Oh I see Professor. Thanks

Greek snitch writes down a few more notes. She thinks that Noradolas are very interesting

Riiya scribbles down a few more notes....

after writing, she places the quill down and lifts her left hand up. "professor." she takes a deep breath and continues, "what is the purpose of the Norandola? most plants have purposes...well, most that i've seen.."

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Jenna scribbled down more notes then waited for Riiya's quesion to be answered.

"Depends. If your Norandola seems to have similarities to a Devil's Snare--which could happen--I'd be careful."

"Yes for question one--which we will be doing shortly--and no for question two. Your plant would slowly change to fit the other person's character, but you, as the person who planted it, will still be able to recognize the features you caused it to take.

"Confused? I shall show you a Norandola plant I asked someone else to plant.”

She went into the shed again, coming out with a pot and a plant in it, noticing the dumbstruck faces of her class as she put it down next to her Norandola.

“It’s a Norandola.”

The plants couldn’t have looked less alike. Her plant was drapped in light, shining in colours of white, gold and silver. The one she had just brought, it was… like a parrot or something. Its colours varied from red to yellow to bright blue. Also was the shape totally different. Had hers been very round and fragile looking, this one resembled a tulip, except for the fact that the beam was a violent shade of purple.

“Any ideas why this could be?”

"may i take a shot at it, Professor? i think it was because of the previous owners personality and the way it was taken care of. maybe the previous caretaker had a cheerful personality.or on the other hand, the plant may have gotten slighly confused and so it is in the process of connecting with the new owner..."

"Yes, a cheerful, very outgoing--maybe even too loud and raucous--personality would make sense here. Any other suggestions?"

Either the plant from shed was potted and grown by someone other than you, Professor or you planted at a different time in your life.

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"Oh, I didn't plant it," Professor Phoenix said. "That would be quite some drastic evolution, though."

"professor, the term 'you are what you eat' suddenly comes to mind. so, in this case, the Norandola Absorbs(eats) the caretakers personality...so, that's its purpose, is it?"

"Professor Phoenix is the second Norandola a male plant"?, asks Andrew.


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Jill raised her hand.
"Well, another reason for such vibrant colors could be that in the Norandola's growth, maybe more than one person handled it, and the plant changed according to both personalities?" Jill shrugged. "Either way, that's a strong sense of some personality, good or bad, for the Norandolas to turn out like that. Actually Professor, would a Norandolas plant look healthy or vibrant if the personality directed towards it was negative?"

"Mmh... If Norandola was taken care by two different people the connection between the first might have been broken and it might make the plant have some kind of independency? Like the bonds wioth parents, they can be broken, if not painfully, and develop in somethnig completely different, I guess...

"I heard about this plants!" Nadia said. "Now I remember, of your *last years* notes, professor. So this plants actually have a gender, that I heard."

*raise hand*

"About not the plant but the Vitaris spell: Wouldn't we be shortening the life-spawn of the plant if we use the Vitaris spell, and would the same spell work on humans, making them old? Oh, and is there a counter-spell? I'm particularly curious because it doesn't seem like a legal spell... more like one of the *dark* type, to me."

*raises hand, and begins to speak while still looking at the plant*

Well, you've said that personality may have an effect, could it have anything to do with the age of the plant? Or even the gender?

Or... *completely changing her point*

Could it have something to do with the health of the person who planted it, since you said it was sort of bonded to the person?

"Yup. Cool that you spotted it, because you can't really tell right now--there are no tell-tale signs."

"Well, the plant has been in my care for a while, so yes, that might also play a role. Even if a person is not...nice...the Norandola can be healthy all the same. Might bear resemblance to a Venomous Tentacula, or be black, though."

"Good idea, but the influence of the person planting the seed will always stay."

"Yes, kind of, since it is already has several stages of growth behind itself. Vitaris could be used on humans, but keep in mind that a human body is much more complex, and therefore it's probably a really complicated task. And also remember this, Nadia: Everything can be used for the bad, even a simple cleaning spell. How? I dunno...one could do something gross like cleaning out another person's stomach or veins or the like... Eww."

"The age plays a role, seeing as to the time the plant spends around other people will influence it. The gender: Maybe. But there always are more female males and male females :/ . Health: Depends. If the person is really very sick, but the person mentally is totally fit and happy, so will the plant be. If he/she is depressed, that would reflect in the plant, but not if he/she cut his/her finger. Make sense?"

Riiya raises her hand and asks, "Professor,does that mean the Norandola's are like mood rings? is that its purpose?"

After drawing the second plant, Andrew asks, "Professor if you can't tell this one is a male how can you tell a male plant from female plant. When you look inside the flower of a non-magical, you see the two organs, called the stamen and pistil. It is the stamen that are the ovaries that turn into fruit if it is a bloom on a apple tree. So how do you tell if this Norandola is male?"


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*frowns* "How's that?" Nadia asked. "It's like you are telling the plant is hermaphrodite (sp?) or something.

"Ught..." *shudder* "Definitely gross So, I guess there's no counter-spell, right?"

*raise hand* "Is it immediate if the person's mood changes all of the sudden, having repercussions on the plant? Because it sounds as if you are telling the plant is really emphatical, emotional-accurate and alienated to the person! In which case this plant would know exactly what are you feeling this very moment!

Wow. If this was true then, if we get to know how the Norandola does that, we might use the same technique and ways to make a spell, or maybe a potion, to know exactly what the other person is feeling, like an alternative way of Legillimence! Such a scary power over someone, these plants have....

On the other hand, is there the possibility of the plant only perceiving the emotion you were feeling *only* when planted? Say, I'm depressed right now and I plant it and it gets to be *gray* of something, but then, the next day I'm happy; will the plant change color/shape/etc?... if this was the case the Legillimency-potion idea would fail completely...

*is taking notes quietly in pink pen*

*raises hand*

"Ummm...Professor? When is the Vitaris spell used? I mean, in what professions and such...do normal wizard gardners use the spell?"

Riiya picks up her quill and continues to write a few more notes on the Norandolas...

*Adam copies down everything that has just been said. Unfortunately he wrote so fast that nobody except himself would be able to read it.*

Ceci raised her hand.

Actually, I didn't get it, especially the she/he part and such.

Yes, it is all quite complicated. I am feeling a bit depressed at the moment, so I guess that means the plant would be too...

Jill listened to the class discussion.