Angel had spent most of the morning trying to coax the today's plants into playing nice so he'd having something to show the class when they finally arrived. Feeling slightly disheveled, but triumphant, he tried his best to appear put together as his sixth years began entering the greenhouse.
“Alright, today we’re dealing with a particularly dangerous plant known as Devil’s Snare,” he started once the class was settled, waving his wand to unroll the collection of parchment diagrams he’d pinned to the board. “Now, to the untrained eye, Devil’s Snare could be mistaken for our friend the Flitterbloom here.” As he spoke, Angel walked over to the potted Flitterbloom bush he’d found languishing in one of the safer greenhouses. ”Both sharing the tentacle like appendages, though Devil’s Snare is a lot more on the murderous side,” he said, tickling one of the flitterbloom’s roaming tendrils. "So next time someone gifts you some flitterbloom, maybe make sure they don’t have it for you, huh?” Angel said with a laugh. Maybe joking about attempted murder by plant was in bad form for kids, but hopefully they’d at least pay attention now.
“It also makes a pretty good defensive measure, though it does have some very clear weaknesses.” Leaving the flitterbloom to its lazy undulations, Angel returned to the center of the classroom. “Anyone able to tell me how to defend yourself if you’re ever caught up in some Devil’s Snare?” He surveyed the class, pointing at the student who looked most confident to answer. “Good, exactly right. Light, whether natural or artificial is your friend with Devil’s Snare, so sunlight, fire, you get the picture. When exposed to light, it’ll recoil, and obviously fire is even more effective in that regard.
"But now, that's enough talking for one day, I have something much more interesting to show. Let's pay a little visit to the Dangerous Plants greenhouse,” he said, dangling the greenhouse key loosely from a finger. “Follow me!”
The Dangerous Plants greenhouse was a strange place, the humid air perfumed with all sorts of strange smells as Angel lead the class inside. The long wide center aisle was surrounded by screened in sections containing a strange selection of bizarre looking flora, and Angel made a point to give the class a measured look before continuing on. “Now we’re just looking today, so no wondering off and please for my own sanity, don’t touch anything.”
The class approached a darkened section and Angel outlined the coiled tendrils of the plant within as their eyes all adjusted. “No lights please, but if you look carefully, you might be able to recognize the plant in here, you see it?” Angel raised his eyebrows, hoping a student might be able to identify the Devil's Snare from its dark surroundings alone, even if they were having trouble spotting it.
After everyone had gotten a good look at the Devil’s Snare, Angel checked his pocket watch, deciding to wrap things up. “Alright, that’s all we’ve got today. We can hang out in here a bit longer but don't blame me if you're late for anything. And make sure you brush up on your illumination and fire spells, you never know when you might need it,” he said with a wink, waving the class out of the door.
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RP the lesson. First poster can answer the question for house points. Your homework is to practice any spells your student might need to fend off Devil’s Snare; link me an RP for extra credit (this can be posted later and PM'd/@'d at me or edited into your post anytime before the semester ends, just lemme know)
“Alright, today we’re dealing with a particularly dangerous plant known as Devil’s Snare,” he started once the class was settled, waving his wand to unroll the collection of parchment diagrams he’d pinned to the board. “Now, to the untrained eye, Devil’s Snare could be mistaken for our friend the Flitterbloom here.” As he spoke, Angel walked over to the potted Flitterbloom bush he’d found languishing in one of the safer greenhouses. ”Both sharing the tentacle like appendages, though Devil’s Snare is a lot more on the murderous side,” he said, tickling one of the flitterbloom’s roaming tendrils. "So next time someone gifts you some flitterbloom, maybe make sure they don’t have it for you, huh?” Angel said with a laugh. Maybe joking about attempted murder by plant was in bad form for kids, but hopefully they’d at least pay attention now.
“It also makes a pretty good defensive measure, though it does have some very clear weaknesses.” Leaving the flitterbloom to its lazy undulations, Angel returned to the center of the classroom. “Anyone able to tell me how to defend yourself if you’re ever caught up in some Devil’s Snare?” He surveyed the class, pointing at the student who looked most confident to answer. “Good, exactly right. Light, whether natural or artificial is your friend with Devil’s Snare, so sunlight, fire, you get the picture. When exposed to light, it’ll recoil, and obviously fire is even more effective in that regard.
"But now, that's enough talking for one day, I have something much more interesting to show. Let's pay a little visit to the Dangerous Plants greenhouse,” he said, dangling the greenhouse key loosely from a finger. “Follow me!”
The Dangerous Plants greenhouse was a strange place, the humid air perfumed with all sorts of strange smells as Angel lead the class inside. The long wide center aisle was surrounded by screened in sections containing a strange selection of bizarre looking flora, and Angel made a point to give the class a measured look before continuing on. “Now we’re just looking today, so no wondering off and please for my own sanity, don’t touch anything.”
The class approached a darkened section and Angel outlined the coiled tendrils of the plant within as their eyes all adjusted. “No lights please, but if you look carefully, you might be able to recognize the plant in here, you see it?” Angel raised his eyebrows, hoping a student might be able to identify the Devil's Snare from its dark surroundings alone, even if they were having trouble spotting it.
After everyone had gotten a good look at the Devil’s Snare, Angel checked his pocket watch, deciding to wrap things up. “Alright, that’s all we’ve got today. We can hang out in here a bit longer but don't blame me if you're late for anything. And make sure you brush up on your illumination and fire spells, you never know when you might need it,” he said with a wink, waving the class out of the door.
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RP the lesson. First poster can answer the question for house points. Your homework is to practice any spells your student might need to fend off Devil’s Snare; link me an RP for extra credit (this can be posted later and PM'd/@'d at me or edited into your post anytime before the semester ends, just lemme know)
