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badger_boy_93 · 08-01-2025, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

The last thing Marcus expected to have happen as he walked along the ground floor corridor from the greenhouses in search of some fresh tea from the kitchens was a student approaching him in haste speaking a monsterous plant with vines attacking the Hufflepuff Common Room and its inhabitants. But there he was hearing the tale anyway, and the concern in the young woman was enough to confirm it wasn’t any sort of prank. Almost unconsciously the herbology professor vanished his mug back to his office and hurried on in the direction he had been heading albeit past the warm, inviting domain of the house elves and into whatever truly awaited them. With access granted him as professor and the sixth year girl moving with him the barrels opened up to a scene that brought him up short once inside.

What in Merlin’s beard?

Wand in hand and ready to defend albeit not too high to appear as a threat, Professor Cole surveyed the scene moving carefully and taking in carnage already present, the severed limbs and scorch marks alluding to what the students had already tried against the moving limbs. Fire and cutting. And apparently regenerating limbs as none of the vines he was seeing remained cut so the fire seemed like the best bet. “Where did this come from?” he asked the students. His mind was already trying to dig through the knowledge that made up his field to try and pick out what they were dealing with and how to handle the situation. Wasn’t a mass of tentacles trying to squeeze you to death like Devil’s Snare…or spiked with students the worse for wear like it was Venoumous Tentacula.

Xerxes walked back into the Common Room, wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead, but stopped in his tracks when he saw two other Professors by the fire and the squashy armchairs.

Xerxes heard Professor Cole ask about the plants so he walked over to explain. "Hello Professor. I can tell you a little bit about the plants. They are.....or I guess they were Nyle's plants. He had them at the Start of Term feast. They were in two small pots. They were only wee little things, barely tiny green tufts of foliage sticking out of the dirt. But then Nyle brought them to the Indoor Garden and they well, really took off. I came into the Garden a few weeks back they are really shot up, overgrowing into everything and even knocking over a bench. I ran to get Nyle, sir. But he assertively assured me that there was nothing to worry about. I should have listened to my gut and gone to fetch a teacher, but Nyle is my friend and he knows WAY more about Herbology than me.......so I just believed him. Then when the plants started attacking people, that's how I knew that we ought to head into the Indoor Garden and attack the plants at their source: namely those pots."

Xerxes said all this very fast and needed to take a large breath of fresh air afterward. He hoped that by explaining it all plainly that he could shed some light on the situation. He really didn't wanna get Nyle into trouble, but there was no denying the truth. Plus, someone was sure to figure out they were Nyle's plants soon anyhow. Why draw out the inevitable?

08-01-2025, 11:08 PM	#27 (permalink)
badger_boy_93 Gnome Join Date: Apr 2025 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 316 Hogwarts RPG Name: Xerxes Cadwallader Hufflepuff Third Year	Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline The last thing Marcus expected to have happen as he walked along the ground floor corridor from the greenhouses in search of some fresh tea from the kitchens was a student approaching him in haste speaking a monsterous plant with vines attacking the Hufflepuff Common Room and its inhabitants. But there he was hearing the tale anyway, and the concern in the young woman was enough to confirm it wasn’t any sort of prank. Almost unconsciously the herbology professor vanished his mug back to his office and hurried on in the direction he had been heading albeit past the warm, inviting domain of the house elves and into whatever truly awaited them. With access granted him as professor and the sixth year girl moving with him the barrels opened up to a scene that brought him up short once inside. What in Merlin’s beard? Wand in hand and ready to defend albeit not too high to appear as a threat, Professor Cole surveyed the scene moving carefully and taking in carnage already present, the severed limbs and scorch marks alluding to what the students had already tried against the moving limbs. Fire and cutting. And apparently regenerating limbs as none of the vines he was seeing remained cut so the fire seemed like the best bet. “Where did this come from?” he asked the students. His mind was already trying to dig through the knowledge that made up his field to try and pick out what they were dealing with and how to handle the situation. Wasn’t a mass of tentacles trying to squeeze you to death like Devil’s Snare…or spiked with students the worse for wear like it was Venoumous Tentacula. Xerxes walked back into the Common Room, wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead, but stopped in his tracks when he saw two other Professors by the fire and the squashy armchairs. Xerxes heard Professor Cole ask about the plants so he walked over to explain. "Hello Professor. I can tell you a little bit about the plants. They are.....or I guess they were Nyle's plants. He had them at the Start of Term feast. They were in two small pots. They were only wee little things, barely tiny green tufts of foliage sticking out of the dirt. But then Nyle brought them to the Indoor Garden and they well, really took off. I came into the Garden a few weeks back they are really shot up, overgrowing into everything and even knocking over a bench. I ran to get Nyle, sir. But he assertively assured me that there was nothing to worry about. I should have listened to my gut and gone to fetch a teacher, but Nyle is my friend and he knows WAY more about Herbology than me.......so I just believed him. Then when the plants started attacking people, that's how I knew that we ought to head into the Indoor Garden and attack the plants at their source: namely those pots." Xerxes said all this very fast and needed to take a large breath of fresh air afterward. He hoped that by explaining it all plainly that he could shed some light on the situation. He really didn't wanna get Nyle into trouble, but there was no denying the truth. Plus, someone was sure to figure out they were Nyle's plants soon anyhow. Why draw out the inevitable? __________________ Hufflepuff - Trained Ministry Hit Wizard Last edited by badger_boy_93; 08-01-2025 at 11:09 PM. Reason: formatting......