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[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: sup princess

Snargaluffs were weird. Snargaluff pods? Borderline disturbing. They were pulsating, and oozing, with green liquid that was collected for potions-making and other odd reasons beyond Tobys knowledge. The snargaluffs had unpredictable, tentacle-like, vines that had minds of their own. Their only objective? To entangle with their dangerous thorn-covered vines. It was a questionable activity for sixth year Herbology students to endure, considering in the wild these plants swallowed people whole, but it was an activity they did every year. Toby wasn't really looking forward to this lesson, only because he wasn't sure what kind of personality his plant was going to have; they were so mysterious. Also, earlier in the week, the Professor assigned partners for the task. Toby was paired with Lusie Windsor. She was a cute, sweet, and reserved girl, but one thing made her unique to their classmates was that she was an actual princess - of like - England. A part of Toby felt like he had to take some sort of responsibility in making sure the plant didn't attack her. Which was quite stressful...

They had already been given their task, so the class was starting to prepare their materials to start their assignment. Toby turned toward Lusie as a vine sprouted out of the plant, wiggling aggressively toward the princess, so he stepped in front her. His expression was a bit too serious as he tried to digest the situation, his lips pursed into a comical thinking expression. The gangly Ravenclaw quickly picked up a pair of thick dragon hide gloves and extended them toward Lusie, "You should probably put these on." he told her, trying not to be awkward, before doing so himself for his own protection. His warm brown eyes scanned over the petite girl, "How're you feelin', Lusie?" he asked her, hoping to gauge his partners confidence regarding the vicious plant. He wasn't really sure how he was feeling, so maybe she would give him an idea.

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Lusie had many aspirations in life; a statement which could also be said: Lusie has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but has a long list of things in which she thinks she’d enjoy doing. One of those things on her list of career aspirations, was a healer. And in order to be a healer, one had to be well versed in plants. Thus, Herbology was one of Lusie’s best subjects. She wasn’t entirely afraid of the plants they were working with, even though she knew about the dangers of working with them, but it was clear from the second they started working that her partner thought she might be. She smirked, but didn’t say anything. It was kind of sweet. As someone well versed in the subject, of course Lusie went in knowing to wear proper gloves when handling aggressive plants, and when Toby handed her a pair and instructed her to put them on, she just smiled. She didn’t know the man enough to tease him about it, but she wanted to, he was being quite adorable, and sweet, and she wondered if it was because she was a princess, or because she was a girl. She figured she’d find out soon. “Thank you.” she smiled, politely while she pulled the gloves on herself. “Oh I’m fine with this.” she insisted, rather casually, when he asked how she was feeling. “How are you feeling about the assignment?” she asked in return.

tobias charles watkins

[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: sup princess

Toby was slightly taken aback by the princess' nonchalance towards the man-eating plant. He should have taken reassurance in this. His partner was confident, but alas, he was not. He should have stopped underestimating girls so much. A part of him was afraid of the plant swallowing poor Lusie whole and the entire school hearing about it. Everyone would surely blame it on him for not acting fast enough to save sweet Lusie. Dear Merlin, that would be awful.

For some reason the surprised look couldn't be hidden when she mentioned that she was comfortable with the assignment. She asked him how he was feeling in return and he shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not really sure..." The Ravenclaw shared truthfully, staring at the wiggling plant with wide brown saucers as eyes, while another thorny branch started to sprout. "I haven't ever handled a Snargaluff plant before." Toby admitted, his eyes glued to the plant while he observed it and quickly tried to think of a game plan. "We need to collect the pods." he mused, reaching a hand toward one of the grapefruit sized pods, but the stump instantly sent an agitated vine wiggling crazy in his and Lusie's direction. It didn't get too close, but Toby was being a bit over dramatic. He lightly, but probably annoyingly, pulled the girl by the shoulders away from the plant, "Oh! Lusie! Stand back!" he exclaimed awkwardly, pushing his glasses back to the bridge of his nose.

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Lusie had to admit, it was rather sweet that he seemed to be worried about her, but not just about her, about himself too, which made her feel a little less like a damsel in distress, even though she was very much the opposite. “I’ve never worked with them either.” Lusie admitted with a shrug. Though, she had a very hard time imagining that the professors would allow any harm to come to students because of a class assignment. There had to be ways of safely extracting the pods. It was just a matter of figuring out what the ways where. Lusie loved a puzzle. Tobias went for it and the plant retaliated with it’s vine. His hands found her and they pulled her back. She couldn’t help a little giggle, not at him per say, but Lusie found the whole situation a bit dramatic. “Are you alright?” she asked, looking up to him. He was rather adorable, or maybe she just thought so because he was trying to be manly. “Maybe this is why there are two of us. Maybe one of us should try to hold the plant back while the other gets the pods…” she suggested. She really didn’t know, but it seemed almost logical.

tobias charles watkins

[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: sup princess

Toby nodded bashfully when the petite girl asked if he was okay. This plant was already giving them their fair amount of trouble before the assignment had even started! This would surely be interesting. When Lusie pitched the idea that one of them should hold the plant down while to other collected the pods, he tried to keep a brave face, but it faltered ever so slightly. Only because he knew he'd have to be the one to hold the plant down, since there was no way in Hell he could have Lusie do that, he'd be demasculinized in record timing. Knowing that Lusie was absolutely right, he forced a happy face. "That's a great idea, Lusie." he praised her, nodding his head in agreement. They would definitely have to put their heads together and work as a team for this one. Good thing Lusie seemed easy enough to work with; she was very sweet, and had shown that she had no problem expressing her ideas or concerns to him regarding the assignment. That was great, because usually when he worked with girls, he felt like they wanted him to do all of the dirty work...or, work in general. Not that that bothered him, Toby had always been a control freak when it came to academics, but it was nice to have a serious lab partner every once in a while...

"Okay, I will try to restrain it..." Toby said, his green eyes glued to the plant for a moment before striking with cobra-like reflexes. The Ravenclaw grabbed two of the wiggling vines, and ungracefully, but successfully, tied two of its vines together. "There's a pod, there!" he pointed at the pulsating green pod with a single finger, a mixture of excitement and fear in his voice as the pair hoovered over the stump carefully with pursed lips as he tried to focus. "You think you could get it?" he inquired, tying two more vines together to try to get the plant into a more submissive, less combative state. Toby stood close to Lusie, ready to take down the plant at any moment.

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Tobias agreed with her suggestion, though seemed a little less than thrilled about it. She supposed that was why this assignment was kept for the older students, they were better equipped to do things that scared or challenged them. Lusie was a very academic minded individual, but also didn’t like to take things too seriously, even in class. Not everything had to be life or death, even if it actually was. Tobias offered to hold the plant back while Lusie grabbed the pods and she nodded. That seemed like a good idea, not that Lusie was exactly scared of the plant, but she knew that he was stronger than her and better equipped to handle the plant physically. He pointed out a pod, and she nodded, “yeah I think I can get it…” she decided, reaching her hand in at an angle to dodge a vine, the vine, however, sprang for her, she acted quickly, swatted it away, picked the pod off the plant and withdrew her hand in one, quick, fluid motion. “Got one!” she smiled, tossing it into a bowl for collection. “How are you doing with restraining it?” she asked. "We can take a break before the next one?" she offered.

tobias charles watkins

[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: sup princess

Everything was going smoothly, and quickly Toby was feeling more comfortable with his lab partners abilities. Toby was starting to realize that he had a bad habit of underestimating girls quite frequently, which was something that he would secretly have to work on. It all came with the territory of being a control freak while in his element. Today, he certainly wasn't in his element working with a Snargaluff plant, but it was a great experience so far. As the princess plucked one of the pods off of the stump, his warm brown eyes widened animatedly in amazement. Those pulsating pods were....gross. "Ooh, nice job, Lusie!" he exclaimed, holding the wiggling vines  away from the Puff. She asked him how he was doing retraining the plant as he tied a couple of more vines together. "I think I have good control of it at the moment." he told her confidently,  "If I don't, I will let you know..." he laughed, trying to keep a good attitude about the assignment. Lusie was very considerate about taking a break between pods, but Toby politely declined the proposition, unless if she obviously felt like she needed it. "I feel like we can keep going if you're up for it, Lusie. The more pods we could get, the better. Let me know however I could help you." he told her eagerly. Toby always had a very strong worth ethic when it came to school, sometimes to the point where he didn't take enough breaks, but he had a feeling like today they would definitely deserve one when the time came.

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He praised her for getting the first pod and Lusie smiled as she took a second to examine the work he had done on restraining the beast. She could have mistaken this class for care of magical creatures, she thought, based on the sort of plant they were working with this week. But it was still fun, Lusie enjoyed trying new things and having the opportunity to brainstorm new solutions and work in groups to get to an end goal. He responded to her question by insisting that he was alright to keep going and didn’t need a break and she nodded. With what they had done so far, she was able to grab two more. “Oy, there’s one under that vine there on the left.” Lusie pointed out the vine that was wiggling free towards the bottom on the side, “If you can get the vine I think I can crawl down and pluck it.” she suggested.

tobias charles watkins

[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: well, he thought he had her hah

"Looks like we're getting good progress here." he mused, satisfied, blinking through his glasses a few times as he watched a couple of more vines wiggle free from his tanglement. This was a very tiring process, but they were making some very good momentum with their assignment. Lusie volunteered to grab another one of the pulsating pods that was on a lower part of the stump if he agreed to restrain the vines, "Excellent, I got you...if you want to try." he told her with a solid nod, crouching down slightly to grab the vine tightly and tying it to another.

Now, the more the stump was being handled, the more agitated it was growing...and fast. Snargaluffs were very temperamental, and unpredictable. Suddenly another two dangerous, thorn covered vines, came cascading out of the stump, violently lashing towards Lusie.

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Tobias agreed with her plan and did his part, leaning down to get the vines into place. Everything was in order and Lusie had been able to get into position to get the pod, figuring that soon they’d be able to let the plant rest and go about draining the pods. There was really no warning to what had happened next. Lusie reached her hand in to get the pod, and as soon as she touched it, she saw the vines flying at her out of the corner of her eye, instinctively, Lusie raised her arm to block her face and felt one of the thorns catch in her shirt, and then her skin, dragging down her upper arm and leaving a blood mark all the way to her elbow, where the gloves ended. Lusie quickly backed away from the plant, crawling on the floor to a safe distance. She hadn’t realized she still had the pod in her hand. In the moment it hadn’t really hurt, she figured because of the adrenaline, but her hand gripped her arm and when she moved her hand away, she saw the blood covering her glove. “Are you okay?” she asked him, lifting her head to see if the vine had got him also.

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[tobias charles watkins]

@lusie

Note: a w k w a r d

Nothing could have really prepared Toby for what happened next. In the blink of an eye, the stump had grown far more agitated than he could have imagined, sprouting the vines violently toward Lusie and briefly entangling her. Why Lusie?! Why not him?! Toby shot upwards, quickly trying to untangle the princess from the vine. "UHH! FUCK, FU--!" he swatted at the plant, before kicking it over dramatically, more out of reflex to get it away from them. "LUSIE! OH, SHIT!" Amongst all of the chaos, they both somehow ended up on the floor. His eyes widened when Lusie asked if he was okay, and a nervous chuckle escaped from his mouth, "What! Are you okay?!" he asked her quickly, already noticing the blood stain on her sleeve. Great. He'd never live this one down. Toby was so shocked by what happened that he didn't even notice the entire greenhouse stopped what they were doing to observe the display. The Professor was already marching over to them, very angry, by what she heard and saw at the end. Toby pushed himself off the floor and offered Lusie a hand and look of concern.

'Watkins! Language! And don't you damage or mistreat my Snargaluff, boy!' The Herbology Professor snipped, eyebrows threading at the center of her forehead, while his face drained of all its color out of embarrassment for being called out in front of the entire class. Then, his face got hot. Red hot. Somehow he was just frozen there staring at Lusie awkwardly with warm brown saucers as eyes, speechless. 'Escort Miss Windsor to the Hospital Wing. Moove!' she clapped her hands at him four times and it snapped him out of the trance. Some kids were sniggering from the other side of the greenhouse, and it made Toby wish that he could just disappear. Turning toward Lusie, he pulled her toward the door by the uninjured arm very lightly, taking the Professors order to deliver her to the hospital wing to heart obviously.

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