Wrapping her robes tightly around her small frame and adjusting her scarf, Kurumi waddled towards a seat towards the front and set her things down. Her eyes glanced first at the Herbology professor who seemed to just a giant ball of sunshine - which she was sure helped all the plants in the greenhouses - before her eyes shifted to the tanks.

Nothing good ever came from tanks in the classroom...except for Chibi. He had been a pleasant surprise and she still found herself missing the dugbog from her first term.

"G-Good day, Professor Bentley," Kurumi chirped as she set her things in an organized fashion on the table.

After reading the instructions, Kurumi got out her quill and wrote her nameplate.
She then set it on her desk and continued to watch the tanks with intense non-blinking violet eyes.

Chloe was shocked when she read that Herbology would be on a ship. What the heck could that be about? Well, she knew she was about to find out. Chloe entered the ship and saw that it was atleast a classroom. As she took a closer look, she saw dark fish tanks. She acked away slowly just a bit freaked. She did not even notice the professor as she quickly took her seat before she lost her nerve. All she noticed were the instructions on the board which she followed.

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Simon had to admit after he had finally left the schooner the first time, he hadn't expected one of his return visits to be for a class. Not like he was complaining though...not at all, not at all. The sea air and gently rocking of the ship beneath his feet was quite a welcome feeling after days stuck on land. Stepping on board once more he couldn't help but take a deep breath before expertly continuing on.

"Ahoy Professor....good day!" he greeted with a polite smile as he entered the makeshift classroom area. His eyes flitting around taking in the scenery as it had been changed, the seventh year not knowing how he felt about it all but meerly taking a seat at one of the desks. "Hello Kurumi," he added with a nod at his friend before setting about to the task the professor had set before them.

Urgh it was so cold! Yes, yes, it was Helena's favourite weather, but not-so-favourite anymore when she was outside. And... the first Herbology lesson... on that creepy and weird ship? Why?

As the girl saw the new professor (well, she didn't get the chance to meet the last one), she smiled. "Hello, professor Bentley," Helena said after a quick glance at the blackboard. Then, she took a seat, somewhere close to the fish tanks, or whatever they were. Oh yes, she was so curious to see what's in there.

After studying everything around, she took the attendence card and wrote everything it was needed on it.

Ooooh, attendance cards? That meant...NEW PROFESSOR. Alex looked around and spotted the new staffer next to the chalkboard, smiling politely at her as he took a seat near the front. He grabbed a card and began to jot down his info before placing it neatly in front of him.

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Name: Alex Greingoth
House: Hufflepuff
Year: 2nd

"Good morning, Professor Bentley," Zara greeted as she read what was written on the board. She took her seat and got her ink and quill from her bag as she began to write.

Finishing, she put her quill down next to it, and waited. The two seats beside her were empty..sadly. Wonder who would sit beside her.. Hmm.

Perhaps she should have been more concerned with how cold the weather was or that this Herbology lesson was on the strange ship that she had been wondering about for several months, but Vashti was more concentrated on hoping for no human-eating plants this Herbology lesson - or rather, this whole year. She really didn't want to deal with any plants biting her hands off this time. How was she supposed to hold her books and study if her hands were all bandaged and what not? She'd fail all her exams and have to repeat this whole year over again. NOT an appealing thought.

So far, so good, it seemed, when she entered the classroom. There didn't seem to be any evil people-eating plants around, but the sheet-covered tanks didn't escape her notice. But hopefully there wouldn't be any under there either. Maybe they were nice, toothless, mouthless plants. That would be great.

Vashti gently tugged on the Ravenclaw scarf around her neck, loosening its grip slightly, as she greeted the professor with a smile. "Hello, Professor..." Her eyes drifted to the blackboard where, fortunately, the new professor's name was printed. "...Bentley," she finished before taking a seat near the front. Once she had pulled her quill out of her bag, she filled out the attendence card.

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Name: Vashti Greenwell
Year: Fifth
House: Ravenclaw

Due to the cold weather, Aiden wears Slytherin house's sweater. Her arms are crossed and her books are squeezed between her arms and chest. She steps into the schooner slowly and walk towards where the class has gathered.

"Good morning, professor," greeted Aiden with a low voice as she nods and goes to an empty desk. There, she sees an attendance card on the desk and fills it in.

Herbology. Last year Georgiana didn't took it, but this year was going to be different. Mhm, that's right. The girl walked cheerfully to the schooner to recieve the first lesson and hopefully was going to be great.
The wind blew and made her shiver but it made her feel good, better than be dying of a solar storm. Lovely weather she thought. She finally reached the schooner and looked around for a seat, but first she greeted the new professor...? uhhh....Thanks Merlin she wrote it on the board. "Good morning professor... Bentley!" she said smiling and took a seat, eyeing the mysterious tanks. The girl filled the attendance card and waited for the class to begin

Oakey made his way into the Herbology class hopefully they weren't going to learn about Snargaluff's today. Hopefully never. Good Day Professor Bentley Oakey said to the her as he passed by. He found a seat and filled out his name card that was sitting on the desk

He looked to his side and saw Zaradaniellezaragriffiths but likes to be called Zara for short. Hey long time now see Zara.

Peyton made it to class in one piece and was glad that the wind had not tipped over, although there were several times when she felt like a stray paper in the wind. She didn't like it much, but there was nothing she could do about it. As she walked in the tanks were the first things that caught her eyes. They were glowing...she liked things that glowed.

After deciding to sit in one of the front desks, the girl looked to the front of the room and greeted the professor, "Good morning, Professor Bentley," she smiled. Then, took out a piece of parchment and a quill. She saw the card and as the board stated, she wrote her name and other information on it.

Setting down her quill she looked up and laced her fingers on top of the desk. She was extremely curious as to what was inside the tanks. Would it hurt if she got a small peek? Hmm, maybe, but the professor wouldn't be too happy about it. It was best to wait.

A little cool breeze has never hurt anyone, and Eino was so excited for his first Herbology lesson, especially because it was on the ship, that he didn't realize it was chilly outside. Herbology was one of the subjects he was good at, even though he never realized it because it wasn't exactly his favorite. As Eino walked to the ship his sight was immediately directed toward the fish tanks. He rushed to see if they had any fishies in them, but as he did something else caught his attention, the light in front of the classroom. He sat in the front row just so that he could examine the light more closely and after staring at it for a few minutes he finally waved hello to the professor and read her instructions on the board.

Jim came wrapped up warm in his robes, with the scarf Mia had made him for his birthday tucked around his neck. He paused by the tanks, not touching them but taking note of the blue-green light. Right. Well. Quite deliberately he moved to the back and chose a desk that wasn't bathed in the glowing light. He eyed the other tank too and quietly dumped his book on the table, along with his feet. He leaned back in his seat and filled out the card, resting it on his knee.

He didn't mean to arrive after Sir Awesome. He hadn't been following, okay? Well, not on purpose. They were clearly headed to the same class. Either way, Treyen took his time walking over to the ship this time. And kind of wondered if crazy Lola, or Velma would be making 'BOOM' sounds if she ever came to this lesson.

"Hello Professor," he greeted, and completely smiled. A female Professor in Herbology ought to be better than Vindictus in Herbology, right? Awesome.

He took a seat, and eyed the card.

Needless to say, it took very little time to fulfill the task Bentley was asking of them. She was pretty.

Willliam rushed to the Herbalogy Class. Hw walks up the gangplank.

Name" William Montcenaggio aka William Starr
Year- 1st
Housw- Gryffindor.

Salander walked up the gangplank and paused right at the edge....

Oy! What happened to the ship?

He teetered off the plank and strode onto the deck, nodding his head at the Professor in greeting-- partly because he doesnt know her name but mostly due to the fact that he was getting a sort of weird upset from inside him that the main deck has been transformed into a classroom. Spotting Jimmyboi he strolled towards the back and slid into a seat next to the Ravenclaw, tucked his coat closer to himself and eyed the tanks suspiciously.

Those things better not mess the bloody deck.

And with a quick scribble, he filled out the card, and slapped it on the table with a sticking charm.

Kyle walked into the classroom, and looked around thinking where to take a seat...she could sit next to Simon, Sal, anyone really...well, if she sat next to Sal and Jim there was less of a chance of her blushing...but honestly, constant vigelence was a good thing right.

So to challenge herself she took a step forward, waving a quick hello to both and walked over to where Simon was sitting. She stopped, biting her lip, she looked over to Professor Bentley and waved. "Hello Professor Bentley" she smiled over to one of her new favorite Professors because after all when she had talked to her she ahd been really really nice to her. And she loved that.

She was going to do well today. Mhm. And maybe the damsel-saver was the best bet at her staying 'safe' durring the lesson. After all clumsy girls with dangerous plants didn't always mix.

"Hey Simon" she greeted as she took a seat in a near-by desk. Plopping her bag infornt of her.

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Name: Kyle Manning
Year: 7th
House: Ravenclaw

Lexi was trudging to the next class wrapped up tightly and looking like death warmed over... she was not sure what the illness was that she had contracted or whatever, but it wasn't much fun. "Good day, Professor," she called out weakly as she passed her.

Spotting Jim and Sal aboard she gave them both a POKE as she walked past and plopped down in a desk. Feh.

Jamie entered the ship with a rather solemn expression. His journey down here had been cold and miserable, so naturally, that was now his overall mood set. Why couldn't the head teacher conjure up the sun, or even some central heating? Was that out of their magical abilities? Gruuuumble. Shivering slightly under his robes, the third year approached the table, but smiled at the Professor. As ya do. "Hello, Professor." Then his expression returned glum.

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Name: Jamie Keaton
Year: 3
House: Slytherin

Finally, he had figured out how to spell his house's name. It did take a couple of days practice, though. With a sigh, Jamie sat down and looked forwards, day dreaming about all sorts of better things he could be doing with his time right now.

Why was class being held on this ship? Marie had steered clear of the thing so far and had no intentions of even getting on the thing. But then this new professor had to go and have a class on it... on the coldest day they have had so far no less.

Looking around the classroom, if that's what you could call this, she didn't see any of her she-snake friends... or Mia there yet. She did however see James sitting in the back... her favorite place to sit in class.

What to do now. Sit in the back like she always does or sit someplace else to avoid any confrontations that may happen.

Opting for her favorite part of the class she went to an empty desk in the back that was a few seats away from Jim... whom she avoided making eye contact with. This should be okay. Her friends could sit in the empty seats between them... that is if they ever get to class.

As she filled out the name card she realized she hadn't greeted the professor. Oh well, too late now. She wasn't about to shout to the front of the class, or whatever this was.

After placing the card on her desk so the professor could see it she got out a notebook, put her head in her left hand then started to doodle... to keep herself distracted.

"Morning Miss Hollingberry", replied Seren cheerfully as the first student boarded the ship. She remembered the girls wonderful cookies from the start of term feast, they were wonderful. Perhaps she should try her hand at baking... to return the lovely gesture.

Oh.. another Gryffindor, no greeting?... Seren shrugged and greeted the girl anyway. "Morning", she said welcoming the girl.

Oh now here was an enthusiastic student! Seren was very pleased with this. "Ahoy", she replied with a grin, "welcome aboard".

Aha and alas, the first non-Gryffindor student had arrived. "Morning dear", she greeted in return.

"Morning", nodded Seren returning the smile.

"Morning to you to", she said nodding to the young girl.

Seren smiled, the poor girl seemed to be a bit... wry of the class. Perhaps she was one of those students put off by Vindictus's lessons... shame Herbology was so much fun. Hopefully the girl would fee more comfortable with the subject over time. "Hello dear" she replied kindly.

"Morning, morning", responded Seren happily. It was nice to see that students were actually turning up to her first class.

Seren was pleased she hadn't forgotten to write her name up on the board- it has saved her from so many awkward situations. She smiled down at the young Slytherin girl, "Good morning".

"Master Gunter, good to see you made it"... in one piece.

"Morning dear", Seren replied, watching the girl carefully as she observed the tanks... so far so good. No students had dared to touch it...

Seren smiled as she observed one of the Ravenclaw boys waving at her from a distance. She nodded her head in greeting- generally not one for waving, unless it was really necessary.

And so he had turned up... he seemed to be distracted and.. bored? Seren decided to greet him despite his lack of manners.
"Morning Master Wilkes", she said smiling at the boy.

Ahh smiley, friendly Hufflepuffs.. Seren returned the smile.
"Morning", she said brightly. Happy students always put her in a good mood.

Well this boy was in a hurry. Seren couldn't help but smile to herself as she watched the boy rush to take his seat.
"Morning", she said to him as he passed.

Hhhmm the strong silent type?... Seren returned his nod, greeting him from a distance.

"Hello Miss Manning", replied Seren, pleased to see the Ravenclaw girl in her class. She had been so lovely in her office. "I trust you had no trouble finding what you needed from the garden and greenhouses?" she asked.

Oh this girl did not look healthy... still kudos to her for making it to the lesson.
"Morning dear", she replied sympathetically. Hopefully the gentle rocking of the boat wouldn't exasperate her illness.

"Hello", replied Seren, observing how the student shifted from a cheery mood to a ... sullen one. Hhhmm...

And yet another student who failed to greet her... Oh well. Seren wasn't the type to be easily disheartened, she could understand how the students may have been to excited or too interested in the tanks to notice her.
"Morning", she said nodding a greeting to the girl.


She checked the pendant watch hanging around her neck.. yes she would wait for a little while longer... the more students the better.

Tayla pulled her robes tighter around her as she got on to the ship. Her wavy brown hair kept hitting her face as the wind blew. She reached the main deck wishing she had tied her hair instead of letting it down.

Tayla stared at the tanks on the deck and seeing the professor, smiled at her. "Good morning Professor Bentley," she said politely, hoping the greeting didn't sound odd since this morning's weather wasn't exactly good. Tayla then moved forward and took a seat up front like she did in other classes. She saw the card Professor Bentley was referring to, took out her quill and ink, and started to write.

She put her quill down and stared at the tanks again. "I wonder what's in them..." she thought.

Depending on the spring atmosphere it is got impression the constant novelty, just approaching to stable warm summer... Professor Bentley opened Lesson Herbology, Lesson One. If it means, that whould be two at this period? Perhaps. But now Anasta is on viewing only one lesson of Herbology:
''Good day, professor Bentley, - Long time before! I am your Student: there is Anasta Liora Riddle, Slytherin house third year''.
Anasta grited presenting society alse by light nodding and prepared to begin positive effects by information from such new class as Herbology at the Hogwarts school.

Sal got a 'sup', but Jim didn't change his stance. He kept his feet up on the desk. While Jimmy had his feet up, he wasn't leaning back in the seat, it had all four legs on the ground. Safety first.

Woah. Was she alright? James raised his eyebrows in concern and then glanced at Sal.

Contagious? Was she contagious?

Marie.

Jim watched her and when he was sure she was looking at him, he mouthed 'hi', and then bit his lip before offering a tentative sort of smile.

"Morning Professor Bentley." Jim answered automatically. Well. It wasn't a bad morning. Whether it would be good or not remained to be seen and he wasn't completely confident about how this class would go... they were on a boat and he couldn't see a point to that at all.