SPOILER!!: Professor
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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.
Adam couldn't help but staring at the toadstools in front of him for a moment...they had fangs? The toadstools had fangs on them and they were going to try and take them....well...this was certainly going to be a new experience for him. Adam made a note in his notebook about the name of the plants, their fangs, and the little note that they wouldn't be hungry enough to take a chunk out of them. That was definitely reassuring.
And they would be a learning a numbing charm which made Adam feel even more reassured.
Clearing his throat slightly Adam gave the pronunciation of the incantation a go.
"Viro Torpeo," Adam said, the words coming out much smoother and more naturally than he had been expecting. Well maybe this wouldn't be so bad...