Bella was piling the firewood and trying to remember how her uncle had showed her to do it, when Evan came over and joined her at her pit. Looking up she smiled at him. "Hi, cool! Evan, do you want to do the honours in lighting the fire? I've already collected a lot of firewood." Looking at the wood she stood up from her sitting position and went off to collect more wood. Professor Paszeck had after all not specified how much wood they need.

While she worked together with Evan to stack and collect wood they were joined by Evan's sister Lisa. "Hi!" Bella mouthed in passing to the younger girl which showed her approval. Then Evan thankfully took her up on her offer and lit their fire, which was right in time too when Professor Paszcek continued the lesson. It was nice to stand in the warmth that emanated from the fire. Raising her hand she said "My grandma has huge trouble with flesh-eating slugs that are eating their way through her vegetable patch at home. I guess they are called pests because they multiply quickly, are hard to repel and cause a lot of damage to both property and slugs in my example ruin crops of food and vegetables." It felt good to give an answer that she hadn't heard anyone of her peers say.

Pests were definitley annoying and destructive Bella hummed to herself as she warmed her hands against the fire that still remained in her groups pit. Ashwinders were the creature for today, oh well fire-crabs they might meet next time. Raising her hand to answer Bella said "Pests in general not just ashwinder eggs can be useful as some have said as ingredients in potions and similiar. I guess they might be able to be used as a diversion too in a battle if you want to flee the scence and release a cage of angry pixies in the opponents direction so you can get away." She took a moment to think before she continued. "We can use repellants i guess to keep our homes and vegetable patches safe."

Originally Posted by Waddles

"Very soon, some Ashwinders will be coming out of your fires, and looking for a nice corner in the maze to lay their eggs in," she said. "We'll be gathering the eggs to be used in potions, so you'll all need to find the eggs before they catch fire, and freeze them." She summoned a box of jars from the corner and pulled one out. "Glacius works well, and then they can go in these jars for safekeeping. Remember--the eggs are very hot, don't try to handle them before you've used the freezing charm."

Mia looked around, the fires looked to be in about the right state. "Go ahead and collect some jars. You can share Ashwinders if you'd like, but please keep an eye out in case there's one unattended. Let's try not to burn down the paddock!"

Even before the professor stopped talking, the first Ashwinder slithered from the remnants of her fire and into the maze. While she finished giving instructions, more Ashwinders began emerging from the fires, winding with determination into the maze. It was egg-laying time and they all needed to find nice cozy corners.

OOC: Okay! The main activity is here. Harvesting Ashwinder eggs. They'll need to

1. Collect a jar (they're cold)
2. Find/follow an Ashwinder(s) in the maze
3. When it lays its eggs, freeze them and jar them

I'll be playing Ashwinders for you to interact with You'll have about 3 days.