Seventh Years: Lesson Three

Angel was considering today’s plant from a safe distance as the class began arriving, having posted himself casually against one of the greenhouse benches where he could easily see all of the plant’s appendages. He’d been assured repeatedly over the years that the school’s resident Venomous Tentacula, Hemneda, was tamed and harmless, but Angel still wasn’t too keen to get closer to the plant than necessary.

“Afternoon, all!” He greeted the class as they were settled, tearing his eyes away from Hamneda to address them. “Today, we’ll be looking at the Venomous Tentacula, a specimen of which we’ve been provided here,” he said, motioning to the plant in question. “Now rest assured that Hamneda here is quite harmless, but you should know of course wild venomous tentacula are quite dangerous.

“Venomous Tentacula are predatory plants, using their spikes and mobile vines to grab live prey,” he said, outlining Hamneda’s spines in the air with his wand, moving his hand back when the plant lifted a vine lazily. “The spikes are venomous, hence the name, as is the ‘bite’ from one. The tentacula expels venom from their vines as they reach for prey before attempting to strangle them. They’ll even go after humans, they’re not picky,” he said with a slight nervous laugh as Hamneda shifted again.

“Now, any thoughts on how you might defend yourself from such a plant? They’re sometimes used as a defensive measure,” Angel nodded to a student as they raised their hand, considering their answer. “Yep, a severing charm would work perfectly, stun the plant and then severs the tentacles neatly,” he said, making a slicing motion with his hand as he spoke. “Very good. 3 house points for quick thinking.”

Checking his pocket watch, Angel was relieved to see that it was time to wrap things up. “That’s all for today, make sure you have some notes down, I have it on good authority this’ll be on the NEWT,” he finished up, shooing the class out so he could hurry up and move Hamneda somewhere further away from his office as soon as possible.

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RP the lesson, first poster can answer the question for house points

 

[Emmanuel Okoye]

Emmanuel walked into the herbology greenhouse and took his usual spot in the room. He took out his notes and books and placed them down in front of him as the professor got started. He knew a little about the venomous tentacula, but was happy to learn more about them. He thought it was pretty incredible that the professor had one and that it seemed to be tame. He raised his hand at the question and then went picked to answer,, ”A severing spell,” he said with a little question in his tone, but that was right it seemed. He made sure to tidy up his notes before he packed up his things and left the room.

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[Rory Styx]

Rory made his way into the greenhouse for another herbology lesson and settled into his seat. Professor Castillo announced they would learning about venomous tentacula, which was a pretty dangerous plant. Rory took notes as the professor went into more detail about the plant, he told them what the plant could do with its spikes, and that it could ‘bite’ people and will even go after people if it has a chance. Best not to get too close to it. He made a note of how to fight them off, though he hoped it wasn’t something he would ever need to remember. Once the lesson was over Rory packed up the notes he had made and made his way out of the classroom once dismissed.

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[Chaos Zhefarovich II]

The middle of the semester meant that the boring part of the year had started. It was a lengthy term, and Chaos Zhefarovich the Second could feel every single minute. It was almost tortuous to go through this. He could not wait until he graduated so that he could leave this godforsaken place. Chaos now realized why his father never wanted him to come here. But Chaos needed the social interaction, even if he did not think it was truly necessary in the long run. What he learned was valuable, but more of it was useless. Clubs and such. Wastes of time. Chaos briefly wondered how Yuelia was doing, and quickly pushed that aside. He got up from his bed and left the Gryffindor house.

Chaos entered the greenhouse and saw that they might be studying whatever plant was at the front, with all of the appendages. Chaos finally understood why when Professor Casillo let them know that they would be looking at the Venomous Tentacula. This one seemed like it was not dangerous - but that did not mean that all of them were as friendly. The spikes on it were venomous, and they had venom in their vines. They would even go after humans. At least they were not magic proof. He finished his notes over the plant, and wondered if he could have one as a pet himself. He might need more of a green thumb though. He got up and left the greenhouse to ponder on his idea.​

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[Ethan Alexander]

Ethan yawned as he took his seat for the day’s lesson. He stayed up too late last night between patrols and mid semester assignments stacking up. He was starting to resent the badge a little but he still wore it proudly, when he remembered where he put it the night before. Professor Castillo greeted them excitedly and he winced a little, wishing he could go take a nap on the lawn instead. He did his best to pay attention as the lecture began and he was pretty interested since the Venomous Tentacula seemed to act more like a creature than a plant. But his sleepy mind started to wander as his eyelids grew heavy. He blinked quickly when the lesson was over and they were being dismissed. The mention of notes made he look down at his own scribbles and he frowned. Hopefully he could ask Emmanuel to borrow his notes later.

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Angel knew plants weren't always a mile a minute type stuff for some students but he did hope they'd pay a bit more attention when they were around ones that could potentially kill them.
"Sorry, am I boring you?" he asked Ethan lightly, spotting the kid almost dozing off mid-lesson. "I've still got some screechsnaps from earlier this year if you need help staying away," he offered sweetly, content that was enough of a threat to hopefully not need to talk to Ethan again about sleeping in class.