins were sort of coming towards them. Aww, well she did have to admit they were cute. Actually, they were very cute. Aww. The one that Zhenya thought had looked at her started walking towards her. Well, not walking... Maybe walking... well, making its way slowly towards her. Zhenya smiled at it, and held out her hand. Once it had hobbled towards her enough, it started to sniff at her hand, then it opened its mouth and... "No," Zhenya said to it firmly, pulling her hand away. The gryffin looked up at her, its head tilting to the side. What? She didn't want it to eat her finger off, no matter what Professor Thompson said. But Zhenya couldn't be mad at the little thing. It must have sensed everything was okay, because it reached a hand out towards her and started to swat her. This made Zhenya laugh, and she reached towards it with her hand, gently gently stroking its outstretched paw/hand. It ran its hand down her arm, enough so that she felt its claws, but not enough to leave a mark. She saw its claws but they didn't appear very long. In fact, there were only faint pink lines down her arm, but no skin had been broken, so it was all playful, and not painful. "What are we going to call you?" she asked, moving her hand around so that the griffin could follow it with its eyes and practice its swatting. What would she name it? She assumed it didn't have a name. But was it a male or female? Zhenya didn't know. What was a good unisex name she could use? Zhenya had a thought whilst watching the griffin clawing at her arm playfully. She smiled and decided to go with "Vaska, that will be your name," she said to the griffin, to Vaska. Vaska paused a moment to look up at her, then continued to claw at her arm. |
Post 1 Griffins! They would be working with baby griffin orphans! Janelle could barely contain her excitement. She would have to tone it down or the creatures would be afraid to approach her. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. When the Professor opened the pen, Janelle's face lit up with a smile. She would never get used to seeing magical animals. They were so.........unusual, but unbelievably cool. Janelle followed Professor Thompson inside of the pen and looked around. There were baby griffins everywhere. She was going to make a new friend today, it seemed. Walking over to an area that wasn't crowded with students, she sat down. Janelle tried to make herself look as relaxed and friendly as possible. "Come on little griffin babies. Come to your temporary mama.", she thought to herself. As usual, patience was important. Janelle was still working on the patience thing. It was always a challenge for her because she was ready to jump right into the task. This time she sat perfectly still (well, as still as she could manage) with a smile plastered on her face. Any time now, one would come.........she hoped. |
Post 2 Woopsie In his enthusiasm he had yanked Henric a little too hard down to the ground. "Sorry, buddy,'' he whispered, positive Benny was seeing all of this. Good! Let him! He thought he was being replaced, wasn't he? Well, he really was doing so right now! Anyway, back to the task at hand. He grinned as his Puff mate got into a crawling position. "Watch out that none of them take a nip out of your butt.'' LOL! OOOOOH! Look, look, LOOK! A baby Griffie was coming to him! Time to stay still as possible! With his bespectacled, excited eyes, the Huffie watched as the Griffin stood before him, surveying him back. Adi just smiled. "Come on, baby griff.'' The baby continued to stare at him for about a minute or so then it came closer. Adi let it, never once breaking the eye contact until the baby Griff was totally behind him. Uh oh... it was going to bite Henric's butt! :x3: Adi turned his head slightly, catching sight of the Griff but not before it bit on his shoulder. "Owowowow!'' he muttered wincing, in pain. GOSH! Did babies like biting his shoulder?! But hey! The main thing was he had a griff! The Puffer reached around to pat the baby's head. "Heya!'' Pat!Pat!Pat! "Thanks for the shoulder bite. I'm sure I'll have a lovely little mark there later on.'' Hehe. "I think I shall call you Henry.'' Fitting, yes? A biter's name for a biter. Mhmm. |
Post 1 Thankfully they were moving on from human babies to talk of creature ones. Those were more Ben's interest...especially when Thompson revealed that they would be he=ping take care of baby Griffins. That got his attention. With a move of yhe older man and creature love, he could see them all behind them in pen he had been guarding and hiding. Griffins might be one of his other fav creatures besides dragons, given he always associated them with his house alongside their lion cousins. Ben moved to obey the professor following him inside albeit maybe a little slower than normal excided Benny. He still didn't have anyone to work with if needed. Listing to what they would be doing and how to begin, the Gryffindor opted for the second option letting one of the creatures choose him. Which seemed the way Adi. Henric and AJ were going to handle things too as absently noticed them when they all moved. Sigh. Separating from the group a bit once they were told to get their Griff, he plopped down on the ground. "Here Griffin..." Ben said quietly, loosing some of the excitement within himself, his shoulders falling in defeat. It just didn't seem like the same class without him. Not that it seemed to bother Adi much...if at all. |
Post 2 Patience wearing just a tad bit thin, Janelle tried to look what in her mind was appealing to the griffins. At last she was rewarded as a little baby griffin cautiously made its way toward her. Careful not to frighten him, she spoke in a soft voice as he approached her. "Hi little griffin. It's OK. I won't hurt you." The griffin took slow steps and got closer and closer to Janelle. She Not sure if she was supposed to or not, Janelle gave the griffin's head a little pat. She thought that she could comfort him and avoid his nipping all at the same time. "You are a fine griffin. You need a name though. Let me think....." Janelle looked at her new friend for a moment waiting for some inspiration. "Hmmmm. What should I call you? I think you look like a.......Buddy. Yes, that's it. Buddy. Do you like that?" Buddy proceeded to peck Janelle on the leg. "I'll take that as a yes", she said to her Buddy. "You know, you don't have to bite me. I'm your friend now." He was probably hungry. That's what it was. "I'm going to get to feed you soon so you have to be patient." Janelle hoped that she could keep Buddy entertained until it was feeding time. |
Post 1 See? Babies didn't like to be startled! Professor Thompson had confirmed it. AJ mainly gave that answer because she knew that he would approve and think she was being all mature like when in came to animals. Truthfully, she wasn't sure if she would be able to contain herself in a unicorn came waltzing in right about now. AJ was only fourteen, okay? Jeeze. Baby griffins!!! Be calm, AJ. But, as Thompson showcased them, AJ's eyes lit up and it was really hard to not flail about in excitement. Really hard, man. Like, trying to get advanced spells to work for her kind of hard. The fourth year was biting down so hard on her lip that she could taste metal. Must contain all of the emotions. "They are so cute," she managed to get out before Adi was pulling both her and Henric down. Now seated beside the two of them, she leaned closer to the boys. "I want one of these too." Could they have one of everything? Henic was trying to keep them calm, but he obviously didn't know AJ very well. "I dunno if I can man... I just don't know..." It was an internal struggle and her legs were bouncing up and down in anticipation. Come on baby griffies.... come to mama! |
Post 2 His head had fallen at one point, leaving the older lion into an almost meditative position with his legs crossed as he sat on the ground. In truth it was Ben trying to keep control of his emotions...to attempt to push aside the feeling of being left out or maybe tossed out of his old position at Adi's side. Or something like that. Whatever the case, he was sitting alone, the world half-tuned out as he struggled to keep from looking weak, especially as a tear threatened from his one eye. Ben didn't notice the first nudge sent his way from behind. Or the nip or two at the fabric at his robes. "Hey..." he let out as the second nudge actually moved him, the sixth year moving to turn around almost expecting his ex-bestie to be there causing trouble again like he had in History of Magic. But instead he came face to face with a baby Griffin who was clearly watching him. Its head tilted to the side in curiousity when it seemed to register that he had finally noticed his creature companion trying to get his attention. "Um...hello" he made out once he found his voice. Ben tentatively reached out a hand to try and touch him. It took a few tries as the Griffin also seemed unsure of what he was doing, but eventually skin touched feather and the lion rubbed gently like he would a hippogriff. "Adi..." he said absently at the thought of hippogriffs, the boy shaking his head to free the thought but it did give him an idea. Could he replace his friend? "You need a name..." Benny mused as he rubbed. "How about Hiccup?" The creature seeming to ruffle his feathers in approval of his actions at least if not the name. |
Post 2 It hadn’t taken long, at all, in fact for one of the Griffins to come her. Marsha smiled down at it, wondering if it would venture close enough to nip and bite at her hands or knees (those were the closest to the ground after all). Waiting… Watching… Be still. With a big grin on her face, she winced slightly as the baby Griffin nipped at her fingers. She kept her hand still so that the Griffin could get used to her and then slowly turned her hand over so that the back of her hand was resting on the ground. She watched the baby sniffing and renipping at the newly shown skin - and it was all worth at as the baby took a few more steps towards her hand and nudged the top of her hand, beside her wrist. Smiling softly, she moved her hand softly to scoop it up, moving her hand even more slowly to rest in her lap. Her second hand then got introduced to the Griffin, letting it be nipped by the animal before she slowly ran her fingers over the Griffin’s head. The smile was SO wide on her face as she looked down at the little thing. ”Hello, Cadfael… Welcome home. We will look after you.” She said softly, giving the baby Griffin attention until the Professor spoke to them again. |
1 Toby remained completely deadpan. Of course he knew Soph was next to him, snorting in laughter at the answer he'd given. He very pointedly did not look at her, because he KNEW that the second he did, it would be game over and he'd start cracking up too. Instead, he stood there, casually checking out his nails (which were attrociously chewed up and bitten down as far as they could go, by the way) like nothing had happened. At Thompson's response, he simply smiled ever so innocently at him, then gave Soph a gentle nudge with his elbow once he'd moved along. Just to acknowledge the hilarity with her. Anyway, yes, moving on, and Toby was absolutely certain to completely ignore that part of what Thompson was saying about 'tend to not live very long'. As soon as the words reached his ears he very aggressively hummed to himself in order to drown that part out, hardly realising he was doing it. Aside from that little hiccough, the excitement was starting to build a little bit because obviously they were gonna be able to work with some baby creatures. Baby GRIFFINS. Hey, that was COOL. The core of Toby's wand was actually Griffin claw, which sprang to mind at that very moment. He followed the professor with the rest of the class and craned his head to try and get a look at the babies, attempting all the while to keep listening to Professor Thompson. Though really, it was difficult, 'cause BABIES. When the word 'orphaned' was mentioned, Toby subconsciously hummed to himself again, a small frown on his face. He didn't think it was necessary to talk about that stuff. Too negative. Too awful. Time to just focus on the happy stuff, which was baby Griffins. No sad things. Not allowed. Not today. Luckily enough, they weren't dwelling on that. At the prompting from Thompson, Toby moved further inside and found himself a space on the floor to sit, eyeing the Griffins eagerly and wishing he could cuddle them ALL. Would that be allowed? ... Maybe he'd come back later to do so anyway. |
Post 1 Leah listened to other answers and Professor Thompson's responses, nodding along. Food, security, all those things were important for infants. She remembered when she first met her Kneazle Filomena. She wasn't exactly a newborn, but was tiny nonetheless. Filomena needed tons of love and care back then. The mention of baby Griffins brought her back to Earth. Her dark brown eyes widened as she looked at the eagle-lion like creatures. They were BEAUTIFUL and OH SO CUTE. Why were they dealing with cute animals in every single lesson? Bob the box turtle was enough cuteness for Leah. She approached the pen, eager to get closer to the Griffins. Awww, they were orphaned. That was sad. Having proper parents must mean the world to babies. Now, to partner up with a baby Griffin. Leah decided to let one choose her, because she liked every single one of them but only a couple would like her. LOGIC. So she plopped down on the ground and waited to be chosen. ... It would be really sad if she was ignored like this forever. |
2 Toby already preferred this method already. Letting the baby Griffin come to him, making him feel chosen AND like he wasn't forcing the creature to be with him if it didn't want to. He felt as though even sitting up made him tower the babies too much, even if it was just a little bit. Preferring to let the Griffins feel super comfortable and everything, Toby went the whole hog and lie down on the ground, right where he'd sat. Just chilling, just waiting. It took a surprisingly short time before he saw it. A cute little Griffin face, though from Toby's angle it just looked like a little eagle, suddenly appeared over him, looking down and cocking its head curiously at him. Toby was just about to raise his hand to see if it wanted to nip at his fingers, when its itty bitter clawed foot also made an appearance, going straight for his face. Toby reflexively squeezed his eyes shut, but the Griffin clawing at his face didn't actually hurt at all, and it kept clear of his eyes anyway. He opened them again and smiled. "Hi," Toby said, now actually bringing his hand up to the baby creature, who immediately nipped at his fingers. It didn't really hurt at all. "I'm Toby. And you're..." One name had immediately sprung to mind, and Toby always decided to go with the first name he thought of. "Griffin. Hi Griffin." Griffin the Griffin. Sounded perfect to him. Very carefully, so as not to worry the baby, Toby sat himself back up again. He needed have worried, because already Griffin was attempting to climb up over him, quite comfortable. Toby couldn't help but grin, and soon he was sat cross-legged again, with Griffin trying to climb all up over his legs, losing balance, and toppling over, right into his lap. It didn't seem to mind, and merely sat there with him, looking out at everyone else with Toby. He had been chosen. |
Post 2! Eden stayed still, smiling a little as she watched the little griffin near her. He wasn't moving away, but he was still being cautious...and Eden wanted him to get closer so she could get acquainted. He was adorable. Eden wanted to squish him. She wouldn't, but she REALLY wanted to. The little guy hopped a little closer, nipping at her skirt's edges before stepping closer, looking at her SO curiously. Eden held out her hand, not petting him, and let him lick and nip at her as he saw fit. She didn't want to scared him away, so this was ALL on his own pace. "...Do you like the name Hector?" she asked softly, and the griffin looked up at her with WIDE eyes. "Okay...Hector..." HEHEHE. HIS NAME WAS OFFICIALLY HECTOR. |
Post 2 Lucky that the baby griffin that he had patted was quite friendly. Jackson continued patting its head and smiled. "What should I call ya?" The Korean boy asked. He was still not sure if this baby griffin was a male or female. For Merlin's sake, they all looked same!Earlier he was calling it buddy but well, it seemed like buddy wasn't really suited this griffin. So... buddy... friends... Chingu... CHINGU! "Ya, I'm gonna call you Chingu then." He said. It means friend in Korean and so... he hoped that they could be friends. Hehehe. Chingu the baby griffin. Not that bad. It didn't matter if his baby griffin was female or male because he called his baby griffin as friends. As he patting Chingu's head, it sniffed his hand and almost bit it but lucky that Jackson had a good reflex. "You hungry, right?" He asked. "We're gonna feed you with milk later, so be patient Chingu." |
Post 2...Awww Benny *heartpains for him* Henric rolled his eyes,"Thanks mate,I'm sure my behind will be grateful to your gracious warning...now shhh...they're coming to us,look..."he whispered back to Adi. AJ too seemed to look like she was trying her best to contain her excitement. He chuckled, these two were really something, no wonder they were voted one of the best couples in school. Why did he feel like a third wheeler in this? He hoped not.Henric felt a little jelly too, he wondered if he could have a relationship like them one day.But...now wasn't the time to think about that, back to the adorable GRIFFINS...yeah. Henric reached out slowly but carefully towards the baby hippogriff, calling out softly,"Hey there little one...don't worry...you're safe...you're safe with me...we're not going to harm you...that's it..its okay..." He watched intently as the young griffin lifted its head to smell his outreached hand. He almost touched its head but he lost balance from reaching over too much and fell face flat on the ground. The young griffin came closer and pecked its beak on the back of his head several times, curious if the human boy was still alive."Ow..ow ow...hey...I'm finee,"I'm up..I'm up...Henric whined, shielding his head from further pecking. He looked up to see two beady eyes staring straight back at him.Wow...Henric had never been this close to a Hippogriff before. It was amazing! "Hello....buddy!"he smiled, touching its feathers gently for the first time.Oh he was going to love this one...noway he was going to lose sight of him. |
Post 2 It was so cute how the baby Griffins were playing with each other. Lux wished that she could have one as a pet but knew that it wouldn't work out. Maybe she could ask Bay for a teacup pig instead because she really wanted one. They were so adorable. Eventually one of the Griffins started making its way slowly towards her before stopping. It seemed a little hesitant to come over but Lux so wanted it to. She wasn't a threat and just wanted to snuggle the little creature. Patiently she remained as still as possible and waited to see if he would move even closer to her. "It's okay, I won't hurt you." Her little boy Griffin needed a name! Was it even a boy? Erm, she had no idea. |
Post 1 Angel listened to the Professor and then she looked around this was going to be interesting and she just hoped that a baby Griffin would pick her because it would be weird if she was hanging around waiting for something that would never happen, actually if that happened she'd go and hide behind either her best friend or boyfriend depends on who was closest. Angel decided to sit down and see what was going on with the baby griffins, she watched as they all seemed interested in other things at the minute, which was okay. Angel sat there and waited, she wasn't going to scare the Griffins so they didn't come to here, she hoped not but she would have to wait and see, she watched them as they did other stuff. This was so interesting and she was enjoying herself for now. |
#1 Griffins weren't proper winged-horses, but they were mighty creatures that had wings and definitely could take someone on their backs as they flew, so that was good enough. Agatha was determined to befriend one of those baby ones and maybe even keep it as a pet. If professor Thompson didn't let them keep the griffins later, she would have to use the fact she had been able to handle one when convincing her mother and uncle to get her one. Anyhow, the Slytherin was willing to wait Cutty himself had chosen his own baby griffin, see? Maybe that was the way to go. |
Post 2 Norah made kissy noises and held a hand out from on the floor of barnyard. Heeeere little griffin. The noises worked on cats so it'd probably work on these too, right? They were half cat. Or half lion. Same thing. Wiggling her fingers, she increased the volume of her kissy noises until her lips were probably about to fall off or something. If lips could do that. She wasn't really an expert, okay? That'd be a weird thing to be an expert on anyways. She saw a griffin that seemed to be headed in her direction, or in a direction she hoped was her direction, and inched even closer to it. "Hi little guy," she whispered. The griffin got even closer and nipped the fingers was holding out. Heheheh that TICKLED. Reaching both hands forward, Norah gave the baby animal some pats on the head and then on the little lion body 'cause look at that fur! It was so fluffy she was gonna DIE. Could she keep it? |
Post 1 No way. Marigold felt tears coming on. This was just too good to be true. But there they were, the most ADORABLE little animals ever. her jaw had dropped when she first saw them, so she closed her mouth and tried to look comforting and motherly. She wanted a griffin to CHOOSE her. She held her arms out wide. Come to mama, little adorable cutesy itty bitty AWESOMESAUCE CREATURES. |
Post 2 Both Henric and Adi had griffins come up to them, and she had nothing. Didn't they know how much of a fun girl she was? She was even sitting down like a good girl. How much longer she could keep her cool was anybody's guess. These griffins had about .5 seconds to name her their mama before she went and picked one up and made the decision for them. AJ was not a patient person to say the least. She wanted her own baby griffin. "Why aren't they choosing me?" He soft leg jangling was now rough. Adi and Henric were getting griffin nibbles and she was left out in the cold. She sighed deeply and looked around at the other students with their griffins. Her eyes spotted Benny and a pang shot straight to her heart. "When are you guys going to get over yourselves?" she asked rather blantaly. Luckily for Adi she didn't have time to stare him down long because she felt a nibble on her leg. EEEEEPPPPPP. She had a griffin. Play it cool, Valentine. The griffin was the lucky one here. Her robes were in his mouth and all AJ could do was look at him lovingly. "Aren't you just the cutest little thing ever?" She was beamy. As slow as she could, she reached her arm out to him and gave him a pat on the head. "I shall call you Brutus and you shall be my Brutus." It was a boy right? Bruta if it just so happened to be a girl. It was settled. |
Post #1 Still trying her best to suppress her laughter, Sophie buried her face against Tobes' shoulder after he nudged her until she composed herself and stood tall once more, her lips pressed firmly in a straight line to keep from smiling again. Yeah, she was fine. Totally fine. No laughing, no smiling, everything was good. ...Hehhehehehee. Soft giggles still bubbled in her throat as Javy went on to explain what they were doing, and they finally died down when he mentioned BABY GRIFFINS. No waaaay! That was way cute, and Soph stood on her tippy-toes and leaned forward a bit to get a better look at them. They were adorableeeee and she WANTED ONE. When Thompson led them in and sat down, Sophie did, too, right near Tobes, and eyed all the Griffins excitedly. WHICH ONE WOULD CHOOSE HER? She made grabby hands in their general direction, encouraging the little baby griffins to come see her. |
Post #2 It didn't take long for Beverly to be jumped on by the baby Griffins. She pegged it to her natural ability to interact with animals. One of the babies hopped onto her lap and bounced back down, circling her, then bumping her on the back. "Oomph! What was that fooor?" she cooed, reaching behind to tickle the Griffin. It squawked cheerfully, tumbling back to her front and bouncing into her lap. "Hi, want to be my partner?" The baby Griffin tilted its head, gazing up at her with it's big baby Griffin eyes. Her cold heart was melting. "I'll take this as a yes." |
#1 Oh. So they weren't dealing with actual babies here. Well, Zander had to admit that he was quite relieved about that. Babies weren't really his specialty. Actually, no he probably wasn't bad with babies... He just hadn't dealt with any before so he wasn't actually sure. Come to think of it, babies couldn't be any different than firsties, right? And he seemed to get along with them pretty well. Anyways, baby Griffins. Yeah, Zander could handle that. He watched as Thompson demonstrated, finding it kind of funny when he sat down and acted all gentle. It was quite a sight. 'Cause Javy was real big and terrifying looking, but the guy had a soft side apparently. Still weird to think that Zander had been over to his house before. They had a baby there too. Zander did remember that much. Anyways, it was their turns now so the Gryffindor didn't waste another second. He inched his way towards the pens, looking around to see one that looked friendly enough. Actually, maybe it'd be better if it was the one who chose him, yeah? Loyalty and all. |
Post 2 Angel looked at the baby griffins and waited to see what would happen, she was just about to whisper to her best friend Leah that this was hopeless when suddenly things started to happen and she was totally happy about it. Angel was looking at a couple of them when she suddenly noticed another one coming near her, she waited for a few moments to see what it would do when it suddenly starting doing what the Professor had told her they would do. "You want to be partners?" Angel was sure the answer was yes, now all she had do was name it but what could she call it. "I think I'll call you Nibbles, just because I think that would be a cool name." Angel decided that the name sounded awesome. |
Post #2 Her arms still extended and her fingers wiggling in encouragement for a griffin to choose her, Sophie watched with eager eyes as the griffin babies chose one student after another - but not her. There were only a few left, ones that were aimlessly wandering, and Sophie waited, her arms still open and hoping that one would look her way and see how cute she was and how eager she was to tend to one of them... ...And then one's little eyes were upon her, and the little thing came scampering her way. SHE HAD BEEN CHOSEN. IT WAS COMING RIGHT TO HER. Just at that moment, she heard Tobes name his griffin "Griffin," and she snorted lightly to herself. Griffin the griffin. Very clever, Tobias. What a nerd. When the griffin reached her arms, Sophie pet it softly, letting it softly nip at her free hand and not minding one bit - no, it didn't really hurt, and she followed suit of Tobes and gently picked up the griffin and pulled it into her lap. "Hi," she murmured and continued to stroke it lightly, still letting it nibble at her other hand - whatever would keep it happy, right? All that mattered was that one CHOSE her and she was ALL SET. |
#2 The Gryffindor inched his way even cloooooser before sitting down in an isolated patch. Come to Zaaaaander little Griffins. Man, they were all going the exact OPPOSITE way that he needed 'em to. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Zander was staring with bright eyes and a huge smile? Was that creeping them out? He'd tone it down. Sorry, Griffins. Ahem. Waiting.... Waiiiiiiting....... Waaaaaaaaiiiiiiiting. And ooooh, spotted: Griffin at one o'clock! Zander wasn't going to creep this one out, nope! It was making it's way over pretty quickly actually. So close that it looked like it was going to go for a-- NIBBLE. Oh, that didn't hurt at all. Actually, it kind of just tickled? Heheheeheee. Ahem. He was so cool. Hi baby Griffin. You're kinda cute actually. Zander was gonna name his Door. Like Gryffin Door. Geddit? 'Cause Gryffindor? Eh, yeah that was a dead joke. He wasn't gonna say that out loud. Ahem. |
Post 2 Marigold was eyeing Sophie Brown's snorting and trying not to giggle herself when she heard a pitterpat of footsteps. She turned her head to see an ICKLE BABY GRIFFIN making its way over to her. Her motherly feelings were WORKING. She waited until it nudged at her feet before she pet its lil head gently. "Hiya, lil one. We're gonna be partners, I guess. 'm gonna name you Godric, like Godric GRIFFIN/Gryffindor. How does that work for you, huh, Godric?" |
Post 1 Hady hadn't been expecting to get a point for her answer but it was gladly accepted and kept the young girl motivated to continue giving answers. However no answers were needed right now as it was time to see what they'd be working with. As Professor Thomson began talking and explaining what they were to do she shuffled from foot to foot a bit more then ready to get started. Griffins! They were going to be caring for baby griffins! When they were told to have a seat and allow the griffins a chance to choose them instead of them being the ones to pick a griffin she did as told. Sitting herself down on the ground she laid her hands down on her lap. Now all she needed to do was be quiet and wait. A little baby griffin would choose her soon enough...or at least she hoped so. |
Post 1 So they were talking about babies. Well over the past two or three years Cinna had been around her share of the little things both human and animal. So this lesson should be a piece of cake right? espeically if they were working with babies, animal babies. Which in her opinion easier to deal with. No talking back, or climbing all over her or running into her room uninvited. Chase. Hmmm. Anyway. From hearing the lesson so far she could gather that they were working with some sort of baby creature. But what animal. Craning her neck to try to see as the Professor slid open the door. She moved into the inside. She looked around and spotted griffins. Griffins? Griffins. The they were working with baby griffins. How cute, right? Orphaned. Poor babies. She wanted them all now. SO they were going to feed them, yeah? Fun. She gently flopped down on the woodchips with a little group of the wittle griffins. Any of them wanted to pick her because she would just take all of them. At least she wouldn't have to worry about them clawing her arms up. She could just snuggle them all. |
Post 1 Ilia had been silent, in the back, in the corner for this class. It was her favorite class and too much was on her mind. She didn't want to interact with the other students right now, even Henric she wasn't sure because all her emotions came spilling out around him. Baby humans.....she had no experience and nothing to say so she just listened. She was an only child and the youngest of her cousins so she was honestly nervous around baby humans because she really knew nothing about them. Baby griffins now that was a baby of a different kind.....as soon as the professor mentioned baby creatures she had perked up. She sat quietly away from the rest and patiently waited for a baby to come to her. They were all little orphans, that was so desperately sad. She wanted to mother them all, sweet little things. This was why she wanted to be a vet and a creature rescuer. |
Post 2 As the puff was waiting for the Griffin to come near him, the little guy seemed to be scared of all the students. He seemed to be curious what was going on. The baby was twitching every few seconds. He wanted to comfort him but he wanted the Griffin to come on his own terms. He still held out his hand for the little guy to come. He grinned and encouraged him, "Come on little fella..." he said sweetly. The griffin looked at him and then proceeded to move forward. It was moving little by little and then it came closer to him. Kace kept his breathing nice and slow and calm. He didn't wanna seem tense or stressed. The baby griffin came close and then nipped his finger like Thompson said. Well now he had a little critter to take care of. Thompson said he could name the guy. He grinned and thought of a name. "I think I will call you Freddie..." he said. He didn't know why but the name popped up. |
Post 3 Yeah...Hiccup it would be. It wasn't like the real one was his anymore. So for now the griffin would be Hiccup to his Toothless. At least the creature seemed enamored with him and loyal...for now at least. Benny let the griffin playfully nibble at his hair as they sat together, the boy waiting for Professor Thompson to move them on. At the very least the interaction allowed a distraction from the trio currently all with their own set of griffins on the other side of the enclosure. See Adi... ...you're not the only one who can replace a friend. "Right, Hiccup?" he asked rhetorically as he gave the creature another friendly scratch. The griffin preening in approval. |
post 1 ... :3 Griffins. WHY did it have to be baby griffins. It's like when she tried to focus on her studies and upcoming exams everything just seemed to point towards him. And even though he wasn't a half lion- half eagle creature, it was just the irony of him being lion and well the eagle part, that was negotiable but together it just seemed so right ... and ugh, couldn't she please play with ANY OTHER creature? While her peers held their hands outstretched for one of the baby griffins to choose them, Tia just stood frozen, watching them all nibbling and flying about. Her eyes might have lingered over to him too, but not for too long. No, distract yourself Tia. Focus. Even without holding out her hands for one to come to her, it seemed as if one sensed her distractedness and found her anyway as it tickled at her ankles. Glancing down, the fifth year smiled and knelt down beside it. "Hi there." She smiled. |
Post 1 BABY GRIFFINS? FOR REAL WHAT? Dot bopped along happily toward the door to the barn, taking in the herd of teeny tiny baby griffin things. SO CUTE. WHOA. She bounced. A lot. Oh, but Professor? "Orphans, sir? How did all of them get orphaned? Is there a problem with griffin poaching here at Hogwarts?" Because that made her so furious. Legitimately livid. She was gonna go punching some griffin poachers in the face. Or you know... whatever. She got to pick a baby griffin to be friendly with now, right? That was probably best, since if she left it up to the griffins to choose, probably no one would choose her. Like always. |
Post 2 Here little griffins, here little griffins she wasn't actaully calling or coaxing them over to her yet but she could and would if none of them was going to pick her. She would just snuggle them all until they all were hers. Okay maybe not. But one of them should pick her. She was pretty awesome so a pretty awesome griffin should pick her out of all of these losers here. Well not all of them were losers but most of them were. She wasn't. Ha that's what it was the griffins knew how awesome she was and couldn't decide who should come to her first. Uh, She should try to coax one or a few over to her. Let them know she was avbible for feeding them. "Hey guys." She put her hand out toward a few of them standing together. "Hey, who's hungry? I know you all are." Poor babies. Hey look! One was moving toward her slowly though. Don't get excited and scare it. "Come here." Yep she pretty much had the baby talk voice that she used on her brother and sister in full mode now. To her surprise the griffin hoped over to her basically bouncing her way. Eppp it was coming her way and bounced into her lap. "Hi." Patting the baby griffin on the top of the head. "Hey, there little... guy?" Maybe he was a guy. or maybe a girl. The griffin flairled its wings. She laughed. "Excited huh? You need a name, don't ya?" Hmmmm name, name, name. Cinna was definetly thinking this griffin was a girl. She rubbed the griffins head as she thought about a name. The griffin flailed its wings again. "Flail?" The griffin folded her wings back under her in protest. "So I'll take that as a no then? Hoowww abouuut... Jean?" Since apparently the pair of jeans she was wearing seem appealing to the baby griffin. The griffin was nibbling on her jeans. Hehe yes, weather the griffin liked it or not HER name was going to be Jean. |
post 2 Dot primly took a seat on the edge of the group, making eyes at the closest griffins hopefully. Any of them want to make friends with her today? Hmm? She held out her hands hopefully, but the closest griffins were fully distracted by her classmates. "Babyyyyy griffins," she called softly, wiggling her fingers until one of the baby griffins wandered her way and bumped it's beak against her fingers. A little nippy and ouch! but Dot was so delighted that she'd been chosen that she was willing to put up with ouchy fingers. 'Baby griffin. Hi. You're so sweet, aren't you?" More headbutting, and Dot had to sort of force her cuddles in sideways. "I'm going to call you... Lorenzo." On account of how handsome he was. |
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--- Now for the real task at hand, "Over in the pile in the corner are some blankets. You can summon one over easily with the spell 'Accio'," Now that was mainly for the younger students who hadn't come across that spell yet. Anyway, for demonstration and possible review for others he made the wand motion of a wide frown shape over "Accio blanket," Letting one fly towards his other outreached hand. "Wrap it carefully around the Griffin," Who proceeded to squawk a little from the sudden movement before settling into the soft texture of the blanket before standing up. "Now that you'll be able to hold it safely in your arm, we can then feed them." Once everyone has managed to retrieve a blanket, an open box revealing half of meat carcass and the rest of empty baby bottles. Now the instructions were coming whilst Professor Thompson went on ahead with the demonstrating while speaking. "Keeping a hold of your Griffin, who might try to struggle out since they're anxious on testing out their legs. Take an empty bottle, make sure it's clean before opening the lid to scoop in some of the carcass. It will regenerate in the box on it's own so don't worry about the amount you take." Now then, "The tricky part will come in now. The meat right now is much too tough for their beaks to take in. So-" With his arm still keeping ahold of a moving Griffin in the blanket, his other arm aimed inside the bottle with the almost stuff meat, "Cast an 'Incendio' to melt it followed by 'Aguamenti' to keep it in liquid form." Which he then did so. "You can of course let your Griffin free so you can take care of the bottle.. but you'll have to try to get it to come back to you before the drink gets too cold." Some things just had to have their challenge, didn't they? "And then you can go on and feed them." Letting the bottle reach into the little squirming Griffin's beak stopped it in its tracks before it began drinking. "Griffin's taste for raw animal meat has always been present for them. Typically the mother will regurgitate some of the meat leaving it heated and soft enough for them to eat." But luckily they didn't have to resort to any of it touching their mouths. "Eventually they should be falling asleep not long after they finish." ---- OOC: The following objectives you are to complete: - Acquire a blanket to wrap around the Griffin keeping it comfortable. - Clean the baby bottle before placing the raw meat in. - Melt it with fire before quickly mixing it with some water. - Feed it and watch over until it sleeps. This should take about four labeled posts minimum. You have until June 17th, 11:59 pm EST to complete. |
Post 1 Vaska and Zhenya were still playing when Professor Thompson called the class to attention. Good question Jackson. Zhenya watched the demonstration of how to see what gender the griffins were. Stub or no stub. Zhenya was quite impressed with the way the griffin just allowed them to flip them over, so she tried it. "Hey there Vaska," she said calmly, changing the activity to a pet. She ran her hand down Vaska's feathers, top to tail, and watched as Vaska went into a peace-like state. Cool. She flipped her over gently and looked. No stub. Vaska was a no stub. She gently put Vaska back on the ground, where her eyes opened and she continued to claw at Zhenya. Now they were going to feed them, how fun. She pulled her wand out of her pocket, careful not to put it near Vaska's curious eyes. "Accio blanket," she said, arching her wrist for the wand movement. A blanket came towards her, and landed just next to her lap. "I'm going to wrap you up," Zhenya told Vaska in a calm voice, slowly bringing the blanket towards her and wrapping it around her. No noises, that was promising. Vaska looked quite comfortable in the blanket, so Zhenya picked her up and held her. |
Post 1 Gosh! Henric was so focused when it came to creatures! Adi couldn't blame him so he shut up and gave his friend the chance to focus as best as he could. Where as him and Henric had gotten Griffs, AJ had lucked out. The poor girlfriend. "They can sense you want to make them your minions to go looking for unicorns,'' he whispered jokingly. Huh? Get over- Adi's eyes followed AJ's to see Benny by himself with only a Griffin for company. He looked away. "I don't know what you're talking about.'' But he was starting to miss Benny. Two things happened almost at one. First, Henric fell forward face first and two, AJ got her Griffin. "Henny! Are you okay?'' Adi rushed to help his Housemate. "Didn't damage the pretty boy face, did you?" LOL! Anyway, Henric seemed fine so the sixth year turned back to his girlfriend. "Nice name, AJ. That Griffin looks sooooo brutal.'' Haha. Sarcasm, of course. ................... Sneaking a look at Benny from the corner of his eyes, Adi couldn't help but feel sorry for him. It was like looking back when they were about to start their second year when he had encountered the lone boy with his owl at King's Cross. Benny was obviously retreating back into his shell. But! No more time to dwell on that because they were moving on. Adi watched carefully as Thompson did the demonstration. Gosh, the man made these creature things look so easy! Someday, Adi decided he was going to be like that. The Master of all creatures. Hehe. Right now, he had to master the baby Griffins! "Accio blanket!'' He caught the blanket in his outstretched hand. "Come on, Henry.'' Adi coaxed the griffin gently to remain with him as he spread the snug blankie around it. Awh! It didn't even protest! The Puffer was having the time of his life here as he held Henry. It was squawking now as Thompson's had done. Maybe it liked the blankie a little too much. Hehe. |
Post 3 of first activity; Post 1 of second activity Patience seemed to pay off, because the little Griffin was venturing closer. Slowly Lux reached her hand out towards it, and no surprise that gesture was greeted by a tiny nip. No matter because that didn't hurt in the least. "Hello, little guy." Cooing, she gently picked him up and placed him in her lap. "I think I am going to call you George." She had no idea why... That was just the first name that popped into her head. Petting George, she heard Professor Thompson explain how to check their gender. "...Better make that Georgina instead." Snuggling little Georgina, Lux listened to the next instructions. So she needed to get a blanket for her Griffin. That was very easy and could be done without putting down her new friend. Pulling her wand out of her pocket, she pointed it at one of the blankets. "Accio blanket!" There. Now she had something to wrap Georgina in before starting the feeding. Putting the blanket around her, Lux couldn't help but think of her soon-to-be nephew; of course he wouldn't be a Griffin, but he would be a baby and she could help look after him. The thought was exciting. "Now you're all snug as a bug in a rug." Lux was doing good so far. |
Post 1 Henric laughed, pretty boy face?! Quite insulting...really...Adi had forgotten smart and charmingly brilliant in there...hehe. Right...nevermind Adi, Henric was finally bonding with the magical creature!(:woot:) Well almost... because it kept trying to peck on his head and it hurts. He got up a little too quickly,startling the little griffin. "Oh no...sorry little one,hey...its okay...come here,"Henric cooed.He glanced back towards his friends, oh.. they already naming their baby griffins?! Hmm...it was odd that Adi called his little griffin,"Henry"...a coincidence...nope.Anyway,AJ naming of the griffin fair much better though, she named it Brutus...not bad...not bad! He liked the name, he wanted to name his griffin strongly too! "What should I name you...how about Casper...do you like the name Casper,buddy? Casper then.."he decided. He looked around to see where his bestie at and wondered if she was successful in getting herself a baby griffin.Nice! She knew she could do it and and was fine interacting with the baby griffin...but she seemed lonely. He should go to her later, right after he kept his own baby griffin warm. "Accio Blanket,"he summoned. He pulled the blanket over Casper's body. "Here you go buddy...hope you warm up enough,"he smiled, gently stroking the back of its head. He then tucked Casper into his arms as if he was cradling it."Good boy, Casper..."he whispered. |
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