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| Term 55: May - August 2020 Term fifty-five: Hello from the other siiiiiiide (Sept 2101 - June 2102) |
05-10-2020, 07:43 PM
| | Herbology Lesson 1: Toadin' Around
For a class held at 1pm, the walk to the greenhouses from the castle was rather dark and wet. The rain was expected for a date in October, but the sky was a shade or two darker than expected with the wet weather. Professor Rainwater had left a bucket outside of greenhouse five for any umbrellas the students had used to sit in. If one was to come into his class, he was already known to use it as a prop in his teaching and for it to accidentally get broken. Speaking from experience. Luckily, today’s Herbology lesson was just after lunch so the students had had ample time to get a warm drink down them before the short walk. As always, the water station is set up outside Greenhouse Five for students to grab a quick drink before class starts, but they are not permitted to enter the greenhouse with those drinks. So drink up, and get inside! Because it’s definitely warmer in here than it is out there.
Upon entering Greenhouse Five, you’ll notice immediately that Professor Rainwater is not present but there is a message written in his handwriting on the whiteboard. Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteboard I’M WATCHING !!
DON’T GET TOO CLOSE TO MY FRIENDS!!
In front of Professor Rainwater’s workstation where he is usually standing to greet you is a stool with two very different toads on top of it. One of the toads is more of a yellow colour and the other has a few suspicious red spots on it’s head. They don't look friendly, which is probably why your Professor has suggested not to get too close. FOLLOW ALONG:
- 12th May - Greetings and Q1 : What do you know about toadstools?
- 13th May - Q2 : What do you know about crossbreeding?
- 14th May - Mini Activity : Brainstorm a toadstool hybrid
- 16th May - Mini Activity : Professor Rainwater discussing with groups RESOURCES:
- OOC: HI. Welcome to the first OOC Herbology thing this term but it’s October IC so obviously this isn’t the first time your character will have interacted with Professor Rainwater in a classroom situation this school year, so he expects that they know the rules and expectations that he has of them.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me! Class will begin roughly 28 hours from this post <3 Class has STARTED, please jump in and pretend your character has been here all along!
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05-20-2020, 08:36 PM
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| Selkie
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Eliza Bellerose Slytherin Second Year x1
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Isla guess-timated that they only had about two minutes remaining now, so if that was the case, she was going to have the time of her life on these trampoline toadstools. She spent a good half minute just enjoying the fun of it, because let's be honest...THIS WAS FUN, OKAY?
Getting her head back in the game, Isla looked around for some toadstools that might be easy to snatch. She saw a few just up ahead, so she bounced a few times to get some momentum, and then she sprung toward the next toadstool. There was a little orange toadstool nearby, and she was able to easily snatch it and put it in her bag. That had been the easiest grab she'd gotten so far. Maybe she'd just caught the toadstool off guard or something?
Anyway, there were a few more nearby, but sadly, just as Isla was making a grab for one, they darted off in another direction. BOO. She abandoned the little group of toadstools she'd been eyeing and bounced toward another toadstool. She was able to jump up and grab another orange toadstool and toss it into her pouch before it got away.
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05-20-2020, 09:00 PM
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| Quintaped
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| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers With the professor having called five minutes remaining probably like three minutes ago..... that meant that there was even LESS time to ensure Gryffindor had caught the snitch most toadstools.
If certain people didn't want to get into enjoying the FUN of bouncing, that was on them, honestly. Even if Carsyn wasn't particular sure of the educational element about this activity, except that toadstools are sturdy fungi in that they can withstand lots of bounces. But she wasn't bothered by that as she bounced onto another one, swiping another mini toadstool as she did.
Wait .... was that .....what was that little guy doing trying to get away?? Her seeker eye fixated on one that looked like maybe half the size of the miniature toadstools she'd previously caught and it was floating down and trying to hide under the giant toadstools they were jumping on. Jump. Jump. Jump. Wait, which toadstool was it hiding under again?
Another jump. Ahhh... there it was! Another jump, but more into a belly flop this time as she extended her hand out for the little guy ... and "Got it." She smiled, depositing it into her pouch. Can she just lay here a moment? These were kind of comfortable.
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05-20-2020, 09:54 PM
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Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron | 1 striped toadstool Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll So the gold toadstool wasn't like a golden ticket, then? Since the game was still going, Heath was going to take that as a no. What a shame! He was hoping he might actually win this thing for Ravenclaw, but now they were almost out of time. How much longer did they have? He had no idea exactly how much time had passed since Rainwater called five minutes, do he was going to guess he had one, maybe two minutes tops. Hopefully it was enough time to catch one last toadstool!
He looked around, eventually spotting a small toadstool floating near the edge of the trampoline toadstool he was on. Well, this just got a whole lot harder! How was he going to catch it without falling off? There wasn't time to jump onto another trampoline and make a grab for the toadstool… or to look for an easier one to catch. He was going to have to just go for it and hope for the best.
Heath moved as close to the edge of the trampoline toadstool as he could, and as he got closer, he saw that the toadstool above him was white with black stripes. It looked a bit like a zebra. Zebra toadstools… was that a thing? Because if it was, that was the coolest toadstool he'd ever seen! He shook his head. Come on, focus! it doesn't matter what it looks like; all that matters is winning this thing for Ravenclaw!
Heath quickly found his footing, bounced, and… The good news was he caught the zebra-striped toadstool! The bad news? He misjudged the landing and slipped, falling backwards onto the trampoline toadstool. Nobody saw that, right? Please tell him nobody saw that! Ugh, one class… just one class where he didn't wind up looking dumb in front of everyone! Was that too much to ask?
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05-20-2020, 10:08 PM
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| doesn't proofread tweets | #wrongaboutcereal | #siriusly? | emo to the extremo Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Carsyn was largely paying attention to her own jumping because how could she not?? This was probably the closest she was going to get to playing quidditch at Hogwarts and catching as many of these things as possible was the goal. But out of her periphery she couldn't help but notice a certain Nina was barely moving. Yes she was going from toadstool to toadstool, but not really jumping. Was Nina Castillo SCARED about this?? Jumping closer to the older girl, she casually swiped another mini toadstool into her wrist pouch as she did. That was two in there so far; did they jump out the same way they could jump? Did it matter if they jumped out if the toadstools were in the pouch once? "That's not a jump, Nina! Come on and jump higher!!" She exclaimed quickly before jumping away and ironically catching a green mini toadstool as she did so. Make that three. Was there a limit? The five minute warning had no effect on Nina whatsoever. She wasn't planning to switch her strategy up simply because they were running into the final moments of the activity. She was wearing a SKIRT. And she would much rather spectate in order to ensure that no one got too close.
Something Carsyn was doing just now actually. She was bouncing dangerously close, for that matter. Um? "Thank you for the suggestion Carsyn. I'll take it into consideration." She gave the Gryffindor Prefect a sweet smile that obviously meant 'leave me alone'. Nevermind that her bouncing made Nina bounce a little too.
She wouldn't actually be taking the suggestion into consideration. Annnnnnd exactly zero toadstools collected thus far by Nina Castillo.
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05-20-2020, 11:03 PM
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| squeezing something in just coz i can - grabbing 1 Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight "They're boring," Nem countered simply. It was true, and they knew this because basically everything was boring, and even the things that weren't initially always ended up being so pretty quickly. "Hurtful. Where'd you get the impression I'm not being serious?"
Ahhh, here he was. Rainwater by name, Rainwater by nature. Raining on parades, dampening spirits, so on, so forth. "That sounds an awful lot like one of those limits you said didn't exist, sir." Which made him a liar. For shame. "I bet there's plenty of people in history who couldn't have made discoveries that changed the world without breaking a few rules here and then. Fortunately, I'm not one of them." Probably.
They simply smiled back at Nina. No extra looks. We're all friends here.
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... Perhaps it had been a little too much to expect a class activity a little more mentally stimulating than trampoline toadstools. Then again, something active was okay. Better, at least, than actually looking after a plant. So, having very little to pack away, Nem had easily bounced into the action to get collecting. Yoink, there was a blue one right there.
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05-20-2020, 11:10 PM
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| Granian
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman Gellar Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arden Toros Gryffindor Sixth Year x4 x1
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Was Nina TRYING to sabotage Slytherin? Aboli found herself TOSSSSING toadstools in her direction, gently, so they wouldn't hit anyone too hard.
COME ON NINA CATCH 'EM ALL. LIKE ASH.
In between that, though, Aboli was jumping MORE CALMLY than before and doing her best to clutch that win for Slytherin. She was much more...proud? And stuff of being a snake than she had thought. Since her mother hadn't attended, she had no real ties to the school...her grandparents, she supposed, attended, but they often did not speak of their Hogwarts days. And so she seemed to have grasped the whole house pride thing on her own.
Being a Slytherin was clearly her destiny, as well. Aboli just KNEW IT. She caught a red mushroom on one bounce, and a blue one on another. YIPEEE.
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05-20-2020, 11:47 PM
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| Manticore
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mozart Bronwyn #ee6600 Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Maebry Grimaldi #ff8d6d First Year x7 x5
| wrappin' up, kids ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe "FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ANNNNND ONE! TIME'S UP!" Gus called loudly into the bounce house and instantly the leftover miniature toadstools lifted high enough that no student was able to collect them as they were too high. "Come on in, guys! Bounce back over here! Empty your pouches into the box for your house and we can COUNT THEM UP!" Gus was pretty intrigued to see what the numbers were, given that there were still very close to two thousand toadstools still in the air. It actually looked like the kids had barely dented the number in there, which whilst disappointing... he figured they'd also had some fun.
Except for Miss Castillo, who looked as though Gus was responsible for ruining her entire life. WHICH HE WAS NOT.
Once all of the students had emptied their pouches into the correct boxes, Gus went ahead and counted them up. He gave them all time to collect their belongings and get ready for class to end before wheeling in his stash of chocolate frogs, breakfast bars, jelly slugs and licorice wands. "Alright, kids. The bounce just wasn't there today for Hufflepuff. Their box is EMPTY. Completely empty, actually. Zero toadstools. Glad you all seemed to have fun though." Perhaps he was a little disappointed that they hadn't even caught one, but he couldn't make that a thing. It wasn't fair and Gus was all about being fair, you know? "Grabbing a respectable 13 toadstools iiiiiiiiis Ravenclaw house! Their mascot flies, but... perhaps the members of that house didn't so much today. Good game, guys." "With a lead of 9 and with a total of 27 toadstools collected, the winners of something each from my collection of goodies, twenty points for their house as a whole and no herbology homework for a week is............. Slytherin!!!
Sorry, Gryffindor. With 18 toadstools, you were close, but just not close enough. " But Gus had enjoyed watching the competitiveness show in his students and it had been better to see who thrived under this situation more than others. Learning tactic and all that. "Slytherin students, come collect your snacks and I'll see you in next class. Everyone else, I'd like you to submit a fact file on ten different hybrid plants by next class. Include the origin of them, any details in their life span, why they were created and what you would do to improve them. You're free to go - collect your umbrellas on your way out and stay safe in the rain." He was going to sit in his office and take a quick nap before he mirror called his kids and cried about missing them. "OH. Miss Gladin? Trinetta? I'd like to speak to you in my office, please. Aboli, can we catch up tomorrow?"
CLASS. DISMISSED. OOC: Yay! Thank you for taking part in this Herbology lesson, lovelies. It's been super fun! I've loved reading reactions to Gus' antics, the imaginations of your characters and seeing how competitive some of them can be.
You may see the toadstool bounce house feature in a thread out here soon - Gus would love it to continue being used.
Thanks again! You've got about 16 hours until I close the thread, so use this time to react to the results of the toadtastic catchathon or declone <3 Love to all!
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05-21-2020, 01:10 AM
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| Selkie
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At the sound of the countdown from five to one, Isla scrambled to try and snatch another toadstool, but it was a loss. The game was over, but her pouch was indeed pretty full. She hurried over and emptied her pouch into Slytherin's box.
She waited around, anxious to hear which group was going to win the GLORIOUS prizes awaiting them! House points...chocolate...NO HOMEWORK! Truth be told, she was more excited about the last two than that first one, but the first one was pretty awesome, too! Anyway...Huffelpuff got zero? As in...NONE? Okay, sorry Badgers, but that was pretty pathetic. Ravenclaw was out of the running, but at least they got thirteen, which was thirteen more than the losing team. So it was down to Slytherin and Gryffindor... "YES!" Isla cheered, giving a fist pump as they were declared the winner.
She waltzed over to the snack collection area as she ignored the homework being assigned. Oh, yeah. She could get used to this! "See ya later, Professor!" she said.
'CLASS DISMISSED'. Her two favorite words!
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05-21-2020, 03:25 AM
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| doesn't proofread tweets | #wrongaboutcereal | #siriusly? | emo to the extremo Catch them all? No thank you.
Nina was quite relieved when Professor Rainwater signaled the end to the activity and happily made her way off the trampoline toadstools. The announcement of Slytherin's win did nothing to change her opinion of the activity. In fact, the only reason why she decided to go up and collect snacks was to give them to Calyx, who would likely appreciate them. Otherwise she would have been fine without them. She thanked Professor Rainwater with a polite smile before making her way out of class.
Maybe she was smiling a LITTLE bit. Because not having to worry about the homework meant there would be extra time she could dedicate to other things. Like NEWTs. (Or her boyfriend).
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05-21-2020, 12:15 PM
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Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron | *exits stage left* Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll Heath had just picked himself back up when the professor started the countdown. Darn, not enough time left for one final grab! He climbed off the trampoline toadstool and hurried to dump his toadstools in the Ravenclaw box. He had just come back from collecting his school bag when he saw the candy stash. Wait, the winning team got their candy now, in front of everybody? Way to make ¾ of the class feel left out…
Heath listened to the results, hoping more than ever for a Ravenclaw victory, and - Third place, in other words,* second worst. Now he was really annoyed for several reasons. He was annoyed that he fell on that last jump; not only did it make him look stupid, but it cost him valuable time. He was annoyed that Ravenclaw lost and even more so that they came in behind Gryffindor. He could practically hear his sister now, bragging about how her house was so much better than his in every way!
Most of all, Heath was annoyed at himself. Even his best efforts weren't enough to give Ravenclaw a win. Story of my life, he thought. No matter how hard I try, I never come out on top. For what wasn't the first time this term (nor likely to be the last), he felt like he'd let his team down! He glanced around, giving all the Ravenclaws he saw an apologetic look.
Whatever Heath felt in that moment, none of it was directed at the professor. He understood that, right? Just in case he didn't, Heath gave him a polite nod on his way out. "Bye, Professor."
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