Reminder

[alt_macnair]

Reckon it bears repeating:

My storage is one hundred percent off limits to all students at all times. I don't care what noises you think you hear coming from it, stay clear of the building if you want to keep your house points. And your hands.

And to the NEWT students who've been asking: no, it's not a manticore.

Comments

[alt_mcgonagall]

I shall repeat your message at supper, Macnair; I imagine that the students need as many warnings as they can get.

[alt_macnair]

Ta, Headmistress.

[alt_lupin]

You've done it now. You'll be fending Sally-Anne Perks off with a stick.

[alt_macnair]

Is that the little Slytherin who's always asking about the forest?

[alt_padma]

That's right, Professor.

It's not the unicorn, is it? The one my sister helped catch?

I thought Marvolo said it was released, though. Oh and it wouldn't bite off someone's hand or anything, would it?

Will we get to see a manticore in our NEWT lessons, sir?

[alt_macnair]

Not a unicorn at all, and it's nothing so dangerous as a dragon, either. But it is a wild creature, and those should always be approached with care.

[alt_poppy]

I trust that all of our students will take your warning very seriously. I would remind them that while I am able to patch up many of their scrapes and prevent most scars, I cannot regrow lost limbs. Truly catastrophic injuries will likely result in death.

It's best we all be clear on this score, don't you think?

[alt_macnair]

Didn't you see what I wrote about it not being a manticore?

[alt_poppy]

Indeed, yes. I am able to read.

Surely you are not maintaining that the only thing dangerous enough to rip limbs from bodies is a manticore? I wasn't born yesterday, Professor Macnair.

I'm certain you share my hope that our pupils will properly consider the risks of foolish behaviour and refrain from it.

[alt_macnair]

If don't trust me to adequately caution the students, or think that I've brought in something that eat limbs, you're welcome to visit my storage and determine how dangerous the creature is for yourself.