Introduction to Herbology class {open for posting}

Hazel had already set up the first few pages of her Herbology notebook. She'd made herself a table of contents at the front, which she intended to fill out as the term went on. She'd gone through the textbook and placed tabs on each of the different sections. She had more tabs prepared to make similar sections in her notebook. She listened carefully to Professor Hawthorne's lecture, nodding slightly to show that she understood. She liked the idea of growing her own specimens in the greenhouses. She already had her supplies, including a new pair of gloves and a new smock. They were in her bag by her chair at the moment. She wondered if she'd need them today or if the lesson would just be a lecture.


Now that would be interesting! Hazel loved taking pictures, especially of plants. She wondered if Professor Hawthorne would allow her to use her own camera or if she'd have to use the school one. Better to use the school one, she decided, at least for official pictures. If there were any really interesting plants, she could take more pictures with her camera to study them later.


Hazel's ears perked up again. This sounded interesting. She would have to speak with Professor Hawthorne about this. It would, undoubtedly, be useful for her future career. She wondered what kind of plants they'd be working with and what the professor meant by "darker, more secretive properties". 

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Ally hadn't realized what Herbology was until she looked at the textbook.  It was working with plants!  That made sense, because herbs were a kind of plant.  Of course.  She had flipped eagerly through her textbook, reading the names of the different plants and admiring the pictures.  She'd grown plants in her science class at school last year but from what Professor Hawthorne was saying, this would be much more than just measuring how tall the things you planted were or recording how long it took them to grow.  She liked the sound of going out to find the plants in the woods.  Ally could identify some plants that grew around her house.  Her grandmother had a large flower garden and her father grew some fruits and vegetables to use in his baked goods.  But none of those plants, Ally reminded herself, were magical.  Oleander and rose bushes and poppies weren't magical. Strawberries and carrots were delicious, but not magical.  She wriggled a bit in her seat, wondering what kinds of magic plants they would be studying first.  

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Constance was doodling in her notebook, trying to copy the picture on the front of her textbook.  She was listening to Professor Hawthorne, but only vaguely.  Constance preferred animals to plants.  She mostly liked Herbology because she could draw pictures of the plants she was working with. 

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Jonah hadn't paid much attention to what the professor was saying until she mentioned the word "aurors". Then he looked up, suddenly listening closely. It would probably be good to take that extra outside class time thing, then, if knowing about it would help him be an Auror.  He still wasn't sure he wanted to be an Auror, but he couldn't think of another career that appealed to him at the moment, so Auror it was for now.  He scribbled "talk to prof after class about extra class thing" on a page in his notebook.

((OOC:  Phew!  Getting all four of them in here was tougher than I thought!  Sorry for the huge post!))

Trevor rolled his eyes as Mariah took a seat next to him, though he did return her greeting with a smile. Late to class because she got lost? Oh please, that was so obviously an excuse. She was a fifth year, no one would believe she’d still get lost. Really, Trevor would just have to teach her how to make up better excuses. And if that meant spending more time with her, well, that was just a happy coincidence.

((Mariah, please sign in your characters in the attendance roster, or else you won't receive any House Points))