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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!
Oh, what? Snap? Deer?! For him? They had deer in Scotland? Rufus WAS interested in this.
He stood up, since the girl had broken their precious eye contact, and plodded forward toward the toy. He wouldn't mind bopping his head against it, to see what the texture was like, even though REAL mousies didn't smell like this toy.
He continued on at his own pace, not running yet. Maybe if the BOY started running, Rufus would be able to imagine he was a deer, and then he could practice taking him down... ehehehe.
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Originally Posted by GD2204
SPOILER!!: ”Feline Rufus”
Oh, what? Snap? Deer?! For him? They had deer in Scotland? Rufus WAS interested in this.
He stood up, since the girl had broken their precious eye contact, and plodded forward toward the toy. He wouldn't mind bopping his head against it, to see what the texture was like, even though REAL mousies didn't smell like this toy.
He continued on at his own pace, not running yet. Maybe if the BOY started running, Rufus would be able to imagine he was a deer, and then he could practice taking him down... ehehehe
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!
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
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.
THAT escalated quickly.
One moment Missa was ELATED that the toy was working, and the MENTION of deer was working - because Rufus was moving - but then suddenly Ewan was running, AND THE WAMPUS WAS RUNNING, and Missa was being dragged behind him.
Yelping at the sudden OUT OF CONTROL scenario, Missa TRIED to KEEP UP and hopefully get through this course - BUT NOPE. Instead, she was left amazed at the way Rufus took control and did what he clearly wanted to do.
Coming to a stop next to the proud cat, Missa found herself...grinning at it. Ewan was probably doing just fine, she was sure.“Well done, Rufus. Come on - lets keep going now” she tugged his leash gingerly again as he lounged on Ewan’s back as if he owned her fellow prefect.
“You are bait now, Ewan. Are you up to making him chase you again?” she asked amused
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Text Cut: Avalon, WWW, and Fiona
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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.
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
"....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.
Out of the corner of her eye, Isla saw Avalon take the leash. Truth be told, she was kind of glad the older girl did. Now Isla had lost her confidence in this whole activity, and even though she was going to see it through to the end, she was glad not to be the one with the leash. "I'm sorry, Avalon. It was my bad idea that got us in this situation. I should have known that a wampus would act differently than a kneazle," she said. One thing was for sure. She knew it now, and she wouldn't be forgetting it.
She watched as the professor pet the wampus and determined her to be okay. Isla was an animal lover, and she would be glad to see any animal okay. But at this moment and time, she had never been happier to see an animal come to and be fine and alive. As WWW wandered off, Isla looked at Avalon again. "I don't think I'm his favorite person in the world right now," she mumbled. Anyway, exercise and toys sounded perfect. "Why don't we just start with a simple walk around the course. Just the perimeter. No fancy tricks right now." Fiona didn't seem to like the treats, so she wouldn't bother with going to get any of those.
One moment Missa was ELATED that the toy was working, and the MENTION of deer was working - because Rufus was moving - but then suddenly Ewan was running, AND THE WAMPUS WAS RUNNING, and Missa was being dragged behind him.
Yelping at the sudden OUT OF CONTROL scenario, Missa TRIED to KEEP UP and hopefully get through this course - BUT NOPE. Instead, she was left amazed at the way Rufus took control and did what he clearly wanted to do.
Coming to a stop next to the proud cat, Missa found herself...grinning at it. Ewan was probably doing just fine, she was sure.“Well done, Rufus. Come on - lets keep going now” she tugged his leash gingerly again as he lounged on Ewan’s back as if he owned her fellow prefect.
“You are bait now, Ewan. Are you up to making him chase you again?” she asked amused
Uh…you what?! How did he suddenly go from holding the bait to actually being the bait? One moment he was running with the mouse, the next moment, he had a cat on his back, licking its paws as if it had just done a hard day’s work?
Uh no. Don’t think so Not happening. Not today. Then again, he couldn’t exactly get annoyed but it must have looked pretty funny. He was just thankful that Rufus didn’t have his claws out. That really would not have been fun.
”Hey, come on now Rufus, get off my back” grinning now as he turned over to face Missa and the sneaky little fur baby.
”Am I up for it?” he repeated as he got to his feet, brushing off the dirt and giving himself a once over, just to make sure he didn’t have any cuts. ”I dunno, you tell me…” and without warning, he took off running as fast as he could around the obstacle course without warning, the mouse all but forgotten. He figured Rufus would be quick so he’d take every little head start he could get. Besides, he was pretty fast when he wanted to be, mainly due to his long legs.
HOW did I miss RO's POST OMG well that worked out anyway!
A Poop * k8 *
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
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!
Aboli was abooooout to start the course, she was even in midRUN when suddenly Chloe was stopping her, and then she HIT HER RIGHT IN THE SHOULDER. THE ARM. Aboli WHIPPED around so fast, furrowed brows. "OI!" she yelled, and then she glanced to see if Williams had seen it. She had just been PUNCHED!!!
..."What do you mean - " And then it clicked. She....that THING. Rufus. Aboli gasped. "You naughty boy!" she said putting her hand over her eyes as she GLARED down at him...not that the wampus could see the glare now. MERLIN. "I just wanted to run a course with you! AND give you a treat!"
Now Chloe's cat was literally going crazy. She tossed a treat the cat to maybe get it to CALM DOWN.
Sparticus, however, was wrapped in between Aboli's legs once more. MERLIN.
TOO.
MANY.
FELINES.
ABOLI MISSED HER DOG AT HOME.
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Puff by day, snake by night | Mj's bestie | Always UP to Something...
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Originally Posted by kayquilz
Aboli was abooooout to start the course, she was even in midRUN when suddenly Chloe was stopping her, and then she HIT HER RIGHT IN THE SHOULDER. THE ARM. Aboli WHIPPED around so fast, furrowed brows. "OI!" she yelled, and then she glanced to see if Williams had seen it. She had just been PUNCHED!!!
..."What do you mean - " And then it clicked. She....that THING. Rufus. Aboli gasped. "You naughty boy!" she said putting her hand over her eyes as she GLARED down at him...not that the wampus could see the glare now. MERLIN. "I just wanted to run a course with you! AND give you a treat!"
Now Chloe's cat was literally going crazy. She tossed a treat the cat to maybe get it to CALM DOWN.
Sparticus, however, was wrapped in between Aboli's legs once more. MERLIN.
TOO.
MANY.
FELINES.
ABOLI MISSED HER DOG AT HOME.
Chloe was not a violent person and she came close to failing dueling every single year because hurting people was not something she ever wanted to do. So punching someone and someone younger had the blonde really upset, but how could one be upset over the Wampus baby. It was still so cute, but she was not looking at him anymore.
"I am so sorry about that, I can't believe that baby got me that much. I didn't think it could push me to do something like that." She still wasn't looking at it now and she went to scoop of Teacup, but the cat just hissed and moved towards Rufus.
See she wasn't all naughty, she could be protective and sweet when she wanted to be, but now that curious thing from the cage had her tail in a twist and she was hissing towards it.
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Text Cut: Islay & Naya
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Originally Posted by Optimist.Prime
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?”
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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11
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.
Rufus liked the pat-pat on his head, and enjoyed seeing the one feline known as Kasha leave EVEN MORE. Mwahaha. His plan was working. Except... except for that one exceptionally well-behaved kneazle who was following his h00man perfectly.
Rufus' yellow eyes narrowed, but he flicked his tail and set off after the two who were in the lead. If he could just pounce on that kneazle whenever the girl in the red house wasn't looking, that would be great...
Text Cut: Noah Nam Nam Nam
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Originally Posted by Watson
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....
The boy was RUINING THIS ALL! Fiona hisssssssssed at the Gryffindor. She could already feel the n00se collar around her neck tightening as he tugged the leash, and she only dug her claws in DEEPER to the red hair.
If that BOY were to pull her away now, she would pull all of the red hair with her! On Franklin Delano Roosevelt's name she swore she would!
Text Cut: Jillian & Phoebe whenever Ern sees this
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Originally Posted by hjhm
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.
"Phoebe, Phoebe James..." Williamson called out to the Gryffindor with the cat named Beans, "come join Jillian and Rufus." He didn't want the Head Girl left alone with the tricky wampus, even though she was pretty capable. It wasn't her he worried about; it was the wiley wampus.
Oh look, she was smiling at him. Rufus twitched his ears forward as he listened to the girl call him a good boy. Yes, more of this praise, h00man. Worship me. He came forward and sniffed the treats, but didn't take one.
Instead, he sat on his bum and opened his mouth, waiting to be hand-fed by the h00man.
Text Cut: Aboli & Chloe
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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?
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
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!
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Originally Posted by kayquilz
Aboli was abooooout to start the course, she was even in midRUN when suddenly Chloe was stopping her, and then she HIT HER RIGHT IN THE SHOULDER. THE ARM. Aboli WHIPPED around so fast, furrowed brows. "OI!" she yelled, and then she glanced to see if Williams had seen it. She had just been PUNCHED!!!
..."What do you mean - " And then it clicked. She....that THING. Rufus. Aboli gasped. "You naughty boy!" she said putting her hand over her eyes as she GLARED down at him...not that the wampus could see the glare now. MERLIN. "I just wanted to run a course with you! AND give you a treat!"
Now Chloe's cat was literally going crazy. She tossed a treat the cat to maybe get it to CALM DOWN.
Sparticus, however, was wrapped in between Aboli's legs once more. MERLIN.
TOO.
MANY.
FELINES.
ABOLI MISSED HER DOG AT HOME.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Chloe was not a violent person and she came close to failing dueling every single year because hurting people was not something she ever wanted to do. So punching someone and someone younger had the blonde really upset, but how could one be upset over the Wampus baby. It was still so cute, but she was not looking at him anymore.
"I am so sorry about that, I can't believe that baby got me that much. I didn't think it could push me to do something like that." She still wasn't looking at it now and she went to scoop of Teacup, but the cat just hissed and moved towards Rufus.
See she wasn't all naughty, she could be protective and sweet when she wanted to be, but now that curious thing from the cage had her tail in a twist and she was hissing towards it.
MWAAAAAAHAHAHA. It worked! Well, nearly. No one had been stomped on, and that did displease him somewhat.
Rufus' tail flicked mischievously as he eyed the two girls. He pounced forward to intercept the treat destined for Chloe's cat, not because HE wanted it, but because he was in the mood to cause trouble and didn't want the cat named Teacup to have it. He bopped it off his head and then pranced forward, crushing any treats and all that had been dropped flat into the dirt.
Rufus then did a loopty-loo, showing off with his tail in the air as he wound his leash around and in between the two girls, and their felines, both of whom received a warning GROWWWWWWWWL from him. No hissing, Teacup, or you'll get a paw to the face!
Text Cut: Blake & Tom
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Originally Posted by love-for-HP
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.
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Originally Posted by Weasley174
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?"
Well well well. FINALLY a h00man with some consideration for him. Rufus locked his eyes on the boy named Tom and subtly shook his head, CLEARLY responding with a NOPE.
Instead, still maintaining eye contact with the boy, he flopped on his back and exposed his belly. Come closer, little lion man. Rub my belly. Rub my belly and promise me some deer jerky. And then loosen my harness, will you?
He also looked at the boy named Blake to try to lure him in too. Wouldn't Blake like to pet a wampus? Rufus was VERY clean and tidy. He'd licked himself just this morning, in fact, after he'd killed a rat he'd found in the Hogwarts barn.
Text Cut: Heath & Flora
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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...
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Originally Posted by Destiny
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.
Fiona was ready for her next victim! student interaction! She would play nice this time. Totally, totally nice. For the next two minutes only.
Two minutes was just enough time for Fiona to lead the way, prancing ahead of Heath like she was the best-trained pup in the world. In reality, she was very curious about the OTHER tiny cat and the weird-one with the eyes going in two different directions. Would they like to join her cat gang? She was forming one, just now, she'd just decided. Fiona pranced over to Flora and leapt up beside the first-year, locking her yellow eyes on the eyes of Catastrophe first.
Catastrophe....could Catastrophe play dead? Fiona wanted to see. She wanted to see if Catastrophe could roll over and flop down like a dead cat. Also, the kitten known as Rey? Could it pretend to be dead too? She, herself, was the best-acting wampus this side of the Mississippi. She'd pretended to be dead just a little bit ago when she'd hit that barrier.
Now, Rey... Rey should act like the first-year had just petted her too hard. And should fall off the bale like she'd just been squashed by a h00man hand. Yes, that would do. Fiona communicated her wishes to the two mundane felines with her laser-like yellow eyes.
Text Cut: Cole & James
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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?"
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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.
"Sure, have at it," Williamson answered Cole, CAREFULLY handing over Rufus' leash. As for Rasting? He smirked. "I think you're going to have to take that one home with you, yes. He chose you. Wampus, though, they don't choose us, unless you're talking about choosing their victims for food....." He let out a short laugh. Only joking, of course, because wampus didn't eat people..... er.... did they?
Most people were too fatty for Rufus' taste, and anyway, he was still a kitten who preferred lean deer meat and fat squirrels. For now.
Once the boy had his leash (and look at how nice Rufus was being in WAITING for this), he took off at a gallop, tugging him over to the course to see if the boy could jump over the obstacles as quickly as HE could. Never mind being led around; Rufus was doing the leading. Cole was the one on the leash in HIS mind. And his friend with the adoring kneazle? Yeah, they could come too. The whiny boy should probably just carry his fat cat, though. It was going to be useless against Rufus.
Text Cut: Cece & Kitt
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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."
Fiona WAS very smart, thank you for noticing. She sat still for now, watching the two in charge of her, and waiting to sniff out the weaker link. She was getting a bit bored by the talk, though, and so she started grooming herself, licking her paw and then using it to clean behind her ear. Had to double-check that she'd gotten off all the rat blood from the one she'd helped Rufus kill this morning.
Text Cut: Avalon & Isla
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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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Out of the corner of her eye, Isla saw Avalon take the leash. Truth be told, she was kind of glad the older girl did. Now Isla had lost her confidence in this whole activity, and even though she was going to see it through to the end, she was glad not to be the one with the leash. "I'm sorry, Avalon. It was my bad idea that got us in this situation. I should have known that a wampus would act differently than a kneazle," she said. One thing was for sure. She knew it now, and she wouldn't be forgetting it.
She watched as the professor pet the wampus and determined her to be okay. Isla was an animal lover, and she would be glad to see any animal okay. But at this moment and time, she had never been happier to see an animal come to and be fine and alive. As WWW wandered off, Isla looked at Avalon again. "I don't think I'm his favorite person in the world right now," she mumbled. Anyway, exercise and toys sounded perfect. "Why don't we just start with a simple walk around the course. Just the perimeter. No fancy tricks right now." Fiona didn't seem to like the treats, so she wouldn't bother with going to get any of those.
Okay, yes, fine, Fiona WOULD play. Anything to get the ATTENTION she deserved.
She waited until the girl had thrown the toy, and then took off like a lightning bolt. Hopefully this child knew how to run, because she was determined to catch the mouse toy before it hit the ground. Fiona leaaaaaaaaaapt for it, and snagged it in her mouth, skidding in the dirt as she held on tight to the mousie toy.
What next? She turned around and padded back to the younger girl, with the green House emblem on her robes. Fiona dropped the toy at her feet and looked up expectantly.
AGAIN?!??
or, better yet,
DEER TREAT?
Text Cut: Missa & Ewan
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THAT escalated quickly.
One moment Missa was ELATED that the toy was working, and the MENTION of deer was working - because Rufus was moving - but then suddenly Ewan was running, AND THE WAMPUS WAS RUNNING, and Missa was being dragged behind him.
Yelping at the sudden OUT OF CONTROL scenario, Missa TRIED to KEEP UP and hopefully get through this course - BUT NOPE. Instead, she was left amazed at the way Rufus took control and did what he clearly wanted to do.
Coming to a stop next to the proud cat, Missa found herself...grinning at it. Ewan was probably doing just fine, she was sure.“Well done, Rufus. Come on - lets keep going now” she tugged his leash gingerly again as he lounged on Ewan’s back as if he owned her fellow prefect.
“You are bait now, Ewan. Are you up to making him chase you again?” she asked amused
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Uh…you what?! How did he suddenly go from holding the bait to actually being the bait? One moment he was running with the mouse, the next moment, he had a cat on his back, licking its paws as if it had just done a hard day’s work?
Uh no. Don’t think so Not happening. Not today. Then again, he couldn’t exactly get annoyed but it must have looked pretty funny. He was just thankful that Rufus didn’t have his claws out. That really would not have been fun.
”Hey, come on now Rufus, get off my back” grinning now as he turned over to face Missa and the sneaky little fur baby.
”Am I up for it?” he repeated as he got to his feet, brushing off the dirt and giving himself a once over, just to make sure he didn’t have any cuts. ”I dunno, you tell me…” and without warning, he took off running as fast as he could around the obstacle course without warning, the mouse all but forgotten. He figured Rufus would be quick so he’d take every little head start he could get. Besides, he was pretty fast when he wanted to be, mainly due to his long legs.
Rufus was pleased at the reaction he received from the female prefect; he was not above preening for any and all females. He was an alpha all right, purrrrrrrpurrrrrrrrr.
Rufus waited for the boy to get a head start this time, and then took off again, this time dodging and whipping around the obstacles on the course to make the chase a little more interesting... was the girl keeping up with him? He had an idea, and now that he'd started flat-out running, he was able to bypass the boy entirely, running ahead of and around him in a circle.
If Rufus had done it right, now the girl would be trying to hang on to his leash, and would be forced to collide with the boy, as his leash would also be in front of him to trip him up...heh heh heeeeeeeeh.
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Williamson was definitely not in the business of saving small pets that were NOT on the school-approved list of pets; in fact, he didn't even notice it, as he was turned around and using his wand to write on the chalkboard at the moment.
He did nod to Carsyn and add her answer though.
Rufus, meanwhile, was instantly on alert for the gerbil. If ONLY one of these BLASTED H00MANS had listened to him and OPENED the cage already! He let out a low growl and stuck his paw through the bars of the cage, swiping at the gerbil.
When that didn't work, he turned his large yellow eyes on the other creature, starting to hypnotize it so that it would just walk itself into his cage. It was small enough; the rodent would fit easily through the bars of the cage AND would be the PERFECT snack for him.
Fiona would have to catch her own appetizer.
So....nothing from these few, then? Williamson nodded to them all and made sure they could see the chalkboard.
"I think we have all our facts, then. Make sure you jot these down and then we'll move on."
Wampus Facts
---native to Appalachia
---eyes can hypnotize
---possible powers of legilimency
---can walk on hind legs
---quickly grow to be pretty large
---nearly impossible to kill, once fully grown
---hair is used in wands
---Cherokee of North America are the only ones to use their hair in a wand
---look similar to a mountain lion
---most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular)
---VERY strong
---VERY fast
---EXCELLENT hunters
---GREAT climbers
---fierce warriors
---represent a House at Ilvermorny
---possibly originated from a witch in cougar skin who was cursed
---should avoid eye contact or wear sunglasses
---obligate carnivores, eat deer, rabbits, foxes, woodland creatures
---use stealth, ambush, and hypnosis against prey
"So, a few things I want to emphasize." The Professor had his dragonhide gloves on, and picked up Rufus, holding him tightly as he set him on the top of the cage for everyone to see. Rufus was NOT pleased with this action, but he was biding his time, casting his yellow eyes about for his first victim.
"This is obviously a VERY small wampus. In fact, it was born at the very end of July, and I picked it up from a friend's sanctuary in the States. Rufus and Fiona, and she was the runt of the litter, will be going back there after our class so that they can SLOWLY be rehabilitated and released to the wild. Both are the only survivors of a premature litter, rescued when their mum was shot by a Muggle hunter." He cleared his throat. "Just because these two are small doesn't mean they won't be nearly grown in a few months. Rufus and Fiona are NOT threats to your cats and kneazles, as far as I've seen. They are, however, WICKEDLY fast." And that was why he'd spent a day and a half casting protective spells and barriers around the fenced-in classroom space, so that IN CASE of an accident, the wampus actually wouldn't be able to escape.
Also. "I want you to experience firsthand WHY we don't attempt to make pets out of animals that are NOT pets." Looking at you, kids who wanted to bring snails and slugs and spiders and snakes and Merlin knew what else to school. "So. Two or three at a time, you're going to come on up and attempt, I say, ATTEMPT, to lead Rufus or Fiona through the obstacle course. YOU WILL HAVE TO HANG ONTO THE LEASH TIGHT. Do NOT use magic on the wampus. Do NOT let go of the leash. I recommend using the bond you have with your cat or kneazle to persuade the wampus to do your bidding. What worked for them MIGHT work for these two..." And uh, good luck for those who never finished the course in the practice round.
But, well, they'd see. "Let's get started. To make things easy, just work with the person you're sitting next to." And who would be first??
"Alright, Flynn, come on up." Williamson chuckled. "Try NOT to make eye contact with the cat, though? We don't want YOU to be hypnotized." But if Cabriole got hypnotized a bit? That would be oKAY, and interesting to see. "Who's working with Flynn?"
AHA. Victim found. So, Rufus would be working with him. But would he be working FOR or AGAINST him? Mewewewewewww....
OOC: OKAY. Main activity time.
1. You and the person nearest you (ie, just grab the post of the person above you, so we don't spend forever finding a partner) will attempt to run the course with the super speedy wampus.
2. Come on up and take either Rufus from WWW or Fiona from Eris. Remember, they're in a harness and on a leash.
3. Start the course. I'll reply to your post, RPing for whichever wampus you took.
4. You can keep RPing for your kneazle/cat, remembering that they might try to help the wampus, or protect your student, or do something else entirely.
5. Please remember to give me a chance to reply to you! I'll be back online in about 12 hours FOR SURE. <3
Carsyn was distracted and annnoooyeed at this kneazle of hers who never helped in finishing the practice round AND because of this kneazle, her gerbil was now about to become wampus food. Okay, so she didn't know that for sure, but then ... ohhhhh that male, what was he looking like that?!?
Also, were gerbils not school-sanctioned because she had the thing all last year and was the rodent that much different from a rat which was allowed?? Important questions that Carsyn was feeling all sorts of guilty raising now especially when ...
"Cleooooo!!!" She leaped forward to cusp it just as it was about to walk into its death.
Okay, now what were they doing again? Someone fill her in because she was slightly preoccupied and Professor W seemed oblivious to her frantic missing pet that he didn't even know was missing.
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Chloe was not a violent person and she came close to failing dueling every single year because hurting people was not something she ever wanted to do. So punching someone and someone younger had the blonde really upset, but how could one be upset over the Wampus baby. It was still so cute, but she was not looking at him anymore.
"I am so sorry about that, I can't believe that baby got me that much. I didn't think it could push me to do something like that." She still wasn't looking at it now and she went to scoop of Teacup, but the cat just hissed and moved towards Rufus.
See she wasn't all naughty, she could be protective and sweet when she wanted to be, but now that curious thing from the cage had her tail in a twist and she was hissing towards it.
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MWAAAAAAHAHAHA. It worked! Well, nearly. No one had been stomped on, and that did displease him somewhat.
Rufus' tail flicked mischievously as he eyed the two girls. He pounced forward to intercept the treat destined for Chloe's cat, not because HE wanted it, but because he was in the mood to cause trouble and didn't want the cat named Teacup to have it. He bopped it off his head and then pranced forward, crushing any treats and all that had been dropped flat into the dirt.
Rufus then did a loopty-loo, showing off with his tail in the air as he wound his leash around and in between the two girls, and their felines, both of whom received a warning GROWWWWWWWWL from him. No hissing, Teacup, or you'll get a paw to the face!
Her curiosity was piqued. "What did it feel like?" she asked the other girl. "Did it feel all..nice - like a blank mind? Or more...like you had an URGE?" she was soooo curious about it's similarity to the inferius curse and the affects THAT had.
Sparticus eyed Rufus and Teacup in an unconcered way, his own tail flickering quite a bit. It was only when Rufus STOMPED on a treat that he LEAPT up, looking ALARMED. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?! He meowed up at Aboli to drop another - despite the wampus suddenly wrapping around the two girls like a spiderweb -
Speaking of - Aboli yelped as the wampus, quick as a flash, had them all WOUND TOGETHER. She wobbled, she FLOPPPPLED, and she was suddenly CRASHING DOWN because she was all tangled and weidhewiufheiuwhfierhfirehfiuerhfiuerhfiehrf
Umm.
SPARTICUS HAD NOT SIGNED UP FOR THIS. He was too close to the HISSING cat called Teacup, and he had his CLAWS ready in case she came in for a SNAP or a SNIP or a CLIP!
HISSSSSSSSS
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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.
Ha.
Good luck, Rufus. Claudine was on to you and your pal, Fiona, and she would not be showing you her eyes as she would normally show to any other creature. Neither would President so Rufus could suck it. Anyone ever heard Claudine laugh? Well, you could at that very instant because Rufus turning is back on her and lifting his tail made her so very amused. The laugh wasn’t a loud one and it certainly was not one of those cringe worthy ones. “No thanks, we don’t want to see your butt either. Hey, Rufus. Want to play with President?’’
Now, Claudine wasn’t stupid. She strategically held the kneazle in both her arms with President’s front against her chest, like how one would hold a baby. When Rufus turned around, Caudine would turn President away from the wampus’s eyes. She began pssst psssting at Rufus while moving slowly towards the course, trying to keep an eye out for Fiona as well.
President was having the time of his life. At present, he was feeling very lazy. So he was quite content watching the other kneazles over the hooman’s shoulder. Did he have any interest in Rufus? No, he did not.
Uh…you what?! How did he suddenly go from holding the bait to actually being the bait? One moment he was running with the mouse, the next moment, he had a cat on his back, licking its paws as if it had just done a hard day’s work?
Uh no. Don’t think so Not happening. Not today. Then again, he couldn’t exactly get annoyed but it must have looked pretty funny. He was just thankful that Rufus didn’t have his claws out. That really would not have been fun.
”Hey, come on now Rufus, get off my back” grinning now as he turned over to face Missa and the sneaky little fur baby.
”Am I up for it?” he repeated as he got to his feet, brushing off the dirt and giving himself a once over, just to make sure he didn’t have any cuts. ”I dunno, you tell me…” and without warning, he took off running as fast as he could around the obstacle course without warning, the mouse all but forgotten. He figured Rufus would be quick so he’d take every little head start he could get. Besides, he was pretty fast when he wanted to be, mainly due to his long legs.
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Rufus was pleased at the reaction he received from the female prefect; he was not above preening for any and all females. He was an alpha all right, purrrrrrrpurrrrrrrrr.
Rufus waited for the boy to get a head start this time, and then took off again, this time dodging and whipping around the obstacles on the course to make the chase a little more interesting... was the girl keeping up with him? He had an idea, and now that he'd started flat-out running, he was able to bypass the boy entirely, running ahead of and around him in a circle.
If Rufus had done it right, now the girl would be trying to hang on to his leash, and would be forced to collide with the boy, as his leash would also be in front of him to trip him up...heh heh heeeeeeeeh.
WELP. There we go.
Missa had to hand it to Ewan, he was being a really awesome teammate right now. And her opinions about him were definitely changing.
Laughing, she held onto the leash MUCH tighter this time - since it was definitely a challenge to keep up with the two. She was even more amused when Rufus managed to run past Ewan, however what didn’t amuse her was when he started running in circles.
“Stoooooooop, Rufus! Pleeeaaaaase” she called out, pulling at his leash, hoping to stop him but obviously failing and COLLIDING with Ewan instead. “OOOOF, oh no”
Okay, this time it was not funny.
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Missa had to hand it to Ewan, he was being a really awesome teammate right now. And her opinions about him were definitely changing.
Laughing, she held onto the leash MUCH tighter this time - since it was definitely a challenge to keep up with the two. She was even more amused when Rufus managed to run past Ewan, however what didn’t amuse her was when he started running in circles.
“Stoooooooop, Rufus! Pleeeaaaaase” she called out, pulling at his leash, hoping to stop him but obviously failing and COLLIDING with Ewan instead. “OOOOF, oh no”
Okay, this time it was not funny.
Did he expect Rufus to CATch up? Obviously. The thing was a vicious killing machine! But it overtook him with such speed he lost where it was. Vanished. POOF, into thin air.
He had no idea if Missa was keeping up or not but if she was, she had some pair of lungs because he was panting just from trying to out run the little devil!
And then it was circling him? ”Ruuufuuus! Come on man. Do you ha- he groaned, stopping just in time to see a Missa shaped object collide with him.
”OH!"
Somehow, the annoying little furball had managed to cause both Ravenclaw prefects to end up in a big ball of limbs and leash. ”OW! he grunted as he removed her knee from his stomach.
He did not expect to be so intertwined with Missa coming into this lesson at all. Nope.
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.
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Text Cut: Islay & Naya
Rufus liked the pat-pat on his head, and enjoyed seeing the one feline known as Kasha leave EVEN MORE. Mwahaha. His plan was working. Except... except for that one exceptionally well-behaved kneazle who was following his h00man perfectly.
Rufus' yellow eyes narrowed, but he flicked his tail and set off after the two who were in the lead. If he could just pounce on that kneazle whenever the girl in the red house wasn't looking, that would be great...
Even if Rufus was being friendly didn’t mean that the girls were going to trust him. Islay wasn’t even that trusting of most humans to begin with – she was glad of course that Benjie had stayed with them – he seemed like a nice kneazel. “Good job Benjie” she told him as he started following Naya along the course.
hey that was fast Islay thought as Rufus took off and she practically ran to keep up, her eyes following the blur of fur that was the wampus kitten. “c’mon Rufus you’ve got this” she told him as they neared one of the many obstacles. “lets do this” she nodded to Naya letting her take the lead as it seemed that her own Kneazel wanted nothing to do with this yet again.
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Oh, yay! Phoebe bopped over to where the Head Girl and Handsome Professor were waiting, along with a very adorable wampus kitten. Beans was still draped over Phoebe's head and shoulder, but Phoebe was much more relaxed about it than Beans was. "Hi. I'm Phoebe and I'm going to be your willing minion today. This is Beans, and she's a good girl."
So like... feed that wampus already. "Maybe he's hungry, and I think we should use that to our advantage. Like we can use food bits to lure him through the obstacles. I doubt wampii like socks as much as Beans does."
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SPOILER!!: Islay
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SPOILER!!: naya & rufus
Even if Rufus was being friendly didn’t mean that the girls were going to trust him. Islay wasn’t even that trusting of most humans to begin with – she was glad of course that Benjie had stayed with them – he seemed like a nice kneazel. “Good job Benjie” she told him as he started following Naya along the course.
hey that was fast Islay thought as Rufus took off and she practically ran to keep up, her eyes following the blur of fur that was the wampus kitten. “c’mon Rufus you’ve got this” she told him as they neared one of the many obstacles. “lets do this” she nodded to Naya letting her take the lead as it seemed that her own Kneazel wanted nothing to do with this yet again.
Now they were moving. Rufus was running pretty fast already and Naya was trying to stay in front of Islay and the wampus. This was not going to be easy. They were nearing the dreaded hoops. They had to get the wampus to jump. Naya called back to Islay. “I’m going to try to get Benjie to jump first, so Rufus knows what to do.” Naya went on the other side of the hoop and called to Benjie to jump through again. She made sure that he saw the treat that would get for a prize.
Benjie had gotten the hang of this obstacle course thing. He was following the smell of treats and when he saw his girl holding one, he knew what to do. Benjie jumped through the hoop and immediately got his tasty treat.
Careful to avoid the wampus’ eyes, Naya held out a treat for Rufus to see. “Come on Rufus. It’s your turn now. Jump through the hoop and you get a treat too.” Come on Rufus. Naya wasn’t sure how this was going work out. She was hoping for the best. “Come on Rufus.”
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Text Cut: Missa & Ewan
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WELP. There we go.
Missa had to hand it to Ewan, he was being a really awesome teammate right now. And her opinions about him were definitely changing.
Laughing, she held onto the leash MUCH tighter this time - since it was definitely a challenge to keep up with the two. She was even more amused when Rufus managed to run past Ewan, however what didn’t amuse her was when he started running in circles.
“Stoooooooop, Rufus! Pleeeaaaaase” she called out, pulling at his leash, hoping to stop him but obviously failing and COLLIDING with Ewan instead. “OOOOF, oh no”
Okay, this time it was not funny.
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Did he expect Rufus to CATch up? Obviously. The thing was a vicious killing machine! But it overtook him with such speed he lost where it was. Vanished. POOF, into thin air.
He had no idea if Missa was keeping up or not but if she was, she had some pair of lungs because he was panting just from trying to out run the little devil!
And then it was circling him? ”Ruuufuuus! Come on man. Do you ha- he groaned, stopping just in time to see a Missa shaped object collide with him.
”OH!"
Somehow, the annoying little furball had managed to cause both Ravenclaw prefects to end up in a big ball of limbs and leash. ”OW! he grunted as he removed her knee from his stomach.
He did not expect to be so intertwined with Missa coming into this lesson at all. Nope.
”Uhh…Missa…you okay?”
This was all still VERY funny to Rufus. It was like he was writing a rom-com for cats. These two were literally falling for each other. HA HA!
The deed done, the wampus flopped down on the ground and rolled around, tangling his leash into more and more knots as he sought to scratch a spot on his back. Ahhh. Yes, he loved his life, minus this stupid thing on his back.
Text Cut: Islay & Naya
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Even if Rufus was being friendly didn’t mean that the girls were going to trust him. Islay wasn’t even that trusting of most humans to begin with – she was glad of course that Benjie had stayed with them – he seemed like a nice kneazel. “Good job Benjie” she told him as he started following Naya along the course.
hey that was fast Islay thought as Rufus took off and she practically ran to keep up, her eyes following the blur of fur that was the wampus kitten. “c’mon Rufus you’ve got this” she told him as they neared one of the many obstacles. “lets do this” she nodded to Naya letting her take the lead as it seemed that her own Kneazel wanted nothing to do with this yet again.
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Now they were moving. Rufus was running pretty fast already and Naya was trying to stay in front of Islay and the wampus. This was not going to be easy. They were nearing the dreaded hoops. They had to get the wampus to jump. Naya called back to Islay. “I’m going to try to get Benjie to jump first, so Rufus knows what to do.” Naya went on the other side of the hoop and called to Benjie to jump through again. She made sure that he saw the treat that would get for a prize.
Benjie had gotten the hang of this obstacle course thing. He was following the smell of treats and when he saw his girl holding one, he knew what to do. Benjie jumped through the hoop and immediately got his tasty treat.
Careful to avoid the wampus’ eyes, Naya held out a treat for Rufus to see. “Come on Rufus. It’s your turn now. Jump through the hoop and you get a treat too.” Come on Rufus. Naya wasn’t sure how this was going work out. She was hoping for the best. “Come on Rufus.”
Ugh, no! The kneazle was going through the hoop, which meant Rufus would have to go through too in his pursuit of the smaller feline. He couldn't pounce on him whilst jumping; the space was too small.
So through the hoop he went without much fuss, his yellow eyes still trained on Benjie as though he were a deer he was hunting. The next obstacle? He went over that too, trying his best to close the small gap betwixt him and the other cat.
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Now they were moving. Rufus was running pretty fast already and Naya was trying to stay in front of Islay and the wampus. This was not going to be easy. They were nearing the dreaded hoops. They had to get the wampus to jump. Naya called back to Islay. “I’m going to try to get Benjie to jump first, so Rufus knows what to do.” Naya went on the other side of the hoop and called to Benjie to jump through again. She made sure that he saw the treat that would get for a prize.
Benjie had gotten the hang of this obstacle course thing. He was following the smell of treats and when he saw his girl holding one, he knew what to do. Benjie jumped through the hoop and immediately got his tasty treat.
Careful to avoid the wampus’ eyes, Naya held out a treat for Rufus to see. “Come on Rufus. It’s your turn now. Jump through the hoop and you get a treat too.” Come on Rufus. Naya wasn’t sure how this was going work out. She was hoping for the best. “Come on Rufus.”
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Text Cut: Islay & Naya
Ugh, no! The kneazle was going through the hoop, which meant Rufus would have to go through too in his pursuit of the smaller feline. He couldn't pounce on him whilst jumping; the space was too small.
So through the hoop he went without much fuss, his yellow eyes still trained on Benjie as though he were a deer he was hunting. The next obstacle? He went over that too, trying his best to close the small gap betwixt him and the other cat.
Islay was trying of course to make sure that Rufus stayed behind Benjie. Benjie needed to show Rufus how this was done – yeah? “of course – “ Islay nodded and slowed the speed as best she could. She needed to make sure that Benjie was in the lead showing Rufus how everything was to be done – it was how this was going to work.
When Rufus jumped through the hoop Islay couldn’t help but grin. He was doing far better than Kasha had with her earlier, maybe Kasha had simply wanted a nap? Still, when he made it way over the next obstacle as well Islay tried slowing the pace as best she could. “good job rufus,” as she spoke she held one of the treats toward the wampus kitten waiting for him to react to it – see maybe food would slow him a bit?
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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?"
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"Sure, have at it," Williamson answered Cole, CAREFULLY handing over Rufus' leash. As for Rasting? He smirked. "I think you're going to have to take that one home with you, yes. He chose you. Wampus, though, they don't choose us, unless you're talking about choosing their victims for food....." He let out a short laugh. Only joking, of course, because wampus didn't eat people..... er.... did they?
Most people were too fatty for Rufus' taste, and anyway, he was still a kitten who preferred lean deer meat and fat squirrels. For now.
Once the boy had his leash (and look at how nice Rufus was being in WAITING for this), he took off at a gallop, tugging him over to the course to see if the boy could jump over the obstacles as quickly as HE could. Never mind being led around; Rufus was doing the leading. Cole was the one on the leash in HIS mind. And his friend with the adoring kneazle? Yeah, they could come too. The whiny boy should probably just carry his fat cat, though. It was going to be useless against Rufus.
.....Merlin help him.
The seventh year felt absolutely no need to respond to Cole's questions about his smell (which, for the record, were more metallic and smokey than anything else) and merely gave the Gryffindor a deadpan kind of stare. Again, Merlin help him. Especially when the fat kneazle did absolutely nothing to move towards the direction of the mouse that the Gryffindor had kept in his pocket - no judging, Eiji kept a lot of wild things in his own. Though pet toys were far from it.
As for Professor Williamson...the Slytherin wasn't entirely sure if the man was showing him the same sense of dry humor he himself had displayed or being serious. It was always hard to tell with magizoologists. They all seemed to have somewhat warped senses of humor. "I already have a pet, professor," he said flatly in pseudo lament. "Only one pet allowed per student at Hogwarts. I couldn't even if I wanted to." Which he most certainly did not and his glance ventured back to Cole just then. "I am not a particular fan of creatures in general." Save for their uses in potions and alchemy and that was the only reason he was still sticking around this class because it was a requirement by some universities for those two fields. "And he is more of an inhibitor rather than anything else."
A blob with fur, that was what this kneazle was.
Speaking of...Eiji SIGHED at the wampus took off with Cole attached by the leash. Did that mean he could just...stand here? Not wanting to risk Professor Williamson saying something, he sighed AGAIN and scooped the dumb purring machine up in his arms and started after the two at a light jog.
Ever tried to run with a purring creature in your arms? A heavy purring creature? The noise was irritating.
Also? More drool. That was lovely too.
This was juuuuuuuuuuuuuust great.
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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."
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Fiona WAS very smart, thank you for noticing. She sat still for now, watching the two in charge of her, and waiting to sniff out the weaker link. She was getting a bit bored by the talk, though, and so she started grooming herself, licking her paw and then using it to clean behind her ear. Had to double-check that she'd gotten off all the rat blood from the one she'd helped Rufus kill this morning.
Ayyyyyyy, he got a partner! Kitt grinned wide, stepping closer while the professor gave them their wampus. Fiona, eh? That was fine, he didn't have a preference there. "Thanks Professor!"
Oh, were they introducing their kneazles? Kitt lifted Sparky higher, the poor kneazle's feet dangling midair as they had done back at the start when he'd first picked him up. "This is Sparky. He doesn't want to do anything."SO, um, he wasn't going to be of much use.
And how much time did they have for this? The boy didn't want to sit through another stuck up feline not doing what he asked.
"I think....I think....." Before he could finish, his eyes lifted once more to the Professor and then he thought better of finishing the sentence. Without asking, he tugged Cece a ways away. "I think we grab her, yeah. You take the front paws, I take the back. She's smart, I don't think she'll fall for treats and if she's anything like Sparky, we'll have to move her ourselves. I'll take the back legs. We rush her at the same time. It'll be eeeeaassyyyy."
Then they could walk her through the course.
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Did he expect Rufus to CATch up? Obviously. The thing was a vicious killing machine! But it overtook him with such speed he lost where it was. Vanished. POOF, into thin air.
He had no idea if Missa was keeping up or not but if she was, she had some pair of lungs because he was panting just from trying to out run the little devil!
And then it was circling him? ”Ruuufuuus! Come on man. Do you ha- he groaned, stopping just in time to see a Missa shaped object collide with him.
”OH!"
Somehow, the annoying little furball had managed to cause both Ravenclaw prefects to end up in a big ball of limbs and leash. ”OW! he grunted as he removed her knee from his stomach.
He did not expect to be so intertwined with Missa coming into this lesson at all. Nope.
”Uhh…Missa…you okay?”
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Text Cut: Missa & Ewan
This was all still VERY funny to Rufus. It was like he was writing a rom-com for cats. These two were literally falling for each other. HA HA!
The deed done, the wampus flopped down on the ground and rolled around, tangling his leash into more and more knots as he sought to scratch a spot on his back. Ahhh. Yes, he loved his life, minus this stupid thing on his back.
At least this time, Missa was mentally prepared for things to go wrong. Because, no, she wasn’t foolish enough to think Rufus would make this easy. Nonetheless, her knee had jammed into Ewan’s stomach - and in an attempt to not trip over with him, she had horribly stepped on his feet - which was just awkward on its own because was there cat fur on Ewan's robes??? FEELING a sneeze coming, she tried to get away from him while also trying to not let go of the leash.
All in all, Missa fell not so lightly on her butt while sneezing three times in a row.
Oh dear.
“Proud of yourself, aren’t you?” she said breathlessly to Rufus who rolling on the ground next to her. Holding out the leash for Ewan to take now, she looked up “I think so, are you?” she asked her fellow prefect, before letting out a small laugh.
Looking back at the course, she realised that they had managed to complete it. “I think you can take him now, Professor,” the brunette called out, “though I am not sure if we made him run the course, or if he made us"
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At least this time, Missa was mentally prepared for things to go wrong. Because, no, she wasn’t foolish enough to think Rufus would make this easy. Nonetheless, her knee had jammed into Ewan’s stomach - and in an attempt to not trip over with him, she had horribly stepped on his feet - which was just awkward on its own because was there cat fur on Ewan's robes??? FEELING a sneeze coming, she tried to get away from him while also trying to not let go of the leash.
All in all, Missa fell not so lightly on her butt while sneezing three times in a row.
Oh dear.
“Proud of yourself, aren’t you?” she said breathlessly to Rufus who rolling on the ground next to her. Holding out the leash for Ewan to take now, she looked up “I think so, are you?” she asked her fellow prefect, before letting out a small laugh.
Looking back at the course, she realised that they had managed to complete it. “I think you can take him now, Professor,” the brunette called out, “though I am not sure if we made him run the course, or if he made us"
This cat was vindictive. An absolute evil genius. He had to be honest, he sort of respected the game of it. To be able to fool and befuddle the two of them so easy and then just flop down and roll over? Evil genius.
Next time, could he do it in a way that didn’t cause him physical pain? No sooner had he removed Missa’s knee from his stomach had his foot been stood in. Maybe she didn’t like him after all? Still held a grudge because of his fleeting emo phase in the prefects compartment last year?
But he couldn’t blame her. It was all Rufus’ fault. Taking the leash from Missa, he just nodded”Uhhh…. He wasn’t sure what was worse, having to wipe away another person’s snot rockets or the pain of his foot. ”I think so? At least I haven’t broken any bones” or at least he didn’t think he had.
Shaking his head, a small smile on his lips, he untangled the leash and looked back, the course behind them somehow. ”Next time, you can be the live bait” grinning now as he walked over to Missa with his hand held up for a high five. Team Prefect had done it! Sort of?
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Reason: Because no snot rockets? Oops.
"Well that settles that then...." Blake didn't think they would be getting Rufus to run the course period. But ... they felt like they needed to do something. Watching Rufus flop on to his back for a belly rub. He was tempted .... Blake was ever so tempted ... but it wouldn't be wise really ... it wouldn't be ....Tom .... I ahh... I wouldn't touch him" Blake moved a little further away to resist the temptation.... "But he might like it if you toss him a treat." Blake added.
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"Phoebe, Phoebe James..." Williamson called out to the Gryffindor with the cat named Beans, "come join Jillian and Rufus." He didn't want the Head Girl left alone with the tricky wampus, even though she was pretty capable. It wasn't her he worried about; it was the wiley wampus.
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Oh, yay! Phoebe bopped over to where the Head Girl and Handsome Professor were waiting, along with a very adorable wampus kitten. Beans was still draped over Phoebe's head and shoulder, but Phoebe was much more relaxed about it than Beans was. "Hi. I'm Phoebe and I'm going to be your willing minion today. This is Beans, and she's a good girl."
So like... feed that wampus already. "Maybe he's hungry, and I think we should use that to our advantage. Like we can use food bits to lure him through the obstacles. I doubt wampii like socks as much as Beans does."
She heard the professor call her name out and Phoebe's name as well. Good good. She needed a partner. Plus Phoebe was looking extra cool with a chill Beans on her head. She chuckled softly and waved her hand at the third year Gryffindor. Willing minion was a nice touch. She loves this vibe. "Hi Phoebe and Beans" she got excited looking at Beans. Is she allowed to pet her later? "She's very adorable"
Hmmmmm... Jillian chuckled when Rufus sat like a boss, waiting to be fed by Jillian. OF COURSE. Not that Jillian didn't want to. She fed him pieces of the treat one by one. She then carefully pet his head before turning to Phoebe, she likes her idea about putting treats for Rufus to help motivate him finish the course. "I like that idea! I did the same thing earlier with my kneazle" it could work... it could really work. "Let's start with the obstacle course?" she said.
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SPOILER!!: Chloe and Rufus
Her curiosity was piqued. "What did it feel like?" she asked the other girl. "Did it feel all..nice - like a blank mind? Or more...like you had an URGE?" she was soooo curious about it's similarity to the inferius curse and the affects THAT had.
Sparticus eyed Rufus and Teacup in an unconcered way, his own tail flickering quite a bit. It was only when Rufus STOMPED on a treat that he LEAPT up, looking ALARMED. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?! He meowed up at Aboli to drop another - despite the wampus suddenly wrapping around the two girls like a spiderweb -
Speaking of - Aboli yelped as the wampus, quick as a flash, had them all WOUND TOGETHER. She wobbled, she FLOPPPPLED, and she was suddenly CRASHING DOWN because she was all tangled and weidhewiufheiuwhfierhfirehfiuerhfiuerhfiehrf
Umm.
SPARTICUS HAD NOT SIGNED UP FOR THIS. He was too close to the HISSING cat called Teacup, and he had his CLAWS ready in case she came in for a SNAP or a SNIP or a CLIP!
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Teacup was not happy and her treat being taken by the thing was enough to send her claws swatting at him. She didn't jump close enough to hit him but they were swinging none the less.
One minute she was hitting her partner and the next her cat was trying to be all brave, 'What has gotten into you." She said in a low tone to her cat. [b] 'It was just a weird feeling, I didn't really realize I was thinking it until I felt Tea's claws.
She glanced at the Wampus again just in time to see it tangling the two together. "Bad Wampus, bad" Could they pull their wands out yet against this thing? She still adored it but maybe she'd adore it more if it was safely in a cage.
Falling against Aboli she couldn't help but let out a ummph. "What on earth did we do to you?" Except tried to be sweet to it. She moved so she wasn't on top of her partner and tried to start removing the leash off her legs.
"Well that settles that then...." Blake didn't think they would be getting Rufus to run the course period. But ... they felt like they needed to do something. Watching Rufus flop on to his back for a belly rub. He was tempted .... Blake was ever so tempted ... but it wouldn't be wise really ... it wouldn't be ....Tom .... I ahh... I wouldn't touch him" Blake moved a little further away to resist the temptation.... "But he might like it if you toss him a treat." Blake added.
Tom was about to move closer when Blake spoke, "But... just look, it wants a belly rub." Tom was standing right next to Blake, "Surely if we go together, nothing bad can happen." Tom knew that Rufus didn't want to do the course and so they wouldn't. "Do we have a treat for him?" Tom looked around, "He's been really good so I'm sure he deserves one."
"Sure, have at it," Williamson answered Cole, CAREFULLY handing over Rufus' leash. As for Rasting? He smirked. "I think you're going to have to take that one home with you, yes. He chose you. Wampus, though, they don't choose us, unless you're talking about choosing their victims for food....." He let out a short laugh. Only joking, of course, because wampus didn't eat people..... er.... did they?
Most people were too fatty for Rufus' taste, and anyway, he was still a kitten who preferred lean deer meat and fat squirrels. For now.
Once the boy had his leash (and look at how nice Rufus was being in WAITING for this), he took off at a gallop, tugging him over to the course to see if the boy could jump over the obstacles as quickly as HE could. Never mind being led around; Rufus was doing the leading. Cole was the one on the leash in HIS mind. And his friend with the adoring kneazle? Yeah, they could come too. The whiny boy should probably just carry his fat cat, though. It was going to be useless against Rufus.[/color]
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.....Merlin help him.
The seventh year felt absolutely no need to respond to Cole's questions about his smell (which, for the record, were more metallic and smokey than anything else) and merely gave the Gryffindor a deadpan kind of stare. Again, Merlin help him. Especially when the fat kneazle did absolutely nothing to move towards the direction of the mouse that the Gryffindor had kept in his pocket - no judging, Eiji kept a lot of wild things in his own. Though pet toys were far from it.
As for Professor Williamson...the Slytherin wasn't entirely sure if the man was showing him the same sense of dry humor he himself had displayed or being serious. It was always hard to tell with magizoologists. They all seemed to have somewhat warped senses of humor. "I already have a pet, professor," he said flatly in pseudo lament. "Only one pet allowed per student at Hogwarts. I couldn't even if I wanted to." Which he most certainly did not and his glance ventured back to Cole just then. "I am not a particular fan of creatures in general." Save for their uses in potions and alchemy and that was the only reason he was still sticking around this class because it was a requirement by some universities for those two fields. "And he is more of an inhibitor rather than anything else."
A blob with fur, that was what this kneazle was.
Speaking of...Eiji SIGHED at the wampus took off with Cole attached by the leash. Did that mean he could just...stand here? Not wanting to risk Professor Williamson saying something, he sighed AGAIN and scooped the dumb purring machine up in his arms and started after the two at a light jog.
Ever tried to run with a purring creature in your arms? A heavy purring creature? The noise was irritating.
Also? More drool. That was lovely too.
This was juuuuuuuuuuuuuust great.
Cole accepted Rufus leach from Professor Williamson. He was waiting for Eji since he still had his kneazle problem to deal with when the wampus took off at a gallop tugging him along towards the course. "Eji, come on! Rufus is eager to start." Cole called over his shoulder as he did his best to hang on to Rufus leash and not drop it on the way. If he did that he was unsure what might happen and he didn’t want to risk that any kneazles or cats got hurt. Sheesh, Prof Williamson hadn’t been exaggerating when he had said that the wampus kittens were lightening fast.
By the time they came to start of the course Cole was panting and did his best to slow Rufus down, tugging hard on the leash. Eji had to hold onto the leash too right? Seeing Eji coming up behind him at a jog with the now purring kneazle in his arms he wondered how the other boy was going to be able to have a hand on the leash. Not having time to ask he threw the end of the leash Eji’s way saying "Here, grab on before Rufus takes off again down the course and over the hurdles."
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