Lesson: CoMC I
 

As usual, care of magical creatures lesson was taken a place at the backyard. But there's no desks and chairs were provided. Instead, the professor provided mats for the students to sit on and a clipboard for their writing. There's no sign of certain creature that they were gonna learn today. Professor Hernandez loved to reveal it later as a surprise.

Waiting for the students coming in, the CoMC professor stood leaning at the standing blackboard with a cup of coffee on his hand. The lesson would be in 30 minutes so he hoped that the students would come in join him soon.

OOC: Hello and welcome to the first OOC lesson of Care of Magical Creatures! Keep in mind that this is NOT the first lesson of the term considering that it's end of October already. The lesson will be continued in approximately 22-26 hours from this post! ^_^

Class progression:
1. Greetings and Question #1: When you were sick, what would you do in order to make you feel better?
2. Student Responses and Question #2: Signs and Symptoms of Sick Creatures.
3. Responses, drama and mini activity time!
4. Main activity time!

Janelle enjoyed her stroll down to one of her favorite classes. She loved Care of Magical Creatures and was excited to find out what they would be learning today. When she finally arrived at the "classroom" area, she found that she was one of the first to arrive. "Hello Professor Hernandez", she said happily. Whatever they would be doing, she knew it would be fun.

Spotting her fellow seventh year, Janelle greeted her with a wave. "Hello Natalia", she said before finding a spot by an empty mat. She sat down, readied her things and began to look around for clues to the topic of the day. Waiting patiently was never her strong suit.

Care of Magical Creatures? Sounded like fun to her!

Olivia had always been fond of creatures (both muggle and magical) so this class naturally peaked her interest (or so she hoped it would). She made her way to the backyard where class was planned to be held and felt relieved when she saw a few students already here as well as the Professor. Great. She was in the right place! "Hello Professor Hernandez!" she said with an excited smile before nodding towards the other students. She wondered what they were going to be doing today!

And like every famous Solo throughout the history of a galaxy that was far, far away, Matt Solo made his entrance. Always dancing, huh? Olivia shook her head a little. She fought back a chuckle and instead smiled as her friend entered the premises. Someone was happy. And then he plopped down with the loudest THUD ever next to her. Yo.

Did he just 'yo' her? What? Who? How? When? Why? WHAT?! Confused, she quirked an eyebrow for a fleeting second at his choice of word and then grinned. "Sup." Life was too short to over analyze everything. "How's it going? You seem to be in a good mood." She liked it when people were in good moods- it generally made it easier to get through the day with little to no drama!

Before coming to Hogwarts, Sinead had whole-heartedly planned to enjoy every lesson, not to mention come top of the class in all of them. And she'd tried- she really had. Unfortunately, she'd just never really been at one with nature.

The first part of class was usually fine; she'd read up well enough in the textbook, and she was always keen to answer questions. She just didn't really understand why they had to do the practical parts of the class as well. It wasn't like she was ever going to become a dragon wrangler, or breed Krups, or whatever other weird jobs these people would do- a theoretical knowledge was more than enough for potion-making or whatever she was interested in. Yet here she was, sat on a scratchy mat on the cold and rather damp ground, waiting to be harassed by some other horrible slobbery animal.

But because she was such a good student (really, the professors must love her) she still made her way to a mat as near the blackboard as possible and attached a fresh sheet of parchment to her clipboard, ready for note-taking. That much, she could manage.

For being october it was surprisingly warm. Well to Jonas it was. He walked out to the field and was glad he wasn't late like ib flying. Oh god that was embarrassing.
"Hey professor!" he grinned.

Jonas sighed and pintched his nose at the cringy enthusiasm the first year had. Didn't she realize some of them care not to hear that?
"Maybe because desks aren't needed during this lesson??" he deadpanned.

FINALLY a lesson she knew she liked! No useless lessons about predicting the future in any way or a lesson in which she didn’t needed to pretend to actually work! No, this was a lesson she liked to do because it was, for starters, fun and useful!

With Vlam safely hidden in her pocket she walked toward the professor who was standing before the blackboard and she smiled while nodding at the teacher. “Hello” she greeted, still smiling. What were they going to do today? Looking around her to spot some animals she was disappointed to see that there were no magical creatures around… Hmm, so she needed to wait and… Let’s say that waiting wasn’t exactly something she was good at, waiting and, of course, being patient…

"Hi, Natalie." Sinead flashed a brief smile to her dorm-mate, shifting her bag over to make more room for the other girl to sit. She kind of had the impression that this wasn't Natalie's favourite class, either- which made two of them. Something to bond over, at least. Maybe this was the level she would have to make friends on; just touring the castle at random didn't really seem to have yielded her a lifelong bestie, yet.

... Although come to think of it, that had probably been what she was doing the first time she had a proper conversation with Natalie. Hm. Maybe it wasn't such a bad strategy.

She'd had a few lessons with Zoryn and despite never having talked to her, she knew enough to realise that the girl was seriously annoying. However, she did have a point there- they could really use a few more tables in this school. All the teachers were just too progressive for their own goods. Though... to be fair, maybe they had an excuse in Care of Magical Creatures.

With a quick glance around to see if the lesson seemed to be getting underway yet, Sinead leaned towards Natalie again.
"Do you know what we're studying today? I hope it's not too... messy." She could do without that right now, really.

Janelle was busy scanning the room when she heard a friendly voice. Turning around, she saw a familiar face. "Hey yourself Miss Cassie", she said, returning her housemate's smile. "Are you ready for a little creature fun?" Janelle knew that she was. The younger girl had her clipboard ready to go, as did Janelle. They were Ravenclaws after all.

Checking her watch, Janelle knew that class should be starting soon. It looked like they were only missing a few students. Any minute now, the mystery would be solved.

Care of magical creatures being one of her classes of course she would be there. Since Magizoology was now a possible career path for her. The blonde made her way down to the backyard where the Care of Magical Creatures lessons were always held.

She got there, she waved to the professor "Hello. Professor Hernandez." She was excited to find out what magical creatures they would be working with today. She headed on over to the mats and found one to sit on "Hey Nat. Mind if I sit with you here?" Since she didn't get to sit beside Nat in Arithmancy. She would sit with her in this class.

The blonde snorted at the young Gryffindor girl (Zoryn) and her silly questions. "Yes. desk were outlawed years ago." She replied with a chuckle. Clearly Kat was hanging out with too many Slytherins these days.

So maybe they didn't use desks at Hogwarts at all? Carlton was more and more convinced they didn't and he didn't mind one bit! He was a natural at CONMC - Care of Non-magical Creatures, but the magical ones? He wasn't sure about that. It was always exciting to attend the classes though. Unless the creatures were scary, then not so much.

"Hello Professor Hernandez!" Carlton gave him a wave as he plopped down on one of the mats. His eyes searched around them for any scary creatures lurking. When he found none, he relaxed slightly. "Exciting. Creatures."He murmured to himself as he got comfy on the mat.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 12134895) One of her favorite classes, though she wasn't sure after a certain barn issue if she was considered one of his favorites anymore not that she ever was. She still stood behind her actions. Head boy deserved it! Making her way down to the backyard she held coffee in her hands, which was helping keep her hands warm. This time of year was not her favorite and she was going into her usual mood, though she was trying super hard this term not to fall into it. "Hello professor" her voice was quieter than usual when addressing him. Though she wasn't shying away either. Her eyes looked around, first one here? That was interesting. "What do you have planned for us?" Finding a seat on the mat, she hoped there was a warming charm on it, if not maybe she'd add one. The ground had to be cold.

He didn't need to wait for long until the first student came. Ah, the Head Girl. Jordan calmly responded her greetings without bringing up what'd happened to the barn back several days ago. Although he understood why she had to do that but still, it's unforgivable to do that in HIS barn because they would disturb the peaceful living of the creature's there. "Head Girl Franks-Mundie. Glad to see you joining this class today." He returned the greeting.

And don't worry about the mat. He had cast special warming charm so their bums wouldn't get cold.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 (Post 12134899) Janelle enjoyed her stroll down to one of her favorite classes. She loved Care of Magical Creatures and was excited to find out what they would be learning today. When she finally arrived at the "classroom" area, she found that she was one of the first to arrive. "Hello Professor Hernandez", she said happily. Whatever they would be doing, she knew it would be fun. Spotting her fellow seventh year, Janelle greeted her with a wave. "Hello Natalia", she said before finding a spot by an empty mat. She sat down, readied her things and began to look around for clues to the topic of the day. Waiting patiently was never her strong suit.

He took a moment to take a sip of his coffee again while another student was coming in. Ah, a happy Ravenclaw. "Hello, Miss Guidry." Jordan nodded at the dark-haired girl.

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Originally Posted by Watson (Post 12134905) Care of Magical Creatures? Sounded like fun to her! Olivia had always been fond of creatures (both muggle and magical) so this class naturally peaked her interest (or so she hoped it would). She made her way to the backyard where class was planned to be held and felt relieved when she saw a few students already here as well as the Professor. Great. She was in the right place! "Hello Professor Hernandez!" she said with an excited smile before nodding towards the other students. She wondered what they were going to be doing today!

"Hello to you too, Miss Holden." The Professor smiled at the Gryffindor girl. What a very excited student. He hoped that she would enjoy the class today. Well, not only her but also the other students. Care of Magical Creatures was supposed to be a fun class, wasn't it?

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju (Post 12134906) Wiggling his bum, Matt walked into the CoMC area and looked around at the mats and whatnot. He loved the fact there were no desks, and he half marched, half continued to wiggle his bum in a dance-like fashion as he made his way to one of the mats in the middle of the area. The Gryffindor gave both the older girls a nod and waved at the professor. "Hello, hello, everyone! Good daaaay." Aaaaaaaaaaaand he sat down with a loud thump near the person who had the same nickname as his brother: Ollie. "Yo."

Jordan tried not to snort when Matthew Meriwether came in. This boy seriously had some.... swag or something like that. Sometimes he didn't understand the teenage language. Merlin, he felt so old. "Good day, Mr. Meriwether."

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Originally Posted by Artel (Post 12134949) Before coming to Hogwarts, Sinead had whole-heartedly planned to enjoy every lesson, not to mention come top of the class in all of them. And she'd tried- she really had. Unfortunately, she'd just never really been at one with nature. The first part of class was usually fine; she'd read up well enough in the textbook, and she was always keen to answer questions. She just didn't really understand why they had to do the practical parts of the class as well. It wasn't like she was ever going to become a dragon wrangler, or breed Krups, or whatever other weird jobs these people would do- a theoretical knowledge was more than enough for potion-making or whatever she was interested in. Yet here she was, sat on a scratchy mat on the cold and rather damp ground, waiting to be harassed by some other horrible slobbery animal. But because she was such a good student (really, the professors must love her) she still made her way to a mat as near the blackboard as possible and attached a fresh sheet of parchment to her clipboard, ready for note-taking. That much, she could manage.

"Good to see you joining us, Miss Dance." He greeted in his not-so sarcastic tone to the young Slytherin. Clearly, some young kids nowadays was too distracted by their minds so they forgot to say hello to the Professor. Jordan was not a mind reader so he had no idea what made Sinead just walked in without the greeting or maybe even notice him. Which is, a good thing.

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Originally Posted by sarahlooo (Post 12134954) Natalie didn't like animals. Not dogs, not birds, especially not bugs. So, she also didn't really like this class, especially when the teacher made them sit on the GROUND. At least there was a mat? But still, the bugs could crawl onto the mat and UP her skirt and, ugh. The thought made her cringe. But her mum said she HAD to go to this class, no matter what. It was "mandatory" or whatever. So, Natalie went, even though she didn't want to. She came outside with her bookbag and went to find the class. When she arrived she spotted one of the girls she shared a dorm with. "Hi, Sinead," she said to her fellow Slytherin before sitting down on the mat beside her. Hopefully she wouldn't mind the company.

And speaking of distracted student, another one just came in. "Good day, Miss McKinley. It's good to see you attending this lesson." Hopefully she didn't being forced to be in here. Care of Magical Creatures was an elective class, so she had right to drop the lesson if she didn't feel fancy about it. Plus, it's not mandatory yet for the first year students. Hence why Jordan always mentioned 'for the students who have interested to learn about creatures' because it's useless to teach those groups who has no interest.

#Notsorry.

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Originally Posted by 2111jen (Post 12134956) For being october it was surprisingly warm. Well to Jonas it was. He walked out to the field and was glad he wasn't late like ib flying. Oh god that was embarrassing. "Hey professor!" he grinned.

"Hey, Mr. Emery." He threw a casual greeting to the Slytherin boy.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack (Post 12134958) Creatures. Now this was a class Zoryn could get behind. But she hadn't made up her mind on the Professor yet. He was interesting. That was 'mom' for... weird. See Zoryn was picking up the lingo. She understood what things meant (sometimes). With an extra skip in her step, the wild child made her way down to the barn. "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Professor!" she sung as she gave the man an ENTHUSIASTIC WAVE."It's a GREAT day to learn about unicorns," she gave him an encouraging sort of nudge with her elbow. WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE. GET IT? let'slearnaboutunicornstodayPLEASE. ....... Zoryn was allowed to do that....... right? Ahem. "Also, how come we never have desks?" It was a reoccurring theme at this school. "Are they illegal at Hogwarts?" Just saying. Also WHERE TO SIT?????????? There were too many choices. It was doing her head in.

It's great day to learn about unicorns.

Ah, poor girl who get her hopes high. Too bad that Jordan had to break it today. "Miss Spinnet. Clearly it's a beautiful day. But I think we will learn about unicorns sometime later but not today." Sorry, kiddo.

And he didn't want to comment why he provided desks for today.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline (Post 12134967) Cassie had to admit, she quite had enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures for the past three years and so far this term hadn’t been a detriment to her feelings on the subject. Cool animals, fun lessons and time in the out of doors were all great. She might be a Ravenclaw but that didn’t mean she liked all her classes to be boring lectures and the like. All ready for today’s lesson, the fourth year made her way down the grounds to where they usually met up in the backyard. Sure enough, the professor and a double handful of students were already gathered there. “Hello Professor,” she greeted Hernandez with a polite smile as she came close to the group. The Ravenclaw taking in those already gathered as she debated where to set up. Janelle seemed to be the only fellow housemate surrounded by Gryffindors and Slytherins including the girl from DADA so she made her way over towards the older girl. “Hey,” she greeted with a friendly smile as she lowered herself down on the mat. The younger girl then taking out some parchment and locking it in the clipboard near her to be ready for the class to begin.

Taking another sip of his coffee, Jordan saw another Ravenclaw student coming in. Ah, as a former Ravenclaw, he was very amused to see them in his class. Not that he's biased though. But still #RavenclawPride was still in his heart and soul. "Good to see you today, Miss McNally."

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Originally Posted by FwooperOnYourLeft (Post 12134976) Ahh Care of Magical Creatures, Leon enjoyed this class immensely, though the older boy found himself missing Professor Draper at times. He had loved their blindfolded hunt through the maze a few years ago, though the Winged Horse lesson last year had been pretty fun as well. "Hello Professor, How are you today? " The 7th year asked as he walked into class and sat down on a mat and looked down at the clipboard.. Hmm, he wondered what they would be studying this class..

Taking another sip of his coffee again, Jordan watched the students came (and not go yet) to his lesson. This time, he caught another Ravenclaw coming and he nodded as Leon greeted him politely. "I'm doing great, Mr. Kennedy. Thank you for asking."

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Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 12135022) Care of Magical Creatures wasn't his strongest subject. But it was still a class and any class was exciting as far as Maxton was concerned. Yay learning! The first year made his way to class excitedly. Mats and clipboads, okay that was different. Maxton found a mat by himself, sat down cross-legged and waited patiently.

Watching another student coming in without saying a proper greeting, Jordan just realized that most of them are the Slytherin firsties. Really, there's something between them. But who cared? At least this one had some excitement. "Hello, Mr. Carden." Jordan said hello to the young snake.

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Originally Posted by Sonea (Post 12135043) FINALLY a lesson she knew she liked! No useless lessons about predicting the future in any way or a lesson in which she didn’t needed to pretend to actually work! No, this was a lesson she liked to do because it was, for starters, fun and useful! With Vlam safely hidden in her pocket she walked toward the professor who was standing before the blackboard and she smiled while nodding at the teacher. “Hello” she greeted, still smiling. What were they going to do today? Looking around her to spot some animals she was disappointed to see that there were no magical creatures around… Hmm, so she needed to wait and… Let’s say that waiting wasn’t exactly something she was good at, waiting and, of course, being patient…

Taking a peek at his wristwatch, he decided to wait ten more minutes until he could start the class. This time, Jordan saw another Slytherin came in. "Miss Griffel. Good to see you in class today." Nod nod.

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog (Post 12135071) Humming a merry tune under her breath, Kitty made her way down to the Care of Magical Creatures class. It was a nice day and a gentle breeze was blowing through the air. As she approached the class she stopped humming and gazed curiously around to see if there were any signs on what creature they would be studying today. "Hello Professor Hernandez," she greeted the professor cheerfully. "How are you? I can't wait to see what we're studying today." She moved to sit down on one of the mats, going into a yoga pose as she did so.

He managed a small smile when the Ravenclaw prefect came. "Hello Prefect Valentine. I'm feeling good, thank you for asking. And I hope you're going to enjoy this lesson."

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Originally Posted by Shanners (Post 12135162) Roo had a NEW love for this class after his OWL exam and therefore he was SO EXCITED to take a seat on a mat and set up his notebook against the clipboard provided. As he sat cross-legged, Rooney GRINNED at the Professor and gave him a wave. "Hellllllllllooooo Professor. What are you drinking?" He gave the air a sniff and gave the man a smirk. So this was how Professors got through teaching their classes and coping with the students. Sneaky coffee cups of firewhiskey... It was a good plan, really it was. If the air didn't smell so much of...coffee. Ah. Coffee. Rooney wanted coffee.

Oh, what a coincidence that two Ravenclaw prefects coming at the similar time. Jordan couldn't help but blink when Rooney took a sniff of his drink. "Prefect Bronwyn, I'm just taking a cup of coffee before the class." Maybe he thought that he was drinking something else like... scotch? Hard liquor? Well, it's too early for that.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 12135201) CREATURES! CREATURES! CREAAAAAAAAAAAAAATURES! His legs never could move fast enough for the first year's taste when it came to this particular subject. Maybe he should speak to the Headmistress about receiving broom permissions so he could FLY down to each lesson. MUCH faster and more efficient than his legs - which really need to be LONGER so he could take longer strides. Leg lengthening potion...THAT was what he needed! He really needed to start writing down all his brilliant ideas...because he kept forgetting them. It was hard to fit so much in his still developing brain, okay? "GOOD MORNING, PROFES-S-SSOR!" Derf greeted with his usual enthusiastic wave. "Don't suppos-s-se fere is-s any chance of us-s-s working with dragon eggs-s today...is-s fere?" Curious minds needed to know these things....for reasons... But given there was no indication of dragon eggs anywhere in sight - unless the professor was using a Disillusionment Charm to hide everything...which was a cheap trick in the first year's book - he was going to assume no. Still, never hurt to ask.

Maybe he should finish his coffee because he's about to start the lesson. But then, an excited Hufflepuff coming in and his inner though already said Brace yourself, Christopher Jordan Lee Hernandez.

He didn't know if Derfael was originally hyper or because he consumed too much sugary cereal for his breakfast. With his calm, manageable tone, he returned the boy's greeting. "Good morning, Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne." And dragon eggs? Not today, kiddo.

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Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry (Post 12135212) Care of magical creatures being one of her classes of course she would be there. Since Magizoology was now a possible career path for her. The blonde made her way down to the backyard where the Care of Magical Creatures lessons were always held. She got there, she waved to the professor "Hello. Professor Hernandez." She was excited to find out what magical creatures they would be working with today. She headed on over to the mats and found one to sit on "Hey Nat. Mind if I sit with you here?" Since she didn't get to sit beside Nat in Arithmancy. She would sit with her in this class. The blonde snorted at the young Gryffindor girl (Zoryn) and her silly questions. "Yes. desk were outlawed years ago." She replied with a chuckle. Clearly Kat was hanging out with too many Slytherins these days.

And another Hufflepuff coming in. "Hello, Miss Delgado. It's good to see you today." Jordan tried not to crack a laugh when the Hufflepuff girl answered Miss Spinnet's question about lack of the desks. What a feisty badger.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06 (Post 12135239) What was with all these classes outside and classes where there weren't proper chairs? Was that a magic thing? Once again Slate was really questioning, well, pretty much everything to do with this school. He nonetheless nodded a greeting to the professor before plopping down... on a mat... like a small primary school child... about to take a nap. His inner sarcastic voice was just screaming "funnnn" at him.

And now there was another silencio first-year Slytherin.

Oh, maybe it's just a trend of the newly-sorted Snakes. "Mr. Ryker. I hope everything is okay." That's all he needed to say.

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Originally Posted by potterobsessionist (Post 12135395) So maybe they didn't use desks at Hogwarts at all? Carlton was more and more convinced they didn't and he didn't mind one bit! He was a natural at CONMC - Care of Non-magical Creatures, but the magical ones? He wasn't sure about that. It was always exciting to attend the classes though. Unless the creatures were scary, then not so much. "Hello Professor Hernandez!" Carlton gave him a wave as he plopped down on one of the mats. His eyes searched around them for any scary creatures lurking. When he found none, he relaxed slightly. "Exciting. Creatures."He murmured to himself as he got comfy on the mat.

Oh well, at least this boy was quite breaking the silencio students.

"Hello, Mr. Lewis." He nodded at the young boy. Okay, maybe he needed to wait for a little bit until he could start the lesson.

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Originally Posted by Govoni (Post 12135402) Olivia didn't really know what to think about these mats, but at least it would be better on her bum than those usual hard seats provided in most lessons. Also, the fresh air was a nice addition to the day, as she stepped into the backyard area, head swimming slightly. There'd been more nightmares the night before, but that was neither here or there. She were here and ready to participate. That's all that mattered... Taking a seat, next to Carlton, she smiled towards the professor and his cup of coffee. Coffee.... Man, the Gryffindor could really go for some tea. "Hello." It was a general greeting.

"Miss Phillips. You're coming at the right time." Jordan said to the Gryffindor girl. By the time she arrived, Jordan took a look at his watch and it's time to start the lesson. Finishing his coffee, then he started the lesson by greeting them all.

"Good morning, students. And welcome to another care of magical creatures' lesson. " He said. "Okay, so you guys have to understand that in magizoology, sometimes we also need to deal with sick creatures and how to make them become healthy again. And that's what am I going to teach you today." Yup, a basic creature healing.

"But before we started, I would like to ask you this. When you were sick, what would you do in order to make you feel better?" This was not a difficult question, was it?



OOC: Class has started, and please don't announce that your character is late or I am going to take points as the IC consequences. The class will be continued in 20-26 hours ^_^

Usually Carlton sat by himself. A friendly wave here and there but usually he was on his own in class. So he was surprised but over the moon when Liv joined him. Yes, he was so happy. So, so happy. He shone up when Liv sat next to him and flashed her a wide smile. Did everyone see that? Did EVERYONE see that? An older student chose to sit next to him.

And not just any older student. Liv had saved him (and his fire babies) in the last Herbology class. He depended on her very much. "Hi!" Carlton gave her a loving look before turning his attention back to the professor. Class was starting!



Carlton hesitated. When he was sick it usually involved remedies such as hot chocolate and movies. But he doubted that was something Professor Hernandez did with the magical creatures housed at Hogwarts. Or maybe he did. Carlton didn't know the man.

So he raised his hand. "I like chocolate." He said nodding. Noticing the expressions around him he clarified; "When I'm sick. When I'm sick, I like to drink hot chocolate and watch movies in bed. That makes me feel a lot better. But I don't know which magical creatures that would work on, Sir..."

He wondered if it would though? In his heart, he hoped there was a magical creature out there somewhere in the world that felt a little bit better with hot chocolate. That would be cute.

"I would like it to work for them too." He added, imagining one of the creatures he'd read about in the textbooks sipping a hot drink and watching Star Wars.

CUTE.

Ooh. Hattie liked this question. Not that she liked being sick but she knew the answer. "Well I go to my mom. She's a healer" So Vannie often knew what to do to make her better. It was quite handy having a mother as a healer really. But there were other things she liked doing when she was ill. "But I also like getting cuddles from my dad, and eating cheese and potato pie" That was proper food to eat when she didn't feel very well. But now she was feeling like she was missing her dad, which she did not like at all. She made a mental note to write to him later today. Maybe he'd come to Hogsmeade to see her. She would really like that.

Junia didn't get sick often, but when she did, well, she was a biiiig baby about it. It wasn't that she didn't want to be strong and tough, but her throat would start to get scratchy and her body would ache and she wouldn't get much sleep-being sick was so hard! Luckily, she had a mum and dad who took excellent care of her.

"Potions and tea and lots of rest, Professor." The third year nodded solemnly. "Company helps too, I think. Just having someone there to help take your mind off being sick." ...And to cater to your needs. That as well.

When Cassie asked Janelle what creature they might be working with, the older girl paused for a moment. "Hmmm. That's a good question. I don't know, but whatever it is, I'm sure we'll be up to the task." She gave her housemate a wink. Of course they would. Cassie's question made Janelle think. There were so many creatures that she had enjoyed working with so far.......the hippogriffs, the winged horses and of course the crups.

Just then, Professor Hernandez began to speak. It was time for class to begin.....at last. Janelle did not have to wait long to find out what was in store for the class. Creature healing. Janelle was all ears and very excited about the topic of the day. When the first question was posed, she didn't have to think about an answer. Raising her hand, she began to speak. "In my house, it was always chicken soup and ginger ale. That was sure to make you feel better." That and mom's TLC, never failed.

and a wave for Carlton
 

NO UNICORNS?

Zoryn's face FELL (to the ground) (well it would have if it could have) (she was disappointed though). (#dramaticlion). AND he didn't even answer her question about the desks. Which Zoryn thought wasn't very nice. Professor Hernandez was a meanie-face. It was officially official.

Some others did answer her question that Professor Meanie-Face had ignored. Though... Zoryn wasn't sure if she liked the answers at all. Everyone was being especially sassy today. So this boy earned himself a stuck out tongue.

HA!

That'd definitely show him.

"Liiiiiiaaaaaaarrr," the first year crossed her arms and plopped herself onto a mat nearby. She wasn't exactly upset, she was just a tad deflated. But once they started playing with the unicorns even though she knew the Professor said there wouldn't be unicorns she'd be PUMPED once again.



......................... Sick creatures?

Could sick creatures still run around and play? Zoryn wanted to ask, but then she remembered that this Professor ignored questions. So she didn't.

"Skip school!!" It was the BEST part about being sick because everything else wasn't so fun. But getting to skip school, that was INCREDIBLE!!!!!!! Made her feel better in no time, tbh.

Sinead looked up at Professor Hernandez with wide eyes as he addressed her. Something sounded a little weird in his tone, but maybe he was just tired or something. That's why adults drank coffee, right?
"Good morning, Professor; thank you," she said sincerely, settling herself on the mat- and okay, it wasn't really cold at all. Must be charmed.

It was still a little itchy, though.

Sinead nodded fervently at Natalie's words and opened her mouth to reply again, but before she got the chance Professor Hernandez began the lesson and she sat upright again, quill poised over the parchment and forehead creased in intense concentration. At least it sounded like they'd be learning something useful today. Actually, it could be a pretty good lesson. As long as somebody else held the creature still while she healed it. Natalie was even smaller than her and seemed no less keen, but... well, they'd figure something out.

The Professor's question was a little offbeat, but she was sure he was going somewhere with it and she was never about to pass up a chance to put her hand up in class.
"There's this... kind of minty oil which stops my nose getting blocked, and I go to bed early." Because her mum always made her, but it did make her feel better, much as she hated to admit it. "And I like to sit and read. With my cat." That was a recent addition, but an important one- she'd had a fierce cold at the start of term and he had kept her good company in the Common Room. Actually, cats were about the only acceptable magical creature, as far as she could see. "Professor, can we heal humans with what we learn to heal creatures?"

Jonas sighed and eyed that one first year gryffendor. The cringe, it burns...but he focoused on teh lesson at hand instead of lashing out at her like he knew he would shortly if she kept up the way she was acting.
"I'd drink lots of orange juice" he said.

Thinking back about home and when she herself had been sick the last time she remembered what her mum always did for her and she smiled. “My mom always put me to bed and makes me warm soup to eat and ehm… She also brings me to the doctor if I’m really sick and not getting better quick” she told the professor while nodding to herself. She wasn’t sick that often but when she had gotten sick her mom always did the same thing…

Creatures, please. Why did they have to talk about the silly non-medical ways that people and their idiot parents treated illness? Why weren't there CREATURES to deal with? Katy grumped a bit at the professor in general, but she didn't want him to think she was a bad sport.

She was, but she didn't want him to know.

"Professor, we use Potions in my house. Food and drinks and hugs don't make you well. Potions do." She paused. "But I also like toast with honey and peppermint tea."

Brent had a question. A serious question. What was UP with this school and its lack of desks? Literally every single class had a pillow or mat to sit on, and Brent just wanted a desk. He glanced around in disbelief. Literally. Every. Single. Class. Duuuuuude.

He had just opened his mouth to greet the professor, when the lesson got good and underway. What did he do when he was sick. He looked over at Katy and nodded. "I agree with her," he said, raising his hand. "There's a potion for almost every sickness you can get, and I know we borrow some of the ingredients for those potions from creatures." Also, Kane? Why such a Muggle response? You know you took those potions, too!

Brent adjusted his position and got comfortable on his mat. If he wasn't going to get a desk, he was at least going to make the most of his mat.

"I just continue sleeping and keep myself warm after taking the potion when I'm sick. Sometimes I watch some-" James quickly shut his mouth, yup no need to tell anyone about 'that'. Ahem. "...uh funny shows if I get too bored." Yeah, lets go with that, internally smirking. Okay, so what was this question related to anything about studying creatures. Brent did give a good answer,though.

After listening to the students' answer, Jordan decided to write them up on the board.

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- Getting warm food and drinks - Taking a lot of rest and sleep - Taking potions and/medicine, also vitamins - Seeing a healer - Having some company - Skipping school (?) - Taking a hot bath - Doing something fun to make us feel better

"Alright. There are plenty ways to make us feel better when we were sick. Most of this are also applicable for the sick creatures." Except skipping school, since they didn't actually go to school. Ahem. "They do need warmth, like from warm food, drinks, although some of them might lose their appetite. Cuddles work too, sometimes I do give cuddle to my dog when he's under the weather." Hehehe. Big Boss could be quite a baby when he's sick. But lucky that as he grew up, he rarely felt sick anymore. "Taking a lot of rest is a must, because it will speed up their healing process. And then you can give them the tonic and potions if it's really necessary." He explained to the students.

"The difference of handling the sick creature versus the healthy one is, we need to give them more attention, just like when we were sick we wanted our parents look after us more than usual." It's just the nature. "And also. sometimes I would like to separate the sick ones from the healthy ones because 1) It would be better if their sickness not to spread to the others and 2) It would give them better space to take a rest and heal."

Moving on to the next part, the professor then throw another question. "Can anyone tell me how to see the differences between sick creatures and a healthy ones?" Like based on they physic or behavior. You can give me a specific answer for certain creatures like... maybe some of you have experience when your pets getting sick or just a general ones.

OOC: Second question already! Catch up post is always allowed as usual :yes: and class approximately will be continued in 20-26 hours ^_^ Have fun and be creative with the symptoms etc.

Sick creatures. Huh.....
"My dad once had a niffler. The thing didnt feel like raiding our china cabinet when it was sick" Jonas pointed out as he raised his hand.

It was interesting to hear everyone's "when I'm sick" traditions. Some were familiar, others not so much. Janelle agreed with the professor when she said that sick creatures would require more attention. She knew that she could be extra needy when she didn't feel well.

It was time for the next question and as the professor presented it, Janelle thought for a moment. What was Mikey like when he didn't feel well? The Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to answer. "When my crup is sick, he isn't his usual playful self. He tends to sleep a lot and wants to stick close to me."

Ash always Ketchum up xD
 

Ok Zoryn said skipping classes and that got the Curly Top to laugh a good laugh. Yep he'd do the same thing. Sleep. Sleep and eat. Which means what he does in the summer.


Ah Tenacius would know this well, given all the kinds of creatures he cares for, big and small, at home or at Hogwarts "Loss of appetite is usually the first indicator Professor, its true for practically all creatures, magical and mundane. Eating is a primary need, so them taking a pass on the munchies? Yeah somethings definitely off."

Oh.

Brent felt sort of bad now. He hadn't even been thinking about the creatures being sick. He had only mentioned something about how they can be used to get ingredients for potions to get the humans better. Oops. He shifted his line of thinking from sick humans to sick creatures.

"I read something about sick birds once," he said, raising his hand. "This was specific to birds kept as pets and not the ones out in the wild. I read where they'll sit low on their perches or even just hang out at the bottom of their cages when they're sick." he had no idea how to tell when a wild bird was sick, but he imagined they didn't do much flying when they were sick either.

She felt lucky that she hadn't yet had to deal with a sick Prince Charlie-her cat-but Junia did read up on some of the signs to look for just in case. Responsible pet owner right here, people. After listening to some of her classmates' answers, the third year raised her hand.

"Sometimes you can tell by how they're breathing, professor. Like, if they're breathing more heavily than usual or wheezing when they breathe. Those are indicators that something is wrong." They were like humans in this way.

Carlton didn't really have anything to add to the other's answers. But then he thought back to the time their dog had sneaked up on the kitchen table and eaten a whole bag of nuts. She did not feel good after that.

He raised his hand. "When our dog ate something she wasn't supposed to, she lay in a corner and didn't want anyone to pet her at all. She was almost agressive, Professor. And that's not like her at all."

He leaned forward. "And then she pooped all over the house." He stage whispered. Before they'd managed to get her to the vet, it was just poop everywhere. His sister had cried.

Catching up
 

Well.... then yes, first years were so dramatic. Kat chuckled watching the girl call her a liar. Really she was just kidding with her. It was definitely something that a older student would say to her if she asked the same question. Oh well.

And now the class was starting, Yes, She listened to the professor start talking about how magizoologist had to take care of the sick creatures. So magizoologist were also like a muggle veterinarian.

Then the professor asked about what they did Kat just sat there listening to the others answers. All of the answers that was being given was pretty much what she did when she was sick. she raised her hand to answer. "Get as much rest as I can."

As the lesson progressed, she continued to listen. She was excited to see what animals they would be taking care of. Though it was sad that they had the sick creatures. She raised her hand "They might not come when you call them like they normally do." Once one of her horses were sick and they called and called for her to come. They had to go looking for her and when they found her she was very sick. Luckily she got better.

Sitting beside Hattie, catching up
 

CoMC was one of the classes that Noelle didnt have to try hard at. She lived on a farm that contained muggle and wizard animals. More muggle since her father was a muggle and he was the one that owned the farm.

Plus, it was outside and Noelle loved being outside any chance she got.

She was seated by Hattie and listening to all the answers about the question "What do you do when you're sick?" That was easy. "If I'm at home, Mom usually helps me out. Takes my temperature and then giving me a homemade potion.. Mom was brilliant at potions. It was a wonder why Noelle had to try so hard to be good at it.

Noelle's attention turned back to Professor Hernandez as the second question was asked. "It depends on the animal and how they are feeling. But usually, their coloring is a little peakish and their energy levels are way down." Like humans.

Gotta catch up!
 

She grinned at Matt and was about to reply when the lesson began! Oh boy. She was certainly excited to see what they would learn today. Olivia had remained silent and listened to the lecture as well as the other students who had voiced their input to the questions. Interesting... She continued taking notes. Ways to help people when they are sick... Then the Professor moved on to sick creatures. Oh no! The idea of a poor creature being sick, like her poor Crup (Chewy) or her dog (Mr. Bennett) saddened her. Yes, sickness was a natural part of life but sometimes.... sometimes creatures didn't... recover. She bit her lip and stayed silent. Note taking time.



Differences between creatures when they are sick or healthy? Hmm... Well there was the time Mr. Bennett got awfully sick as a puppy and barely ate half of his bowl of food for dinner. That was a sure sign that something was wrong. "When a creature is sick, sometimes they lose their appetite. Loss of appetite can indicate that something is wrong whether it be sickness or perhaps stress or something else even." That's what the vet had told her brother and her when they had brought Mr. Bennett to the vet. It made sense to her and seemed applicable.

Oh, Brent agreed with her? That was super sweet of him. Katy flashed the boy a brilliant smile. Flattery moved huge mountains when it came to this Toussaint. She'd have to revisit the story about the fake fight club with him, since he was being so nice.

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven (Post 12136191) "The difference of handling the sick creature versus the healthy one is, we need to give them more attention, just like when we were sick we wanted our parents look after us more than usual." It's just the nature. "And also. sometimes I would like to separate the sick ones from the healthy ones because 1) It would be better if their sickness not to spread to the others and 2) It would give them better space to take a rest and heal." Moving on to the next part, the professor then throw another question. "Can anyone tell me how to see the differences between sick creatures and a healthy ones?" Like based on they physic or behavior. You can give me a specific answer for certain creatures like... maybe some of you have experience when your pets getting sick or just a general ones.

Still no handling of creatures yet, but Katy had a feeling that they were getting closer. Getting more and more to the crux of the lesson and away from the chitter chatter. Then again, if there were actual sick creatures to deal with today, then that wasn't something to rush. It was a genuine bummer.

"Sir? When my cat hurt her ickle baby paw, she was favoring it. So sometimes there are some really obvious physical signs that a creature might be displaying."

Jonas rolled his eyes. Before he could stop himself, he turned around and faced the young Gryffendor.
"Would you shut up already?!" he snipped at the girl advancing (lunging? I'm not sure the right word) towards her in the process.

lol
 

And all the sudden after giving her most genius answer EVER, she was being yelled at. For no apparent reason, either. This kid just liked to be angry, it seemed. 'Cause he was the same meanie from before.

And what he said made the Gryffindor very, VERY mad. Which was very apparent given the scowl she wore on her face.

And before she knew it the boy got very close and Zoryn did the most mature thing she could think of...... And sunk her teeth into his shoulder.

Because taking a BITE out of someone's shoulder was definitely the proper way to handle this situation.

100 points to Zoryn Spinnet. Alright, moving on. Ahem. Nothing to see here folks. Just your normal everyday, rabid first year defending her honor. La la la la. Soooooo how bout them sick creatures though, amiright?

Whoa! Hey! Jonas jumped back and his eyes widened at her. Did she just bite him??? He blinked his eyes and pushed her.

Jonas and Zoryn (and the Prof fo 'sho xD plus Nat and Colt)
 

Getting attention of professor XD
 

Harriet was carefully listening to everyone's answers as she tried to think of her own. She wanted to be lovely and unique. And she was going to answer, but then she could distracted by what was happening in front of her. A slytherin boy was suddenly shouting, and then getting bitten by a gryffindor girl. "Woaah..." The girl murmured, blinking as she looked at the pair. That was not good.

"Uh... Professor I think we have a problem here..." She murmured, since that Gryffindor prefect had rushed over, but hadn't exactly gotten the attention of the professor. This could turn nasty quickly, and that would not be good.

What was also not good was that she had forgotten her answer.

pretty sure the professor is NOT going to be a happy unicorn.
 

Well Jonas. Loooks like you created quite the stir up for your self huh? Well...shoot. Jonas backed off though some as some of the students got involved. Though, he was still fuming with annoyance, he didn't say anything though to make the situation better or worse which might make it ultimately worse. He just continued to glare between the Gryffindor whom had bitten him and the prefect who had been the first to try and break up the fight. He knew though that soon, Hernandez would get involved. Jonas would be surprised if he didn't get detention for this.

Zoryn, Jonas, and mini activity time!
 

Seemed like the students already knew the sign and symptoms of sick creatures. So the next activity wouldn't be that difficult for them, right? Okay, now it's time to...

......

Jordan couldn't help but witnessed the fight between Spinnet and Emery. "For the love of Abraxans...." He muttered under his breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. Why there were SO MANY teenage dramas that he witnessed lately? First, the Head Boy vs Head Girl at the barn and now... happened to his OWN class. Thank Merlin.

"ENOUGH!" Jordan raised his voice and snapped to them. Hopefully none of his vein bursting because of this shenanigan. "I am not amused with both of your behavior. Now Mr. Emery," He turned into the Slytherin guy. "I don't know what in Abraxan's tail was wrong with you and Miss Spinnet. I recommend you next time to respect your fellow students and their answer or... just ignore them." Maybe it was a secret crush or something else. Jordan didn't speak teenagers language so he clearly had no idea about it.

"And Miss Spinnet..." Now he turned to the Gryffindor girl. "Biting is not allowed, at least in my class... Actually, any kind of physical brawls." He shook his head in disbelief. "Ten points from both of you. But next time if you two cause any mayhem and disturb my lesson, I am banning both of you for attending my lesson."

Okay, could they move on to the lesson now?

"Alright, so I think you guys can identify the sick creatures." Jordan started speaking about their lesson topic again. "Most of you get the answers right. The first sign is behavior changing: It can be they become lethargic and not as energetic as they used to be, and for some creatures, they tend to be a little bit more aggressive." Like some dogs who got infected by rabies, they tend to be more aggressive and wilder.

Moving on to the second one... "And the next sign is loss of appetite. Some of you mentioned about some creatures eating things that they were not supposed to eat, usually it's also the sign that they have a digestive problem, and then to throw up too. Physical changes could be a sign of sickness too, like loss of furs, discoloration, or there's pus or something else coming out from their ears or eyes. That could be signs of infection." Then he wrote the signs and symptoms of sick creatures to the board.

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Sign and Symptoms of Sick Creatures: - Behavior changing (it could be tend to me more aggressive or even feel lazy/lethargic and not being active as they used to be) - Digestive problem: throwing up, excessive pooping and urinating, eating things that they're not suppose to eat, farting - Loss of Appetite - Physical appearance changing: Discoloration, loss of fur, rash, etc - Secretion of pus/mucus from their ear, eyes, or nose

"Today we are going to handle sick kneazles in the barn. I did not bring them out here, like I've said before, I would prefer to quarantine the sick creatures separately from the healthy ones." He announced to the students.

And no, he did NOT let these creatures sick. All of them were already in his recovery.

"Here are some supplies that we're going to need." Jordan said as he revealed some boxes contains of clean drapes, feeding bottle, kneazle tonic, special milk for kneazle, special liquid food for kneazle, small buckets, kneazle-size blanket and chew toys. "Everyone please grab the supplies from here. And then we're going to move our lesson to the barn." Jordan gave them the instruction. "But before you enter the barn, I recommend you guys to change your shoes into the boots, and wearing mask to cover your nose and mouth is also recommended. I have provided both of them at the front door of the barn." He told them.

"And also, please wash your hand before and after handling the creatures. You can do that at the tap water that located outside the barn." Hygiene is a must, right? "Now, let's go." The Professor then lead the way.



OOC: Main activity time! Basically your charrie only need to grab the supplies, follow Jordan to the barn, wash their hands, change into boots and wear the mask. One post is enough for this. We will explain the instruction for main activity in (hopefully) 24-26 hours, depends when will I get home from work tomorrow ^_^

If you guys have any question, feel free to poke me.

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Great, another set of points taken from Slytherin. Wonderful! But the professor got what he asked for and rhat was peace as fear he wpuld recieve detention for this, Jonas didn't say anything theough the rest of the lesson as he grabbed the supplies that were needed and followed Professor Hernandez to the barn for the rest of the activity.

There wasn't anything very obvious to add to what everyone had already said for the next question; as all of her points were mentioned, Sinead dropped her hand. To be honest, her main first hand experience of sick animals was with her cat. And he'd just responded by biting her. A cat after her own heart; she never liked people buzzing around and irritating her either.

Then again... maybe he was less like her and more like Zoryn, based on when she launched herself across the room to bite somebody?! Sinead could hardly believe her eyes- okay, she might be kind of loud and annoying, but the same was true for about 90% of Gryffindors and they didn't feel a need to go around mauling people in lessons. While Sinead was trying to learn.

Her disgust at the fight only heightened when the Professor took away points- from Slytherin?! Okay, maybe he'd pushed back a tiny bit, but he hadn't bitten anybody! Actually, though, looking at him- hadn't he been late to their flying lesson as well? He was singlehandedly destroying the good name of their house! She glared daggers at Jonas as she stuck her hand into the air and loudly protested.
"But, Professor- he didn't start it! And she bit him! It's not fair to take points from Slytherin too!"

All the protests in the world probably wouldn't change any of that, though, so she had to settle for skulking over to the barn and preparing herself for the lesson. She wasn't exactly keen to put on the grimy boots, but it was better than getting her new school shoes dirty, so she tugged them on with a wrinkled nose and scrubbed her hands to within an inch of their lives, before masking up and making her way to the entrance of the barn.

*sprinkles loads of mentions within*
 

Harriet raised an eyebrow as she watched what was going on. To be honest Sinead was kind of wrong. The slytherin boy had kind of wound up and shouted at the gryffindor girl. So they had both been in the wrong. But Hattie was glad when the Professor moved on with the lesson. That was what they were here for, meaning it was important! And it was the creatures class so Hattie just wanted to get a good look and get closer to the creatures. She hoped they weren't too sick though. Because that would be sad. Though maybe they could make them better! That would be really good.

She followed the Professor to the barn, and once there changed into the boots. This was good, her shoes wouldn't get all dirty. That was important since she didn't want to be trailing muddy and animal stuff around the castle. Then she washed her hands, before putting mask on. Now she was all ready to go see the animals! Yay!

Jonas sighed. Did she have to point out the obvious? Jeez though, he was on a roll this year. First 5 points taken away in flying now 10 points in CoMC. What's next? Bring it on! But seriously though, he would apologize to the eleven year old later. He shouldn't have been so snippy towards her. Shrugging, he changed into the boots before going inside the barn.

Mention of Jonas
 

Junia covered her mouth, stifling a giggle that she skillfully masked as a cough. The drama unfolding was waaaay more entertaining than the discussion they were currently having and of course, she was amused. She was even thankful, seeing as the little scene had moved along the discussion faster and gotten them to the fun part-the part where they actually got to interact with the creatures. She was definitely ready for that.

Supplies were taken and the third year changed into boots just outside of the barn, deciding that these particular boots were far more functional than fashionable. Oh well, she could deal. It was for sick kneazles, after all, and sick kneazles made her think of dead kneazles which made her think of Prince West. She was all smiles after that and as she washed her hands and then put her mask on, the thirteen year old made a mental note to write the wrock star a letter about this very lesson later in the week.

Professor
 

Sick animals? Hmm, she wasn’t surprised to hear this after the question what had been asked but still she wondered if it would be a good idea to bring Vlam with her to those sick animals… Deciding to talk to the professor when she had followed him she started working and did everything she needed to do. Grabbing the supplies she carried everything she needed with her and while arriving she placed her rat on her shoulder so that she didn’t needed to touch the animal after washing her hands because she had a suspicion that the professor wouldn’t like that. Putting on her mask next she was done for the next part of the lesson so… She walked toward the professor, still with Vlam on her shoulder and spoke to the teacher. “Professor, I brought my rat accidently with me, he’s always sleeping inside of my pocket so I’ve totally forgotten that he was there while walking toward this lesson, I only realized that he was here when it was too late to go back... Can I leave him somewhere safe so that I don’t need to bring him with me to the sick animals?” She asked with a worried frown.

Carlton sat quietly next to Liv as he watched the drama unfold and the professor tell them off. He squirmed uncomfortably, glad he wasn't the one in trouble but also keen to break the tension between the students.

Hey, hey, hey remember the creatures? Yay, animals!

Carlton was grateful when they were getting up to move around. Maybe this would ease up the others. Because AWKWARD. He quickly got the necessary supplies and washed his hands, looking over his shoulder from time to time. No one would come bite him for taking too long, would they?

Outside the barn he changed his shoes and put on his mask. He was ready for some healing of creatures.

Ready. Set. Heal.

Jonas's lip twitched. At least someone thought he wasn't in the wrong. None the less though...
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Once he was in the barn, he was quiet though as he waited for more instructuon.

Whoooooa.

Noelle furrowed her brows at Z, ready to defend her or just take her aside honestly, when she sank her teeth into the boy. Personally, she didn't blame her. Z was just excited about class, animals, and all of the above. The boy was the one that shouted at her. But still... points from Gryffindor were never a good thing.

Ace seemed to have it covered though. Z was hanging onto him like her life depended on it. Noelle went over to them once the professor started leading them to the barn. "Keep your head up Little Z." she whispered to Z, giving her a little shoulder touch before going and putting on the boots and mask.

The faucet wasn't hard to find and Noelle washed her hands before entering the building. She was curious though why the kneazles were sick like Z had asked.