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Harry174 
Simon wrote on the tag then looked at the Professor how did she know he had gone one cm over and why was she complaining he was giving the plant more soil to grow in. "Professor what does it matter about one cm I just couldn't see the point to take out the extra one cm." Simon said truthfully this Professors was nuts going on about him leaving an extra cm in it wasn't as if he had eaten his plant or played exploding snap like he had felt like doing.
Seren smiled shaking her head at the boy.
"Your listening skills could do with some work too. I was merely stating that you should take greater care in your work. Following instructions to a T is paramount when working with some plants, and had you been a centimetre under the requirement then it would have impacted on your corals growth within a matter of weeks. A centemetre over isn't an issue for this activity... just be more careful in future." Quote:
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nogoodforyou Oooh the corals were from Australia? Or maybe professor Bentley told them already but she didn't pay enough attention? Eh, at least they helped the corals, right?
Helena took the plain tag and wrote her name on it.
After she placed the tag next to the tank, the girl stood up and smiled at the woman sitting in front of her. "Goodbye, professor."
Aaand she left.
What? What was this?.... a student was leaving.
"Class hasn't been dismissed yet Miss Hopkins", she called out... but it appeared as though she was too late. No matter. The lesson was pretty much over... she'd only miss out on the
coolest part of the lesson!... in her opinion.
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sweetpinkpixie Kurumi looked up when she heard Professor Bentley address the class once more. A small smile appeared on her face as she removed her gloved and leaned forward so that her nose was almost touching the glass of her tank. "You hear that, you are going home," she giggled tapping the glass almost as if the purple coral would respond. Kurumi highly doubt that the coral was homesick, however.
Kurumi took a quill out of her bag and began to write on the tag provided.
Waiting for her ink to dry, Kurumi looked around to see most everyone else had finished their work. She caught a glance of Eino's tank and giggled softly seeing that he had named his plant. She wouldn't be surprised if he tried to smuggle it back to the Ravenclaw common room. If he did, hopefully - she peered a little closer - Bubbles wouldn't meet the same untimely end as Faustus.
Name tag all dried, Kurumi placed it on her tank and looked up at Professor Bentley who seemed to be enchanted by one tank that was still covered up. "Professor," Kurumi asked in a low voice so as not to disrupt those still working. "W-What's under there?"
Ahh at long last a student has noticed!... Seren offered Kurumi a smile.She couldn't wait to see the Gryffindor's reaction. Well provided the girl didn't freak out... she didn't think it was freak-out worthy... but who knew. Vindictus had frightened a lot of them with a mere snargaluff after all.
"A surprise!" she said grinning more broadly now. She was having difficulty with controling her excitement now.
"A very very special treat," she added, as if this would make the girl feel better.
And she wasn't fibbing... or exaggerating. It was incredibly special.. more so than the Stuby Purple Coral.
Time to stop the students, she thought.
Moving to the front of the class she began her concluding speech... because with Seren it was always going to be a speech. Partially nerves but mostly excitement led her to ramble ecessively.
"Ok class, I'm afraid we've come to the end of the lesson, so for those of you that have completed the task, well done and thank you... for those that havn't, you have one minute to quickly finish up anything."
She paused briefly to catch her breath- and give the students enough time to process what she had said.
"Please make sure you have your tanks- labelled and your attendence cards sitting on top of your desks."
This was very important.
"Now you may be dismissed, however I have one last thing to show you before you go," she said taking a few calculated steps towards the larger tubular tank- still covered.
"First of all, know that you are all safe... the specimen I have here is deceased and is enclosed in unbreakable glass.. it is completely secure... it cannot harm you."
She made eye contact with a few students... offering them a small smile. No matter what she brought into the classroom she would always make sure the students safety came first.
Gripping the sheet covering the tank Seren gave it a hearty tug, letting the fabric fall away, unveiling one of the most glorious plants she had ever seen... and one of the most deadly. This specimen was submerged in a preserving liquid of light amber... and unlike the other specimens it was just floating lifelessly in the tank, its roots exposed.
The lacey fragile leaves almost appeared to be fluttering lightly in the liquid, bobbing up and down, all the while staying transfixed in the same place. A magical sight. The two foot tall specimen with three stalks and brilliant lacey flowers- not unlike the hybiscus glowed with an errie mix of vibrant colours. Shades of gold and silver flecked the leaves and stalks, tones of red and blue and green painted this stunning plant. Indeed all the colours of the rainbow reflected from its surface.
"May I introduce to you... one of the deadliest plants known to wizardkind," she began as if introducing an old friend,
".. the Prayer Flower." "Feel free to come up and have a look. If you have any questions regarding the lesson, now would be the time to ask."
Oh and on a side note.
"Please keep your eyes out for the homework announcement on your commonroom notice boards, and also the herbology noticeboard....
Thank you... and I hope you all ejoyed todays lesson", she noticed that some of the students weren't shivering anymore.. that was a good sign.
"We'll be indoors for the next lesson", she added with a smile.
OOC: If you haven't finished RPing the activity you may finish doing so but only in one post, so instead of breaking up the activity into 5 posts you will need to finish it in 1 regardless of how many you have left- hope this makes sense. Also if you have any questions or want to go up and see the Prayer flower you may do so. Otherwise if you wish to leave you may also do so.
Homework will be up tomorrow.