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Still holding Bob the box turtle, Cassie walked around the room so everyone could get a better look. She loved having him visit and was so glad her brother didn’t mind. Auntie Cassie was always good with her animal family members. She was positive he trusted her more with the animals then his child. Looking for some hands she found the first one and called on Hady.
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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe_Malfoy Hady had been running just a little later then usual today however she'd made it to class on time. With a small smile and wave to Professor Morgan as well as her fellow mates. Taking notice to the classrooms layout she raised a questioning eyebrow wondering just what it was they'd be doing.
However there was no time to think about this for the lesson began fairly shortly after she'd entered the room. Pulling out her parchment, quill and textbook she set up her area once she'd selected an empty seat to sit on. Listening silently as the professor spoke Hady eyed the turtle for a moment before raising her hand, "They have a hard shell on their backs which they can hide in." Yep. Short, sweet and simple. She'd leave the other longer things about turtles to the others in the room. “Very good they do have hard shells and these shells are very protective. When you hear them hiss and push back in their shell it doesn’t always mean they are hissing at you. That is a way for them to get all their air out of their stomach to fit their head and legs into their shells.” Just a little known fact that many didn’t know. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fearlessleader19 Anyway, no more time for smirks! Cassie and her snapping were starting. Hehe. There was one particular proud moment he really liked.The one with making someone happy. Adi couldn't agree with his Professor more. That was one of the best things ever. When all the snaps were over, he found himself looking at a turtle. It was so tiny! The boy raised his hand. "Turtles are super slow. We're probably going to use these liquids...''He gestured at the red and yellow things in the vials. ''... to make him a little faster so that we can predict our futures by analysing his speed.'' What the heck, Adi? Did you even think before saying that? “That actually depends on where they are at. Some turtles are slow on land, but a painted turtle can be quicker when trying to get away. All turtles are faster swimmers though. So in water they do have a fairer advantage when it comes to speed.” She glanced at the liquids and gave him a small smile, “That’s a great guess, but we won’t be using the liquids for that.” She’d be giving snaps if she wasn’t holding a turtle in her hands. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Okay, so... yes. THAT was a turtle. Toby didn't actually know a whole lot about turtles, as he'd never met one before, but what he DID know was that he wanted to say hello to this one. He craned his neck, trying to get a good look and resisting the urge to get up and go pet it. It took some restraint, but he about managed it. Just.
But um... uuuuuummmm... answers. Did he have an answer? Apparently, because his hand was up in the air.
"Aren't turtles the ones that can swim?" As opposed to tortoises, he meant. Aaaand as for why he was along today... "Are we... gonna, like... um... read his... shell?" Maybe? Eh, he had no idea, but it was worth a shot. “Turtles do swim, very well too. If you have ever seen a turtle swim, they like to have their bodies under water with their head sticking up just enough to see. Some even sleep fully in the water.” They were very interesting creatures. Toby was so smart, she gave a grin, “We will be using turtle shells today for a reading very good.” Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar As she listened to all of the proud moments, she beamed at whoever wrote about doing all of their homework. AJ was usually not one to turn all of her assignments in, but she had done so this week... so an extra beamy face happened. It actually felt kind of nice being on this side of life. If the fourth year was actually able to keep it up though, now that was the question.
Her eyes kept sweeping over the vials. How much longer before they would find out all of the info? AJ was not a patient person by any means. As Adi said his answer, AJ couldn't help but to snort because she was actually thinking along the same lines. Only, she thought that the yellow and red liquids represented the lion and badger house because what other houses were there? Cassie probably had another turtle somewhere and she was going to have a race between the two to further prove that Gryffindors were the best. Because they would be the winners, obviously.
"Can I hold the turtle?" Turtle kisses, please. She did have something to add though. "They have a hard shell that they use like a shield... you know in case of falling rocks and stuff." Falling rocks was legit. She had seen the road signs. When she got to Aj and heard her questions, she first looked to Bob and then back. “Bob isn’t the most social of turtles, him letting me do this is actually very good. He only trust his owners, which is my brother and his wife. Though I’m hoping if we are quiet enough he will do a small trick for us.” She’d be showing them soon. “Their shells are used like a shield though from many forms of dangers.” Wonderful answers! Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomRaven Jackson just sat there, didn't talk much even he was sitting next to Leah. Dunno why but... he just kept silent. And speaking of, why on earth he was sitting next to her? Well.... he couldn't move to the other seat now because the class already started.
Oh look, a turtle!
Wait, it's a divination lesson right? Or somehow it turned into care of magical... but turtle is not a magical creatures. Well... they're gonna use turtle for divination? How could? The Korean boy had never heard about that before. And what did he know about turtles? Jackson then raised his hand and spoke. "I dunno why but turtle is a very slooooooooooow animal. It walks very slowly, does it because of the shell?" Looking towards Jackson next Cassie smiled, “They can be slow creatures very good. That is a very interesting question. One that I’m not fully sure I know. Their shells would probably way them down a bit, but I don’t want to say something wrong for the full answer.” Though she could ask her brother if Jackson really wanted to know. Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora "Umm professor, can I hold him next please?"he asked politely."Professor I think they are very adaptable creatures but unfortunately they are one of the many endangered species. So, we must do something to protect them from extinction,"he answered. But oh wait...why did the professor bring a turtle in this science lab? Alarmed, Henric shoot his hand up in the air,"Professor, will the turtle be safe? We're not going to do any experiments on it,right?"he asked,concerned. Looking to Henric next she gave a small shake of her head, “Like I told Aj we won’t be holding Bob today, but maybe if I find a friendlier one sometime you can hold that.” She couldn’t risk Bob maybe biting someone. No that wouldn’t be good. “Turtles are adaptable and have been around for a very long time. They are protected in many places, people are asked to leave them in the wild if they see them, but still some take them home as pets. Bob here was found injured and taken in and cared for soon becoming part of the family.” So even though he should be in the wild her brother had his reasons. “Oh yes the turtle will be very safe, no experiments on him. My brother would not have permitted me to bring him if he thought he’d be harmed.” Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Divination class. Which hopefully wouldn't be another one on interpreting flatulence but fortunately, Professor Cassie seemed to find different things to divine each lesson. And she had a TURTLE with her today which made it just about worth it for the trek to the Divination tower. Turtles didn't do much, but they were definitely some of the more interesting creatures and no doubt something to do with with their lesson today because Professor Cassie wasn't one to bring something without reason.
It's a turtle. Well duh.
But actually there was an something about the turtle that she was pretty sure she'd read about in a history book once. "Professor?" Tia addressed after raising her hand and waiting her turn, "I once read about something East Asian culture in using the cracks on the shell of a turtle for divination purposes." Someone got it spot on and Cassie was thrilled. Almost dropping Bob to give snaps to Tia, Very good! We will be looking into that form of Divination today! The form did originate in East Asia and is one of the oldest forms of Divination.” It was so amazing when a student got the answer when she wasn’t sure if any would. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararar Norah grinned and waved at Leah as she sat beside her, opening her mouth to say hello right as Professor Cassie began to speak to the class. Alrighty then. She closed her mouth again and snapped along to the proud moments because respect, remember? Apparently it was important if you wanted to be nice, which she did. Manners was LAME.
Her hazel eyes widened as Professor Cassie revealed a TURTLE. Oh man, OH MAN. She shot her hand in the air, keeping a close eye on the turtle because look how CUTE. Could she play with it? Could she hold it? Could they be best friends? Could she name it, at least? Thomas the turtle. She liked it already. "Turtles are slow, so I think they can't actually beat hares in races like that muggle story says." Wait. Was that a turtle or a tortoise? Both were cute and super cool, she knew that. "or maybe that was a tortoise. I forget. Okay nevermind can I say another fact? The ocean kind of turtles lay a million bazillion eggs on the beach and then they all hatch and the ickle baby turtles all go to the ocean and it's super cool"As much as she'd begged, she'd never actually seen them at it but she HAD seen pictures which totally counted. She hadn't mentioned that they have to lay a million bazillion eggs because not all of them would survive and stuff, 'cause what if Thomas the Turtle HEARD her? Then he'd get sad. Turtles were much to cool for sadness. She nodded as Norah said her answer and then changed it to another answer, the girl really knew some facts about turtles. “Very good, Sea Turtles do come up on land and lay many eggs. There are so many varieties of turtles and they are all so unique in their own ways.” Just like people! Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordred A turtle?
Ethan sat back in his chair as he tried to find the correlation between Divination and the turtle that Professor Cassie was holding. Was there something so special about turtles that they can predict the future? Does it have anything to do with moving in slow motion? Or is it...something about their shell? Its shell pattern perhaps?
Hmm. It was worth a shot.
Ethan raised his hand and waited for his turn. “Turtles have fancy patterns on their shells, and there are actually marking on them which indicates their growth...like, the rings you’d see on tree trunks when you cut it.” The Slytherin placed his hand down and got his parchment and quill ready. Seriously, that turtle that the professor was holding looked like it was judging the class.
They are not going to dissect it into bits, right? Ethan said a very unique fact and Cassie gave a nod. “They do have growth patterns on their shells. If you’ve ever watched one peal their shell as they grow it’s very interesting. Pieces start flaking off like your skin if you are sunburn and as that happens the shell grows bigger for the turtle. It’s very fascinating.” Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Janelle smiled at Professor Cassie. "I'm doing great", she replied. It was true. She was feeling especially good today and was ready to get to work. Before she knew it, class was beginning and out came the turtle. Cool. Janelle loved animals so seeing one in Divination class was a plus. She couldn't imagine what it had to do with Divination. Surely they would be finding out very shortly.
As the first question was asked, Janelle raised her hand. What did she know about turtles? "I know that turtles come in different sizes, from tiny to very large." She had seen some very big turtles at a muggle aquarium once. "I'm not quite sure how we can use them for Divination though." Janelle continued to listen to the discussion and found that her classmates had some very interesting ideas. “They do come in many different sizes. Some so small they are the size of a sickle. Then we have some very big ones. It’s okay that you don’t, you will learn very soon what we are going to do.” She gave her a little wink and moved to the next answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi There Was A TURTLE!
His fear of coming to this lesson again after the Professor had made them go to a cemetery vanished instantly at the sight of the animal. He did not know how but he thought turtles were the cutest animals. But as he had wanted to buy one at the menagerie in diagon alley he was held back by his parents because it was too expensive to buy one. He had now come to Hogwarts with no pet because he WANTED A TURTLE! And nothing else…
The Gryffindor raised his hand in the air although he did not knowing how much information he could give. Well, she did say everything and anything right? “Turtles are adorable just like me” he beamed brightly. “And you probably have it because turtle shells can be used as a form of divination….that I can’t remember..you know how much I have to read for my owls?!” he pointed to his divination textbook and laughed out loud.
Chill Yoongi…. Looking to Yoogi, she nodded to his answer. Another spot on, well done! “Very good their shells are what we will be using for Divination today. Wonderful answer!” His remark about OWLs made her laugh out loud, “Oh goodness I know, but you will get through it! You’ll do wonderfully!” She had faith in all her students. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel was totally happy with this lesson, she could already feel that this lesson would be amazing and she hoped she could pet the turtle before the end of the lesson but for now she had to try and think of a fact about them which was going to be hard since she didn't know may turtles, there wasn't one in the Wind and the Willow right?
Angel raised her hand and decided to make a guess at something. "They can live for years, they can even out live muggles right?" Angel knew that some wizards and witches had live for ages, but she had never heard of a muggle living for 600 years. She wondered how hard it must have been living through that many years seeing what they did. “They can live for years, very good. This is a key reason people like to look to turtles with Divination. Their shells hold many secrets and wisdom of the world.” Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua I'm good thank you Professor Cassie, how are you?" Zhenya was excited for another Divination lesson, and was always happy to be in the classroom, learning about the subject.
Zhenya snapped at all the proud moments Professor Cassie read out, and then they got down to business. Turtle business. She almost let out a laugh when Professor Cassie said no 'it's a turtle' answers, because she could have gone with that answer. She didn't know too much about turtles, but there was just one very interesting thing she knew about them, so that would be the fact she shared. She raised her hand, "Some turtles can live for 130 or so years," she said. She knew the big ones lived a long time but she wasn't sure about the small ones. “Very good Zhenya, they can live for a very long time. That length and wisdom as brought high respect for their species with many groups of people. They look to them as wisdom and see that they have adapted through the years and have survived when others have not.” Wonderful creatures turtles were.
[qyote=hermionesclone] Some people had the weirdest freaking things that they were proud of. Grayson was doing something he was very good at and silently judging some of the snaps in the snap cup. Proud of keeping on top of all the homework? That sounded like a freaking miracle right there. Jeez, the workload this year was ridiculous, man.
Before he could grumble and start internally complaining about how he was too pretty for this unfair life, Professor Cassie started talking again so the seventh year turned his attention to her and.......... her turtle. Yep. The woman was holding a turtle up there.
What did he know about turtles? Hardly anything else from what the others had said. So, he was gonna go ahead and guess something else. Hand raised, Grayson stared dead at the turtle for a moment or two before saying, "Alright, sooooo see the way we used cats and their behaviour to predict the future and whatnot? Are we gonna do the same with turtles and their behaviour? Or their shells, actually, since they move too slowly and we'd be here all day if we were trying to monitor their behaviour and all."
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She listened to Grayson and nodded at his answers. “You are correct in some ways, we won’t be using their behaviors and they are a bit slow to really watch and get a good reading. Though watching them can be very fun.” She’d show them that in a moment, “We will be using their shells for readings today. Great job!” Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Did she have any adventures lately? Would facing heights in class count? Because if so, Lux had more than enough to last her a lifetime. Nodding her head, she was about to elaborate when class began.
Snaps were given to each proud moment. Snap. Snap. Snap. Yay everyone and their amazing accomplishments. AND THERE WAS A TURTLE. It was so cute. Could Lux pet it?? Raising her hand she said, "turtles are very slow and they can live for a very long time. Like over a hundred years." As to what they would be doing this lesson, Lux wasn't as sure. "Will we be studying the patterns on their shells?" “Very good! They are slow and do live a long time. We will be using their shells, but not quite for the patterns that you are probably thinking about.” Nope there will be a different type of pattern. Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace beamed at Professor Cassie's energy. She always seemed so happy and bubbly that he loved it. "I am doing well Professor." he replied back. He hoped he enjoyed this lesson as well. I mean he knew he would because Professor Cassie was awesome. Anyways back onto the lesson, he noticed the Professor brought out a turtle. He tilted his head and he wondered what turtles had to do with Divination. He literally had NO idea. What did he know about turtles in general? Hmm maybe he could put some input on that question."Professor I know turtles can live very long. They can live longer than dogs and other animals." I mean he heard that rumor but he didn't know if that was really true. Let's see what the Professor had to say. []b “Very good Kace, turtles can live a very long time. They out live many animals and most humans.”[/b] There was the exception with Wizards, but they got the point.
Moving back up to the front of the room, Cassie turned still holding Bob. “You all had wonderful answers and deserve so many snaps. If I wasn’t holding Bob you would be getting them.” Bob had to be taken care of though so no snaps for now. As many of you said turtles come in many forms. They have different species, different sizes, and different traits. If I would be holding a snapping turtle right now I probably would have lost a finger, a painted turtle would be trying to get free and hissing more, but like I said earlier that could only mean he is pushing the air out of himself to fit into the shell. If I was with a sea turtle they would be bigger in size. So many fascinating qualities in turtles.” She turned and set Bob on the floor.
“Now I said earlier that people have taken turtles and made them pets. They actually are pretty good pets. They are very low work, just making sure their heat lamp is on during the day, their water is clean, feeding them the right amount, and having a good amount of dry land for them to walk on and water to swim. What many people aren’t aware of is that you can teach a turtle to do things like come to its name and play. I’m really hoping Bob is comfortable enough to show you what I mean.” She pulled out an exercise ball and put it on the floor near him. “Now he isn’t mutant or anything, but he does love chasing his ball.” She stood and watched a moment before laughing and snapping for Bob. Just wonderful!!
“Now a few of you said about looking at the shell for Divination. We are going to do that and as it was mentioned this form of Divination is one of the oldest forms recorded. It uses the turtle’s shell to read about what’s to come. Can anyone tell me what that form is called and how would we go about reading a shell.” OOC: I will post again at on or a bit after 10:30 a.m. EST tomorrow. I found another adorable turtle video if anyone would like to watch it.. Had to share!
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