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SPOILER!!: professor

It felt nice to hear that Ira was right about the uses of Fire Seeds.. Smiling a little, she noted down the uses and looked back at the professor.

Research shed? Yeah.. Ira had heard about it last term. So the fire seeds were the culprit! Ira had hated to see Professor Bentley all sad after the fire, when her research notes had been burnt to ashes. So if fire seeds could set a shed to fire, weren't they considered dangerous? Ira raised her hand and asked, "Professor, can the fire seeds set fire on their own? If they can, aren't they dangerous?" And now they had to plant them!

Then according to instructions, she proceeded to the back of the cold and dark greenhouse, a little excited to plant fire seeds. Then she waited for further instructions

There was a fire last year? Melanie thought. She definitely needed to get all the way through Hogwarts: A History so she knew this more recent stuff too, although she wasn't entirely sure if something as recent as last year would be in the edition of the book she had. Perhaps it would be best to just ask some questions in the common room later.

Gathering up her things, Melanie began working her way to the back of the greenhouse. It was getting darker and colder with every step, and she was looking forward to starting their work with the fire seeds just so she could warm up.

Hannah was excited that they were finally getting some hands on. She followed her classmates towards the back of the greenhouse. Man was it just her or was it cold she thought as a shudder ripped down her spine. She waited for further instruction from the professor.

Silvia followed the group deeper into the greenhouse.

We're going to be working with fire seeds? Isn't that a bit dangerous? she thought. Oh well, maybe it would help her to warm up a bit, as it was getting colder the further in they went.

Ah yes, the crazy dragon snowball fire... thing. What a state that had put Bentley into! Keefer was surprised she could bring herself to talk about it so lightly and in a matter-of-fact tone. I guess time heals many wounds, after all.

His thoughts on the Quidditch Pitch, where he would hold a tryouts session in a few short hours, he followed Bentley further into the ~~doom and~~ gloom. He was tempted to ask if there was any danger of catching fire (either himself or the greenhouse again), but thought better of it and stayed quiet instead.

Carigan welled up with glee. They were going to plant fire seed plants? How exciting was THIS!? She kept her cool though, as the professor talked about them going further into the dark greenhouse. Darker? I can so do that! Carigan thought to herself.

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Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10863204)

"Yes very good, though you'd want to make sure the glass in reinforced otherwise it'll explode..." and that would be unfortunate.

"It most certainly does... when the plant dies, if the seeds are cooled too much or if its extinguished on purpose."
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Well there were some unique answers there... even if most of it was pretty straight forward.
"Right very good everyone, I hope you were all paying attention to each others responses, there were some interesting points made there." She wasn't about to go over it all again, nope, she had a head ache, so it was time to move on.

"So now that we're familiar with some of the uses of fire seeds, I want to share something with you." She braced herself... the memories from last term came back to her, what a nightmare. "Some of you will remember the fire that assaulted my research shed last term... well new information has come to light, and it was the result of fire seeds...." and a particularly snoopy baby elf.
"Now as a result of this, we only now have this one Fire Seed Bush, now I have taken the liberty of replenishing our fire seed stores, so today, you guessed it, we'll be planting fire seed plants!"

Cue excitement, yes?

"Now if you'll follow me a little further for more instructions."
Seren motioned with her arm for the students to follow her deeper still into the dark, cold greenhouse.

Stopping at the very back in front of row of stools for the students to sit on, Seren ignited a few torches that were struck in the dirt. There, a bit more light. "Now does anyone have any questions before we get started?" she asked, moving her blackboard into view.

OOC: RP moving to the very back of the dark and cold greenhouse for further instructions. If your character has any questions about the Fire Seeds, NOW is the time to ask, if not then just sit tight and wait for further instructions. The lesson will resume in approximately 14 hours.

Cass nodded in understanding as she scribbled the new information onto her parchment, making a mental note to revise her notes after class. Just to make sense of it all. After all, she could barely see where she was writing.

She then glanced up from her makeshift notes and stuffed it back inside her bag, taking care not to crumple the thing before tossing her muggle pen into one of the outer pockets with it as the professor recounted the story about how she lost her research shed because of the fire seeds...wait, what? She didn't remember a fire last term! Well, granted, she didn't remember a whole lot of things last term. After all, she spent majority of the year in bed. Sick. Meh.

They were going to plant...fire trees? Right. Seems fun...hopefully, her hair - or clothes - won't get singed off. That was be, well; a pain.

Then, along with the rest of the class, she followed the Professor into the darker part of the greenhouse, her fingers gripped her wand in it's holster underneath her sleeve and bit her lip. Oh Merlin, she hated the dark. Hated it, hated it. Hated it. Thankfully, they didn't stay in the dark for too long as Professor Bentley lit a few torches around them, diffusing the darkness. Whew.

Questions? Nope. Well, except how were they going to plant the thing exactly...if it was on fire and could burn them...but she reckoned it would be explained later...

They were going to plant fire seeds. Lily wasn't sure about this. She didn't really have a green thumb and she didn't do well in the dark, well planting in the dark at least. How are we going to see what we are doing if it's so dark? Lily thought as she followed the professor. Lily wasn't so sure whether she liked herbology yet, and going into a dark greenhouse and planting dangerous seeds wasn't helping. But Lily wanted to make a good impression on all her professors so she just went along with it and followed the rest of the group.

Cardigan quickly copied down everything and pushed aside what had happened.It was simply a mistake.She had one question but decided to keep quiet.Sometimes,people should just keep their mouth shut,like Cardigan.

Gwen shook her head, her hair flying around her face, to show that she had no questions.
She'd never planted anything, unless you counted the sad, little Muggle plant she'd once had by her window that had died after a week because she'd forgotten to give it water.
Gwen moved along with the rest of the class further in to the dark green house, looking around at the different magical plants.

Salima follwed Professor Bentley along with the rest of the class further into the greenhouse.

SPOILER!!: Professor Bentley

When Alyssa heard Professor Bentley's reply to her answer, she was disappointed. She was now beginning to realize that the more she thought outside the box, the more her answers seemed inappropriate. So Alyssa decided that she was just going to stick by the book and just give the appropriate answer and nothing else. So after writing down all the correct answer that the Professor had provided in her journal, Alyssa was about to follow the Professor further into the greenhouse, when she thought of a question. She was afraid to ask it but decided to risk asking one last time.

So she raised her hand and asked. "Professor, if the fire seeds are flammable, what prevents it from just burning up any time it wants? I don't want to bring back memories of what happened last year, but if the seeds were in the shed all this time, why didn't it burn up a lot earlier? Is there something that it has to react with, before it burns up?" Alyssa asked before following the Professor and the students further into the greenhouse.

She just hoped that the last question she asked didn't get her into further trouble. Alyssa was realizing that classes this term weren't going as well for her as she hoped it would be.

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Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10863204)

SPOILER!!: Responses

Well there were some unique answers there... even if most of it was pretty straight forward.
"Right very good everyone, I hope you were all paying attention to each others responses, there were some interesting points made there." She wasn't about to go over it all again, nope, she had a head ache, so it was time to move on.

"So now that we're familiar with some of the uses of fire seeds, I want to share something with you." She braced herself... the memories from last term came back to her, what a nightmare. "Some of you will remember the fire that assaulted my research shed last term... well new information has come to light, and it was the result of fire seeds...." and a particularly snoopy baby elf.
"Now as a result of this, we only now have this one Fire Seed Bush, now I have taken the liberty of replenishing our fire seed stores, so today, you guessed it, we'll be planting fire seed plants!"

Cue excitement, yes?

"Now if you'll follow me a little further for more instructions."
Seren motioned with her arm for the students to follow her deeper still into the dark, cold greenhouse.

Stopping at the very back in front of row of stools for the students to sit on, Seren ignited a few torches that were struck in the dirt. There, a bit more light. "Now does anyone have any questions before we get started?" she asked, moving her blackboard into view.

OOC: RP moving to the very back of the dark and cold greenhouse for further instructions. If your character has any questions about the Fire Seeds, NOW is the time to ask, if not then just sit tight and wait for further instructions. The lesson will resume in approximately 14 hours.

She saw the professer lighting torches in the dirt, she wrote dwn her notes but was stillcurious about the torches in the dirt.

Text Cut: Professor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10863204)

SPOILER!!: Responses

As Violet listened to all her peer's responses, Violet jotted down the uses of the fire seed bush on her parchment. At the mention of planting them though, it gave Violet quite a fright. It would be dangerous though wouldn't it? She then relaxed a bit. Of course, Violet has her dragon hide gloves though, so there is nothing to worry about. Violet followed the teacher to the back of the dark and cold greenhouse, sat down on one of the stools, and waited for further instructions. This was going to be very fun indeed. Violet raised up her hand, "Professor, all we are doing right now is planting some firebush seeds right now correct? I would just like some clarification of what we will be doing."

Aurora followed Professor Bentley and the rest of the class, smiling as she did so. Finally, back to planting! It had been far too long since she'd actually planted something... most of the time she was just pruning and clipping at home, and even that was rare - her uncle preferred to work in the garden alone, even when he wasn't living there.

But she had a question, "Professor, what happens to the fire seeds we produce at Hogwarts?" Did they all go to the potions and herbology stores? Or did they go elsewhere?

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Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10863204)

"Yes, very good."

Well there were some unique answers there... even if most of it was pretty straight forward.
"Right very good everyone, I hope you were all paying attention to each others responses, there were some interesting points made there." She wasn't about to go over it all again, nope, she had a head ache, so it was time to move on.

"So now that we're familiar with some of the uses of fire seeds, I want to share something with you." She braced herself... the memories from last term came back to her, what a nightmare. "Some of you will remember the fire that assaulted my research shed last term... well new information has come to light, and it was the result of fire seeds...." and a particularly snoopy baby elf.
"Now as a result of this, we only now have this one Fire Seed Bush, now I have taken the liberty of replenishing our fire seed stores, so today, you guessed it, we'll be planting fire seed plants!"

Cue excitement, yes?

"Now if you'll follow me a little further for more instructions."
Seren motioned with her arm for the students to follow her deeper still into the dark, cold greenhouse.

Stopping at the very back in front of row of stools for the students to sit on, Seren ignited a few torches that were struck in the dirt. There, a bit more light. "Now does anyone have any questions before we get started?" she asked, moving her blackboard into view.

OOC: RP moving to the very back of the dark and cold greenhouse for further instructions. If your character has any questions about the Fire Seeds, NOW is the time to ask, if not then just sit tight and wait for further instructions. The lesson will resume in approximately 14 hours.

Janice still couldn't believe that the Greenhouse could extend more to the back. She was slightly amused as the group shifted to the very back part of the greenhouse to follow Professor Bentley.

Wow, she mumbled to herself, it sure is cold right here.

Sophie once again walked calmly, now to the back of the greenhouse. She had to admit the thing she liked the most about all of this herbology stuff was the smell of the earth. She really liked that. With a small smile, she got closer to the professor to be able to see what they were supposed to do and sat down in one of the stools.

Nate followed the professor and the rest of the class into the deepest part of the herbology greenhouse. Was it just him or did it get a bit cold back there?

Laura looked at the Professor. "Could I have some fire seeds to play with?" Laura was sure it would be great to give her sister Lana some and then they could have some fun though of course they wouldn't use them dangerously.

Amelia was glad that she had gotten the question right and she didn't have any questions about the seeds that other people hadn't asked, but she wasn't sure how she felt about moving deeper into the greenhouse. She had no idea what was in there, and what if something grabbed her in the dark?

I wish Zayden was here, she thought to herself, wanting her boyfriend around in case there was some evil plant lurking in the depths. She needed to get a grip on herself, honestly.

She started moving forward with the class.

SPOILER!!: Professor Bentley <3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10863204)

Again Seren found her senses being assaulted by the loud Lion girl. Merlin help her... but having said that, it wasn't all bad. An enthusiastic young mind was always appreciated, and at least this one probably wouldn't get scared off by a few flesh eating trees. Seren made a mental note to introduce the class to some shortly...

"Yes indeed, Slamanders feed on fire, and fire seeds a rich source.... in fire." Obviously...
As for having one in the dorms... um.. "No."
"I don't think that would be a very wise idea, and aside from that it wouldn't survive in those conditions... but you're always welcome to come here and look after your own." .. yes her own. Because they were going to get to that soon enough.

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Well there were some unique answers there... even if most of it was pretty straight forward.
"Right very good everyone, I hope you were all paying attention to each others responses, there were some interesting points made there." She wasn't about to go over it all again, nope, she had a head ache, so it was time to move on.

"So now that we're familiar with some of the uses of fire seeds, I want to share something with you." She braced herself... the memories from last term came back to her, what a nightmare. "Some of you will remember the fire that assaulted my research shed last term... well new information has come to light, and it was the result of fire seeds...." and a particularly snoopy baby elf.
"Now as a result of this, we only now have this one Fire Seed Bush, now I have taken the liberty of replenishing our fire seed stores, so today, you guessed it, we'll be planting fire seed plants!"

Cue excitement, yes?

"Now if you'll follow me a little further for more instructions."
Seren motioned with her arm for the students to follow her deeper still into the dark, cold greenhouse.

Stopping at the very back in front of row of stools for the students to sit on, Seren ignited a few torches that were struck in the dirt. There, a bit more light. "Now does anyone have any questions before we get started?" she asked, moving her blackboard into view.

Salamanders fed on fire!!! Yes, she knew that!!! Such cool creatures!!! She could remember her brother telling her how cool and fiery they were and how it made himself so cool because his magical stick had a Salamander scale core. Lea frowned a bit. Too bad hers did not have that core. But who needed a stupid core when she could get THE ANIMAL ITSELF!!! As a naughty smirk appeared on her face, the expression got illuminated when she heard the rest of the professor's words. She could get her own Fire Seed Bush here??? ''Awesomeness!!!'' she exclaimed happily. ''Of course, better to have it in the conditions it would be happy to be.''

She could grow her own cool and pretty and glowing Fire Seed Bush and feed her Salamanders with the seeds. D'awwwwwwww. So cute. And while daydreaming about all this happy fiery moments, the little Gryffindor was unaware that she was missing half of the what the teacher woman was telling the class now.

She was only back to class when she motioned them to follow her deeper into the place. This class was rocking!!! Fire, dark places and more fire on torches. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!! With a little happy smile, the girl's dark brown eyes shone as she watched the burning fire on the torches.

Did she have any question? Of course she had.

''Professor, what is the place of this piece of nature within the four main elements? I mean, you know; all seas, rivers, lakes belong to water quarter. Whatever in the air belong to air quarter. The sun, other stars and lawa belong to fire quarter. And, as far as i know, all plants with the crust of the earth belong to earth quarter. Yet this plant...'' she pointed the Fire Seed Bush ''...both grows on earth and is a source of fire. I am confused.''

Ella walked quickly through the greenhouse. She was starting to shiver and the lack of light gave the plants around her an eerie quality. Okay, focus El. Just because it looks creepy in here doesn't mean something is going to jump out and attack you... Ella looked around nervously as her mind continued to wander. You'll be planting fire seeds.... that could be dangerous. Pay attention so you don't mess this up. Ella rubbed her arms as she sat down, trying to warm herself up.

Wait, wasn't that an extra credit task last term? Or was she just remembering things incorrectly? Oh well. Sky followed the rest of the class towards the back of the greenhouse, shivering slightly. Why hadn't she brought a jacket?

SPOILER!!: Bentley

Score for Selina. When Professor Bentley had asked her original question her answer had been a shot in the dark. She had just made a logical assumption from the information that Professor Bentley had given her. She supposed it did pay to actually guess instead of just stay silent in a lesson. Lesson learned for Miss Selina Skylar.

She smiled at her Professor and followed her as the whole class moved. Now did she have any questions? Nah, she was good.

Text Cut: Hera

Had she been paying attention to everyone else's answers? Nope. They'd all been talking at once, it'd seemed, so it'd been kind of hard to tell one answer from the other. She guessed she could just catch up on anything she missed as the lesson went on, though.

Sierra kept up with the class, following in line with the sea of students who were making their way further into the greenhouse. Questions? Nope. Not her. She did hear something, from Hollingberry nonetheless, that she thought she at least knew a little about.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10863261)

Patting her bag to make sure that her gloves were still in there, Kurumi eyed the Fire Seed Bush and its delicate looking flames. "Professor Bentley," Kurumi said as she raised her hand. "What would happen if the flames went out? It was mentioned that you need to use a Freezing Charm on the seeds in order to be able to handle them, but say you used a the charm on the plant itself." Like...if someone misaimed...could they accidentally kill the poor plant?

She raised her hand. "Doesn't the fire seed bush have to be on fire in order to live?" Sierra asked Bentley, responding to Hollingberry but at the same time asking a question of her own. She'd known of the fire seeds being used in a potion before, and that's how she'd managed to pick up the information. "I think the plant would die if all the flames went out, so I guess it's important we don't harvest all the fire seeds at once. I think that's why we only use the freezing charm on the seeds themselves--because freezing the whole plant might kill it."

Source: Harry Potter Wiki (and my character's brain). LOL