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SPOILER!!: Mason Quote:
Originally Posted by Nc.Ap.  Mason raised an eyebrow as Colt sat next to her, "Stalker," she whispered under her breath to him.
Uggh, she had flipped through her book a few times during the summer, just to see what the curriculum for the year would be.
Mason had actually found the Grafting interesting, it was almost like a mutant experiment that the scientists were conducting. Like something out of a fiction novel.
Mason lifted her hand and cleared her throat, trying her best to recall the page, "Sir, I believe that bud grafting is a commonly used method. They use a comatose side bud and graft it onto the stem of another stock-plant. When it was injected successfully, they clip off the stem of the stock-plant, just above the newly grafted bud."
Looks like this subject wasn't going to be that hard.
Paul let his feet swing, casually, back and forth, since he was sitting on a table. One of his sneakers’ shoelaces had come untied. It wasn’t bothering him just yet. “Very good, Mason!” he smiled. “That is..almost the type of grafting I wanted to go with today!”
The chalk began to write the word BUDDING underneath the word GRAFTING on the blackboard. SPOILER!!: Amur Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazenhani Professor Myer's got an EYE at his greeting. It was morning, yes. Her name was Amur, yes. What she really wanted to know was if he had tried any more adventerous types of ice cream. Or when he was going to prove her right by wearing that poncho! Still, acknowledgement deserved acknowledgement, and he got a respectable nod and a "Mornin'."
She quickly decided that she probably should have saved the energy of that breath for needing a sudden bathroom break or other such excuse. Why? Because they were going to do that meditating thing that just....didn't....work.
Amur was sorely tempted to back out of this one. Just, fold her arms and take a step or two back while everyone was joining hands. Wasn't like anyone would notice, right? With their eyes being closed and all? Plus, what if someone didn't want to hold hands? Huh Professor?
However, the last thing she wanted to do was upset the man. So, with a huff of resignation, Amur linked her pinky fingers with those beside her. No hand holding for her. Nope. It was almost as unthinkable as being able to mediate. She only held hands with people she knew and trusted. Apologies fellow classmates.
As per her predictions, the meditating thing did not go down well. She tried. Eyes closed and all that. Problem was, there were questions, thoughts, identity. She wasn't just going to let that go in a breath. Nope. The more it was encouraged they relaxed, the tighter she held to them, as if those around her could breathe away her inner musings by their own meditations.
The session seemed to go on for forever, but when they were finally permitted to leave and let go, Amur did so very abruptly. As she made her way to her desk, she discretely scrubbed her pinky fingers on her pants. Feeling much better about her own proximity, Amur flopped down into her chair and propped her elbows on the desk and her chin in her hands.
Grafting. They were going to talk about grafting. Wizards grafted? Amur's nose wrinkled in disbelief. Surely they had other ways of sticking two plants together. In fact, she was sure they did. Then again, she wasn't the herbologist.
Her brow wrinkled in deep thought. Grafting sounded a lot like charms and transfiguration. Taking something from it's original state and changing it. Adding onto it. Her fingers twitched on her chin, and when Myers asked for types of grafting, her hand shot up. "Gene therapy and modification is a form of grafting. The type they do with DNA in animals and people."
She didn't know a lot, but it had been an article that her father had been obsessed over for about a year. It was weird and bizarre, but it sounded very similar. Just, not for plants. Maybe that was a problem.
Cue more face making.
That was an interesting answer. “Oh...well...yes, Amur. You’re right, of course. However, I was more looking for...some specific types...but absolutely, yes, grafting with plants has to do with gene modification...much like they do with humans and animals.” Blegh, human grafting. The thought made him shiver. SPOILER!!: Alice Quote:
Originally Posted by Schroyers
Alice was even happier now, He was by far her favorite Professor at the moment. Much nicer than her cranky old head of house who liked to punish good children and drag around rocks. Weirdo. But anyway!
She gave him two thumbs up back at him and smiled widely. YAS. Class time.
The little Lioness thought about the happy thing that happened. It was about pranking Cassius the other day with Timmy. That made her feel Veeeeery happy. Then once that was done she moved back to her seat and listened to Mister Paul say a lot of junk that she had no idea about.. Like Mixing plants?
He smiled warmly at Miss Lupin because she didn’t seem to know the answer..but that was okay. He didn’t want her to feel bad about not knowing the answer! SPOILER!!: Mel Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimist Melboure had been so enamored by all of the plants and things in the classroom that she had forgotten to walk fully into the room. Standing there she just grinned when she heard him explain about the fieldtrip…she had her ideas of course. Plants. Muggles. Space. Obviously they were going to Mars right?
Taking a seat near Colt she just grinned and soon raised her hand. “Professor Meyers isn’t there a type of grafting called…bridge?” she asked as she leaned onto the little workstation. Okay so she was excited. Like squeal-worthy excited.
PLANTS WERE AWESOME OKAY.
Paul nodded at her. “YES YES, Miss Johanson, the bridge is a type of grafting! I will go over it in more detail in just a minute!” He smiled because YAY. SPOILER!!: Hadleigh Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Popping one more bubble just had to happen. That's what Professor Myers was blowing them for, right? So that they could pop them. Mhmm. That was her theory anyhow.
With a small grin Hady joined hands with those on either side of her. Meditation time it was. Closing her eyes she allowed herself to relax taking in several slow breaths through her mouth only to let them out her nose. Her thoughts wandered about as they always did but only to that of music, sunshine and the upcoming holidays. Slowly opening her eyes she dropped her friends hands making her way to her seat.
Once sat down Hady listened quietly as Myers spoke to the class. His question wasn't one she knew well and she couldn't fully answer it but a guess couldn't exactly hurt none. "Cleft grafting?," She asked quietly her tone slightly unsure.
He smiled and nodded at Miss Lynch, too. “Yes! Cleft grafting--a very interesting one, too.” SPOILER!!: Jaemin Quote:
Originally Posted by Ameh Meditation was hard, especially right now. When the professor said to think of something good... Jaemin started thinking about all the things that had happened this week, and immediately remembered Divination. Divination had not been good. The boy visibly paled a bit, but managed to hold back the full brunt of how awful it had been when he remembered the box he'd gotten from his dad. He really did have to show it to Professor Myers...
When they were done, Jaemin immediately beelined to a seat as close as possible to the table on which Myers sat, bouncing a little. Finally, finally, it was startiiiiing. He leaned forward as the professor spoke, listening intently to what he was saying... OHHHHHHHH this was something his dad talked to him about! Jaemin knew this! The small boy shot his hand up into the air.
"Whip grafting!" he said, almost a little too loudly. "Dad likes that one, he says it's the best option cause it makes the plants survive most out of everything."
He hadn't done it in a while though. The tiny plants had appeared, and the grafting experiments had been pushed aside, or at least Jaemin thought. He'd have to write and ask his dad about that.
He winked at Jay when he spoke. “Ahh..the WHIP grafting, ehh?” Hehe. “And yes, it has a high survival rating, even if it IS very difficult.” He could tell the boy had a parent who was a Herbologist, for sure. SPOILER!!: Sam Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl To Sam, meditation was the bit she had to get through to get to the fun bit of the lesson. The bit that managed to be more boring than the theory which was already pretty tedious compared to the practical.
And it didn't help today that she was missing her friend. A whole lot. Which was only made worse by thinking about the letter she'd received from Dora at breakfast. It was an exciting thing, one that HAD made her smile, but one also tinged with sadness at Dora's absence. Net result? Sam was less relaxed than she'd started.
With a small sigh as she opened her eyes, Sam headed to her seat.
So... grafting. The only graft Sam knew about was the type that was hard work, and she didn't think that had anything to do with combining plants. So she answered with a simple, "No".
No, she didn't know any types of grafting. Her reading had improved since arriving at Hogwarts, but not enough to get that far through her textbook.
...No? Just no? Paul moved around to stand right in front of her spot at her table. “You don’t know anything about grafting, my dear?” he asked. “At the end of class, I will ask you again...if you know anything about grafting...and we shall see if you have learned anyone.” He smiled a bit slyly, actually, and Paul Myers strode back to the front of the room. He wish he had an apple, to be honest. SPOILER!!: Hadley Quote:
Originally Posted by Callie Haddie frowned a little. It wasn't so much a frown though, just the closest she could get to one in this class. But seriously, what was the point of a floating tree if you couldn't build floating things out of it? Haddie really did not get herbology.
She was about to ask more questions but Myers started the meditation. Think of something good that happened this week? That was easy! She'd learned to turn invisible! Haddie grinned at the memory, and then quickly peeked one eye open to make sure she was still visible. While she had gotten stronger at casting counter spells to her own spells since the first charms lesson, she still couldn't get them to stick. It was just that instead of minutes before un-countering itself, it would just happen sporadically throughout the week, sometimes two weeks.
Still visible good. She had her wand on her everywhere she was, just in case she disappeared again. It'd happened twice already since she first learned and cast disillusionment. So it was rather likely.
Mediation was over, and the lesson began... wait... "They do grafts on plants? I thought it was only animals and people that got skin grafts and such..."
Ewww, skin grafts. BLEGH. Paul shivered, but nodded. “Grafts on plants are not quite as...gross.” Blegh. SPOILER!!: Ariadne Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Meditate? They were going to meditate now?! But how did he expect her to go from dancing in bubbles one minute to meditating the next? She'd try to calm down, though. TRY. She reached over and grabbed the hand of the person next to her. She went through all the steps the professor described. She'd never meditated before, and she wondered why in the world they were doing this in class, but she didn't ask. For some off reason, she was starting to feel peaceful and calm, like she could lay down and sleep right now. Now...something good that had happened to her this past week... OH! Gobstones! Slytherin had won Gobstones, and Ariadne had been named Player of the Match. That had been exciting!!! Ariadne had just started to feel like she had drifted off into her own little world, when the professor stopped the exercises and sent them to their seats.
Merlin! This man liked to move from one extreme to the other very quickly, didn't he? Ariadne sat down and turned her attention to Myers. Ohhh, right, the field trip! Ariadne was just BOUNCING to know what that was all about. It was going to be SO COOL, and she just knew it! Meanwhile, err....grafting? Yeah. She had no idea what that was. It sounded COOL, though! And difficult. Then there was a question, which Ariadne didn't know the answer to, so she turned to her textbook and began flipping through the pages. Finally, she raised her hand. "It says right here that one type is called top grafting, also known as splice grafting," she explained.
...and that concluded all she knew about grafting.
Splice! He hadn’t heard that term in a while--of course the textbook would mention it, though. “Yes, however, the more common term for it is WHIP grafting. Very good, Ariadne!” he smiled. SPOILER!!: Esme Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy She got more bubbles. Awesome.
Smiling, Esme took the hands of the people beside her while keeping her eyes closed. Completely relaxed, she slowly breathed in and out. Thoughts drifted to her sister as they often did when she wanted to be happy. They were each other's best friends and would be forever.
The second mention of the upcoming field trip piqued her interest, and Esme wondered what they would be doing. She would find out soon enough and any preparation for it was good in her books even though she wasn't too familiar with grafting. Slightly unsure, she raised her hand. "I think one of them is bud grafting." Honestly she hadn't read that section of her textbook in depth.
Oops? “Yes yes, Esme! Bud grafting! Sure sounds...like it’s friendly!” he winked and chuckled with his hands on his belly. GEDDIT? BUD? FRIENDS? HEHEHEHE. SPOILER!!: Rachel Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Oh dear, all things pink and glittery. There was Davie saying hi to her. Now that he knew she had a crush on him, it was difficult for Rachel to actually talk to him without blushing. “Hi, David.’’ Her freckled face was light pink as she smiled at him. The smile faltered somewhat when she saw Haddie come in. Rachel flinched at the glare she and Davie received but made up her mind to try to speak to her best friend yet again after the class. It would be useless now that Haddie had moved to the opposite side of the room. Instead, she turned her attention to Olivia. “Hello, Olivia. How are you?’’ She smiled even more as Henric handed her a flower. “Hello, Henric. Thank you. No, I don’t think she does.’’ She looked at him with adoration. Apart from Tia, he was the other student leader she idolised. “Hello, Azura, Kitty.’’ She giggled as the bubble popped itself on Azura’s nose. The bubbles seemed to like their noses. Hello, Esme. Rachel smiled and waved back to her Hufflepuff friend. She happened to look back at Haddie after she heard her talking loudly, inviting some others to join her. The dark haired girl sighed softly and dejectedly. She and Haddie would never be friends again, it seemed.
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Rachel held Olivia's hand as well as the person's who was on her other side to follow Professor Myer's instructions. What good had happened to her that week? Nothing. She was miserable without her friend who wouldn't utter a word to her. Even with her eyes closed she could feel the tears stinging her eyes (she couldn't help it if she was a softie at heart). Sorry, Professor but she couldn't follow your meditation instructions this time around.
She went to take a seat, taking out her books and gloves. The talk of the field trip cheered her up, however. How exciting! She couldn't wait for this to happen. Then the topic of the lesson was revealed.
Grafting! Excellent! Rachel had never put this into practice but she had done a tad reading on it. This reading came in handy. She raised her hand. "There is Whip grafting whereby the scion- or the young shoot or twig of a plant- and stalk are cut in a slanting direction prior to being joint. I read this is the most difficult form of grafting.'' But her daddy could do it! Yes, he could. She had watched him do this type of grafting before.
Was it just him...or did Rachel seem off today? Hmm. He would speak with her after class, maybe, to check. “Whip grafting! Yes, very good, Rachel!” he smiled broadly at her and nodded….and sent some bubbles her way with his wand. SPOILER!!: Olivia Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline When Professor Myers started the meditation in earnest, Olivia closed her eyes once more and did as he directed. Breathing in...breathing out. Breathing in...breathing out. Her arms loose at her sides and shoulders lower than normally held. As for the image of something good from her week, she thought of a nice day and walk she had had outside, a minor break in the fall briskness but still enjoyable. The first year dwelling on the memory and letting it relax and make her happy as she continued to breathe in and out in rhythm.
All too soon it was over and the Ravenclaw opened her eyes and moved to take an empty seat after grabbing her bookbag. Preparation for the fieldtrip...she had almost forgotten about that. Olivia smiled again in earnest. Listening to Myers as he started in on the topic at hand, she began wondering what the field trip would be. She had to drag her attention back to focus fully on grafting.
How cool!
"A root graft?" Olivia offered after raising her hand in amongst the other answers being given.
Paul was pleased most of them were at least saying the names they knew. This question had sort of been...straight forward, as far as thinking processes went. “Very good, Olivia! Yes, indeed. Keep in mind, though, that that is a form of natural grafting..while we’re wil be looking at..” He didn’t want to say UNNATURAL… ”Not as organic grafting.” SPOILER!!: Azura Quote:
Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Azura smiled over at Haddie and Kitty as they ushered her over and she made it to the other two girls, right before they started to meditate..
Sadly, she didn't have many good thoughts coming to her mind. She was still worried about Jazzy, and some random feelings for Colt? Ugh..what was wrong with her, he was older! There was NO WAY he could like her.. None.. Nope, Nope, Nope.. So why even bother.. Could someone turn her thoughts and emotions off?
Dang Fwoopers.
Oh well, she came out of the meditation and made it to a seat..
Only to feel even more awful.. She knew NOTHING about grafting! She was a Ravenclaw, she was supposed to know things, ALL of the things.. and yet..
Nothing.. She didn't even bother to raise her hand.. and she bit her lip and sunk lower in her seat..
Sad Ravenclaw.. party of one!
Was Azura okay? Merlin, sad students today! He moved past her chair and patted her head gently. No need to answer every time, dear! SPOILER!!: Lucy Quote:
Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu Oh great, now she had to hold hands with the Grump next to her. She should've thought of that when she first joined the circle. Timidly, she held her hand out to the older boy. It was up to him if he wanted to take it. But he better take it. It was part of the meditation! And Lucy would not be happy if her zen was spoiled because this boy didn't connect the circle.
As Professor Myers instructed, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and relaaaaxed. Think of something good that happened? Lucy thought of the chocolate cheesecake served for dessert the night before last. Mmmmmmmmm.
When Professor Myers dismissed them from the circle, she skipped off to her seat and hurriedly took out her book, paper, and pen. And no! She hadn't heard of the field trip, but that was exciting news! Lucy always enjoyed them in her last school. Maybe her parents could chaperon! Even if they weren't magic....
Grafting. Lucy had never heard of the word, but that's what she titled her notes and underneath, she copied what she could manage from Professor Myers' definition. Not knowing what it was, though, she didn't feel she could participate. But she listed her classmates' answers, given Professor Myers agreed that it was correct. If he didn't, she'd cross it out. At the same time, she flipped through her textbook to see if she could find the chapter on it, but she mostly got distracted by random pictures that caught her eye.
Another quiet one who got a gentle smile from the professor. SPOILER!!: Dante Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner Of course the bubbles were necessary why did he even ask and made it worse by having a large bubble blown in his face and wait did he just breach on the subject of death because that is what it sounds like to him
"Just don't let your bubble pop early Professor"
Oh look a little hufflepuff (Lucy) was next to him. Well was she going to circle with him or not. He would rather not. But not like he would say no. AND HE WAS NOT A GRUMP. He had wanted to say he was not going to turn her into a capybara. But all he did was smile.
KAYCEE WHY WHY
Why would you do that. While it would have been amusing. Professor Paul knew the girl he liked and was dating.Sigh. This was just great now he had to see Professor Paul after class. Just what he wanted to do. And thank you for the rose. It is exactly what he wanted to make this situation better. But he can even be mad at Kaycee. Even though he would have to talk to Eureka. Sigh.
"Thanks Kaycee and i have done NOTHING Professor.....But i will see you after class"
Finally class was starting. THANK MERLIN.
"Are we talking the plant equivalent of skin grafting because i know what that is"
You should burn victims before they have their skin grafted. It is disgusting and fantastically morbid.
...LIKELY STORY, DANTE.
Ahem.
Paul just raised an eyebrow. “Do you? Well..it’s not QUITE the same but..similar in theory, not in practice.”
Hmph. SPOILER!!: LATE LATE LATE LATE LATE ANGEL Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel was totally happy to be back to her usually bubbly self, unfortunately she couldn't remember what had happened but she did know that the past few months had been some of the worst of her life and it had started really well, she had gotten 8 Owls but that was where things went downhill and they went downhill really fast after that.
Angel looked at herself outside the greenhouse, uniform... check... wand... check... everything else... check.
Angel smiled she was really excited about going to her first lesson of the term, she had been preparing her entry for ages and had tried to get here early, unfortunately for her, she was still a bit warn out and had fallen asleep but anyway she was still in time for the lesson right?
Angel opened the door
"HONEY, I'm Ba..........."
Angel suddenly stopped, no this wasn't right, she could feel her cheeks starting to turn red as she saw that the Professor was there and seemed to be talking.
"EH, am I late Professor?" Angel couldn't figure out how that would be, she had been very eager to get there early and actually get to see some of her friends. "This is awkward Professor." Angel hung her head trying to hide the colour her face had gone and trying not to look into the Professors eyes.
……….a late student.
A student was late.
LATE.
The normally easy-going man stared at her as if she had hands for eyes as she SAUNTERED into his classroom. Sayind WORDS. He cleared his throat. On the one hand, he didn’t want to embarass the girl too much.
On the other hand...she was late.
So...he decided to grin slightly...head for her table, and lean onto the table top casually. “Oh, is it awkward, Miss Valentine?” he asked, with a slight tone...but only slight. Still smirking. “I will let you choose, then. Five points from Gryffindor or…” he cleared his throat. “You can stand in front of the class and recite your alphabet...backwards.” HAH! That was funny. And not too bad. No, Paul didn’t feel bad.
He was also curious to see what she would pick. Personally, Paul would have done the ABCs...but he was an outgoing fellow. SPOILER!!: Dot Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Whaaaaat? They were cutting bits off one plant and attaching it to another? That seemed sort of... unnatural? Like how would she feel if someone attached Dima's arms to her body?
She wouldn't like it. That's how she'd feel.
Dot puzzled over the moral implications for a moment longer, although she perked up at the thought that grafting sounded dirt-free. "Professor, are you making plant mutants here? How do you know that you're grafting together plants that can flourish as one plant?"
AHA! Dot had a wonderful question! He grinned. “Plant mutants? Depends on your definition of mutants, m’dear.” Hmm. “...you don’t. Some plants cannot be grafted together at all...it has to do with a lot of science and genus talk that I don’t want to plunge the class into--” that was like..some NEWT heavy stuff, anyways. “But...for the most part, you never know if your grafted plant will take. Sometime they don’t...and they die.” SPOILER!!: Elliot Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch_Couture Elliot had been listening intently to the other students' but when the professor asked about grafting, he blinked a little. He had never been any good at herbology. That was his sister's forte. He frowned a little, suddenly wishing he'd paid more attention to his older sister when he was younger before mumbling quietly, "I don't have the faintest idea, professor."
This one was much more polite about his ignorance on this topic, so he merely got a smile. SPOILER!!: Julia Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashwinder There was a thing about adults that Julia was recently coming to understand, and that was that when they were attempting to explain a word she didn't know, they often used other words that she didn’t know. Grafting uses hybriding. Well. And just what was hybriding?
She supposed it was slightly more helpful when he talked about stitching pieces of trees together with other trees, but all she could picture in her head was a tree quilt and why would anyone want one of those?
In short, she had no idea what grafting was, but Jay certainly did, and she gave him a supportive bump with her shoulder and beamed at him. Whip grafting. Who knew?
She eyed some of the other students, who obviously didn’t know—and some of them were way older than her or Jay—and decided that Jay needed some special recognition. So she got up, in a trying-to-be-inconspicuous-but-sort-of-failing way, and went to the flower basket. A cursory rummage didn’t reveal any whippy-looking flowers, so she just picked the closest she could find and returned to present it to Jay with a flourish.
Another quiet one, but she was getting a flower! HOW CUTE! He BEAMED in her direction. SPOILER!!: Janelle Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Meditation time. Janelle took the hands of the classmates next to her and closed her eyes. Then she began to take deep, relaxing breaths. They were supposed to think of something good that happened to them recently. A happy memory popped into Janelle's head and she began to smile. She immediately began to feel more relaxed and was determined to hold onto the happy thoughts.
Before she knew it, it was time to sit down and class officially began. The topic of the day was grafting. Janelle had done some reading about it in her textbook, but she was far from an expert on the subject. When Professor Myers asked for different types of grafting, she raised her hand. "Awl grafting. I'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but I know it takes less time than other forms of grafting. I also know that it is best that someone with experience performs this type of grafting. You have to be very precise when you do it." “Ahhh, yes...this one is rarely used because it is just...so difficult to maneuver...quick, but difficult. Very good, Miss Guidry!”
Also, when had Janelle become a fourth year? Merlin, he thought she was so much younger. Hmph. SPOILER!!: Oliver Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir Boring, boring, boring. That's what meditation was. That's all Olly was thinking. Was that the point of meditation? No probably not. Had anyone told professor Myers that meditation was boring. Olly stepped forward and backward in tiny increments as he was supposed to be meditating.
FINALLY THEY WERE DONE! Olly gladly took his seat and listened to what professor Myers was saying. He hoped it was more interesting than the meditation. And he was not disappointed. There was mention of a field trip. This was the first he'd heard of that and it was very exciting. Field trips were always exciting. Last year they'd gone to a muggle observatory and it had been cool. This year the trip would be a combination between three classes which meant it was going to be three times more amazing.
Oh, trees were cool too. He only half listened to that. He had been distracted by the idea of the field trip. Where would they be going? Those ideas were much more entertaining. His attention was caught by Dot's mention of mutant trees. That would be cool. They could create super trees that could do anything. Like fight people. Like the Whomping Willow. He glanced at Jaemin, because Olly knew he knew a lot about plants. Olly didn't know what was going on, though, so he didn't have an answer. He was distracted anyway, thinking about mutant trees.
No answer from Oliver, which honestly didn’t surprise Paul all that much! The boy got an encouraging smile. SPOILER!!: Kitty Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Kitty-Cat? Kitty repeated the nickname Haddie had just given her in her mind. She liked it. It felt cool to have a nickname and she hoped it stuck.
She smiled at Azura (who had just joined her and Haddie) and then focused on her meditation. Happy thoughts. How about all the friends she had made in her second term at Hogwarts? Julia, Haddie, Garreth, Mason, and Hady were just a few. She thought of the Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. That had been fun. And how about talking with Augustus Flume in History of Magic? And stealing balls in Astronomy? And learning to turn invisible with her friends! They were all happy memories and Kitty focused on them.
Then it was question time. Honestly, Kitty had never heard of grafting before, and she was surprised by the number of students who had. Even after hearing the Professor explain it she had trouble understanding what he was talking about.
"I haven't heard of it before Professor" Kitty replied earnestly. "Is it kind of like genetically engineering?"
She hadn’t heard of grafting! That was okay! Many people hadn’t! Paul grinned a little. “It IS genetically engineering--just in a VERY specific way, as we’ll see in a fewwwwww minutes!” SPOILER!!: Dima Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon The meditation was.... unique but not unwelcomed, as always. Dima headed to his seat with the other students, remaining mostly attentive through Paul's little monologue. The field trip was still curious and had him wondering about things, but the Herbology professor was giving them new stuff to consider now.
Uh... grafting? Yeah, he knew what that was.... but not anything specific about it. Rather awkward, considering he's achieved an 'O' in this particular subject on his OWLs. Apparently, sixth year was so lax that the Ravenclaw was already rusty.
He opted to remain quiet and listen to the other answers rather than offering up some codswallop. You're welcome, class. Saving a few brain cells here.
Paul enjoyed Dima’s aura. Such a relaxed Ravenclaw, kind of reminded him of himself...except not as OBNOXIOUS as Paul could be. But they were chill, man.
He got a smile and a nod from Myers. SPOILER!!: Jace Quote:
Originally Posted by Stefan Meditating wasn’t new to the boy. He’d do it before and after Kendo practice, but the holding hands part? Jace awkwardly held on to two hands, closed his eyes and started to breathe in and out slowly. Happy memory that happened that week? Was the professor kidding? Jace had a rough week, and the Hag was the highlight. The Ravenclaw didn’t want to be pulled further into frustration, so instead of thinking about his week, he thought of the last time he went out with his family during a festival in Japan. The memory of him eating cherry flavoured ice made him smile. He was just getting started to feel warm and fuzzy when the professor snapped them all back to reality. The first year Ravenclaw opened his eyes, and slowly released the hands of the other students. Surprisingly though, he felt better compared to seconds ago. He really can’t go wrong with a little bit of meditation.
Jace turned, quickly grabbed a seat and pulled out his textbook, notebook, and mechanical pencil. He scribbled down a few quick notes about Grafting, making sure he got the gist of what the professor said, and paused when Professor Myers told them about the field trip. What field trip? Jace wasn’t aware. He took note of it too, and made a mental note to check out the announcement after class.
Now...grafting. Jace briefly read that chapter a few weeks back, and still, he couldn’t remember the word for the most basic methods of grafting. He did raise his hand to answer though. “Natural grafting, professor. Or...uh,” Jace paused and finally consulted his book. He ought to memorize that term before class ends, “Inosculation.” Jace looked up and grinned at the moment. Look, he didn’t mess up the word!
Oooh another natural grafting person! Paul smiled. “Well..that is..not quite what we are looking at--inosculation happens without human interference, typically, not that we can’t plant two trees and HOPE that happens--but we will be doing something much more assertive with the trees today. But very interesting answer, Mr. Reed!”
Paul began to make his way back to the front of the greenhouse. The chalk was waiting, poised at the ready! “Okay everyone--great answers, great answers! You all covered most of what I wanted to cover--basically, I will go over the grafting that you guys mentioned--BRIEFLY--because today we are focusing very heavily on WHIP GRAFTING as some of you mentioned!”
The chalk began to write the words as such: Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackboard GRAFTING: a technique that both muggles and wizards use in which they take tissues from one plant and insert them into those of another
Types:
-Bud Grafting
-Bridge Grafting
-Cleft Grafting
-Whip Grafting
-Awl Grafting Paul cleared his throat. “While the other types of grafting are important--and you should probably learn them by the end of this term, today we will be focusing on WHIP grafting!” he chuckled. “ So shall we...WHIP UP some herbological fun, then?!” He cackled at his cleverness. Really, he thought himself just so hilarious! WHIPPING UP FUN! Geddit? WHIP GRAFTING.
Ahem, ANYWAYS.
“ Two more important terms--legumes and anti-pollutants. They’re not too difficult, here.” The chalk had begun to scribble on the board again. “Legumes are trees that can give nitrogen back into soil...giving it off, really. Anti-pollutants are pretty self explanatory--they give nice things off into the air to help with...well, pollution problems.” He paused to make sure everyone was following that! It was a lot of info! “And...I’ll get to WHAT exactly whip grafting is in JUST a minute--a few of you touched on it--but in the back of the classroom...there are two types of legumes and two types of anti-pollutants to choose from. When I say so, go to the back and pick one of each. So that means, one legume and ONE anti-pollutant. Everyone got it?” He paused, again, to make sure they were following along. “Now...as for whip grafting--it is when we take the top parts of a tree...and connect them to bottom of another tree. So there is a root of one type of tree with the branches of another type of tree. Does that make sense to everyone?” he asked.
He had more ...vocabulary to go over, but he was terrified of bombarding them with SO much info at once, Merlin. So he’d explain about scions and the rootstock in just a minute. “The two legumes to choose from are honey-locust trees and Persion silk trees. The two types of anti-pollutants are mahogany trees and dadap red trees.” All very pretty once they were fully grown. “REMEMBER. Only pick ONE legume and ONE anti-pollutant. GOT IT?”
Everyone got it? “ONE last thing--while you gather your trees, I want you to think about my question to you...and when you sit down, I would like to hear thoughts from EVERYONE. Now...we’ve said that we are...taking the bottoms of trees that give nitrogen to soil...and the tops of trees that help air pollution...tell me, WHY do you think we would make such a tree? What could be the reasons? Where do you all think these trees could be planted?” He took a deep breath. “....and with that----GO GET THOSE TREES.”
He smiled and...hoped no one had zoned out too much. He was trying to get the hands-on stuff..it just required some slight info beforehand. OOC: WOAH okay. Sorry Paul talks so much. It’s hard to condense down explanations and whatnot, though. If this is confusing in any way or if anyone needs any sort of clarification, shoot me a PM! please don't hate me for all that talking Paul does omg
I would like 2 POSTS for credit for this part of the lesson. -Picking your two trees [Legume: Honey locust OR Persian Silk. Anti-Pollutant: Mahogany or Dadap].
-Answering one/both/zero of Paul’s questions. Be creative! <3 I am going Mardi Gras parading tomorrow, not sure when I’ll be back and in a state to continue the lesson so...LOL I am thinking at least 24 hours from now, dears. <3
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin |