2nd years: Lesson 3

[Timothy Linn]

After his class with the first years, Timothy cleaned up the room a bit and erased the board of last lesson's plants. There, he began writing down the plants the second years would be lectured on today. This would be a new set of plants he'd be teaching to his lower years than he did when he used to be a TA for Herbology. Taking a seat, he then waited for his second years to arrive this mid-morning.

[trini]

First student in the class and it felt great. It had never happened before. She only saw the professor but he was cool. "Good morning," she spilled cheerily. She could sense that this was going to be a good day. Well at least she hoped so. Taking a seat, she pulled out her book and prepared herself for the day's lesson.

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[vivian]

Vivian was pleased to find that she was the second student to make it to the class. She was usually one of the last ones there. She sat down and allowed her eyes to scan the room. She wasn't that fond of Herbology, but she did like what it was used for. The only reason she didn't like the class was because it wasn't challenging enough for her. She loved classes that challenged her and forced her to think, and Herbology wasn't one of them. However, the subject was still good to know.

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[filmodirectii]

Gyminee entered the Herbology greenhouse glad to see only two other students. She noticed them from her other classes but didn't talk to them much. Well...she doesn't really talk to people that much. Especially not during class. From her other classes she noticed that the people don't really get to the class the earliest times. She also know the teacher doesn't really start the lesson until there's a good number of students in the classroom. To pass time Gyminee was thinking of what to do. What she came up with at the end isn't very interesting and would make people think that she was a creep and loser. But she didn't care. So she followed what she was thinking to do in the beginning and she stared at whatever is right in front of her. Right now what's right in front of her is a chair. "O whatver..." Gyminee thought."It pass time. Good enough for me!"

[grobanitexd]

Aaliyah was very slow in coming toward the greenhouses this time. She did not want to live out another accident like last class. Luckily, the bruise on her forehead had completely faded. She tucked her now blonde hair behind her ear and went into the classroom. This was the first time since she had come to this school that she exposed her naturally blond hair.

She grinned nervously as she sat next to Sabra. "What do you think?" she whispered to her best friend.

[selkie]

Sadie was quite glad to be arriving to class on time. It was always very uncomfortable for the Second Year to feel like a slacker as she snuck in and grabbed a seat in the back a few minutes after things had already begun. This time she had her pick of seats, and after a brief pause in the doorway she decided to take one near a girl she'd remembered from potions.

Settling into a chair next to a Hufflepuff (Gyminee) Sadie automatically began to spread her things out upon the desk, quill, ink, parchment etc... Flashing the Hufflepuff a smile she spoke up, "Hi. I'm Sadie from Gryffindor. Hope you don't mind me sitting here..."

[ayame]

Ayame walked into class and took her usal spot in the back. She looked around and realized that she was not late, for once. Ayame took out her supplies, and began doodeling aimlessly across a sheet of parchment as she waited for class to begin.

[gryphon]

When Gryphon arrived at Herbology the first thing see took into account was that there were only six students present- seven including herself. All female, no males at all. Well except for Professor Linn, whom Gryphon smiled at before taking a seat in the front row.

'Heh, Norts probably late as usual...'

Gryphon having not recognised Aaliyah because of her blonde hair thought she was just another person she didn't know. Knowing a very little amount of people made it easy to look over faces lightly.

Getting out some paper and a quill, ready for notes, the pale girl started doodling a picture aimlessly.

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Gyminee staring at what ever was right in front of her, was a little slow at the moment. It took her a while to notice that someone was talking to her. It was a girl she noticed in most of her classes...probably all...

Flashing the Hufflepuff a smile she spoke up, "Hi. I'm Sadie from Gryffindor. Hope you don't mind me sitting here..."

"Oh hi..."Said Gyminee"Sry took me a while to respond...but sure you can sit here. Sadie...yea you are in lots of my classes...I'm Gyminee by the way."

[sean]

Jacob walked into class. He didn't think he was that late. He looked around the room for some one to sit by. He saw Gryphon and a girl named Gyminee that was in the same house as him. He walked over to Gryphon. He and her never really talked that much. Not ever actually.

"Hey. Mind if I sit here?" he asked her.

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[charlie12]

Charlie lazily walked down the hall. A bag strapped around his back. He hadn’t done anything that morning so naturally he was tired and bored. Hoping class would be fun he walked into the Herbology classroom and took a seat. He sat up straight not planning on paying attention to anything but the lesson.

[Timothy Linn]

"Good morning class." His voice roared over the others that were talking. "Today we have two plants we'll be learning about. The first is Cecylahys. So let us begin. The cecylahys is a woody vine with leaves up to one foot long. Th leaves cane be ground into a powder which, when added to goats milk, can make an extremely effective pimple remover. Bubotuber pus also clears up acne, but you'll learn that later."

Getting up from his chair, he begins to pace behind it while looking straight at his students. "The plant produces pink, grape-sized berries, which will give one a fantastic singing voice when consumed. The wood is a blacking brown with many bumps and ridges. The vine is hard, heavy, tough, and when freshly cut produces yellow wax."

"Cecylayhs is usually found in Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and other sections of South America. It is used in the Amazon to protect new-born babies from harmful infections. It was also used as a snake-bite remedy." Pacing back to the opposite side of his desk, he stopped, and leaned against his desk. "However, if this plant is exposed to dragon dung, a horrible phenomenon occurs.

"Firstly, the long leaves will grow many small bumps along the veins. After a few seconds these bumps will swell, and then burst-spurting an acidic yellow poison in the proximity of ten metres. The grape-sized berries will shrink and then wither. If anyone has eaten a berry from that particular vine in the past three weeks will lose their hair." He frowns.

"It would be incurable without making an immensely complex potion, which must be swallowed within three days of the hair loss. Also, the dragon's dung odor will increase by five-hundred percent, paralycing anyone within one kilometre in seconds."

[brendan]

A question. Brendan swore at times he really lived up to the part of being a nerd. 'Um sir? That means that even if the person has eaten a berry before the plants get infected, he or she would still be affected?' After all, Professor Linn has said that whoever ate a berry in the past three weeks would lose their hair. Did it take three weeks for the effect of it against Dragon Dung to occur? Who knew? Bren wouldn't say that he was good at Herbology after all.

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[flowers]

Slipping ever so uncarefully into class Nort took not time in picking a random seat. He was so worried about getting introuble that he hadn't noticed Aaliyah or Gryphon and so when he was sitting it was with shock to find them no where near him. Dam! he curse to himself as he glanced at who he was sitting next to.

All wasn't lost for her was sitting next to his recent hero, Brendan. "oh hey," he smiled after Brendan had answered the question. Nort was sure to keep his voice now when he said his hello, as he wondered wheather Gryphon or liyah had noticed him yet. [/size]

[gryphon]

Gryphon had been drawing repetitive swirls; she honestly had thought she wouldn't get very far with this picture, but some how it had managed to creep across most of the page in some oriental fashion.

'Yep...bet he wont even show up. Slacker.'

At the sound of someone talking to her she looked up, a smile forming instantly. "Hey, yeah sure." she shrugged a little, happy to have someone to sit with. Before she could say anything further her attention was torn away from the boy to the Professor ranting on about the plant Cecylahys. Which Gryphon didn't even want to attempt to try and pronounce, if she didn't spit everywhere she'd gain a silly sounding lisp.

Too distracted by the plant's name and how Linn had described it, naturally Gryphon became a bit lost in all the words, failing to write down notes as she was meant to eb doing. This was probably why she was so hopeless at Herbology.

"...You can loose your hair from just one berry?" Gryphon murmured aloud in surprise. Stupid thing to say but she couldn't help it. And the Mihael boy's question only confused her more. Oh dear. It wasn't anyone’s fault really, she was just always too distracted way too easily in class. She couldn't even blame the distractions on inanimate objects cause the distractions were always made from words of the conversation.

"Are you any good with Herbology?" Gryphon whispered to Jacob, smiling a little. She hadn't noticed Nort.[/font]

[troyzoton]

Troy walked into Herbology, he knew he was late so he made his way to a desk behind Sabra and some blonde girl and sat down with his equipment out.
'Hey Sabra, hey.......Liyah?, is that you?' he asked, he realised it was Aaliyah, he hadn't recognized her at first as he had never seen her with blonde hair.
He grinned as he looked up to listen to the teacher.

[sean]

"Hey, yeah sure." she shrugged a little.

Jacob listened to the words. He smiled and sat down next to her. He listened to the professor talk. He took out his paper and took a few notes. He sighed. He had missed some classes and was worried about him not passing exams. And haveing to do his 2nd year again. Gawd. Was he going to be in trouble with his dad when he got back home.

"Are you any good with Herbology?" Gryphon whispered to Jacob, smiling a little.

Jacob laughed a little. Good at Herbology. Not at all. He was good at Defense Against the Dark Arts, Muggle Studies, and Histsory of Magic. Thats it. "Me. good at any Herbology. Nevere. I really hate this class." he whispered to her.

He turned the page of his notebook. It already had writing on it. Actually more like half a drawing. He loved drawing but he hide it from every one."Are you good at Herbology?" he questioned Gryphon.[/center]

[telly]

The bad thing about leaving for a while is well, missing stuffs. Missus Chantal Hurley has been away for quite some time, meaning that she has missed a big chunck of the Term. Hopefully she'll beable to be promoted. :/

Quickly taking her seat, the small girl glanced around the room. Gasp. A girl, one that looked just like her, was in her class. What in the world? Freaky deaky, no? Ah well. Shrugging it off, the slytherin took out her paper and quill. BAM. It was pink paper. What? Just because they're notes doesnt mean they cant be pretty notes. :]

[Timothy Linn]

Timothy liked questions being asked in class. They were always a good challenge. "Good one Mr. Slater. Yes, the person who has eaten the berry before that particular vine got infected will be affected. But only in the past three weeks since berries are shed every three weeks for new ones to grow," he replied. "These berries, afterall, are picked immediately once they ripen."

Writing their next plant on the board, Timothy dusted his hands off and returned to the front of his desk. "Green Stone. I know, I know. It sounds like an ordinary rock, but it's not. While in its plant guise, it looks very similar to a fern. Almost identical, in fact. But it does not have the ability, which it utilizes when the weather is cold, to masquerade as a moss covered rock."

"The process is quite simple. The fern curls up upon itself, and the outer layer of the plant hardens, forming a rock-like stiffness. While in it's rock-like state, the insides of the plant are extremely useful for a specific type of potion. The potion turns on's outer layer of skin to a rock-like hardness, providing shell-like defenses to the person."

Timothy liked the idea of having a rock-like exterior. It was like The Thing in Fantastic Four. Though, he hoped he wouldn't look that hideous. "The plant is easily reverted to it's plant form by warming it to a temperature about fifteen and a half degrees celsius or sixty degrees fahrenheit. At that temperature, the plant unfurls, and becomes a fern-like plant, with no particular magical uses."

[grobanitexd]

Aaliyah looked up and grinned as Nort came into the classroom. She did not even really notice that the teacher had begun his lecture. She went to wave at him when she realized that he was not even paying attention to her. She quickly put her hand down and looked down at her notebook. It was at this point that she began to take notes. A little disappointed, she did not have the same desire to learn as usual.

"Liyah?, is that you?"
Aaliyah looked up at Troy and smirked. It was the usual Liyah Smirk and no matter how much she changed, that never was going to. "It's me all right," she said. "I told you I was going to go back to the natural blonde. So, what's up with you?"