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SPOILER!!: Oliver Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir  Okay so his answer was not very good. Olly already knew that but he felt like he had disappointed Professor Myers and that made him said. But the professor thought he could do better. He really couldn't. At least, he didn't think he couldn't. But he would try harder next time. No more disappointments from him.
Yay, it was time to go into the forest now. That was the part Olly was really excited for. He made sure to grab some gloves and pull them onto his hands before also picking up a bucket. What was that for? Were they going to pick some of the plants and plant them in the bucket perhaps? He didn't know else they could possibly put in there but he would carry it for now. And he was going to stick close to Professor Myers because he didn't know many of the prefects, and didn't really want to have to stick close to Rooney. So he made sure to stay just behind Professor Myers, making him one of the first people to plunge into the forest.
Fire seed bushes sounded cool. Olly tried very hard to remember everything about them. Explosive, used in potions, lived in the shade and apparently in caves. What would he make with the fire seed though? It was hard to think of something since he didn't exactly know much about them. But if they had explosive properties then there was one thing that came to mind. "Fireworks maybe." He didn't have to talk very loud since he was still closely following Professor Myers. Olly also glanced around at who else was near to see if they might be thinking the same thing. "If the fire seeds are explosive then they might be useful in making fireworks. But what makes the seeds explode? Fireworks have to go off at a certain time, you don't want them to explode while they're still sitting on the ground in front of you."
Paul turned around to walk backwards in order to reply to Oliver. “Fireworks are often a use that fire seeds actually go towards!” he grinned. He tripped over a tree root and almost fell, so he quickly turned back around.
Well.
Not doing that again! “Well, once the seeds are harvested, they are less likely to randomly combust. And they make explosions increase TENFOLD...which is why they’d be a good addition to magical fireworks.” He grinned. SPOILER!!: Nat Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga So it was time to go in. She gave Tim an interesting look, did she not like James? Of course, she assumed James did something that he shouldn't have. She remembered their first meeting. It started off rocky as well. There was just something about those type of boys that Nat was just pushed towards. So, of course, they became friends. Giving Ashley another look she walked over and grabbed a bucket. "Here I grabbed your bucket to Ashley." She had her gloves in her robes so she was good there as well.
Starting to walk she looked around. "Any other students wanting to walk close to me is fine." She, of course, would help the Professor and the Centaur as much as she could. "This is kind of interesting isn't it?" She looked towards Tim and James as they started before ducking her head and listening to the professor.
Fire Seeds? That was something she didn't expect to be going after. Wasn't that a bit dangerous? This really was going to be an exciting class. She knew Tim had to be excited. "Sir, aren't they good to bring more heat in a fire. So if I wanted to build a fire and get it to start I could use a fire seed or if it's already started I could use it to make it bigger or hotter."
YEP! Paul nodded. “You’re correct! Very good, Natalia!” he grinned. “They’re very good fire enhancers, to be honest.” SPOILER!!: Katy Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Fire seeds. Katy's eyes went all comically round and big, and she had to suppress the surge of very nerdy excitement at that announcement. If she had her phials... and she always did... she could collect some samples for her own potions ingredient collection. That was assuming the professor wasn't watching too closely.
As for uses... basics, right? He didn't need to know her potions thoughts. "It would be a natural for a fireless heat source, sir. I mean, if you could figure out how to harness it safely and properly, it would be cleaner than electricity and more easy to replenish than peat or firewood or coal." At least, that was her thought now, but she wasn't sure how MUCH heat they gave off.
Paul smirked as he heard Katy’s answer and threw a thumbs up into the air. “That was a VERY GOOD ANSWER, Katy! I LOVE IT. Creative thinking! Do we have a future environmental ministry worker?” he grinned. “A point to YOU!” SPOILER!!: Etta Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady of Light Etta beamed at Olivia, as she stood next her. "Hi." She whispered just as she spotted a... was that a... a CENTAUR! Wow. She couldn't believe it! She stared in wonder for a moment before the professor announced that they would be entering the forbidden forest. How exciting. This lesson was actually fun! She followed all the instructions before finally pulling out her wand from the inside of her pocket, her eyes still occasionally flicking towards the centaur.
"Aren't fire seeds used in potions? Uh.. potions that require a lot of heat, maybe?" Etta wasn't sure. Well, that wasn't a very good answer.. she frowned. Oh, well.
Paul grinned at the first year. “Yes, they are! Very good, Etta,” he chuckled. He couldn’t see them, he was still walking, but he knew their voices...for the most part. He might get Juno and Esme mixed up, though...but yeah. They were twins, and that was different. SPOILER!!: Brent Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana SWEEEEET! It was time to make the trek into the forest! Brent turned toward the professor's bellowing voice with an excitement in his step. The only thing that would make this better would be to have a group of friends to hang out with along the way. He really needed to work on that. Back at Ilvermorny, he'd always had a group to hang with, but he was basically just the new guy here. Brent secured his gloves onto his hands then grabbed a metal bucket.
Seeing as he most definitely wanted to light his wand, he reached toward his holster, retrieved the wand, and casted a quick, "Lumos!" He'd gotten so caught up in the excitement of going into the forest that he forgot they were actually making suggestions about plants. So they were heading into some fire seed caves! YEAH! This sounded pretty cool and just the adventure Brent had been looking for.
...and then there was a question that required thought...and a lot of it at that. Brent listened to the leaves crunching beneath his feet as he rolled over some ideas in his head. "Can we roast marshmallows over them!?" he asked. He didn't bother raising his hand, since the professor was walking ahead of him anyway and had said to call out answers.
HA! Paul laughed and turned his head over his shoulder. “Brent, yeah?” he laughed more. “I like THAT idea, m’boy!” because who didn’t like roasted marshmallows? SPOILER!!: Thereos Quote:
Originally Posted by Thereos Amidst the stares (and had one girl squealed?) Thereos saw a few students nod in his direction. He merely bowed his head back at them. Chitter chatter would only detract from the old, bouncy human’s words to the students.
Some of them told him hello, and again, he merely nodded in response except for one child human proclaiming that he was a centaur. Thereos let his gaze rest on the boy’s. “Yes, I am a centaur.” He was glad to see the small human’s had working optical organs. However, considering the boy had asked his name, and Professor Myers was now introducing him, he stepped forward slightly and bowed. “Thereos.”
They were starting off into the confines of the forest. Thereos gazed upward once more before entering the forest, making sure to keep close to the smaller of the small humans. A few of them seemed fearful, and Thereos thought the fear was misguided, but he would do his best to diminish it.
“Professor Myer’s, veer slightly to left. You’re going too far right for the caves,” he said loudly. Unless the humans wanted to run into a nasty bit of business, they should probably follow his directions. His fingers rested on the bow and quiver strung over his shoulder.
AHHH!
Paul went, “WHOOOOPS!” and followed Thereos’ directions. And THAT RIGHT THERE is why he asked Thereos to accompany them, thank MERLIN! “Thank you so much, Thereos!” he grinned. SPOILER!!: Olivia Holden Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson "Hey!" whispered Olivia to Etta with a smile, glad to see her friend from the playground. She slipped her gloves on and carefully took bucket in hand. New Zealanders and Aussies had to stick together, y'know? Listening to the Professor's response to her question, she nodded. Ah. Oh well. It was a good guess nonetheless! Thereos would be joining them? That was really sweet. Olivia smiled and nodded to the centaur, bowing her head slightly in respect to him. Respect was important especially around these magnificent creatures. She took her wand out and cast lumos so that she could see the ground so that no one tripped. Knowing her luck, she was bound to trip eventually.
They were off to the fire seed caves? Woah. This would be definitely enlightening. She had never been in a fire seed cave before. What was it? And they were explosive? That was kind of cool in it's own special way. What could these seeds be used for? Well fire implied warm and they were used in potions. She thought she had seen that listed somewhere. Hmm... Maybe they could be used to keep something warm? To the Professor's question, she wondered if a muggle invention could use them suitably. Perhaps. However, she heard Brent's reply first and smiled. Roasting marshmallows would be cool! She liked that idea. But.. Wait a sec. Was Brent walking alone? What? He shouldn't be walking alone! Walking alone (well not entirely alone as there were other students yet still..) wasn't fun, especially in the Forbidden Forest. "Brent!" she whispered, waving to him with a small smile. "Wanna come walk with us?"
Now to the Professor. "Could you use them as hand-warmers or foot-warmers?" she offered. "But how could you regulate the temperature to make sure they aren't too hot that they burn something or someone."
Awww. Paul thought this was such a cute answer. He chuckled. “Ahhh, yes, perhaps, Olivia…” he chuckled. SPOILER!!: Slate Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Why was everyone making such a big deal about the forest? There was nothing scary about trees.
While Slate was pondering this... a... horse? person? Thing? came out of the woods. He looked around at his fellow classmates? Everyone saw that right? ... nobody seemed to think it was... odd. Weird. He'd never seen a horse person. Were those common? Why did they live in the woods?
He grabbed a bucket as instructed and followed the class into the woods. He imagined that close was a loose term and he was allowed to just casually observe the horse person. That was his plan anyway. It was weird. It did not compute. It talked. Weird. Did everything talk here? It seemed that way.
Then the teacher asked a question. "Plant it and make more fire bush plants." he answered vaguely.
Did those horse things have horse shoes?
….well then.
Paul actually turned around again to see which first year had said it--because yes, he KNEW it was a first year. Hmm. A new little Slytherin, Slate, right? Slytherin Slate. “...You’re not WRONG.” Pfffft. Cue unimpressed look. SPOILER!!: Jonas Quote:
Originally Posted by 2111jen Jonas frowned. He guessed the professor didn't pick up on his sarcasm. Either that or he knew it was sarcasm and just went along with it. Either way, the joke was on Jonas as he didn't know the answer to the next question that was asked so he just cept silent.
Before he turned back around, he saw Jonas being quiet, and he wondered if the boy had nothing to add? Paul sent him a smile to encourage him. SPOILER!!: Ambrose Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost In Thought "Good thanks, Professor," he'd responded, beaming the man in question. He was actually just pretty impressed that Professor Myers seemed to be able to remember everyones name!
And his answer was a good one! He'd straightened up slightly, proud of himself for having a correct and INTERESTING answer. Interesting was good, no? In Ambrose's opinion interesting was good at least.
Quickly, Ambrose had moved to collect one of the buckets in question, looking around. He didn't actually know any of the prefects, before practically bouncing back to where Professor Myers was standing, still vibrating with excitement at the idea of entering the forest! With a centaur too! Laurel would've loved to see this! Being nearby the professor meant that not only should he technically be safe, but also that he didn't actually need to light his own wand up, which was pretty good because while he'd been working on that spell it didn't exactly always work...
Now what could those be used for?
Ambrose shrugged his shoulders, listening to the answers of other students.
Another quiet one! Paul managed to smile at her too---tripped slightly, and figured he should get the hang of the backward walking thing many teachers could do while leading a class. SPOILER!!: Char Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Char did NOT know what uses fireseed bushes could have and whatever and that didn't matter anyway because she was SO DISTRACTED BY THEREOS SHOWING UP.
"Hello Thereos sir!" OOOOH HE HAD HIS BOW AND ARROW. SHE WAS BURSTING to tell him that she was still doing archery! Not that the Centaur would likely care but... but she burst out with one comment that she couldn't resist making, "Your bow is so nice!"
Sorry Professor Myers, but priorities okay?
………”Charlotte, you like Thereos more than me?” he teased her, and he cracked up before stopping, looking around for a moment, and then continuing on.
He thought he had heard something >.> SPOILER!!: Skylar and Hattie Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising While Sky was standing around waiting, a centaur showed up and the third year just stood in awe watching him. It definitely took a few moments for her to jumpstart into motion again. Once she finally did she was heading up the caboose of the class, bucket in hand and wand lit, walking fast to catch up to the group. Goodness could they not have had warning about the cool things they might see today?? Cause she had a feeling even though she might die, she might be eaten by some super amazing creature which would make her death worthwhile?
What was Myers even on about? Fire seed caves? Fire bushes? How was he still asking them questions instead of taking on everything around him? Probably cause this wasn't his first time in the forest like herself ....
"An explosive drink." she was thirsty, okay and totally forgot to hydrate with extra water today. No one told her they would be walking through a forest. Okay maybe they did, but she was still thirsty. And it was related cause exploding things and fire!
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Originally Posted by RachieRu Into the forest! Yay! Hattie had been a little distracted by the centaur but decided she needed to pay more attention to the actually lesson. She shuffled up alongside Sky, knowing she didn't want to walk on her own into the forest. Though she wasn't too sure about if sky would be able to protect her. They were kind of similar height.
An explosive drink? Hattie glanced to look at her friend, and raised an eyebrow. "Would it explode when you drank it? Cause that wouldn't be good right?" She murmured, a little unsure of what good an exploding drink would be. She thought of her own answer to the question though.
"Could you use them to maintain a fire? like through a period of time.... and then you wouldn't have to keep looking for wood to keep a fire going" Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Huh? When did Hattie appear next to her? Not that Sky was complaining because she was MORE than welcome to, but yea.
Hearing her murmur a response about her answer, Sky shook her head. "Nooo.... nooo. I'd imagine it would be explosive in that it sort of popped in your mouth. I think I've seen a candy like that, so like what about a drink." Sky clarified. Truth be told she wasn't a hundred percent sure about it, but she thought she saw something advertised once about it.
A drink? Paul chuckled. “A fiery DRINK?” and then of course Hattie had a logical response, and he was even more amused. “Like... I think I know what you mean, Skylar, but..” he grinned. “And yes, Hattie, that’d be correct!” SPOILER!!: Janelle Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 It was showtime.......time to posse up and head into the Forbidden Forest. Following instructions, Janelle donned her protective gloves and made sure they were nice and secure. Then she picked up a bucket and began walking, making sure to stay in the middle of the pack. Before going too far, Janelle fetched her wand and said, "Lumos". As the tip of her wand began to emit a ray of light, she let out a sigh. Being able to see where one was going was essential.
As the group walked, Janelle heard another question being posed. She figured she'd better come up with an answer for this one, so she began to think. What would she make with fire seeds? Finally, a thought came to her. Seeing as this probably wasn't a hand raising situation, Janelle just shouted out her answer. "I think I would use my fire seeds to make a poison antidote potion." By some divine intervention, Janelle had remembered that fire seeds were used in antidotes for uncommon poisons. Yes, that's what she would use them for.
Paul nodded at Janelle. “Very good, Janelle!” He thought he had read that somewhere, too. Only certain poisons, though. SPOILER!!: Katherine Quote:
Originally Posted by StarShine . . . n o . . .
Katherine wondered YET AGAIN why Rooney, of all people that idiot, was her prefect. Actually, she didn't really consider him as her prefect, but the boy did carry that badge. Seriously... She rolled her eyes at the stupid answer and listened to the saner, better ones.
Oh, a centaur was here to guide them! Katherine clearly perked up - first time seeing a live centaur, after all - and bowed at him gracefully. She wished she could have a chat, but they were having a lesson here and she doubted he'd hang out later just for her.
...what if she entered the forest later, on her own? Or with Haddie - the girl would definitely come, and maybe Callum since he was a clever Gryffindor. Yeeeeeah... she'd think about it. For now, she put on her gloves, lit up her wand and grabbed a bucket with her free hand, then ran a little to be in the first rank that followed the professor to...
Fire seed caves! Katherine was glad she attended this class. Listening extra carefully (Professor didn't really say anything she hadn't already known) she thought about the question. WHAT would she use it for...
"They can be used as a permanent source of light and heat in closed areas - like in the dungeons." Professor Newton should consider this, actually.
Paul turned and smiled at Katherine. “Yes, yes indeed. Just would have to find a way to contain them so no one accidentally touches them or anything.” Probably wouldn’t be that hard, though. SPOILER!!: Alice Quote:
Originally Posted by Schroyers One of Alice's favorite parts was seeing how excited all the potions people got when the Professor said what they were working with. She listened to the question and wasn't sure about it really.. She knew very little about Fireseed bushes.. So for now she picked up her bucket. "Lumos." She muttered to her face.. Maybe Henry was around for her to walk with or something..
"Well, Professor You said it had explosive properties.. So if you knew how to control those you could make something similar to Dynamite? The muggle explosive? Maybe it would be more stable than nitroglycerin?" She wasn't sure... but what she knew from TV and moves was that nitroglycerin made Dynamite very unstable.
...heh. Paul grinned as he heard Alice. “WELLLLL of course, Miss Lupin, of course.” Very interesting considering the rumors that surrounded the plant. He wouldn’t go into them, but yes, interesting…
Also, he never thought he’d hear the term “nitroglycerin” in a lesson ever, so kudos to you, Alice! SPOILER!!: Tim Quote:
Originally Posted by Star-Lord Following behind the professor and the centaur, Tim noticed Alice had gotten there and pulled her towards them to join their little group. She stood between Alice and the annoying James, just in case he tried anything fishy against her little sister. She then handed Alice a bucket and swung her own in her left hand. Hmm, what wouldn't Tim make with fire seeds? "I'd probably make a potion that can catch anything on fire. Including metal or glass. But for emergency purposes only," Merlin knew not many people could be trusted with something like that. Maybe not even Tim herself. Like if someone was out exploring on mountains or a forest. But what if a witch or wizard loses their wand and needs to make a fire? Maybe that potion can come in handy somehow.
Hmm. Paul smirked a bit. “Why would you want to do that, Miss Finch? Ehhhh?” he teased. Some of these children were such pyromaniacs. It was funny. Also concerning, but eh. SPOILER!!: Miranda Quote:
Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart Miranda really liked this professor.. He was always enthusiastic when he was showing them something interesting... she listened as he explained what they'd be learning about and told them to grab a pot and tag along ... OKAy... they'd going for a hike it appeared to to get to the fire bushes... and then the lesson about it's seds would actually start... To be fair she had nothing to offer to the conversation as it was but was quite happy to absorb the answers of her peers...
A quiet one! Paul didn’t mind quiet as long as they were paying attention! SPOILER!!: Henry Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay While Henry was pleased to have been correct in his answer, whether they'd be seeing Devil's Snare or not today, he didn't dwell on that for long because there was a real life CENTAUR in their class today! He stared in awe at Theros for a moment, till he realized that he was just staring. And that was a bit rude, wasn't it? "Good day, sir," he finally returned the greeting with a grin, trying to be respectful. But did Alice see this? They thought they might have see one from a distance the other day, but here was one up close and ready to lead the class into the forest. Coolest class ever.
He caught sight of Alice's familiar red hair, just as another girl pulled her over to join her group, but he sidled up next to her anyway after he grabbed his own bucket. "Fire seed caves sound awesome, don't they?" he grinned at her, just before lighting his wand. "Want to walk in with me?" Or her group of friends would be alright too, but he wanted to offer. Sounded fun to him. And Professor Paul had a lot of questions for them to answer about fire seed bushes, but no time to think on that just yet. They were walking into the Forbidden Forest, and that was all sorts of exciting!
And nothing from Henry, either? Paul wanted some more answers here!
(But really it was okay.) SPOILER!!: Rooney Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanners He knew that she was there as soon as she was close to him and had he not been overly aware of people tutting at his answer to Professor Myers..he would have dropped to his knees right there and professed his undying his love to her. Actually, he would have done that no matter other peoples opinions..but Liv didn't need the attention, so instead he leant back against her and whispered his undying love to her and then dropped his hand behind him and held hers, as that was one thing he knew that was okay for them right now. Rooney gave her a smile when she gave her own answer to the question, fighting the urge to clap for her and announce once more than this was HIS GIRL.
The Ravenclaw offered a smile to the centaur that joined them, a little wary given past happenings with the species and the nightmares that happened afterwards.
Giving Liv's hand a squeeze, Rooney went to grab them both a bucket before returning to her and raising a hand in the air. "Prefect over here if you're a first year!" For the rest of them, he didn't really have any affection for and figured that they would all be too self involved and run straight on in without a thought for what could be around. THAT was how students got into trouble in the forest -- had they not realised that yet? He planned to walk closer to the back of the herd, just so that Liv wasn't caught up in a crowd and he could get her back out if he needed to. And save her if something went wrong.
Priorities were Olivia Phillips.
Rooney had nothing to add about what he would make, given that his initial thoughts were to something of explosive properties...and then to accidental explosions and his father and...others.... Yes, it was not something that he needed to keep thinking on, so he let himself listen to others and keeping Olivia and their buckets close by.
SILENCE FROM ROONEY BRONWYN WAS VERY SHOCKING. WOW. It was lucky that Paul heard Kitty speak or he would have commented on it. SPOILER!!: Kitty Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Kitty couldn't say that Professor Paul's answer made her feel any better, on the contrary he had just confirmed everything she'd feared and read about the forbidden forest. If she were a firstie, this might have been the moment where she pretended to get a twisted knee so as to be excused from the lesson. But she was a prefect and had a responsibility to the younger students and to her teacher. Terrified or not, she'd have to do this and hope that she didn't panic in the middle of the forest. If she wasn't so scared she might have laughed at Rooney's answer to the professor's question, but right now all she could think of were giant man eating plants, twisted hands of a hag, and spiders lurking just out of sight. "Just don't think about it, just don't think about it," she muttered under her breath, shivering slightly with fear.
One thing that did manage to distract her, at least a little, was the appearance of a centaur. This was the first time Kitty had ever seen a centaur face to face. "Hello sir," she greeted him respectfully, ogling his strange body, hoping he wouldn't mind.
Then it was the hour of truth. Kitty very carefully put on a pair of gloves and took a bucket, then she took off after the class. Her first instinct was to cling as close as possible to Paul as she could - if she had her way she'd almost be holding his hand. But that would be embarrassing and she had duties as a prefect. So instead she found a group of first years and hung close to them.
While watching the first years she answered the professor's next question, only vaguely aware of her companions answers. "Probably I'd use them for the same thing that Katherine would. I hate bombs and dynamite and all those things that explode, but permanent lights would always be useful. Plus, kind of stylish if you consider where they come from."
Just keep breathing...
“Stylish, too, if you can decorate whatever you use to encase them,” he grinned. “Interesting, Kitty.” SPOILER!!: Leon Quote:
Originally Posted by FwooperOnYourLeft Leon's eyebrows raised ever so slightly as he saw the centaur. He had never actually seen one up close and was rather excited and in awe of the creature. Not to mention, he was glad to have it leading them through the forest, now they wouldn't get lost for sure.
No offense or anything Professor Meyers..
He tilted his head as he heard what they were going to do for the lesson and he smiled a bit.. fire seeds eh? Sounded cool to him.
The seventh year got this gloves out and picked up a bucket and started to wak into the Forest with the rest of the class, hanging back just a bit to make sure there were no stragglers.. Lost firsties in the forest? Not on his watch!
He lit his wand tip with a soft Lumos and started to walk.. and he noticed Kitty with a bunch of first years and yet seeming to have some trouble herself with being in the forest.
"It's okay Kitty. " The 7th year said as he walked next to her.. "I'll walk with you all right? " Hopefully that would be of some comfort, yeah?
As for Professor Meyers question.. "I'd make some sort of candy, so when you suck on it, it would warm you up! " Because that would be pretty helpful actually.
Heh, Paul smirked. “That sounds quite nice.” And then he decided he’d move on before he said...something.
Ahem.
Professor here. PROFESSOR. SPOILER!!: Olivia Phillips Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni
Comforted by Rooney's loving words, Olivia inched just a smidgen closer to her boyfriend; eyes trained on the Forbidden Forest's treeline. She was experiencing this strange mix of adrenaline and chilling fear; fear of dark spaces where she wouldn't be able to see if someone were attempting to creep up on her. With that thought, the blonde gripped Rooney's hand more tightly. In regards to her classmates, the Gryffindor didn't give a fig if they had anything to say about the hand-holding. She honestly didn't care about the opinions of others. At least that was still true.
To try and keep her nerves in check, Liv focused on the information her favorite professor (aside from Prince Erik, STILL TRUE) was excitedly spewing. Professor Myers was such a lively man. It warmed her heart, to be honest. While her her favorite person collected their buckets, she offered another answer. There wasn't much thinking to be done about it. She simply enjoyed participating in his lessons and would always try to. In addition, getting correct answers gave some of her confidence back. "How about in candy? ...Spicy chocolate or fireball lollies. To amp up heat? Or to add a danger element...." That was probably similar to any potions responses, but... Well, Liv's mind always flew to food. Even if she'd not been eating that well lately.
...but also, million galleon idea? Wizards could be extreme. So, it really didn't seem that far fetched to her. Maybe they could be soaked in some type of solution before being made into candy that would protect against someone having their head explode...
Without further thought, and her heart in her throat, she followed the rest of her classmates into the dangerous, O M I N O U S forest.
Paul made and OOOOOHHH sound. “Spicy CHOCOLATE. I LOVE it, Olivia!” he chortled. If anyone could make that work, it’d probably be her, too. SPOILER!!: Junia Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Fire seed caves! "Wow." She'd read all about those and after checking she'd remembered her gloves, the third year grabbed herself a bucket and fell into step with the rest of the group. She couldn't help but wonder if all the creatures rumored to dwell in those same caves were on Professor Myer's mind. They were definitely on hers. Seems the forest around them wasn't the only dangerous place they'd be going into.
"I'd want fire seeds if I was ever traveling in yeti territory. It'd mean a way to give fires an extra boost and hopefully keep them away."
Heh. “Wow, Junia, yes, grand idea that is!” Paul had never run into a yeti ever before in his life, and he definitely wanted to keep it that way, thanks. He also wasn’t a huge fan of the cold. Or snow.
It was lucky they lived in Italy but most times Paul experienced the harsh weather that was SCOTLAND since he taught at bloody HOGWARTS. SPOILER!!: Cassie Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Her offering was approved as were a good portion of the other plants, Cassie making note of the ones she hadn’t readily thought of on her own. Might be good to know at some point…who knows? And look…a centaur! “Hello,” she said, returning his greeting, doing her best not to stare in curiosity. She did incline her head in respect when he was introduced. As for the actual entering of the Forbidden Forest she was ready when Professor Myers spoke up once more to get the group’s attention before he led them on. Grateful she wasn’t a first year that needed t directly trail anyone on this little adventure, the fourth year made sure she had what was needed.
Gloves…check.
Bucket…check once she moved to the nearest available one and leaned down to pick it up.
Supplies to take any notes she might want to at some point…check, check.
“Lumos,” Cass cast, lighting her wand as a safety precaution if nothing else. Then once she was sure she was all set, the Ravenclaw followed both the professor and the students who started off before her. Fire seed plants!! Of course. A plant that has flames living in the dark damp caves within the forest. Hearing Katherine’s suggestion, she had to admit, that had been kinda what she had been thinking in terms of usage for the fire seeds, Kitty apparently agreeing as well. “Maybe use them as outdoor lighting and heat, especially during chilly nights.”
Outdoor heating! Paul smiled. "I bet it'd feel nice during the winter, yes. And we could ROAST MARSHMALLOWS as Brent said!" Paul didn't remember if it was Brent or Kane who had said it; he was getting them a little confused every so often.
KANE was in his house thought >.> So he should have known! SPOILER!!: James Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora How the heck he knew what the actual full term name of a ZZ plant? He simply shrugged back at the professor. Its called a ZZ plant. End of story.
James didn't like to pick up anything when someone told him to. Besides how many ugly metal buckets were there at the front? Urgh. Having no choice at the matter, he picked one up before swinging it over his shoulder and followed the rest of the ugly metal buckets gang. Then he noticed this one first year kid wearing somekind of armour over his little body. What the-? He couldn't hold back his laughter. Man...kids these days. James gave a look back at Tim...what now? He rolled his eyes at and responded to Nat instead,"Yeah, it is. Wonder where the caves at."
Fire seeds? Easy, he would use them to make some kind of healing potion but someone already answered that. "Maybe use them as a distraction to get away. Like a decoy for escape. You throw fire seeds at your enemies." James chuckled because really that yeti answer was kind of funny. He wanted to add more to that.
OOooooh! “Interesting answer, James, do you plan on running away from any enemies any time soon? Ehhh?” he laughed. SPOILER!!: Charlie Quote:
Originally Posted by klexos24 ...Oh. So it wasn't a plant.
Charlie didn't like getting answers wrong, and she felt her cheeks get a little hot. She nodded and smiled at Professor Paul to be polite, and kept quiet after that. After all, she couldn't get any answers wrong if she wasn't talking at all. She should really keep to this way of thinking more often.
Now, though, they were going into the forest. Oh boy. The chills that ran through her contrasted nicely with the heat on her face. She made sure to slip on her gloves before going to grab one of the metal buckets, then trotted to catch up with the group. In light of the instructions to stick by someone if you were a first year, the girl trailed behind Kitty, because she was her prefect and also very nice (The shame of answering a question wrong put Professor Paul out of the running, anyhow).
Fire seed caves? Wow, Hogwarts had everything. And then, the professor asked another question: What would she use the seeds for? Charlie wasn't exactly sure, and she wasn't about to embarrass herself by answering with uncertainty again (Maybe she'd try again next class). However, she pondered the question anyway, and made sure to look like she was doing so. Hmm.... Weren't they very hot? They could be used for cooking something that needed the heat in a pinch, as opposed to taking a longer time.
Charlie considered calling out her answer, as it actually seemed quite good, but that's what she thought about the previous one. It would do her good to keep her lips sealed.
...Quiet first year! Paul smiled at her encouragingly. SPOILER!!: Blaise Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Fire seeds, huh? Well it didn't matter what they were looking for in the forest today. Only thing that really counted was the fact they could head inside at all and he could finally get a sanctioned look at some of the things that lurked within. He didn't know about anyone else, but an acromantula sighting wouldn't have been totally off the table for him. Could you imagine the story that'd make for??
The idea alone had him looking in all directions as they walked. Something had to happen, anything. This Gryffindor was certainly not picky.
That whole discussion the Professor was asking for? It went right over his head. Blaise was much too busy giving in to his curiosity where the forest was concerned. Of course he didn't stray from the group and he was keeping up as well as anyone else might have but he was gazing. No way could he really pay attention when there was potentially so much to see.
Brown eyes temporarily fell on the centaur who informed them they were heading in something of a wrong direction. It kinda reminded him of the million galleon question he asked earlier as it related to Myers being allowed to lead them through here but still no complaints here. Nope.
He saw Blaise looking around curiously, and he kind of felt happy that at least the child seemed intrigued. He supposed Blaise wasn’t much of a CHILD anymore, though. He was...a fifth year. Why did students grow up quickly? Didn’t they know he didn’t have children and therefore ALLLLLL the parental feels went semi-towards them? Downright rude. SPOILER!!: Kat Quote:
Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry Yes.... FIRE SEEDS FIRAH
She really didn't pick a group per say unless someone just grabbed her she stayed in the middle as they walked and talked. Kat though that everyone's ideas were great really. "Would the fire seeds work under water?" She wasn't surer about all of the technicalities of fire seeds or their instabilities in water. "Could you use it to warm up water.. for like a hot tub or to take a hot bath?" Frozen water wouldn't work though cause the freezing charm cools them down, or maybe the water would get to hot for that. She just liked the idea.
Hmm. “Well, I don’t think that would work, actually, and you’ll eventually know why!” he beamed, though. SPOILER!!: Colt Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin First of all when did a centaur just appear all of a sudden?
Colt jumped and took his presence in. Well they were in a forest, creatures I guess just appear when they hear movement. Colt thought centaurs were pretty cool but they could be intimidating. He heard Professor Meyer address his question and he got a chuckle for the thumbs up. He did like his energy and enthusiasm he will give him that. Typical hufflepuff that is for sure. Now onto exploring more of the forest. He had to dodge a couple of branches and almost fall flat on his face because of stupid ingrown branches in the ground. Man they were going deep aren't they?
He heard the Professor Meyer talk about the fire seeds. He remembered learning about them somewhere. He heard Meyers asking what they could use the seeds for. Some kids gave some excellent yet clever answers like hot tubs, candies and bombs. He loved the bombs answer definitely. Yeah we would agree with the others on explosives absolutely. He saw other prefects made it and he was sure the first years were fine on their own. They didn't need his help. They were with the Professor and centaur. They were more than good.
He saw Colt walking and being quiet, and honestly, he didn't mind. Perhaps Thereos was more of a distraction than he had originally anticipated.... “AaaaAAAAaaAAAND we are getting close!” Paul grinned. It had started off semi-lit in their walk...but as they kept walking, it was getting darker...and darker...until literally the ONLY lights they could see was from their wands. The sound of Thereos’ hooves on the ground was very nice to hear, to be honest, when this deep in the forest.
And they walked.
And they walked.
And Paul was very close to asking Thereos in a WHINY voice whether they were there yet when….he did see them. The caves. A pair of caves. “SOOO before we enter...I would like to go over what we will actually be DOING,” he grinned as he turned around to face them. He put his LUMOS’d wand under his chin so he resembled someone telling a scary story at a campfire. “Fire seed bushes don’t actually have leaves!” Well DUH Professor Myers! “We will be harvesting the seeds from THIS CAVE--” he pointed to the one right behind him, “And planting some in THAT cave--” and then pointed to the one next to it. “Both of these caves used to have many fire seed bushes inside--but all of the ones from that cave have been wiped out. SOOO I figured we could just...have a bit of fun practice with dealing with these plants.”
Deep breath. More directions. “Everyone LISTEN carefully to your instructions. I don’t want any burn injuries, please!” Because it was important they PAY ATTENTION or else they’d do it ALLLLL wrong. But Paul had a trick up his sleeve. “First step! Wearing gloves! Everyone should NOW put on your gloves!” Paul even did so, but he gave his wand a wave and his words began appearing in fiery letters in midair. “Before we can put the seeds in the buckets..we need to HEAT the buckets or else they’ll extinguish. There is a very specific charm that will heat your bucket for you called the Chaudensis Charm!” he grinned. “It is pronounced CHAW-DEN-SIS...and the movement is a rotation with VERY light wrist movement, do NOT move your entire arm.” Very important.” “Before we actually go IN and I give you steps. We are going to PRACTICE the charm, understand? Doing this charm even slightly wrong can be disastrous. I want you all to practice wand movement AND saying it. Not at the same time. It WILL burn you or others if you do it WRONG.” He wanted them VERY much to be aware of it. “I will be on hand if anything goes awry.” Like exploding.......buckets or something.
Now. To figure out what to do about BLAISE. "Bellaire, come here!" Paul called out. OOC: For now, we're just practicing the spell. Wand movement and words. There is time to catch up if you wanna jump in/catch up! I'm really gonna' try to move us on in 24 hours but it might be SLIIIIIGHTLY more because I've got a busy day. <3
Incantation: Chaudensis Charm (CHAW-DEN-SIS)
Wand Movement: rotation of the wrist alone
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
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