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CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES LESSON


The Care of Magical Creatures are was still a renovation in progress. The grass was overgrown and patchy like a checkered quilt knitted by someone who had no business owning a pair of knitting needles. While the creatures had, by this point in time, mostly reaccumulated to their Hogwarts home, Mathys found himself convinced that the very vegetation of the grounds had turned wild in the absence of wizarding kind.

Though such sentiments were wasted on the next hour and a half ahead. There was important lessons to be learned and a very special creature for students to engage with.

A hodgepodge assortment of wooden crates and hale bales lay in a circular formation around a central table where a decorative bronze birdcage sat and dotted within the cage a few small birds with elegant blue speckled feathers that caught the afternoon sun just so. Though something seemed amiss with them. One in particular who was not hopping from branch like the others, but rather had nestled itself to the floor of the cage.

Mathys himself stands beside the cage wearing bold robin’s egg blue robes that helped highlight his frosty, yet some how soft, stare.

Come on in and take a seat on any of the bails of hay or crates. The lesson will begin shortly.
❧ index de leçon
Class setup & arrivals | this post
question one | describe some signs of aging among creatures
"reaction question" | the jobberknoll's scream
pre-activity task | hello phoenixes & group up
activity | first tasks & grouping updates
activity | final tasks
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Wow, was there anything Nostredame did NOT know about animals? Bernie was nearly blinded by his literally perfect teeth. She had wondered on more than one occasion if he was a lycanthrope, and his flashing his teeth like that didn't convince her he wasn't. She still needed to look this up, and jotted a mental note on her drawing to do so.

Moving on, to the.... bird? Bernie looked up, dropping her quill just in time to cover her ears as the bird...thing... appeared to die dramatically right in front of them. When it stopped, she lowered her hands from her ears somberly. Yes, she nodded at Cece. That was TRAGIC.

"We should give it a proper funeral, sir," she suggested, eying the first year from her own house who just didn't seem to get it.
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Louise was watching the bird with curiosity when the Professor suddenly told them to cover their ears. And it only took Louise a second to do it. The third year clamped her hands over hear ears and squeezed her eyes shut because she didn't WANT to hear ANYTHING, especially if it was a FWOOPER AND THEY WERE ALL GONNA GO LOONEY.

After panicking and holding her ears tight for several seconds, Louise opened one eye and looked around, noticing most of the students looking normal again. Louise took her hands down and looked over at the bird in the cage, her own eyes big and wide and... slightly devastated.

And she had been too busy panicking about losing her marbles to even pay attention to what noises she could hear...
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Nina Castillo did not need to be warned twice. The moment their Professor asked them to cover their ears was the exact moment that her hands flew up. And what happened next was quite possibly the worst thing she had never witnessed in her life. Not because it was sad (it was a bird!), but because it was so unnecessary!! Why would their Professor make them watch a bird as it died? What could they possibly learn from this aside from the fact that it screeched at such a high volume that she wanted to die too.

Nina was not impressed, nor did she understand what the big deal was. Maybe in other circumstances she would have seen why it could have been heart-warming. But as it stood, she practiced very selective empathy.

This did not stop her, however, from making the most horrified face eVER. But to be clear, her eyes had not widened because she was sad. Her jaw did not drop because she felt sorrow. She was horrified that their Professor made them witness such a thing! And no, she would NOT be attending a funeral for A BIRD. So whatever that one Gryffindor said, could they like... not do that?
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Heath was so interested in the birds that he practically jumped out of his skin when Professor de Nostredame addressed the class. He sat up a little straighter on his hay bale, forcing himself to look up at the scary professor. He wasn’t sure what to think when the professor said today’s lesson would be a change of pace, but his mood brightened a bit when he mentioned signs of aging. Did that mean the bird at the bottom of the cage was going to be okay, that it wasn’t actually sick, just elderly? He hoped so! He liked that bird. It reminded him of himself a bit, the way it sat quietly on the sidelines while the others hopped around. Eyes darting once more to the cage, he gave the little grandpa (or grandma) bird a small smile until the professor took it out of the cage. Heath blinked. Wait, was he talking to the bird? What did he say to it?

Heath couldn’t make it out, but he supposed it didn’t matter. He had other things to think about. He considered the question carefully. Signs of aging in a creature… His first thoughts went to his grandparents. Their hair turned gray when they got old (well, except for Grandma Ryder, and that was only because she kept dyeing her hair blonde), so that was a sign of aging, right? Before he could pluck up the courage to raise his hand to speak, somebody else said exactly what he was thinking. Well, back to the drawing board then!

Heath thought for several moments; then he remembered his mum’s old cat. It got arthritis when it got old, and it got to the point that it couldn’t jump up onto the counter anymore. That was as good of an answer as any, he supposed. Heath timidly raised his hand and said when called on, “Some creatures, like dogs and cats, develop arthritis and other joint problems when they get old.” He said this all very fast to get all the words out before he lost his nerve to speak.


Heath started to jot down some of his classmates' answers when out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the little old bird shuddering. It was only when Professor de Nostredame told them to cover their ears that he finally realized what kind of bird that was and what was about to happen. No, no, no… he liked that bird. It couldn’t die now! But it did.

Heath had just enough time to clamp his hands over his ears before the jobberknoll let out its dying scream, but it did little to block out the sound. Amid the cacophony, he thought he heard the sounds of children laughing and other animal calls... a cat meowing, a dog barking, an owl hooting, and… he couldn't make out anything else. Everything was all jumbled together and backwards and loud, too loud! He didn’t want to watch the poor grandpa/grandma bird’s last moments, but he felt he owed it to the little creature. He forced himself to keep his eyes on the dying bird until his vision blurred, and he had to look down to hide the tears in his eyes. He set his jaw, determined not to cry in front of all these people. He was thirteen years old now, too old to cry over a dead bird… especially one he barely knew.

Wait, what? Heath’s heart dropped as he overheard somebody say Professor de Nostredame murdered the bird. No, it wasn’t possible! The professor may be intimidating, but he couldn’t have… could he?
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Answers continued to be given and Naya took notes on the information that was presented. Suddenly, the professor gave instructions for the student to cover their ears. Naya being Naya, she was about to question why they should do so. Fortunately, the urgency with which he repeated the command made her put her hands over her ears. It was not a moment to soon because the sickly bird put forth arguably the most horrible sound the Gryffindor had ever heard. It was soooo loud and grating that covering the ears was only a minor help.

Naya closed her eyes, as if that would make the sound more bearable. It did not. It seemed like the screaming went on for an excruciatingly long time. The sick bird was dying, wasn’t it? Naya knew that now and clearly he wasn’t going to go quietly. She was almost afraid to open her eyes because she had an idea that what she would see would not be pleasant. She just tried to sing quietly to herself, to take her mind off of the screaming and that poor bird.
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The scream ceased with what could only be assumed to be the sound of the jobberknoll as a chick using it's beak to break free from its shell encasing. Then, as though it were merely falling asleep, the blue speckled bird's eyes closed and it rested against the man's palm with it's wings slightly opened. The professor almost seemed to perform some sort of ritual over the bird as his free hand moved ornately over the body and almost seemed to be uttering something... But whatever it was was unintelligible for anyone not standing precisely beside him.

Which was to say: no one.

"The jobberknoll, a beast native to northern Europe and North America, has a unique life cycle in zat as it departs zis world its scream repeats every sound it has every heard, throughout its life, in reverse. No othair creature, wizarding or mundane, has zis talent and most will cower from ever hearing it." He was not oblivious to the many facial expressions among those here now. A pity, but only natural. "Imagine what one could learn, secrets unlocked and shared, if wizardingkind were to record zese cries and zese birds seen as more zan just zeir feathers for Truth Serums and Memory Potions."

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Wow, was there anything Nostredame did NOT know about animals? Bernie was nearly blinded by his literally perfect teeth. She had wondered on more than one occasion if he was a lycanthrope, and his flashing his teeth like that didn't convince her he wasn't. She still needed to look this up, and jotted a mental note on her drawing to do so.

Moving on, to the.... bird? Bernie looked up, dropping her quill just in time to cover her ears as the bird...thing... appeared to die dramatically right in front of them. When it stopped, she lowered her hands from her ears somberly. Yes, she nodded at Cece. That was TRAGIC.

"We should give it a proper funeral, sir," she suggested, eying the first year from her own house who just didn't seem to get it.
He sighed and cupped the departed in both his hands. "As admirable and compassionate as your sentiment ees, Mademoiselle Grantham, we will do no such zing. It ees not ze natural ordair of zings."

Let none assume that the man was cold and unfeeling, that would be a mistake, but it was no jobberknoll's wish to have a funeral held for it. The desire was one of human's projection of empathy. A fine quality but one he would not entertain.

It further reminded him that he needed to speak with Professor Noble. But that was a sentiment for later.

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Tom was confused when the Professor told them to cover up his ears, though he did what he was told, the next few moments though, his mouth dropped to the floor and his eyes went wide. Had the Professor seriously just done what he thought he had.

"Professor!" Tom voice was little more that a mutter, "You murder it!" Tom couldn't believe it, surely the creatures had the same rights as humans, you know they could live until they wanted to.
He had just turned to return the jobberknoll to its kin when the words of another student rang loudly in his ears. His shoulders went rigid and his jaw set. He could not see who the voice had belonged to, though he could narrow it down a fair bit, and they ought to be grateful for that. Considering all that had unfolded the term prior, Mathys was even less forgiving of such thoughts.

"Accusations of zat sort have no place een my classroom," he replied coolly, a tone rigid with disdain, as he gingerly lay the bird down among the straw and covered the cage with a wave of his hand to conjure a white lace fabric. Straightening, he made slow strides around the cage. This was partly to allow for further digestion of what they had just witnessed and seen. This was also his opportunity to see how many of his students' eyes he could meet to perhaps weed out the student who had the audacity to attempt to slander him so.

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“Told you it was dying.” It was one of the first things he’d said when he got to class. Was he smug about being right? Not particularly. It was a dying bird, not a new skateboard trick nor the latest chapter of a favourite comic that he’d managed to predict. Kodee watched for as long as his attention span held up before looking to the other birds.

“When are they going?”
The insensitivity of this particular seventh year did not fall on deaf ears, though the French man was more inclined to move on to something much more practical and uplifting. He did not expect all present to understand nor appreciate the importance of what they had just witnessed, but if it reached even just one pupil then there was some satisfaction in that.

"Right now, Monsieur Chosen," he nodded with another wave of his hand as he performed a wandless switching spell. The covered cage and table were replaced with an ornate golden aviary, large enough for several to fit inside, with half a dozen scarlet swan-sized birds perched inside with a few scattered feathers along the bottom. "Back to my office." He added, in case anyone had the improper idea to accuse him of anything further.

"Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity," he quoted, hands clasped behind his back, as he casually circumnavigated the cage and smiled fondly at the black eyed beauties within. "Ze magical ability to live forever is somezing zat the Darkest of wizards have often sought, zough not only Dark wizards have achieved as we know zanks to ze Elixir of Life. Zough, zose who have brewed zis elixir did pass eventually. Immorality is one of ze limits of magic so it is remarkable when one zinks about how zis is a natural occurrence in the life cycle of zese beautiful creatures."

He stopped beside the cage just as one of its inhabitants peeked its strong dark beak through the bars towards the professor, to which he obliged in nuzzling with his own nose.

"Mademoiselle Summers already mentioned Burning Day, which is ze time zat zese beasts will burst into flames to be reborn from ze ashes," he continued as he gave the one phoenix one more nuzzle with his nose. "I trust by now you are all familiar enough with phoenixes zat we do not need to go over ze basics." It had been in their reading a week prior while learning about magical life cycles. "Rathair I would like for you to divide yourselves into groups as zere are not enough phoenixes for each of you to have one of your own. I would say...no more zan five or six to a group, s'il vous plaît. Zese phoenixes have begin zeir approach to zere Burning Days, and will will be giving zem a bit of pampering for ze remainder of ze class."
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Charlie looked at Catherine as she mentioned exactly what the bird was. Charlie really was starting to feel like maybe she thought she knew everything but maybe that was just what she was good at, telling people the things she knew. But that wasn’t for now. She was going to say thanks for the information when she was told to cover her ears.

What on earth. That sound was so loud, and it was eerie, that sounded painful. She didn’t want the birds to die if it hurt them. She couldn’t tell but it sounded like it was trying to tell their professor whatever he had said but she still wasn’t sure.

Hearing that they needed to partner up she looked over at Avalon and then Catherine, “You both want to work together?” she hoped that they both said yes.
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Oh! A team! Partners in crime and whatever! Phoebe bounced to her feet and gave Bernie and Cece, hoping that they might be interested in being her partners. Or maybe Cece wanted to be partnered with her other other best friend Catherine? And Bernie only liked Phoebe about 43.9% of the time...

And what if they needed to do magic? Because Phoebe had lost all confidence in her abilities ever since the dummy beat her up in Defense. She wibbled at her friends. "Anyone want to be my partner?"
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The sound of silence caused Isla to finally chance a peek at the dead bird. It was lying peacefully against the palm of the professor's hand. Not that it had a choice, what with it being dead and all. There was actually a sense of uneasiness that hung in the air around her, and the kid calling out cries of murder didn't help things one bit.

Listening to the lecture that came afterwards kind of made her feel like Bernie had gotten her bird funeral after all. She didn't quite know how she felt about all this end-of-life talk, even though the professor had assured them all about the order of things. Then, as if that wasn't enough, the phoenixes were apparently about to bite the dust, as well. With a sigh, she started looking around for a partner or a group. Really anybody, since she hadn't developed any strong friendships just yet. The downfall of being a firstie.

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Oh group activity, this was going to be such fun. He saw a guy, he had spoken too in passing and smiled. "Hi... fancy working together?" Tom wasn't going to take no for an answer.
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Flynn stared in utter dismay at the dying bird, the sounds echoed through his ears even muffled by his hands and he felt a bit ill, like being on a merry-go-round after eating too much candy floss. The discordant music notes were particularly jarring, and he was SURE that was a baby cry (something he knew well thanks to his little brother), and then the unmistakable sound of something hitting flesh, like a punch in the face (another thing he unfortunately knew quite intimately). The sounds of backwards laughter, happy humming, and running water were unsettling in context of everying else.

Flynn was still processing..... all of that, feeling nauseous and frozen in place when the professor spoke again. Normally he would be writing down all the notes and eagerly jumping into whatever activity was being called but.... he missed it entirely and just stared at the dead bird, and then its white shrouded cage once the professor had covered it.

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Heath was sad now. He wished this class would hurry up and end so he could be alone with his thoughts! Although the dying jobberknoll's cry had stopped, he could still hear the sound echoing in his mind as he removed his hands from his ears, and he shook his head in a vain attempt to block it out. He remained still, staring at the ground, until he heard the professor speak and forced himself to look up. Please, no more dying creatures!

Heath wasn't sure what to think when the subject turned to phoenixes. He gaped in wonder at the birds in the aviary; he'd never seen a phoenix up close before, only in books. They looked so cool, like giant red aliens! Apparently these weren't just any phoenixes but phoenixes that were approaching their burning day. His heart sank. Sure, they wouldn't be gone forever like that poor old grandpa/grandma bird. They'd be reborn a moment or two later, but it was still sad to think about.

Heath shuddered as a sudden terrible thought occurred to him. They didn't have to watch the phoenixes burn, did they? He didn't think he could handle that right now, not after the jobberknoll!

Heath was already a wreck, but the professor's instructions to divide into groups sent him into full panic mode. No, no, no, no, no! Please, not that! Approaching people he didn't know was hard enough as is, but now he didn't trust himself to speak without his voice breaking. He looked around desperately, hoping someone would come to him instead of the other way around.

Fortunately, he was rescued. Heath's dark head whipped around at the sound of the other kid's (Tom) voice. Still not trusting himself to speak, he nodded gratefully and returned the other boy's smile.
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Now that the cry of the bird was finish, Blake perked up a bit at the thought of working with a phoenix. Those birds were so cool, and some how even though it was going to be burning day for them soon, he loved the idea that unlike the bird in front of him, they would be reborn from their own ashes. Now that was a magical creature!!

Looking around for partners, he took a step up near a bird and waited to see if anyone wanted to join him... if not.. well meh ... he would be find just him and the phoenix.
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The overwhelming feeling only grew as he continued to watch the bird and everything it was doing. While he couldn't register the sounds properly, the changes in movement didn't go unnoticed and is what caused the fifth year to break out of his thoughts. This was...... this was the moment?

It was weird to see the moment when someone - or, uh, a bird - die and was probably the reason why Lucas was staring so much. What else was he supposed to do? This wasn't anything like what he'd experienced before. Not when he was told that one of their pets had died, not when he came back to his dorm to see Dani the elephant wasn't moving. This time, he was watching it happen and somehow, that felt a little too real.

It took some time to focus back into the lesson and by then, Nostredame was talking about the Elixir of Life and Burning Day. He blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes - a little harder than was necessary, mind you. The Gryffindor would normally hate the idea of working in a group but, for once, he didn't care and didn't show any change in his facial expression.

That is, until he heard the sound of vomiting.

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Lucas immediately glanced over to see one of the younger kids (Flynn) leaning over and vomiting to one side. He instinctively recoiled, even scrunching up his nose at the sight of the vomit. Poor kid. That was embarrassing. Was this the after effect of seeing the ~thing~ they had just seen, or did he just have something funny to eat?

Whatever the reason, the Prefect found himself gathering up his things and getting up to move over to him. Again, instinct. He didn't say anything as he sat down next to him, and didn't even bother with the, uh, very clear sign of vomit on the ground. But he did reach into his bag and pull out a half-empty bottle of water that he held out to him.

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No funeral for the birdie? Aww.... Bernie wondered what the other jobberknolls were going to do to it...??? She watched, her eyebrows peaked, as Nostredame just put it back in its cage... and hurried, to write down everything he said and did in her journal.

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"I'll be your partner!" Bernie acempted, closing her journal and standing up to stretch her legs. "Ceceeee, join us!" They were the Gryffindor girls, about to do Gryffindor things, like playing with phoenixes!!! They had to stick together.
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Truth be told, Isla was actually somewhat terrified of the older students. She had no idea if Kaiser and Kodee wanted an ickle firstie in their group, but the offer was there, and she was going to take it. Besides, if anymore creatures were going to be dying, she'd rather be surrounded by the older students instead of another ickle. "Thanks," she said, edging in to her new group.

Just as the group of four was formed, Claudine made her way over to partner up, too. "Hey, Claudine," she said. "Thanks! It's me, you, Chloe, Kaider, and Kodee so far." She looked a little closer at the girl. Was she...okay? She looked a little upset. Maybe it had something to do with the dead Jobberknoll? Or maybe Claudine just had allergies?

The first year looked toward the phoenix they'd gathered around. So it was going to do...what? Just burst into flames in a few minutes or something? She scooted away from it a little bit, not wanting to be near it when it kicked the bucket.
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The moment Nina uncovered her ears, she heard a noise that was perhaps even worse than the screaming bird from moments ago. It wasn't just the noise. It was the noise and the sight. Flynn's sudden onset of ... vomit, immediately made Nina's eyes widen in horror as she lifted her hand to her own mouth. Gag. Nina Castillo was a sympathetic vomiter. She knew this about herself. Perhaps her only weakness.

So just as quickly as Flynn began to barf up his last meal, Nina turned her entire body away from him. If she didn't see it or smell it.... it'd be FINE.

She hoped the Professor felt awful. None of this would have happened if they had just read from the textbook. As for finding a group? She was slightly preoccupied and focused on NOT vomiting.
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Cece had a little funeral for a butterfly that she'd found on the grass in the garden once. She'd dressed up and EVERYTHING, though her six-year old self didn't EXACTLY have the KEEN eye for fashion that she did now. Thinking back, she remembered wondering why no other butterflies had come to pay their respects, but maybe their Professor was right. It simply wasn't the natural order of things.

Wiping at her eyes with her sleeve, the second year composed herself and looked around for a moment, hoping no one thought she was TOO much of a baby for crying. It was just sad, that was all. Still sad, even when the cage that housed the departed bird was switched out with one containing phoenixes. Her eyes widened a little-Magic was SO cool-and she offered the professor a faint smile when he mentioned her name because she HAD mentioned that, hadn't she? Seeing a phoenix's death day, though. They wouldn't be doing that, right? She didn't think she could handle that. Flynn definitely couldn't. Poor guy, getting sick right in the middle of class. She cupped a hand over her mouth, her stomach twisting uncomfortably at the sight, and found that she was relieved that Lucas was checking on him. He'd fix it, Lucas would. Lucas would know what to do.

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Watching the bird die, withstanding its scream, it was... taxing. But Kaiser sat through the whole thing. He tried to not even blink, but found that impossible. Eventually, though, it was over.

He didn't say anything. Which didn't actually matter, because there was no need to speak right away. He could sit there, appearing stoic but now feeling very much like he was apart from his body, watching himself like he was a separate entity, rather than being part of the moment. It was fine.

He was, at least, present enough to know what they would be doing next - pampering aged phoenixes - and that they needed to group up. And that's what he did. Or, at least, that's what happened to him, as it often seemed to do.

Kaiser blinked and looked around, just then registering that Chloe was sat closer to him than she had been before. He did not appear too surprised by the fact. The death of the Jobberknoll had been, he supposed, an upsetting thing to witness - one kid was throwing up, if the retching sounds were anything to go by - and some people did tend to seek out solace in other humans when they were emotionally compromised. "Yes, I don't mind," he said, to the offer of joining forces. He was speaking for himself, of course, though imagined that Kodee might join just for the convenience of a group close at hand.

Claudine had appeared, along with another girl Kaiser knew as a first year from his own house, but could not place the name of right now. He nodded to the both of them in greeting - he couldn't quite bring himself to launch into conversation just yet - and waited quietly for the next set of instructions. Kaiser's ears, he noticed, were still ringing in the aftermath of the bird's scream. An unpleasant sensation, but it could have been much worse.
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Avalon was overcome with an inexplicable melancholy as she watched the jobberknoll die. She was grateful that it brought an end to the horrifying noise, but something about the way the bird settled its wings and closed its eyes was haunting to the young Ravenclaw.

Thankfully, the professor moved the lesson on relatively quickly. But it seemed that the class wouldn't get much more uplifting, since they were now to focus on preparing phoenixes for their death. At least there was a glimmer of hope and rebirth in the burning of a phoenix.

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Hearing that they needed to partner up she looked over at Avalon and then Catherine, “You both want to work together?” she hoped that they both said yes.
"I'd love to!" Avalon replied to Catherine and Charlie. She actually liked working with first years. Most of them were quite enthusiastic and polite. "Anyone else need a partner? You can work with us if you need to!" she added to no one in particular. She didn't want anyone to feel left out. Not everyone was a fan of group work, after all.
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The nod was a bit assuring to Nora, and it was enough for her, kind of. After all, talking about creatures dying wasn't exactly pleasant, but a matter of observation and care for them in their last moments.

With no hesitation, though, she covered her ears as quickly and tightly as possible, her hair almost being the perfect earmuffs, if it wasn't for the cracking noise the jobberknoll made. That was going to be hard to get over. Once the bird quiet down, she scratched her ears, her head shaking a bit to get over the moment of small chaos.

And then came the phoenixes!!! Nora kept a neutral expression at just the thought of them coming to their burning day, though they'd be coming back from the ashes soon after. Once the professor asked to make groups to pamper the creatures, Nora immediately turned to Jillian, "Come on, let's find more people to team up with..." she motioned as she looked around.
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Yes...perhaps the lesson had been a bit too much of a series of emotional whiplashes for the students, but he was steadfast and unapologetic in his methods. Carefully circling the cage as students moved about, Mathys took particularly interest in checking the state of the tail feathers of each phoenix. None had lost their luster just yet, it still being far too early in the process for that, and it was possible that should students perform to a reasonable standard that this flock would be willing to indulge each in a flight around the castle. Or at the very least the grounds and back.

He would wait and see.

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Flynn stared in utter dismay at the dying bird, the sounds echoed through his ears even muffled by his hands and he felt a bit ill, like being on a merry-go-round after eating too much candy floss. The discordant music notes were particularly jarring, and he was SURE that was a baby cry (something he knew well thanks to his little brother), and then the unmistakable sound of something hitting flesh, like a punch in the face (another thing he unfortunately knew quite intimately). The sounds of backwards laughter, happy humming, and running water were unsettling in context of everying else.

Flynn was still processing..... all of that, feeling nauseous and frozen in place when the professor spoke again. Normally he would be writing down all the notes and eagerly jumping into whatever activity was being called but.... he missed it entirely and just stared at the dead bird, and then its white shrouded cage once the professor had covered it.

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Leaning over to one side and vomiting up everything he had eaten so far that day? Yup.

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The overwhelming feeling only grew as he continued to watch the bird and everything it was doing. While he couldn't register the sounds properly, the changes in movement didn't go unnoticed and is what caused the fifth year to break out of his thoughts. This was...... this was the moment?

It was weird to see the moment when someone - or, uh, a bird - die and was probably the reason why Lucas was staring so much. What else was he supposed to do? This wasn't anything like what he'd experienced before. Not when he was told that one of their pets had died, not when he came back to his dorm to see Dani the elephant wasn't moving. This time, he was watching it happen and somehow, that felt a little too real.

It took some time to focus back into the lesson and by then, Nostredame was talking about the Elixir of Life and Burning Day. He blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes - a little harder than was necessary, mind you. The Gryffindor would normally hate the idea of working in a group but, for once, he didn't care and didn't show any change in his facial expression.

That is, until he heard the sound of vomiting.

.......... Uh??

Lucas immediately glanced over to see one of the younger kids (Flynn) leaning over and vomiting to one side. He instinctively recoiled, even scrunching up his nose at the sight of the vomit. Poor kid. That was embarrassing. Was this the after effect of seeing the ~thing~ they had just seen, or did he just have something funny to eat?

Whatever the reason, the Prefect found himself gathering up his things and getting up to move over to him. Again, instinct. He didn't say anything as he sat down next to him, and didn't even bother with the, uh, very clear sign of vomit on the ground. But he did reach into his bag and pull out a half-empty bottle of water that he held out to him.

Pause. "Uh, you okay there?"

Oh, Mon Dieu.

Mathys vanished the vomitus from the ground with a swift wave of his hand before producing from the pocket of his luxurious robes' pocket a small vial which he uncorked and offered the young Hufflepuff. Pleased to see that Monsieur Lucas was already close at hand and with a bottle of water at the ready, Mathys offered the Gryffindor prefect a soft look of appreciation and praise. "Have a few seeps of watair and zen drink ziss. It will help settle your stomach furthair," he instructed Monsieur Whitlock before turning his attention to Monsieur Dakest. "Prefect Dakest, I would like you to form a group with Monsieur Whitlock..."

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Now that the cry of the bird was finish, Blake perked up a bit at the thought of working with a phoenix. Those birds were so cool, and some how even though it was going to be burning day for them soon, he loved the idea that unlike the bird in front of him, they would be reborn from their own ashes. Now that was a magical creature!!

Looking around for partners, he took a step up near a bird and waited to see if anyone wanted to join him... if not.. well meh ... he would be find just him and the phoenix.
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The moment Nina uncovered her ears, she heard a noise that was perhaps even worse than the screaming bird from moments ago. It wasn't just the noise. It was the noise and the sight. Flynn's sudden onset of ... vomit, immediately made Nina's eyes widen in horror as she lifted her hand to her own mouth. Gag. Nina Castillo was a sympathetic vomiter. She knew this about herself. Perhaps her only weakness.

So just as quickly as Flynn began to barf up his last meal, Nina turned her entire body away from him. If she didn't see it or smell it.... it'd be FINE.

She hoped the Professor felt awful. None of this would have happened if they had just read from the textbook. As for finding a group? She was slightly preoccupied and focused on NOT vomiting.
"...as well as Monsieur Ryan and Mademoiselle Castillo," he concluded, raising his voice a bit to ensure that both students could hear him and approach thanks to his beckoning.

His attention turned back to the prefect and Hufflepuff. "Ziss activity can be done sitting down. Take your time, Monsieur Whitlock." He then gave the boy an gently squeeze on the shoulder before providing Monsieur Dakest with a few sturdy pats on his own.

Moving away from the two young men and back towards the ornate cage, Mathys pulled several small rectangular wooden boxes with sliding covers from beneath a velvet sheet and began walking around to distribute them to the groups.

"As you all know, phoenixes are herbivores. In ze wild zey are content weeth eating little and zey naturally favor magical plants ovair mundane ones. Zey have ze innate abeelity to discern poisonous plants from ze edible ones as well. Howevair, if zey find zemselves unable to digest plants, zey will regurgitate small pellets which are excruciatingly rare and often possess magical traits similar to invoked runestones or may contain gemstones." Some of this was information they may not have stumbled upon in their readings but were true none the less. "Zese particular phoenixes have been raised on gold leaf since zeir previous Burning Day. You will find both ze gold leaf and tweezers used to feed ze phoenixes with in zese boxes. Zey can become rathair eagair when zey see ze gold leaf, so as an additional precaution please wear your dragonhide gloves. Each membair of your group may attempt to feed gold leaf to your phoenix, zough zey may not accept it if zeir stomach is full."

Once he had passed out all the boxes, Mathys swiftly returned to the cage and made a grand spectacle of turning so the tails of his robes billowed out as he did.

"On ze count of trois I will open ze door and a phoenix will fly to each group. I recommend you clustair yourselves around one hay bale or crate for ze phoenix to perch itself upon." He paused a moment to allow for this to be executed. "Un ... deux ... trois!"

And with that he threw open the doors and the phoenixes took flight...
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Hearing his name Blake turned toward the Professor. Looks like this won't be a solo mission after all. He nodded to the Professor that he understood he was grouped... although he didn't really know any of these students personally, of course he had seen them around the castle before, and maybe they had talked ... but he didn't really know them. Maybe this was away to make more friends...

Seeing as he was the closest to the Professor. Blake grabbed the box from Professor de Norstredame and turned toward the rest of his group to see which hale bale they had grouped themselves around.
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