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Originally Posted by 2111jen  Skyler blinked as she thought of an answer. May not be a good answer but she'd at least try.
Why are we answering his questions?
So he doesn't say anything about it
"I know they're technically not magical cats but an animagus sir," she had an idea and ran with it. Tristan listened to Skyler's answer. Though technically not an actual creature, she wasn't wrong. "Very good, Skyler. There are Witches and Wizards that are Animagi and their form is a cat or cat like creature." He nodded and turned to the next hand in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Her curiosity was getting the best of her, and that was the main reason she was staying. The other reason was that this was a class, and she couldn't just get up and walk off. As for his question... "There's kneazles," she said, her hand in the air. She could say a few facts about them, too, but he'd only asked them to list a creature.
Also...WHY was she suddenly itching like her life depending on? Seriously? She clawed at her arm a little as she sat on her hay bale. "Yes! Very good, Torii." Tristan said ever more enthusiastically. His excitedly nervous energy was getting out of hand...he really needed to calm down. In the midst of all his excitement...he hadn't noticed how much Torii was itching now. He just wanted to get going with the lesson. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Nettie had a cat. She LOVED cats. She loved all animals, really. Hopefully this meant they got to play with some cute kittens! Even if they were magical, that would be the BEST lesson ever!
She raised her hand. "The sphinx is kind of a cat, right? It's like a half woman half cat thing," she explained. And apparently they gave riddles that you had to solve, and if you didn't, they...ate you? Or something?
Something out of the corner of Nettie's eye caught her attention. She looked at Torii, raising an eyebrow. "Are you allergic to hay?" she asked her in concern. If she was, maybe she should ask the professor for alternative seating arrangements? "Very good, Nettie. A Sphinx has the head of a woman and the body of a lion." He said with an enthusiastic nod before moving on to the next student, not paying any attention to the interaction with Torii. Quote:
Originally Posted by Granger Danger Stella's eyes widened with wonder, she heard her cousin tell her about them but never seen them before. They looked so big and cuddly like a big cat that wanted cuddles in the books she read about them. Stella loved cats just as much as she loved dogs, they were so friendly and cuddly. She never seen these up close before, she only seen them in pictures and books she read. This was going to be a good lesson she could feel it!
Listening to Professor Wayland's question she raised her hand. "What about a Wampus professor? My cousin said he studied them in America." Besides all the others ones were said, that was the only one she knew of. "Very good, Stella. Your cousin would know a lot about the Wampus." Tristan said with a smile. He had gotten to spend some time with Wampi himself in his studies. They were very interesting creatures. Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin Dangerous creature? Was it a unicorn? Unicorns were rated at potentially dangerous creatures, possibly due to the difficulty in capturing them or taming them. All year Cordelia had been hoping to see a unicorn. Oh, it still wasn’t unicorns. Not even winged horses. A zouwu? What was a zouwu? From Professor Wayland’s question, Cordelia inferred that it must be some sort of magic cat. He said he was going to bring it out, and she was imagining something no larger than a golden retriever. Cats were not exactly Cordelia’s area of expertise. She could name all sorts of horses, magical and mundane, but cats? Cordelia didn’t know that much about cats. She desperately wished that they would have a lesson on unicorns or the winged horses. Unicorns and horses were her favorite. But no, this lesson was about stupid cats and she needed to think about cats instead of unicorns. ”Kneazles!” Yes, someone had already said that but she couldn’t think of any other magical cats. She had seen kneazles in the pet shop before. Did lions or tigers count? No, too mundane. So kneazles it was. That was why she was here to learn, after all. Now, when were they going to have a lesson on equine creatures? Dogs would be good too. Dogs were one of her other favorites after unicorns and horses. Not being able to keep a unicorn as a pet, Cordelia had always wanted to get a puppy but of course she had never been allowed to get one, no matter how much she pestered Lorelai Stemp on the subject. Maybe in the future they would learn about crups? Honestly Cordelia was upset that it still wasn’t unicorns. Where was her unicorn? She was too tired to deal with not unicorns today, but she was trying her best to have the appearance of showing some interest in cats. Was she allowed to cry because it wasn’t a unicorn? "Yes, very good Cordelia." Tristan said with a grin. He didn't mind repeated answers, especially from younger students. Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir There still were no clues about what sort of creature they would be studying today, but luckily Indigo's curiosity was settled almost as soon as the lesson started. A Zouwu, huh? Indigo didn't know much about that, but he did know that it was some sort of cat dragon thing, and he was actually pretty excited to see one. Other kinds of cat-like creatures though... he tried to think. The first thing he thought of was a sphinx. Someone else said that, but he decided it would be fine to elaborate on that answer. "Sphinxes are cat-like. Body of a lion, I believe, and lions are a type of big cat. Sphinxes are native to Egypt." And, if he was remembering correctly, Zouwus were native to...China? He was pretty sure that was it. "Very good, Indigo." Tristan gave him a small smile and a nod. Maybe he hadn't heard the other student with that answer, but it was alright. There really weren't tons of cat like creatures out there. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra To be working with a Zouwu certainly piqued Daisy's interest and admittedly, her nerves. She listened attentively to the other student's answers and was struggling to find an answer that hadn't been said. She adjusted herself on her haybale seat and then raised her hand. "Chimaera? It is just that they have the head of a lion." "Yes, very good, Daisy! I would count them for sure." They also had the anger of a Lion and he had a couple scars to prove it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Sitting on one of the Hay bails, next to Maddy, she was glad to be getting started. Professor Wayland definitely seemed excited for the lesson, so of course she was too. However. The word dangerous gave her a fluttering of nerves deep in her stomach. She didn't want to be killed or hurt by a dangerous creature. Trying to keep her calm, remembering that there was a very capable Professor with them, she pushed her worries aside.
Zouwus. Yes, they were dangerous. But they also looked... somewhat feline. Hanna's favourite family of animals. She listened as some of the other cat-like creatures were listed off. They were all suggestions she knew, and the only other suggestion she could think of...
Raising her hand Hanna said, "The Griffin has the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion." So it had... cat-like body parts. "Yes, very good, Hanna." Tristan said with a nod. His students knew their creatures, which made him very proud of them. Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Tina was only partly listening to her classmates' answers. Mostly she was taking her time to mentally prepare for the zouwu, but she also tried to come up with her own answer. Hmm... a cat-like magical creature? One thing came to mind, a creature near and dear to Tina's heart - a crrature she was surprised nonody had mentioned. Her hand shot into the air. "The matagot looks like a big black cat," said Tina, "and when it leaves the wizarding world, it takes the form of a regular cat." Tristan raised his eyebrows at that one. "That is a very good answer. Matagots are extremely interesting creatures and I hope we can have a lesson about them one day. Good answer, Tina." He gave her an encouraging grin before moving on to the next student. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger The wink had only teased a grin out of Stasya, even as she wasn’t entirely sure what had caused it. Aside from the fact it seemed that nobody else had inquired about the phoenix aside from herself, or maybe it was that Professor Wayland had expected her to ask about the bird. Either way, she honestly had been curious about the answer to the question, and knowing Ash was doing well made her feel good. “Maybe I’ll have to pay him a visit the next time I come down to the barns,” she replied, still smiling even as she trailed off when the lesson had begun.
“Manticores are part-lion, but they’re capable of human speech and sentience, probably because of their human heads,” she offered instead. “Their skin repels most known charms too, which might make them even more dangerous than just because of their venomous tails.” Not that she was particularly scared by the idea. Manticores were just creatures like every other, after all. Even unicorns could be dangerous if they needed to be. "Anytime." Tristan said with a smile. Ash enjoyed visitors as much as any of the other creatures. Though he was a little more snobbish than the others and his preferences.
BUT back to the lesson! Tristan listened to her answer, nodding along. "Very good, Stasya. Manticores are particularly dangerous." He had only encountered one and he didn't want to encounter another. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Feline creatures. That was...well...wow. Glancing at Natalie out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but feel like they had just come full circle. First lesson of their first year had been kneazles...and he had blown up a litter box and got feces all over her. Now, in their seventh year, they were revisiting felines and on a much larger scale. Maybe...maybe this could be an almost symbolic sort of restart? He wanted to think that way at least. Maybe this time they could do things right by one another. "Reminds me of our first year," he whispered to her as a few of their classmates mentioned kneazles. But soon his hand was up to offer up a different answer of his own. "The nundu," he spoke confidently. "Native to East Africa and an incredibly powerful and beautiful feline creature...stronger than a dragon when it comes to magical resistance really...seeing how many wands it takes to effectively subdue them and their poisonous breath."
Tristan nodded at the head boy with a hint of a smile at his lips. "Very good, Derfael. Nundu are probably the most dangerous magical creature in the world." And he would never bring one here that was for certain. That would be a theoretical lesson for sure, not a practical. Quote:
Originally Posted by Malachi Malachi listens to everyone else as he sits as the professor had asked then starts thinking, he doesn’t know many real mythical cat creatures but he does know folklore. "In Japan they have this thing called a Bakeneko, they’re cat Yōkai or demons/ghosts. They look like cats but you can’t hear them walking, when you pet them they’re very static electricity, their eyes also change according to the time of day." That was one he hadn't heard of before. "Very interesting, Malachi. I believe that is actually a mythical creature, but you never know, it could be based on another creature." Tristan said with a nod and an encouraging smile. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lottiepot The Professor started talking about a creature he was only vaguely familiar with however the words ‘potentially dangerous’ definitely stuck out to him and his ears pricked up and interest sparked. Caolan didn’t mind cats, they weren’t his favourite but he certainly didn’t dislike him but the thought of getting to experience a potentially dangerous cat was pretty awesome. As for the question he could think of a lot of cats that weren’t magical but trying to think of one that was magical and hadn’t been mentioned by his peers was a little more difficult. He’d heard of kneazles and the Wampus. He couldn’t think of anything else and so he remained quiet for fear of saying something stupid.
Silent was better than getting something really wrong, right? Tristan hadn't even noticed that Caolan made his way into class. How odd. Maybe he was just so nervous about this lesson going well that he missed the young man entering. Oh well! It seemed as if he didn't have an answer anyway. Tristan smiled and moved on to the next hand in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir At the question, Abra paused to think, sitting quietly as answers were given around him, before eventually raising his own hand. "A Kelpie could be catlike, as they can take any form?" he said, phrasing it as a question as he knew it wasn't exactly the kind of answer Wayland was looking for. But, you know, worth a shot. His other idea was 'a cat', but that wasn't necessarily magical. Tristan raised an eyebrow, "I mean...you're not wrong. They can take any form, they just generally prefer being a horse. So, sure! Creative answer, Abra!" He gave the boy a wink before turning to the next student. Quote:
Originally Posted by WhittyBitty Oh, so they would be working with cats today?
That should be interesting. Madison liked cats and she liked dogs, though of course she had never interacted with a zouwu before and had NO idea how that would go. Generally the idea would scare her at least a little, but she knew that there was no way that Professor Wayland would put them in danger. So everything should be okay.
Annnnnd someone had said nundu, which would have been her first reply. And all the OTHER kinds of cat-like magical creatures that she would have thought of had also been mentioned. Darn. Not really having anything else to add, Madison instead stayed silent and took note of what the others had to say. Maddie didn't seem to have an answer, but most of them have already been given anyway. He didn't blame her for not wanting to repeat another answer. He gave her a grin and moved to the next student. Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick shook his head ready to pay attention to the lesson. He would learn about, A DANGEROUS CAT?!? Why? He just needed tame. He sighed rubbing his shoulder again. He wondered if they would be okay. I mean I’m the history books Draco Malloy nearly got bitten by a hippogriff so he figured anything was possible.
“A wolf... oh wait that’s a dog. Sorry. Ignore me.” Patrick blushed. It was so unlike him to mishear a question and answer t completely wrong. He rubbed his shoulder and prayed Professor Wayland would over look his answer. Patrick was reallllllly off his game today wasn't he? Why was he so self-conscious? "No problem, Patrick." Tristan said with a nod and a reassuring smile. Tristan looked around the semi-circle making sure that every student that wanted to answer had before he moved on. "Very good and creative answers, everyone. There are so many interesting cat like magical and non-magical creatures in the world, discovered or not, we could probably talk about them forever." He said with a grin.
"Now," he paused looking around the room, "Before I go on and on about the specifics of the Zouwu, I have one more question for you." He took a deep breath and paced in front of the semi-circle for a moment, before stopping near the blackboard.
"What are some ways of capturing a Zouwu’s attention?" This would question would give some very fun and interesting answers he was sure.
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