Count D's Office.

[Count D]

Upon entering the Count's office, one would find not a smell of animals, but the sweet aroma of incense. They may also detect a hint of baked goods. A tea set was placed neatly upon the cherry wooden desk in the back of the room, with steam still rising out of the kettle. Animals littered the room, of all kinds; dogs, cats, birds, muggle animals, and magical creatures unbeknownst to even some of Hogwarts finest teachers. The office was dark, with shades of purple and maroon accenting the walls an furniture. Chinese decor made the room seem elegant.

Count D himself sat behind his desk, legs crossed neatly beneath his blue yukata. He nibbled on a cake in his hand, a content smile on his face, while his free hand stroked the cat in his lap. On his shoulder perched Q-chan, a hybrid with the body and head of a rabbit, the feet of a duck, and the wings of a bat. With a squeak of question, Count nodded, breaking off a piece of his cake for the creature. "Ah, Q-chan, it's almost like home, isn't it?" He smiled.

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris glanced in, hoping the teacher was inside. He was pleased to see the Professor relaxing behind his desk. Fenris really didn't have any sort of trouble, persay....

He wanted to talk. About the Thestrals. And about maybe taking the class out to see them sometime. He knew that Fai and Yayoi, who were also in the class, could see them. They were, however, untamed creatures, and highly dangerous under the wrong teacher.

"Professor?" He asked timidly, peering around the corner.

[Count D]

"Mmm?" Count glanced up, his tea at his lips, to see his student in the door. With a peaceful smile, he set the cup down, and motioned for the boy to enter. "Come in, Fenris, was it? Would you like some tea? I have a delicious lemon cake to go with it. Or maybe you'd prefer strawberry tarts?" The cat purred beneath his hand. The incense in the room, once Fenris caught whiff, should show the cat as a human girl, scantily clothed and sitting in Count D's lap. This was a spell, of course, one that the Count had used on muggles for years. It was his own homemade spell. Q-chan, however, would remain the same. He never could make him look human, for some reason.

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris blinked at the woman sitting in the Professor's lap. "Um... Professor? Maybe I could, um.... Come back at a better time for you?" He couldn't believe that Professor D was inviting him in, simply, for tea, when he was so obviously occupied elsewhere.

[Count D]

"Hm? Why, of course not! Now is just fine." He smiled at the boy. The woman in his lap purred seductively at Fenris, before slipping out of D's grasp. She then crawled across the room, and slinked her way into Fenris' arms, purring at him as she nuzzled his neck. The Count chuckled. "Ah, she really has taken a fancy to you."

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris's eyes widened to a dangerous size. "What the... eh? I have..." He was in such a freak-out mode, he was stock still. All he could think about was Violet, and how she would TOTALLY not approve of this at all.

"I... I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!"

[Count D]

The Count tipped his head, nibbling on a cookie innocently. "Oh? And what does that have to do with anything? Is that what you wanted to talk about?" If Fenris were to look up at the Count, even for a brief second, when he looked back down, in the place of the sexy woman would instead be a fluffy grey Persian cat. Said feline purred and rolled around in his lap, kneading at his chest. The Count held out a cup of his special mint tea. "Perhaps some tea would calm you?"

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris glanced up at the Count, looking for any excuse to look away from the girl in his lap. "Anything, please!" When he glanced back down, the girl was a cat.

"Wait... What?"

[Count D]

Count D gave the boy his tea and sat back. "How about some sweets? Then again, you must already be sweet to get Clarissa there to love you so much. She was a tough nut to crack, I must say."

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris blushed, but took the tea. "Sweet? Me? Not so." He shook his head. "Only to my Violet."

He took a sip of the tea. "But that's not why I am here. I stopped by to discuss the animals we will be learning about in class."

[Count D]

The Count crossed his legs, tipping a bit back in his chair. An animal that looked like a very hairy goat, only with tiger paws, sat beside D. He stroked the animal absentmindedly. "Alright, then. What about them, Fenris?"

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris glanced at the strange animal, but was still more weirded out by the cat-girl senario.

"I would love for a chance to show off the Thestrals..." He admitted. "They're some of my favorite animals."

[Count D]

"Thestrals? Ah, fascinating, aren't they? And you want to go visit them with the class?" The Count closed his eyes, sipping at his tea calmly. He hummed. "Well, I don't see why not. I can have it arranged, I'm sure. But, unlike with the animals in my class, you cannot go near them."

[Fenris Candor]

Fenris blinked, then laughed. "You'd be surprised. The herd out in the Forbidden Forest... They know me well. Yayoi, Fai, AND me. Fai even rides them."

He smirked. "They're pretty tame, actually."

[Count D]

The Count's face suddenly grew sullen. His eyes remained closed, and he set his cup of tea down on the table. "Yes, and that isn't very wise of you to just go out there and ride them at chance that you might be killed. They are wild animals, not tame, Fenris, despite what you think. Should I take the class out there, you are not to go near them, understand?" He opened his eyes, a certain sternness being held within them. But only the orchid one was apparent.