Professor Taransay
September 10, 2017 1:28 PM
Who would win in a fight? [Advanced] by Professor Taransay
Rory was always excited for his advanced classes. It was always fun to be able to take what they had studied a little further, and to get on to the dangerous creatures. He generally started the beginners off with the most harmless creatures, moving his intermediates on the more harmful beasts, and saving the most dangerous for his advanced students. Unfortunately, most of the dangerous creatures were a little too dangerous to bring into a school, so that, combined with the need for RATS preparation, meant a little less practical work for the older students.“Welcome, everyone,” he greeted his students as they walked in, going straight into taking the register once they were all seated. “Today we’re going to be starting a module on five-X rated creatures. Can anyone name any?” He picked on the hands that were raised, and gave out house points for correct answers.
“For today’s lesson, I want each of you to take a card from my desk.” He gestured to the pile of cards in front of him that he had prepared earlier. “Each card contains basic information on a five-X rated creature. I want you to get into twos, and compare your card with your pair. Your task is to work out where your creature has advantages over your partner’s creature, whether that be in terms of habitat, breeding or, ultimately, which one would win in a fight. Once you’ve done that, find someone else with a different card, and start again. You’re to keep notes as you go along.”
Rory’s lesson was inspired by muggle top trumps, a wonderful invention that he’d been introduced to by a muggleborn friend at Hogwarts. He’d enjoyed many an evening in front of the fire in the Gryffindor common room. He thought that his revised version would work well as an introductory lesson, providing his students with some information on the creatures they would be studying that term.
“Off you go, and I’m here to settle any arguments if you can’t agree on something.”
OOC: I’m appropriating the UK Ministry of Magic’s creature classification, for ease of communication (XXXXX rated creatures are: Acromantula, Basilisk, Chimaera, Dragon, Horned Serpent, Lethifold, Manticore, Nundu, Quintaped, Wampus cat, and Werewolf). The cards are similar to top trumps, but with facts instead of numbers. See the Harry Potter wiki for ideas of what could be on the cards (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/XXXXX). Tag Rory if you need him to referee, and have fun!
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Fabian Brockert,Pecari
September 10, 2017 6:52 PM
Basilik of course. by Fabian Brockert,Pecari
It had been hard for Fabian to pick what he wanted to do and which classes to take. As a result, he'd ended up taking one more than he really wanted to as he'd ended up not wanting to really choose. He'd tentatively decided to become a magizoologist since he generally liked being outside and knowing about plants and animals as well as how to take the latter down if need be meant that DADA, COMC and Herbology were things Fabian probably needed. At the same time, Transfiguration was a relatively easy class for him so he had decided not to drop that either.This decision had allowed the Pecari to have a totally amazing summer. His parents had decided to send him to Frank Brockert's ranch over the summer. It had been so awesome. First of all, there had been the animals which he'd gotten hands on experience with. Fabian had decided that riding a flying horse beat riding a broom any day. Then there was the one crop grown there, which he'd also gotten hands on experience with. Which had been even better than riding flying horses.
Plus, Frank was super funny and had a great sense of humor. He seemed amused by everything and the two of them would have the most amazing talks. Like they'd had this one about the chicken and the egg. About what really came first. Not to mention Frank and Penelope's house-elves made the best brownies of all time. Fabian often found himself craving one.
Unfortunately, now he was back in school and there was none to be had. He sighed as Professor Taransay began to speak.
However, once he was done, the sixth year was feeling a bit more enthusiastic. This...sounded fascinating. Fabian took a card and looked at it. Basilik huh? Well right off the bat, they could beat an Acromantula since Acromantulas were afraid of them. He turned to the person next to him. "What did you get?
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