vandertulp | [Sorting Hat 13] Always the plants. Also html fail /sob

[So after getting back late after the weekend with the other staff, Thijs doesn't really have a Happy Valentine's Day at all. The plants are much, much more aggressive today, and after both harassing and being harassed by them enough he's cancelling classes. A person can only cast so many charms to keep them at bay! It also doesn't help that the Tentaculas' idea of affection is about the same as an adolescent boy's, so they've been playing pranks, messing up the classrooms, and taking Thijs' things all day. They've also managed to get a good hold on most of the doors.]

There are NO Herbology classes today or for the rest of the week. Again, absolutely no Herbology classes, this applies to all years, all houses.

DO NOT come to the greenhouses or even be in the near vicinity.

Classes will resume wh----

[And the ink runs off rather ominously but really, it's just the plants. Hey, he needs that journal, you stupid vine. Now for another tug-o-war; and the students and staff probably won't be seeing him for a few days.]

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[With a curse, Thijs snatches his wand up and heads back into the classrooms, still in his rather dirty tan greenhouse overcoat. Immediately he casts few spells; diffindo, and the slowing spells. While they had been quietly antsy this morning, as the day went on the Tentacula were definitely becoming more aggressive.

Now where was that kid; honestly if he had to break out the antidotes...]

Tsuna!

[Not long after the squeal is the sound of breaking pottery then the very distinct wailing cry of a Mandrake. Tsuna was surprised by one of those Tentacula and had accidentally knocked over a pot in the process, freeing the Mandrake. Tsuna is now huddled on the floor, hands over his ears in a vain attempt to block out the noise.]

[As soon as he heard the glass break Thijs knew something would go very wrong. The direction of the classroom. . . as if on queue, he heard the distant shrieking of the Mandrake. There were a few walls between him and the plant, yet still his head hurt and he felt dizzy, near to passing out as he hunted fruitlessly for some ear-mufflers before resorting to a deafening charm. After a muttered spell, all Thijs was hearing was a quiet droning in his ears.

Opening the classroom door forcefully (the tentacula were so troublesome!), Thijs immediately seized upon a pair of ear-mufflers, dropping to the floor and putting them firmly over Tsuna's ears before taking the boy's arm and hauling him out of the classroom.

As a final move, he roughly potted the Mandrake again, being none too gentle. Those things were just creepy! He closed the classroom door loudly behind him; Tsuna was going to get a rather threatning glower from Thijs while the TA's hearing returned, and Thijs gently tapped at the side of his head with his wand to hurry it along. It could be a dangerous charm, but it was better than risking the Mandrakes. They weren't as young as they were at the beginning of the year, after all.]

[Tsuna didn't see the glare at first, as his ears were still ringing and his head still throbbing painfully from the discordant shrieking. Tears unconsciously squeezed themselves from the corners of his eyes as he fought back the pain and the urge to faint then and there. He had always feared stepping into the greenhouses because there was the high chance he would disturb something lying dormant in one of the many earthy beds - and that was exactly what had happened just now.

When he felt he had sufficiently recovered, he looked up and the beginnings of an apology quickly turned into a little squeak when he saw the TA looming over him.]

I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry---!

["msorryI'msorry---!" Oh yes, now he could hear properly again, though there was a slight ringing that was sure to go away. Thijs rolled his eyes, shaking his head with a sigh at the same time. He stepped over and tugged the ear-muffs off Tsuna's head. What was he supposed to do? Pat him, say it was okay? The kid nearly got himself killed by being dumb and disobedient.]

You'll be back to repair the pot, be sure about that. The mandrakes don't like the temporary ones.

[Have a hand up, but he's not exactly looking at Tsuna despite the offer. ]

[Overwhelming guilt kept Tsuna's head down as the professor helped him up. As much as he really, really didn't want to come back to deal with the mandrake, he nodded silently and obediently.]

S-sorry, professor...

[Sigh. If you start crying or something he's just going to walk away. Instead, have a pat on the shoulder. ]

No lasting harm.

Now scram.

[No, no. No crying. Tsuna is tough! ~~Not really.~~ He glances at the broken pot then back to the professor.]

I'll, um, see you soon then, professor.

[He gives Thijs a weak smile then nervously backs away, careful not to trip over or bump into anything else before dashing out of the greenhouse.]

[All Tsuna is going to get from Thijs is a lifted brow along with that serious expression; it isn't until after he's gone that he gives his head a little shake, and there is a slight smirk there as well. Why were all his students so, so...he stopped that train of thought as he heard a few more pots breaking, and some more mandrake cries. Since when were the tentacula such fast learners...damn those plants, damn them...he goes to take care of it.

[Sorting Hat 13] Always the plants. Also html fail /sob

Figures. /hmph [action]

They exist to make teachers' lives hard. [action]

indeed.

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[action] Ngaaaw :D

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