DADA for Muggles [Wednesday, January 13]

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Today's classroom was set up as a farmer's market. Under the enchanted sky (today a dull, cloudy grey, as Sirius was a bit homesick for the winters at home), students would find various bins full of produce--potatoes, and cabbages--as well as some more unusual objects, like logs and sticks.

"Today we deal with enemies who prefer to hide in plain sight," Sirius began when the class had finally assembled. "Since this is your first practical exercise in this class, we're starting you off small. Each of these bins contains completely ordinary objects, as well as the magical creatures who resemble them. None of them are particularly dangerous, as these things go, but they will take a chance to nip at your fingers, so wear the gloves if you'd like."

"These creatures," Remus continued, "all might hail from our world, but they employ camouflage such as what's found in the Muggle world. Many animals have markings that resemble their habitat, so as to hunt their prey or escape their predators. In the case of these creatures, they disguise themselves so as to lure unsuspecting people into touching them. Today, we'd like for you to differentiate dugbogs from logs, bowtruckles from sticks, gnomes from potatoes and Chinese Chomping Cabbages from...cabbages." He flicked his wand, and a stack of parchment floated from desk to desk, depositing a description of creatures at each.

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Sign in [1/13]

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Happily!

Re: Sign in [1/13]

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Jonas

Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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And pick out your gloves! There are a wide variety, including dragonhide, oven mitts, mittens with strings, and terrifying striped ones that Molly Weasley made for Remus for Christmas.

...No, Sirius didn't get any.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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While listening to the lecture, Jonas went with the dragonhide gloves. His reasoning being that, despite the given descriptions, he'd be the one to get bitten harder than most because recognition was not going to be his strong point.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Yeaaah, Chuck wasn't stupid. Gloves for him (well, mittens actually), because he would end up getting bitten otherwise. It was just the way things worked.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

[bitten_notshy]

Jack chose the strongest pair of dragonhide gloves he could find. He wasn't taking extra chances.

Even with cabbages.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Helen chose the striped ones because she thought they had character. And because she figured she could make her right hand as invulnerable as she needed it to be

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Mirax went with a pair of dragonhide gloves, because they looked the best. She wasn't too worried with this assignment, mainly because she was pretty sure half the words in the lecture were completely made up.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Gunn went for the biggest and baddest looking gloves available. They might have been dragonhide but Gunn wouldn't know it.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

[wwiii]

By the time Warren got to the glove selection, the dragonhide had been pretty much picked clean. He sighed and reached for the oven mitts. They seemed like the nest best bet, here.

Even if they felt pretty silly.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Dru grabbed a pair of thick gloves and hoped they were going to be enough.

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Mittens! Makita helped herself to a pair of bright-green mittens, fully planning on pocketing them after class.

What? They were cute!

Re: Listen to the lecture [1/13]

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Jon sort of stared at the bins and really wished he had been here last week.

Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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In a bin of water, dozens of logs and a couple of dugbogs bobbed along. The secret to picking out the dugbog (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dugbog) was to look for the finned paws when it was moving.

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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Jonas kept his hands behind his back while peering into the water. When he realized this put his face closer to the dugbogs, he pulled back slightly and continued looking.

Eventually, he did notice some fins and reached to poke what he thought was the dugbog. It did try and nip but Jonas was prepared and pulled his finger back quick enough.

Hey, he'd found that one. Maybe his fingers would be spared some pain.

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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Jack kept his hands behind his back as he watched the water for any motion. When he finally saw what he thought was a fin, he poked a gloved finger into the water and was rewarded with the shock of motion under his hand as the dugbog dodged away.

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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Helen had no trouble finding the dugbogs. It was simple enough to call them to her and watch them bob towards her to see what she wished before she sent them on their way again.

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

[futuresmuggler.livejournal.com]

So Mirax decided she really wouldn't need the gloves, but for a whole different reason than she thought: she just wasn't putting her hands where something could bite them. No, she'd just inspect visually and say things like "There it is."

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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Gunn looked at the bin dubiously. "Wouldn't it just be easier to stab them with something sharp than picking them up?"

Re: Bin #1: Dugbogs and Logs

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Makita was good at spotting motion, which made it pretty easy to pick out the dugboggies or whatever from the way the logs moved.

Bin #2: Bowtruckles and Sticks

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Two bowtruckles (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Bowtruckle) were hiding in a pile of sticks. The secret to finding them was to look for their beady little eyes.

Re: Bin #2: Bowtruckles and Sticks

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Jonas easily missed the bowtruckles when he was sifting through the pile of sticks. The first one caught him on this thumb and the second got his palm. Jonas snapped his hand back, shaking it and glaring. He'd found the bowtruckles. Or, well, the bowtruckles had found him.

Bin #3: Gnomes and Potatoes

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The gnomes (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Gnome) have legs. Potatoes do not. Please don't let the gnomes get into the pile of cabbages. De-gnoming requires more space than the classroom has, and Sirius doesn't fancy tossing them out into the hallway.

Re: Bin #3: Gnomes and Potatoes

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This time, Jonas got lucky and managed to catch a gnome mid movement. The legs were small and the gnome stopped moving quickly but Jonas grinned and pointed at it.

He wasn't going to get his fingers near it though. Still smarting from the bowtruckle.

Bin #4: Chinese Chomping Cabbages and Cabbages

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The one with teeth (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Chinese_Chomping_Cabbage)? That's the Chinese Chomping Cabbage. Watch your fingers, please!

Re: Bin #4: Chinese Chomping Cabbages and Cabbages

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Yeah, Jonas got bitten quickly here. The Chinese Chomping Cabbage got his middle two fingers and wouldn't let go for a few moments. Managing to wrangle his abused fingers away, Jonas winced and was really thankful he'd gone for the gloves.

He took a moment to peer at the cabbage and make a face. Never expected to see food with teeth of their own ever and now he was and it was...strange.

Talk to the Teachers [1/13]

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Hullo, boys!

Re: Talk to the teachers: Sirius Black

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Sirius was there, eating Chocolate Frogs.

New Year's resolutions were for other people, apparently.

OOC

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Omg, so tired.