Professor Tallec

October 19, 2014 10:37 PM

Professor Tallec

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Some Pig - Advanced Class by Professor Tallec

It was the first week back at Sonora, and like everyone, Richard was busy adjusting to school life once more. Although unlike most, his vacation was more work than play as his help had been requested by one of his colleagues who was studying dragons in Eastern Europe. Richard was happy to lend a hand to the project, and was out of the country for most of the winter break. Although some people may not find taking measurements and detailed notes exciting, he was overjoyed by the nostalgia of the experience. Unfortunately, one of the days got a little too exciting when a dragon noticed him taking measurements of its excrement. Apparently this dragon saw it as an invasion of privacy and responded accordingly.

Richard had just finished writing his extended office hours on the board as the students began to enter the classroom. He figured that by now his advanced students should know that a crate in the front of the room meant it was a hands-on day, but that didn’t stop Richard from placing a silencing charm on the box. He reserved the right to save a few surprises for later, and he didn’t want little oinks to give him away.

“Welcome class,” he said once everyone was settled, “if you haven’t already noticed the board, I’m extending my office hours to help prepare you for the upcoming exams. I will be available during lunch, directly after class, or by appointment,” he said already dreading the idea of missing his lunch, but it was worth it if it meant his students doing well- plus he supposed he could always ask the elves to bring him something. “In addition, if enough of you are interested, I’m also willing to hold a study session for the exams.” Unlike other classes were the students could study by themselves, it would be hard to practice cleaning a fire crab if they didn’t have one already. Richard wanted to give his students a lot of chances to practice their skills, with supervision of course. “We can vote on that as a class when the exam gets closer,” he said turning to the board to begin the lesson.

“But for now, please open your books to page 344, today we will be studying the Tebo. Found in the African countries of Congo and Zaire, its most well known for its strong hide and its invisibility. Despite its tusks, the Tebo’s first instinct is to run away rather than fight, with the exception of Tebo mothers whom will become aggressive if she senses danger,” he said stopping his lecture to write the 2 countries on the board. “This is because Tebo piglets can’t turn completely invisible, which is why their mothers can act so aggressively,” he said putting his chalk down and walking over to the crate.

He rolled up the sleeves of his collard shirt before taking off the lid. “Today we will be bottle feeding and handling Tebo piglets,” he said as calmly as he could in his baritone voice. The piglets should have just woken up from their nap, and he didn’t want to frighten them by speaking too loudly. “You will want to hold your piglet gently but firmly from underneath,” he continued, demonstrating the motion to the class with his arm before he reached into the crate. The small translucent Tebo piglet squealed as he took it out of the box, but calmed down after settling into Richard’s arms.

“Then use your freehand to feed the piglet with the bottle,” he said picking up a prepared baby bottle from a nearby table. Richard ushered the bottle towards the piglets mouth, it resisted a little at first but quickly began suckling when it figured out the bottle contained food. The piglet, now happily suckling away, calmed down enough to turn itself completely visible. “Now I may make it look easy,” he said with a cheeky grin, “but I’m an expert. Your pig may squirm a little, some more than others. It might be easier for you to feed it if you sit down on your chair, or even the floor if you have to. I expect that you feed your Tebo at the least a half a bottle, which can be found on the back table.” He let the ash colored piglet drink a little more before setting it back in the crate. He then walked over to the board as he explained the homework.

“Due next week, is an essay tracking the path of Tebo hide from when it is skinned, to the creation of useful products. Please explain each step of the process along with the uses of at least 3 Tebo hide products. In addition I would like you to include how to tell the difference between non-magical warthog hide and Tebo hide,” he said as he finished writing on the board.

“If you need any help don’t hesitate to call me over, and try not to lose your piglet,” he said half jokingly with a smile before he released the class to begin working.

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You have creative freedom with your Tebo piglet’s personality/ how they would react, just remember that Professor Tallec is watching and wouldn’t let things get out of hand. Creative, realistic posts are worth more points. If Richard is needed, please tag Professor Tallec in the subject line. Posting rules apply. Please add house after name. Have fun!
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Henry Carey, Crotalus

October 21, 2014 2:08 PM

Henry Carey, Crotalus

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...I feel kind of competent today by Henry Carey, Crotalus

Selecting classes for his sixth and seventh years had been no easy task for Henry. Through a combination of determination, coaching, written scores, and sheer dumb luck, he had done much better on his CATS than he had expected, but since he had expected to fail, that wasn't really saying much. He had wanted to confine himself mostly to independent studies, focusing on history and theory and getting all his social contact from meals and Potions classes. His family had not liked his plan and had proposed alternatives. They had fought over it all summer before Henry was finally informed that his wishes did not actually matter and that he was going to do as he was told whether he liked it or not.

He had wanted then to take Defense so he could learn curses to use on a few members of his family - he thought his grandparents would be wonderfully improved if Grandfather found out what it was like for his opinions not to matter at all and Grandmother got a good long look at her own ribs, and he was sure there was something suitable, not as bad as all that but which would make a point, for Mother in the subject somewhere, too - but he had not done well at all on his CATS practical and knew he would just be taking on a lot of work he would fail at. And that cursing his family was wrong, of course; he wasn't one of the people allowed to do that. Instead, he had blown things up in Transfiguration for a month while Anthony and Jay whispered frantic instructions to him during class and came up with excuses for him, but had done better in Potions and Care of Magical Creatures.

His expression didn't reflect it as Professor Tallec talked, but Henry listened to the lecture on Tebos with interest. Invisibility. He liked the sound of that. He imagined what it would be like to wander around with no one able to see him unless he wanted them to - able to do whatever he liked, go wherever he wanted without people looking at him the way they always did at home....

Hard to imagine. Bottles and wriggly things, however, were not. His youngest brother Peter had still been taking bottles when he inexplicably decided that he preferred Henry to most people, so Henry had been tasked with administering bottles to wriggly things before. He smiled slightly, wondering if for once he might be one of the more competent people at something in a room.

"This is your bottle," he informed the Tebo he was given, blinking at it through his glasses. "You must eat it. If it is too cold, I know how to warm it up without exploding it." Not that the animal would understand him, but then, he didn't think babies did, either. They just liked being talked to. Henry suspected the fact that his voice tended to be quiet and nearly monotone helped; the others ran around and yelled and got excited, which was unnerving for him, even, and he understood what his many more excitable siblings were saying. If he hadn't been able to do that, Henry thought they would have terrified him instead of just annoying or upsetting him.

The Tebo wriggled a bit, but he got the end of the bottle into its mouth after two tries. Unfortunately, the shape of it's jaw meant some of the milk dribbled out at first, until it decided to take it, something Henry expected would happen again, if not so much. Henry looked without interest at a stain on his robe for a second, then back at the Tebo. "You are even less tidy than Peter," he informed it. "You should have a bib, too, if you are not old enough to be clean...." he trailed off, flushing as he realized he was being looked at.
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