CoMC Lesson #3 - Muggle Creature Resources
 

Todays lesson will be held at the Animal Collective (Link just for informative purposes, lesson will be held here), where all the 'muggle' animals are roaming free inside the enclosure, waiting for their food and for you kids to come visit them.

Well, today, you will.

Herbert the goat is chewing on his straws, as you can see them sticking out of his mouth, and is clearly staring at you all when you choose to arrive at his grassy home. The bunnies and the pigs are scuttling around, trying not to annoy the chickens and the roosters while they try to keep their chicks in check.

Maya is standing in the middle of it all, petting Nelson the cute cow, a bucket in her other hand, full with apple slices and carrots. And, ofcourse, waiting for you all to arrive.

Please, come inside the enclosure - just close the small door behind you - and wait for the lesson to start. There are some makeshift log 'chairs' for you to sit on. Be sure you don't have any sugar in your pockets, or your actual pockets might get chewed off by...some animals around you. Hehe.

Oh, and hopefully you didn't put on your most expensive clothes on for today. If anyone's wearing innapropriate shoes, Maya will make you walk around in your socks. Yes.


OOC: The lesson will begin sooooon. Feel free to chat with your classmates, but don't overdo it. Maya will throw carrots at you if you misbehave.
Points will be awarded for creativity and participation. No need to stress when answering a question.

The animals are not monsters - No gruesome injuries will be allowed. The creatures will could sniff you, approach you, and maybe softly nibble on your fingers - but please no RPing that they bit your finger off.

Please respect your fellow classmates and don't do anything that could disrupt their experience in this class.

The last creatures lesson for the term. Arya was soooo there, and dressed appropriately of course. In jean overalls and a Hufflepuff tee shirt, the girl skipped to the animal collective and slipped inside, carefully closing the door behind her. "Hey, Professor Saylen."

She wiggled her fingers at the woman before moving further into the enclosure, towards the animals of course. The best thing about being the first student to the lesson was that SHE got to pick out which animal she wanted to cuddle before they got to work. hehe.

Letting herself become surrounded by the cuddly creatures, she squatted down and crossed her legs, scooping a bunny up. Did she have to sit on the chairs? Could she stay where she was surrounded by the animals? Arya decided to wait for the professor's opinion while snuggling the cute creatures.

omnomnomnom
 

GAAAAAASSSPPPP.

Care of Magical Creatures. Oh so magical.

Cam was awaiting for his first CoMC class since his loooong, loooooooong years from Hogwarts. This class was different. It wasn't confusing like Ancient Runes or Divination. THIS WAS HIS SPECIALTY! He hopped and skipped (walking barefoot of course because he was ONE WITH NATURE), to the Animal Collective... a place he didn't remember before. Hmmmm. So many new teachers. He never met the professor to this class before, but he just did. Right now. Totally.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAASPPP x2.

She looked sooooo... what was the right word to describe her... exotic? There was that natural vibe that went on to Cam. He praised this professor's natural-lookingness, because she did like freaking Mother Nature herself. It must have been awkward because he just stood there, staring at her. OBSERVING her. STUUUUDYING her. "H--HELLOOO Professor..." bleh he didn't know her name. To compensate, he knelt down on to the ground and then bowed before her majesty.

And then a stray chicken started plucking his head.

So he crawled, like a worm, embracing the earth, to the log chairs and sat down... ooobseeerving the professor. STUDYING her.

Luin walked into the class, and looked around. A few other students had already arrived. She looked over to where the professor was and waved slightly, "Hello Professor." she then walked over to the logs and sat down on one, putting her hands in her lap as she watched the animals. She had never really lived with animals so she wasn't certain how she was with them. They sure looked cute though.

Emily wandered across the grounds until she came to a stop at the Animal Collective.
"Hi Porfessor Saylen", she said smiling as she took a seat.

Now she understood why they needed to wear something they didn't mind getting dirty. Emily had worn knee high black boots- charmed with a dirt-repelling-spell, so they would stay clean at least. Then she wore faded navy blue jeans and a black singlet underneath a long sleaved grey cardigan.

The Animal Collective was amazing, Emily already had her eye one the little goat and the adorable ducks!

Ellie had arrived for the lesson many minutes ago. She had no intention of being first, or close to first, though, so she was dawdling idly half-hiding from Saylen's view.

As she counted how many students had come already, she decided now was a good time. She'd be seventh. Magic number seven. So no bad could come to that, right?

She walked into the collective and sat on a log kinda in the middle. The middle was always inconspicuous. Not too close to witness more tail severings, not too far back to look sketchy. The middle was good.

After taking a seat, she held her hand out so the nearest goat could come up to her so she could pet it. Goats were AWESOME.

First thing that came to Treyen's mind was: Care of MAGICAL Creatures. So, he was hoping that that goat had a third eye or something.

And, no, he didn't want to come, but he had no other choice, right?

"Sup, Profesor." And a nod. And a smirk. Yeah, because Professor Saylen was cool, no? Haha, probably not, but maybe he wanted to see how she reacted to the greeting OR if her squinting will appear. Though, she was kind of squinting already, seriously.

"Is Mr. Stryker coming again today?" he asked, taking a seat into a log near the center. The man had to come, after all, how could he get acquainted with teaching if he didn't take part in the class he could teach? Not that Treyen knew something. He just...preferred a couple things.

With Stryker in Saylen's place, then taking Aslan with him was certain.

Nika made her way to the CoMC class. She skipped over to her professor and smiled. "Hiya Professor!"She looked around and noticed all of the animals around. "Aww Professor they are all sooo cute!" Nika loved animals and the bunnies were just so adorable. "Can I pick it up?" Nika pointed to a little bunny near her.

Kurumi rushed into the Animal Collective and immediately found the fluffy white rabbit that she had played with when she had last come here with Selina. "Hello you," she smiled scooping it up in her arms. She then found a chair and considered sitting down it it, but instead decided to remain standing as she rocked the bunny back and forth in her arms.

"Good day, Professor Saylen," Kurumi chirped.

Dragging Evelyn was hard work.

It was starting to get hotter outside and any type of exercise made Destiny extremely tired. But, her friend NEEDED to get herself to class and what kind of friend would she be if she didn't help get her there? A horrible one, that's for sure. Especially with OWL's coming up, Evelyn needed to attend as many classes as possible.

Plus, this would be paybacks for all the times she had forced her to study.

So, clinging onto Evelyn's hand for dear life, Destiny pulled and pulled, finally making it to the place where class was to be held. Quickly opening the fence, she gave one last tug on her friend's hand, making sure the Professor saw her before she let go. HA! She was spotted so she couldn't run away now! Closing the fence behind her, she scooped up one of her brethren chickens and tucked it under her arm. "Hello, Professor!" she greeted, taking a seat on one of the loggy chair things.

Uncomfortable loggy chair things.

Oh look! She was sitting close to Raccoon Girl. Maybe Professor Saylen will conjure the girl up a straw hat to go with those overalls of hers.

Nuuuuuu!

Having read the announcement for this particular lesson, Evelyn really, really really would have rather have stayed in bed for the rest of the day and rest her mind. Besides, she didn't really feel up to working with animals today. Especially not to clean or feed them. That was WORK.

However, she let Destiny draaag her down to the lesson anyway, not feeling like fighting he anyways at the moment. Yet she DID make it quite difficult to do; meaning she dug her feet into the ground a few good times on the way down to the animal enclosure. And the smell...the smell was awful. Sighing DRAMATICALLY as Destiny finally let her go, she stared at the girl with a bored expression when she picked up the chicken before turning her attention to the Professor. "H'lo Professor Saylen." she muttered, crossing her arms.

Meh.

The reason Mia had never bothered to come down to this little sanctuary was because she had seen all these animals before. Heck, she had even slept in the same place as them. This was how they survived back in the commune.

So she wasn't particularly thrilled to note that today's lesson was going to be here. Dressed in jeans, flannel shirt and boots, Mia approached the enclosure and instead of opening the gate, she decided to climb up the railing and sit on top of it, swinging her legs back and forth. Well at least this way, she didn't tread on anything.

And the ducks couldn't attack her.

Ducks were crazy.

Almost as an aferthought, Mia looked for Saylen. "Hey Professor." She called out giving her a small wave.

"Hi professor!" K-Lee said brightly, walking to a log seat. This place looked messy. She was glad she had worn her older uniform, having learnt from previous classes that CoMC can be a dirty class.

She loved animals, but merlin this place stunk. The animals were so adorable. K-Lee grinned at the goat. She loved goats.

Cedric paved his way toward the CoMC area and was glad to see many students had arrived already. Well, that just meant the lesson would end soon and he could get some highly desired rest, which, you know, was very rare these days since days to go and it would be NEWTs. Yes, they Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests. Sounds exhausting, no?

He looked around the place, immediately recognizing the shmexy professor. "Professor Saylen! Good day!" You see, he was a bit cheery, even though his mind was in constant agony due to constant studying and reviewing. He was cheery since it's CoMC lesson again! And CoMC lessons had earned the reputation as one of the 'funnest classes'.

Cedric decided to sit near this boy, a somewhat familiar boy, whom he couldn't really tell who. "Hey bud," he greeted, out of instinct, without even looking at the boy 'cause his eyes seemed permanently fixed toward the oddly gorgeous professor and the other students.

Ah, first student. "Good day, Miss Lovegoods." Maya gave her a smile and watched her schoop up the bunny. Heh, if the girl wanted to sit on the ground with whatever poop was left there, then she could - aslong as she was close enough to hear her. Hehehe.

She had just fed Nelson a carrot when she did a double take.
Noticing the bare feet, her eyes followed him all the way up to his very...curious looking face, scanning his appearance. And he was staring at her.

...so Maya stared back. And then she squinted at the boy, but soon he spoke and...

What.

"Hello, Mister Karsten." She...couldn't...look away as he headed for the logs. It was just so... Stop staring.

"Good day, Miss James." the Mexicana also gave her a smile. See, she was all smiles today. Hehe.

"Hello there Miss Celebrindal." Maya returned her wave as best she could while holding the bucket.

With a nod a and a small smile, she greeted the girl. "Hello, Miss Browne."

That young man was dress appropriately. Good. "Good day to you, Mister James."

I see you. Oh, she wasn't going to say hello, was she now? PFffft. "Good day, Miss Stone." Hah!

"Hello to you, Miss Greenwell." Aaaaaand some smiling at the girl. Yes yes.

Oh. Him again. Hehe.
Sup? Was that a greeting? Maya raised an eyebrow but figured it probably was since these kids were odd like that. "Good day, Mister Lockhart."

This boy...really liked the Groundskeeper. Well, who knew, his wishes might come true. "I don't know, Mister Lockhart." She answered, sounding bored, "He might. He might not." You can be 'sup'. Hehe.

Returning the girl's smile, Maya watched as she bounced towards her. "Good day, Miss Adler." Yes, very cute animals, "Sure, go ahead." Just don't drop it. Hehe.

And there she was. Why was she standing, though? "Hello Miss Hollingberry." Yeah, you'd better not drop the bunny either.

Ah, the girls are here. "Good day, Miss Shepard, Miss Flores." Maya smirked and nodded at them both. Tehe. And Destiny picked up a chicken. Exellent.

Hearing someone call, Maya looked at the kids already sitting down before her, before realising the student was sitting on the fence. "Hello, Miss Gibbins."

Cheerful person! "Good day to you, Miss Spinks." Maya smiled briefly and nodded once.

More happy people! And she was dressed appropriately too. "Hello there, Miss Soler."

"Hello there, Mister Leone." Maya smiled, for a second wondering if he'd put on his batman glasses. Snort. How odd would that be?



But yes, time to start. These animals were busy beings. "Welcome to the last lesson of the term." Aw. "There's been alot of muggle discussions this term..." which has been somewhat...odd. "And today will be no different." Because some old fart said it had to be so. "For those of you who have not been here before, this is the Animal Collective. These creatures around you have no magical powers - although that does not make them any less special." Understood? Maya almost squinted at this.

"So, to start, who can tell me what animal Miss Shepard is holding?" Hehe. With an accompanying stare by not only Herbert the goat, but also Nelson the cow, Maya waited for the answers.

Oh. "And Miss Shepard, raise it up so everyone can see. Higher. Like above your head." If she could. Hehe. "Miss Shepard, can you describe, the creature you're holding, for us please?" Yes, because it was important for people to get those details.


OOC: Again, please only answer what Maya is asking, don't go too far ahead with the lesson, or else there wont be any questions left to ask *sadface* =p

Your character doesn't know what a chicken is? Have them say it's a whatevertheywant. Go ahead, crazy answers are welcome.

Why did Destiny have to pick that thing up? With her bare hands too! It was probably extremely dirty.

At least it wasn't like that chicken in Transfiguration class the term before. The one that stared at her. With those beady little eyes. Just staring. It totally had some mental problems or something.

Raising a brow at the Professor's question, wondering just who in this room didn't know what a chicken was, the Slytherin was about to raise her hand when...well...hehe, Destiny had to describe it. She wanted to hear thaaat! Quick! Blurt out the answer! "A chicken."

Obviously.

Good thing Destiny had picked up a nice, well behaved chicken. The thing had yet to peck at her and it shouldn't have anyway. It was her brethren! You don't go around pecking your brothers. At least..she never did..and sometimes hers deserved it!

Sitting on the log, she placed the chicken on her lap while giving the evil eye to Arya. She hoped that rabbit bit the girl, just like she was bitten in Transfiguration. But, she couldn't stare or hope much longer for the Professor had started the lesson and..

..WHAT!?

People had to..look at her!? Look at her holding the chicken!?

AWESOME!

A large grin crossing her face, Destiny glanced around at EVERYONE before moving the chicken from her lap and holding it above her head. "You better not poo on me, chicken. Or lay an egg." But apparently the chicken had other ideas than pooing and egg laying. The higher she held it, the more wildly it flapped it's wings and it was getting more difficult to hold.

GAH!

How long did she have to hold the thing? More importantly, how long before she fell backwards off the log? "It's an creature that doesn't like to be held above my head!!"

Obviously.

Well that was a very easy question and before Mia could even raise her hand, Evelyn had already answered it.

She almost fell off the fence though when Destiny held the chicken up and it started flapping its wildly. What would be even funnier would be if it did a nice big poo on her.

Raising her hand in the air while chuckling at the sight of the chicken, Mia gave her answer. "That would be what you call a Light Sussex chicken. They are popular in backyards because they are good foragers."

Eh she could go on but knew that wouldn't be fair to everyone else so she put her hand back down and warily eyed a black duck that was waddling its way over to her.

Bloody ducks.

Kurumi watched at the chicken thrashed around above the girl's head. Well, she did have a point. It did not like being held so high up in the air. Chickens weren't very good at flying as she had observed when she went to visit her grandparents' farm during each summer for a few weeks. They were mainly rice farmers, but they did have a few chickens running around.

"To add to," Cookie!Hater! "...the answer already given. I believe that is a Sussex chicken. The breed originated in England. My grandparents had one on their farm. Also, based on the coloring and the fact that it doesn't have...lots of red dangly things, that it is a hen and not a rooster."

Trust Destiny to pick up a chicken!

Aww, it was why he loved liked her so much!

But it was not just a Usual chicken "Profesor!" he called out in Spanish, he knew it, Smexy knew it, why shouldn't they use it, "Its the Muma of the Basilisk!"

Aiy Aiy Aye, Evil Pollo!

¡dios mío!!!! Run Children run!