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Originally Posted by fire_faerie

That was a particularly good question. Why indeed did the suits of armour just bang into the classroom like that?! "Erm. So that we can use the Algiz rune on them?" There. That was a perfectly reasonable answer that he didn't think betrayed the fact that he had no clue.

Botros chuckled, and wanted to ask the kid how exactly did he think they could use a rune against someone without Gandrs. Unless he meant carving the rune on a piece of wood and then.. using it as a shield. Oh. Hmm.

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

"Well, like you said earlier Professor, Heimdallr provided protection and was watchful. Maybe the reason for the Suits of Armours fits into class because they could protect the castle? Didn't they do that already, protect the castle once?" Tag said with his hand up. Obviously they could protect the castle, seeing as they were moving about this very moment, when Tag thought they were only stationary. Though, if they were going to protect Hogwarts could they be more careful with their spears?

How they connected to the Algiz rune, Tag couldn't put his finger on that. Suits of Armours couldn't possibly interpret runes. Could they carve onto the Suits? Tag highly doubted that option.

"Yes, precisely. Thank you, Mr. Kidlare. The suits of armous are the castle's Heimdallr. We're going to play with them and see how the Algiz rune work." He grinned at the rest of the class excitedly.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

"Maybe they want to join in and carve algiz?"

... another chuckle from Botros. "That'd be very flattering, but I'm afraid no." They did know that they weren't real beings, right? Not alive.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

"I think it has to do with what Tag said, Sir." Nodnod. "They are meant to protect and guard the castle in the same way that Heimdallr did for the bridge." Smiles for the leprechaun and for the statues too cause MEEEP.

"You, and Tag, are on the right track." Smile.

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Originally Posted by GrapehGrape

What were they here for? Protection. Yes they used to protect. "Are we going to use Algiz to protect ourselves?" Those spears looked sharp. They'd almost hit her in the head after all.

Oh that seemed valid, considering the mess that one Suit did the first ten seconds of barging in. "Not yourselves yourselves, but kind of."

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

OH HEY TAG. Awesome answer. "I agree with the guarding and protecting the school part. They look pretty strong, too, which Heimdallr probably was." ... And it kind of reminded the boy of something... Yeah, okay, this was... a really stupid question. But what was he going to do? Ask it anyways. His curiosity was practically poking him to do so. "Professor? Does this mean..." Pause. "Does this mean... that the rune... can be used alongside Piertotum Locomotor?" It was a legit question but... hair!ruffle. Why was he ask so many questions, again?

Botros nodded at the Hufflepuff's question, "The spell animates the Suits of Armour, offers them the ability to move and react to their surroundings. It doesn't contradict with what Algiz is used for." It enhances the effect sometimes!

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Originally Posted by Tegz

See this was why Botros had the best lessons. West perked up a bit and eyed the armour and then stuck his hand up. "Are we going to make them dent-proof so that they're better able to protect and defend?" As in magically. With Algiz.

With the same wide smile, Botros raised his eyebrows and nodded. "Ah, yes, that's possible." It depends really. Things will be explained more later.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Now they had to guess why they were there. Well, given the fact that they had just been talking about the carving spell..... "Maybe we're going to be carving Algiz into them?" As an extra form of protection for the castle?

"Aha! Yes. We'll be doing this first. Yes." Good call!

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Originally Posted by emjay

And then she looked up, wide-eyed at the door as several suits of armor began marching into the room. She was thankful she wasn't sitting near the door.. the cumbersome things made such a disturbance. And no.. she did not know why they'd be in class today, and she looked around at some of the other students as they gave their answers. She hoped it the correct answer was more the protecting school like most were giving rather than have to protect themselves.

No guess? Okay.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

"Maybe try protecting ourselves with Algiz because they're knocking things out of our tables?" It was a possible answer. And honestly, they should watch the HAIR.

Botros chuckled and nodded, "That's a reasonable answer, I'm sure they didn't mean to though. They're a bit... clumsy." What with all the metal and clanking. They needed bigger room, Botros knew that, but danger was good with Algiz drawn and carved everywhere. It made the rune more valuable and usable.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

He just stood there. BLINK. BLINK. BLINK. BLINK. and mouth hanging open. What were they going to do with those statues of armor. He had NO idea. He just stood there trying not to catch their eye. Maybe they could help with the spell but all the other student's answers seemed logical enough for him.

Aww, was the little Huffelpuff scared? Botros approached the closest Suit of Armour and leaned a bit on it to show him that they were completely harmless... unless they started to move... and someone made them attack something or someone else, but they had Algiz in class! No worries, really.

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Originally Posted by Sonea

So she raised her hand and spoke. “I think that they are here because they are charmed with a rune to make them alive and to protect the school in danger.” And after she had spoke she looked back at the drawing before her. She hoped that her answer wasn’t stupid but she had heard a story about the time when Hogwarts had been attacked and the suits had been trying to fight and to protect the school.

"Ah, yes of course. They're here because I charmed them to move and what I meant was why would I bring them to class. But you're right, they help protect the school." In extreme cases.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi raised his hand. "Maybe they're here to learn about Algiz,'' he suggested.

Young Hufflepuffs think alike, apparently. Botros chuckled and nodded. He'd answered that with Tobias, same answer goes here.

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Originally Posted by amadshade

Well most of the other students had already said the first thing that came into Tora's mind. So she decided to come up with something else, but first a question. "Professor, if you put the armor in the shape of an Algiz, does that make their ability to protect stronger?" and now her idea. "Are we going to carve Algiz into things and then see if the suits of armor can break through our protection? Or maybe we'll have two teams and half the people Aligiz-ify things for protection against the suits of armor and the other half does something else, like carving Hagalaz- that means destruction right?- into the suits of armor and seeing which side is stronger or wins or something." Whew! She kind of let that idea get away from her there, but she still came up grinning. It sounded like a fun game to Tora. Then again, she did make it up.

Oh wow. The Ravenclaw had a bunch of interesting theories, Botros nodded at her slowly considering most of what she said. "Very interesting, I should consult you for activities in the future, little Ravenclaw." He chuckled.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

WHY?!

...because you invited them here, Sophie wanted to reply.

Instead, she raised her hand and said, "...because they protect us and shield us just like Algiz does." She wasn't exactly sure how this related to the class itself, though. "Are we going to carve runes into their armour?"

He smiled widely at the nervous girl and nodded, "Yes! Exactly. Good guessing."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Mo ducked again, even as he raised his hand. "Professor, I figure either we're going to fight WITH them or AGAINST them. I vote against them. Maybe keep them from advancing with Algiz."

Weeeell, when Marco put it this way... it sounded dangerous and Botros gave the Ravenclaw worried looks. Were they excited about this? Were they excited enough to be reckless? "Hmm. That's partially correct." More explanation later.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

She had to think of the perfectly moment to slip inside and try this...but for now, her hand shot up. "I dunno why they're here Professor but I hope Mo's right and we actually get to take these guys!" She was already sizing them up believe it or not. The one infront looked like his metal was extra thick...the one in the middle wasn't that bad....the framework wasn't as beefy, she could SO take him.

Okay, that was it. There would be no real fighting with them. This girl had eagerness radiating off of her in overwhelming waves. "We're not going to take anyone, miss Cambridge, I'm afraid. Well, not exactly."

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

So that's what got Wade raising his hand to suggest, "I think they're here to be our targets.. So that we could to carve our Algiz runes against the Suits of Armors to help demonstrate its true strength." If that made any sense. It sounded right to him.

"That's also partially true." Botros beamed at the Head Boy.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Mo and Lex's suggestion got a laugh out of her. Fighting. So much fighting already, wasn't there? They were going to be carving runes for sure, otherwise the spell wouldn't have been brought up. So, why where the suits of armor here? She didn't know. Nothing other than the comparison between Heimdallr and their duty to the school in case of danger. Protection, ever-watchful, safety.

Her mind was elsewhere, however. Alec's question... she'll wait on the Professor's input, but they could use both, yeah? Runic magic could work alongside other kinds, basically.

No interest guesses? Oh alright. He had enough already, to be fair.

All the guesses were very amusing and Botros smiled widely at everyone who hazard a guess. "All your guesses are valid, even if extreme sometimes." Eyeing the Gryffindor bouncing on her seat.

"First, I want you all to pack your things. We're not going to move the chairs or the tables, they're going to do it for us." There will be some destruction going on, yes. "Second, each house will get their own Suit of Armour. I want you to carve the Algiz rune on their armour with a very clear and strong intent. The older students have the priority to carve, the younger ones can watch, specially if they're not familiar with the Intaglio spell."

He went to the blackboard and wrote

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

Spells to use:
Turn to stone - Duro
Transforms into solid ice - Glacius
Water - Aqua Eructo
Shoots the target in the air - Alarte Ascendare
Dig holes into the Armour - Bombarda
Sticks their feet to the ground - Colloshoo
Banishing - Depulso
Shrinking - Diminuendo
Turn the target into bubbles - Aqua Eructo (caster #1) + Ebublio (caster #2)
Knockback - Flipendo
Tie them up in ropes - Incarcerous
Sends a small ball of fire - Lacarnum Inflamarae
Levitates & moves object - Mobiliarbus

"After carving enough runes on them, I'm going to reanimate them for you. Their main purpose will be to protect their house mates from the other Suits, so while they do their job, you can use one of the spells on the blackboard to attack or keep the other houses' suits away. At the end of the activity we'll see whose Suit of Armour had the least damage." Botros grinned and walked around his desk and sat down on his chair.

"If there's any question, shoot it my way. I'm here. Controlling the suits." And whatever gone-wrong spells. "Look at the spears of each suit of armour and see that instead of the sharp... thing on its tip, there's the mascot of each house, that's how you'll know which armour is yours." Okay. Done. Now... move...

ooc: - this activity has the major amount of points in this lesson; in order to get full credit, you need to post at least five times starting from this post of mine.
- RP your character carving some Algiz runes on the armour first.
- The suits will start fighting in about 12 hrs, and then you can RP your character attacking the other houses' suits.
- ALSO, do not RP for the suits of armour, they're here, they're moving, they'll react to you all as soon as possible.
- The house leaders should be aware that they're responsible to keep their housemates in check, and try to lead them when fighting the suits of armour commences, if necessary.
- I'll be here all the time, if you have a question or a concern you can PM/IM/Tweet me or just ask the professor.