Hi there, it's Katie_slytherin here! I come to you in peace bearing a new article of 'Chatting With. . .'! Unfortunately the scheduled guest we had planned for this month had to cancel due to a, hmmmmm, shall we say, 'magical accident' involving a pair of scissors, a flamingo statue, and three glasses of water. After making a few calls, I finally found a guest! Please welcome my eighth spare. . . I mean, valued volunteer, Terence Higgs!
Katie: Hello Terrence, thank you so much for coming to chat with me today, we are excited to have you on the show! For those who don't know, Terrence was the seeker on our very own Slytherin Quidditch team! I say 'was' because he was mysteriously replaced after a certain someone bought the entire team new broomsticks... but we aren't here to wallow in the sorrows of team dynamics, we are here to have some flowering fun! So, my flowering friend, what is your favourite flower - tulips, roses, sunflowers?
Terrence: . . . I think there's been a misunderstanding, see I thought you meant the other kind of flour.
Katie: You thought what? Why?!
Terrence: I heard you say 'flour' so I thought you guys were doing a baking themed thing. I actually don't really know much about flowers.
Katie: Well, that's okay, we can work with this, I guess. Here's a fun fact - flowers are used in the Wideeye Potion! I'm sure you've used that at least once. . .
Terrence: I've definitely used that potion more than once, especially during exams time.
Katie: Two sprigs of Wolfsbane are used in it! It's actually the last ingredient you add before stirring and wand movement to complete the potion.
Terrence: I've studied that potion in class, but isn't it Monkshood?
Katie: You lead us to our next fun fact, the flower is actually known by three names! Wolfsbane, Monkshood, and Aconite!
Terrence: Now that you mention it, that does sound familiar.
Katie: Speaking of interesting facts, have you ever heard of the corpse flower?
Terrence: Corpse flower? Does it eat people or something?
Katie: No, although that would certainly be something noteworthy. It gets its name from the terrible smell it produces. It's like if a rotting fish and an athlete's smelly goot had a baby. Here, I have a jar filled with its scent.
Terrence: Merlin's Beard! That smells worse than the rubbish bin in the locker rooms! Is that actually supposed to be the smell of a flower?!
Katie: It is, it's very strange, I know. The entire plant itself is strange actually. It can grow to be 365 centimeters tall and can take up to a decade to bloom!
Terrence: Listen, I know we have some mighty strange magical plants, but this has to be fake, this can't be real. Right?
Katie: Not only is the plant real, it's actually a Muggle plant! Feel free to do some research on it if you would like.
Terrence: That's insane, it's hard to believe it's real in the first place, nevermind a Muggle plant. I sure hope we don't have something even worse in our world. I think I would rather face Devil's Snare!
Katie: I think I would take the Devil's Snare as well. Oooo, I have one last good question. How do you think Professor Snape would react if you gave him a bouquet of flowers?
Terrence: He would probably think I was bribing him and he would be. . . disgusted. I'm too afraid to think of what would happen. Wait, does he read this publication? Is this going to be published?! IS HE GOING TO SEE THIS?
Katie: Well, that's all we have time for today, thanks for chatting with me! I've got to run now, bye!
Terrence: Wait, are you leaving this in the article?! Hey, where are you going, come back here!
All right, folks, that wraps up this issue's Chatting With..! Thanks for reading, and thanks Terrence for agreeing to chat with me!
Until I reemerge from my cave again, this is goodbye from your favourite socktastically pureblooded Slytherin!
- Katie_slytherin