Oh my god, it’s a flower! (open)

[Lyam]

Spring, 12th 512 av “I’m sorry!” I entered the class, my head hanging in shame. I tried to smile to my professor but she just frowned and continued her class as if nothing had happened. As silent as I could – what means for me that not a single bruit disturbed the class anymore – I sat on an empty chair, in front of a ridiculously little desk, where a piece of paper and a black pen were laying. I did not gaze at my neighbours and just tried to listen carefully and learn. “… That’s it for the grass: you will almost never use it anyway. But in the grass, you can find flowers and this is much more interesting. A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs…” I think I began to sleep at this very moment. Yes, I know, it’s quite rude, and it had been only few minutes since I came but… You know, I suffer of a big deficit of attention, and well… this was just deadly boring. “…In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, but also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food. Those two last subject will be our topics for the upcoming weeks.” Oh, would they? Wonderful, I really had not expected that… Oh my gods, why did I sign… “Don’t you take notes?” I turned my head towards the whisper I’d just heard. My neighbour was peering at my empty piece of paper, frowing. “Hey guy? Why have you paid for it if you’re dreaming now? Are you so rich or what? Nothing else to do of your days?” I just smiled without answering and took my attention back to the black wood of my desk. “… Flowers can also be made into herbal teas. Dried flowers such as chrysanthemum, rose, jasmine, camomile are infused into tea both for their fragrance and medical properties…” I already knew all of that. Nadya had already told it to me the first day I worked with her. But I could saw my neighbour and the others in the class who were compulsivly taking notes. Please guys! Those were the bases!

[Lyam]

I was drawing with my pen on the piece of paper when my neighbour hit my ribs. I suddenly remarked that everybody was silent, gazing at me, some with mocking smiles, others frowning with scorn. “If you’re not interested, you can go, you know” the teacher said. “I am interested” I simply replied Her eyebrows lifted “Are you? You don’t seem very concerned.” “Still, I am” I repeated She sighed “What’s your name again?” “Lyam” “Well then, Lyam. Could you please repeat what I was saying?” I smiled while answering a simple no. “Why are you here? I’ve no time to loose with some kids of your kind” “I’m here to learn M’dam. But what you were saying, I already knew” They all gazed at me as if I had said blaspheme. Excepted the teacher that did no longer seem bored but rather very curious. “I see… How much dyou know?” she simply asked. “I don’t know” I answered gently “I’m already working as an apprentice. I already know how to use dandelions and roses, but I’m unable to say what kind of flower it is. I know how to cure headache, but I don’t know why this or that flower would help more than another. Everyday, I learn some practice. I lack of theory.” A new stony silence filled the class. But this time, it was no longer mocking or scorn. “I get it” the teacher said “You’d better come this evening, I give a special class for people of your kind” I nodded, let the pen and the paper on my desk and went out without a glimpse for my counterparts.

[Lyam]

“I’m sorry!” She laughed and let me in. “Is that a tradition by you” she said “being late?” I just smiled gently. For once it was not really my fault. I was in the forest, looking for some plants for Nadya. I had not expected the time had gone so fast. “Anyway we had not already start. Please take a seat.” I did so but this time, I was not interested by my desk, pen or paper. Cause the teacher had opened his mouth and had begun her lesson. I mean, she really did. Everything she said was new and attractive and I could see she was yet dealing with her passion. It was not comparable to this afternoon. Not at all. “Don’t you write man?” my neighbour asked as the teacher took a little pause to drink on the green bottle standing before her. I help myself from laughing; was that their tradition? “No need” I said in a smile “Everything in head” He smiled in return, aware of the joke. “I see. Can you still draw the schemes?” he said, designing the one our teacher was making silently. I was first astonished that he did not blame me or laughed at me. But he looked very nice in fact. “I can, and some says I’m a wonderful drawer… but I don’t believe a word!” “Let’s see, er…” “Lyam” “All right, I’m Paul. Nice to meet you” he was speaking faster as our teacher had now finished to draw on the blackboard. “Here is the deal: you draw, I write. We’ll have a wonderful notebook, both of us.” “I’m in” I just answered and we let the course continue without another word.

[Paragon]

Adventurer's Loot Lyam's Loot : Lyam Skill XP Reward Botany +2 Herbalism +1 Drawing +1 Socialisation +1 Lore: Herbal Teas, Basic Flower Uses, The Tardy Student Items or Consequences: Nil Nice class thread, though it was a little short. Try to go into more detail in future and I can give you more points - if you have ANY questions or concerns about this grading, don't hesitate to PM me.