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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sophia Svensson #556B2F
Fourth Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kenneth Mills #666F26
Hufflepuff
Second Year
Games & Sports

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Gabriel Hawthorne-Melo #47316F
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SPOILER!!: replies!

SPOILER!!: Blaze
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Her absolute favourite class.

It was one of the reasons Claudine was usually early to them. And though she missed Williamson a lot, she was grateful that Paszek had agreed to let her continue tending to the Hogwarts creatures. Even if Paszek overseeing her at first had been irritating. "Hi, Professor,'' the girl greeted brightly. Immediately her gaze roved around, checking out the aquariums.

Wow. So much life in said aquariums! Claudine was delighted to see it all. More than ever, she was eager for the lesson to get started. But for now? She'd just ignore the rest of the world and admire those clown fishes.
Mia was not at all surprised that Claudine was among the first to arrive today. While she was always cautious with letting students she didn't know tend to the creatures, especially the birds, it hadn't taken long for her to see that Miss Blaze knew what she was doing. And, as always, she was glad the seventh year made it to class today. It was always nice when the students were enthusiastic about learning. "Good to see you, Miss Blaze," she replied with a smile as she moved from one aquarium to another.

SPOILER!!: Summers

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Cece was a big fan of creatures, mostly because she knew whatever they’d be doing in class would be interesting and, more often than not, hands-on. Plus magical creatures were kind of epic. She liked knowing how to interact with them.

”Hello Professor,” The seventh year greeted cheerfully. The aquariums were cool. She’d been to a huge aquarium once that housed all sorts of interesting creatures that she’d wanted so bad to get a better look at, so seeing the smaller tanks was exciting.

”Hey Claudine.” Cece stood by her fellow seventh year, waiting for things to get going.

Another seventh year. "Hello, Miss Summers," she said. Hopefully all the students would be as cheerful as these first ones.


SPOILER!!: Gellar

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Aquariums were soooo pretty, and V was delighted to see a bunch of 'em when she skipped over to Creatures class for today. She still managed to stumble over Professor Paszek's name, and so it was totally just PROFESSOR P to her.

"Good day, Professor!" she said in a content enough tone, eyeing Claudine and the other older girl she saw always talking to EVERYONE. Cecelia Summers, right? V eyed HER, too, but only because she had told Claudine hi.

It was unfortunate none of her friends were here yet -__-
Skipping, that was a good sign that somebody was excited. Skipping to class, that is, not skipping class. Still, while today's subjects were safe in their aquariums, another day might have some creatures who would be spooked by the activity. "Good afternoon, Miss Gellar," she aid. "I don't want to spoil the fun, but let's walk in the paddock, alright?"

SPOILER!!: Nam #1

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Care of Magical Creatures usually put a little pep to Evan's step, as he made his way down towards the paddocks. He spotted all the aquariums and was instantly intrigued at what they would be studying today. There was a lot of different creatures of note to be studying just one. Maybe they were studying creature ecosystems as a whole? That could certainly be interesting.

Evan reached the small gathering of his peers, adjusting his bag over his shoulder as he continued to look at each aquarium with curiosity. He even forgot to actually give greetings to those around whom he would have recognized and wanted to be polite to. Though on instinct, he did call a soft, "Hello, Professor."
This Ravenclaw was a quiet one. It was a good trait to have when handling most creatures, so she gave him a smile and a nod in response to his greeting. She was glad to see Mr. Nam and the others excited about the aquariums, each in their own way.
SPOILER!!: The James Sisters

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Kinsay was way curious, so she stuck her whole face up to one of the aquarium tanks and tap, tap, tapped against it, trying to get the attention of all the critters inside. Especially the clown fish. She liked those best upon first judgement. She would've stuck a finger or two inside as well, but then Professor P walked by and Kins didn't like trouble. So. She'd have to try again later maybe.

"Hi, Professor," she offered a polite sort of smile in greeting. It was nice not to have Professor Williamson anymore. It meant Kins could come to class and not hate her professor on behalf of her best friend. "I used to have a pet fish once, but she's dead now." ... Did fish go to heaven? Or did fish bodies just decompose in the ground? These were the important questions Kiz hoped they'd be learning how to answer today.

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"We'll just get you a new fish, if you want one. But then Dad will have to take care of that pet too," Phoebe gave Kizzy a side-squeeze as she popped up next to her younger sister in the horseshoe. This was cool... all sorts of sea creatures, and MAYBE they'd get to pet a fish?!?

"Hello, Professor Paszek," Phoebe waved at the professor, but her attention was most definitely on the aquariums. One way or another, she was definitely getting her hands on a fish.
Mia didn't see Kinsay tapping the glass, or she would have asked her to stop. She gave the fourth year a smile of greeting which quickly transitioned to one of confusion. "I'm...sorry to hear that, Miss James. I, uh, I hope she didn't suffer." Pet deaths were sad, they were part of the family. And...not knowing how long ago this pet fish died? Um...right, she gave Kinsay a reassuring smile.

And then the older sister arrived, and Professor Paszek's smile transitioned yet again, this time to a relieved smile. "I hope you both enjoy today's class," she said, moving on.

SPOILER!!: Baltazar-Dos Santos

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The first thing Serena noticed when she arrived for her next lesson was the aquariums. And then V. And Claudine. She waved at the latter and went to stand next to V. "'Sup, V Gellar."

That's when she heard Kinsay say she had a fish once. "I flushed a fish down the toilet once," Serena shared to the group. Hi.

Oh. "Hello, professor."

And here it came, thanks to Serena... she should have expected the fish-flushing comment. "Welcome, Miss Baltazar-Dos Santos," Mia said firmly, not addressing the comment. She hoped they could all move on from the dead fish topic. The fish in these aquariums were alive, and hopefully would stay alive for the duration of the lesson!
SPOILER!!: Nichols

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Magical creatures!! Valentina was excited as she made her way down for the lesson. It was her faaavourite - mostly because it was one of the few subjects she was rather good at.

"Hello, professor." The blonde greeted with a bright smile, immediately noticing the aquariums. Woow. She moved a little closer to them, walking slowly, curiously looking at the creatures and plants inside. Her eyes widened when she saw the clown fish. They were so cute!!
Maybe it was the juxtaposition of student enthusiasm to the less enthusiastic weather, but Mia's day got brighter (not literally) with every student who arrived. She smiled brightly right back at Valentina. "Good afternoon, Miss Nichols. You look excited about today's topic," she commented.

SPOILER!!: Flamsteed

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He knew it was unfair to still be scrutinizing the professor's every move, but change was hard and Professor Williamson had been one of the handful of adults here at Hogwarts Atlas had felt comfortable with and like he could maybe kind of sort of talk to openly about things. So, you know, this was a big change and having to started from ground zero with a person was rough. Especially when you were a teenager.

That being said...the usual serene to indifferent expression typically worn by the Gryffindor whenever he arrived to a Care of Magical Creatures lesson faltered and faded into the giddiest sorts of grins when he saw what was on display. THIS WAS IN HIS WHEELEHOUSE! Second only to insects, aquatic friends were something he knew a fair bit about - even if he still struggled with the tongue twister of a name that was anemone.

...anemone-ne-anem-menemone-anemone...anemone-ne-anem-menemone-anemone...anemone-ne-anem-menemone-anemone...

"Hiya, professor," he greeted with a slightly uncharacteristic cheer as of late, and not because of his reservations about warming up to Professor Paszek, while coming to a stop beside Valentina. "Did you know that corals are actually animals and not plants?"

It was a question for Valentina and not the professor, of course.
She smiled as one of the Flamsteed twins, the one with the tarantula, greeted her with enthusiasm. "Hello to you, too, Mr. Flamsteed," she said, attempting not to chuckle as he asked his fellow student about corals. If it had been directed at her, she would have said of course. One of the safer animals, too, as there was usually no biting involved in caring for them.

SPOILER!!: Donovan
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Dahlia reached the paddocks with a bounce in her step and her usual bright smile. There was no reason for her to be anything but happy. This was her top class along with Herbology. Her favorite. She was never not ready for being around creatures and learning everything and anything she possibly could about them.

"Good afternoon, professor. It looks like we have a whole lot of new visitors for today's lesson," Lia commented the moment she laid eyes upon all of the different aquariums. "Will they all be remaining here for a bit after the lesson or returning to wherever they came from?" Yup, she already had questions. Depending on the answers to these would depend on if she had followup questions or not.

For now she was just going to checkout each aquarium for a minute. Don't mind her while she unlike most everyone else, watched the hermit crabs. They needed some attention too.
And another of her barn helpers had arrived! Mia smiled at the young Ravenclaw. "Good afternoon, Miss Donovan," she said calmly. They did have lots of visitors. Many more than she wanted to care for on a regular basis. "They'll be going home later this week."

SPOILER!!: Luck
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Adam liked creatures. He liked Professor Paszek. He wasn't picky, really, but so far he was liking the new professor and her classes. He'd liked Williamson of course, but he'd also always intimidated him.

And now she was putting aquariums of WATER in front of them? With all sorts of fun thingamamobs in there?! Adam was physically having to open and close his fists to stop himself from plunging his hand straight into the water.

Good luck getting Adam to focus on ANYTHING else at the moment. Whoops.
Mia smiled her welcome for Adam. She wasn't one to press, if students, didn't want to go for a verbal greeting. It was nice, sure, to have all the students say hello as they arrived, but she understood. Sometimes it was nice to just observe. Hopefully he was just saving his energy to contribute later.

SPOILER!!: Jones

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Heath couldn’t help but note the gloomy weather as he made his way to the Creatures paddock. He hoped it wouldn’t turn rainy during the lesson! As that thought occurred to him, he recalled that jarvey lesson from his third year… the horrible weather, the lack of magic, and… his heart skipped a beat as his thoughts turned to meeting Claudine in the kitchen later that day. He shook his head, willing himself not to focus too much on that memory, not now anyway. There was a lesson that needed his attention!

As he approached, his eyes were immediately drawn to the aquariums. Probably safe to assume that they were covering aquatic creatures today. He watched, smiling slightly, as a clownfish swam by. He became so absorbed in that little fish that he nearly forgot to greet the professor! “Good afternoon, Professor Paszek,” he said, acknowledging the woman with a polite nod.

Finally tearing his eyes away from the little fish, he found a spot to stand with Claudine and Cece. “Hi,” he greeted the two fellow seventh years.
Was this another one more interested in a silent entrance? No? Mia smiled when Heath remembered to greet her. "Good afternoon, Mr. Jones, glad to see today's creatures are so distracting," she said jokingly. Really, who could blame him? With the variety of life in these aquariums, one could spend hours looking in there. Watching the swimming and the scuttling and whatever the sea anemones were doing. Swaying? Swaying.

SPOILER!!: Nam #2

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AQUARIUMS?!? Ooooh!

Lisa’s eyes were wide in awe as she glanced around the room. She liked sea creatures. She had always thought sea creatures and the ocean was so cool. The perfect place for a pirate other than space because space pirate would have been a dope profession!!

Hi Professaur!” she greeted, feeling normally like her bouncy self. She’d gone through the weird motions enough and was determined to just ignore said feelings (cause that was healthy) so happy Lisa had re-emerged. Plus Serena and her were good and things weren’t weird so goooood.

She made her way over to V and Serena with a smile on her lips. “Sup chicas.
Oh, she really wanted to react to the professaur. Like a dinosaur. But, class was not the time for jokes. And she needed her hands, so she couldn't pretend to be a T. Rex. Much as she'd have enjoyed (and likely the students, too) the gimmick. Mia smiled widely at the young Ravenclaw instead. "Hi, Miss Nam," she said simply. Maybe she'd save the dinosaur jokes for the next class. Or for when she actually got old.



Alright, that seemed to be...everyone, or most of them, at least. Having tested the temperature of all the aquariums, Mia returned to her stool at the front and smiled, waiting a moment to see if the students would settle on their own. Just a moment, though.

"Okee-dokee, everyone, welcome to class, I hope you've remembered your protective gloves, dragonhide or otherwise,” she said. “As you can see, we’ve got several aquariums set up. I’d like you all to gather around, but please, please, please keep your hands to yourself, and that means out of the aquariums.”

She paused for any of them not already within view of an aquarium to move to where they could see. “So...Tell me, what’s in the aquariums? What do you see, or, what do you not see that you might expect?” She paused, then added. ”Why do you think these plants and creatures are grouped together?”


ooc: Okay everybody! Class has started now, so if you post your character arriving after this, they'll be late and Professor Paszek will be annoyed! First question is up. Feel free to answer any or all of the questions, and be creative! There was a blurb in the first post about what’s in the aquariums. You’ll have about 22-24 hours until we move on.
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