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Emzily · 02-04-2015, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

So far, Dante's been silent. He was listening. And watching the professor who was unlike most professors. It was also the fact that the Slytherin had barely been in a Greenhouse before so his eyes were all over the place. He was listening, though, kind of. They were talking about some weird looking mushroom. That could talk? Ookay. That ought to be interesting.

And it was sick or something. Didn't sound like a bad thing to learn, fixing things up. Well, he certainly didn't know anything about last term but he was going to guess. Wouldn't hurt. "Using some sort of spell maybe?" He suggested half raising his hand. Did they have to before answering ? Eh, details.

Oh, this one had been quiet until now. Archie smiled wide, very pleased that he was interested enough to try an answer. "That's right. There are spells that can aid plant care," Not enough, though. He paused, thinking long and hard. "... It doesn't often have to be as complicated as using spell work, however. Because of course, even a drop of water will do wonders."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Professor Groundskeeper packed a great deal of energy for such a little man, didn't he? Energy was good though. Yep. So, he had been correct when he said Talking toadstool. Awesomeee! Now, Adi could hardly wait until these things were back to normal so they could be talked to.

Adi began to make notes on the toadstool, pausing only once to raise a hand again. "We could use Mooncalf solution,'' he suggested then went write back to scribbling.

This one was becoming one of Millard's shining pupils already. Spot on answers so far! "Excellent suggestion. This is the solution we will be using today." Archie replied with a nod. He would go into more details about that in a moment.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Awww, Professor Millard was getting excited talking about toadstools. That was so cute. Even though she hadn't gotten the answer right, two points were awesome. Yaaay for having a good guess.

Talking Toadstools were something Lux had never heard of, and she was sure to make a note of them since they might come up again later on. They sounded a lot like parrots and it was weird imagining a fungus repeating words right back to her.

How to treat a sick toadstool was beyond her, but it was worth a guess and she was excited to learn. Raising her hand she said, "maybe there is a type of potion that can be used." Potions could do anything.

"Certainly!" Archie grinned at the girl, who was also proving to be a very observant student. "Potions is a big part of Herbology." He nodded, pausing to silently consider having a joint lesson with the potions professor. "Not only are plant properties used as ingredients, potions can also be used to restore them." He nodded.

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Originally Posted by DinosaursOnASpaceship

Okay, good. She was getting somewhere. She wasn't wrong and she wouldn't have really answered it if she were wrong. It was more of her playing the guessing game. She was horrible when she didn't know certain plants. Next question. So they talked about it last term. She heard a few other students say something like potions, spells and such but maybe it was something that was sitting right in their face. Something that none of them were really thinking of and Emmylou knew what she was going to say, she possibly knew the answer.

Emmylou's hand shot up. "Professor? Could be something simple? You know how it doesn't have to be a potion or really any magic involved?" She asked before moving on. "Any sick plant will need some fresh soil and water. Also the most important. Sunlight!" Emmylou beamed and said in a cheery voice. She had to be getting somewhere. "Sir, magical plant or not nearly all plants need soil, water and sunlight." It was true. Plants had to grow somewhere. They couldn't just grow out of the air, could they?

What a fantastic answer. POINTS FOR YOU! "Absolutely! You've got it right there!" Obviously there was other factors needed for this particular case. Archie looked to the rest of the class for his next part, "To ensure any plant will thrive, it must have a healthy base and environment." That was a pretty good line, he would write that down for future use. "And we will certainly be doing this today. Thank you." He nodded to the girl.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Toadstools.

Well not just any toadstools, but talking toadstools. Plants that acted almost like parrots and mimicing humans in their sounds. Benny wrote it all down in his notes for future and reference purposes. One could only guess what might be needed again at any other time after the class they were currently in.

Now as for helping their new charges, the Gryffindor tried to think of the best options, finally raising his hand. "Dragon dung or mooncalf..." he suggested, noticing the latter was given by Adi as well. "Maybe a spell...um..." Benny added hesitantly, trying to search his mind for the name or incantation of the one he was thinking of.

This one was on the right tracks, too. Archie nodded vigorously. "All very valid answers, thank you very much!" He paused. "All will do our toadstools, as well as any sick plant, a lot of good!" There wasn't really a wrong answer here.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

He snorted when he saw Zahara's name tag and thought it was clever of her to do so. Hopefully she wouldn't get into too much trouble. Why didn't he think of something like that? He laughed at the idea and now the Prof was moving onto what type of toadstool was it. How was he supposed to know? He was here to learn about plants. He only knew Toadstools had fungus and were bad for you some of the times.

Kace remained silent and now they were going to be dealing with Talking Toadstools? He NEVER heard of them before. It was quite bizarre if you asked him but this was the wizarding world, weird stuff was bound to happen. Anywho back on track. As he saw the Professor examine the toadstools and show the class, it didn't look too healthy. In fact it looked kind of disgusting. It was just the puffers opinion. He raised his hand and answered the question.

"Professor I agree with Ben here. I think probably dragon dung could work or possibly any type of fertilizer to give it nutrients." He was backing up the lion he knew and he nodded towards him.

"Right, you are! Dragon Dung is a great choice when caring for poorly plants." The students would probably be pleased to know that they weren't using it for today's lesson. Heh.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

HA. THAT'S RIGHT ZAHRA KETTLEBURN.

The Gyffindor couldn't even attempt to restrain the smile on his face when she was -er- politely (???) reprimanded for her stupid name tag. Though, it would have been a lot more satisfying had the Professor yelled or something. But... You can't really have it all, can you? No. This was an example. Turning to Kevin he-- WAIT WHAT? They were already answering the next question???

The Prefect quickly turned his head back to where the Toadstool in mention was and before he could answer, everyone else was already throwing out suggestions and SIIIIGh. It was all Zahra's fault, naturally. If she hadn't distracted him with her weird name tag... Hmph. All her fault. Always.

ANYWAYS, poor plants were dying again and that horrible previous herbology Professor was all to blame. ~~Beautiful~~ Bentley would have never let this happen. Ugh. Walton was horrible. And he was horrible to the plants too. That's why Zander tried to steal them last term. He wasn't even sure if they were in good hands with this new guy, but so far he seemed... Okay.

Listening to other answers, he began doing some heavy duty nodding at what Emmy had to say. "I've got to agree with EmmyLou, sir... I think it's important to give them the basics... Like some good sun, soil, and plenty of water-- But not too much water, y'know?" Didn't need to drown them.

"Excellent. That is correct." Archie nodded, pleased that the students were aware of the basics of plant care and understood the importance of the simple things. "And yes... definitely not too much water." He chuckled a bit.

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

What a bummer. TURNS OUT Professor MILLARD was an old fart with no sense of humor. Sigh.

BIRTH name, he said. Ew.

Ew gross. Birth was gross.

Z-Dawg VonFarts McSkittles COULD have been her.... birth name. ..bahaha.

"I got you Professor Milly. All good." She pointed at her NEW sticker with BIG LETTERS he couldn't miss.

What was he looking at. AGAIN. In this class. Too.

Zahra made faces at him for a good solid minute.

Then she tried to answer the question.

"Yo Professor Mills. My brother would say you need to try a lil love and tenderness on these bad toadies. Liiiike..... you know, pet the toadstool, tell it about your day, stuff like that. I've seen him nuzzle our plants at home. Swear to Merlin. So maybe that." Not that she'd be doing that. She'd go with that whole water thing.

"Thank you, miss..." He paused to squint at her new name tag. "... Kettleburn." That wasn't so difficult, was it? Could they be friends now? .................. Actually, Archie wasn't sure he wanted to. This girl made him nervous.

But her answer was lovely. Wow. "I think that is a lovely way to show care towards sick plants." He would like her brother. "As long as you remember the extra important stuff, too." A cuddle wasn't going to offer the same as a drop of water.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Talking Toadstools? Well Janelle hadn't seen that one coming. She guessed that she shouldn't be surprised by anything at this school. She took lots of notes and tried to keep up with the conversation. Then it was time for another question. Another question that she didn't have the answer to. Janelle knew that she couldn't keep passing on all of the questions, so she had to come up with something.

The most sensible answers had already been given. Janelle guessed she would have to go outside the box......way, way outside the box. She raised her hand and took a deep breath. "Maybe you could play music for the toadstools. I heard that's good for plants so maybe it could help the toadstools get better.". Then as an afterthought she added, "It would have to be music with no words so they don't get annoyed."

This was a different answer. Archie couldn't object to it, though. "Lovely idea. I'm not sure how these particular toadstools would react to that, actually." He paused for thought. "We'll just have to try it sometime!" He grinned.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Okay, it was official. This was the most amusing professor Kate had. No, wait. There was Professor Airey, too. He was a pretty entertaining guy. Talking Toadstools. Kate hadn't gotten a chance to make a guess on it, but that didn't matter now. Talking Toadstools it was. Sick Talking Toadstools, apparently. Kate didn't know how to make a plant better. The most obvious answers were water and sunlight.

Hmm. Another thought came to mind, so Kate raised her hand. "What about Mooncalf Solution? In 'The Ultimate Guide to Herbology', it says that water, sunlight, and Mooncalf Solution can make a Talking Toadstool better if its not in the best of shape," she said. If that wasn't it, she didn't know. It was all she had right now.

Ahhh, someone had read up on this! Great! "A perfect answer, miss Addison! Water, sunlight and Mooncalf Solution will do wonders for these Talking Toadstools in no time!" And they'd be having a go at that in a moment!

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Z HAD JUST TOTALLY SAID WHAT MARIGOLD WAS GOING TO SAY!??! Well, okay, maybe her bro would have said it, but STILL. "I agree with Zahra. All you need is love."

...

"And probably some water."

Well... you need a bit more than just love.

Archie paused and waited for her to finish, and then he smiled. "Absolutely. Water... and love, are the basis of any plant care!"

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Norah's eyes widened as she staaared at the toadstool. It could TALK? WHAAAT. That was CRAZY cool. The third year sat up as straight as she possibly could and scribbled down notes at lightning speed. 'Cause the sooner they were done talking ABOUT the toadstool, the sooner they could talk TO the toadstool. And who had ever done anything as crazy as that? This was even crazier than plants that ate other plants.

Oh. But it was sick? Poor toady. Everyone had said what she meant to say, but she raised her hand anyway just in case some epiphany came to her while she answered and got to keep a toadstool as a prize. 'Cause that'd be totally wicked. "Definitely the water thing, because they like damp places, right?" Okay fine. There was no epiphany in there, but she STILL wanted one as a pet. Who wouldn't?

"Yes, yes! Water is a must!" Lots of children were saying this one. It was good, that meant they had the basics down. "Sure, they would grow well in a damp area." Not neccecarily because they preferred them, though. "They must have sunlight as well!" Archie added.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "You have to take care of the plant, you can talk to them and make them feel better, but the main thing you need to go is stop the decease from spreading so you need to get rid of that part before you continue to make it better, once you have done that you put it in some new fertiliser so that it will regrow and you water it." Angel looked at all the sick toadstools, she felt sorry for them.

"In the case of disease, yes, that is a great idea for treating the issues. Completely removing the problem and regrowing them. We are lucky in the wizarding world to have solutions and potions that can be much less time consuming, however." Not that he was suggesting that taking time with plants wasn't super fun. It WAS.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Naaawww... not lucky? That was a downright SHAME. Oh wells. As for his textbook... look more closely? Did he SEEEE how many toadstools there were in his book?! As if he was going to bother floundering around with pages right NOW. Nope, he'd wait for other people to find the answer, then he'd learn from it. Yep.

Zeke had nodded and smiled, and ten turned his attention to the other responses going about the greenhouse. Alas, the answer was TALKING TOADSTOOLS. Awesome. Cool beans. But wait... mental fatigue? MENTAL?... Interesting. He had questions.

Of course, he had to consider the Professor's one first.

Hand up, Zeke threw out an idea, "What about like a herbal tea thing full of plant nutrients? Tea's great for making people feel better, and I doubt plants would appreciate hot chocolate." Yeah. Logic at its finest, no?

BUT... his question. Could he ask it?

He wanted to know. Raising his hand again he gave the Professor a hopeful look. "Sir, you said if we talk to the toadstool too much it'll get mental fatigue... does that mean it has a brain?" Seriously, did it? Cause that would be AWESOME.

He liked the thoughts swimming around in this boys head. Even more that he was saying them out loud. Herbal tea. For the toadstools. Archie giggled at the hot chocolate thing. "I'm not sure giving the toadstools some tea would have any lasting affects on its health..." Not that he had ever tried dumping tea on top of a toadstool.... "I think we'll stick to tea making people feel better for now!"

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Either the boy had misheard him or Archie had made an error in explaining... "It would cause you mental fatigue. The human listener. No, no... Talking Toadstools do not have brains." What a world that would be. "But they have feelings, so always treat them well." That could be interpreted in many different ways.

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah

Common sense? Cutty examined the lacklustre toadstool in his gloved hand. It was very wrinkly. And though some Herbological life took on that appearance naturally, the Talking Toadstool wasn't one of them. He looked over at Bev's book when she gave the answer because it was there and he was in such close proximity to it having MADE room for himself at the table. In addition to being wrinkly, their samples were sort of colourless, or at least faded according to the textbook image. Raising his hand, Cutty offered this answer, "The first thing yew'll wanna do is inspect it closely. Yew'll never want to misdiagnose a plant and give it improper treatment." Like, give a shriveled, drying plant more water when it couldn't get enough moisture due to suffering from water logged and rotted roots from over-watering. "These toadstool appear to be undehnourished so I think everyone's on to it by suggesting mooncalf solution, but also water and maybe keeping them owtof growing lights or direct sun...to prevent drying out."

Did the Fungi family even need sunlight? Most he'd seen grew in rings out in meadows, but then there were some that glowed in the dark that grew toward the bottom of rainforests that would probably have been lucky to get much light at all. Also, they lacked green parts. Which to Cutty meant a lack of chlorophyll, which then meant they didn't need to photosynthesize. How then DID they get their nutrients? Dirt and dirt alone?

"Very good answer, Mr Mordaunt! It isn't always easy to distinguish exactly what is wrong with a plant if it is a disease. Malnourishment is much easier to notice and thankfully, simple to treat. You've got it spot on with the solution." He paused to think some more. "I agree, keeping out of sunlight for a short while to allow it to rehydrate, sure, but to fully nourish itself, the toadstool must also have a fair share of sunlight." Was he even making sense any more? Archie's mouth was hurting from all this talking.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

Beverly's gaze sought out Aditya across the greenhouse, and finding him, she shot him a nod, a twinkle in her eyes. Good job, Rehdude. Heh--oh Merlin. Now SHE was thinking nicknames. It was contagious.

At Professor Millard's words, though, Beverly squinted at the plant in front of her. If that thing tried to cause her any mild hysteria she'd go all dragon-like and burn it down before it even got the chance. It looked so pathetic she didn't worry, but she'd be watching.

Considering the next question, she raised her hand. "I agree with Cutty." She gave the boy a small nudge under the table. "First you'll want to know what caused the plant to deteriorate like that and then take proper steps to help it get better." The professor probably forgot to water and fertilize it. "Also, changing it to a different pot might help." Like a new start of sorts. Whatever.

Archie nodded. He enjoyed how the students were listening to each other when considering their answers. "Indeed. Starting fresh with the basics will do wonders for the toadstools!"

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Ummm. So, she knew that her guess was going to be wrong, but that wrong? Maybe she heard Angel babbling about them at home and in stuck in her brain when she was flipping through her textbook looking for something intelligent to say. Only, that didn't seem to work out to well for her. Did she mention that she really didn't give a flip about the proper name anyways?

Ohhh. They were talking toadstools. That sounded pretty awesome, and AJ couldn't wait to play with them. Of course it looked like they were going to have to be revived first. "Do they bite, professor?" That wouldn't make her not want to mess with them. If anything it would make her want to mess with them even more. What was life without a little danger?

The next question though, she was all over that. Her hand zoomed into the air. "I think we should sing them to sleep kind of like what you would do for a child. Then we you go to sleep your body or erm... toadstool will rest and heal. Then when it wakes up it will be good as new." Ever heard of sleeping off an illness?

"They don't bite, no." They didn't even have mouths. Archie looked his toadstool over just to double check that. "No teeth to bite you with, dear." Onto her next answer, Archie tapped his chin and made a 'hmmmmm' sound. "For these particular toadstools, I'm not sure singing them to sleep would achieve much. As I said, these toadstools mimic human sounds. They would continue to repeat you until they either sent YOU to sleep... or just sent you a bit loopy!" That was the best way to put it.

"Thank you all for your excellent suggestions. The most useful ideas have been added to the blackboard behind me. Feel free to write those down." He moved aside to reveal it. "Today, we are going to simply be using water, sunlight and Mooncalf Solution." Archie scratched his head because he was SURE he was missing something. Thank Merlin the Headmistress wasn't sitting in on this lesson!

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Originally Posted by blackboard

Restoring Talking Toadstools
Mooncalf Solution *
Water and sunlight *
Love and care
Dragon Dung
Spells/potions
Fresh conditions (pots, fertilizer, etc)

"You've all been provided with Mooncalf Solution, soil and pots that will hold the toadstools." He gestured to the center of the desk where the things had been placed. "But before we begin, let me show you a very quick demonstration." He already had his gloves on but he pulled them up extra tight. Archie used his hands to fill the base of the pot with soil. Not too much. "There goes my soil." He narrated. He then carefully lifted his poorly toadstool and placed it into the center of the low pot. Archie used his wand to apply water to the soil and toadstool before turning to the Mooncalf Solution.

It only took three drops before the toadstool's colour started to brighten up a bit. "Ah, see that?" Soon enough, the toadstool was making extremely WHINY noises, but it soon spoke a squeaky 'see that?' and repeated it.

"I'm going to put this one in the next greenhouse a moment so it doesn't distract anyone. They can get very annoying and unpleasant after a while." Archie picked up his already-potted toadstool and left to plop it away. He soon returned to class and smiled at everyone.

"Pot, water, mooncalf solution. The greenhouse is already offering as much sunlight as the toadstools need. Once your toadstool is talking, I will give you your next instruction." Though, it just dawned on him that it was about to get kinda loud in here.

Eh, it would be just fine.

"Go ahead, everyone." He clapped his hands together once. "Hands up if you have any questions or problems. And don't forget to wear your gloves." First practical part was quite scary. Archie sat down and took a moment to breath.

ooc: Ideally, I would like this to be completed in two posts. If not, make it a detailed one post. Class will continue this time tomorrow!

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Emzily DMAC& DMGS Abraxan Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Posts: 25,073 Hogwarts RPG Name: Molly Wyndham #cf4269 Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Solomon Duck Slytherin Sixth Year Ministry RPG Name: Cosima Plumb Accidents & Catastrophes Ministry RPG Name: Theodore Alvin Kinsley Games & Sports x5 x2	Raspberry Jam \| #ChocolateFrogFamous \| Ultimate Fangirl SPOILER!!: replies to everyone with an answer/question. <3 Quote: Originally Posted by the fastest seeker So far, Dante's been silent. He was listening. And watching the professor who was unlike most professors. It was also the fact that the Slytherin had barely been in a Greenhouse before so his eyes were all over the place. He was listening, though, kind of. They were talking about some weird looking mushroom. That could talk? Ookay. That ought to be interesting. And it was sick or something. Didn't sound like a bad thing to learn, fixing things up. Well, he certainly didn't know anything about last term but he was going to guess. Wouldn't hurt. "Using some sort of spell maybe?" He suggested half raising his hand. Did they have to before answering ? Eh, details. Oh, this one had been quiet until now. Archie smiled wide, very pleased that he was interested enough to try an answer. "That's right. There are spells that can aid plant care," Not enough, though. He paused, thinking long and hard. "... It doesn't often have to be as complicated as using spell work, however. Because of course, even a drop of water will do wonders." Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Professor Groundskeeper packed a great deal of energy for such a little man, didn't he? Energy was good though. Yep. So, he had been correct when he said Talking toadstool. Awesomeee! Now, Adi could hardly wait until these things were back to normal so they could be talked to. Adi began to make notes on the toadstool, pausing only once to raise a hand again. "We could use Mooncalf solution,'' he suggested then went write back to scribbling. This one was becoming one of Millard's shining pupils already. Spot on answers so far! "Excellent suggestion. This is the solution we will be using today." Archie replied with a nod. He would go into more details about that in a moment. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Awww, Professor Millard was getting excited talking about toadstools. That was so cute. Even though she hadn't gotten the answer right, two points were awesome. Yaaay for having a good guess. Talking Toadstools were something Lux had never heard of, and she was sure to make a note of them since they might come up again later on. They sounded a lot like parrots and it was weird imagining a fungus repeating words right back to her. How to treat a sick toadstool was beyond her, but it was worth a guess and she was excited to learn. Raising her hand she said, "maybe there is a type of potion that can be used." Potions could do anything. "Certainly!" Archie grinned at the girl, who was also proving to be a very observant student. "Potions is a big part of Herbology." He nodded, pausing to silently consider having a joint lesson with the potions professor. "Not only are plant properties used as ingredients, potions can also be used to restore them." He nodded. Quote: Originally Posted by DinosaursOnASpaceship Okay, good. She was getting somewhere. She wasn't wrong and she wouldn't have really answered it if she were wrong. It was more of her playing the guessing game. She was horrible when she didn't know certain plants. Next question. So they talked about it last term. She heard a few other students say something like potions, spells and such but maybe it was something that was sitting right in their face. Something that none of them were really thinking of and Emmylou knew what she was going to say, she possibly knew the answer. Emmylou's hand shot up. "Professor? Could be something simple? You know how it doesn't have to be a potion or really any magic involved?" She asked before moving on. "Any sick plant will need some fresh soil and water. Also the most important. Sunlight!" Emmylou beamed and said in a cheery voice. She had to be getting somewhere. "Sir, magical plant or not nearly all plants need soil, water and sunlight." It was true. Plants had to grow somewhere. They couldn't just grow out of the air, could they? What a fantastic answer. POINTS FOR YOU! "Absolutely! You've got it right there!" Obviously there was other factors needed for this particular case. Archie looked to the rest of the class for his next part, "To ensure any plant will thrive, it must have a healthy base and environment." That was a pretty good line, he would write that down for future use. "And we will certainly be doing this today. Thank you." He nodded to the girl. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Toadstools. Well not just any toadstools, but talking toadstools. Plants that acted almost like parrots and mimicing humans in their sounds. Benny wrote it all down in his notes for future and reference purposes. One could only guess what might be needed again at any other time after the class they were currently in. Now as for helping their new charges, the Gryffindor tried to think of the best options, finally raising his hand. "Dragon dung or mooncalf..." he suggested, noticing the latter was given by Adi as well. "Maybe a spell...um..." Benny added hesitantly, trying to search his mind for the name or incantation of the one he was thinking of. This one was on the right tracks, too. Archie nodded vigorously. "All very valid answers, thank you very much!" He paused. "All will do our toadstools, as well as any sick plant, a lot of good!" There wasn't really a wrong answer here. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin He snorted when he saw Zahara's name tag and thought it was clever of her to do so. Hopefully she wouldn't get into too much trouble. Why didn't he think of something like that? He laughed at the idea and now the Prof was moving onto what type of toadstool was it. How was he supposed to know? He was here to learn about plants. He only knew Toadstools had fungus and were bad for you some of the times. Kace remained silent and now they were going to be dealing with Talking Toadstools? He NEVER heard of them before. It was quite bizarre if you asked him but this was the wizarding world, weird stuff was bound to happen. Anywho back on track. As he saw the Professor examine the toadstools and show the class, it didn't look too healthy. In fact it looked kind of disgusting. It was just the puffers opinion. He raised his hand and answered the question. "Professor I agree with Ben here. I think probably dragon dung could work or possibly any type of fertilizer to give it nutrients." He was backing up the lion he knew and he nodded towards him. "Right, you are! Dragon Dung is a great choice when caring for poorly plants." The students would probably be pleased to know that they weren't using it for today's lesson. Heh. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack HA. THAT'S RIGHT ZAHRA KETTLEBURN. The Gyffindor couldn't even attempt to restrain the smile on his face when she was -er- politely (???) reprimanded for her stupid name tag. Though, it would have been a lot more satisfying had the Professor yelled or something. But... You can't really have it all, can you? No. This was an example. Turning to Kevin he-- WAIT WHAT? They were already answering the next question??? The Prefect quickly turned his head back to where the Toadstool in mention was and before he could answer, everyone else was already throwing out suggestions and SIIIIGh. It was all Zahra's fault, naturally. If she hadn't distracted him with her weird name tag... Hmph. All her fault. Always. ANYWAYS, poor plants were dying again and that horrible previous herbology Professor was all to blame. ~~Beautiful~~ Bentley would have never let this happen. Ugh. Walton was horrible. And he was horrible to the plants too. That's why Zander tried to steal them last term. He wasn't even sure if they were in good hands with this new guy, but so far he seemed... Okay. Listening to other answers, he began doing some heavy duty nodding at what Emmy had to say. "I've got to agree with EmmyLou, sir... I think it's important to give them the basics... Like some good sun, soil, and plenty of water-- But not too much water, y'know?" Didn't need to drown them. "Excellent. That is correct." Archie nodded, pleased that the students were aware of the basics of plant care and understood the importance of the simple things. "And yes... definitely not too much water." He chuckled a bit. Quote: Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz What a bummer. TURNS OUT Professor MILLARD was an old fart with no sense of humor. Sigh. BIRTH name, he said. Ew. Ew gross. Birth was gross. Z-Dawg VonFarts McSkittles COULD have been her.... birth name. ..bahaha. "I got you Professor Milly. All good." She pointed at her NEW sticker with BIG LETTERS he couldn't miss. What was he looking at. AGAIN. In this class. Too. Zahra made faces at him for a good solid minute. Then she tried to answer the question. "Yo Professor Mills. My brother would say you need to try a lil love and tenderness on these bad toadies. Liiiike..... you know, pet the toadstool, tell it about your day, stuff like that. I've seen him nuzzle our plants at home. Swear to Merlin. So maybe that." Not that she'd be doing that. She'd go with that whole water thing. "Thank you, miss..." He paused to squint at her new name tag. "... *Kettleburn." That wasn't so difficult, was it? Could they be friends now? .................. Actually, Archie wasn't sure he wanted to. This girl made him nervous. But her answer was lovely. Wow. "I think that is a lovely way to show care towards sick plants." He would like her brother. "As long as you remember the extra important stuff, too." A cuddle wasn't going to offer the same as a drop of water. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11* Talking Toadstools? Well Janelle hadn't seen that one coming. She guessed that she shouldn't be surprised by anything at this school. She took lots of notes and tried to keep up with the conversation. Then it was time for another question. Another question that she didn't have the answer to. Janelle knew that she couldn't keep passing on all of the questions, so she had to come up with something. The most sensible answers had already been given. Janelle guessed she would have to go outside the box......way, way outside the box. She raised her hand and took a deep breath. "Maybe you could play music for the toadstools. I heard that's good for plants so maybe it could help the toadstools get better.". Then as an afterthought she added, "It would have to be music with no words so they don't get annoyed." This was a different answer. Archie couldn't object to it, though. "Lovely idea. I'm not sure how these particular toadstools would react to that, actually." He paused for thought. "We'll just have to try it sometime!" He grinned. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Okay, it was official. This was the most amusing professor Kate had. No, wait. There was Professor Airey, too. He was a pretty entertaining guy. Talking Toadstools. Kate hadn't gotten a chance to make a guess on it, but that didn't matter now. Talking Toadstools it was. Sick Talking Toadstools, apparently. Kate didn't know how to make a plant better. The most obvious answers were water and sunlight. Hmm. Another thought came to mind, so Kate raised her hand. "What about Mooncalf Solution? In 'The Ultimate Guide to Herbology', it says that water, sunlight, and Mooncalf Solution can make a Talking Toadstool better if its not in the best of shape," she said. If that wasn't it, she didn't know. It was all she had right now. Ahhh, someone had read up on this! Great! "A perfect answer, miss Addison! Water, sunlight and Mooncalf Solution will do wonders for these Talking Toadstools in no time!" And they'd be having a go at that in a moment! Quote: Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 Z HAD JUST TOTALLY SAID WHAT MARIGOLD WAS GOING TO SAY!??! Well, okay, maybe her bro would have said it, but STILL. "I agree with Zahra. All you need is love." ... "And probably some water." Well... you need a bit more than just love. Archie paused and waited for her to finish, and then he smiled. "*Absolutely. Water... and love, are the basis of any plant care!" Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara* Norah's eyes widened as she staaared at the toadstool. It could TALK? WHAAAT. That was CRAZY cool. The third year sat up as straight as she possibly could and scribbled down notes at lightning speed. 'Cause the sooner they were done talking ABOUT the toadstool, the sooner they could talk TO the toadstool. And who had ever done anything as crazy as that? This was even crazier than plants that ate other plants. Oh. But it was sick? Poor toady. Everyone had said what she meant to say, but she raised her hand anyway just in case some epiphany came to her while she answered and got to keep a toadstool as a prize. 'Cause that'd be totally wicked. "Definitely the water thing, because they like damp places, right?" Okay fine. There was no epiphany in there, but she STILL wanted one as a pet. Who wouldn't? "Yes, yes! Water is a must!" Lots of children were saying this one. It was good, that meant they had the basics down. "Sure, they would grow well in a damp area." Not neccecarily because they preferred them, though. "They must have sunlight as well!" Archie added. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "You have to take care of the plant, you can talk to them and make them feel better, but the main thing you need to go is stop the decease from spreading so you need to get rid of that part before you continue to make it better, once you have done that you put it in some new fertiliser so that it will regrow and you water it." Angel looked at all the sick toadstools, she felt sorry for them. "In the case of disease, yes, that is a great idea for treating the issues. Completely removing the problem and regrowing them. We are lucky in the wizarding world to have solutions and potions that can be much less time consuming, however." Not that he was suggesting that taking time with plants wasn't super fun. It WAS. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Naaawww... not lucky? That was a downright SHAME. Oh wells. As for his textbook... look more closely? Did he SEEEE how many toadstools there were in his book?! As if he was going to bother floundering around with pages right NOW. Nope, he'd wait for other people to find the answer, then he'd learn from it. Yep. Zeke had nodded and smiled, and ten turned his attention to the other responses going about the greenhouse. Alas, the answer was TALKING TOADSTOOLS. Awesome. Cool beans. But wait... mental fatigue? MENTAL?... Interesting. He had questions. Of course, he had to consider the Professor's one first. Hand up, Zeke threw out an idea, "What about like a herbal tea thing full of plant nutrients? Tea's great for making people feel better, and I doubt plants would appreciate hot chocolate." Yeah. Logic at its finest, no? BUT... his question. Could he ask it? He wanted to know. Raising his hand again he gave the Professor a hopeful look. "Sir, you said if we talk to the toadstool too much it'll get mental fatigue... does that mean it has a brain?" Seriously, did it? Cause that would be AWESOME. He liked the thoughts swimming around in this boys head. Even more that he was saying them out loud. Herbal tea. For the toadstools. Archie giggled at the hot chocolate thing. "I'm not sure giving the toadstools some tea would have any lasting affects on its health..." Not that he had ever tried dumping tea on top of a toadstool.... "I think we'll stick to tea making people feel better for now!" ... Either the boy had misheard him or Archie had made an error in explaining... "*It would cause you* mental fatigue. The human listener. No, no... Talking Toadstools do not have brains." What a world that would be. "But they have feelings, so always treat them well." That could be interpreted in many different ways. Quote: Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah Common sense? Cutty examined the lacklustre toadstool in his gloved hand. It was very wrinkly. And though some Herbological life took on that appearance naturally, the Talking Toadstool wasn't one of them. He looked over at Bev's book when she gave the answer because it was there and he was in such close proximity to it having MADE room for himself at the table. In addition to being wrinkly, their samples were sort of colourless, or at least faded according to the textbook image. Raising his hand, Cutty offered this answer, "The first thing yew'll wanna do is inspect it closely. Yew'll never want to misdiagnose a plant and give it improper treatment." Like, give a shriveled, drying plant more water when it couldn't get enough moisture due to suffering from water logged and rotted roots from over-watering. "These toadstool appear to be undehnourished so I think everyone's on to it by suggesting mooncalf solution, but also water and maybe keeping them owtof growing lights or direct sun...to prevent drying out." Did the Fungi family even need sunlight? Most he'd seen grew in rings out in meadows, but then there were some that glowed in the dark that grew toward the bottom of rainforests that would probably have been lucky to get much light at all. Also, they lacked green parts. Which to Cutty meant a lack of chlorophyll, which then meant they didn't need to photosynthesize. How then DID they get their nutrients? Dirt and dirt alone? "Very good answer, Mr Mordaunt! It isn't always easy to distinguish exactly what is wrong with a plant if it is a disease. Malnourishment is much easier to notice and thankfully, simple to treat. You've got it spot on with the solution." He paused to think some more. "I agree, keeping out of sunlight for a short while to allow it to rehydrate, sure, but to fully nourish itself, the toadstool must also have a fair share of sunlight." Was he even making sense any more? Archie's mouth was hurting from all this talking. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz Beverly's gaze sought out Aditya across the greenhouse, and finding him, she shot him a nod, a twinkle in her eyes. Good job, Rehdude. Heh--oh Merlin. Now SHE was thinking nicknames. It was contagious. At Professor Millard's words, though, Beverly squinted at the plant in front of her. If that thing tried to cause her any mild hysteria she'd go all dragon-like and burn it down before it even got the chance. It looked so pathetic she didn't worry, but she'd be watching. Considering the next question, she raised her hand. "I agree with Cutty." She gave the boy a small nudge under the table. "First you'll want to know what caused the plant to deteriorate like that and then take proper steps to help it get better." The professor probably forgot to water and fertilize it. "Also, changing it to a different pot might help." Like a new start of sorts. Whatever. Archie nodded. He enjoyed how the students were listening to each other when considering their answers. "Indeed. Starting fresh with the basics will do wonders for the toadstools!" Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Ummm. So, she knew that her guess was going to be wrong, but that wrong? Maybe she heard Angel babbling about them at home and in stuck in her brain when she was flipping through her textbook looking for something intelligent to say. Only, that didn't seem to work out to well for her. Did she mention that she really didn't give a flip about the proper name anyways? Ohhh. They were talking toadstools. That sounded pretty awesome, and AJ couldn't wait to play with them. Of course it looked like they were going to have to be revived first. "Do they bite, professor?" That wouldn't make her not want to mess with them. If anything it would make her want to mess with them even more. What was life without a little danger? The next question though, she was all over that. Her hand zoomed into the air. "I think we should sing them to sleep kind of like what you would do for a child. Then we you go to sleep your body or erm... toadstool will rest and heal. Then when it wakes up it will be good as new." Ever heard of sleeping off an illness? "They don't bite, no." They didn't even have mouths. Archie looked his toadstool over just to double check that. "No teeth to bite you with, dear." Onto her next answer, Archie tapped his chin and made a 'hmmmmm' sound. "For these particular toadstools, I'm not sure singing them to sleep would achieve much. As I said, these toadstools mimic human sounds. They would continue to repeat you until they either sent YOU to sleep... or just sent you a bit loopy!" That was the best way to put it. "Thank you all for your excellent suggestions. The most useful ideas have been added to the blackboard behind me. Feel free to write those down." He moved aside to reveal it. "Today, we are going to simply be using water, sunlight and Mooncalf Solution." Archie scratched his head because he was SURE he was missing something. Thank Merlin the Headmistress wasn't sitting in on this lesson! Quote: Originally Posted by blackboard** Restoring Talking Toadstools Mooncalf Solution * Water and sunlight * Love and care Dragon Dung Spells/potions Fresh conditions (pots, fertilizer, etc) "You've all been provided with Mooncalf Solution, soil and pots that will hold the toadstools." He gestured to the center of the desk where the things had been placed. "But before we begin, let me show you a very quick demonstration." He already had his gloves on but he pulled them up extra tight. Archie used his hands to fill the base of the pot with soil. Not too much. "There goes my soil." He narrated. He then carefully lifted his poorly toadstool and placed it into the center of the low pot. Archie used his wand to apply water to the soil and toadstool before turning to the Mooncalf Solution. It only took three drops before the toadstool's colour started to brighten up a bit. "Ah, see that?" Soon enough, the toadstool was making extremely WHINY noises, but it soon spoke a squeaky 'see that?' and repeated it. "I'm going to put this one in the next greenhouse a moment so it doesn't distract anyone. They can get very annoying and unpleasant after a while." Archie picked up his already-potted toadstool and left to plop it away. He soon returned to class and smiled at everyone. "Pot, water, mooncalf solution. The greenhouse is already offering as much sunlight as the toadstools need. Once your toadstool is talking, I will give you your next instruction." Though, it just dawned on him that it was about to get kinda loud in here. Eh, it would be just fine. "Go ahead, everyone." He clapped his hands together once. "Hands up if you have any questions or problems. And don't forget to wear your gloves." First practical part was quite scary. Archie sat down and took a moment to breath. ooc: Ideally, I would like this to be completed in two posts. If not, make it a detailed one post. Class will continue this time tomorrow! __________________ your eyes are swallowing me____________________ _______mirrors start to whisper, shadows start to sing Last edited by Emzily; 02-04-2015 at 06:09 PM.