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"Hello Professor Vance, how are you today? " She asked her with a warm smile as she directed her purple eyes towards the walls to look at the slugs..
The Ravenclaw set it in her glass jar and then moved to take a seat near the front. She peered at her slug for a moment before looking up at the Professor and raising her hand.
"Are we going to be telling the future using slug trails?" She asked curiously.
Laurel was watching a forest green slug move across the length of her desk leaving a trail in its wake when Azura walked in, already eyeing the slugs tanks along the walls. Smiling she responded.
"Good afternoon Azura! I'm good, thank you for asking. How are you?"
Stopping the snail before it dropped over the edge with a gentle nudge she looked up and nodded in affirmation of the Ravenclaw's question.
"Yes that is exactly what we are going to do sweetie but not right away." First they had to discuss why.
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2111jen Jonas couldn't help but laugh as he walked in. He heard something about slugtrails. He was one of the majority that always thought divination was a joke. He just shrugged and nodded and the professor silently. He then wnet over to the tank. These weren't slugs, they were snails. He picked one up by it's shell though and put it in a jar. Taking the jar, he found a seat.
"Good afternoon Jonas," Laurel greeted the snake boy with a nod when he walked in and did as he was told before find a seat.
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Saz Hale Kimi entered the classroom and said "Hello Professor Vance" Kimi made his way over to the tank and took a snail out of the tank and put it in a jar and found a seat near the front of the classroom and waited for class to start
"Good afternoon Kimi," Laurel greeted the badger with a small smile when he passed her on his way to select a slug.
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Goblinfrog Kitty entered the classroom and waited until her eyes adjusted to the change in lighting in the room. "Hello Professor Vance," she said cheerfully after her eyes had adjusted and she made her way over to the slugs in their tanks.
"Ooh!" Kitty exclaimed with a jolt of surprise as she realized that these were the exact same slugs she had helped the professor collect in the slug pit. "Are these the slugs from the slug pit Professor?" she asked as she chose a blue slug and placed it in her jar. She selected the blue one because it was one of the ones she had personally handpicked in the pit.
"Good afternoon Kitty," Laurel responded cheerfully as the Ravenclaw prefect headed over to the tanks to choose a slug companion. She almost whipped her lesson notes off her desk in reaction to Kitty's jolt of surprise. Expecting the worst, Laurel was reaching for her wand when she heard the prefect's question. Releasing her grip on her wand and exhaling sharply she reprimanded slightly.
"Oh sweet Circe. Please Kitty warn before you exclaim again. I thought a glass tank had broken."
Taking another breath Laurel nodded, keeping her tone steady.
"Yes, these are the same slugs that you helped me collect from the slug pit in the dungeons." Quote:
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Devina Wellheart Miranda made her way into the class room and greeted her Divination teacher, " Hello, Professor Vance.. Nice to see you again..."
She saw the board and went to go and have a peak at the snails in the tanks. She was definitely not looking foward to having to pick one out and put it in a jar.. OR about having to be it's companion for the class...
It was with some relief that Laurel focused her attention on another students arrival with a smile still on her lips.
"It's lovely to see you again too Miranda." She noted silently that the badger didn't dance over to pick out a slug for herself, but she did it and used her wand as any proper witch should to lift the gastropod without having to physically touch it. Especially if the creature made him or her uncomfortable.
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Bazinga Moving to the tanks she noticed they were slugs. SLUGS? "Do we really have to touch them?" They had slime, did the professor know that slime would get in her hair. She glanced around at the people that were already there. Maybe she could convince one of them to pick it up and put it in her jar for her.
Looking at the tank she watched the others get the slugs. EWWWWWW shew as going to have to touch one, wasn't she. Nope! "Anyone want to pick up my slug for me. My nails are still wet." They weren't but hey if she didn't have to touch that slimy thing she wasn't going to.
It was the disgusted tone of another girl that had just walked in that made Laurel look up from her notes and smile broadly.
"Good day Natalia, yes, you have to touch the slugs Natalia, but you don't need to lift one up with your bare hand if you don't want to. You are a witch remember, so you have other options too." Would she get the hint?
Like a true snake though Natalia solved her dilemma by asking for a peer to lift up a slug for her with the excuse that her nails were still wet. Time would tell if anyone would be a good Samaritan and do it for her.
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Great…one sluggy buddy.
“Good day, Professor,” she greeted before setting down to the task of picking one. At least there was no danger which was a small blessing. Just had to deal with a creature one might normally handle with gloves in either COMC or potions with them. Cass scanned over the remaining options, finally taking one out of its current home as carefully as she could. They were majorly slippery after all. She then made her way to a seat to deposit her belongings and her chosen slug safely on the table as she sat down ready for the lesson.
"Good afternoon Cassandra." Laurel chirped warmly as another Ravenclaw girl came up through the trapdoor. She watched in silence how the young girl tackled the task of picking a slug buddy. In the end she lifted one slippery slug with the use of her hands. It showed that she wasn't scared off doing what was required.
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sweetpinkpixie Creatures known as a universal symbol of stability and steadfastness ... the flow along the Journey of Life...and their sticky trail? Some would argue that it was beautifully iridescent and an ethereal trail of knowledge. Paige was...not one of those people. Divination methods using creatures not being the sort of form in her arsenal, but at least she was not squirmish around this particular garden pest. Quite used to handling them really and easily enough to clean one's hands after touching.
"Good day, Professor Vance," Paige smiled at the professor as she moved towards a seat, just the tiniest bit of bounce to her step - a bounce that had become a little more pronounced as the term had gone on, but still a bit timid.
Setting her owl shaped backpack down first, the seventh year made her way over towards the tanks and selected her own slug - slug because sans shell - and set it in the palm of her hand. Smiling, she was about to head back to her seat when she heard Nat's plea and her hand returned to the tank - this time selecting one of the tiny creatures with a shell. Shell ought to help a little, wet nails or not. "This one matches the color," she smiled, handing the little guy over to the Slytherin. Well, sort of. The shade of the shell and the shade of Nat's nails were not entirely the same but did...er...compliment one another?
"Good afternoon Paige!" Laurel smiled warmly to the badger, noting that the girl seemed to have more bounce in her step than usual. Was it an effect of their talks and seer training? She watched the senior pick out a slug for herself and one for Natalia which was commendable. She'd remember that for when she gave out point after the lessons end.
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Govoni Moving to collect a glass jar, the blonde decided on a snail (with a shell *rhyming*), colored a vibrant, fire-engine red. It was a GRYFFINRAWR snail, you see. Clearly meant JUST for her. Also, collecting said snail was no big deal, as she was a witch and had a wand. All that was required was simple levitation. Which she did in the next moment. Poising her wand, Olivia muttered "Wingardium Leviosa." carefully guiding the mollusk up and out of the tank... and into her awaiting jar. See? Easy peasy!
"Good day Olivia!" Laurel greeted with a smile and small wave as she watched the lioness claim a slug for herself without much effort. One of the few too that actually saw fit to user her wand to lift the little gastropod. It'd be interesting to see how she'd react to skin contact later on.
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Steelsheen Slugs!
So they got to get one in a jar. Well that would be easy-- he just grabbed the biggest slimey within his reach. No gross reactions here, the boy looked like it was Christmas morning.
So into the jar it goes, along with some bits of leaves and twigs from its habitat. Because he dont want to let his slug get bored innit?
Also naming is totally happening "Hey there Jabba!"
"Good day Tenacious!" Laurel greeted with a cheery smile as the lion breezed past her towards the slugs actually looking pleased to be dealing with slugs. A surprise since most of the students had so far looked grossed out. It was cute that he named his slug buddy.
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SarcasticStrawberry Opening the jar first and sitting the lid down. She wasn't afraid of touching a snail. She reached into the glass, on her tiptoes and pulled out the tiniest snail she had ever seen. "I'll call you squishy and you shall be my squishy." Yes, she totally stole that line from finding nemo, no big deal. She put her squishy into the glass jar and headed to take a seat.
"Good afternoon Katerina!" Laurel greeted the badger girl that had followed closely behind Tenacious. She too oddly enough chose to name her slug. The name she gave the slug even seemed similar to Tenacious chosen one. A coincidence perhaps.
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littledhampir He made his way closer to the slug tanks and studied them closely. To be honest he couldn't really tell a difference between one slug or another. They were just slugs. Actually, now that he thought about it, if he had just walked into the room without an explanation he probably would have thought they were snails. "Professor, what's the difference between a slug and a snail?" Did it really matter? No, but he was curious now.
Laurel was stealing a look at her watch when Oliver entered and asked her a question which was related to slugs. Smiling at the snake boy she responded.
"Good day Oliver, interesting question. Since this is Divination class and not CoMC it won't be essential to the lesson but i can tell you that snails and slugs prefer different habitats and diet among other differences. To get a more full answer i advice you to talk to Professor Hernandez." It was after all not Laurel's area of expertise.
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The boy grabbed one from the tank and reached for a jar to place him in. If the slime bothered him, it wasn't at all apparent. "Hey Professor." He greeted, turning to find a table for his new, slimey friend.
It wasn't something he'd ever really thought about before right this second.
Laurel was aiming to start when Blaise Bellaire graced the classroom with his arrival through the trapdoor. Nodding her head at him she greeted cheerily.
"Good afternoon Blaise."