Professor Taransay
January 25, 2017 1:28 PM
Playing with fire (Intermediates) by Professor Taransay
CATS were fast approaching, but that did not mean Rory’s intermediate lessons were becoming more classroom based. Quite the contrary, in fact. His students could read all the textbooks they wanted to in their spare time, but the key thing that his lessons provided was hands-on experience, something that was important for exams as well as real life. However, he was starting to set them more homework, largely researched-based, and he expected that his fifth-year students would be mature enough to be thinking about revision. Rory never liked to set more homework than necessary, but he found magical creatures so fascinating that he didn’t imagine anyone would have a problem with reading up on them.For today’s lesson, Rory had got hold of some Fire Crabs. When learning about bigger animals, it was harder to provide his students with the chance to have a practical lesson on their living environments, but creatures that could be kept in cages provided more of an opportunity for that. As such, he’d made sure that the Fire Crabs’ cages hadn’t been cleaned for a day or two, providing the students with a nice mess that they would have to clear out. He was sure some students would find their task a little disgusting, but at least that would weed out the weak for the Advanced class.
“Hello, all!” he greeted the students, as enthusiastically as always. “Today we’re going to be cleaning out cages for some Fire Crabs that I have here.” He gestured to the large array of crates. “I want you to work in pairs or threes. You’ll find a large pen over there where you can deposit your Fire Crab if they’re getting in the way of your cleaning, but make sure you return them to their cage afterwards. Oh, and don’t forget to grab a pair of gloves!”
He’d decided to let the students show a bit of initiative with the Fire Crabs. Moving them into the pen wouldn’t be the easiest of jobs, but it would make the task of cleaning much simpler and less dangerous. It was up to them to decide what would be the best course of action. Gloves were, of course, something that he had to provide for his students, but dealing with an angry Fire Crab still wouldn’t be a pleasant experience for them. Rory would be watching closely, ready to help out if anyone got burned, or if any clothes were set on fire. Dealing with magical creatures wasn’t all fun and games, and you had to take a few risks sometimes!
Also on hand for the students were brushes, shovels, buckets of water, and fresh bedding material, specially treated to ensure it would be non-flammable. It wouldn’t do to have the crabs setting their beds on fire!
OOC: Normal rules apply and, as stated, Rory will be there if there are any problems with the Fire Crabs. No deaths or third-degree burns would be likely!
Subthreads: So don't play with me. by Chuck Fintoc, Pecari
Mana said that we shouldn't do that. by Gia Donovan, Pecari
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Chuck Fintoc, Pecari
January 27, 2017 2:31 PM
So don't play with me. by Chuck Fintoc, Pecari
It wasn’t that Chuck didn’t listen in class but often he just felt that the information given by the professors just went in one ear and out the other. Fortunately that wasn’t the case with Care of Magical Creatures. Perhaps it was because they got to do so much hands-on stuff or just because animals made so much more sense to him than things like transfiguration formulas, but Chuck didn’t have a hard time retaining information about the creatures they studied.The research tasks they were being set more and more the closer they got to their CATS exam could be a bit of drag sometimes, not because the content was dull but because a lot of books had more detail and fancy language than was really needed. It was all plain and simple stuff really so he would rather not have to sift through the excess codswallop that all these experts seemed to like adding in to make their books bigger.
Chuck didn’t mind the prospect of cleaning out the Fire Crabs’ cages. As strange as it was, he kind of missed mucking out the animals back home on the ranch so even the dirtiest tasks they did in Care of Magical Creatures were no great chore.
Professor Taransay had added some fun into the mix by leaving the Fire Crabs in their cages so that the students had to decide what they were going to do with them. Chuck didn’t fancy getting burnt whilst he was trying to clean out a cage so he saw moving them to the pen as the best plan, although that in itself put him at risk of getting burnt. But that was half the fun.
“Want to work together?” Chuck turned to the person nearest him, since Professor Taransay had told them to pair up. “I’m thinking we should move the Fire Crab into the pen, so it will be easier to muck out the cage.”
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Gia Donovan, Pecari
January 28, 2017 10:13 AM
Mana said that we shouldn't do that. by Gia Donovan, Pecari
Gia, like most people, loved animals. She loved the pretty ones and was scared of the mean looking ones. But, she was not naive as people probably thought she could be. She knew they were work. She knew that each magical creature had something special about it and that each had a particular requirement when it came to caring for them. She knew that every good creature was important as were the dark, even if people did not understand how.Gia had begun learning about the ‘dark’ creatures along with the dark arts a long time ago when they were running from place to place because of what Jax turned into once a month. She had picked up books on the subjects to learn whatever she could in order to keep them safe and to educate people who held prejudices against things they did not understand.
She tried to keep an open mind to everything because of this and did her best to read all that she could on every subject. She was certainly not an expert by any means, but just a girl doing her best to get by in the world that was far too big and too complicated to really ever truly comprehend. She only wished that everyone else took the time to learn all they could about things instead of simply believing in one particular theory and refusing any other.
Gia appreciated the work the Professor Taransay set for them, really she did, but she honestly did not want to have to clean out the cages of creatures. Getting dirty didn’t bother her as much as trying to work out how to deal with a fire crab. She was dressed nicely today and didn’t want to singe her dress. She knew that was a bit of a shallow viewpoint to have, but it wasn’t like Gia had extra funds to replace her clothes. But, what could she do? She didn’t want to fail the lesson and she didn’t want someone to do the work for her either. She would just have to make due and hope for the best.
She took her school robes off, feeling that they would just get in her way, and pulled her clothes on. Walking up to one of the cages, Gia looked around for someone to work with. Seeing someone, Gia smiled, “Would you like to be partners for this?” She asked them, hoping that they would.
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