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[finnian_murphy]

Week Name: 'Books of Mystery'
Location: Greenhouses
Open To: Any student taking Herbology
Currently Involving: Professor Murphy

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Re: Fifth Years

[p_davenport]

When Professor Murphy paused at the entrance of another student, Phillip turned around. Vivica. He'd apologized to Clover for what he'd done to the Slytherin, but he wasn't about to apologize to her. He kept his face blank and quickly turned his attention back to the professor, even though he could feel Vivica's eyes boring into the back of his head. He could just bet she was already planning to take revenge. Well, he'd be ready for her. But for now, he settled for pointedly ignoring her existence.

Phillip raised an eyebrow, "They ate this stuff?" he looked down at it, unconvinced. It didn't look all that appetizing. Then he glanced back at Jackie and shrugged. He wanted them to enjoy this? Phillip wasn't so sure that was the word he'd choose for this assignment, but he didn't bother to argue.

Picking up one of the vials, he eyed it closely. He couldn't figure out what it was and he felt sure that Professor Murphy had some trick up his sleeve with this, but there seemed to be no help for it. He slowly let one drop fall on the grass, leaning back as he waited for the reaction. It seemed that this particular potion only turned the grass an odd shade of orange. He frowned at it, then reached for the next vial, hoping something interesting would happen soon. This was starting to get dull and it wasn't helping distract him from the way Vivica kept staring at him.

Re: Fifth Years

[vivica_fielding]

Vivica sneered, but only slightly, and then returned to her blank faced expression. She hated Herbology, she wasn't good at it and that gnawed away at her a little.

She looked at the scurvy grass. It didn't look very interesting at all. She wondered what the potions would do to it.

Slowly she dragged her gaze away from the back of Phillip's head and towards the grass again. She picked up one of the potions and let a couple of drops of it fall from the vial onto a blade of the grass. It blistered where the drops landed and then nothing.

This is going to be a long lesson... Vivica thought. She put a couple of drops of the next potion onto a different blade of grass. She was so disinterested in this that she hadn't even bothered to read the labels on the potions she was using.

Nothing seemed to happen to the grass at all under the drops of this potion. This confused Vivica. Surely somethign should happen. Or should it? What should have been going on? Was she supposed to be here? She took a deep breath to calm her self down and began to feel dizzy.

Oh no. Vivica would not let herself pass out in the green house AGAIN. She held the table to steady herself. Maybe no one would notice she felt dizzy and didn't know what she was doing. If she just stayed hwere she was and didn't do anythign for a while... then she couldn't do anything wrong... right?

Re: Fifth Years

[finnian_murphy]

"Tha's what I said, Phillip. They ate it! But I wouldn' be suggestin' ye do the same. It's not pleasant. I've tried it!" Finnian responded to Phil's question with a mock look of disgust on his face and then laughed.

Ah, the fifth years were going to be fun today. He could tell that Vivica had already discovered the potion that would not only affect the plant, but her as well. He watched her carefully, making sure it wasn't too strong. Nope. The girl was a bit disoriented, but no real harm done.

"Don' worry Vivica. Yer doin' a fine job," Finny reassured her with a glimmer of mischief in his eyes.

"See anythin' interestin' yet, you two?" Finn asked Jackie and Phil, amused greatly.

Plants were definitely enjoyable. Why did people not see this more often!?

Re: Fifth Years

[jackie_zhang]

"Not really, Professor." Jackie answered his question as she continued to study the plants and the potions.

Well, if Professor Murphy ate the stuff, maybe it wasn't too bad. Then again, this was Professor Murphy they were talking about... so maybe it was. Jackie wasn't sure what to make of him. On the out-set, he was a happy cheerful funny professor; he actually made Herbology fun. But he also had a slightly-off sense of humor, which was hard for her to figure out.

And just looking at Vivica sway slightly and grasp the table started to ring an alarm in Jackie's mind. "Vivica, are you all right?"