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Class was beginning and Janelle was ready. At least she thought she was ready. It was cold, but for some reason Janelle felt fine. She didn't need a warming charm.......at least not yet. Anyway, she had more important things to focus on. The first question for instance. Janelle wasn't sure whether the professor meant creatures that were native to the Hogwarts area or any creature that could be found on the grounds. She decided to go with the latter. Janelle raised her hand and began to speak. "You can find Hippogriffs at Hogwarts." She loved the Hippogriffs. Janelle pretty much loved all of the animals at Hogwarts........except maybe flobberworms. After answering, the Ravenclaw jotted down a few notes based on her classmates' answers. |
Well now magic themselves warm. See Tenacius wouldve thought of that had he known how to do that. But warming up magic and clothes? What are the risks that will end up with bonfire from clothes? So he got up and started B O U N C I N G around, jumping jacks, zumba, silly stupid motions he was making up to the beat of an invisible tune. Somebody said the giant squid "Yeah!..." huff huff "I saw it in the lake when we went under!" What a wonderful way to start off the first day of school. But all this warm excitable blood rushing to his head suddenly got a thought percolating in the back burner of his brain to suddenly come front and center "Professah... Are there any hogs around Hogwarts? I mean its in the school name and we have them boars by the gate, but I don’t think I've actually ever seen one." huff huff huff "Or do we actually keep them in a pen somewhere and that’s what we cook for dinner?" Because then technically they have encountered hogs around these parts. |
From her seat beside Haddie, Rachel crossed her hands over her chest in an attempt to make herself a little warmer and to watch as her peers arrived. "Hello, Janelle.'' Her fellow Ravenclaw received a smile as did Kitty. But then she was looking back at her best friend. "Have it your way, Haddie. Holding grudges will get you no where.'' She paused before saying quietly. "You really ought to have respect for Professor Draper. Whatever happened before is int he past; he still is your Professor.'' Rachel disliked disrespect in any form. It was just plain rude. The cold wasn't a bother to her now that the lesson was starting. So long as she had something to distract her, she would be fine. She frowned in David's direction. Hags? They were lovely? Had he gone mad? Hags were creepy! With a bewildered look at him, she turned her attention back to Draper with her hand raised. "There are crups in the barnyard.'' She thought back fondly to Spot whom she had once taken out so he could play with him. |
Jace inclined his head toward Professor Draper, saying his muffled thanks as he complimented his scarf. At least the blue and bronze shade suited his skin perfectly, right? Oblivious to more of his friends coming, the Ravenclaw's eyes were on the peaceful lake. He didn't like this cold class one bit. Rubbing his nose with his scarf, Jace sat straighter on the bench, his full attention now on the professor as he started to talk. Warming spell? No thanks. Still thinking about his misfortune of stunning a Headmistress a few months ago, he thought he'd lay low with the wand work for now. He didn't want to accidentally burn himself, okay? Instead, he hooked the edge of his scarf on his ear, rubbing it vigorously to keep the heat from escaping his ears. A trick he has mastered over the years. As his classmates started to offer questions, Jace mentally ticked off the creatures in his mind that he memorized, and pretty much just stayed quiet in his seat. Merpeople, Giant Squid, Centaurs, Hags, Bowtruckles, Grindylows...hm. There must be some other creature out there in the Lake that hasn't been mentioned yet. There must be a reason why they are so near the body of water right now...unless the Professor just felt like being a sadist for the day, which was likely. With a gloved hand, Jace raised his arm, and waved it to get the professor's attention. Dwarf Ravenclaw person here, sir! "Flying Seahorses professor! I believe we've got them in our Lake..." his voice trailing off, taking a side glance at the body of water beside them, then to the clear jars before them. And say what? Boars? Hogs? Jace looked at the Gryffindor amused, and entertained with his...dancing, if you can call it one. Surely, they won't be doing pickled pork today, right? He'd rather go and do Flying Seahorse Fishing than pickle raw meat...just saying. |
Sam wasn't really cold, since she was used to far worse, but she still tugged on her scarf and re-wrapped it round her neck as she waited for the lesson to start. She was curious about their location, and all of those glass jars. Clearly the Giant Squid wasn't going to fit in any of those containers, but couldn't help but wonder if today would be the day she'd finally get to meet him. She struggled to think of any different creatures as her classmates started rattling off all the obvious ones. She'd seen the thestrals on her first day, of course, and she'd only just been thinking about the Giant Squid. And then she thought about other places on the grounds, ones she'd actually visited, like the Herbology greenhouses and garden. And then she had her answer. "Dere's sumtimes garden gnomes in 'erbology, so I 'eard." |
Catching up :) Henric ought to cast 'melofors' on some of the little ickles heads for disrespecting and complaining about the cold. They should be lucky to have a lesson out here, not many students in the world have these kind of engaging opportunities in their classroom. Why were they complaining? Henric disliked hearing them the most. It was a shame to see his juniors acted in such a way. He sighed, shaking his head. Honestly, he was disappointed. Henric sat at the very back beside llia, observing and listening to their answers before offering his answer of his own, "Professor, Bowtruckles, I heard some of them attacked students recently." Yup, he heard about it. Hope nobody was injured during the attack. |
Melbourne was quietly sitting there watching Professor Raising her hand Melbourne grinned up at the Professor. “There are supposedly Thestrals in the forest,” Melbourne grinned at the Professor. Yep. See. This girl knew her stuff…and she wasn’t totally fluttering her lashes at a man waaaaaaaaaay too old for her. Not at all. |
. Since they were outside and down by the lake Bella didn't want to take any chances of catching a cold, so she was completely bundled up in a few layers so she could stay nice and warm through class. She was already seated on the bench as Professor Draper started class and asked the first question. She thought for a moment of all of the creatures that could be found on the Hogwarts grounds and wanted to make sure she didn't say the same answer as someone else, which was hard because a lot of good answers had already been said. "House-elves," she finally blurted out. They were considered creatures that could be found at Hogwarts, but maybe the Professor meant just on the grounds. "Oh well they're inside the castle.... umm... flobberworms." |
Mel grinned over to Isabella when she brought up house elves. That was a good point they were in the castle. Looking around at the other students she raised her hand again before spitting out the name of another creature. “Professor…seeing as we are rather close to Loch Ness is there a possibility that there are Kelpies in the region?” She asked and glanced over at the lake. Yeah, that would not be fun if one of those were in their lake now would it? It would be kind of deadly dangerous...but the squid would have a beast to play with! |
Was it that cold? Really? She looked at other people around her. Hmm, she supposed so.......maybe she was an ice queen or something..... Oh well, it didn't bother her. Although....she make have scooted toward Henric a little.....that wasn't because it was cold though. Ilia sat quietly and listened to the other students answers, calmly looking at the empty jars. With a small, unmoving smile her hand raised and she waited to be addressed. "Sir, Flitterbies are rather common in the right weather." She loved to watch them dance through the air. She could list more, but it was far more amusing to watch the other students repeat each other and wrack their brains. Ilia would not deny that her snakey streak was quite prominent as she got older. |
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"Well, we have house elves in the kitchens." she offered, she wanted to participate even if she didn't know much beyond her experience in the past few months. |
Creatures, from around Hogwarts, this was so easily done... but he didn't want to give a boring answer either, like, some of them were a little cliche, no? "Kneazles, Sir... the dreaded kneazles." Like, they were everywhere and nowhere and in places where you least expected them to be... like in a library, on chairs where people sat. Nasty things they could be. Gosh. Domestic or not, some were just plain feral... others weren't too bad, but he was more of a canine person if anything. |
Ouh Great in a sarcastic tone of course he raised his hand, wait till pointed out and answering it with a lazy but yet sassy as he usually done "How 'bout paused "a Skrewt sir? i meet up with them in the Wooden Bridge, you know the story sir" he smile not a sincere one but a bitter one, it seem he still hold a grudge over it.. very revengefull kid is he? "Or how about we try something soft and cherish like.. a house elves maybe??" he shuddering his shoulder and smiled, this time looks like a mockery.. Geez.. looking for trouble eh? please don't Perhaps the cold and still sleepy as hell made Raven bit more annoying.. he stayed up late because reading Horror's Novel, lend by a friend.. he did wear few layer and tighten up his scarf but yet still feel the cold.. or maybe he's a bit unwell makes him can't stand the cold, he loves gloomy weather like this but the cold makes him so grumpy did the other kid feel the cold too? but they seem okay with it.. he looks around.. aaand finds most of them are as cold as he is.. |
SPOILER!!: Individual Responses! Moving to the side, James gave everyone a second to look over the list they come up with for the chalkboard. Quote:
So yes, he hadn't just dragged them to the lake because he was a sadist. Though that was also a good guess. No. He had reason. "Before we go into more specifics, I would like everyone to take a moment to brainstorm characteristics, needs, and behaviors that lake-residing creatures tend to share." Not everyone all at once. Oh and important, "Pay attention to what your peers say." No more repetition, he had almost enough of it. OOC: Sorry that took so long! And I really hope I got everyone in there!! I'm still trying to get the hang of this! I'm going to try my best to get my next post up in at least 13 hours from the time of this post. Feel free to have your characters get creative for this answer! James doesn't have anything specific in mind. Though we'd encourage you to only to give one answer so that others have an opportunity as well! |
"Fine." Haddie said sourly. She was about to say more when she caught the look from Rachel out of the corner of her eye. She closed her mouth. "Whatever." What characteristics did the creatures that live in the lake need? Gee, let us think. "Gills... the ability to breathe underwater." There, she's participated, without snark. Was everyone happy? Why Hogwarts hire teachers that didn't even like children in the first place, Haddie would never know. |
Rachel watched with interest as the chalk wrote down their answers into categories. What was the spell that bewitched it to do this? She needed to find out and decided she would ask Professor Primeaux sometime soon. For now, she returned her attention back to Professor Draper as he made mention of the creature they would be studying. The Eagle raised her hand. "They need to have a clean source of water since this is where they get their oxygen and swim around in. A dirty lake would hamper these and could harm the creatures.'' The poor creatures. This was why no one should throw harmful materials into the Lake or any body of water where they lived. |
XD Ameh and I were posting at the same time but IDK what the IC reason is What the....... She didn't MEAN to repeat that Slytherin boy. Perhaps he was talking in low voice so she couldn't hear it? That man reminded her of her old muggle school teacher. So grumpy. How could this man be a teacher for teen-age students? Because it seemed like he didn't like teenagers. Whatever. And now they're gonna talk about the flying seahorse. Hmmm.... Ava tried to participate again by answering this d-bag professor. "I think they all have fins to help them swim." She spoke loudly as she raised her hand so NOBODY could repeat her answer. Listen to that, Drape? |
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After having everything organized in her head she raised her hand, leaning forward in her bench with anticipation "Flying Seahorses are capable of flying when provoked, I suppose that means they're hybrid creatures, able to breath in the water as well as outside of it" she declared. That seemed like an obvious characteristic to her, so she continued "which also means their gills have to work as wings outside the water. Being able to fly distinguish them from other sorts of Seahorses since for that they had to develop vertebral columns to provide strength to pull theirs bodies from the water and fly" yep, most fishes' spines were soft and bendable. That was a proper answer. She knew her love for animals would pay-off sometime. |
I'm so dumb! I didn't even see Austins answer! Sorry! Azura shrank back ever so slightly as the professor responded to her. She had been so distracted with her thoughts that she hadn't even noticed Austin had said the exact same thing.. Minus ten points for Azura!! She listened carefully and made sure no one was going to say what she was going to! Again her hand went into the air, slower this time because well.. Embarrassed Ravenclaw Party of one., But she spoke up! "They are all fresh water creatures aren't they? So they need fresh water and not salt water to survive." Please oh please let no one have said that! |
Her answer hadn't gotten more then a one word reply but that didn't mean much to the fifth year. She had given an answer and a decent one which was correct so that's all she currently cared about. As the lesson slowly progressed Hady's gaze shifted to the board where the creatures they had all listed soon appeared along with where they were located. Easy enough to understand. And so it seemed they would be talking about Flying Seahorses. Well okay then. As some answers were already being given she once more raised her hand, "Most of them would be classified as 'Beasts'." Or well at least three out of the five would be that she knew of for sure. |
Austin, who was really more focused on his tea than anything else, waited a few minutes before responding. He had seen a few of the seahorses from time to time, but he never got close to them. They could swim and fly, but those you could get from their name. If he was going to answer, he needed to come up with something else. The teen took another sip of his tea as he thought. He remembered reading about something in his potions books. They were actually used as ingredients, although the manner in which their preserved was beyond him. He was always given them, or bought them in Diagon Alley. He never needed to go and get them himself. After a few minutes he raised his hand. "They're actually used in potion making. Commonly known for the potion that gives you endurance." He wasn't going to say Girding Potion, although that was the proper name for it. It was probable that most people didn't know it by the name. He looked down at the warm cup in his hands, hoping to hide the fact that he read potions books in his free time. |
Hold on to what? Jace blinked several times when the professor winked at him...and gave him the faintest grin he could muster. The poor Ravenclaw has no idea what to make of it. One moment he's scary...the next minute he's being appreciative? It was safe to say that Jace was clueless, and he thought it wise not to make sense of it. ... Oh...oh, so deduction was right! There ought to be an explanation why they are out near the Lake, freezing their buttocks off. However...will they actually go and fish? And...and...and does this mean that they will be harvesting the flying seahorses for their Potions class? Lol, Potions though. If the subject isn't mandatory, he'd rather not take it after being poisoned. But even if he was given the chance not to take it, his mother will freak out. Anyway, back to the lesson. Jace did shrink back in his scarf like an awkward turtle as his answer was acknowledged, and then tried to think of a common behaviour amongst Lake dwellers. Again, he raised his gloved hand and offered his answer, "I think most of them are harmless whenever they are in their element, as well as co-existing with their fellow water creatures. They become restless by activating their defense mechanism when someone or something intrudes their habitat, making them dangerous creatures if provoked..." he trailed off, his eyes casting a wary glance at the too still Lake surface. Jace has a hunch that that peace will soon be disturbed. |
A clarification post "Glad to see some of you are already thinking ahead," he nodded in response to the answers already offered. "For the moment, let's talk about lake-dwelling creatures in general." As some of them already had. "And after we get more ideas flowing, we can move into today's subject." OOC: Sorry for not making this as clear before! For this second question, we're just taking about lake creatures in general to help for brainstorming purposes for the next question! If you've already posted about the seahorses, no worries! That was totally my fault. Sorry again for the confusion! |
Well, if Professor Draper wanted to be his usual grumpy pants self that wasn't Esme's problem. So far he hadn't said anything to HER but he had reminded someone else not to repeat answers. Was it so bad that some people - like her - mentioned something said by another classmate? People got enthusiastic about creatures that they liked. The topic changed its focus to lake dwelling creatures and she had quite a bit to say on the matter but it seemed that some of her classmates had jumped to it before she could. Since it seemed that no one could think along the same lines as any of their classmates maybe she should stay silent on the matter. However... something DID come to her mind. She raised her hand anyway. "I think that a lot of them live in communities among themselves. I know that the merpeople have underground cities or something..." |
So today was going to be about lake creatures. Flying Seahorses particularly? Hmm, maybe this would be interesting. She listened closely to the gr- professors question. Easy enough. " Flying Seahorses are generally a golden yellow in color with solid black eyes. The males tend to be slightly larger than the females because, like their Mundane counterparts, the males carry the offspring. They are gregarious and take different mates every breeding season. The integrity of the plant life in their habitat is essential to their survival as it is with all members of the seahorse family. The plants are nearly as important to their survival as the water itself. " She probably could have given him an essay right then and there but she'd leave things for other students to mention so that perhaps they didn't get scolded for repetition. |
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