Paul turned around to walk backwards in order to reply to Oliver.
“Fireworks are often a use that fire seeds actually go towards!” he grinned. He tripped over a tree root and almost fell, so he quickly turned back around.
Well.
Not doing that again!
“Well, once the seeds are harvested, they are less likely to randomly combust. And they make explosions increase TENFOLD...which is why they’d be a good addition to magical fireworks.” He grinned.
YEP! Paul nodded.
“You’re correct! Very good, Natalia!” he grinned.
“They’re very good fire enhancers, to be honest.”
Paul smirked as he heard Katy’s answer and threw a thumbs up into the air. “That was a VERY GOOD ANSWER, Katy! I LOVE IT. Creative thinking! Do we have a future environmental ministry worker?” he grinned. “A point to YOU!”
Paul grinned at the first year. “Yes, they are! Very good, Etta,” he chuckled. He couldn’t see them, he was still walking, but he knew their voices...for the most part. He might get Juno and Esme mixed up, though...but yeah. They were twins, and that was different.
HA! Paul laughed and turned his head over his shoulder. “Brent, yeah?” he laughed more. “I like THAT idea, m’boy!” because who didn’t like roasted marshmallows?
AHHH!
Paul went, “WHOOOOPS!” and followed Thereos’ directions. And THAT RIGHT THERE is why he asked Thereos to accompany them, thank MERLIN! “Thank you so much, Thereos!” he grinned.
Awww. Paul thought this was such a cute answer. He chuckled. “Ahhh, yes, perhaps, Olivia…” he chuckled.
….well then.
Paul actually turned around again to see which first year had said it--because yes, he KNEW it was a first year. Hmm. A new little Slytherin, Slate, right? Slytherin Slate. “...You’re not WRONG.” Pfffft. Cue unimpressed look.
Before he turned back around, he saw Jonas being quiet, and he wondered if the boy had nothing to add? Paul sent him a smile to encourage him.
Another quiet one! Paul managed to smile at her too---tripped slightly, and figured he should get the hang of the backward walking thing many teachers could do while leading a class.
………”Charlotte, you like Thereos more than me?” he teased her, and he cracked up before stopping, looking around for a moment, and then continuing on.
He thought he had heard something >.>
A drink? Paul chuckled. “A fiery DRINK?” and then of course Hattie had a logical response, and he was even more amused. “Like... I think I know what you mean, Skylar, but..” he grinned. “And yes, Hattie, that’d be correct!”
Paul nodded at Janelle. “Very good, Janelle!” He thought he had read that somewhere, too. Only certain poisons, though.
Paul turned and smiled at Katherine. “Yes, yes indeed. Just would have to find a way to contain them so no one accidentally touches them or anything.” Probably wouldn’t be that hard, though.
A quiet one! Paul didn’t mind quiet as long as they were paying attention!
And nothing from Henry, either? Paul wanted some more answers here!
(But really it was okay.)
SILENCE FROM ROONEY BRONWYN WAS VERY SHOCKING. WOW. It was lucky that Paul heard Kitty speak or he would have commented on it.
“Stylish, too, if you can decorate whatever you use to encase them,” he grinned. “Interesting, Kitty.”
Heh, Paul smirked. “That sounds quite nice.” And then he decided he’d move on before he said...something.
Ahem.
Professor here. PROFESSOR.
Paul made and OOOOOHHH sound. “Spicy CHOCOLATE. I LOVE it, Olivia!” he chortled. If anyone could make that work, it’d probably be her, too.
Heh. “Wow, Junia, yes, grand idea that is!” Paul had never run into a yeti ever before in his life, and he definitely wanted to keep it that way, thanks. He also wasn’t a huge fan of the cold. Or snow.
It was lucky they lived in Italy but most times Paul experienced the harsh weather that was SCOTLAND since he taught at bloody HOGWARTS.
Another quiet one, and that was okay!
OOooooh! “Interesting answer, James, do you plan on running away from any enemies any time soon? Ehhh?” he laughed.
...Quiet first year! Paul smiled at her encouragingly.
He saw Blaise looking around curiously, and he kind of felt happy that at least the child seemed intrigued. He supposed Blaise wasn’t much of a CHILD anymore, though. He was...a fifth year. Why did students grow up quickly? Didn’t they know he didn’t have children and therefore ALLLLLL the parental feels went semi-towards them? Downright rude.
Hmm.
“Well, I don’t think that would work, actually, and you’ll eventually know why!” he beamed, though.
He saw Colt walking and being quiet, and honestly, he didn't mind. Perhaps Thereos was more of a distraction than he had originally anticipated....
“AaaaAAAAaaAAAND we are getting close!” Paul grinned. It had started off semi-lit in their walk...but as they kept walking, it was getting darker...and darker...until literally the ONLY lights they could see was from their wands. The sound of Thereos’ hooves on the ground was very nice to hear, to be honest, when this deep in the forest.
And they walked.
And they
walked.
And Paul was very close to asking Thereos in a WHINY voice whether they were there yet when….he did see them. The caves. A pair of caves.
“SOOO before we enter...I would like to go over what we will actually be DOING,” he grinned as he turned around to face them. He put his LUMOS’d wand under his chin so he resembled someone telling a scary story at a campfire.
“Fire seed bushes don’t actually have leaves!” Well DUH Professor Myers!
“We will be harvesting the seeds from THIS CAVE--” he pointed to the one right behind him,
“And planting some in THAT cave--” and then pointed to the one next to it.
“Both of these caves used to have many fire seed bushes inside--but all of the ones from that cave have been wiped out. SOOO I figured we could just...have a bit of fun practice with dealing with these plants.”
Deep breath. More directions.
“Everyone LISTEN carefully to your instructions. I don’t want any burn injuries, please!” Because it was important they PAY ATTENTION or else they’d do it ALLLLL wrong. But Paul had a trick up his sleeve.
“First step! Wearing gloves! Everyone should NOW put on your gloves!” Paul even did so, but he gave his wand a wave and his words began appearing in fiery letters in midair.
“Before we can put the seeds in the buckets..we need to HEAT the buckets or else they’ll extinguish. There is a very specific charm that will heat your bucket for you called the Chaudensis Charm!” he grinned.
“It is pronounced CHAW-DEN-SIS...and the movement is a rotation with VERY light wrist movement, do NOT move your entire arm.” Very important.” “Before we actually go IN and I give you steps. We are going to PRACTICE the charm, understand? Doing this charm even slightly wrong can be disastrous. I want you all to practice wand movement AND saying it. Not at the same time. It WILL burn you or others if you do it WRONG.” He wanted them VERY much to be aware of it.
“I will be on hand if anything goes awry.” Like exploding.......buckets or something.
Now. To figure out what to do about BLAISE.
"Bellaire, come here!" Paul called out.
OOC: For now, we're just practicing the spell. Wand movement and words. There is time to catch up if you wanna jump in/catch up! I'm really gonna' try to move us on in 24 hours but it might be SLIIIIIGHTLY more because I've got a busy day. <3
Incantation: Chaudensis Charm (CHAW-DEN-SIS)
Wand Movement: rotation of the wrist alone