[Cl] CoMC Term 1, Lesson 5

[profdara]

"Glow worm?! Are you-"
"ACHLYS!" Dara noticed her outburst and made a face, then turned to the Ravenclaw boy, "That's not it, but very good guess. Ten points to Ravenclaw."
"Ten points? You're giving him ten points for-"
"For a good guess, Achlys." she cut in again. "Now, would anyone else like to take a guess?"
"How about you Hufflepuff?" asked the Sphinx taking a slow step towards the girl taking notes. "With all that scribbling surely you've come up with some sort of answer for me?"
"Achlys why are you pressuring the students so much today?"
Achlys gave a sideways glance to Dara, rolled her eyes, and then began pacing the room.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco watched as the sphinx pranced around the room, stopping at Fey who looked quite shaken up and nervous. Smirking, he turned back to his book, hoping to find the answer. Not finding anything that seemed quite right, he sighed, and leaned back on his chair.

"The Bundimun, Professor?" He said, looking unsure of himself as he pointed at his book with a small shrug.

(Is it HP related? I can't really find anything, haha)

[profdara]

"A bundimun lives on trees, hence, above ground. No." the sphinx sat down by the professors desk again and quirked an eyebrow at the class.
"Five points to slytherin for a good guess though. Anyone else want to take a guess? One more guess and I'll let Achlys tell you the answer."

<Not particularly HP related... it's something you can eat though, if that helps at all.>

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa listened to the guesses with a frown, looking through her notes curiously. Then, timidly raising her hand, she bit her lip. "It's not a- A potato, is it, Professor?" She blushed slightly at the absurdity of her answer, and tilted her head to one side, thinking it over. "Potatoes have what can be called eyes, but obviously cannot see. Plus, they grow underneath the ground..."

[profdara]

"That's exactly what it is!" exclaimed Achlys enthusiastically. She leapt out the window and returned shortly with a little gold ring band with what looked like a knot in the middle. "This is my gift to all first time correct guessers. Put it on and whenever you're talking to someone the knot in it will turn red if they're lying and white if they're telling the truth. I hope you enjoy it dear." said the sphinx as she set the ring on Turpins desk. "Well Dara, it's been lovely, but I must get back to my cave. Do you have any idea how hard it is to cause a rock slide to cover the mouth when you ask me to come sit in on your class?! Well, good-bye everyone." with that the sphinx leapt out the window and bounded off.
"How selfish can one sphinx be? Anyways, also for a correct answer, Miss Turpin, twenty points to Hufflepuff." she smiled broadly and sat down at her desk to await the next arrival.

[Keifer Brently]

Keifer looked around "A potato? I'd never have guessed...." He smiled. "So simple... I dont get it" he said confused

[profdara]

Dara laughed, "It's really rather simple... would you care to explain the riddle and answer for us Miss Turpin?" she asked, glad that someone guessed correctly and one Achlys' prize.

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa held the gold band in her palm, staring at it with awe, before a smile graced her lips. Flushing with pride, she slipped it onto her finger, and looked back at the Professor.

"Er well, the riddle, I think, is pretty self explanatory. The object has eyes, but not sight. They're usually underground, and if you do see them above the ground, they're green. If you look at a potato, you'll see they have little holes- or dents maybe?- which are known as their eyes. But, of course, you probably know that potatoes cannot see.

"Like carrots, turnips, and most other vegetables, Potatoes are grown underground, and are harvested from the ground when ripe. The last part of the riddle- Potatoes, although you find them brown ordinarily, can also turn green."

Then, smiling slightly at the Ravenclaw, she looked back at her parchment, still fascinated by the ring and toying with it.

[profdara]

There was a loud rap on the door, "Oh! That must be Arsenio!" she said happily as she walked over to the door. A man stuck his head through the door. He had dark hair and eyes, and a sneaky look about his face, then he stepped completly into the room, showing that he had the body of a lion, and a scorpion's tail.
"Hello everyone. I'm sure Dara has already introduced me, but I'm Arsenio, Manticore first class." he smirked

[Keifer Brently]

"Woah! What is that" Keifer said surprised. "Uh... No offence. Ive just never seen anythi... Uhm Anyone like you before"

[profdara]

"You were right the first time. I'm an 'anything' according to the Ministry of Magic... the gits." he continued mumbling something about getting to their office and stinging everyone he saw, but Dara interupted-
"Alright. So, any question, comments, or concerns so far?" she asked, hoping that everyone would be more interactive with a creature less tempermental than Achlys.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco looked over at Turpin's ring with slight jealousy, before turning back to the manticore curiously. "I have a few concerns." He said, finally, looking back at Didier. "Aren't Manticores supposed to be completely and utterly dangerous?"

[profdara]

"From your point of view, we probably are. My clan is utterly horrified of you wizards though. We go out for a nice stroll through the beech trees and what happens? Tens if not hundreds of witches and wizards from the ministry appear to 'controll' our existence. Which of course means we either have to go back to my lair or be killed... or worse, and you-you... bi-peds expect us to remain still about it! To not defend ourselves, or our families from a fate worse than death! And before you ask, yes, for manticores there is such a thing as a fate worse than death." Arsenio glared across the class.
"Calm down, Arsenio. Noone in my class is going to cage you. I promise." she too took inventory of the class, "Alright, any other questions or comments before we go on?"

[Keifer Brently]

Keifer raised his hand "Not to sound rude or anything. Im just a bit curious... What are you... Exactly? What is it you do?" He bit back the urge to ask anything else "Uhm... Not being rude" he added smiling and pulling his fringe infront of his eyes again.

[profdara]

"You're not being rude. In fact I'm glad to see someone gives a care about us Manticores." he laughs, "Amazingly, and ironically, enough, we manticores are supposed to protect humans in danger. Many myths were written about Manticores being 'man-eaters' because we 'abducted fair maidens right out of their homes to devour' or 'to sacrifice to Hades'. Those myths are exactly that. One big made-up fairytale. We never abducted anyone; fair maidens came to us to be protected from their husbands who beat them... though what was really awkward was the men that came to us to protect them from their wives who beat them." he shudders, "Those were always a bit scary." he shudders again. "The only reason we are considered beasts and not beings by the Ministries standards, is because one time this little harlett came to our cave and when we told her we weren't interested in her she beat herself up, stumbled into town and blamed us. And, as you all ought to know, the ministry will listen to a bi-ped before they'll listen to someone with a tail. Thus, we got a bad rep and the title of beast." he flicked his spined tail and shrugged.