SPOILER!!: Professor Bentley
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Hera 
Seren listened intently as the students made their suggestions, guessing at what the curious 'stools were.
"Talking toadstools, no... Fly Agaric, no ........... Amantia Muscaria, no.......Poisonous, no.... Leaping, no."
And finally....
"Biting toadstools! Correct!"
Seren turned to give the 'stools an appreciative look. They really were magnificent.
"Now don't be alarmed, these toadstools - while they do feed on flesh, they don't have near enough of an appetite to take a chunk out of you. The worst injury you get is a little uncture or a scratch.... But that's why you have you dragon hide gloves with you." She eyed them all. They did remember to bring them, did they not?
"Now as your aware, toadstools are often used in potions, though we generally use caps, stems and spores, Biting toadstools offer us a different ingredient."
"Fangs!"
She waited for the reality of what was about to happen to sink in.
"Today, we will be harvesting biting toadstool fangs. But only the fangs."
After a brief pause, taking the time to make eye contact with each student, she continued, "The biting toadstool is blessed with the presense of many teeth, which you will see around the underneath rim of its cap. There are, two fangs which protrude a little further than the rest of the teeth. These are the ones we will be harvesting."
"But before we do that, you need to familiarise yourselves with a numbing charm. This will ensure the toadstools aren't in any pain when we.... so nicely yank them out."
Sort of like dentistry.
"You are to repeat the incantation after me." She paused, then flicked her wand at the board.
"Viro Torpeo", she said in a loud clear voice. "Incantation only."
"Viro Torpeo."
OOC: Practice the incantation only. We will practice the wand movement shortly before continuing with the activity.
O__________O
They were going to take the fangs OUT! Why?! That would be painful to the toadstool. Even if Kennedy didn't like the idea of touching them, he didn't agree with them being in pain. Gosh, he sounded like such a softy. He payed close attention as to what they had to do and the boy slumped his shoulders in relief. The toadstools weren't going to feel pain after all.
Softy.
Vi......WHAT?
Oh sweet mother of pudding, was that even a word...like an English word? He supposed not. Wizards had weird words, some that he couldn't even pronounce, but this was not the time for him to complain.
At first, Kennedy tried pronouncing it without looking at the blackboard.
"V-Vir...Viro...Tor..Torrrrpedo. Viro Torpedo!" Yeah, that sound right...right?
WRONG!
He reddened when he read the pronouncination on the board. N'aw man! He said wrong, the worst part was that he said it out loud. Pfft.
"Vi...ro...Tor...peo..." Hehe! It wasn't torpedo.
"Viro Torpeo." He grinned to himself when he accomplished saying the word correctly.
"Viro Torpeo. What's the name of the Charm? Viro Torpeo." Oh yeah, he knew how to say it and it made him feel cool.
Viro Torpeo.