Professor Kijewski

April 29, 2005 3:32 PM
Kiva stood by her outside area for her classroom and watched her second years approach. They seemed a bit calmer than the first years had been. They were already used to the routine of classes, so they should do fairly easily within her class. The breeze was still as harsh as ever and the sun seemed to want to melt her away. She had removed her royal robes and stood in a black t-shirt and khaki pants.

She waited patiently for the students to settle, her smile firmly placed on her freckled face. Her brown curls were still pulled into a short ponytail at the top of her head, but sweat beads were visible on her hair line. She vaguely wondered if any of the students were disappointed that their previous professor of COMC was no longer there and that she had replaced her. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, another gust of wind ripped through them and she patiently waited it out. “Good afternoon class. I am Professor Kijewski, however, you may call me Professor K. or Kiva if my last name is too hard for you.” She smiled sweetly at them before continuing, “Feel free to get as comfortable as you’d like, this class will be a bit more informal than your others. However, the first part of this lesson will be notes, so be sure to have a quill and parchment ready. Now, today we will be discussing these,” She turned around and pulled out a small box with holes in it. The box itself was moving visibly in her hands. She set the box down and looked around at her students. After a moment, she pulled the box opened and gently removed the creature within it.

It looked like a normal dog to just about anyone; a Jack Russell Terrier to be exact. She watched the students’ reactions to the dog before continuing, “This is a crup. Crups originated in the southeast of England. These creatures are fiercely loyal to their Wizard owner while being rather ferocious to any muggle. They are wonderful at scavenging and usually eat gnomes.” She paused here to wait out the harsh breeze and looked around once more at her students to make sure everyone was still paying attention. “If you wish to have a crup, you must take a test with the Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to prove that you are capable of caring for these creatures in muggle-inhabited areas.” She paused once more and picked up the small dog.

“Everyone gather closer.” She placed the crup in the midst of the students. “Feel free to play with him. Just be careful of any Chizpurfle as they have a tendency to invade Crups and can destroy wands if they get to close.” She thought of something just then and walked to her large bag of supplies, “In fact, let’s study Rutter. Everyone take one of these, “She handed each of the students a magnifying glass, “See if you can spot anything. While we are doing that, can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between a crup and a non-magical dog? It’s okay if you can’t.”

OOC: I'm not looking for any right answers or any of that, so don't worry. However, I am looking at how well you write a response. Make sure each post is at least 2 paragraphs long, 5 sentences each. I know you all know how to do this, but I just wanted to remind you. Good luck, and have fun!
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Mia

April 30, 2005 8:38 AM
Mia was looking forward to the Care of Magical Creatures class. The professor from last year left but that cat creature was pretty cute. Mia had a thing for cats, especially her own cat. Silk hadn't bothered to follow Mia for this lesson and took to roaming the halls of the school instead. She didn't doubt that her cat knew more about the school than all the kids put together.

Mia made her way to where the class would be taking place outside. She kneeled on the ground with the other students, enjoying the fresh air. It was warm out but there was a sharp breeze that bit at her face every now and again. Mia's long, wavy and slightly lighter brown hair was in a half ponytail and the rest of her hair that was out, wipped the sides of her face when the breeze came. She put her hand on her cheek to protect it from her hair and listened to the new professor talk. She went into her black, signed bag to get her parchment and quill since there were supposed to be some notes. Mia looked at her friends' signatures and inside jokes in the bright colors of ink one more time and smiled before turning her attention back to her professor.

"Oh jeez." Mia muttered to herself and lightly bit her bottom lip.

Any good feelings about the lesson drained away when Professor K opened her box and pulled out a small 'crup' as it was called. No matter what it was called it was too much like a dog. Mia wasn't really afraid of dogs, it was just that she and dogs didn't mix well. They never had and probably never would. She just didn't like the things especially after a particularly friendly and large one jumped on her when she was younger.

When she was informed about how they're ferocious to muggles, Mia's overactive imagination kicked in. She began thinking that since she was muggle born, the crup would already not like her and possibly attack her or something. She decided to just keep her distance for as long as she could. She kept a weary eye on the crup through the side of her small glasses while taking notes on what the professor said about it in her neat cursive writing.

Mia didn't get much closer to the creature when the class was told to and she thanked god that it wasn't placed down near her. Even when she took the magnifying glass she was handed, she let the other students go closer if they wanted to. She would just hang back a bit. Besides, she didn't want some Chiz-whatever destroying her wand as she had become rather fond of the wooden rod.

Mia just kept her quill ready for when someone had the answer to Professor K's question. She definitely didn't know save for the obvious that one was magic and the other wasn't. She wasn't sure if that answer would suffice. At least the professor said it was okay if she couldn't answer. She had a feeling she’d like Professor Kije- Professor K.
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0 Mia It just <i>had</i> to be dogs, huh? 0 Mia 0 5


Tally Adams

May 01, 2005 7:25 PM
Tally walked eagerly down to the COMC class area walking along side her friends and classmates. She had always been fond of animals and somehow connected learning about animals with healing humans. She still couldn't figure out where she had connected the two, but the thought continued to stay with her.

It was a gorgeous day out, minus the wind, and Tally was happy to be outside and enjoying it. Even if that did mean she had to go to class. She had her long brown hair pulled back to keep from smacking her in her face from the fierce wind that blew. Warm as it was, the wind was rather bothersome. She walked up to their professor, a young looking woman who looked normal in the muggle clothes she was wearing, and took a seat next to Mia.

She listened intently to Professor Kijewski. Nice lady who was willing to let them call her by her first name. Not something she'd actually do, as she believed in respecting her authority, but Professor K. she could do. Tally pulled out some parchment and ink and wrote down what Professor said about the Crups. Tally loved crups almost as much as she loved frogs. Had she not grown up living most of her life as a muggle (but knowing the magical world too) she would have asked for one from her father. But, because of her muggle friends and neighbors, her family was Crup free. They were lucky to even be able to keep Angel. Luckily though, Tally's father could put a disillusionment charm on her whenever Tally's friends came over for a visit.

Tally moved closer to the Crup and gently pet it before moving back to her spot beside Mia. She knew the answers to the questions, but the twins beat her to it and she hadn't really felt like saying anything. Though, she thought poking the thing was a bit much, but she kept her mouth shut. Deciding to just let everyone else play with the creature, Tally turned to Mia, "Hey, this class shouldn't be all that bad, right? I mean, she seems nicer than Dione at any rate."\n\n
6 Tally Adams Sun and Wind and Crups, oh my! 41 Tally Adams 0 5


Mia

May 02, 2005 2:31 PM
Mia watched some other students go closer to the crup and even though it seemed nice enough, she still wasn't about to go near it. She took her hair out of the half pony and for the moment it was out completely she thought she had begun to cook the back of her neck. She quickly threw it up in a messy bun just as Tally sat down next to her and spoke. Mia laughed a bit at her comment.

"I think just about anyone is nicer than Dione. Well, maybe not Bulla. He seems a little stiff too, no offence." Mia added since Professor Bulla was the head of Tally's house though she didn't know how high in regard Tally held him. "But I sure hope we get another one of those cat creatures to look at. I can deal with cats. Dogs, not so much." Mia said with a small smile and a shrug.

Mia put her parchment down and put her bag over the corner to keep it from flying away in a gust of wind. She then sat down all the way and pulled her knees up to her chest instead of sitting on her legs. They were beginning to fall asleep under her. She began fanning herself with her small hand while she watched the antics with the crup continue. Stephen had joined in with a game of fetch and Mia couldn't help but roll her hazel eyes and laugh.\n\n
0 Mia The sun and wind I can deal with. The crup... 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 02, 2005 11:14 PM
Tally laughed with Mia and settled into the grass beside her. All in all, it wasn't such a horrible class and they got to spend their hour sitting out in the nice sun playing with a cute little crup. Tally could find worse things to do with her time.

"Bulla isn't so bad. He's rather quiet and a great dancer." Tally said with a giggle. She pictured watching her Head of House doing the funky jig spectacularly. he respected Bulla for all that he does around the school. Plus, her love for charms sort of made him her obvious favorite.

"Crups aren't so bad either. They are just like little dogs, loyal to their owners and mean to everyone else. They are fun to play with and have around. Actually, doesn't Reiner have a crup? I could have sworn I saw him with one..." Tally scrunched her face in thought and looked around for some sort of confirmation. Shrugging slightly, Tally decided to take a page out of Stephen's book. She took off her school robes and laid them out behind her. After they were laid out flat, she stretched out across from them and watched the clouds.

"So, Mi, how about some girl talk? I haven't had one of those for awhile." \n\n
0 Tally Crups aren't so bad. 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 03, 2005 2:52 PM
Mia looked at Tally with a raised eyebrow when she mentioned Bulla being a great dancer. She didn't think she could imagine him dancing at all and she didn't think she wanted to so she let that go.

"That's just the thing though," Mia started on Tally's comment about the crups "crups are like dogs. I don't cope with dogs so well. I'm definitely a cat person."

Mia watched Tally as she spread out her robes and laid back on them. It was a tad warm for the dark green robes to stay on. Mia followed her lead and took the robes off as well. She was wearing a light blue fitted tee with stretch jeans that were a bit too long. Only the tips of her brown boots could be seen from under the hems of her jeans. The breeze felt really good now with her hair up and the air actually hitting her arms. Mia rested her head on her knees when Tally continued. She smiled into her knees when Tally used a nickname.

"Girl talk? Like what?" Mia brought her voice to a lower volume "You found a boy you like?" Mia teased.\n\n
0 Mia Humph, says you. 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 03, 2005 4:05 PM
"I'm more of a frog person myself." Tally said with a smile. Tad was now sitting quitely somewhere in her room and waiting for her return, "But I like animals in general. I mean, if my dad would ever let me get an animal with fur, it'd be a dog, but he won't." She sighed loudly. Not that she had much to complain about. Her father refused a dog for good reasons. With Josh and him being gone on assignments and her here at school, they had no where to put the dog while on long absences.

"You found a boy you like?" Mia's comment caused a stir in Tally. She immediately hopped onto her elbow, her high ponytail bouncing off the back of her head, while exclaiming in a loud voice, "WHAT?" She blushed rose when she realized how loud she had been, lowering her voice she continued,

"No, I don't think so..." She had started to notice boys, but she had only assumed it was because of Chrissy, who decided that boys were only meant to bring happiness just this past summer. She gave Mia a playful smile, "Have you?"\n\n
0 Tally Humph? *laughs* great word! 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 03, 2005 4:41 PM
Mia bit her bottom lip to keep herself from cracking up as loudly as Tally had exclaimed. She didn't think anyone had paid it any mind. She just rolled her eyes and put her chin back to her knees when Tally asked her the same question. She really wasn't so interested in guys. She didn't think she needed to be.

She was only twelve. She was a pre-teen and thought of boys as teenager issues. She had a good year or so of freedom before she had to worry over stupid things like that. Besides, she didn't think she was on such a great footing with the boys here who seemed to still think girls had cooties or something. As usual, most of her friends turned out to be girls.

"Nah," Mia began with her chin still on her knees and hugging her legs "I haven't really been looking at boys like that. I mean, I have some guy friends but I don't like like any of them y'know? They're just some of my friends." Mia stopped before she sounded like she was in denile or something.

She lifted her bright hazel eyes and glanced over the crowd. There weren't many boys and the few that were here, she barely knew. She knew Stephen well enough because they were in the same house and he was a funny kid. She didn't care to know Ash because he didn't care to know her and that suited Mia just fine. She always got a little flustered when she even vaguely thought about either of the Cravens. She had briefly talked to Zack but that had been interrupted by the Cravens and the rest she didn't know so well.

Mia shook her head and turned back to Tally.

"I don't think I'm ready to think about boys yet." she said exasperatedly but with a laugh before falling backwards onto the grass next to Tally and letting her eyes close.\n\n
0 Mia *bows graciously* Why thank you. 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 03, 2005 10:30 PM
Tally noticed Mia roll her eyes at her question. Well, she had asked first, so she should have expected it in return. But, Tally just shrugged and laid back down on her robes.

"I've got loads of friends who are boys. They are just easier to hang out with. Er-no offense." Tally said, looking sideways at Mia. It was true, at home, other than Chrissy, Tally had all male friends. It was here at Sonora that she had started to make friends who were female. Except in her own common room, there, she was friends with the boys. But, it's not like she hadn't tried, her roommates just kept to themselves it seemed.

"You should try hanging out with Chrissy sometime, Mi. It's boys this and boys that. Plus, back home, all the neighborhood girls would giggled and point and come to talk to the boys all the time. It was really annoying." Tally said exasperately. "I mean, honestly, the boys just that they were nutters. You would think they'd get the hint after awhile, but no, they just kept coming right back."\n\n
0 Tally Why, you're welcome 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 04, 2005 2:20 PM
Mia stayed quiet with her eyes still closed while Tally spoke. She said boys were easier to hang out with then girls. Mia couldn't see how that was possible but for Tally it must've been a whole other story.

"No offense taken." Mia slipped in before Tally kept talking.

Mia couldn't help but smile to herself while Tally described the girls she knew. They reminded her of the girls back in Jersey. Well most of the girls back there. The popular girls, so to speak, were always giggling over guys when she went to school with them.

"Well I don't know if I can deal with boys this and boys that just yet but that's about all some of the girls back home thought about. The popular girls if you want to call them that, at my old school only thought about boys. They always said they were 'going out'" Mia used finger quotations "with one of the popular boys. They had their own little clique there, those boys and girls. Oh wow, they were the most annoying kids in the whole school but somehow they were called the popular ones. Go figure."

Mia was never one of the popular girls and never wanted to be one. She couldn't stand people like that and sometimes had the strongest urge to give them a good hitch kick in the jaw. She and her friends were more outsiders than anything else but that suited them just fine.

"I've only ever really had girls as friends save for three guys. The girls I'm friends with don't care about boys and having boyfriends and things like that. My guy friends are just nice and funny guys. When we're all together it can be really weird for people who aren't used to us because we get loud and crazy but it's so much fun." Mia laughed as she reminisced about her best friends back in Jersey.

She hadn't been gone for so long and she already missed them a lot again. She was glad there were girls like Tally here at Sonora. She knew her friends would probably like her and thought in the back of her mind that maybe Tally should come by over the summer holiday.\n\n
0 Mia You're very polite unlike some people I know. 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 04, 2005 3:47 PM
Tally giggled a bit when Mia described the popular girls in her school and then her group of friends. "Back home, I'm considered the 'strange' one because I'm the girl who's friends with the boys." Tally said truthfully. "They either make fun of me for it or try to be all chummy so that they can get the juice of the boys. Makes me sick" Tally commented with a slight shudder to show her repulsiveness of the whole thing.

"I asked Josh about it once and he told me that I'm a guys girl. That the girls are jealous of me because I can be around the guys so easily. And then my dad said that someday, I'll end up being one of those girls I despise so much, but, I truly hope he was only messing with me." She said with a frown.

She laid there contently for a few moments when a thought popped into her mind, still looking up at the sky, Tally said, "It happened again, you know." She didn't give any insight as to what had happened, only assuming that Mia would pick up on it, "Out on the Quidditch pitch." Her voice sounded so detached that it neraly frightened her. "It was only for a moment, but...it was enough." Her voice sounded detached and forlorned.

"Nearly thought I'd fall off my broom." Tally said with a small laugh to lighten up the situation.\n\n
0 Tally Um...thanks.... 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 04, 2005 8:49 PM
Mia opened her eyes and stared up at the clear blue sky. Anyone else being consisdered strange was a little strange to her but to all there own. She wasn't sure if that was the phrase she wanted. Oh well. Those girls that Tally had to deal with seemed like real witches but then Mia remembered that the term had become obsolete as an insult. She laughed at what Tally said about her dad. Her mother was already asking her about guys she might like but she knew her mother was mostly joking. Mostly.

There were a few moments of silence in which Mia closed her eyes again and felt a small breeze blow across her. Tally broke the silence with a statement that made Mia jump into an upright position after it clicked in her head what Tally was talking about. She stared at Tally worridly for a moment but relalized she probably shouldn't make a big deal of it. An overprotective mother probably wasn't what she needed or wanted. A small smile of her own came across her face.

"At least you didn't actually fall off the broom. That'd probably hurt a lot more and a lot longer than being bombarded with emotions right?" Mia quietly added to help keep things light. "You're alright though, right?" Mia said being a bit more serious for just a minute.\n\n
0 Mia *shrug* 'twas just a compliment 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 08, 2005 9:57 PM
Tally almost laughed at Mia's reaction to her statement. Almost, if she wasn't so worried about how often these sort of episodes would occur and in front of how many other people. She was just thankful that Liz hadn't probed her with a million of questions to try to get the truth from her.

Tally gave her a small smile for Mia trying to lighten the mood as Tally had, but gave a shrug at her question, "Yeah, I guess. I mean, it doesn't really hurt when it happens. It's just...frustrating. I'm suppose to use these techniques to block it all out, but they don't work very well. Plus, I did it infront of Liz. Next time, she might ask me questions. My dad says that it'll get easier, but I don't think it will. They just sort of...happen, without warning. How am I suppose to block something when I don't know when it's coming?" Tally questioned, but to no one in particular. Her frustration came out clearly with her every word.

"They call it a gift, but it's more of a curse. Like the spider bite on Spiderman. It's a curse. I wish it upon no one."\n\n
0 Tally Heh...compliments are not my forte 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 12, 2005 3:33 PM
Mia turned to lean on her side and propped herself up on her elbow so that she face Tally. She quietly let Tally vent what was bothering her. She even tried not to pull a face when Tally brought up Elizabeth whom she still wasn't on speaking terms with. A slight frown did form on Mia's face but she refrained from rolling her eyes as well which had become sort of a habit.

"I honestly don't think it's a curse, Tals." Mia began when Tally finished. "It might not be pleasant at times but I wouldn't call it a curse. I'm sure it can be convenient. Sometimes I wish I knew how people felt while I was talking to them. That way I'd know if they were bored of me talking and I could stop." Mia gave a cheeky smile to her friend.

"But really, not even the bite for Spiderman was a curse. I mean, he gained powers that he could use to help people. I'm sure you can find a positive to being an empath if you thought about it. And you said you use techniques to block it out right? Well how long have you been using them? Maybe it’s like…like learning a new spell. Maybe it takes practice before you get the hang of it but once you do you’ll be able to block out feelings you don’t want, if that’s how it works.”

Mia stopped while she piled through what she said, hoping it made sense. She could tell that Tally was frustrated with her power and that made Mia a little frustrated since she wasn’t sure if she was helping make Tally not frustrated. Mia remembered what she looked like at the opening feast when she was hit with the emotions of nearly everyone in Cascade Hall. She wished she could help Tally out some how but she doubted that she could do much. It wasn’t like Mia could go inside Tally’s head though she remembered how cool it would be to be able to see inside people’s thoughts when ever she wanted.

‘Talk about invasion of privacy.’ Mia thought and mentally laughed before speaking again. “How do those techniques work anyway?” she asked half curiously and half hopefully.
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0 Mia Pep talks aren't really mine but I try. 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

May 16, 2005 7:51 PM
Tally noticed the face that Mia pulled at the mention of Liz and she made a mental note to ask her about it later. Of course, she knew that there was something wrong with them as Mia had mentioned it being a long drawn out sort of thing, but Tally was curious and she didn't want something she didn't know about coming between either of her friendships with Mia and Liz.

It was Tally's turn to pull a face when Mia said it wasn't a curse. To her, this was a curse. She didn't care how useful it could be, feeling every emotion that a person could feel all at once was terrifying and overwhelming and she didn't want to have it. "How could this be convenient? I mean, you can pretty much tell how a person is feeling by body language and facial expressions, so why feel them too?" Tally asked her. "If I'm happy, I don't really feel like feeling someone else's anger, or pain. You know?" Tally sighed and looked back up at the sky, blinking rapidly as the wind tore through the air again.

"Well, the bite is both a curse and a gift. He can't live a normal life because of it. Yeah, he can save people, but he's also in constant danger. I would rather be normal, oblivious to all emotions around me. It's hard enough dealing with my own." She was being honest, but she thought she might have said too much then.

"I've been doing the technigues since the beginning of summer. My Counselor has me doing breathing techniques, where I count to ten with slow even breaths. Kind of like meditating. I'm also suppose to do focusing techniques, where I focus on one emotion or object during the attacks and block out everything else. But, it's hard cause everything hits at once and it's all chaotic. Plus, when I practice, there is only my emotions and I'm not caught off guard by any of it. So, I don't know..." Tally said with a slight note of sadness.\n\n
0 Tally you're doing fine to me 0 Tally 0 5


Mia

May 21, 2005 7:58 PM
Mia frowned a bit while Tally spoke, basically countering everything she had said. She was scrambling in her mind for something else to say to bring up Tally's mood but nothing was coming to mind. That's why Mia was the listening ear for her friends but not the advice giver. She was never so great at that. She really wanted to make Tally see that this wasn’t a curse and it wasn’t a bad thing. She just didn’t know how to make her friend see that.

"It has its convenience. Like, you can't be so sure with body language." Mia began on her lame attempt at a pep talk. "People know that their body language can give away how they feel, right? So they'll have a different expression to make you think they feel one way when really they feel another." She had to stop for a moment to realize the hypocrisy of her words since that's what Mia did a lot of the time.

"But you can tell how people are really feeling instead of wondering if their body language is being false." Mia suddenly snapped her fingers as she thought of something else "And you don’t have to feel what someone else is feeling if you don’t want to right? Only when you get the big mass of feelings is when you can’t control it. And-” Mia broke off and contorted her face in thought.

She fidgeted with her small framed glasses and sat back up with a quiet sigh. She thought hard for more ideas but where ever she was headed with her little spech was lost and she could think of nothing more to say. She watched the crup playing around and hugged her knees again before speaking to Tally.

“Sorry Tals. I wish I knew what else to tell you.” Mia said with a slight tone of defeat. She gave Tally an apologetic smile and then there was a moment of silence while Mia watched the class.

Mia considered this some sort of loss and she hated to lose. She was frustrated and annoyed but remembering the whole topic of the conversation, she quickly calmed down though it was easier said than done. It was a fault of hers, but Mia could get worked up pretty easily a lot of the time. \n\n
0 Mia If you say so, but thanks...again. 0 Mia 0 5


Tally

June 07, 2005 11:38 AM
OOC: So sorry about the delay! BIC:

"I suppose that's true. Everyone has a way of decepting people and body language is one of them." Tally commented, startled by Mia's determination and what seemed to be excitement at her next comment. "I guess I can tell, if I concentrate hard enough on it. There's still so much for me to learn about the whole thing and it's all so confusing." Tally said quietly from beside her friend. It was nice of Mia to take the time to discuss this with her, to show her that she was a true friend.

"Have you ever seen Star Trek?" Tally remembered the show from when she was just a small child. Her father had been fascinated by it as had Josh. Every night Tally would sit with them and watch it together. "The Counselor on the ship, Troy, she was an Empath. My dad used to use her as an example of what it could be like if I learned to control it." A happy smile crossed Tally's face, "She was my favorite character. Her and Data." After a moment in her own thoughts, Tally shook herself and flushed with embarrassment, "Anyway, that's what it can be like if I learn to control it."

Tally sat in silence for a few minutes, thinking to herself and silently working through her problems with her abilities within her head. After a moment, she turned her head slightly so that she could have a better look at Mia, her green eyes rested on her briefly, "Thanks Mi." She looked away from her and back to the sky.\n\n
0 Tally I'm gonna be polite again and say your welcome. 0 Tally 0 5