The Open University (which, Paul muses sometimes, should probably renamed Mansion Education Institute) is entering its last week of classes before the winter break
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In Neville's course, students are given a plant (usually of their choosing) at the beginning of the term. If a student keeps their plant alive, expect a good grade. He does offer a written final though, covering basic botany. If attached, students are welcome to keep their plant at the end of the semester.
Students probably notice the wide assortment of species that Neville grows, even cannibas, but also a few magical plants form seeds he had in his pocket when he first arrived. There would be more, but the Earthquake completely demolished a few varieties, but he probably doesn't mention that in class.
One thing is very clear in class, and that's his passion for growing things. He's also well spoken and patient; there's probably a reason that he canonically becomes a professor at Hogwarts.
Because the greenhouse doesn't have desks, the final will be given in the Mansion.
He's approachable afterwards, or the students can mingle.
Unlike Stephanie, who alphabetized her class by last name, and unlike Lou, who didn't alphabetize at all, Neville goes by first names. He's casual that way.
Catherine Morland Geneviève Émery Lou McCloud Lukas Ford Lulu Garou Riku Miyagusuku Sophia Peletier Sophie Rackham Stiles Stilinski Titus Groan Tom Yarbro Warren Peace Zachry o'Bailey's dwellin
Predictably, Genevieve did well with her herbology class. She's curious about the healing properties of plants, and very interested in controlling vegetation growth as a result of Warren's almost lethal run-in with Poison Ivy, years ago, at the Hotel.
The plant she's chosen to nurture and work on is a dahlia, and she would say she's very happy of how it turned out.
She'll be in class, gently removing what's dead and cleaning the leaves, while admiring the flowers' petals. If anyone were mean, they might even call that exercise a bit narcissistic. Truth is, she's in love with that plant.
For some strange reason, Titus picked an English Ivy plant. It would seem you can take the young Earl out of Gormenghast, but you can't take all of Gormenghast out of the young Earl. It's his second choice after his bad luck with hand-pollinating a vanilla plant. But considering how yellowish and weedy-looking the ivy is, it doesn't look like he's having much luck with this one, either.
Genie of course has her group of friends, and is likely usually ensconced in it, but perhaps fate has it that she'll be sitting by Titus through some twist of fate on the finals.
They don't really know each other, but he seems to have such trouble with his plant project, that he's going to get a sympathetic look, as if she were debating whether she should offer condolences or not.
He'll catch the sympathetic look and give her a small, brave half-smile in reply. "I gave it my best, but I think that I sadly lack the patience to tend to green things," he admits, opening up to any conversation, condolences included.
"Yes, Professor Longbottom showed me how to tend this green creature, when to water it and how much sunlight it needs, what manner of soil it must root in," he replies. He might drop his gaze a bit, humbly. "I think the fault lies, rather, in the student."
"I thought that I did all that was required," he admits. Then pondering the matter head bowed for a long moment, he adds, "I think that I might not have mixed enough feed into the soil, and creature is hungry, as it were.
"I hope not to sound like a dunce, but... how does one love a plant?" he asks, looking up, puzzled, but curious.
"I suppose..." he ponders this, not having really thought of it that way. "You are attentive to it, to its needs and desires, if a plant can be said to have desires. If it did, it would likely desire what it needs to survive: clean water, fresh air, good soil, sufficient sunlight to warm it." It's a rather dru answer, possibly a rather sad-sounding one.
"He is a wise and attentive teacher: I am certain he can show you what needs to be done," he says, noting that slip of the tongue, smiling faintly, but saying nothing to call attention to it. He can't help thinking of Bellgrove's attempts to be a friend to his younger self, and seeing a mirror of that in the fondness that inspired the slip.
Well, Sophie, decidedly, does not have a green thumb. She was lucky in that Mr. Neville was very nice to her and gave her a cactus to take care of.
Of course he told her time and time again that watering was less frequent, but having assassinated by neglect her previous project (by ambition, she had adopted an orchid, which went as well as can be expected of a ditzy eleven-year old), she got a little bit paranoid and... overwatered the poor thing.
And that is why she shows up to class with.... a cactus. Ermcoughguiltyfais.
Riku will arrive with... a red geranium. Yes, it's a common, simple garden plant, but he's done his best to take good care of it, feeding it, watering it, trimming it to get the flowers to bloom right. He's clearly taken pride caring for it, but it might look a bit lop-sided from the way he's trimmed it.
"That's a nice cactus," he says, looking at Sophie's plant.
In Neville's course, students are given a plant (usually of their choosing) at the beginning of the term. If a student keeps their plant alive, expect a good grade. He does offer a written final though, covering basic botany. If attached, students are welcome to keep their plant at the end of the semester.
Students probably notice the wide assortment of species that Neville grows, even cannibas, but also a few magical plants form seeds he had in his pocket when he first arrived. There would be more, but the Earthquake completely demolished a few varieties, but he probably doesn't mention that in class.
One thing is very clear in class, and that's his passion for growing things. He's also well spoken and patient; there's probably a reason that he canonically becomes a professor at Hogwarts.
Because the greenhouse doesn't have desks, the final will be given in the Mansion.
He's approachable afterwards, or the students can mingle.
Unlike Stephanie, who alphabetized her class by last name, and unlike Lou, who didn't alphabetize at all, Neville goes by first names. He's casual that way.
Catherine Morland
Geneviève Émery
Lou McCloud
Lukas Ford
Lulu Garou
Riku Miyagusuku
Sophia Peletier
Sophie Rackham
Stiles Stilinski
Titus Groan
Tom Yarbro
Warren Peace
Zachry o'Bailey's dwellin
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The plant she's chosen to nurture and work on is a dahlia, and she would say she's very happy of how it turned out.
She'll be in class, gently removing what's dead and cleaning the leaves, while admiring the flowers' petals. If anyone were mean, they might even call that exercise a bit narcissistic. Truth is, she's in love with that plant.
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They don't really know each other, but he seems to have such trouble with his plant project, that he's going to get a sympathetic look, as if she were debating whether she should offer condolences or not.
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She's just trying to be helpful - but perhaps because Genie is nurturing, she's failing to see how hard it could be for someone else.
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"Well, maybe you could try loving it a little?" she suggests. "Did you.... do all that Nev--- Professor Longbottom instructed you to do?"
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"I hope not to sound like a dunce, but... how does one love a plant?" he asks, looking up, puzzled, but curious.
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She sighs, hard.
"Maybe I should ask Nev---- Professor Longbottom."
And this being ancient, a wrap on yours?
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Good place to leave them!
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Of course he told her time and time again that watering was less frequent, but having assassinated by neglect her previous project (by ambition, she had adopted an orchid, which went as well as can be expected of a ditzy eleven-year old), she got a little bit paranoid and... overwatered the poor thing.
And that is why she shows up to class with.... a cactus. Ermcoughguiltyfais.
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"That's a nice cactus," he says, looking at Sophie's plant.
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She looks at Ryku (he looks so nice, but so serious and applied, it's a bit intimidating), and tries to gauge whether he's pulling her leg or not.
"... er, thank you. I didn't make it."
I kept on meaning to ask you if I could assume Emmie had knitted it, actually, and forgot for some reason. >.>
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