Lucian Warrington - Post 4
 

So Lucian was a fighter in the Great Goblin Rebellion. He had studied about it before, not something he was proud of in actuality...considering his kind had won over the battle a long time ago. What was there to celebrate? War was just another bloody messed up way to gain control in power. The wand ban helped wizards maintained that status. It was all the same everywhere in the world right now. Magical or non-magical.

"Mr. Warrington, why do you think its necessary for the wand ban imposed for the non-humans creatures?" he asked. Wouldn't this be a great point to make in his summary. Hmm...

He should get started in writing soon...

Elliot Kegworth - Question 3
 

Violetta Bulstrode (Question 5)
 

Questions 1 & 2
 

Elliot, question 3 & 4
 

[QUOTE=The Portraits;11866634][spoiler=Elliot questions]

”“Don’t worry, you’re secret is safe with me.. When I was at school, teachers were much stricter and studying was very important. Of course, there was always fun to be had though. Sometimes we would have grand balls.”

Jessie winked at the potrait. She likes him so much "Thank you, Elliot.I`m glad to choose you as my source of information." Jessie laughing "Wow.... grand balls! Is that be held every year?"


She began to think that she could attend the ball with the one she likes "Could you tell me about that grand balls moreeee...?" Jessie`s smile turning into smirk


It would be interesting. And will be fun if she could tease Elliot about this.

Artemesia Timms
 

Janelle smiled as Ms. Timms answered her questions. She was so nice and accomodating, but really..........Janelle wodered if she had taken one too many bludger shots to the head. Just saying. But now, she needed one more question to ask the Quidditch player. it needed to be a good one because the professor said it was time to wrap things up.

Then it came to her. Janelle tried to get the woman's attention for her final question. "Ms. Timms, I'd like to ask you one more thing.......If you don't mind. What is the one thing that you would like people to remember about you?" Janelle liked to ask that question. She found it to be very telling. Hopefully it would be so for Ms. Timms. Then she added, "Thank you so much for letting me interview you. I really appreciate it." Soon it would be time to write.

Violetta Bulstrode: Question 5 or 6?
 

Augustus Flume question 5 and 6
 

Writing her paragraph
 

As Ariadne waited for the portrait to answer her fifth and final question, she wrote down a few more responses just in case she forgot everything later. Miss Timms seemed busy talking to so many students, so Ariadne knew the woman would get to her soon. She looked up when she heard the professor's voice. COOL! He was standing on a desk! Ariadne tended to relate more to the professor's who did things like that. It always reminded her of things she would do, too. Super cool Finch!

So she kind of WAS in a hurry now, but she had other things she could do, like piecing together her paragraph. She hurried back to her bag and pulled out a fresh piece of parchment and then dipped her quill in her ink to make sure she was super ready to go! She then went back to the portrait, so she could be there for the answer to her last question. In the meantime, she began to write.

Artemesia Timms

Artemesia Timms is a really cool and awesome Quidditch player! I'm sure there's so much more to this amazing lady, but Quidditch was the focus of our talk today. She would also like everyone to know that she most certainly is NOT dead, so please don't make that mistake like I did! She insists that she is from the 21st century, so let's all keep that in mind when telling all about her. She was born February 27, 2043 and grew up just outside of Sheffield.

The most important day of her life was the day the Caerphilly Catapults recruited her as their starting seeker. I've never seen her play, but I just bet she was AMAZING to be recruited as a starting seeker! The first game her team won while she was a player was against the Holyhead Harpies, which kind of makes me sad, since that's the team my sister plays for!

Although she doesn't play Quidditch anymore, she had some advice for me should I ever become a famous Beater. "Don't try too hard to hit the other team, especially the Seeker, and especially in the head!"

That was all she had until the woman answered her very last question. When she did, Ariadne would finish her paragraph and share it with the class!

Did she tell them what house she had been at Hogwarts? Artemesia certainly didn’t remember. But it didn’t matter, she could tell them now. “I was in Hufflepuff,” she smiled. “You are quite welcome!” She looked to the other girl, still smiling. “Well, I’d hope people would remember that I caught the snitch in, well.. one of the International Tournaments.” She could not remember which one now. And unfortunately many people did not remember her as her career was so short-lived. “Oh, you’re welcome, too!”

Augustus smiled broadly at the next girl to arrive near his frame. “Why I’m doing just fine, young miss! And how are you on this fine day?” He didn’t even have to think about the next question. “I’ve always loved the dungeons! Though that is not where my portrait currently hangs. Oh, please do! I would love to have you visit so we could chat more!” What a lovely girl!

Honestly, Violetta felt like she had answered this question so many times. Good thing she was always so patient for her fans. “My greatest accomplishment, as well as what I consider to be my magnum opus, is the composition and performance of Who Cast the Spell on Music? Not everyone can play 15 instruments and sing all at once.” Sure, it was through magic, but that took great talent! How did she die?? Violetta looked squarely at the boy who asked such a question. Good thing he was rather charming so she could forgive such effrontery. “One should not assume such things. No one said I was deceased.”

She graced the very polite Charlotte with a faint smile. “I don’t know, but I’m sure there must be. Are you a very good writer?” Perhaps this devoted fan would want to if there was no such book, but she couldn’t imagine that someone would have written a biography about the woman after whom she was painted. “I retired shortly before this portrait was painted.” She would not tell the children that she had little success after her big show because that was not her fault that not everyone could appreciate the talent she possessed! “My favorite person to perform for other than my devoted father was a French dignitary named Marquis Bonnard.” But she would not delve into her personal life more than that. Wisdom… hmm. Of course this would be the kind of question asked to a celebrity. “I suppose I can impart this – great success not only takes talent, but hard work as well. And if you believe in yourself, that is what is important, not what anyone else says.” Was that all the questions now?

”Many, many years ago, I did go to Hogwarts, yes,” Lucian nodded at the young boy. Didn’t all great wizards of this region attend this fine school? The man in the painting sighed. “Appearances are not what is important, accomplishments are.” And he didn’t think this boy was going to get that any time soon as he seemed to be very stuck on the idea. Perhaps he never would. “Well, I’ll talk about what this boy just asked.” It was almost an intelligent question. And he had little patience for nonsense. “The wand ban was very necessary, especially at the time.” And if he kept up on his recent events, which he didn’t much as a portrait, he might still think the same – or not, it all depended on what was going on or if things had changed much over the centuries. “There was much hostility in those days, and it increased to the point of uprising, rebellion, and battles. It was very dangerous and powerful magic in the hands of those who showed such viciousness and no restraint would be catastrophic.”


Still so many questions! Elliot could answer them all day, even if he did hear the professor telling the students that they were nearly out of time. “I came from a fairly big family – I had eight brothers and sisters, and I was somewhere in the middle,” he chuckled. The exact order was tough to remember. Hmm, one of the boys seemed rather confused. “No, son, I didn’t work in Law Enforcement, writing laws and enforcing them are two very different things. But I suppose I chose that line of work because I think it’s important to help shape society for the betterment of all.” Which led him to why he helped to enact the statute, even if it was a rather sad story. “Well, as you might know, there was much fear at the time that caused some muggles to hunt down magical people and try to destroy them. Unfortunately, it was many muggles that were accused and put to death. A muggle girl from my village was even thought to be a witch. I did help her to escape, but it also probably affected my decisions.” Though that kind of thing was happening more and more that pushed the law to be made. “I think putting that law into action was probably one of the most important things that was going on then.” It was still taught about today, wasn’t it? He chuckled at the girl who was interested in the balls that happened during his day. “Not every year, but it was something special when they occurred. We would dress in fancy costume and dance to delightful music.”

Writing Paragraph & Sharing it with Class ^_^
 

Artemesia Timms + finishing/presenting the paragraph
 

Hufflepuff! That kind of made sense now, because the woman was so very friendly...except when she was being called dead, that is. Then again, anybody would get upset at being called dead. "Thank you so much, Miss Timms!" she said. "I enjoyed talking to you. I have to go back to my desk now, but have a good day!" Ariadne quickly added the woman's house to her page of notes and then headed back to her desk to finish her paragraph.

Artemesia Timms
By: Ariadne Greingoth
Artemesia Timms is a really cool and awesome Quidditch player! I'm sure there's so much more to this amazing lady, but Quidditch was the focus of our talk today. She would also like everyone to know that she most certainly is NOT dead, so please don't make that mistake like I did! She insists that she is from the 21st century, so let's all keep that in mind when telling all about her. She was born February 27, 2043 and grew up just outside of Sheffield. She was in Hufflepuff while attending Hogwarts.

The most important day of her life was the day the Caerphilly Catapults recruited her as their starting seeker. I've never seen her play, but I just bet she was AMAZING to be recruited as a starting seeker! The first game her team won while she was a player was against the Holyhead Harpies, which kind of makes me sad, since that's the team my sister plays for!

Although she doesn't play Quidditch anymore, she had some advice for me should I ever become a famous Beater. "Don't try too hard to hit the other team, especially the Seeker, and especially in the head!" I really enjoyed talking with Artemesia Timms. She was really nice and outgoing, and it sounds like she's really into my favorite sport of Quidditch! The End.

When it was her turn to present, Ariadne gathered her finished paragraph in her hands and half-skipped up to the area everybody was meant to be presenting in. "Hi! I'm Ariadne Greingoth, and I'll be talking to you about the fabulous Artemesia Timms!" she began. She then proceeded to read to them the paragraph she'd pieced together about the woman. She hoped Artemesia liked it, too!

one more for Elliot~
 

last q's for Violetta...
 

Elliot, final question
 

Jessie nodded in understand. Now she tilting her head and smiled widely.

"As my last question,sir, if you don't mind, before I finish my essay to Professor Finch.." Jessie clear her throat " Do you have any advices to me? As a first student I still have many years to struggle."

Jessie began to collect some sentences she'll use in her summary later.

It was really hard to her.

Elliot Kegworth - Question 4
 

Question to Timms!
 

BOY, this teacher was determined to make Matt ask questions to them silly portraits! Detention?? So extreme! "Urgh..." The Gryffindor faceplanted the table again before pushing himself up. "Ok, I'll go ask them about their life, sir." Matt said in his most non-enthusiasic tone because he really didn't care what those people had once done in their lives when they were alive. It was no use to him, so why should he know??

But Matt wasn't up for getting a detention so easily like that, so he went up to one of the portraits simply because he had to, boredom written all over his face. "Hii..." Sigh. "What did you do, then, that was so important to history, ma'am?"

Post 5 - Violetta Bulstrode - Questions 4+5
 

Paragraph on Artemesia Timms
 

Janelle really enjoyed speaking with Ms. Timms. Although, she was a little concerned about the retired Quidditch players' ADD and apparent memory loss. That was not good sign. She would have to ask the professor about that.

Once the interview was done, Janelle returned to her seat and began to review her notes. She was going to have to turn that information into a coherent paragraph or two. It was a good thing that several girls had been asking questions at the same time that Janelle was. That way, she was able to hear the answers to their questions while waiting for her own. Facing the daunting task of making sense of it all, Janelle took out a piece of parchment and began to write.



When Janelle finished writing, she put down her quill and read over her paragraphs. When she was satisfied with what she had written, she sat back and waited for her turn to present to the class. At last, it was time. Janelle stood and read her information to the class. She hoped that with her limited information, she had captured the essence of Artemesia Timms.

Paragraph on Augustus Flume
 

"Thank you for answering our questions" said Kitty, smiling at her new friend. "I'm going to write my paragraph now, so I won't be asking any more questions. But I promise to come visit you in between classes."

She joined Rachel and the others in her group to share notes. Then she began assembling her paragraph from the notes in her notebook:

Today I got the chance to talk with Augustus Flume. It was really awesome! Mr. Flume's painting is the one that looks like an elderly man with very cool hair. Mr. Flume was a famous potion master who invented many interesting potions, including the Bundimun Pomade. He completed school at Hogwarts and after graduating he studied under a famous potions master. Mr. Flume never married and he was very dedicated to his work. Augustus Flume's portrait is very friendly and can be found hanging around in the dungeons.

When she had finished Kitty stood by the side, not certain if she was supposed to read her notes to the class. She was shy about speaking in public and would only do it if the Professor asked her to.

last portrait post!
 

”You’re welcome!” Artemesia smiled at Ariadne. “You have a good day, too!” She waved to her as the girl walked back to her desk, then she turned her eyes on the cute little boy just arriving. She supposed she had time for one more question. Oh.. was she that important to history? She didn’t really think so… “I’m not so sure that I did anything that had such an impact on history, though I did have some important Quidditch accomplishments.” Not that the portrait was so aware of the fact, but her name was recorded for posterity in tournament records.

Augustus smiled widely at the girls. They were so very nice and polite. “You are very welcome, I had a wonderful time talking with you today!” It was probably the highlight of his week. And he really did hope that they would come visit him sometime.

Violetta was glad that class was coming to an end and, as a result, so would the questions. She didn’t mind answering some, especially for her adoring fans, but she was getting tired and quite frankly needed some beauty sleep. Someone who might have stage fright, hmmm… She wasn’t sure if she ever suffered from that malady, but she thought a moment before answering the boy. “Well, if you are prepared for your performance and have the talent and drive to go behind it, then just remember how wonderful you are at what you do. In fact, you are so wonderful that it’s you that deserves the spotlight and attention.” It would probably work for her anyway. She thought about the next and last question before shaking her head. “No, I don’t think I would have done anything else.” She wasn’t exactly Violetta Bulstrode the person so it was rather difficult for her to think of doing something that Violetta hadn’t.

Sadly, Elliot knew it was just about time for class to end and so would his time with the students. He hoped that one of them might stop to say hello sometime. “Well, I think so,” he said after a moment about always wanting to work at the Ministry. “Maybe I thought something different when I was very small.” What young child really had dreams of working at the Ministry? “But I worked towards that end while I was in school.” He smiled at the girl asking him for advice. “Just study hard and do your very best with a cheerful attitude.” That was always the best advice he could give as it worked well in his own life. Oh.. haha. Elliot chuckled a little. “I didn’t take a date, but I always had my dance card full,” he added with a wink.

Now that class was coming to an end, it was about time for the portrait interviews to come to an end as well. He could tell some of the portraits were getting a little tired and probably needed to be put away too. "Time for questions are up, class," he announced, once he saw many of the students finishing up and returning to their seats. "You'll have a little bit of time to write a summary of what you learned, then we'll have our groups present."

Ansley listened to the presentations on Augustus and Artemesia, then politely applauded their efforts. They got most of the points on Augustus Flume, and most of Ms. Timms as well, though he wondered if the students who interviewed her knew why her memory was so poor. Or if they found out that he painted her, though that wasn't pertinent to her story. "Okay, we still need to hear about Violetta Bulstrode, Lucian Warrington, and Elliot Kegworth when those groups are ready... Then that will wrap up class for the day. You can leave your written summaries on my desk." And maybe he could get a few volunteers to help him put the portraits away.


OOC - I am going to leave this thread open for a few more hours (12ish) for anyone that wants to finish up RPing - writing the assignment, presenting, turning it in, etc. That is it for portrait questions/answers though. Thanks for coming, I hope everyone enjoyed this lesson, I had a lot of fun with it =)

Essay/Presentation
 

Well, Davie had asked five questions exactly, so... it wasn't his fault Miss Bulstrode didn't answer his last one. It had been kind of last-minute. He nodded respectfully to the portrait, murmured a soft, "Thank you, ma'am," and went off to write his paragraph. Thank MERLIN he didn't have to work with the group he'd sat with. He'd quite liked the Ravenclaw girl and Dot and Hady (the GOOD Hady) and Esme. They made a good team.

But anyway, time to write. Time to suck it up and deal with his smudged hand-notes. Davie sighed at the sight of them and tucked his quick-quotes-quill away for now. He got out a regular quill instead, and took his time to slowly write things on his parchment and to scrub away at his inked-out arm. Eventually, he had a solid essay to present. When it was his turn, he stood up, pushed his glasses up his nose with his clean hand, and read from his parchment as calmly as possible.

"I had the pleasure of speaking with Ms. Violetta Bulstrode, a very famous graduate of the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts, or WADA, as it is called. Ms. Bulstrode's greatest contribution to the art world is not her beautiful portrait, as one might assume." He paused here for dramatic effect, and also because, c'mon, that was a decent pun. "No, Ms. Bulstrode's most famous accomplishment is her musical Who Cast the Spell on Music?, in which she sings and simultaneously performs 15 different musical instruments." Impressive, no?

"The youngest of four, Ms. Bulstrode was born in 2000 in the village of Castamere," his notes had smudged here, so he'd had to guess the town's name. "She attended WADA from 2011 to 2018, which is where she learned to play the instruments, including her favorite, the harp. She is from a proud pureblood family, and if I may hypothesize," even though he hadn't been asked to, he was going to, "she could be related to Millicent Bulstrode, a classmate and distant relative of Harry Potter." Davie couldn't resist throwing a bit of shade at Haddie Dunceaker, if she were even listening right now. And even if he were wrong about guessing this portrait's family history, it had been worth it to drop HP's name. Harry had loved History of Magic class, right? WHO DIDN'T? C'mon!

Time to wrap things up, though, so other people could talk about Bulstrode. "Ms. Bulstrode retired not long before her painting was painted. She believes that great success takes talent AND hard work, and also gave me the advice to always believe in yourself and to not be afraid of the stage. She said that if you have prepared for your performance with talent and hard work, then you just have to remember how wonderful you are at what you do. You DESERVE the spotlight and attention. She said that. To me. So in conclusion, Ms. Bulstrode is a great performer, and her portrait should be hanging in the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts, if it is not there already. The end."

Davie may have held his paper too close to his mouth and probably didn't talk as loudly as he should have, but hey. He tried. He'd gotten through it. He'd lived. He'd done a good job, and had (probably) just succeeded at making Haddie really mad. And now that he was ALL done, he felt a lot better, and he felt very confident in his writing talent, per Ms. Bulstrode's advice. So it was a good class.

When everyone was done, Davie got up to hand his essay in. "Do you need any help putting the portraits away, sir?" He paused by Professor Finch's desk for just a moment. He was kinda curious if Ms. Bulstrode had heard his essay or not.

Essay/Presentation