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The benches around the paddock are arranged in a semi-circle fashion, with spaces in between rows for mats. The idea is for students to sit on the mats and use the benches as desks - you'll need them. A chalkboard stands in front of the benches, with simply, "Care of Magical Creatures," written across the top. To one side of the chalkboard sits a tall birdcage, with a small, blue speckled bird inside. On the other side of the chalkboard, stands a nervous, but excited and smiling, Professor Roman.
OOC:First: Sorry for not posting an announcement.
Second: This lesson takes place the first week of September, so will by all means be considered the first CoMC lesson of the term. Mainly, because Roman will get the chance to MEET your characters, and your characters can react to, and meet, HER.
Please have your character come over and take a seat on a mat. Remember the rules. The lesson will officially start around 3:00pm EST / 8:00pm GMT Tuesday, October 1st. Remember that Professor Roman is standing in front of the class, even if she's not online to interact with your characters at that moment.
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Sky had been silent during the debate. You know, because she pretty much liked the way that creatures were dealt with currently. Plus, it wasn't like she was interested in creatures, beyond ridding the world of dementors. Yes, she still had plans to pursue that. Not to mention being afraid she would lose control of her mouth, and that never ended well.
And she was staying silent for this question too. Because everyone was repeating everyone and she didn't really feel like repeating Alice. Nothing against her or anything, just didn't want to parrot her.
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"I wonder what rating Wizardkind would have." Was all West said on the subject of Ministry ratings. Because he knew them, but they'd been said so.... yeah.
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So this class was moving way too fast, with all the note taking and stuff. And all of them were already mentioned. Except for West's question, "I think it various depending on the wizard mentioned... like some of them can be XXXXX.. like Voldermort and some of the death eaters.. died in wool killers." And most hufflepuffs could be X or XX.. yet she was not going to say that as that was Stereotyping.
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Another one that she knew. It was nice actually knowing an answer to something instead of just taking notes. She actually enjoyed answering the questions in this class because it meant that they were not messing with some kind of beast. Hannah was never too fond of that.
The sixth year raised her hand. "The ministry classifies them by X's. I know that one X pretty much stands for boriiiing." Pause. "Those beasts do not have any risks." Come to think of it Hannah would love nothing more than to have to deal with those creatures that were deemed harmless.
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Ella listened quietly, scribbling down the different classifications for the heck of it. She knew them well enough but she didn't want to look like she wasn't paying attention because she was. The blonde set down her quill when she was finished and looked up again, thoughtful.
"The Basilisk is sort of an interesting case because it is definitely a known wizard killer but certain people who posses the ability to speak to it could control it." Not that they'd necessarily be keeping it for help on a farm or anything but still. It was something to think about. Maybe.
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Penelope had simply decided to listen during the debate, not because she didn't have thoughts or opinions and didn't want them heard, just because...well she didn't feel like talking right then. Listening had been a little more interesting. Just watching how some people handled the idea of debating and stuff like that was interesting.
But now they were moving on and talking about classifications. Most everyone had covered what they were and meant, but something Toby said caught her attention. Bringing up some of the special classifications reminded her of another. So her hand went up to offer an answer too. "There's also the Golden Snidget. It's classified with four X's, but only because it's endangered, not dangerous." And speaking of those things, it'd be cool to see one, yeah? They were used as the "snitch" before the snitch was created, so it'd be cool to see something that used to be a part of Quidditch.
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OOOH this one was easy. Caleb's hand shot in the air in excitement. "There's one to five X's used to classify magical creatures. One X basically means they couldn't really hurt you if they tried, and the five X rating is like, the worst and means they could easily kill you in the blink of an eye," he said with a head nod.
It was a bit harsh, but whatever.
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You know what Ascanius was really good at in classes as a whole? Silence. Yeah. He rocked that.
So that was what he was going to do right now because everyone else was answering and repeating the same information wouldn't help anyone. S'like he was just gonna sit here and listen. 'Sides, this class was kind of interesting, yeah?
And also, why did they follow the Ministry's classification. And since there were different ministries around the world did that mean that every region of the world classified creatures differently? Things to puzzle.
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Nerida decided to stay silent in the debate having a "aunt" who worked in the Creatures department at the ministry she knew a lot about those and was quite fine with where they were no need to change them the Ministry knew what they were doing when they assigned those ratings. Right? Plus she didn't really mind the whole rating of creatures, they were creatures they were going to do what they wanted anyways... Which is why the ratings were there in the first place.
Plus it sounded like everyone was starting to repeat and repeat and repeat everybody and Nerida did not repeat anyone unless needed. Instead she looked around and saw several other people chose to keep their mouths shut as well.
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There had been a lot of debating earlier going on around Wade's ears as he duly took notes on the matter. Sure, the classifications on each creature was fascinating enough to invoke thoughts of how they should be.. But he kept his silence, all and all, the same concept still applied that they needed to be handled with respect.
The classifications were a breeze to Wade when they moved on to that next, as he fully knew how the Ministry classified them and the differences between the number of X's applied to them. Most of everyone said it already, so there was no need for him to repeat.
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"I wonder what rating Wizardkind would have." Was all West said on the subject of Ministry ratings. Because he knew them, but they'd been said so.... yeah.
Now THAT was a pretty good question. It got Sophie to thinking, at least. Her first thought was that a brand new rating should be added to the list:
XXXXXX - Really AWESOME
But then her thoughts steered completely, and she came up with something new instead. "The thing about Wizardkind is that our actions are controlled by our own personal choices," she said. "We can make ourselves an X or XXXXX. Most creatures act by their natural instinct, which is something I don't think they can control themselves."
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So beast classifications now? Easy. But for now, Kat just listened to the answers and nodded. They were right, some of them. She wasn't sure about the other answers but maybe that's just because she didn't KNOW their classifications. She wasn't exactly that good in Care of Magical Creatures so maybe, yeah she needed a bit more of studying for NEWTs this term.
But anyway, she needed to say something. Kat raised her hand. "Quintapeds are also classified as XXXXX. They're also known as Hairy MacBoons." It was a funny name, though, so Kat bit her tongue in attempt not to giggle.
Hairy MacBoon. HEHE.
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"My next question is also to find out how much you know about Creatures in general. So, what are the Ministry of Magic Classifications for beasts? And what does each level mean?"
Care of Magical Creatures was always one interesting subject, just like Herbology, no matter who the Professor was. They both dealt with the subject of other living matter aside from humans so of course, Beezus was listening, taking notes, basically allowing herself to get sucked in to the discussion at hand.
Classifications for Magical Creatures, eh? She'd memorized that when she was in her first year so her hand was up in the air. "The Ministry uses the capital letter X for the categories, maa'm. X, XX, XXX and so on. In ascending order, the classifications are the following: Boring, Harmless, Competent wizards should cope, Dangerous and the fifth category, Impossible to train or domesticate."
Beezus could only chuckle when a certain Slytherin wondered aloud what classification wizards themselves would fall into. Yeah, exactly. Now she was wondering the same thing. After all, humans fell into the Kingdom Animalia.
The Hufflepuff raised his hand again, looking all eager before he looked around at those who had answered West's question, particularly the girl (Gryffindor, if Tobias recalled correctly) who'd said it depended on the person.
"I reckon if wizardkind got a rating it would be one to cover every single wizard, especially if that's what magical creatures have to have. 'Cause individual creatures can be different to each other but they all have to be lumped in together," he pointed out. "I'd give wizards the highest rating. Even higher than that maybe, because wizards can be dangerous. Going by history books, wizards have done way worse than any creature."
Not NOW though of course, because now everything was okay and everyone was totally awesome and nice to each other. But animals didn't get that kind of reprieve in their ratings so why should wizards?
There. Done. Now he could go back to being quiet and avoid any arguments and negative vibes.
Right?
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The Hufflepuff raised his hand again, looking all eager before he looked around at those who had answered West's question, particularly the girl (Gryffindor, if Tobias recalled correctly) who'd said it depended on the person.
"I reckon if wizardkind got a rating it would be one to cover every single wizard, especially if that's what magical creatures have to have. 'Cause individual creatures can be different to each other but they all have to be lumped in together," he pointed out. "I'd give wizards the highest rating. Even higher than that maybe, because wizards can be dangerous. Going by history books, wizards have done way worse than any creature."
Not NOW though of course, because now everything was okay and everyone was totally awesome and nice to each other. But animals didn't get that kind of reprieve in their ratings so why should wizards?
There. Done. Now he could go back to being quiet and avoid any arguments and negative vibes.
Right?
Tora nodded her head in agreement. "If Wizards were beasts and given their own rating they would be something like XXXXXXXXXX because we mess up a ton of stuff. We're not only dangerous to ourselves, but we're dangerous to other things too. And Muggles would probably have 9 Xs instead of 10 like Wizards because they can't use magic." she contributed to the conversation. "Oh and Squibs would be 9 and a half because they know about magic" she continued on.
She smiled at the Hufflepuff, though he looked as if he didn't want to talk.
Tora nodded her head in agreement. "If Wizards were beasts and given their own rating they would be something like XXXXXXXXXX because we mess up a ton of stuff. We're not only dangerous to ourselves, but we're dangerous to other things too. And Muggles would probably have 9 Xs instead of 10 like Wizards because they can't use magic." she contributed to the conversation. "Oh and Squibs would be 9 and a half because they know about magic," she continued on.
She smiled at the Hufflepuff, though he looked as if he didn't want to talk.
Adrienne didn't actually have a problem with much of anything Tora said, she just felt like disagreeing with people. It was quite fun, really. She was a naturally disagreeable person, after all, so she was just complying with her nature. "If anything, I'd say muggles are more dangerous than wizards," she argued, and then rapidly tried to think up an argument to go with it. Hmmm... ad libbing time. "After all, we understand a lot more than they do, and although we have magic we also don't have like... guns and stuff, and we don't have bombs that can blow up whole cities. I'd say that in their ignorance, they actually cause a lot more destruction." Also, they were impossible to reason with. When she'd been just a wee kid and tried to explain that she was a witch who was going to learn how to do magic to her then-best friend, she'd adamantly disbelieved her and then, when shown proof, hit her and ran away in fear. That's what had sparked Maman to finally give her 'the Talk' about muggles and all.
She didn't think the professor understood what she said, so she sneaked a comment in before answering the latest question. "I know that they could be beings if they wanted to, but I don't see why we had to allow them to be classified as "beasts" in the first place. Because they didn't want to be compared to vampires, now anyone reading the book would see the XXXXX beside them. I think that might create stereotypes, because centaurs are civilized and it is not really fair to say that they are all very dangerous and need to be approached with great care. Centaurs and merpeople can easily just think of themselves as beasts if they want, but I don't see why that should get in the way of official labels." Raven didn't even get why they were so offended to be compared to vampires. Now instead they were compared to giant evil snakes and spiders.
But back to the latest question the professor had asked. She didn't know if you were allowed to read from a textbook, but she decided to try. Pulling the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them from her backpack, she opened up to page xxii and began reading:
XXXXX Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate
When she finished, she said "I don't think it is fair to call a creature boring." Just saying.
This child received a harsh look. "We have moved on. As I said, if you want to continue this discussion, ask questions, what have you, come to my office in your own free time and I'll be happy to discuss it with you. As for now, please answer only the current questions." Points will be deducted next time.
However, she gave a thorough, though directly from the textbook, answer.
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Aha! Tag at least knew two of the classifications to two creatures. Thanks to himself. He wouldn't mention which creatures, leprechaun and unicorn but he would answer the classification of those.
"Professor I know that XXX means a competent wizard should be able to cope. And XXXX means the creature is dangerous." Tag was rather proud that he knew that right from the back of his head. All those other classifications- eh, his classmates could answer those. "Which means..." Tag started again, clearing his throat now, "That the ministry has classified this leprechaun and unicorn right here as XXXXXXX" He concluded pointing at himself and smirking. That classification wasn't even written down. That's how dangerous he was.
This....what right here? Professor Roman laughed softly. "In that case, Tag, I don't believe you're permitted in class without proper safety measures taken." She wasn't sure why he felt the need to classify himself as two creatures and give himself such an extreme rating, but she couldn't deny that it was amusing.
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This was now a question which only had so many answers, and everyone else was saying them before Tobias could even think of the answer. Eventually, though, he raised his hand and gave SOME input. Because he'd been quiet for ages.
"Some creatures can't really fit perfectly into the ratings, though," Toby pointed out when there was a gap in students giving their input. "Like phoenixes and merpeople and centaurs and unicorns are all rated XXXX but not because they're dangerous. It's more about respecting them, or like with phoenixes where you can just rarely find a domesticated one?"
Was that too much? Tobias felt a little bit like he was making up for not speaking earlier. Also, he wondered if he was meant to say his name first, but it was a bit too late now, oops.
"Ah, but don't forget that merpeople and centaurs actually can be quite dangerous. They tend to lash out to extreme measures when provoked. As for phoenixes and unicorns, that's more under the reason that they are hard to domesticate, as you said." He was a bright young boy.
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Lookit, they were discussing classification now. She didn't really know all the animals that fell wherever they fell, just the more important ones. And by important, we mean the vicious ones. Everything else was probably just an X anyway. Anything not bearing fangs and the ability to rip you apart was boring. Lex raised her hand. "XXXXX refers to those creatures that have been known to kill wizards and you can't domesticate them." LIES!! ALL LIES!!!
There were so many little pretties that she wanted but NO, gotta go labelling them with 'X's!! Just imagine the discrimination that'll come with the X. NO ONE will wanna cuddle them. The love will be lost and she'll be told she can't have one. Rubbish.
"They say you can't truly domesticate a dragon Professor, how true is that?...and acromantula's have five 'X's too meaning they can't be domesticated but....didn't that guy keep one in the forest? Aragog, I think its name was? It never ate him. They were friends til he died. They're plenty smart, they simply choose not to play nice but can't they?"
"It is very true, Alexa," Professor Roman answered with a nod of her head, "Although you can train a dragon, and acromantulas have been known to take loyalty to a single witch or wizard, they will still fall back on their natural dangerous instinct. They can even turn against those that trained or," she airquoted the next, "'trained', in the case of the acromantula, them. You never really know how your training will hold up, and if the creature might suddenly turn against you."
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"I wonder what rating Wizardkind would have." Was all West said on the subject of Ministry ratings. Because he knew them, but they'd been said so.... yeah.
Professor Roman was really taking a liking to West. He was inquisitive and thought outside the box. However, that the thought occurred to him of a rating for Wizarding, although completely brilliant, she had to admit was also slightly disturbing and for lack of better word - creepy.
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Ella listened quietly, scribbling down the different classifications for the heck of it. She knew them well enough but she didn't want to look like she wasn't paying attention because she was. The blonde set down her quill when she was finished and looked up again, thoughtful.
"The Basilisk is sort of an interesting case because it is definitely a known wizard killer but certain people who posses the ability to speak to it could control it." Not that they'd necessarily be keeping it for help on a farm or anything but still. It was something to think about. Maybe.
Roman smiled, "Yes, but I would think it would fall under the same circumstance as an acromantula, as I was telling Alexa. You never know if a basilisk might suddenly turn against they who have been controlling it. Also, being a parseltongue does not necessarily mean that you will be able to control a basilisk, even from an egg, in the first place."
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Penelope had simply decided to listen during the debate, not because she didn't have thoughts or opinions and didn't want them heard, just because...well she didn't feel like talking right then. Listening had been a little more interesting. Just watching how some people handled the idea of debating and stuff like that was interesting.
But now they were moving on and talking about classifications. Most everyone had covered what they were and meant, but something Toby said caught her attention. Bringing up some of the special classifications reminded her of another. So her hand went up to offer an answer too. "There's also the Golden Snidget. It's classified with four X's, but only because it's endangered, not dangerous." And speaking of those things, it'd be cool to see one, yeah? They were used as the "snitch" before the snitch was created, so it'd be cool to see something that used to be a part of Quidditch.
Her class was just full of bright, inquisitive minds, wasn't it? "You are exactly right. I'm not quite sure what the Ministry was thinking with classifying that, as I'd think they'd rate them based solely on the creature and their habits." Yet, they didn't seem to do that with the snidget. "Perhaps the idea was to keep people away from them, through misinformation about its temperament, to keep them well protected." It was a thought, one that could lead to more discussion, of which they simply didn't have time for in class today...
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So this class was moving way too fast, with all the note taking and stuff. And all of them were already mentioned. Except for West's question, "I think it various depending on the wizard mentioned... like some of them can be XXXXX.. like Voldermort and some of the death eaters.. died in wool killers." And most hufflepuffs could be X or XX.. yet she was not going to say that as that was Stereotyping.
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Now THAT was a pretty good question. It got Sophie to thinking, at least. Her first thought was that a brand new rating should be added to the list:
XXXXXX - Really AWESOME
But then her thoughts steered completely, and she came up with something new instead. "The thing about Wizardkind is that our actions are controlled by our own personal choices," she said. "We can make ourselves an X or XXXXX. Most creatures act by their natural instinct, which is something I don't think they can control themselves."
So maybe Wizardkind was:
X - XXXXX, meaning all of the above.
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Oooooh. OOOOOH. TOBIAS HAD AN OPINION!
The Hufflepuff raised his hand again, looking all eager before he looked around at those who had answered West's question, particularly the girl (Gryffindor, if Tobias recalled correctly) who'd said it depended on the person.
"I reckon if wizardkind got a rating it would be one to cover every single wizard, especially if that's what magical creatures have to have. 'Cause individual creatures can be different to each other but they all have to be lumped in together," he pointed out. "I'd give wizards the highest rating. Even higher than that maybe, because wizards can be dangerous. Going by history books, wizards have done way worse than any creature."
Not NOW though of course, because now everything was okay and everyone was totally awesome and nice to each other. But animals didn't get that kind of reprieve in their ratings so why should wizards?
There. Done. Now he could go back to being quiet and avoid any arguments and negative vibes.
Right?
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Tora nodded her head in agreement. "If Wizards were beasts and given their own rating they would be something like XXXXXXXXXX because we mess up a ton of stuff. We're not only dangerous to ourselves, but we're dangerous to other things too. And Muggles would probably have 9 Xs instead of 10 like Wizards because they can't use magic." she contributed to the conversation. "Oh and Squibs would be 9 and a half because they know about magic" she continued on.
She smiled at the Hufflepuff, though he looked as if he didn't want to talk.
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Adrienne didn't actually have a problem with much of anything Tora said, she just felt like disagreeing with people. It was quite fun, really. She was a naturally disagreeable person, after all, so she was just complying with her nature. "If anything, I'd say muggles are more dangerous than wizards," she argued, and then rapidly tried to think up an argument to go with it. Hmmm... ad libbing time. "After all, we understand a lot more than they do, and although we have magic we also don't have like... guns and stuff, and we don't have bombs that can blow up whole cities. I'd say that in their ignorance, they actually cause a lot more destruction." Also, they were impossible to reason with. When she'd been just a wee kid and tried to explain that she was a witch who was going to learn how to do magic to her then-best friend, she'd adamantly disbelieved her and then, when shown proof, hit her and ran away in fear. That's what had sparked Maman to finally give her 'the Talk' about muggles and all.
...As could the discussion on giving Wizardkind a rating. Professor Roman's eyes travelled among the students who commented on West. "As interesting as it would be to hear all your opinions on the matter, I'm afraid of falling too far behind in the lesson. Please, no more discussions in class. Feel free to talk among yourselves afterwards." Points would be taken next time.
Professor Roman wrote on the board while everyone re-settled.
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Care of Magical Creatures
Beast: A creature who cannot participate in lawmaking or understanding laws of Wizardkind, or are of extreme brutal nature.
Ministry of Magic Classifications:
X.................Boring
XX...............Harmless / May be domesticated
XXX.............Competent wizard should cope
XXXX...........Dangerous / requires specialist knowledge / skilled wizard may handle
XXXXX.........Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate
She turned back to the class, "For today's lesson, we'll be learning about this little guy right here," she nodded at the bird in the cage. "This, as some of you may have suspected, is a Jobberknoll. They have a classification of two X's, as they're really quite friendly. We are fortunate enough that I have a connection with a Jobberknoll specialist who sent me this one. It's fortunate because he is very, very old, though he may not look it. I'm hoping, as morbid as that sounds, he'll pass in this very class and we can all bare witness to his scream.
Jobberknolls are known for being completely silent birds until the moment of their death. Then, they release what we call a 'scream' of sorts, of every sound they've ever heard, played backward. Most likely, you're going to hear exactly what you've all just said through the bird's beak.
Remember, death is a part of life and it is well near his time to go. We have not done anything to further along this process and it would happen anyway and in a sense, we are all extremely lucky to be able to witness it.
Before that happens, though, I'd like you all to please sketch the Jobberknoll. Just black ink, with as much detail as you can. If you need or want to come closer to the cage to get a better look, you may. You can color your picture in later, but for now I just want you to have your own variation of what it looks like. You won't be judged or graded on your artistry." With those instructions, Professor Roman stepped aside to give them plenty of space to gather around the birdcage.
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That...was probably a really good point. Like...if you had a baby dragon that grew big and decided to roast you one day, the most you'd be able to do is choose your flavour of barbecue sauce for afterward. Unless he didn't eat you which would kinda be a waste when you think about it. Might as well had let her live.
Lex nodded her understanding and listened to the basilisk bit as well. Same as with a dragon huh? Ungrateful things they were.
She looked to the bird, the Jobberknoll. There was a whole bunch of them dying a few terms back. They made the loudest noise ever dying together the way they did. Lex gave it a curious look. "You said you wanted it dying this class Professor? What if it doesn't? What if he's one of those really resilient creatures that decide they aren't ready to go? Will we have to sit here for the whole class hoping her croaks? Isn't there a way to guarantee it?" She DID say it was apart of life and it was just about his time to go. No funny looks please, she was being legit. No need to chance it deciding to live another week. You never know how those things work.
while waiting on a response she pulled a sheet of parchment from her bag and made her way closer to the cage. Time to try her hand at this sketching thing.
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Lucky to witness the bird die? Adi thought differently. "Poor bird,'' he thought but he knew very well that it was inevitable. He followed the other students to get closer to the cage to get a better look.
It was rather pretty bird. Poor thing.
And they had to sketch! Adi made a face. He was quite terrible at that, but he'd give it his best shot. Standing next to Alexa with a pencil poised over parchment he had taken with him when he headed for the cage, he studied the Jobberknoll before beginning the sketch.
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Ella tilted her head and eyed the one in the cage curiously, a small smile playing on her lips. She wanted to know more, get closer even so that she might observe it properly but then she heard what Professor Roman was saying and her green eyes widened considerably. So...so she was going to have to witness the bird dying today? Or maybe today but still. The thought made the blonde's heart drop into her stomach and she felt a bit ill.
She'd heard a Jobberknoll scream before, y'know. Several, actually. Back when Professor Newlin had taught here. Oakey had been there too. Right in the barn. She'd been the one who had to break the news to Newlin and she was the one who still remembered the look on her face. It had been bad. Just...really bad.
Sinking down a bit in her seat, the blonde pulled some parchment towards her and stared at it blankly for a minute or two, lost in thought. She then very distractedly began to sketch.
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WAIT... She wanted them to hear it scream by watching it die? This was not okay with Minerva whether it was doing it on it's own or not. She didn't want to see anything die. What was with this school and death? Was it a ritual that you had to have a certain number of seen deaths to graduate? Well the seventh year had seen two near deaths that ended up deaths after they were drug away. The last term well he didn't really die, but still close enough. No this was not okay.
Sighing she wondered if she could just leave and looked around. No she was going to have to stay and finish this class she just wouldn't look at it when it died. No that would be to hard. She looked down and began to start drawing the Jobberknoll. Well this could be your moment to shine before the end she sighed.
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Scribble... scribble... scrib--
... Wait... WHAT?!
Alec's head shot up to look at the Professor, his eyes widening and his mouth hanging open slightly. The Jobberknoll was going to pass away? His eyes flew over towards the bird in the cage and... he frowned. This did not sound great. Nope. Even if this was part of the life cycle, as Roman had said. It was good that nothing had been done to nudge this process along. He was... quite a bit happy about that part.
Did he want to go up for a closer look? YEAH! The Hufflepuff took out a spare piece of parchment before heading over towards the bird in the cage. He sat there for a while, somewhere near Candy Girl, just staring at the bird. It was... sad, actually. Did the bird know? And were they allowed to pet it? Hold it? Just care for it one last time?
Frowning some more, he bent his head and started sketching.
Yikes. Adrienne stopped talking pretty quickly after that, because Roman looked pretty annoyed when someone kept commenting on previous discussions and she really didn’t want points taken off on her behalf in her very first Care of Magical Creatures class. But now they were drawing, ugh. Adrienne was not exactly the most artistic person out there, though she wasn’t a complete failure at art, either. She was more interested in hearing what the Jobberknoll had to say when it died. Did it say everything really quickly? Or was it normal length? In which case, how long would its scream be? Did it actually say the sounds backwards, or one at a time, just in opposite chronological order? She really did hope it died in this class so she could hear.
Adrienne raised her hand as she got out her parchment and quill. “How long do they usually live?” she asked, hoping to get an answer to her previous wondering as to how long the scream would actually take. And then she stayed where she was, but shifted her position on the mat somewhat so she had a better view of the bird, then began sketching. Within just a few minutes, she’d already managed to get frustrated and ended up with a huge inkblot in the middle of her drawing. Sigh.
He didn't care if the jobberknoll was 'well near its time to go'. He loved animals and didn't want to think about them dying, let alone have to sit there and watch it happen. Hear it happen. Death was one of those things that Tobias hated thinking about because even though he KNEW you could always find a bright side to everything, he just wasn't able to do it in this situation.
What Tobias WANTED to point out was that, although they hadn't like helped it die or anything, the poor jobberknoll might spend the rest of its life in a cage in a place it doesn't know surrounded by PEOPLE it doesn't know.
But he didn't want to say anything, because he didn't trust himself to. And he decided to stay back, because getting closer might mean getting attached. Instead, Tobias kept his face COMPLETELY neutral and bowed his head over his notes, hiding his face as he sketched the bird.
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Sarah listened and took notes. Of course she knew that it was a Jobberknoll, and she knew all about it. Of course it was morbid to hope that something was going to die. Yet, Sarah reasoned that if it would die at least its death would be educational.
"What if it died an unnatural death? Like someone killed it, would it still do that?" Not that she was advocating that, "I mean like for surveilance. One can plant a jobberknoll nearby their subject and when its time to get the information they needed they can kill it and get what they need. I am not advocating that at all... just in theory" Just making it clear and all. Sarah did not want Jobberknolls to die or something.
Meanwhile she took a closer look at the bird before starting her drawing.
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