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[oh_earwax]

It would seem there has been a case of the end of the term doldrums among the students. This is detrimental to your learning, yet I understand how tiring regular assignments are getting.

Thus, a few lucky students will be receiving a dragon egg to hatch in pairs as a sort of project on cooperation and care.

I am sorry to say that real dragons will not be hatching out of the eggs, they are mere toys. Regardless, good luck to you all and take care of your eggs!

[ooc: Dragon eggs are a go! React here or elsewhere as you will and have fun!]

Comments

[doctorkishitani]

Do we know which species we'll be hatching or are we meant to identify the species based on the egg's characteristics? Because that would affect the types of environmental factors we'd have to recreate.

And who's Graham Specter?

[heartwrenching]

There is a very quick, very efficient, and above all else very, very satisfying way of solving that problem! And what a beautiful solution it is!

And oh what a shame, what a shame! I'm crying inside, really! It seems my reputation doesn't precede me nearly enough!! Agh, just the thought of it wounds me.

NO, this will not do! I assert my identity in the face of such a looming existential crisis! I'm Graham Specter, and I assume this means you're Shinra Kishitani, if this dragon hand-out is to be trusted?

[doctorkishitani]

I am! And It's nice to meet you!

You already have a solution? What is it? I assumed that each species of dragon would have eggs with different physical characteristics, but I could be wrong. Have you worked with dragons before? I haven't, but I have dissected a common lizard, so I have a decent understanding of reptile anatomy!

And do you really have a reputation? What did you do?

[heartwrenching]

The most expedient and pleasing solution, of course, is to smash the shell right now! Shatter it into pieces! And then shatter THOSE pieces! On and on in an ever-smashing spiral, the breaking going finer and finer until - AT LAST! - it reaches the atomic level! Tell me, what kind of wonderful cracking can we expect from this type of shell?

Ahhh, just the thought of it makes me remember the satisfying crunch of Bludgers shattering the competition's bones. That's one aspect of my reputation, the fact that in my Captaincy I've kept the medical wing busy! Keep them in practice, preventing stagnation in our fair school! Oh yeah, and there's the fact that I'm part of the Russo family. That too.

[doctorkishitani]

What? We can't smash it now! It's not nearly ready to hatch! And I'm sure that if we studied the shell's colour and density, we'll at least have a general idea of the dragon's species, so smashing it wouldn't really be necessary... Although it would be amazing if we could break it down to the atomic level through repeated blunt force trauma. Do you really think that's possible? Maybe we could find out after the egg hatches!

Were you were behind all the quidditch injuries this year? I do know who you are! At least I do in a sense! You've been responsible for some of the most fascinating re-constructive procedures I've ever seen!