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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!

BanaBatGirl · 05-12-2020, 08:48 PM

Text Cut: Carsyn

Professor Williamson might've been distracted before, but he wasn't now, as he could hardly ignore Carsyn yelling, "CLEO," (was that one of the students here? No one had introduced themselves as such) and then clutching at something.

He marched over to her and held out his big hand. "That's it. Lemme see it." Whatever illegal animal or possession or whatever she was harbouring, he was entitled to see.

Text Cut: Claudine

Rufus did NOT appreciate that sarcastic laughter. H00mans weren't supposed to be this smart. And also, yes, he did want to ~~scratch tear kill~~ play with President.

He batted one paw up in the air for her to hand over the kneazle, starting to follow the girl without realizing it as she made the cutest whispering sounds for him. DANGIT, H00MAN, STOP MOOOOOOVING.

Text Cut: Aboli & Chloe

MROWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. SomeONE was still hissing at him. Rufus growled and lashed out, paw out, jabbing at the other two felines like a boxer in the ring. He ignored the h00mans (for now) as he busied himself with beating up their cats.

Text Cut: Missa & Ewan

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Originally Posted by Samia

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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Originally Posted by GD2204

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?

Rufus was indeed proud. He was also a little bit worn out by all this exercise. Could he be excused to go take a cat nap now? He let out a big yawn and waited, patiently now, to be returned to his cage for a nap.

"Bring him over here!" Williamson chuckled toward the Ravenclawsome pair. Not gonna lie, he'd been almost laughing for their entire run. The Americans should put a wampus on their football teams; Rufus was THAT good at tackling.

Text Cut: Blake & Tom

Rufus deserved MORE than just a treat. He deserved THE WORLD. He deserved bacon and pizza and thick slabs of deer steak.

But.... a treat would do, for now. Maybe even a nibble of h00man hand sounded good. He beckoned the boys closer with his powerful yellow eyes. Yesssssssssssssss, he has been SO good, give him a treaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.... and also, RUB DA BELLY. COME ON.

Text Cut: Eiji & Cole

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

.....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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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

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."

"This is a pet for you to take HOME home," Williamson clarified. "Just think of how nice it will be for you to come home on weekends and school holidays to find Lucky curled up in your bed, waiting for you." Sheets soaked with drool, pillows covered in cat hair... ah, it was paradise, no?

He smirked. And THIS was why WWW was a loyal dog lover.

"Don't ever say that in my class again," he warned, his smirk turning upside down like a big ol Grumpy Cat face. "Go on, now. Help your partner." As best as he could with that kneazle he had to lug around.

Mistake #1 for the lion-snake pair was not exercising more so that they could keep up with him. Mistake #2 was tossing his leash in the air and expecting a boy with his hands full of fat cat to catch it.

Rufus felt the tension in his leash suddenly disappear, and took that as his cue to escape. He sped up, leaping over three obstacles in a row as he started running for the barrier at the edge of the enclosure. Of course he hadn't seen what had happened to Fiona when she'd tried this earlier....

Text Cut: Phoebe & Jillian

This girl was good, managing to get the treats in his mouth without even getting her hand close enough for him to taste. Hmm. Rufus did eat the treats though; he wasn't as picky as Fiona, and he was enjoying all the pat-pats on his head.

He stood up before they could try to tug him toward the obstacle course and started walking in the opposite direction, away from everyone and everything. Why? Because he was born stubborn.

Text Cut: Islay

A treat? A TREAT? Was it deer?!

Rufus skidded to an abrupt stop and yanked himself and his leash-controller over to the treat, pausing to take an obnoxiously long sniff sniff sniff whiff of the treat.

WELL. Was she going to put it in his mouth or what? Rufus opened his mouth of sharp, dagger-like teeth, and waited for the treat.

Text Cut: Kitt

Fiona could HEAR THE BOY, didn't he know that?! Her ears flattened back on her head at his DISTURBING suggestion, and she laid down, squishing herself into a loaf so that none of her paws were exposed to this boy and his TERRIBLE plan.

She also let out a low growl of warning. WARNING. W A R N I N G. Do not attempt to handle this loaf, or it MAY E X P L O D E.

FearlessLeader19 · 05-12-2020, 10:54 PM

Those sounds could not have come from Rufus. Those sounds were adorable. Yes, Claudine knew that a wampus was handsome in their own way but was also cunning. It was for this reason her heart did not melt from Rufus’ antics. She knew that using President as a bait would be a good idea.

* * * * * * *

“Can I adopt this fur baby, Professor?’’ Claudine asked once she and Flynn had finished the course with Rufus. She continued to snuggle at the kneazle even though President was now seemingly getting tired of all the cuddles. This was only their first CoMC lesson but Williamson was about to find out how dedicated Claudine aimed to be when it came to creatures. She had decided that the man was indeed approachable and so she would be paying him a visit soon; out of lessons, that is.

President squirmed and nipped Claudine on her arm. When the hooman finally put him down, he threw himself on his back to rub himself on the grass.

*PhoenixRising* · 05-12-2020, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Professor Williamson might've been distracted before, but he wasn't now, as he could hardly ignore Carsyn yelling, "CLEO," (was that one of the students here? No one had introduced themselves as such) and then clutching at something.

He marched over to her and held out his big hand. "That's it. Lemme see it." Whatever illegal animal or possession or whatever she was harbouring, he was entitled to see.

Cupping the small animal in her hands, Carsyn's eyes were fixated on the obstacle course and if there was a group she could join. Could she participate on her own since it seemed everyone else was already partnered up? But those thoughts quickly escaped her when there was suddenly a big hand in front of her, and she gulped, opening her hands slowly to reveal the quivering Mongolian Gerbil. "She's scared. I don't usually bring her to classes, but I don't have a kneazle or cat, sir.......She's my only pet." Okay she was rambling and the Professor didn't ask for explanation, only to see it. "Harmless. Completely harmless"

kayquilz · 05-12-2020, 11:04 PM

SPOILER!!: Chloe, Teacup, RUFUS THE DEMON WAMPUS

...ERRRRM. Chloe was ON TOP OF HER and they were tied together - Aboli finally just GOT her wand out and jabbed at the leash. Were they still not allowed to use magic because this was RIDICULOUS. "Diffindo -" she severed the leash and broke them ALL free of this PURGATORY.

Sparticus JETTED off in the other direction, tired of being a punching bag for the Wampus, and Aboli ATTEMPTED to scoop up Rufus quickly before Teacup and he could properly get into it. "BAD WAMPUS!" she said in an irritated tone. "I dunno' about you, Chloe, but I'll stick to dogs. Anything that looks like a cat - I don't trust!" Especially not after today!

love-for-HP · 05-13-2020, 12:48 AM

Blake was tempted .... so tempted .... so .... Blake blinked a couple times. Tom best not to look in his eyes .... that's how they get you ... just throw him a hunk of meat from over there." Blake wasn't sure he could resister for much longer .... really ... he didn't want to resist at all, but he had to ... he had to ignore those eyes....

Weasley174 · 05-13-2020, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by love-for-HP

Blake was tempted .... so tempted .... so .... Blake blinked a couple times. Tom best not to look in his eyes .... that's how they get you ... just throw him a hunk of meat from over there." Blake wasn't sure he could resister for much longer .... really ... he didn't want to resist at all, but he had to ... he had to ignore those eyes....

Tom looked away from Rufus as Blake spoke, he so wanted to help the poor creature, he listened to Blake and smiled as he nodded, he then went over and grabbed a hunk of meet and after looking down at the floor, he throw the hunk of meat towards Rufus. "So what do you think we should do Blake?"

TakemetotheBurrow · 05-13-2020, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

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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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Fiona could HEAR THE BOY, didn't he know that?! Her ears flattened back on her head at his DISTURBING suggestion, and she laid down, squishing herself into a loaf so that none of her paws were exposed to this boy and his TERRIBLE plan.

She also let out a low growl of warning. WARNING. W A R N I N G. Do not attempt to handle this loaf, or it MAY E X P L O D E.

Cece let Kitt tug her along but ONLY because she wondered what his plan was and why it had to be a secret. It didn't take long for her to figure out the answer to those questions, though.

"Kitt, we can't. We might hurt her." She paused, and seeing how Fiona reacted to the suggestion, quickly added. "Or she might hurt us." Or just him. He'd been the one to suggest moving her about the course after all.

"Don't worry, Fiona. We won't do that. He didn't mean it." She shot him a look and knelt down in front of the wampus. "Bet you're fast, Fiona. Bet you could catch almost anything. How about a mouse, huh?"

"Hey Kitt, grab one of those mice toys. One that looks like the real thing." What was it her mom was always telling her to remember? Oh right, manners. "Please?"

Fireheart · 05-13-2020, 01:15 AM

Text Cut: Isla & Fiona

Whew. At least Fiona seemed like she was back to normal. Avalon had to pick up her jog, breaking into a fast spring in order to keep up with the wampus. She was still upset about what had happened, but she couldn't help but giggle when Fiona leapt in the air to snag the toy. That cat was certainly a character.

"Don't worry about it, Isla," Avalon said in response to the Slytherin's apology. "I should have known better than to drop the leash." And she really meant it - Isla didn't need to apologize. She offered the girl a smile in reassurance and nodded at her suggestion to just stay on the perimeter of the course for now. She didn't want to take any more chances, and she had to agree with Isla's notion that they were definitely not Professor Williamson's favorite students right now. "I think she wants something from you first," Avalon said, gesturing to the wampus, who was staring at Isla intently.

Cassirin · 05-13-2020, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hjhm

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.

Hi, Jillian. It was nice when important people were chill. Phoebe smiled hugely and dropped Beans on the ground, so she could slink off and terrorize chipmunks somewhere. They had a WAMPUS to lure through the obstacle course.

"So we'll alternate obstacles so it isn't a constant frustration for Rufus. You get him through the first obstacle, with a treat at the end, and then I'll be waiting to lure him on to the next obstacle." Phoebe grabbed some of the nibbly bits and leapt over to the other side of the first bar, right in front of the little tire swing. "Come on, Rufuuuuuuus. Come on, bud. We believe in you."

Anna Banana · 05-13-2020, 01:36 AM

Text Cut: Fiona and Avalon

As Isla watched the wampus take off after the toy, she couldn't help run along. Of course she didn't keep up with the creature, but she was able to meet her right by the toy not longer after she'd gotten there. "I'm not taking anymore chances," she said to Avalon, who'd decided to jog along, as well. Not that she had much choice with her holding the leash and all. "I think she's looking for a treat, but she doesn't seem to like the ones we have." Look, beggars can't choosers, Fiona.

Isla gave Avalon another apologetic look. "It's not your fault. I guess it's not mine either. I've never even seen a wampus before today." And after that earlier incident, she'd be okay with not seeing one for quite a while longer. She nodded when Avalon pointed out that the Wampus seemed to want something from her. "Professor? You have any other flavors in those treats you've got?" she asked. Maybe it was just the flavor of the treats they'd offered? Catnip and wild deer were two very different things, after all.

Daydreamer11 · 05-13-2020, 02:34 AM

When Naya saw that Rufus had followed Benjie through the hoop, she was pleased. “Way to go Rufus. You did it” The wampus even stopped for his treat. This was awesome and he seemed to be patiently waiting for Islay to feed him. Naya had not expected the first tasks to go so well. Could they keep the mojo going? While Rufus was getting his treat. Naya made sure to praise Benjie. “You did a good job too Benjie. You showed Rufus what to do.” She was loving her kneazle more and more every minute.

Ok. The celebration was over. It was time to move on to the next obstacle. Rufus had to jump over two barriers and walk on the seesaw. Naya had a feeling that this wouldn’t be as easy as the last obstacle. “Alright Rufus. Time to go. You can do it. We’ve got more treats.” Naya started moving forward with Benjie by her side. They were going to do this.

Bazinga · 05-13-2020, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

SPOILER!!: Chloe, Teacup, RUFUS THE DEMON WAMPUS

...ERRRRM. Chloe was ON TOP OF HER and they were tied together - Aboli finally just GOT her wand out and jabbed at the leash. Were they still not allowed to use magic because this was RIDICULOUS. "Diffindo -" she severed the leash and broke them ALL free of this PURGATORY.

Sparticus JETTED off in the other direction, tired of being a punching bag for the Wampus, and Aboli ATTEMPTED to scoop up Rufus quickly before Teacup and he could properly get into it. "BAD WAMPUS!" she said in an irritated tone. "I dunno' about you, Chloe, but I'll stick to dogs. Anything that looks like a cat - I don't trust!" Especially not after today!

Glad that Aboli was thinking by grabbing her wand and just doing a spell, Chloe should have done that, but she had been waiting for permission. At times she seriously needed to not follow directions to the t, but it was all good now, they weren't tied together anymore and she got to her feet and just looked at the creatures around them.

'Teacup, stop before you get hurt." She went to scoop up the cat but all she got was scratched and annoyed. "She can be the sweetest thing, but there are days she is so moody." Today was certainly one of them she thought as she watched her cat hiss once more before walking away.

Teacup was over this and she wanted to go hunt for something else to do. She hissed and swatted at the creature before her human came to pick her up. She was not feeling the pick up routine so she scratched and flipped her tail before turning and headed away from them all. Teacup was over it.

emjay · 05-13-2020, 02:57 AM

This class had been A LOT and Morgan was a little bit overwhelmed, but he was keeping it together pretty well because it had been mostly fun and cool. Not only did he now have a kneazle ~~that he was totally going to keep~~, but he got to play with him pretty much the whole class. And there were actual wampuses in class too! But the worst part of it all was that he was basically the last person to have a turn leading the wampus through the course, which meant he had to wait.

But finally it was his turn, his and the second year Slytherin he ended up being partnered with. "Come on, Charlie!" he said to the kneazle he was still carrying with one hand. He had decided to call him that at some point during the class, no real reason other than he looked like a Charlie. "Let's go play with a wampus!"

Assuming his partner was following him, he reached for the leash belonging to Rufus with his free hand and tried to coax him towards the obstacle course. "How about you try to lure him with treats or something and I'll guide him along?" Sounded like as good a plan as any.

The kneazle was getting tired of this human and just wanted to be put down. Letting out a protesting meow, he struggled a bit under the boys arm, especially when he saw the other cat the human was trying to wrangle next. No thanks!

BanaBatGirl · 05-13-2020, 06:10 AM

Text Cut: Claudine

Williamson took the leash back from Claudine and tightened his grip on it, ready for the next pair to run the course. He wasn't expecting Claudine to like her kneazle so much; then again, he barely knew these kids.

"Uh, well you can become his caretaker, if you'd like." He cleared his throat and leaned toward her a bit. "The Headmaster is strictly against any odd pets being in the dorms, though, so you'll have to leave President in the barn most of the time." Which was fine, the kneazle wouldn't be lonely at all out there.

Text Cut: Carsyn

Awwhaha, look at that. That cute little fluffy thing with the long tail. It almost looked like a rat, which was one of the acceptable school pets. Williamson didn't squash the thing with his hand; no, he very, very gently gave it a pet with one finger, letting it rest on Carysn's hand still.

"Yeah, well, it wasn't very bright of you to bring cat-bait to a wampus lesson," he muttered, still trying to be as DISAPPROVING AS POSSIBLE toward the Prefect. A Prefect! A PREFECT should know better! Williamson grunted. "Where did you get this thing? It's not a regular….." er, was it a mouse, rat, or other? "...rodent." It looked wild, actually, though it was fairly well behaved. He looked up from the cute thing to Carsyn. "You know you're supposed to get the Headmaster's approval for pets that aren't on the official list."

And, to clarify, "It is NOT harmless," he vehemently stated, "to bring FOOD to a CREATURE LESSON." He'd CLEARLY said they'd be working with cats on the noticeboard. COME ON. She HAD to have more sense than this.

Text Cut: Blake & Tom

A hunk of… wait, what? What were Tom and Blake throwing to Rufus? Were they hypnotized by the wampus already? There were no hunks of meat here!

"What are you doing?" he marched over to the pair, who were throwing bits of leaves and twigs at the cat like they thought they were feeding it or something. "That's….not cat food." He shook Blake on the shoulder a bit to wake him up. "Come on, fellas. Either give Rufus a walk or hand back the leash." They were about out of time anyway.

Text Cut: Avalon & Fiona

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

Whew. At least Fiona seemed like she was back to normal. Avalon had to pick up her jog, breaking into a fast spring in order to keep up with the wampus. She was still upset about what had happened, but she couldn't help but giggle when Fiona leapt in the air to snag the toy. That cat was certainly a character.

"Don't worry about it, Isla," Avalon said in response to the Slytherin's apology. "I should have known better than to drop the leash." And she really meant it - Isla didn't need to apologize. She offered the girl a smile in reassurance and nodded at her suggestion to just stay on the perimeter of the course for now. She didn't want to take any more chances, and she had to agree with Isla's notion that they were definitely not Professor Williamson's favorite students right now. "I think she wants something from you first," Avalon said, gesturing to the wampus, who was staring at Isla intently.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

As Isla watched the wampus take off after the toy, she couldn't help run along. Of course she didn't keep up with the creature, but she was able to meet her right by the toy not longer after she'd gotten there. "I'm not taking anymore chances," she said to Avalon, who'd decided to jog along, as well. Not that she had much choice with her holding the leash and all. "I think she's looking for a treat, but she doesn't seem to like the ones we have." Look, beggars can't choosers, Fiona.

Isla gave Avalon another apologetic look. "It's not your fault. I guess it's not mine either. I've never even seen a wampus before today." And after that earlier incident, she'd be okay with not seeing one for quite a while longer. She nodded when Avalon pointed out that the Wampus seemed to want something from her. "Professor? You have any other flavors in those treats you've got?" she asked. Maybe it was just the flavor of the treats they'd offered? Catnip and wild deer were two very different things, after all.

Why were they apologizing to each other? They should be apologizing to FIONA, heLLo! She was the one who'd been knocked out because of these two. The wampus informed them of this with a loud and impatient MEOWWWW?

WWW hadn't wanted to break out the big treats, but here it was, the end of class. Might as well. He sighed and held up a bag of deer jerky ~~that he, personally, had been saving for himself.~~ "Here," he grunted to Isla. "You can try this."

Text Cut: Chloe & Aboli

Rufus had SUCCEEDED! Free at last, free at last! The wampus took off away from the girls, unfortunately running the opposite direction of the obstacle course and instead back toward the professor.

Naturally, WWW was watching this whole debacle and really was agreeing with the Headmaster; these kids were all going to get themselves killed. How hard was it to hold onto a leash? Really? He groaned at the use of magic by one Slytherin, not just because he'd EXPLICITLY told them to not use magic, but because THE MAGIC SHE CHOSE TO USE LET THE WAMPUS RUN FREE.

"Not again!" He cast a quick (and regretful) incarcerous toward the wampus, snaring it ropes and netting essentially. Great great great. "I think you two are done," Williamson grunted toward the girls. "Next time, you could try ASKING for help?" Because he was one of those naturalists who would NOT intervene unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. And also, they needed to learn to rely on themselves and not their wands all the time.

Text Cut: Morgan

This kid…. WWW didn't really take to him yet, particularly since it seemed that his order to 'stay after class' went in one ear and out the other. He eyed the boy when he silently handed over Rufus' leash. Who was this Slytherin with him? Was that kid's name Charlie? Weird. He could've sworn it was Angelo earlier.

Rufus didn't need more treats, to be honest. You know what he needed? A toy. He wanted to bat the kneazle out from under the boy's arm, and so he stood up on his hind legs and made a pounce toward Morgan. A BIG POUNCE, whilst doing a SCREAM to really set his kneazle!toy off.

hjhm · 05-13-2020, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Hi, Jillian. It was nice when important people were chill. Phoebe smiled hugely and dropped Beans on the ground, so she could slink off and terrorize chipmunks somewhere. They had a WAMPUS to lure through the obstacle course.

"So we'll alternate obstacles so it isn't a constant frustration for Rufus. You get him through the first obstacle, with a treat at the end, and then I'll be waiting to lure him on to the next obstacle." Phoebe grabbed some of the nibbly bits and leapt over to the other side of the first bar, right in front of the little tire swing. "Come on, Rufuuuuuuus. Come on, bud. We believe in you."

This kid is smaaaart. Jillian's plan was going to take some time but her plan was absolutely brilliant. "Yes, let's do that. I like that plan" she smiled... sort of chuckling at herself for not thinking of it first. Phoebe, Jillian likes her.

She eyed as Rufus the wampus was being a bad boy by walking in a different direction. Obviously, Jillian is not going to be okay with this so she whispered "sorry, Rufus. I need to carry you" and immediately grabbed the wampus and did a fast walk towards the obstacle course. She faced Rufus at the start of the obstacle and signaled to Phoebe as she released him.

itsjustjesse · 05-13-2020, 06:33 AM

SPOILER!!: sorry this took a while <3

Islay was a little bit surprised to see how quickly Rufus had stopped for the treat. He was VERY happy for it. Okay, this could be dangerous – but she was doing it.

She physically placed the treat in his awaiting open mouth.

If he bit her, well, she’d just try and finish with the class and deal with it later.

She’d be fine. “good job rufus,” she added once more and turned her attention back toward the task before them. THEY were going to do this. “good job Benjie, and Naya” she smiled and continued trying to lead Rufus along the course.

MadMadamMalfoy · 05-13-2020, 10:58 AM

Text Cut: Convo from before he left

Heath held on to Fiona’s leash for dear life, avoiding her gaze as he walked back to Flora, Rey, and Catastrophe. He’d expected her to try to make a run for it (and probably yank his arm out of its socket in the process), but so far, this was a lot easier than he thought! Maybe Fiona wasn’t such a bad kitty after all! He still wasn’t going to let his guard down around her just yet, though. He made it back, but before he could warn Flora not to look the wampus in the eye -

Yay, my hooman is back, and what’s this? He brought the big kitteh with him. Hiiiiii, big kitteh! Want to be friends? Rey looked up, her big blue eyes meeting the other cat's yellow ones. Okay, big kitteh. I play dead. Then can we be friends?

MEEEEEEEEEP! Rey fell off the bale just like the big kitteh said, landing in a crumpled heap at the girl hooman's feet. Oww! You squished me, hooman!

"Rey!" Heath cried, kneeling beside the tiny gray cat, all thought of the obstacle course forgotten. In his panicked state, he almost let go of Fiona's leash, but fortunately he remembered her just in time. While one hand clutched the leash in a vise grip, the other gently touched Rey's face. "No, please don't be dead…" You're the only friend I have here...

love-for-HP · 05-13-2020, 02:25 PM

Blake startled 'awake' with the shake from the Professor. He blinked a few more times. "Sorry Professor, I really thought I was resisting him." Blake blinked and pulled himself again, moving another step away from Rufus. "Rufus doesn't seem like he wants to run the course Professor." Blake hoped they hadn't failed their lesson ...........

emjay · 05-13-2020, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

This kid…. WWW didn't really take to him yet, particularly since it seemed that his order to 'stay after class' went in one ear and out the other. He eyed the boy when he silently handed over Rufus' leash. Who was this Slytherin with him? Was that kid's name Charlie? Weird. He could've sworn it was Angelo earlier.

Rufus didn't need more treats, to be honest. You know what he needed? A toy. He wanted to bat the kneazle out from under the boy's arm, and so he stood up on his hind legs and made a pounce toward Morgan. A BIG POUNCE, whilst doing a SCREAM to really set his kneazle!toy off.

"AHHHHH!" Morgan let out an embarrassing yell, startled as the wampus pounced at him. He hadn't been expecting quite that! And as he jumped back to avoid getting eaten, Charlie the kneazle jumped out of his arms (probably also to avoid getting eaten) and started to run away, clearly spooked by the larger cat.

"Charlie! Wait!" Morgan yelled after his new ~~pet~~ friend and dropped the leash belonging to Rufus as he started to chase after him. He had just bonded with this kneazle and was still planning on claiming him for his very own, he wasn't about to let him get away now! His Slytherin partner would just have to pick up the slack and hopefully she'd also picked up the leash. But Morgan wasn't looking back to check.

aRogueOne · 05-13-2020, 08:29 PM

Rufus was worn out? Aww, poor Rufus…

Taking the little darling for Missa, he grabbed the leash tight and walked the trouble maker over to Professor Williamson with a smile. ”Here you are Professor. One tired, troublesome, tricky cat” and good riddance.

He wasn’t really bitter towards the cat. In fact, he’d rather enjoyed the lesson today and learning more about Rufus and Wampus’. It had, if anything, solidified his goal to work with magical creatures or animals in some respects.

”Hey Professor, what did you do before you were a teacher?” he asked before quickly realising that the question could possibly come off as rude. ”I mean, did you go to university or go and work somewhere else with animals?”. He’d always done his learning through books and lessons at school but working on the farm back home now, it changed his perspective. Being more involved made him want to get out and travel. Maybe even see some animals out in the wild.

sarahlooo · 05-13-2020, 08:57 PM

Text Cut: Fiona and Noah

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

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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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....

Preeeeetty kitty. Pretty kitty that was BATTING at her hair. Louise giggled at first, finding it rather cute, but then she started feeling the CLAWS that pricked her skin every once in a while that got caught in her hair. Her giggles stopped and the Gryffindor's brow furrowed. "Hey, don't use your claws," she said to the wampus, as if it would listen to her. Truthfully, she wasn't sure how well wampus kitties listened to humans.

A moment later, the wampus had turned away and Louise heard Noah talk to her. Snapping out of her wampus-hypnosis, Louise looked over at her classmate, still holding the wampus against her chest with its claw in her hair. "Err... Will you grab her? Carefully, I need to get her claw out of my hair." She didn't want to lose anymore hair and she didn't want the wampus to get hurt, either.

*PhoenixRising* · 05-13-2020, 09:30 PM

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Awwhaha, look at that. That cute little fluffy thing with the long tail. It almost looked like a rat, which was one of the acceptable school pets. Williamson didn't squash the thing with his hand; no, he very, very gently gave it a pet with one finger, letting it rest on Carysn's hand still.

"Yeah, well, it wasn't very bright of you to bring cat-bait to a wampus lesson," he muttered, still trying to be as DISAPPROVING AS POSSIBLE toward the Prefect. A Prefect! A PREFECT should know better! Williamson grunted. "Where did you get this thing? It's not a regular….." er, was it a mouse, rat, or other? "...rodent." It looked wild, actually, though it was fairly well behaved. He looked up from the cute thing to Carsyn. "You know you're supposed to get the Headmaster's approval for pets that aren't on the official list."

And, to clarify, "It is NOT harmless," he vehemently stated, "to bring FOOD to a CREATURE LESSON." He'd CLEARLY said they'd be working with cats on the noticeboard. COME ON. She HAD to have more sense than this.

Okay.... yea, now that Carsyn THOUGHT about it (mostly due to Williamson pointing it out), this definitely wasn't a bright idea at all. She frowned, apologetically, shutting her eyes and opening them again. "It's a mongolian gerbil. I adopted it at a pet fair like a year and a half ago." No use in lying to a creatures professor of all people. She was also going to ignore the bit about Headmaster's approval because there were more pressing matters.

"I'm ... sorry, professor." Because literally what else could she say? She was barely into the term and already she was going to be a disappointment to the new creatures professor. "I can, make it up some time ...maybe? please?"

Weasley174 · 05-14-2020, 12:28 AM

Tom looked down at what he had been throwing, seriously it had looked like meat before but now it didn't. He had no idea why that was. ”As Blake says, I don't think Rufus wants to do the course.” He looked towards Blake with an apologetic look, if they failed this lesson then he knew it was his fault because he was the one who had asked Rufus if he wanted to do the course.

Cassirin · 05-14-2020, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by hjhm

This kid is smaaaart. Jillian's plan was going to take some time but her plan was absolutely brilliant. "Yes, let's do that. I like that plan" she smiled... sort of chuckling at herself for not thinking of it first. Phoebe, Jillian likes her.

She eyed as Rufus the wampus was being a bad boy by walking in a different direction. Obviously, Jillian is not going to be okay with this so she whispered "sorry, Rufus. I need to carry you" and immediately grabbed the wampus and did a fast walk towards the obstacle course. She faced Rufus at the start of the obstacle and signaled to Phoebe as she released him.

That Rufus was one stubborn wampus, and Phoebe was left dancing on her toes waiting for Jillian to herd him into place. Lucky that she didn't have to be the one who did the herding. Phoebe figured she was a much better carrot than stick, as that old saying went. She'd hold the treats, and Jillian could herd from behind.

"Okay, Rufus. Come on here, boy. Come get the yummies right here from me. Over the bar. Over... over. OVER."

BanaBatGirl · 05-14-2020, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by GD2204

Rufus was worn out? Aww, poor Rufus…

Taking the little darling for Missa, he grabbed the leash tight and walked the trouble maker over to Professor Williamson with a smile. ”Here you are Professor. One tired, troublesome, tricky cat” and good riddance.

He wasn’t really bitter towards the cat. In fact, he’d rather enjoyed the lesson today and learning more about Rufus and Wampus’. It had, if anything, solidified his goal to work with magical creatures or animals in some respects.

”Hey Professor, what did you do before you were a teacher?” he asked before quickly realising that the question could possibly come off as rude. ”I mean, did you go to university or go and work somewhere else with animals?”. He’d always done his learning through books and lessons at school but working on the farm back home now, it changed his perspective. Being more involved made him want to get out and travel. Maybe even see some animals out in the wild.

Yes, Rufus was definitely tricky. Williamson smiled as he put the wampus cat back in its crate and secured the door with magic, turning around to find one of the prefects still there.

Oh! A question, for him, about his varied life experiences. "Well," he started, crossing his arms as he tried to recall the ~~far far away~~ past. "My friends and I took a trip 'round the world first, right after graduation, so we all deferred our uni acceptances." Who could forget that trip, when he'd been bitten by a Mackled Malaclaw AND struck by lightning in the same week? Good times. "And then I studied Crypto-Magizoology and Communications at the Edinburgh campus, and THEN I finally got to start working with the real love of my life." He paused for dramatic effect, one dragonhide glove touching his heart, as he breathed, "draaaaaagons. I worked in Romania on that reserve, and then I worked here at Hogwarts and raised a dragon, then I went back to Romania WITH my baby dragon, and then I worked at the Ministry, trying to protect MORE dragons, and then---" Oh, he supposed he had answered the boy's question by now.

"Anyway, I hope that helped you some? If you want to talk more, come by the barn after class." He gave Ewan an absentminded smile and went off to find Fiona to get her in the crate too.

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Heath held on to Fiona’s leash for dear life, avoiding her gaze as he walked back to Flora, Rey, and Catastrophe. He’d expected her to try to make a run for it (and probably yank his arm out of its socket in the process), but so far, this was a lot easier than he thought! Maybe Fiona wasn’t such a bad kitty after all! He still wasn’t going to let his guard down around her just yet, though. He made it back, but before he could warn Flora not to look the wampus in the eye -

Yay, my hooman is back, and what’s this? He brought the big kitteh with him. Hiiiiii, big kitteh! Want to be friends? Rey looked up, her big blue eyes meeting the other cat's yellow ones. Okay, big kitteh. I play dead. Then can we be friends?

MEEEEEEEEEP! Rey fell off the bale just like the big kitteh said, landing in a crumpled heap at the girl hooman's feet. Oww! You squished me, hooman!

"Rey!" Heath cried, kneeling beside the tiny gray cat, all thought of the obstacle course forgotten. In his panicked state, he almost let go of Fiona's leash, but fortunately he remembered her just in time. While one hand clutched the leash in a vise grip, the other gently touched Rey's face. "No, please don't be dead…" You're the only friend I have here...

William had been watching where Fiona went after she left him and Carwyn, as he was VERY sure Flora would try to do something like lick the wampus or make Catastophe an offering to her. But it was Heath's kitten, Rey, who actually had him worried.... IF he hadn't seen the wampus make eye contact with the kitten right before she fell off the bale, that was.

"It's alright," he came jogging over to console Heath. "I think Fiona's just working her magic again." He grabbed the wampus' leash to drag her back to her ~~cage~~ crate. "Sorry, kid, just give Rey a good snuggle and she'll be alright." He was sure he hadn't seen anything else happen to the kitten, and anyway, they were about out of time.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Okay.... yea, now that Carsyn THOUGHT about it (mostly due to Williamson pointing it out), this definitely wasn't a bright idea at all. She frowned, apologetically, shutting her eyes and opening them again. "It's a mongolian gerbil. I adopted it at a pet fair like a year and a half ago." No use in lying to a creatures professor of all people. She was also going to ignore the bit about Headmaster's approval because there were more pressing matters.

"I'm ... sorry, professor." Because literally what else could she say? She was barely into the term and already she was going to be a disappointment to the new creatures professor. "I can, make it up some time ...maybe? please?"

A mongolian gerbil?! From a pet fair?! "I bet it wasn't a Hogwarts pet fair," Williamson murmured, still tempted to pet the shivering little fella.

He sighed at her apology. But yes, she COULD make it up to him, while he thought over if she should be allowed to keep the gerbil with her or not. "Fine. See me after class, in the barns, with your classmates." Yeah, the poop shoveling committee. He'd have to remind those other few too.

"Hey, that's all the time we have today," Williamson called out to the rest of the students. "Gather your things, and for homework, I want a reflection on how you thought today went. ARE cats trainable? SHOULD exotic animals, especially big cats like the wampus, be kept in captivity? It's a hot debate, so I want at least eight inches of parchment on it." He'd ignore the groans. "Class dismissed, except those I asked to see. Take your cats with you but leave the kneazles." He'd round them up with a can of salmon later.

OOC: thank you all for coming & participating, it cheered me up so so much!!! sorry to @everyone I ran out of time to reply to w/Rufus & Fiona

SMACK (See Me After Class Kids): Kitt, Carsyn, Morgan, and Isla, look for a PM in case u wanna RP it out

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