Magizoology 6.4 - Demiguise

[penelope]

"Hey Allegra!" she replied cheerfully and smiling widely at the girl. "I was beginning to doubt that any other of my old class mates was still here."

It was obvious that Penelope was happy to see the ravenclaw girl but, the feeling intensified itself even more because this meant the awkward situation would end. At least she hoped so.

"It both feels strange and good to be back. If that's possible. " she commented still smiling. "It's like some sort of blast from the past kind of thing. It's weird."

[Allegra Thornton]

"Yeah, most of the old crowd has left for one reason or another," Allegra answered, with a light little laugh. "Brittany is still around, but other than that... there aren't too many of us left."

She liked Penelope. She truly did. But still it pained her to act like nothing had changed over the last two years.

[penelope]

"I suppose it's the same as with the professors," she commented continuing on the topic at hand. It was certainly distracting her and that was a good thing right now. "The only one who's still part of the staff is Raynor and...well...," she made a motion with her head in direction of the professor. "I think she was a substitute back then. Other then that they're all strangers to me."

[Kellen McCrea]

Kellen couldn't help but notice Allegra's little sleight of him. She wouldn't even look at him, and that hurt him more than he'd expected. When is this class going to start? he thought desperately. There he was stuck between an ex-girlfriend he hadn't seen in two years, and a girl that....well, he didn't know what the hell was going on there.

He shifted his weight uncomfortable, and shoved his hands in his pockets, saying nothing.

[Allegra Thornton]

"Yeah, I think that's it," Allegra answered with a sigh. "It's really like a revolving door around here, isn't it?" She lowered her voice just a bit before continuing, not sure if Davenport would care for the subject she was about to bring up. "Especially with the murder... funny thing is people are still coming as well as going."

[penelope]

Penelope had heard rumors about it. her father had mentioned something during the breakfast one morning from behind the newspaper but, refused to answer to Penelope's questions. She hadn't thought much of it back then. If it was important enough she would find out eventually.

"That's why there are ministry people at the school?" she asked lowering her tone as well, more as a reflection to Allegra than anything else.

[Kellen McCrea]

"That's why," Kellen confirmed before he remembered he wasn't really part of the conversation anymore. When he realized, he shut his mouth again and didn't offer any more details, instead focusing on figuring out synonyms for the word 'awkward'.

[penelope]

"Thought so...," Penelope commented and smiled a bit uneasily. The pre-Allegra atmosphere had returned and she was in a loss of what to say to fill the void and distract herself to something else.

In fact Penelope would have gladly helped Kellen at figuring out synonyms for she had decided that she liked uncomfortable and unpleasant better than the one hundred times mentioned word.

[Allegra Thornton]

Uneasy... unnerving... edgy... apprehensive... tense... Yes, that was the one she decided to stick with... tense. She tried everything she could think of to break the tension. Focusing on the murder seemed like a good a way as any.

"They're treating us all like suspects," she said. "I guess probably because it was students who were first on the scene."

[Rebecca Davenport]

Just as the students started getting chatty, Becca called order to the class. "Ladies and gentlemen, we're starting," she announced, waiting for them to settle down. "We'll be discussing one of the more tempermental creatures in the animal kingdom, the demiguise."

Now was the opportunity for the students to tell what they already knew. This was the best part of lecturing. If they knew it already, she didn't have to teach it.

[Kellen McCrea]

Oh thank Merlin, Kellen thought gratefully as he headed back to his seat far away from the two girls. They could have a basilisk right there in class and he'd probably feel more comfortable. Demiguises were tempermental? Perfect! More that would keep his concetration during class. This was a good thing.

He figured it was best to focus his energy on class at that moment. He raised his hand to offer a response about the demiguise species. "They tend to go invisible often," he stated. "Especially if they are stressed or frightened for any reason."

[Rebecca Davenport]

"Thank you Mr. McCrea... " Professor Davenport replied, waiting for someone else to contribute. Seeing no one volunteering, she continued with the lecture. "This herbiorous beast is native to the Far East, it has been given a four-X rating by the Ministry. The one I have here is not so tempermental as the ones in the wild and usually manages to stay visible for a while. " With that she unveiled the cage to reveal a large ape like creature, covered in long silvery hair. the beast munched peacefully on a bamboo shoot and looked at the students with its large black eyes.

[Allegra Thornton]

"Their fur is used for invisibility cloaks, right?" Allegra offered, keeping her voice down in the hopes that the creature wouldn't disappear. "The fact that they're so hard to catch makes the cloaks rare... and expensive."