Class was going well, Tapio thought. The students had almost all found groups of tulips that blended together well enough to be planted, and now most of them were reviewing and practicing the spells.
Wandering over to the tulips, Tapio looked the rest of them over. He'd be planting these himself after class was over. Hmm...no one had picked an orange tulip yet, had they? Tapio lifted one of the orange ones out, tucking its pot under his arm, then picked up a yellow one and a green one. Stepping behind a partition he place them in a triangle and gently touched each of their stems, listening as each of them began to trill, one after the other--brightly cheerful, happily encouraging and ... sharply veering off on a different tone!
"Oh dear," Tapio said aloud, "and those colors usually go together." As he spoke, all three tulips began rising in volume toward a loud screech. "EARMUFFS!!" Tapio called out to the class, as he grabbed his own and put them on. He then removed the offending green tulip, touching it with his wand and saying Resido!, which silenced it immediately. He then replaced it with a blue one in a somewhat lighter shade than most. The blue trill was low and calming and gradually the three tulips softened down into a pleasing chord. "Well, I guess you all know now what the earmuffs are for," he said, turning back to the class. "And that's a good demonstration of the spell to silence a Trilling Tulip--Resido--and you just touch it with you wand like you to to make it trill. Left to themselves, the tulips will stop trilling on their own after a while, but if you get a really sour chord like that, you'll want to stop it sooner.
"Now I think this would be a good time for those who are ready to follow me into Greenhouse One--see, I've connected this temporary greenhouse to number one with this covered passageway." Tapio pointed to a covered fabric-like chute leading from their classroom into the first greenhouse. "I'll show you where the new beds are, right next to the Honking Daffodils, and then you can start planting your tulips. Each group, be sure to keep your plantings separate from the other groups so the tulips don't interfere with one another. You can either use the planting spells I've taught you, or do it manually the Muggle way. You'll need your spades, gloves, and wands. You students who are working singly, if you need help carrying your tulips, see if one of your fellow students has a hand free, or I'll be glad to carry some. All right? Then let's go." Tapio picked up all three of his group of tulips and ducked down to enter the passageway, trusting that the students who were ready would follow him.
[OOC: Even though we're going IC to another greenhouse, keep all your posts in this thread, and note in your title header where you are. If you're ready to plant, go ahead with that activity--dig a hole, get your tulip out of its pot, and plant it in. When you're done, feel free to set your tulips to trilling again. Those not quite ready, feel free to practice the spells a bit or finish selecting tulips. This activity will continue through Friday, Feb. 24]
Last edited by MadAlice; 02-28-2023 at 03:53 AM.
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