5th years - Lesson 3 [Venomous Tentacula]

[Timothy Linn]

Once his fourth years had left for the afternoon, Timothy set up for his next class, the fifth years. Today they would be learning about a special plant that his sixth and seventh years, and recent graduates have enjoyed. With his wand, he summoned his briefcase onto his desk where he retrieved a very large photographic image of one of the plants.

Then writing on the board the plant's name, Venomous Tentacula, he dusted his hands and took a seat behind his desk. There, with a flick of his wand, he levitated the large photo above his desk for all the students to see the motion photograph. Hopefully it wouldn't scare them off.

[[OOC: You have 24 hours to arrive. Let me remind you that class starts at 2:10pm according to this post.]]

[nathanielhaake]

Nathaniel had left his last class in the early afternoon to go to Herbology. With the new time change, he was beginning to miss Herbology in the morning. He whistled to himself down the hall and out of the front doors. The day was nice and bright, slightly cool, and breezy. Not many were in sight besides those stragglers who just came out of Professor Linn's class.

He waited until the last of the fourth years left and then waited for a moment as the professor looked to be setting things up. An image hovered above the professor's desk, and Nathaniel could only see vines. Entering inside, he got a better look, and it was a creepy sight. "Er, hullo professor." He smiled as he took a seat up front, taking off his messenger bag, and hanging it behind his chair.

His eyes kept watch on the image. Was it a viney spider or what? He just couldn't keep his eyes away from it. Nathaniel reached back for his Herbology book, parchement, and his ink filled quill. He was too busy looking at the image to realize he was the first one in class.

[Astrid D'aubigne]

Astrid was exhausted, and it showed. She hadn't been able to receive very much sleep the previous night, because it seemed that no matter what she did in an attempt to fall asleep, it didn't work. Her thoughts wouldn't grant her rest. She walked into the Herbology classroom and sat down, immediately resting her head on the desk. She would lift up her head and listen once the lesson was started.

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[Selene Falicon]

Selene walked calmly to her next class, pretty sure she wasn't late. She'd recently quit caring about being late, because even when she tried to be on time she wasn't. Then she got docked House Points for being late. It just overall was a mess, and she hated it.So she took her time getting to Herbology and -what do ya know?!- she was actually on time! Who would've guessed it? Certainly not Selene. She took an open seat and stared at the picture floating above the teacher's desk.

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[Holden J. Caulfield]

Holden walked into the Herbology green house. He was probably late but he didn't care right now. The Hufflepuff had been late to all his other classes. No one ever informed him of classes. How could they not? Maybe he should read the schedules. They gave their students so much work like essays for instance.

Holden sat down in a seat and pulled out his book. Hopefully Avery would show up.[/size]

[amandalarsen]

Oh goodness! Amanda couldn't run late going to Herbology. After having a study period right after lunch, she sprinted from the library and down the corridors. She may be in a rush, but she had good reason to, and she made sure to dart right past the professors so that they couldn't catch her, or worse, hex her for running down the halls.

As she finally made it outdoors, she could breathe easier, even if she was huffing and puffing. Her legs and feet ached, but that was from the continuous every day training. Not on broom, but on feet since she's been running the lost trails by the forbidden forest. It kept her in shape, which she needed for Quidditch because most of the time you're flying and throwing quaffles around.

Entering the greenhouse, she smiled mildly at the professor and looked to the present students in the classroom. She smiled to Holden and Nathaniel, taking a seat by the Slytherin and nudging him on the arm. "What's got your attention?" She asks, but finally looks to the front and notices the image hovering in the air. She gasped, wide-eyed, and grinned.

"Wicked..." She murmured as she too couldn't keep her eyes off of the spider like vines. Taking out her parchment, quill and ink bottle, and book, she craned her head to continue looking at the plant. "Erm, Professor, tell me that's a spider in costume because if not, then what is that!"

[Timothy Linn]

Timothy waited for his fifth years to arrive. As one after the other finally took a seat, Timothy closed the door to the greenhouse, and returned to the front. There he took a seat on his desk and looked at them all. "Good afternoon class. Sorry for the change in schedule. My TA seems to have resigned her position and for now I must take over all years."

Seeing as some of the students had notice the motion photograph above his head, a wide grin appeared across his lips. "Well Miss Larsen, that is no spider there. Actually it is today's lesson. Venomous Tentacula. It originates in the rain forests of Africa. So you do not have to worry about encountering one. Unless you're in Africa. While primarily a vine, a single tentacula plant can have as many as twenty-five vines growing from it."

[Holden J. Caulfield]

The fifth year began jotting down notes as Professor Linn began talking about the Venomus Tantacula. Holden wasn't too keen on learning about plants but this was midly interesting. He looked at the plant and saw it move. "And it moves too?" Holden moved a bit in his seat. Was that thing poisonous? Was it a man-eater? Did it like to eat six foot Hufflepuff fifth year Seekers slash Special Advisors for breakfast? Gulp![/size]

[Avery Moretti]

Walking out of the castle down to the greenhouses killed her. She hadn't really been out of her dorm [aside from a few classes] in awhile. The fresh air froze her lungs momentarily and the bright sunlight blinded her. Narrowing her eyes, she let her head drop, her hair shadowing her eyes from the evil rays of the sun. Arriving at the greenhouse, she walked inside to find that some of the students were talking. Perhaps class had started already.

Finding Holden, she sat down next to him and gave him a little smile. Blue eyes shot up to the big moving photograph above the Professor's desk and widened. The thing looked pretty scary. Hopefully they wouldn't actually see the plant in physical contact. She might just faint if they did.

[amandalarsen]

Those lucky lower years. They must've been partying by now with Ms. Kohn gone and Professor Linn as their teacher now. Luckily, Amanda got to have Professor Linn the whole time since her schooling began. Hearing that it was no spider, but infact, a plant, her eyes widen. A plant that looks like that should be illegal! It was just... too scary!

Amanda gulped, jotting down the name of the plant and where it originates. Thankfully she's not in the rain forest of Africa, nor would she go and travel ther ein the future.

[Timothy Linn]

"The ability to move the vines around was evolved as a means of acquiring nourishment. The 'venom' in the thorns is actually a mild sedative; enough to know out a small rodent and the like, so the vines can pull them into their root system." He informed them smoothly. Waving his wand at the photo above him, he captured a still of the plant for a better look.

"To a witch or wizard, it is no more hamful than a mild bee sting. The tentacula has some popularity as a pet plent. It will not usually make any attempt to stab humans, viewing people as too large to be prey. The exception is one week a year, then the plant is 'teething'. Teething is the process of shedding old thorns to allow new ones to begin to grow in their place."

Timothy reached behind him to retrieve a bag full of sharp thorns resembling the venomous tantacula's teeth. Passing it off first to Amanda, he watched as it spread around the room. "The term teething was adopted because of the plants tendency to 'bite' or get its thorns stuck in anything near it in the hopes of breaking them off."

[nathanielhaake]

Nathaniel did not acknowledged Amanda's presence when she sat by him. Too intrigued with this creature, class had begun, and the professor began lecturing like mad! He copied down the notes he could manage to get out of the professor, also looking over Amanda's own notes, and then back to his own. His hand cramped a little, but luckily the professor came to the teething part which was totally awesome!

[Timothy Linn]

After everyone copied down the notes, he added one last bit of information before the class would end. "One venomous tentacula, owned by an American wizard named Johna Finkle, had a small acting career. Most notably ws its small on 'The Addams Family', where it played Cleopatra, Morticia's pet plant. Er.. if any of you are accustomed to muggle television." He grins.

"It also had a guest appearance on an epidsode of 'Star Trek-The Next Generation', where it played a venemous vine that infected commander Riker with a deadly virus." Looking at the confused faces of his students, he chuckled to himself, and shook his head. "Anyway, that is all for today. You're dismissed!"