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kayquilz · 05-29-2017, 06:54 PM

An area outside the Greenhouses has been converted into a large area, to be exact, with colorful and very specific plants. Closed in like a sandbox, the area has wooden edges so the students would know that THIS is where the activity would be taking place. Paul Myers stands waiting, leaned against a Wiggentree, but carefully eyeing the leaves above him as he does so. A warming charm has been casted on the area, so don't worry about the chilly cold. Orchids, beautiful and white and light pink, filled the area. Pink mushrooms sprouted from the ground here and there; foliage, thick greenery, painted the scene as well. Paul was quite happy with how many of these plants he had managed to get in for the activity. And of course, Tristan was there, too. And the cool things HE had gotten in…

Just. Cool, man. This was going to be cool, or at least Paul and Tristan hoped so.

So come and join us for the extra credit opportunity! Extra points are always fun, yeah?

OOC: HI guys! This is a SUPER LOWKEY but RP-able extra credit activity Suzy and I have come up with! If you feel you have too much going on and can't attend, no worries! Like I said, this is super low key and won't really function like a lesson at all. It's an activity. ~~Secondly, it WILL require characters to work in pairs. If you are uncomfortable with this, I'm putting it out there right now! But if you or your character feel like it, post away!~~ We changed this, no pairs. Suzy and I will be moving on at some point at least 24 hours from now just to give everyone a chance to show up. Chatting is allowed.

<3

Also I'm aware this is before any of my lessons have taken place OOC, but it's just how the cookie crumbled. It's well into term by this point, so obviously the kiddos have experienced Herbology and Paul by now.

thekraken · 06-06-2017, 02:49 AM

Althea sighed loudly. She'd had no luck looking near the orchids, so she decided to sleuth around the other plants to see if she'd have better luck there. As she searched, Althea chanced a glance at the others near her. It seemed that most of them were having way better luck than she was. Still, she was determined to find at least one orchid mantis. She wondered if they would still get extra credit even if they came out unsuccessful.

Biting her lip gently, the fifth year continued her search. "Okay, please. One of you, just show yourself, okay?" she pleaded quietly - no need to look loony trying to find a small critter - while sifting around the plants. Where else could an orchid mantis hide? Their colors were pretty distinct, but she was having difficulty locating one. Maybe she was just looking in the wrong place. With that in mind, Althea decided to try somewhere else, and walked towards the other side of the area to find the mantis.

Lady of Light · 06-06-2017, 03:25 AM

Time for ANOTHER horklump. Once again, Etta carefully looked through the mushrooms, feeling pretty sure she'd catch another one... but nope. Not even one. She checked about a couple more times before deciding that there were only mushrooms there. Well, that was disappointing. She stood up and looked around for a bit before deciding to explore somewhere else. She walked towards another end, watching people look for their respective creatures.

Finally, she found another patch of mushrooms.. so Etta decided to give it a go. She sat down on her knees once again and carefully searched, her fingers tapping the heads of the mushrooms ever so often. .. and finally, she could see one squirm. "Hi, there." She grinned, immediately reaching for the horklump before it could escape. She lifted it very gently and placed it with the others in the jar, feeling rather satisfied with herself. This activity was rather enjoyable! Eeeep.

*PhoenixRising* · 06-06-2017, 02:02 PM

Oh oh, she was looking for a bowtruckle. Which kind of looked like little plants to her, where was Derf when she needed him? Glancing around at the trees, because bowtruckles LIKED trees, didn't they, she tiptoed quietly around the tree, trying catch it by surprise...

and there was one. "Hey there," she whispered, hoping to not scare one. And somehow, miraculously, it stayed put. Smiling, she reached two fingers out and sighed. And slowly the creature crept out onto her fingers. "There there..." she smiled, holding it gently so it wouldn't jump off. Walking slowly, she dropped it into the designated jar of bowtruckles. That was one.

Suziella · 06-06-2017, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

"Yes, yes it does. Though, I thought they'd be finding creatures more easily." Oops. mAYBE IT WAS TOO HARD? Paul made a slight face at Tristan but then smiled. "Maybe we won't wait for the jars to be filled." Because he squinted and....yeah. None of the jars were close. And they couldn't take ALL DAY. Fascinating stuff, really.

Paul turned to Emmeline and smiled at the first year. "We will put them back where we got them from. I was just telling Derf we got the geckos from a sanctuary. We'll put them back there. The bowtruckles are Professor Wayland's," right? He shot a glance at Tristan just to make sure. "I can't keep the Wiggentrees, either. Gotta give those back." Of course. "I will probably keep the mantises..." he admitted with a cheeky grin. They were too beautiful not to ;__;

Tristan thought they would be finding them quicker as well. But hopefully someone would fill their container! "Whatever you think is best, Paul." He said with a smile. It was probably a good idea to just let the group with the most be the winners.

Tristan listened as Paul answered Emmeline's question, nodding along with his answer. "Yes, the Bowtruckles are mine...well, technically the school's, but basically mine. So, be good to my babies you lot!" He said loudly for the Bowtruckle group to hear, grinning all the while. He knew they would be careful. They were already proving themselves trustworthy to the sweet little creatures. He just hoped Dahlia wouldn't get to sassy and decide to poke someone anyway.

NifflerFan · 06-07-2017, 03:44 AM

Emmeline noticed that Professor Dark Wizard had purposely NOT mentioned the horklumps when he talked about where the creatures would be going. She saw through that immediately, mmhmm. But Professor Wayland also seemed to be okay with wherever the creatures would all be going, and he was too nice to knowingly be in with a Dark wizard, so she'd just hope that the poor little horklumps ended up with the CoMC teacher. She wondered what Dark magic could be performed with the mantises, and resolved to ask Derf immediately after they were finished searching.

Only a few more minutes and she only had ONE horklump! Oh no! The Gryffindor redoubled her efforts, walking faster and faster in her crouched down crab-walk position to the next mushroom patch. Come on, little horklumps... Don't you want to be with your friends?, she thought as she examined the mushrooms in the new patch carefully. Nope, no pink ones.

As she was crab-walking towards yet another group of mushrooms, she spotted a bit of pink out of the corner of her eye. It was just underneath one of the trees and was sitting all by itself! Poor thing was clearly lonely, and as she crab-walked back over to it, Emmeline confirmed that it was indeed another horklump. The first year carefully dug around it so that its roots would be okay, and placed the squirmy wormy horklump in her jar with the first one. At least she had TWO horklumps now, so they wouldn't be lonely!

1 horklump found. Total found: 2

sweetpinkpixie · 06-08-2017, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

To Derf's question, though, Paul smiled. "These are from a sanctuary. Very kind of them to let us borrow them. We will return them back once we're done. I don't think we really have the right things here to fully care for the geckos." As tempting as it was to ...maybe, perhaps, steal one, Paul wouldn't. You had to do what was best for the animal!

"So, Derf, what else do you know about those geckos?" he asked the boy curiously.

Derf honestly wasn't sure what to make of that smile. ANYTHING the Herbology professor did was kind of suspect, you know? But his answer DID make the second year feel a tiiiiiiiiiny bit better. But of course was also planting ideas into the young one's mind. He could probably manage to make and set up something in his dorm...probably. But he reckoned that the sanctuary likely had counted how many there were sooooooo that would be too obvious if one went missing.

Chill, Derfael. No need to make Scamander MORE jealous.

Derf was just about to continue a long - even picked up a leaf he thought was another but alas, mistaken - when Dark Lord Head of House spoke again. "What kind of thing do you wanna know, profes-ss-sor?" he asked with a bit of bounce to his step. And WHY ask HIM and not the Creatures professor, hmmmmmm? WAS THIS SOME SORT OF TEST FOR DARK THINGS?! Derf decided to play it safe and not mention anything that could potentially land any geckos in some sinister brew. "Liiiiiiiike...mo-s-s-st geckos-s are nocturnal," he began, lightly petting the head of the one on his shoulder with his finger. "...and their eyes-s are 350 times-s more sens-sitive to light than ours-s because of this lens-s in their iris-s...but they don't have eyelids-s-s." Which was obvious when you just LOOKED at them but that wasn't really the point. "They s-s-shed their tails-s too. Or mos-st do anyway...AND many will return later to s-see if it is-s s-still there. The tail. If it IS-S then they will EAT it. Caus-se they use part of it keep nutrients-s. Important when there is-sn't a lot of food around." He was still scanning while talking, by the way, and occasionally poking a leaf or two. "Um um uuuuuuum...the little foot pad thingies-s on their feet are called -s-setae. What helps-s-s them cli---"

FOUND ANOTHER!

Without a doubt another one. Gleefully, Derf plucked gecko number two gingerly from the branch it was sitting on and then set it on his shoulder next to the other. FRIIIIIIIENDS.

Lady of Light · 06-08-2017, 10:41 AM

Etta continued searching for another horklump.. but it was starting to get more and more difficult. There must only be a limited amount of these creatures in the area and if there other people who were looking for the same creature.. well, it was going to be tough. After a few more minutes of searching, she was about to give up. But.. she couldn't. She'd come here for the extra credit and she was going to follow through properly. And when did she ever give in the middle of something? Nope, that wasn't her.

Sighing, she patiently scanned the area once again. "Come on, you guys. Where are you?" She sat down on her knees.. and carefully searched, once again lightly tapping the heads of the mushrooms occasionally. Nope. No movement.. oh, wait. WAIT. There it was. She spotted a horklump right near the end, trying to make its escape. She quickly stood up and walked over to the other side and carefully reached for the creature. She gently lifted it up and placed it inside the jar. Okay, done.

emjay · 06-08-2017, 11:50 PM

This seemed like a really fun game, but so far Henry hadn't found any bowtruckles. They were tricky little fellows! Or maybe shy.

Henry glanced over his shoulder when he heard Professor Paul say just a few more minutes. Ahh! He needed to find at least one!

"Is there a trick to this?" He said to no one in particular as he scanned the tree in front of him for any sign of anomalies in the branches that might lead him to think one of them was actually a bowtruckle. Maybe there was a better way to lure them out. "Come on little guys... where are you?"

thekraken · 06-09-2017, 08:01 PM

The situation had steadily increased Althea's irritation bit by bit. The fifth year looked, tirelessly, around some plants that had a similar color scheme as the mantis. Debated on whether or not she'd actually seen one or if it was her eyes playing tricks on her. She stood still and took a deep breath; if she was going to find one, she'd probably have to get a little more hands on.

That is how Althea found herself - moments later - on the ground, crawling near the back corner, looking for the critter. "This is ridiculous," she muttered to herself, still searching. She refused to leave without having found anything. That would be embarrassing. And what's worse, Meyers would probably be unnecessarily understanding and accommodating. The thought made the Hufflepuff frown, as she continued her search. She briefly wondered if it was hiding in plain sight and she just really was looking in the wrong place altogether.

emjay · 06-11-2017, 01:02 AM

Did he need to climb a tree? Henry looked up at the tree he had been standing under. Of course, he was not opposed to climbing trees; he actually really enjoyed climbing trees. And his competitive side was starting to niggle at him. Sure, he knew it wasn't a competition, but... had everyone found something? Okay, maybe not Althea, as Henry watched her crawling around on the ground for a moment, but he still wanted to find at least one bowtruckle before the end of this thing.

Maybe he would have to climb this tree. He could get a little closer to their natural habitat though he'd have to be a little more careful that way. He reached for one of the stronger lower branches and pulled himself up, swinging his leg over it. And he reached a little higher, still looking for the little creatures. Where there even any in this tree??

ChanceCoeur · 06-13-2017, 02:49 PM

Olly had found one! Noelle being the competitive type, wanted to find one now. Not that she wasn't happy for Olly. Those buggers were hard to find already! "WOOOT! You go Olly!!" She said with a big grin.

Moving through the area, Noelle noticed a leaf. She got closer, squinting to look at the leaf. Was that a leaf?? or was it....

She slowly reached out for it and grabbed it between her two fingers and pulled gently. Attached to the leaf ~~which was actually the tail~~ was a gecko.

"I FOUND ONE!" Noelle said with a big grin at Olly. She placed the gecko with his. Two found!

kayquilz · 06-15-2017, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Derf honestly wasn't sure what to make of that smile. ANYTHING the Herbology professor did was kind of suspect, you know? But his answer DID make the second year feel a tiiiiiiiiiny bit better. But of course was also planting ideas into the young one's mind. He could probably manage to make and set up something in his dorm...probably. But he reckoned that the sanctuary likely had counted how many there were sooooooo that would be too obvious if one went missing.

Chill, Derfael. No need to make Scamander MORE jealous.

Derf was just about to continue a long - even picked up a leaf he thought was another but alas, mistaken - when Dark Lord Head of House spoke again. "What kind of thing do you wanna know, profes-ss-sor?" he asked with a bit of bounce to his step. And WHY ask HIM and not the Creatures professor, hmmmmmm? WAS THIS SOME SORT OF TEST FOR DARK THINGS?! Derf decided to play it safe and not mention anything that could potentially land any geckos in some sinister brew. "Liiiiiiiike...mo-s-s-st geckos-s are nocturnal," he began, lightly petting the head of the one on his shoulder with his finger. "...and their eyes-s are 350 times-s more sens-sitive to light than ours-s because of this lens-s in their iris-s...but they don't have eyelids-s-s." Which was obvious when you just LOOKED at them but that wasn't really the point. "They s-s-shed their tails-s too. Or mos-st do anyway...AND many will return later to s-see if it is-s s-still there. The tail. If it IS-S then they will EAT it. Caus-se they use part of it keep nutrients-s. Important when there is-sn't a lot of food around." He was still scanning while talking, by the way, and occasionally poking a leaf or two. "Um um uuuuuuum...the little foot pad thingies-s on their feet are called -s-setae. What helps-s-s them cli---"

FOUND ANOTHER!

Without a doubt another one. Gleefully, Derf plucked gecko number two gingerly from the branch it was sitting on and then set it on his shoulder next to the other. FRIIIIIIIENDS.

Paul smiled as Derf spoke. He was too damn adorable, like, really. He had much to say every time he had to contact parents for whatever reason. Besides that...horcrux ordeal last term, Derfael was pretty well behaved. That, and the incident with Reed and Hirsch. And another professor that Paul couldn't remember right now.

"I didn't know all of that about geckos." He grinned and looked for one himself. They were tricky little suckers, weren't they? "So thank you for teaching me."

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Originally Posted by emjay

This seemed like a really fun game, but so far Henry hadn't found any bowtruckles. They were tricky little fellows! Or maybe shy.

Henry glanced over his shoulder when he heard Professor Paul say just a few more minutes. Ahh! He needed to find at least one!

"Is there a trick to this?" He said to no one in particular as he scanned the tree in front of him for any sign of anomalies in the branches that might lead him to think one of them was actually a bowtruckle. Maybe there was a better way to lure them out. "Come on little guys... where are you?"

Paul looked at Henry. "Well..not really. It's about really know your anatomy of the plants and the animals..hence why we decided to do this." He grinned and plucked a gecko from one of the bushes. There, little man. "And keeping your eyes peeled for movement" >.>

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Originally Posted by thekraken

The situation had steadily increased Althea's irritation bit by bit. The fifth year looked, tirelessly, around some plants that had a similar color scheme as the mantis. Debated on whether or not she'd actually seen one or if it was her eyes playing tricks on her. She stood still and took a deep breath; if she was going to find one, she'd probably have to get a little more hands on.

That is how Althea found herself - moments later - on the ground, crawling near the back corner, looking for the critter. "This is ridiculous," she muttered to herself, still searching. She refused to leave without having found anything. That would be embarrassing. And what's worse, Meyers would probably be unnecessarily understanding and accommodating. The thought made the Hufflepuff frown, as she continued her search. She briefly wondered if it was hiding in plain sight and she just really was looking in the wrong place altogether.

....Althea. Oh no. She hadn't found not ONE. Paul felt immediately terrible MOSTLY because he KNEW she would be irritated. HE HADN'T WANTED HIS EXTRA CREDIT TO CAUSE IRRITATION.

So he merely...smiled. "Althea, just watch watch for the legs...that's the key..." he suggested gently.

And they had a whole other activity planned...but when Paul looked at his watch THEY HAD RUN OUT OF BLOODY TIME. WHAT WAS THIS???? He shot a panicked glance at Tristan. "WELL, boys and girls!" Who was he?! HE NEVER SAID BOYS AND GIRLS. "Looks like we are OUT of time." He smiled, though. "The winner is clearly...." he glanced at the jars. "HORKLUMPS! With EIGHT!" Eight of them. Wow. "Geckos come in a close second with five, then our four little bow truckles...and...the mantises only had TWO." He smiled. "Those mantises must have really been hiding today!" He had counted the geckos on Derf's shoulder, too. "Well, we had another acitivity planned, but it's educational and....our time is up and...." Paul grinned. "I'm tired. So. We'll just dismiss!" he gave a wave of his hand. "You ALL GET POINTS!" And he had been WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.

Paul Myers threw red, yellow, green, and blue confetti into the air, making it suddenly shower upon them all. There was some in Tristan's hair! And aw, Althea! SPARKLING, GLISTENING CONFETTI IN YOUR HAIR. IN EVERYONE'S HAIR. ALL OVER.

Ahem.

"Those represent points." DUH? "So just leave your creatures where they are...we'll...get tot hem!"

OOC: I will be leaving this thread open for another 24 hours or so. Feel free to wrap up/chat whatever. Thanks for coming! We really did have another activity planned but this has been open long enough and there's so many other things going on! <3 Wahoo!

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