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BanaBatGirl · 05-04-2020, 01:07 PM

Hey All You Cool Cats & Kittens...
Kneazles & Wampus Kittens, that is

Williamson typically scheduled his classes for later in the day so that he had time to get up, get moving, and get all the Hogwarts animals (including himself) fed and watered. Today was no exception. The first Care of Magical Creatures class was starting after lunch, and hopefully, both you (and the cat you brought with you) are alert and ready to learn.

As you walk down to the fenced-in area where class is usually held, you notice that the grassy area in the center is set up like some kind of obstacle course, but not for people of your size. What is set for your size are the various stumps and bales of straw around the edge of the course for you to sit on.

"Don't let the cats out yet," the Professor warns you as you come in. He, meanwhile, is standing by some kind of covered crate with hidden contents and has a dusty old chalkboard beside it for teaching. And if you didn't bring a cat, don't worry: the Hogwarts kneazles are roaming around inside the fenced-in area, brushing up against you and each other in a very friendly way.

OOC: HELLO! Welcome. If you have a pet cat or an illegal kneazle, feel free to RP for them in a different color. You can also RP for a Hogwarts kneazle, if you want to snag one of those.

Catch-up posts are welcome at any time; just pop 'em under a spoiler tag, please and thanks.

LESSON PROGRESSION:
Q1. What do you know about magical/mundane cats and the care they require?

MINI-ACTIVITY. Run the obstacle course with a cat or kneazle. Fastest time wins!

MINI-ACTIVITY: 24 HRS LEFT. Finished with the course? Tell me what you learned.

Q2. Tell me about the wampus and hey look, here's two of 'em!

Q2 Roundup So far. About 10 more hours to answer Q2!

MAIN ACTIVITY. Work with a partner to run a wampus through the course.

MAIN ACTIVITY. Continued. =) You have until ~13th of May for this though, no rush!

Bazinga · 05-10-2020, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

Aboli blushed, but merely tried to look like the words didn't bother her. Well. The boy had seemed smart. She SHOT HIM A LOOK like... "You better not cross me after class, PUNK" before turning to listen to more about wampus's? Wampuses? Wampi? Also, she was itching to take notes. She'd have to look up stuff later just to copy something down. In the meantime, she was holding Sparticus protectively as she avoided the gaze of those...Wampus kitties. They were cute....but clearly a little dangerous.

She glanced at the girl nearest her, a seventh year she recognized from around campus. "Hey...wanna' give it a shot?" she asked gently. "I'm Aboli, by the way...." Ahem.

Cue nervous smile.

She still felt like Teacup was being the worst behaved out of all the creatures there and she wasn't going to let her cat do that anymore. Giving the girl a smile that came up to her, "I'm Chloe and sure we can work together." She glanced towards Ewan and Missa before looking back to the professor who brought up working with Rufus.

"Sure, we would love to work with him." Taking the leash she made her way to the obstetrical course. "Do you want to try first? I didn't really get to try with my cat, she was not listening very well." Chloe was being a bit distracted herself and wasn't sure she'd have full focus on the creature, but if Aboli wanted her to go first she could.

"Rufus I hope you can be a good boy for us." She smiled down at the baby wampus, they were the cutest things.

Anna Banana · 05-10-2020, 06:49 PM

Text Cut: Avalon, WWW, and Fiona

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Merlin's beard, they didn't have TIME to apologize! William threw a hand up over his sunglasses, as though it would help him squint in their direction. ~~Why hadn't he thought of a spell to turn the sunnies into bifocals yet?!~~

Anyway. He wasn't actually THAT worried, but still, he'd been hoping to NOT test out his defensive spellwork today...

Fiona, on the hand, was DEFINITELY determined to test out the spells around the perimeter of this place; not that she knew any such boundary existed. She was nearly to the edge of the enclosure now, and gave one last hearty push with her hind legs, propelling herself up, upp, upppp and away, straight over the fence----

WHAM.

The wampus hit the invisible barrier with a thud that echoed around the entire outdoor classroom space. She bounced off it and landed flat on the ground, not moving.

...even WWW couldn't ignore that one. He started running toward the sound, concerned but cool (on the exterior) for the condition of the little wampus. "Come on," he gestured for the girls to come closer. They were responsible for this mess, they should be checking on the wampus too.

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

Avalon was sprinting as fast as she could toward the fence. She had just started to reach for her wand - she wasn’t sure exactly what she was planning to do with it, but she was desperate - when she heard a loud WHAM.

Oh.

No.

Nonononononono.

The Ravenclaw gasped, stopping in her tracks, both of her hands flying to cover her mouth. Her eyes widened as she took in the wampus, splayed on the ground. This was bad. This was absolutely, terribly bad.

What she really wanted to do right now was jump over that barrier herself. She was mortified....this was her fault for letting go of the leash. But she knew she couldn’t run away from this one. Hesitantly, she knelt down next to Fiona, truly at a loss for what to say to Professor Williamson.

“I am so, so sorry, sir. I thought when you said not to let go of the leash you meant not to let go before the obstacle course started, and so Isla and I thought it would be okay to let go of it for just a second to let her through the hoop but now I understand that I should have just handed Isla the leash through the hoop and....” She was rambling BIG TIME, something she only did when she was extremely embarrassed. Or nervous. Or both. The words just tumbled out of her mouth. The only thing that stopped her rambling was the sight of Shadow, ready to pounce on the poor wampus. ”NOT a good time, Shadow!” She grabbed her cat before he could make things any worse and placed him in the grass behind her. ”Stay there.”

Turning back to Fiona and Professor Williamson, Avalon puffed out a breath of air. “Is she going to be okay?” Goodness, she hoped so. She knew that wampuses were hard to kill, so she was hopeful that Fiona was still alive. But if Avalon had seriously injured her, she would never forgive herself. Her instinct was to reach out and pet Fiona to try and comfort her, but she realized that it might only make things worse. Maybe she should just let the professor take it from here.

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

[color=#006633]William just SIGHED at all the words coming out of this girl's mouth, so much rambling. He put out an arm just in case Shadow would try to pounce on Fiona. It wouldn't be fair to the wampus kitten, since she appeared to be knocked unconscious for the moment. And, at least, now they had a chance to grab the leash. He handed the leash to the Ravenclaw, with a mouthed, "HANG ON TIGHT THIS TIME."

"Rennervate," he cast quietly, pointing his wand at Fiona. Yeah, she'd be fine... probably. It was true that wampus were hard to kill, so. He gestured for Avalon to come closer but to still hang on to the leash. "I don't know what she's going to do when she gets up, so... hold on."

Fiona was knocked out, and the pain in her brain wasn't going away. She opened her yellow eyes when the spell hit her, but still laid there, blinking as she tried to remember what she'd been up to. FREEDOM! FREEDOM! Why was the oaf looking at her? The kitten meowed pathetically for attention. "Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." Emphasis on the OWWW there.

Someone needed to pick her up. She was going to milk this for all it was worth. Maybe they'd feel bad and would just lay her down in the forest to die....

Isla hadn't thought things could get any worse than they already had. Once you're at the very bottom, there's nowhere else to go but up, right? NOPE. Turns out, you can get even further toward the bottom than you already were. The second year looked on in horror as the baby Wampus slammed against an invisible barrier and was knocked out cold in front of all of them.

With only a slight amount of hesitation, Isla abandoned the treats she'd laid on the ground and followed WWW over to get a better look. She just had no idea what to say, so she said nothing at all. Please don't be dead. PLEASE don't be dead... She glanced over at Avalon, who was steadily apologizing, and Isla suddenly felt like she should do the same. "I'm so sorry, Sir," she chimed in. Sorry for like...the fourth time this lesson. Avalon was right. They should have thought through the whole leash thing before just diving right into things.

She watched as WWW cast on the cat. Rennervate. Why hadn't she thought of that? Isla wasn't the best judge of things when it came to figuring out what to do on the spur of the moment. When the cat came to, Isla released a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding in. "Look, I don't know how I can make it up to you, Sir, but I'm going to make good on all the mistakes I've made in this lesson. All of them." She wasn't necessarily volunteering to scoop up more animal dung, but there could be some negotiations. She peered back down at Fiona, who looked to be like she was asking someone to pet and pamper her.

NOPE. Not Isla. She was volunteering the Ravenclaw for this one.

MadMadamMalfoy · 05-10-2020, 07:22 PM

Heath had nothing more to add to the wampus discussion, and even if he had, he was a bit preoccupied trying to keep his hold on Rey, who was now scratching and biting in her struggle to get free. Good thing he was wearing dragonhide gloves, or his hands would be confetti right now! Although he heard the professor say the wampuses had been fed and would probably not attack the other cats, he wasn't willing to risk them making a Rey-tatouille out of his pet! He almost lost his grip on the cat when he remembered someone said something about avoiding eye contact. Maybe if he covered Rey's eyes…

Nooooo! Must break free of smol hooman… Must go to big kitteh! Hey, what are you doing? Stop that! I can't see!

Blink, blink. Whaa…? Rey looked down to find her claws dug into the boy's arm. Oh, no, I hurt smol hooman! I sowwy I iz bad kitteh. I be good now… She snuggled back into her hooman's lap, giving his hand a head boop as an apology.

Rey calmed down the moment Heath placed his hand over her eyes… just in time for him to jot down the list of facts on the board. His heart softened toward the wampus kittens after hearing their story, especially little Fiona. She sort of reminded him of Rey, being the runt of her litter and all. Maybe that's why Rey was so keen to get to her… and it looked like she may get the chance yet if they were supposed to run the obstacle course with the wampuses. Truth be told, Heath wasn't sure what to make of this activity. He still didn't quite trust those wampus kittens not to hurt Rey, and he detested group work! Still, he knew better than to complain. His eyes darted in search of a partner, and -

Oh, look! All the hoomans are playing together, but what's this? My smol hooman is all alone. I go find friend for him!

Rey jumped down from the boy's lap and sped off toward the nearest hooman, knowing he would follow her. She flopped on her back and looked up at the strange hooman with a meep! Hiii, hooman!

In the blink of an eye, Rey was gone. Heath ran after her, catching up just as she flopped in front of some random person. "Sorry about her," he apologized. "D-d'you mind partnering with me?" Since he was already here, he supposed it couldn't hurt to ask.

Helios Sunrider · 05-10-2020, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Hi, I'm Nina." She greeted the boy without much of a smile, before turning to their Professor. "We'll take... that one, I guess," the one he was holding. Rufus, right? Who named a wampus 'Rufus' anway? It was a ridiculous name. "You can hold his leash," she said, looking back at Zach.

"Ni-na. Nina...Nice to meet you, Nina. My name is Zachary, and I have a plan." She didn't seem very happy to be here, but to him, that meant he just had to try harder to make things exciting. After a deep breath, he mustered up a big smile. "I don't know if it's a good idea, or a bad idea, but it sure is an idea."

Closing his deep blue eyes, Zach put two fingers at each of his temples, as if he had a migraine. "Wampus can read minds using legilimency, right?" Taking another deep breath, the boy crouched in front of the wampus kitten Rufus, eyes still closed. "If we show that our intentions are good, maybe we can convince this little guy to cooperate."

Taking his fingers from his head, Zachary took the leash in one hand. The Hufflepuff wasn't an expert at occlumency, but he knew some tricks. "Imagine each of your thoughts are on a card, and put them back in the deck until your mind is clear." One more deep breath. It was going to be all or nothing. "And then you choose the cards you want to play."

Opening up his pretty blues, it was time for him to play his hand as he made eye contact with the six legged kitten. One by one, he let a curated list of memories and thoughts enter his mind. It felt like damming a raging river, but his will held strong. Opening with an image of the Wampus House crest at Ilvermorny, he moved on to a memory of hiking through the mountains in the Southwestern United States three summers ago with his family, the sun shining bright in his mind. "..country roads, take me home..." Zach sang some dumb old song at a whisper, unable to untangle the song from that memory.

Shuffling the deck in his mind, Zach began to play cards from today, starting with breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage and toast. He did his best to focus on the bacon and sausage, trying to recall the smell and the taste. Letting the memory of bacon linger in his mind, next he went back to only a few minutes ago, watching Streaky run the obstacle course. Of course, he omitted the part where the cat took off into the air. "Help me out, and I'll introduce you to the wonders of bacon."

This was his gambit. Zachary knew it was careless, but he had to cast out any doubts he had when he cleared his mind. He could already be hypnotized, and not even know it. If he failed, it would be up to Nina, and maybe the professor, to clean up his mess.

Fireheart · 05-10-2020, 08:03 PM

Text Cut: WWW, Fiona, & Isla

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

William just SIGHED at all the words coming out of this girl's mouth, so much rambling. He put out an arm just in case Shadow would try to pounce on Fiona. It wouldn't be fair to the wampus kitten, since she appeared to be knocked unconscious for the moment. And, at least, now they had a chance to grab the leash. He handed the leash to the Ravenclaw, with a mouthed, "HANG ON TIGHT THIS TIME."

"Rennervate," he cast quietly, pointing his wand at Fiona. Yeah, she'd be fine... probably. It was true that wampus were hard to kill, so. He gestured for Avalon to come closer but to still hang on to the leash. "I don't know what she's going to do when she gets up, so... hold on."

Fiona was knocked out, and the pain in her brain wasn't going away. She opened her yellow eyes when the spell hit her, but still laid there, blinking as she tried to remember what she'd been up to. FREEDOM! FREEDOM! Why was the oaf looking at her? The kitten meowed pathetically for attention. "Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." Emphasis on the OWWW there.

Someone needed to pick her up. She was going to milk this for all it was worth. Maybe they'd feel bad and would just lay her down in the forest to die....

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Isla hadn't thought things could get any worse than they already had. Once you're at the very bottom, there's nowhere else to go but up, right? NOPE. Turns out, you can get even further toward the bottom than you already were. The second year looked on in horror as the baby Wampus slammed against an invisible barrier and was knocked out cold in front of all of them.

With only a slight amount of hesitation, Isla abandoned the treats she'd laid on the ground and followed WWW over to get a better look. She just had no idea what to say, so she said nothing at all. Please don't be dead. PLEASE don't be dead... She glanced over at Avalon, who was steadily apologizing, and Isla suddenly felt like she should do the same. "I'm so sorry, Sir," she chimed in. Sorry for like...the fourth time this lesson. Avalon was right. They should have thought through the whole leash thing before just diving right into things.

She watched as WWW cast on the cat. Rennervate. Why hadn't she thought of that? Isla wasn't the best judge of things when it came to figuring out what to do on the spur of the moment. When the cat came to, Isla released a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding in. "Look, I don't know how I can make it up to you, Sir, but I'm going to make good on all the mistakes I've made in this lesson. All of them." She wasn't necessarily volunteering to scoop up more animal dung, but there could be some negotiations. She peered back down at Fiona, who looked to be like she was asking someone to pet and pamper here.

NOPE. Not Isla. She was volunteering the Ravenclaw for this one.

Avalon sheepishly took the leash from Professor Williamson, gripping it tightly, just in case. She would NOT be letting go of this thing until the end of class - that was for sure. The Ravenclaw breathed out a sigh of relief as Fiona meowed. Thank Merlin she was okay, but it didn't make up for how embarrassed Avalon was about the whole ordeal. The wampus seemed like she wanted some pets and attention, but Avalon was not going to take that bait. Even though the cat was just a baby, and was probably injured, she didn't want to risk getting her hand bitten off or something. Isla looked as if she didn't want to take that chance either. Avalon reached into her pocket and dropped a few treats in front of Fiona's nose. Not that it would make up for what had happened, but it was better than just standing there. Plus, she felt bad for not petting the poor thing.

FearlessLeader19 · 05-10-2020, 09:13 PM

SPOILER!!: Flynn & Williamson <3

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Yeah! Fun! Flynn had listened attentively to all the instructions, which was a fairly rare thing for him in most lessons, but he enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures more than most. And he was excited to go ahead and give it a go! But.... he HAD meant volunteering to be HYPNO'D though, wouldn't that be great? To, you know, demonstrate what that was LIKE?

"We don't?" He asked, just in case. "Wouldn't it be good to learn what that looks like? Being hypno'd by a wampus? So people know what to look for!" Hey, just saying professor, this Hufflepuff was willing. But he WAS also keen to give the obstacle a go and scratched Cabriole's ears a few times before putting him down and approaching the professor to take Rufus's lead.

Flynn turned around when he heard his name and smiled brightly at Claudine. She wanted to work with him? Cool!

"Sounds good to me!"

"Well hi, Rufus." Flynn said, greeting the wampus next of all. It felt like a good idea, to y'know, involve the leashed and harnessed creature even just a tad. Acknowledging its presence. "You're sure handsome, aren't ya?" He took a good grip on the leash and then looked at Claudine. Bait?

"Maybe. Do you think Rufus is smart enough to know what we're saying though? And what about Cabriole?" And just to see what Rufus thought of things, Flynn dangled the dazzler cat toy in front of him. No harm trying, right?

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Listen, Williamson wasn't above using Hufflepuffs for bait. And if this one was offering to be hypnotized, so help him.... he hoped Claudine was up to the task of helping her partner not to do anything TOO stupid. "Y'know, Flynn, all you have to do is look into Rufus' eyes." It wasn't like the kitten was going to tell Flynn to yeet himself off the wooden bridge into the ravine or anything... he wasn't THAT strong yet.

Rufus was indeed smart enough to understand English (even if these h00mans had a funnier accent than he was used to). He looked up at the boy, his head bobbing a little as he tried his best to attract the boy's eyes to his own.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Hmm, a toy. Maybe if he batted it, the boy would smile at him AND open his eyes REAL big for some hypno-time! Rufus stretched up a lazy paw and knocked the cat toy so hard it went flying right out of the Hufflepuff's hand.

Oh, oops. Maybe the girl wanted to give hypnosis a shot TOO?

Whereas Flynn was eager to be chummy with Rufus, Claudine was not. Still, as she had approached Flynn and Williamson in time to overhear a bit of their conversation, she had to admit that the Hufflepuff was right: Rufus was a handsome boy. “You ought to be careful… I’d listen to Professor Williamson about not looking directly at Rufus unless you have the willpower to fight him off?’’ She arched an eyebrow in skepticism before considering the questions. “I’m not sure but I think he is smart enough to gather things from actions and our tone of voice. Same with our kneazles.”

Without realising it, Claudine was squinting at Rufus’s neck. Her subconscious reasoning behind this decision was that should Rufus look at her, she’d be able to shut her eyes quickly. Yes, she was that suspicious of Rufus. But the toy went flying now and she shook her head. “I think the toy can help lure him around the course. Shall we, Flynn? And for Merlin's sake don’t look at him in the eyes or I’ll jinx you. What if he wants you to… I don’t know… lick thestral poop off the ground?’’ Cue eye roll at the partner. All that Fiona had been telling her to do was to open the cage but Claudine was not going to disclose that.

Destiny · 05-10-2020, 09:25 PM

SPOILER!!: Heath and Rey!

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Heath had nothing more to add to the wampus discussion, and even if he had, he was a bit preoccupied trying to keep his hold on Rey, who was now scratching and biting in her struggle to get free. Good thing he was wearing dragonhide gloves, or his hands would be confetti right now! Although he heard the professor say the wampuses had been fed and would probably not attack the other cats, he wasn't willing to risk them making a Rey-tatouille out of his pet! He almost lost his grip on the cat when he remembered someone said something about avoiding eye contact. Maybe if he covered Rey's eyes…

Nooooo! Must break free of smol hooman… Must go to big kitteh! Hey, what are you doing? Stop that! I can't see!

Blink, blink. Whaa…? Rey looked down to find her claws dug into the boy's arm. Oh, no, I hurt smol hooman! I sowwy I iz bad kitteh. I be good now… She snuggled back into her hooman's lap, giving his hand a head boop as an apology.

Rey calmed down the moment Heath placed his hand over her eyes… just in time for him to jot down the list of facts on the board. His heart softened toward the wampus kittens after hearing their story, especially little Fiona. She sort of reminded him of Rey, being the runt of her litter and all. Maybe that's why Rey was so keen to get to her… and it looked like she may get the chance yet if they were supposed to run the obstacle course with the wampuses. Truth be told, Heath wasn't sure what to make of this activity. He still didn't quite trust those wampus kittens not to hurt Rey, and he detested group work! Still, he knew better than to complain. His eyes darted in search of a partner, and -

Oh, look! All the hoomans are playing together, but what's this? My smol hooman is all alone. I go find friend for him!

Rey jumped down from the boy's lap and sped off toward the nearest hooman, knowing he would follow her. She flopped on her back and looked up at the strange hooman with a meep! Hiii, hooman!

In the blink of an eye, Rey was gone. Heath ran after her, catching up just as she flopped in front of some random person. "Sorry about her," he apologized. "D-d'you mind partnering with me?" Since he was already here, he supposed it couldn't hurt to ask.

Flora may have zoned out just a little bit after witnessing the most amazing thing she would probably ever see in her whole entire Hogwarts life. The Transfiguration Professor. The Transfiguration Professor was a FOX. The Transfiguration Professor was a FOX and he had just run the obstacle course. It was incredible! It did, however, make her wonder if the Professor man could run the obstacle course in his human form, and she would've totally asked him that, too.

If it hadn't been for the distraction of the cat who was now in front of her.

"Caaaaat." She reached down to pet him? her? She didn't know what it was, before glancing up at the cat's owner. "YEAH! We can be partners!" Was it a good idea on his behalf? No, probably not. But, his cat wasn't broken, since it was walking around all on its own and all. "I didn't do the obstacle course, though." But the FOX Professor did. Did he see!? "My cat is broken. Professor Williamson said he'd fix him. I don't know how he's gonna do it." Too much information, huh?

"I'm Flora, by the way. You can pick which wampus we use!" She didn't have a good track record when it came to picking out cats.

ArianaBlack · 05-10-2020, 11:04 PM

SPOILER!!: Professor of many W's & Zachary

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"He's all yours," Williamson grunted toward Nina, before carefully, CAREFULLY, handing her the leash. "Make sure you wrap your hand around it." She might have been one of the older and wiser students here, but she didn't look....er, very strong, no offense to the girl. AND her partner was a Hufflepuff. One never knew with those Puffs...

Rufus was confident he could work his charms on these two, so as soon as the handoff occurred, he began prancing away, long tail held high in the air as he led the way to the obstacle course, as though he really really wanted to give it a try. Hah.

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Originally Posted by Helios Sunrider

"Ni-na. Nina...Nice to meet you, Nina. My name is Zachary, and I have a plan." She didn't seem very happy to be here, but to him, that meant he just had to try harder to make things exciting. After a deep breath, he mustered up a big smile. "I don't know if it's a good idea, or a bad idea, but it sure is an idea."

Closing his deep blue eyes, Zach put two fingers at each of his temples, as if he had a migraine. "Wampus can read minds using legilimency, right?" Taking another deep breath, the boy crouched in front of the wampus kitten Rufus, eyes still closed. "If we show that our intentions are good, maybe we can convince this little guy to cooperate."

Taking his fingers from his head, Zachary took the leash in one hand. The Hufflepuff wasn't an expert at occlumency, but he knew some tricks. "Imagine each of your thoughts are on a card, and put them back in the deck until your mind is clear." One more deep breath. It was going to be all or nothing. "And then you choose the cards you want to play."

Opening up his pretty blues, it was time for him to play his hand as he made eye contact with the six legged kitten. One by one, he let a curated list of memories and thoughts enter his mind. It felt like damming a raging river, but his will held strong. Opening with an image of the Wampus House crest at Ilvermorny, he moved on to a memory of hiking through the mountains in the Southwestern United States three summers ago with his family, the sun shining bright in his mind. "..country roads, take me home..." Zach sang some dumb old song at a whisper, unable to untangle the song from that memory.

Shuffling the deck in his mind, Zach began to play cards from today, starting with breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage and toast. He did his best to focus on the bacon and sausage, trying to recall the smell and the taste. Letting the memory of bacon linger in his mind, next he went back to only a few minutes ago, watching Streaky run the obstacle course. Of course, he omitted the part where the cat took off into the air. "Help me out, and I'll introduce you to the wonders of bacon."

This was his gambit. Zachary knew it was careless, but he had to cast out any doubts he had when he cleared his mind. He could already be hypnotized, and not even know it. If he failed, it would be up to Nina, and maybe the professor, to clean up his mess.

Nina gave Professor Williamson a nod, as she took the leash to show she understood. The wampus couldn’t be that strong. Their Professor was being a tad theatrical, no? Either way, she did NOT plan on holding onto the leash. It had rained the night before and falling into the mud was not something Nina wanted to risk. As such, she was relieved when Zach took the leash from her before the cat could take off.

”……. Right,” Nina smiled at Zachary as he began to explain his strategy, but as far as she was concerned, his mind clearing thing was rather ridiculous. He sounded like the divinations Professor. And no offense to Professor Kitridge, but divinations was the least useful class. Like. Ever.

…………………… Country roads? ………………… Bacon?

Was it too late to ask for another partner? Hers was actually crazy. She turned back to give Professor Williamson a look. Was he HEARING all of this???

But as ridiculous as it was? The wampus was LEADING the way towards the obstacle course??? ”I can’t believe I’m actually saying this… But I think your plan is working,” The wampus actually WANTED to travel through the course. Whatever Zachary was doing with this bacon nonsense, she was somewhat impressed. If not utterly grossed out. Bacon is disgusting.

DaniDiNardo · 05-11-2020, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

So this was kind of awkward.

Cecelia had been distracted by the wampus baby cutie faces and didn't even notice that practically EVERYONE had a partner except for her. Well, technically she DID have Mate, but he wasn't a human partner and he definitely wasn't as fun to work with as someone who could ACTUALLY talk back. Sheepishly, she carried the kneazle over towards Professor WWW and tapped him on the arm.

"We still need a partner, Professor." Help?

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Text Cut: Cece, Tom, and Blake

"HERE YA GO, ELLA--- I mean, CECE!" Williamson called out loudly, not realizing at first that he was calling Ms. Summers by the wrong name, and also, that he was bellowing unnecessarily when she was right at his elbow. Ah, there she was. "Cece, you can work with Tom. And Blake." Two Gryffindors and a Slytherin, what could go wrong? Plus they were all on the younger side, so a group of three would be fine here.

"And you can take Rufus." Here. He offered one of them the leash.

He wasn't trying to spread rumours, he was taking a stab in the dark and hoping things worked out well. Wasn't there a saying there were no stupid answers--wait....that was questions. He should've made it sound like a question. Maybe then it wouldn't have been so bad.

Kitt SUPPOSED what everyone else said was okay but now he liked his idea better and wasn't entirely sure what to make of these cats. Not cats. Cat relatives. They had fur and paws. Close enough.

And why was Sparky trying to get toward the cage?

No no, he'd stay right here in his lap...until now because partners? The Gryffindor rose to his feet and looked about for someone but dang these filled up quickly and being the new guy, no one was really tripping over themselves to grab him. Kitt looked around, then over at the professor as he was handing Cecelia--that was her name, yes?--to a pair that were already partners.

"Oh! Oh! Ooohhhhh! Professor!" He waved his hand frantically despite not being all that far from the man. Sparky, he held close because he was still acting up. "I too would like to also have a partner as well."

"Can I have her instead?"

sarahlooo · 05-11-2020, 12:40 AM

Text Cut: Fiona and Noah

Well, the boy was new, so Louise would cut him some slack for not remembering her name. He had been pretty close after all. She took notice of the boy touching his hair. It was nice hair.

Anyway.

Louise was hurrying down the course, waiting for Fiona to follow her and the treat in her hand. In all her focus, though, Louise forgot that she wasn't supposed to stare into the wampus' eyes for long. Or at all, really. But by the time Fiona reached her though, it was too late and Louise was already struck with the brilliant idea to pick up the wampus. She was just so CUTE. How could she resist? HOW?

Giggling at the wampus' meow, Louise stooped down to pick up the niiiiiice little kitty, her bright red hair falling over her shoulders as she brought the kitty up to hold to her chest.

WHO DID THIS WILD FELINE THINK SHE WAS? As the wampus passed Lucy, the white kitty picked up the pace to run after her owner in an attempt to separate them, but she was too slow. Before she knew it, her precious Louise was picking up the WAMPUS. HOW DARE SHE???

"MRRRRROOOOWOOWOWOWOWOW." OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

itsjustjesse · 05-11-2020, 02:34 AM

SPOILER!!: Naya | Rufus | & Williamson

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Naya wished that they could magically get their sunglasses, but she agreed with Islay. “Yeah, magic is probably not a good idea right now. We’ll just have to take our chances, I guess.” No sooner had they come to that conclusion, their visitor arrived. Given everything they had learned, Naya was inclined not to trust the wampus. He seemed curious about Benjie and that worried her a bit. Hopefully, as long as she had the treats, Benjie would pay attention to her. Hopefully.

The wampus, Rufus, sat down near them and didn’t seem inclined to move. How were they going to get him to buy into the obstacle course run? Turning to Islay, Naya said, Treats? Definitely. This guy is going to need some serious motivation.” Naya had a feeling that kind words were not going to phase him. “I’d better go restock. I have a feeling we’re gong to need a lot of treats for this one.” Naya went quickly to get treats for herself and Islay. She handed over half to her partner and filled her pockets with the rest.

“Good idea giving Rufus some treats up front. Maybe we can get on his good side.” This she hoped. “I guess we can get started, or try to anyway. Do you want to hold his leash or do you want me to do it?” They were going to have to get Rufus moving one way or another. Naya was open to any and all suggestions from Islay, Benjie or Islay’s kneazle.

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Text Cut: Islay & Naya

"Nah, you'll be fine," Williamson promised hollowly from behind the safety of his own sunglasses. He'd already disarmed two or three kids for using magic on the cat toys, sooo. Had to be fair and all that.

Rufus, meanwhile, sniffed at the girl's hand and then bumped his head against it, as though in approval. He knew that h00mans THRIVED on these small gestures of appreciation, and he was, after all, a master manipulator of h00mans.

He eyeballed the other felines though, and then decided to give the h00mans a clue as to WHY he would NOT be persuaded to move with treats. "Mrowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww hissssssssssssssssssss," the wampus greeted the kneazles loudly. Translation: GO AWAY. MY H00MANS. MINE.

It was a sad truth that they couldn’t…or really shouldn’t magic sunglasses over to their hands – but it was oh Professor Williamson was speaking…and he apparently agreed that they’d be fine. ”of course sir,” Islay smiled and turned her attention back to Naya ”of course lets get as many treats as possible” Islay nodded, and watched as Rufus hissed at Kasha and Benje.

Okay, so Rufus had sniffed her hand, that was a start?

“Kasha where are you going?” she asked as she watched Kasha simply flick her tail up and slink over to one of the haybales before slowly hopping up onto it and curling into a ball…what – had – happened? “Okay – so its just Benje and Rufus then?” she shrugged as she handed Rufus and Benje the treats. “Good Wampus Rufus,” she even gave him a small pat on the head, a soft and tentative one before moving to stand up. “if you want I can take his lead – you got farther and might be able to coach better with treats…and I mean, I used to walk Kangal dogs?”

BanaBatGirl · 05-11-2020, 03:11 AM

Text Cut: Noah & Louise

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Originally Posted by Watson

Noah offered a warm smile to Professor Eria who had just handed the wampus to Louise. Pretty wampus.. Nice wampus.. Then he turned to glance at Louise. Oops. He cringed and blushed slightly when she corrected him. Oops. "Louise. Got it Sorry." Try not to forget that next time, Nam? he told himself. He ran a hand through his hair - a nervous and awkward tick for him.

He listened to Louise, learning that she liked the idea of treats. Great! he thought before glancing down at Aslan who was circling around his legs. Noah nodded in agreement. That sounded like a good plan to me. "Sure!" Then HE was the one holding the leash for Fiona. "Ready Fiona? Aslan?" he asked and glanced at both briefly before he started to take a step forward.

Okay, hopefully this worked. He started to make his way towards the first obstacle where Louise and Lucy were.

Aslan kept close to Noah and kept an eye on the wampus. He hadn't had much time to ask if the other kneazle (Lucy) thought of the wampus Though part of him thought that the wampus may have been able to understand them. His tail swished. Suspicious, he was.

AND then the wampus kitty started running - well not running - but moving rather quickly so Noah picked up his pace. So far so good? Looks like the plan was working, hey?? Or perhaps the wampus just really liked Louise.

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Originally Posted by sarahlooo

Well, the boy was new, so Louise would cut him some slack for not remembering her name. He had been pretty close after all. She took notice of the boy touching his hair. It was nice hair.

Anyway.

Louise was hurrying down the course, waiting for Fiona to follow her and the treat in her hand. In all her focus, though, Louise forgot that she wasn't supposed to stare into the wampus' eyes for long. Or at all, really. But by the time Fiona reached her though, it was too late and Louise was already struck with the brilliant idea to pick up the wampus. She was just so CUTE. How could she resist? HOW?

Giggling at the wampus' meow, Louise stooped down to pick up the niiiiiice little kitty, her bright red hair falling over her shoulders as she brought the kitty up to hold to her chest.

WHO DID THIS WILD FELINE THINK SHE WAS? As the wampus passed Lucy, the white kitty picked up the pace to run after her owner in an attempt to separate them, but she was too slow. Before she knew it, her precious Louise was picking up the WAMPUS. HOW DARE SHE???

"MRRRRROOOOWOOWOWOWOWOW." OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

Ahhhhh, yes, it worked, as it always did. Fiona make a devilish little :3 face as Louise picked her up, and immediately she started batting at the girl's hair. SHINY! SHINY! SHINY! She might've even flicked her claws out to see if the hair would shred, too, like shiny, glossy, metallic red yarn. SOFUNTOBATBATBAT.

As for the boy? Fiona turned her eyes on him too, obviously IGNORING the other animals at his feet. Hello, she was the rare and important one here? Now then, would the boy be a dear and undo her harness? Fiona let out a loud purrrrrrrr to draw him in, even though one of her paws was currently claws-deep in Louise's hair. PURRRRRRRPURRRRRRRPURRR.

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Originally Posted by GD2204

He was moving! The feline was actually doing what they wanted! Flashing Missa a congratulatory grin before finally saying ”You holding on tight?”.

Well, if she wasn’t, he was about to find out because now, he was OOOOOFFFF! Still holding the wire that had the toy mouse on the end, one half of the Team Prefect started to run around the obstacle course, the mouse just behind, tantalizingly close to the feline he hoped!

Come on little Ruuufus! Come get the nice little mouse!

Oh yes, Rufus had taken off, running at nearly his full speed as he tugged the other Ravenpaw around behind him. But he wasn't chasing the mouse, oh no. He wasn't afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. He leapt over a small obstacle on the course and used it to push off, gaining more height and momentum as he aimed for the boy's back.... and.........

WHUMP!

Rufus successfully collided into the back of the male Ravenclaw prefect, knocking him down and over into the grass as he landed on the boy's back with a triumphant purrrrr. And 10/10! He stuck the landing! He nailed it! Well, not literally, because he didn't have his claws out. This was just the practice round, after all. For such a small kitten, Rufus was pretty powerful.

He calmly licked one of his paws in a congratulatory self-grooming.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

She still felt like Teacup was being the worst behaved out of all the creatures there and she wasn't going to let her cat do that anymore. Giving the girl a smile that came up to her, "I'm Chloe and sure we can work together." She glanced towards Ewan and Missa before looking back to the professor who brought up working with Rufus.

"Sure, we would love to work with him." Taking the leash she made her way to the obstetrical course. "Do you want to try first? I didn't really get to try with my cat, she was not listening very well." Chloe was being a bit distracted herself and wasn't sure she'd have full focus on the creature, but if Aboli wanted her to go first she could.

"Rufus I hope you can be a good boy for us." She smiled down at the baby wampus, they were the cutest things.

WOULD HE be a good boy? Rufus glanced up at the girl, his tail flicking back in forth in contemplation of her. She looked smart, but she was also making perfect eye contact with him right now, so....

He tilted his head slightly and decided to give her an order. Punch the other girl in the arm. Do it. Do it now. Do it because I said so and I'm the cutest thing you've ever seen and you want me to let you hold me? Don't you? Donnnnnnnnnn't you? I'll let you hold me if you punch her AND step on her foot!

Text Cut: Isla & Avalon

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Isla hadn't thought things could get any worse than they already had. Once you're at the very bottom, there's nowhere else to go but up, right? NOPE. Turns out, you can get even further toward the bottom than you already were. The second year looked on in horror as the baby Wampus slammed against an invisible barrier and was knocked out cold in front of all of them.

With only a slight amount of hesitation, Isla abandoned the treats she'd laid on the ground and followed WWW over to get a better look. She just had no idea what to say, so she said nothing at all. Please don't be dead. PLEASE don't be dead... She glanced over at Avalon, who was steadily apologizing, and Isla suddenly felt like she should do the same. "I'm so sorry, Sir," she chimed in. Sorry for like...the fourth time this lesson. Avalon was right. They should have thought through the whole leash thing before just diving right into things.

She watched as WWW cast on the cat. Rennervate. Why hadn't she thought of that? Isla wasn't the best judge of things when it came to figuring out what to do on the spur of the moment. When the cat came to, Isla released a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding in. "Look, I don't know how I can make it up to you, Sir, but I'm going to make good on all the mistakes I've made in this lesson. All of them." She wasn't necessarily volunteering to scoop up more animal dung, but there could be some negotiations. She peered back down at Fiona, who looked to be like she was asking someone to pet and pamper her.

NOPE. Not Isla. She was volunteering the Ravenclaw for this one.

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

Avalon sheepishly took the leash from Professor Williamson, gripping it tightly, just in case. She would NOT be letting go of this thing until the end of class - that was for sure. The Ravenclaw breathed out a sigh of relief as Fiona meowed. Thank Merlin she was okay, but it didn't make up for how embarrassed Avalon was about the whole ordeal. The wampus seemed like she wanted some pets and attention, but Avalon was not going to take that bait. Even though the cat was just a baby, and was probably injured, she didn't want to risk getting her hand bitten off or something. Isla looked as if she didn't want to take that chance either. Avalon reached into her pocket and dropped a few treats in front of Fiona's nose. Not that it would make up for what had happened, but it was better than just standing there. Plus, she felt bad for not petting the poor thing.

"....meow?" Fiona blinked long and slow as no one seemed moved by her best meow. She closed her eyes again, but could smell the treats, so she stuck her long tongue out and whipped it around the few that Avalon dropped, bringing them into her mouth for a taste.

PFFT. EWW. Those were NOT bacon OR deer flavored. Just as quickly as she'd sucked up the treats, Fiona was spitting them back out again and meowing LOUDER this time.

What, NOW they were being cautious around the wampus? WWW rolled his eyes at Isla and Avalon, not that they could see that. Sunglasses had more uses than one.

He ran a hand over the wampus, not really concerned since he had dragonhide gloves on and dragonhide was THE BEST. Dragon anything was a winner in his book. The cat felt fine, no broken bones or anything, and when she spat out the treats, he (rightfully) guessed that she was just up to her usual dramatics. "Trying to control humans with legilimency, I see," he mused, standing up and tucking his wand back into its wrist holster on his left hand.

"Okay, maybe try to just give her some exercise?" He looked between the girls, but not specifically at one or the other. He was a bit disappointed by both of them, to be frank. "I think she likes toys." And with that, the professor walked away to leave them to their charge.

Some things you just had to learn by trial and error.

Text Cut: Zachary & Nina

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Originally Posted by Helios Sunrider

"Ni-na. Nina...Nice to meet you, Nina. My name is Zachary, and I have a plan." She didn't seem very happy to be here, but to him, that meant he just had to try harder to make things exciting. After a deep breath, he mustered up a big smile. "I don't know if it's a good idea, or a bad idea, but it sure is an idea."

Closing his deep blue eyes, Zach put two fingers at each of his temples, as if he had a migraine. "Wampus can read minds using legilimency, right?" Taking another deep breath, the boy crouched in front of the wampus kitten Rufus, eyes still closed. "If we show that our intentions are good, maybe we can convince this little guy to cooperate."

Taking his fingers from his head, Zachary took the leash in one hand. The Hufflepuff wasn't an expert at occlumency, but he knew some tricks. "Imagine each of your thoughts are on a card, and put them back in the deck until your mind is clear." One more deep breath. It was going to be all or nothing. "And then you choose the cards you want to play."

Opening up his pretty blues, it was time for him to play his hand as he made eye contact with the six legged kitten. One by one, he let a curated list of memories and thoughts enter his mind. It felt like damming a raging river, but his will held strong. Opening with an image of the Wampus House crest at Ilvermorny, he moved on to a memory of hiking through the mountains in the Southwestern United States three summers ago with his family, the sun shining bright in his mind. "..country roads, take me home..." Zach sang some dumb old song at a whisper, unable to untangle the song from that memory.

Shuffling the deck in his mind, Zach began to play cards from today, starting with breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage and toast. He did his best to focus on the bacon and sausage, trying to recall the smell and the taste. Letting the memory of bacon linger in his mind, next he went back to only a few minutes ago, watching Streaky run the obstacle course. Of course, he omitted the part where the cat took off into the air. "Help me out, and I'll introduce you to the wonders of bacon."

This was his gambit. Zachary knew it was careless, but he had to cast out any doubts he had when he cleared his mind. He could already be hypnotized, and not even know it. If he failed, it would be up to Nina, and maybe the professor, to clean up his mess.

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Nina gave Professor Williamson a nod, as she took the leash to show she understood. The wampus couldn’t be that strong. Their Professor was being a tad theatrical, no? Either way, she did NOT plan on holding onto the leash. It had rained the night before and falling into the mud was not something Nina wanted to risk. As such, she was relieved when Zach took the leash from her before the cat could take off.

”……. Right,” Nina smiled at Zachary as he began to explain his strategy, but as far as she was concerned, his mind clearing thing was rather ridiculous. He sounded like the divinations Professor. And no offense to Professor Kitridge, but divinations was the least useful class. Like. Ever.

…………………… Country roads? ………………… Bacon?

Was it too late to ask for another partner? Hers was actually crazy. She turned back to give Professor Williamson a look. Was he HEARING all of this???

But as ridiculous as it was? The wampus was LEADING the way towards the obstacle course??? ”I can’t believe I’m actually saying this… But I think your plan is working,” The wampus actually WANTED to travel through the course. Whatever Zachary was doing with this bacon nonsense, she was somewhat impressed. If not utterly grossed out. Bacon is disgusting.

Wampus could, indeed, read minds, but mostly they preferred projecting their thoughts and wishes on others. It was all about control for Rufus. Still, like a moth to a flame, he stopped his prancing, as his attention was drawn to staring into Zachary's blue eyes.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Did they have deer bacon here? That, specifically, was this wampus' favorite. He was also partial to fat Kentucky squirrels, if they had any. Rufus tilted his head as he looked at Zach and planted the idea for the boy to go bother the professor about bacon. Bacon bacon bacon bacon. MMMMMMMM. Bacon. He was certain the man had some. He'd seen it in a cooler behind the cage.

As for the girl? Rufus focused his adorable, amber yellow eyes on her. No, she didn't need to hang on to the leash. Yes, the cat seemed to nod, that old man WAS theatrical. And he had a ridiculous name. Three W's? Who in their right mind even LIKED the letter W? It was a stupid name. ALMOST as stupid as Rufus, but Rufus hadn't named himself, no. If he were to name himself, he'd probably call himself.... hmm, Calyx? Cat-lix. Yes, that was a good name, wasn't it?

Rufus flicked his tail to signal Nina to let him lead the way to the obstacle course. Watch. If she just loosened up her hold on his lead, he'd make her look REAL GOOD and give her a VERY fast time here.

Text Cut: Heath & Destiny

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Heath had nothing more to add to the wampus discussion, and even if he had, he was a bit preoccupied trying to keep his hold on Rey, who was now scratching and biting in her struggle to get free. Good thing he was wearing dragonhide gloves, or his hands would be confetti right now! Although he heard the professor say the wampuses had been fed and would probably not attack the other cats, he wasn't willing to risk them making a Rey-tatouille out of his pet! He almost lost his grip on the cat when he remembered someone said something about avoiding eye contact. Maybe if he covered Rey's eyes…

Nooooo! Must break free of smol hooman… Must go to big kitteh! Hey, what are you doing? Stop that! I can't see!

Blink, blink. Whaa…? Rey looked down to find her claws dug into the boy's arm. Oh, no, I hurt smol hooman! I sowwy I iz bad kitteh. I be good now… She snuggled back into her hooman's lap, giving his hand a head boop as an apology.

Rey calmed down the moment Heath placed his hand over her eyes… just in time for him to jot down the list of facts on the board. His heart softened toward the wampus kittens after hearing their story, especially little Fiona. She sort of reminded him of Rey, being the runt of her litter and all. Maybe that's why Rey was so keen to get to her… and it looked like she may get the chance yet if they were supposed to run the obstacle course with the wampuses. Truth be told, Heath wasn't sure what to make of this activity. He still didn't quite trust those wampus kittens not to hurt Rey, and he detested group work! Still, he knew better than to complain. His eyes darted in search of a partner, and -

Oh, look! All the hoomans are playing together, but what's this? My smol hooman is all alone. I go find friend for him!

Rey jumped down from the boy's lap and sped off toward the nearest hooman, knowing he would follow her. She flopped on her back and looked up at the strange hooman with a meep! Hiii, hooman!

In the blink of an eye, Rey was gone. Heath ran after her, catching up just as she flopped in front of some random person. "Sorry about her," he apologized. "D-d'you mind partnering with me?" Since he was already here, he supposed it couldn't hurt to ask.

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Originally Posted by Destiny

Flora may have zoned out just a little bit after witnessing the most amazing thing she would probably ever see in her whole entire Hogwarts life. The Transfiguration Professor. The Transfiguration Professor was a FOX. The Transfiguration Professor was a FOX and he had just run the obstacle course. It was incredible! It did, however, make her wonder if the Professor man could run the obstacle course in his human form, and she would've totally asked him that, too.

If it hadn't been for the distraction of the cat who was now in front of her.

"Caaaaat." She reached down to pet him? her? She didn't know what it was, before glancing up at the cat's owner. "YEAH! We can be partners!" Was it a good idea on his behalf? No, probably not. But, his cat wasn't broken, since it was walking around all on its own and all. "I didn't do the obstacle course, though." But the FOX Professor did. Did he see!? "My cat is broken. Professor Williamson said he'd fix him. I don't know how he's gonna do it." Too much information, huh?

"I'm Flora, by the way. You can pick which wampus we use!" She didn't have a good track record when it came to picking out cats.

Okay, great! These two were partnering up. And between them, they had 1.5 useable cats. Williamson gestured for Flora and Heath to come pick out their wampus, though he was also guessing that they'd probably choose Fiona since Flora was looking at Eris with big doll eyes.

Well. Good for the silver fox, eh ehehehheh. He could start a fanclub.

Text Cut: Claudine

First of all, Rufus didn't smell any thestral poop in here, he'd already checked. And second of all, he wanted more than just SQUINTING in his general direction. He wanted pets and attention and the opportunity to practice his hypnosis as well.

He showed his displeasure for Claudine by turning around and showing her his börthöle, tail up in the air as he did a big streeeeeeeeeeeeetccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh.

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He wasn't trying to spread rumours, he was taking a stab in the dark and hoping things worked out well. Wasn't there a saying there were no stupid answers--wait....that was questions. He should've made it sound like a question. Maybe then it wouldn't have been so bad.

Kitt SUPPOSED what everyone else said was okay but now he liked his idea better and wasn't entirely sure what to make of these cats. Not cats. Cat relatives. They had fur and paws. Close enough.

And why was Sparky trying to get toward the cage?

No no, he'd stay right here in his lap...until now because partners? The Gryffindor rose to his feet and looked about for someone but dang these filled up quickly and being the new guy, no one was really tripping over themselves to grab him. Kitt looked around, then over at the professor as he was handing Cecelia--that was her name, yes?--to a pair that were already partners.

"Oh! Oh! Ooohhhhh! Professor!" He waved his hand frantically despite not being all that far from the man. Sparky, he held close because he was still acting up. "I too would like to also have a partner as well."

"Can I have her instead?"

"By her, I'm guessing you mean Cece and Fiona?" Williamson WOULD have laughed at Kitt if this particular Gryffindor hadn't already given him gray hair this lesson. He shrugged. "Sure. You work with Cece and take Fiona, and we can let Tom and Blake take Rufus."

Fiona was the easier one, anyway, and he wasn't sure Kitt here was a cat person.

Watson · 05-11-2020, 03:38 AM

SPOILER!!: Louise & Fiona

Oh no, no, no. Don't pick up the wampus kitty. Lucy's human NOOOO, thought Aslan as he bounded towards Lucy. He glanced at her as if to say what do we do!?!? This was not good. What if Lucy's human had been hypnotized. He meowed at Noah, trying to implore him to do something before they got eaten! Well.. perhaps he was being dramatic. Not eaten but...

Noah reacted too slowly. By the time he was about to pull the leash back to reign in Fiona, Louise was already picking up said wampus kitty. "Louise! Be careful. I don't think that's a good idea!" cried the older Lion who was tempted to pull the leash away to get the wampus out of her hands. "We did not agree on picking up the wampus, did we??" Then the Wampus turned her gaze to him. Oh no... Don't look at the wampus.. but she was cute? Those eyes were pleading... asking to be ...

"DON'T LOOK AT HER!!" came a meow-rawr which was intended to distract Noah before he leapt at his legs. We have to stop them!!! He then glanced over at Lucy. What do we do? he meant to say but shot her a sad look to convey that message.

Noah was about to look into the wampus' eyes when ASLAN happened. He glanced down at the upset kneazle who.. was warning him? Oh yes, they weren't supposed to look at the wampus' eyes. "How are we supposed to help them?" he asked, glancing at both kneazles. He remembered that the wampus was trying to bait him over. Then he called out to Louise. "Louise, you HAVE to let go of Fiona... Trust me, okay?" Noah glanced to Aslan and Lucy. "I'm going to need your guys' help." He tightened his grip and was ready to yank the wampus out of Louise's hands. He just didn't want the wampus to slice all of Louise's hair off. She had such nice hair after all....

hjhm · 05-11-2020, 07:37 AM

She placed the kneazle to the side since he was already in the middle of his nap. This was good, she thought. He wouldn't be able to roam around that much while Jillian is doing the activity with the wampus. She stood up and decided she will be taking Rufus for this one. She waited for his turn and as soon as she got hold of Rufus she held on to the leash and smiled at the wampus. "Good boy" she chuckled under her breath.

She took out the treats left on her pocket, is it okay to feed them too? She then opened her hand and slowly push it near Rufus. Would he take it? Would he like it too like the kneazle? She is hoping he wouldn't bite her. Fingers crossed. She took a deep breath while she waited for Rufus.

Okay, ready when he is.

sweetpinkpixie · 05-11-2020, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Great, James would be working with a Gryffindor. This would be good for him, WWW decided. Snakes and Lions made great friends, just ask his BFF Oliver Jenkins.

"Which one d'ya want?" he called out to Cole, clearly the leader of these two. Both Fiona and Rufus had just returned from an attempt at the obstacle course, so it was up to the boys to decide.

Yeah. Great. Fantastic.

Just please one of the wampus cats drop a whisker or something to make all this misery worth it!

Not seeing that the professor was trying to make eye contact with his Gryffindor companion, Eiji continued to try and get the big fat drooling beast off his shoe and leg and just...did it have to keep purring so much?

"Don't felines choose their people, professor?" he asked DRYLY in reply. Because THIS one seemed to have chosen him and he had NOT picked it. May as well let the wampus cats decide which of them wanted to come over.

kayquilz · 05-11-2020, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

She still felt like Teacup was being the worst behaved out of all the creatures there and she wasn't going to let her cat do that anymore. Giving the girl a smile that came up to her, "I'm Chloe and sure we can work together." She glanced towards Ewan and Missa before looking back to the professor who brought up working with Rufus.

"Sure, we would love to work with him." Taking the leash she made her way to the obstetrical course. "Do you want to try first? I didn't really get to try with my cat, she was not listening very well." Chloe was being a bit distracted herself and wasn't sure she'd have full focus on the creature, but if Aboli wanted her to go first she could.

"Rufus I hope you can be a good boy for us." She smiled down at the baby wampus, they were the cutest things.

Yeah, jeeze, Aboli was eyeing Chloe's cat as it misbehaved...not that Aboli judged. It was just a LOT to witness. Luckily trusty ole' Sparticus was lounging at her feet, playing with a treat Aboli had given him. "I didn't get much of a chance either - Sparty is pretty lazy." She nudged the kneazle with her foot who merely MROOOOWED in reply. She did take the leash, though.

"Okay, Rufus. I'm Aboli and that's Chloe! We've got Sparticus and ..." she didn't know Chloe's cat's name. So she just gestured at the other cat and smiled. She was going to do her best to NOT look at the wampus' eyes, but it was kinda' hard. "Chloe, okay, here goes - I'll hold your cat while you go next if you want, too!" she thought she'd offer. Sparticus was still lazing around a few few away.

"Ready, Rufus?" and she went at a RUN towards the first part of the course, trying to see if this cat!creature would be as stubborn as Sparticus. "I'll give you tasty treats if you're a good boy!" she added, not even sure if she COULD legally give the wampus treats, but eh. She would toss him one while W wasn't looking if she had to!

Well well, the hoooooman had picked up another pet. Cool. Whatever. Don't care at all...not even a little bit....nope...over here, not caring.....

Sparticus eventually stood up to rub on Chloe's legs, meowing QUITE a bit in Aboli's general direction.

Hello.

Over here.

HELLO.

TREAT KEEPER?

Daydreamer11 · 05-11-2020, 02:02 PM

SPOILER!!: Islay

So Rufus was being friendly with Islay. Naya still didn’t trust him one bit. When her partner’s kneazle ran away, it made her that much more suspicious. Animals knew evil when they saw it. They would have to be very careful during this exercise. Benjie on the other hand, was just happy to have his treats......for now. Naya had to make sure he didn’t fall under the wampus’ spell.

Hearing Islay volunteer to take the lead, Naya nodded. “Ok. Benjie and I will try to lure Rufus along the obstacle course. I’ll stay in front of you and give him treats if we need to keep him going.” All that without looking him in the eye. Right. This was going to be fun.

“Ready when you are”, Naya said. Maybe give him a treat to start and I’ll hold out some more so he can see them. And hopefully have him start walking toward her, not trying to bite her arm off to get the treat. “Come on Benjie. Maybe if you show Rufus how it’s done, he’ll follow you.” Naya gave Benjie a treat and started walking toward the start of the course. If she could keep the kneazle focused on her and not the wampus, that would be great.

Benjie ate his treat and when his girl started walking, so did he. He found the wampus to be mildly interesting. Not as interesting as his treats, of course. It looked like they were going to do this jumping, climbing, running thing again. Cool. He liked how it turned out the first time.

love-for-HP · 05-11-2020, 02:16 PM

Blake took hold of the leash that was handed to their group. He knew Tom, but CeCe was unknown to him, and their were both Lions ... a great combo that the Professor set them up for... ugh ....

"So Umm... treats work for me last time." Blake was thinking this was going to be a disaster really. "I'll hold the leash, if you guys want to start trying to guide Rufus here into the course." ... Blake and his little kneazle barely finished it before let alone with this massive thing with a mind of it's own.

MadMadamMalfoy · 05-11-2020, 02:53 PM

Heath was so busy trying to keep Rey from annoying… whoever it was she ran into that he didn’t get a good look at the girl until she spoke. He was prepared for an angry reaction to his cat or a resounding no to his offer, but to his relief, neither of those things happened. Well, this hadn’t gone as badly as he thought! Heath smiled at the younger girl. “Nice to meet you, Flora,” he said. “I’m Heath, and she’s Rey.” He gestured toward the little gray cat purring at Flora’s feet.

Purr, purrrrrrrrrrr… Yaaaas! Keep petting me, smol hooman! Oh, look! This smol hooman and Rey’s own hooman were playing nice. You’re welcome, hoomans!

Heath blinked at the mention of the obstacle course and the broken cat, unsure whether to be amused or worried. If neither of their cats had finished the obstacle course, how in Merlin’s beard were they going to guide a wampus through it?! His eyes darted from their cats to the wampuses, then to the obstacle course and back again as he mentally formulated a plan. “What kind of toys and treats does your cat like?” he asked. “Maybe the wampas - wampuses will like the same kind.” Jumping Jawas, he’d accidentally called it a wampa! He was going to have to be careful about that; those two words sounded way too similar! Okay, wampa = giant white hairy monster from the planet Hoth; wampus = North American cat creature that looks like a mountain lion and hypnotizes people.

As for which wampus to pick, it wasn’t hard. “I think Fiona’s our best bet,” Heath said. She seemed the less threatening of the two, which was especially important since Rey was tiny and Flora’s cat (whatever its name was) was “broken”! “Stay here with Rey and - what’s your cat’s name? I’ll be right back.” He thought it best to volunteer to be the leash holder since he was older and bigger than Flora and, therefore, less likely to lose grip on the leash.

With that, he walked up to the professors to retrieve Fiona, taking care not to accidentally lock eyes with the wampus kitten.

Hey! Where’d my hooman go? Rey blinked, watching as the boy walked away. I go follow him? Nah, I stay here and let the other smol hooman pet me some more. Purr...

Weasley174 · 05-11-2020, 02:55 PM

Tom looked at the Professor as he moved Cece to another group, leaving him with Blake. He was a little bit happy about that because he knew Blake and he hadn't met the other student before.

Tom smiled at Blake as he took the lead. He then looked at the creature in front of him. "Rufus, do you want to do the course or not?" Tom wasn't going to force any animal to do a course if they didn't want to, he might even change SPCW to S.P.A.W. "What do you think Blake?"

*Nordic Witch* · 05-11-2020, 02:57 PM

SPOILER!!: Eji & Professor WWW

Cole was looking around for someone to partner when Eji of all people sauntered over with a kneazle practically attached to his leg. It was cute to see, but Eji was clearly not jazzed. "You’re not a cat person?" Cole wondered curiously."Sure, we can be partners Eji." Pulling out a toy rat from his robe pocket that he had saved from the previous activity Cole tossed it to the kneazle in the hope that he or she would leave Eji’s foot alone. "Do you have anything on you that smell like tuna, shrimp or catnip? It could be why the kneazle isn’t leaving you alone." Most people would be happy for an instant kneazle infatuation. Eji clearly wasn’t. He’d let Professor Williamson answer if felines chose their peoples or not. Looking from Eji to the wampus kitten Cole said "Can we have a go at the course with Rufus, professor?"

TakemetotheBurrow · 05-11-2020, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

He wasn't trying to spread rumours, he was taking a stab in the dark and hoping things worked out well. Wasn't there a saying there were no stupid answers--wait....that was questions. He should've made it sound like a question. Maybe then it wouldn't have been so bad.

Kitt SUPPOSED what everyone else said was okay but now he liked his idea better and wasn't entirely sure what to make of these cats. Not cats. Cat relatives. They had fur and paws. Close enough.

And why was Sparky trying to get toward the cage?

No no, he'd stay right here in his lap...until now because partners? The Gryffindor rose to his feet and looked about for someone but dang these filled up quickly and being the new guy, no one was really tripping over themselves to grab him. Kitt looked around, then over at the professor as he was handing Cecelia--that was her name, yes?--to a pair that were already partners.

"Oh! Oh! Ooohhhhh! Professor!" He waved his hand frantically despite not being all that far from the man. Sparky, he held close because he was still acting up. "I too would like to also have a partner as well."

"Can I have her instead?"

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"By her, I'm guessing you mean Cece and Fiona?" Williamson WOULD have laughed at Kitt if this particular Gryffindor hadn't already given him gray hair this lesson. He shrugged. "Sure. You work with Cece and take Fiona, and we can let Tom and Blake take Rufus."

Fiona was the easier one, anyway, and he wasn't sure Kitt here was a cat person.

Cecelia JUMPED and giggled when Professor Williamson called her very loudly by her mum's name. It was the first ever time that'd happened to her at school and she found it VERY amusing. "It's the hair, professor. I've got hair just like her." So she totally understood why he'd gotten confused. That happened to old people a lot, she supposed. She was also thankful the guy had found her a group without being too embarrassing about it. She didn't want the whole WORLD to know she hadn't found herself a partner, you know?

"Hi Tom, hi Blake!" The third year smiled, waving Mate's paw at them. Only then she was being re-partnered, and this time to someone who'd actually requested to work with her. Hey, that was kind of a nice feeling, actually! "Bye Tom, bye Blake!" She'd be going now.

"Kitt, this is Mate," Cecelia announced to her partner, showing off the kneazle that was only hers for class, but still felt very much hers. She set the creature down by her leg, trusting he'd stay nearby, especially with how he seemed to be eyeing Fiona. Speaking of, she accepted the wampus's lead and tugged very gently towards the course. "Hi Fiona, I bet you're very smart." She looked very smart to Cece.

"What do you think will get her to go through the course?" She turned her attention to Kitt. "Mate liked the treats and all, but I think he liked going after the mouse more."

Destiny · 05-11-2020, 04:04 PM

SPOILER!!: Heathhhhhh

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Heath was so busy trying to keep Rey from annoying… whoever it was she ran into that he didn’t get a good look at the girl until she spoke. He was prepared for an angry reaction to his cat or a resounding no to his offer, but to his relief, neither of those things happened. Well, this hadn’t gone as badly as he thought! Heath smiled at the younger girl. “Nice to meet you, Flora,” he said. “I’m Heath, and she’s Rey.” He gestured toward the little gray cat purring at Flora’s feet.

Purr, purrrrrrrrrrr… Yaaaas! Keep petting me, smol hooman! Oh, look! This smol hooman and Rey’s own hooman were playing nice. You’re welcome, hoomans!

Heath blinked at the mention of the obstacle course and the broken cat, unsure whether to be amused or worried. If neither of their cats had finished the obstacle course, how in Merlin’s beard were they going to guide a wampus through it?! His eyes darted from their cats to the wampuses, then to the obstacle course and back again as he mentally formulated a plan. “What kind of toys and treats does your cat like?” he asked. “Maybe the wampas - wampuses will like the same kind.” Jumping Jawas, he’d accidentally called it a wampa! He was going to have to be careful about that; those two words sounded way too similar! Okay, wampa = giant white hairy monster from the planet Hoth; wampus = North American cat creature that looks like a mountain lion and hypnotizes people.

As for which wampus to pick, it wasn’t hard. “I think Fiona’s our best bet,” Heath said. She seemed the less threatening of the two, which was especially important since Rey was tiny and Flora’s cat (whatever its name was) was “broken”! “Stay here with Rey and - what’s your cat’s name? I’ll be right back.” He thought it best to volunteer to be the leash holder since he was older and bigger than Flora and, therefore, less likely to lose grip on the leash.

With that, he walked up to the professors to retrieve Fiona, taking care not to accidentally lock eyes with the wampus kitten.

Hey! Where’d my hooman go? Rey blinked, watching as the boy walked away. I go follow him? Nah, I stay here and let the other smol hooman pet me some more. Purr...

Heath and Rey. Yes, Flora was definitely going to remember their names, and as much as it was nice to meet the both of them, she liked meeting his cat Rey much better. After all, it wasn't like Heath was going to bend down a little bit so she could pet him, RIGHT?

Right.

She may have looked up at him for just a tiny second, and when he didn't bend down towards her, her attention was right back onto his cat. She was a GOOD cat. A GOOD, cute and unbroken cat. She didn't expect they could trade.. could they? No, no, of course not. "My cat doesn't really like toys. Or treats. My cat is broken." She did mention that already, hadn't she? "Maybe we should just leave him where he is." Her cat was going to be no help at all. "What does your cat like?" Besides being petted. Pet pet peeeeeet.

And he was off to fetch the ~~wampa~~ wampus, which left her with the easy job. Sitting there, just petting Rey. "Catastrophe." Her cat's name was Catastrophe.

Bazinga · 05-11-2020, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayquilz

Yeah, jeeze, Aboli was eyeing Chloe's cat as it misbehaved...not that Aboli judged. It was just a LOT to witness. Luckily trusty ole' Sparticus was lounging at her feet, playing with a treat Aboli had given him. "I didn't get much of a chance either - Sparty is pretty lazy." She nudged the kneazle with her foot who merely MROOOOWED in reply. She did take the leash, though.

"Okay, Rufus. I'm Aboli and that's Chloe! We've got Sparticus and ..." she didn't know Chloe's cat's name. So she just gestured at the other cat and smiled. She was going to do her best to NOT look at the wampus' eyes, but it was kinda' hard. "Chloe, okay, here goes - I'll hold your cat while you go next if you want, too!" she thought she'd offer. Sparticus was still lazing around a few few away.

"Ready, Rufus?" and she went at a RUN towards the first part of the course, trying to see if this cat!creature would be as stubborn as Sparticus. "I'll give you tasty treats if you're a good boy!" she added, not even sure if she COULD legally give the wampus treats, but eh. She would toss him one while W wasn't looking if she had to!

Well well, the hoooooman had picked up another pet. Cool. Whatever. Don't care at all...not even a little bit....nope...over here, not caring.....

Sparticus eventually stood up to rub on Chloe's legs, meowing QUITE a bit in Aboli's general direction.

Hello.

Over here.

HELLO.

TREAT KEEPER?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rufus

WOULD HE be a good boy? Rufus glanced up at the girl, his tail flicking back in forth in contemplation of her. She looked smart, but she was also making perfect eye contact with him right now, so....

He tilted his head slightly and decided to give her an order. Punch the other girl in the arm. Do it. Do it now. Do it because I said so and I'm the cutest thing you've ever seen and you want me to let you hold me? Don't you? Donnnnnnnnnn't you? I'll let you hold me if you punch her AND step on her foot!

Well Rufus was adorable and Chloe was excited that they had him. She was watching the animal when Aboli started to talk. What was she saying again? The wampus was being so adorable that Chloe just didn't want to stop looking at it. She wanted to go snuggle it and soon she was feeling something on her leg, but she didn't look down. "Good Kitty" Was all she really said to the Kneazle rubbing at her leg.

As Aboli started off with Rufus Chloe hurried to stop her, 'No, wait" and without warning she hit Aboli, she had no real reason to do it, but that Rufus told her too. Something with her motion and the feel of claws in her leg made her shake her head just as she was about to stomp down on the foot of her partner.

She jumped back and gasped, 'I'm so sorry, I.. that thing is dangerous." It was still cute, but oh so dangerous.

Teacup was tied to the bag, but she was hissing and meowing and soon the bag was being dragged and her claws were in Chloe's leg. STOP IT HUMAN!

Fireheart · 05-11-2020, 04:29 PM

Text Cut: WWW & wampus

Oh, come on!! Now the wampus didn't even want a treat? That was one prissy cat. And to make things even worse, Professor Williamson was doing the calm-but-still-extremely-disappointed thing. This lesson was turning out to be absolutely terrible. So much for a fun afternoon with the felines.

"Will do, Professor," Avalon responded quietly to his suggestion. She turned to Isla. "What if we just have her do some obstacles on the course with some toys to get her acquainted with it? And don't worry, I won't let go of this leash again." Honestly, she didn't even think it was worth it to try to run the course again. Maybe just playing around on it was what Fiona needed. Leash in one hand, Avalon pulled out one of the jingly mice toys from her pocket with the other. "Wanna play, Fiona?" The Ravenclaw tossed the toy back toward the course and started jogging after it, hoping Fiona would follow on the leash.

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