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Marina García Massey
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Adrian García Massey
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Landon Alfie Renaldi
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SPOILER!!: mellamaet Quote:
Originally Posted by mellamaet  At Professor June's remarks, Serena flushed scarlet. She wasn't trying to manhandle the vine, it wasn't her fault it was stubborn! And she did try to be gentle. But, at the very least, at least her vine didn't attempt to absorb her, like Violet's did.
Shaking off her terrible luck with the evil vines, Serena focused on Professor June's question. She raised her hand and answered "It depends on which vine, Professor, and at what stage." She felt proud, her neighbor loved growing plants and flowers, and fortunately for Serena, she also loved talking about said vines whenever they would bump into another "Most newly planted vines require a fair bit of watering, as they need the moisture from the soil. In terms of sunlight meanwhile, most vines are fine with either full sunlight, or partial exposure to the sun, but some variations require full sunlight, or only certain amounts of sunlight." Unfortunately, she had never really listened to Mrs. Hernandez in depth, so she couldn't remember any of the types of vines that the elderly woman prattled on about during their many chats about her plants. ]
June nodded with a soft smile, "Right you are, Miss Anders. Take two points"
SPOILER!!: astrocat Quote:
Originally Posted by astrocat Ashley surreptitiously stuck her hand into her pocket. She had gotten a fair amount of vines with only one gash, and she felt that was something to be proud of. Ignoring her slightly bleeding hand, she decided to focus on the question. "Uh, well I guess vines need light and a thing to climb on. Like a wall or a tree. Because the reason they climb on things is because- wait my wand is made of vine -where were we? Oh yeah, um they climb on stuff because they want light but they don't want to spend energy." That seemed like a good answer to her.
June was quick to notice that movement though, and she found herself raising a brow at the girl, "everything alright, Miss Fox?" she asked - eying that hand that went into that pocket of hers.
SPOILER!!: DaniDiNarDOOM Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNarDOOM She was done? "Oh!" The little girl was all set to grin and let the professor know she was welcome for the help but when she turned to look at Professor Flamsteed, all she saw was disappointment and....
The corner?
But...but why? What was in the corner? Why couldn't she touch any more plants today? Confused, Emmerson went to a table to place the secateurs down then over to the corner the woman had indicated. Emm blinked a few times over at her, green eyes silently questioning what just happened.
Timidly, the 11 year old lifted her hand. If she was standing in the corner and not meant to touch anything, was she still allowed to answer?
"They're always in jungles with other trees they can climb up on--can I come see the plants later?"
Or was she banned for...like....EVER??
June was still hurt over what Miss Cambridge had done. Had she not been clear in her instructions? Dry leaves and wayward branches? So, yes, the corner thing was going to stay at least until the end of the lesson.
Nonetheless, when the young girl offered an answer, June gave her a small nod, "maybe - if you promise to actually follow directions"
SPOILER!!: CruppieMom89 Quote:
Originally Posted by CruppieMom89 Ivy grinned when the professor praised her work. Oh good! She was doing something right! As she finished untangling the vines, removing the glass, and repairing the windows around where she worked, she dusted off her gloved hands on her robes and turned her attention back tot he Professor who was now asking question. She was still learning about Herbology, but she’d learned a lot about plants at her Muggle school, so she thought she could take a pretty decent stab at this one. ”Well, vines aren’t like people. They don’t stop getting bigger. They just grow and grow and grow until they run out of room or they die. So, they’d need good soil with lots of nutrients, maybe where there are lots of other vegetation or critters because when things die, they go into the ground which is part of how the stuff plants need gets there. Um... also they’d need space - up, down, sideways - wherever. Plants also have to have water and sunlight for photosynthesis! So vines would need those too!”
Yeah, that seemed like an actually intelligent answer for once!
"Very good, Taylor. A very vital thing for them is space, they need a lot of it" June nodded with a smile.
SPOILER!!: FatefulLeader19 Quote:
Originally Posted by FatefulLeader19 Claudine sent Flamsteed a smile in acknowledgement of the compliment. Really, it was tough work but at least she had been lucky enough to be working on vines that weren’t too stubborn. Still, the Slytherin was sort of relieved when they were moving.
Types of environment for vines to thrive? She thought a bit then raised a hand. “An environment where there are objects for the vines to climb as they grow would be useful,’’ Claudine volunteered. And 'objects' didn't necessarily refer to just trees.
"YES" June smiled wider. She loved it when her students picked on the obvious. Because sometimes the obvious is certainly the most important thing. "Take a point, Miss Blaze"
SPOILER!!: Bizzariana Quote:
Originally Posted by Bizzariana Professor Flamsteed was wrong (no offense). Not that Kinsay would say that to her. She wasn’t brave enough for that. But it wasn’t about the vines not trusting Kinsay! It was about Kinsay not trusting the vines! This distrust is what made it so hard to relax. So she continued to battle them for dominance and as a result entirely missed the awful thing that happened to her best friend.
It also meant that Kinsay was stuck in a tangle of vines, even as they moved on to the next question. One that she could only think of answering with the basic stuff like water and sunlight. Mostly everyone else had already said that stuff though so she decided to stay quiet. This time around she wouldn’t be asking any questions of her own because they always got ignored.
......
Except when one of the older Slytherin’s mentioned the need for objects to climb… Kizzy’s hand shot into the air before she even had time to think about it. ”Can vines grow on people?” It was a question half born from curiosity, and half from concern. Aka, would the vines that had tangled her stay like that FOREVER?!
…. Was she a plant now?
Oh dear.
June watched as the girl continued to battle the vines. Sigh. Another one to not really listen. Maybe with time she'd understand. June shook her head at her next question as she waved her wand to get the vines off the girl, "they can't grow on people, but they can easily wrap themselves around them - and in some cases consume the person entirely" she offered before moving on.
SPOILER!!: MadAlice Quote:
Originally Posted by MadAlice "I was humming to them to try to coax them off the window," Violet explained as Professor June came over and started to try to get some of the vines off of her. "They seemed to like it, because they let me tug them right off, but then they wanted to find something else to climb on and I didn't have anything handy. So they started curling around me. I guess they liked the humming a little too much," Violet finished sheepishly. "Is there a trellis or something they could climb on instead? I think they'd come off if they had somewhere else to go."
June offered the young girl a small smile, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. "You did well, Miss Blackthorne - now let me help you," she offered before helping the vines off of her as well. She had purposely introduced them to vines which wouldn't hurt them. So the brunette wasn't really worried.
"Yes, there is one - and I will be bringing it out in a bit"
SPOILER!!: MadMummyMalfoy Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMummyMalfoy Heath was so busy trying to soothe the wriggling vine that he didn't notice Professor Flamsteed's smile. He had barely enough time to get the window repaired before they moved on to the second question. He thought for several moments. It appeared that the kind of environment a vine needed would vary with the type of vine, but someone already pointed that out. All the other things he thought of - water, light, good soil, a safe place to climb ( as in not on broken glass shards) had been said too. Now what could he say?
As he racked his brains for something new to add, his thoughts turned to the tall vine he'd helped earlier, the one that seemed to like showtunes… or maybe it wasn't the song it responded to. What if it responded to him because he treated it with kindness? Was that something that made a good environment for vines, a place where they'd be loved and cared for? Maybe they were like humans in that way… Or not. There were plenty of vines that grew just fine in the wild, so that was probably wrong. And even so, there was no way in Hoth that he was saying that answer out loud! He shook his head, unable to believe he'd come up with something that sappy!
After a lot of careful consideration, Heath remembered something he read in the textbook, and his hand went up. "Some vines, like grapevines for example, are prone to mildew and fungus, so they need an environment with good air circulation."
"A very good point, Mr Jones," June nodded, as she moved toward the tool closet to bring out the trellis as she had told Miss Blackthorne.
SPOILER!!: TakemeTrickorTreating Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemeTrickorTreating Cecelia smiled a bit sheepishly when the Professor intervened, watching as the woman handled the vine with WAY more ease than she had. "They're like creatures that way, then." It made sense you had to earn their trust, she supposed. They were living things, after all. "Promise I'll keep that in mind for next time." She crossed her heart and everything.
Shaking off the minor fail that was her vine handling skills, Cecelia couldn't help but notice that Emmerson had been made to stand in the corner, which was-well, it was embarrassing, wasn't it? And Cece couldn't help but feel bad for Emm, who looked pretty confused about her current position. Wondering if she could help somehow, the fourth year looked between the younger girl and the professor, thinking.
"It's probably helpful if the vines have lots of room to grow? So maybe somewhere spacious. Somewhere safe, too. Ideally without broken glass." That much she'd learned just a few minutes ago. Also.. "Professor, I wouldn't mind if Emm worked with me on whatever we do next. If that's okay, I mean."
Miss Summer's answer was correct and even more was her offer to stick with Miss Cambridge, "if you think you can make sure she doesn't do anything to hurt more of my plants, by all means"
June was still very very hurt, okay?
SPOILER!!: Daydreamer11 Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Naya kept working on untangling the vines. It was hard work, but she kept at it. She had just finished freeing another vine from a broken window when the professor said it was time to move on. Naya quickly aimed a “Reparo” at the broken window, fixing it just in time.
Turning her attention to the professor, Naya listened to the question that was posed. A good environment for vines to grow? After thinking about it for a moment, she raised her hand. “I think most vines need to grow in soil that is well drained. The roots need to breathe and like Heath said, they need air circulating around them.....so the water needs to keep flowing down into the soil and away from the roots.” As soon as Naya stopped talking, she wondered her answer sounded right. In her head it made sense but... when she said it out loud.....not so much.
"Right you are as well, Miss Lindsay" Pulling out the trellis next - the brunette pushed it to the middle of the room.
SPOILER!!: Nordic Witch Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch Cole was grateful for the compliment from Professor Flamsteed on how he handled the hard task of untanging vines. Not everyone was as fortunate. He felt bad for Emmerson and Cece. Cole refocused on the vines he was working with, freeing the last vine from an extra pointy glass shard. "Reparo!" he mumbled as he casted the spell to repair the last window.
Glad that they we're moving on Cole took a few moments to consider his answer. He didn't want to repeat other peoples answers. Raising his hand eventually he said "All though water is important you shouldn't water too often and in the mornings if i remember right? Vines also need a very big space to grow on and it's also pertinent that the soil is nutrious. You should put composted earth around the vine plant for good growing potential."
"Mhm," These kids were just really brilliant when they actually tried, did they know?
SPOILER!!: LilFox06 Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Valencia considered for a moment before raising her hand. "They really only need something to climb. The amount of sunlight and water varies." Just like it does for other plants.
Making sure the trellis was set just right, June took a step back and turned to look at Miss Phillips when she spoke, "Right you are, and that is why I brought this in" she said before turning to address the entire class.
"Alright, everybody, look over here" June stated, calling for everyone's attention. "This is a trellis - a simple structure but can do wonders for these vines"
"All these vines you have so wonderfully untangled need a new place and this will be it" she said before retrieving her wand. "Now, we are going to attempt a simple spell to help them"
"Vinea Cito" she said before repeating it with a clear breakdown, "Vee-Nee-A --See-Tou" Simple enough, yeah?
"Now, watch me closely - " she said, moving toward the vine she had untangled in the beginning - "pointing your wand at the vine, cast the spell" she further stated, before doing exactly that - and then without breaking eye contact and still with a pointed wand, she started guiding the vine toward the trellis. With almost snake like movement, the vine moved and climbed onto the structure - but only in the direction June was guiding it toward.
Once satisfied with where the vine had found its home, she turned back to the kids, "Easy enough?" she smiled, "Okay, your turn"
OOC: Thank you for sticking with me so far! This is the main activity! June will be walking around and will be available for anyone in need or questions. You can have the vines react the way you want as well. As always, have fun, guys!
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