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Originally Posted by Emzily  Well, Lafay was back.
Theo didn't mind this, nope. Noxious. Ehh, what the hey, Theodore raised his hand, "It sounds like nauseous, so maybe it's something gross." Because he had never actually heard of the word before. It was a good guess, if he did say so himself. " Well... yes, in a way..." She said and pointed at the next person. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Why in the world would he expect to be treated differently? Mo gave her a head tilt of acknowledgement (and confusion), but the woman had already begun the lesson.
Noxious? It sort of sounded like someone was being super annoying and needed their pants set on fire or something, but that was OBnoxious. But interesting. Interesting. He wanted to think deep thoughts about root words for those two VERY similar words. Mo raised his hand. "It means dangerous, Professor." " Very good, Master Branxton." She said and pointed at the next person raising their hand. Quote:
Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Well, it sounded like a combination of two words. Eh, its worth the shot, yeah? She raised her hand, "It sounds like anxious and nauseous combined. Maybe it's when you're so anxious it makes you nauseous." Aww yeah for awkward answers. " Uhmmm no. Well... Not exactly..." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Mystic Melody Melody smiled. She knew this one. It was easy. "I believe noxious can mean harmful or if it is not harmful it can be described as very unpleasant. It can be used to describe a potion or poison." " Good." She said to the girl. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Prefect Greingoth?
That sounded strange. Sierra wasn't used to her mother calling her anything other than...well, Sierra. Sierra did a little inner shrug and took a general note of what was going on around the room. Her mother was glaring at her. For what, she had no idea. She couldn't remember doing a thing out of line, so again, she just did a little inner shrug. Maybe she felt like she deserved a dozen roses instead of a single one? Hmm...
...and then the rose was banished into the storage cupboard, which confused her even further. No mother would make ingredients out of a gift from her child, would she? Sierra totally trusted her mother to have that rose out of the cupboard and well taken care of when she saw her again.
So, moving on...
"Noxious means something harmful or pretty bad," she said, raising her hand. "It's usually used when a person is referring to odorous fumes." " Yes. Good." She said and moved on. Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Well, Lafay was a bit touchy about her name. Its just a name afterall. Oichi soon heard Lafay say the word noxious and cringed. [I] So far all she was asking was a definition but anything noxious in Lafay's hands could be trouble. I'll have to stay on my toes and if it gets bad. Gulp, I Don't know what I'll do. But for now it's just a question. [I] Oichi raised her hand and responded, "Noxious mean poisonous and possibly deadly. Anything that is noxious is no good for anyone.". " Good." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAlice Great, now Richard was angry at her... it wasn't her fault she was feeling emotional lately... her brain was a over the place and her stomach hurt and now she'd annoyed Rich and... no. Ignore things. Things are okay. Potions. Right. She looked away from Rich and Peyton and stared pointedly ahead. She felt the water and pointed her wand at her parchment, drying it instantly and ignoring everything - and everyone - else that got wet. He probably deserved it.
Noxious..? "Noxious things are usually harmful, and can be poisonous or otherwise bad for a person's health." she said, taking quick notes, her brow furrowed a little. And now she had a headache... great. " Very good," She said to her. " Are you feeling alright Miss Stewart-Quinn? Do you need the nurse?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles He earned a beam from Peyton at his greeting. She was definitely liking that title and maybe...she'd even start getting the people who knew her to call her that. Hehe.
Peyton sensed something was off. Nuuu, why? D:
"Why wouldn't I?" she mumbled. Richard was really nice and her friend. Of course she cared about his feelings. Plus, he was her house mate too.
She did giggle a bit at the wink. No one winks at her. Like ever. Just Richard, hehe. She was about to comment on something when the lesson began...
O___O
Peyton jumped at the sudden squirt of water. She was sitting next to Richard so her first reaction was to stay dry. And...
Nuuuuuu!
The sugar quill! Why Professor Lafay, WHY? 
Peyton just sat there, sort of wanting to pout, but at the same time trying to come off as strong. Had she been with her family she'd thrown a fit, maybe cried a little, until it was fixed. But, not here. She couldn't cry 'cause she was thirteen, man.
She sighed and focused on what Lafay was saying. She'd ordered that Sugar Quill days ahead just for Richard. >.< Anyway, she raised her hand and said, "Noxious is something poisonous or unpleasant." " Alright. Yes." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lollipop! Blue's hand shot up in the air. "Noxious has double meanings. One means something that's unhealthy or dangerous. The other is more or less the same thing. Just to morally harm or corrupt or pernicious someone or something." BEAM BEAM BEAM. Yes, she was using big words today.
Such a Ravenclaw. ... Ravenclaw.
" Correct." Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles Tom glanced over at Addy Kennedy as she took the seat beside him. He had been meaning for some time to say 'hi', knowing that she was related in some way to his old friend Lexi.
Class began and he turned his attention away from her. His forehead crinkling into a frown as he thought about the question.
He had no idea what 'noxious' meant... but he could probably hasten a guess. Obnoxious meant annoying.. or something like that. Unpleasant? Nasty?
“Um.. Somefin' that ain't nice.. Unpleasant, like.” He offered in a hesitant mumble with a raised hand. " Yes. Basic. But correct." She said with a nod. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz West stuck his hand up, happy to get involved especially because how else could he show he was glad his head of house was better? Yeah.
"Noxious means like....bad or foul or hurtful." Paaaause. Everyone was saying that. So West elaborated into the bits about the word he found most interesting. "Its one of those words what comes from Latin and actually has a bunch of words what are related to the same roots. It comes from the Latin noxius, meaning 'hurtful' or 'injurious', which is in turn from noxa , what means 'injury', 'damage' or 'entailing liability' and waaay back like waaaaaaaaay back," Like 5th century BC Proto-Indo-European way back? Yeah, "its related to all them words with 'necro-' in front of them. Death words." Nod. "Lots of noxious things cause death, or are just gross enough that you think you're gonna die." " Ok. Yes." She said to the boy. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory looked up as he heard the familiar voice. "Hello, Lyssa,'' he responded. "Of course I don't mind.'' Grin. Alyssa sat not a moment too soon, as the Professor began to speak.
First question. Jory raised his hand. "Noxious means something poisonous or dangerous,'' he said. That was obviously the Potion they would be brewing today...
" Good." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Nerida had almost been late. Just as she sat down Professor Lafay asked her first question. Noxious? "Professor noxious means harmful or poisonous." Right? She couldn't remember..So the professor was noxious right..Harmful at times?? She glanced up, grey streak...That was odd, why didn't she just dye that strand... " Good. Correct." She told her. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Alex blinked. Whoops. He'd been caught checking out her gray streak. He blushed and cleared his throat. "Sorry Professor, I just...um, I like your hair," he said. It was definitely interesting. He'd have to ask Sierra later why she'd decided to go gray like that.
Anyways, back to the discussion. He raised his hand to answer the question. "Noxious means dangerous or harmful, when I hear that word, it often reminds me of poisonous fumes and such," he explained. " Very good, Master Greingoth." He said to the boy. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow So it seemed like Professor Lafay was back to her normal self, making Ella smile very faintly to herself. She was always on her best behavior in this class so she didn't feel too worried, though she was kind of scared for a few of her more opinionated classmates. No one was going to test her, right?
Noxious? Ella had heard of that word before. Something about...noxious gases or fumes. The blonde raised her hand and waited to be called on before answering. "Professor, noxious means poisonous or harmful. Something you wouldn't want to be exposed to." " Exactly." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Eriin Noxious... OBnoxious? That is what she thought of when she heard the word. And it certainly suited most of the people in this room... but her hand went up politely and she said, "Noxious means the substance or fumes, or whatever you are dealing with, are dangerous to your health. Like noxious gas for instance. These things can prove to deadly even."
Lowering her hand she looked over to Tom and smiled sweetly at him. He had a pretty awesome accent. " Indeed." She said to the girl. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura smiled at the Professor. "Yeah I have a new wand." Laura showed the Professor her new wand and then she listened to the Professor as she spoke. "I think that it means hazardous or something like that." Laura had no idea if it was right or not but it was worth a guess. " Good." She said, both about the wand and the answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahlooo Milton had noticed that grey streak in her hair at the feast, but he couldn't tell if it was intentional or not. But if it was some potion gone wrong, well... Pff. Lafay didn't make mistakes when it came to potions. It was probably intentional. Plus, wasn't that like, fashionable or something? Sure, whatever.
Sitting near the back, Milton quietly listened to her ask the first question. Noxious... Sounded like obnoxious, but it wasn't. "It's like... bad. Dangerous." Stuff like that. " Yes." Did anyone have something else?! Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone O_________O
Scary lesson was going to be scary, right?
... Onto the lesson. Alec blinked at the Professor and frowned a little at the word 'noxious'. Noxious... Noxious... it sounded familiar. Was it like the spell 'nox'? The opposite of 'lumos'? That one that got rid of the light at the end of your wand?
... Probably not.
So noxious. "Erm... Professor?" he said, raising his hand, "Erm... I think it's bad? Not great? Like... if a gas was said to be noxious, you probably wouldn't want to breathe it in because... because it would cause dangerous effects to your body." Yeah. That's all he had for now. " Right." She said to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Well, she was definitely back at the Hogwarts Potion class. She remembered immediately how fierce Professor Lafay could get. And honestly... she had missed it.
Noxious. Well, her heart jumped in her chest! If Professor Lafay was asking about the definition of noxious was, hopefully that means she would be making something noxious. An evil smile erupted somewhere inside.
Zhenya raised her hand, "Professor, noxious is defined as harmful or poisonous." She kept it at that; what she knew. " Correct." She answered. Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon Alice offered a smile to her Mama Selina when she entered, and beamed at Mo when he came and sat by her. She would have struck up a conversation with them both, and she DEFINITELY would have commented on that little exchange between the Head Girl and Dylan. That deserved eyebrow wiggling, especially after that comment from Lafay on their flirtatiousness, didn't it? But the professor had started class already, so she figured there was no point.
Noxious? Like.. like OBnoxious? You know what was obnoxious, or WHO? Mean people. Ones who were dangerous and mean and rude and mean and evil and mean. So did noxious mean that, too? Probably not. But loads of others were saying things along the lines of harmful, so Alice decided to go with that part of her theory as her hand flew up. "Dangerous. Icky. Nasty, professor." Yes? No? Was that right? " Yes. Right." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Lafay was alive! It was bad enough that Professor Burbage got sacked and she couldn't care less about Runes Guy, not to mention Shiny Ground's Keeper deciding to NOT come back. Losing Lafay would have just been awful!
After greeting the Professor and settling down a bit she fixed her eyes on her cauldron, already trying to figure out what potion they'd be learning. Last year's potions were pretty boss and she found good use for most of them. Maybe this year it'd even be something that could personally benefit her seeing as trying that whole 'brew on your own' thing wasn't working out.
Her attention was drawn back to the class by the Professor's question.
Noxious?
It didn't sound familiar.
"Does it have anything to do with poisons?" Most dangerous things had a kinda thing where they rhymed with that word or looked close to it--They'd be learning about poisons???
NEAT! " ... well... it can be a poison... not necessarily though." She answered. Quote:
Originally Posted by Riverlynn Nell grinned at Professor Lafay and her usual tough self. She liked the Professor and her no nonsense attitude. She was already out of the gate and into the lesson. Ethan hadn't answered her but she had sat down next to him anyway.
"Noxious means poisonous or harmful or very unpleasant." " It does indeed." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fira
Enough with the flirting?
Hah...he barely had started it. If his girlfriend had not decided to be so...annoying today, he could show the woman what real flirting was but all his mood for flirting was gone now for obvious reasons. Instead of Aurora, he turned to Peyton and focused his attention on her. The sugar quill looked sweet, a nice snack to enjoy as he was listening to the professor. He smiled at the younger Slytherin red head's words. Yeah, why would not she? She had no reason not to care about his feelings so he had no idea what Aurora had in mind to do that.
He was about to bite the sweet tip of the sugar quill when all in a sudden...
O_O
...everything went cold and wet. ''What the...?!'' he started but fell silent when he realized that it was no one but the Potions Mistress. He was all soaked now. Everything he had was soaked too. A part of his bag, the parchment on the desk, his quill and the...the sugar quill was gone. Merlin! He was cold. As he sat there, cold and wet, it was hard not to protest. In order to avoid saying something wrong to the professor, he looked at Aurora hoping to find comfort with her but...Good Merlin! It surely did not look like she cared about it at all.
He was upset...angry...annoyed...a mixture of them all. Could he please now leave this class?
He did not know if he could and he was not sure if he could ask without being hexed or something. So, for now, he instead just sat there, we and cold, and glared at the professor not bothering about the question she asked.
" Turner, if you do want to answer... you may leave my classroom." She said in all seriousness. If the boy was going to pout, she didn't need him. Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverYours Potions, potions, she looooooooved potions. MEGA BEAM for that!
Professor was feeling well but could still get angry? That seemed to go against the rules of being well. Happy is happy and sad is sad and there was no middle ground. That was how it worked, right? Or had she missed something when learning about emotions. SHRUG. She wasn't going to misbehave anyway, so she didn't really have anything to worry about. Did she?
The definition of the word noxious.
Point number one, noxious was a very cool word. Point number two would be made AFTER to stuck her hand in the air. Hm. "It generally means harmful or poisonous. Like, noxious gases are dangerous and can knock people out or sometimes even kill them, depending on how noxious they are." Or something along those lines. Noxious could be used in many different contexts and stuff though. The first bit seemed right to her though. " Very good." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by DecemberMoon She was very glad to see Professor Lafay looking well. It was new for her to see actually, since she had first met Lafay as a first year when the woman had been gravely ill, so this was a very pleasant surprise. She smiled a little despite how unfeeling her professor was trying to seem. And she knew better than to stare, that much she had learned last year. She did make a mental note about the grey streak in her hair though. It was pretty and made Eliza want to do something more interesting with her own hair. I wonder if anyone knows any spells that can change my hair to a different color...
But back to the lesson. Noxious? Makes me think of noxious fume warnings, so... She raised her hand to make her reply, "Professor, I agree that noxious means something is harmful or toxic." She also knew better than to use that moment of speaking time to express how glad she was that Professor Lafay looked so bright eyed and bushy tailed, so she kept it to herself for now.
I hope this isn't an indicator that we're going to be brewing toxic things. She opened her notebook to set up for extensive note taking. Though she does seem to have a fondness for poisonous ingredients, she thought to herself with a small shudder. " Toxic, good word." She said and nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva had been sitting next to her cousin trying to get focused and motivated for class. She wasn't in the best mood and wasn't sure why. Listening to everyone and then hearing Professor Lafay say about people could get into trouble she couldn't help but smile. That had to mean Professor Lafay was feeling better this term, which was a good thing. She sat up a bit to try to focus more.
Placing her hand up in the air she tried to answer the best she could, "Professor, Noxious means harmful or poisonous." Putting her hand back down she worried a bit that they could be making something dangerous today. It seemed fun, but with her first year cousin in the same class she didn't want her getting hurt. " Yes. Wheatborn, you are correct." she said. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpfan18 Belle was glad the professor was feeling better. Then she chuckled when she said she can get angry if anyone misbehaved. Then she asked a question. What is Noxious? Belle heard of Noxious gas before. Then it clicked...
As Belle raised her hand, she answered the question, "Professor i know Noxious means harmful." " Yes it does." She said to the girl. Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel thought about the question and thought she was talking about another word that sounded similar. But after hearing in again. He knew she was talking about another word. Noxious. Well with that word in mind Nigel raised his hand.
"It means harmful or poisonous."
Nigel wondered if they were doing some poisonous potions today. " Yes, Master Barrington." she said to the boy. Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat YAY!!! They were learning about a deadly potion today!! Great!! That just gave Nate the best prank idea in the world...though it would probably get him expelled or sent to azkaban, but oh well. Nate obviously knew what noxious meant. Though some other answers he had heard were...interesting. Nate raised his hand in the most confident, yet cocky way and said "Noxious means something that is harmful and deadly. Anything that is noxious should not be ingested because it can kill someone." Yep that sounded correct to Nate. It was so hard for him to hold in his evil snickering after he said that. It almost made him die. " or make you really ill, yes." She said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy Kaiden shifted a bit in his seat. Yeah, Lafay, she was scary, even if he didn't remeber being that scared of her when he was first here. But most professors didn't usually talk about being angry and stuff. Noxious? the boy thought about that for a bit. What did that mean? Raising his hand he offered, "Doesn't it mean something that causes you to vomit because it smells and just stinks really bad?" " Sort of. Yes." She told her. Quote:
Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Momma Snake was feeling 'very well'. Kat was totally happy and relieved about it. And she was worrying that Lafay might not even return this term. Scary. Anyway... wait, why was she glaring at her. At them. Quidditch players. But... they didn't do anything wrong.
At least, not all of them did wrong. Yes, Richard Turner, only you did. *mellow* She didn't hex Turner, which was better than any other option Lafay might have in mind. So, Kat's attention was dragged back to the Potion Mistress.
Noxious. Uhm. Were they seriously that dumb to not know? Okaaaaaaay. With a hand raised, Kat began to speak. "It means harmful, or deadly." Just like what everyone said. If they were going to be making a potion that can poison stuff... uhm... Kat had thoughts That'd be cool. I guess. " Yes. Good." She said to the girl. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa listened as everyone gave their answers as to the definition if noxious. Her answer was basically going to be the same but she raised her hand anyway and gave her answer.
"Professor, noxious basically means something that is unpleasant to smell or breathe in. Most of the time it is harmful and deadly to the person who is breathing in the fumes." " Yes. Very good." She said.
" Remember not all noxious things will kill you. There are a lot of noxious things that just make you sick or make you pass out. Now. Is anyone familiar with the Noxious Potion and it's effects? Or can you guess what it will do?" She asked the students.
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