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MadMadamMalfoy · 02-03-2017, 12:14 AM

Gaston glanced at his watch. He had given the class a little extra time to practice, but now it was time to move on. He rose and waited a moment for the students to stop what they were doing and look at him before he addressed them, "Wonderful work, all of you! I've seen some excellent progress, but now it's time to move on."

He aimed his wand at the "snowballs" that had missed their target and sent them flying neatly back into the trunk. There may or may not have been an extra flick of his wand toward the balls, but what was it for? Only time would tell. "Now," he continued, "in the spirit of the holiday season, today's activity is a snowball fight. For this game, you'll summon balls from the trunk, just like we practiced, and send them flying at your classmates using the banishing charm."

He summoned one of the giant cotton balls to demonstrate and caught it in his awaiting hand. "If you get hit with someone else's snowball, you are out; you're to sit on the benches for the remainder of the game." He gestured toward the benches lining the walls. "Don't worry, they're just cotton balls with an engorgement charm placed on them. They won't hurt you - however, they are charmed to burst into a cloud of glitter upon impact... just so there's no cheating." He sent the ball in his hand flying toward the back of the room, where it burst against the wall and covered the spot in blue glitter.

The professor gave the students a moment to process this information before going on, "There are two ways to block a snowball coming at you. You may either use the Banishing charm to deflect it toward someone else or summon it and try to catch it. What happens if you summon a ball but don't catch it and it hits you?"He summoned another snowball from the trunk but instead of catching this one, he let it keep coming until it burst and covered him in silver glitter. "These balls are charmed to remember the last spell cast upon them. They burst into blue glitter if hit by a banishing charm, silver glitter for a summoning charm. Getting hit with your own ball DOES NOT count as an out; as long as you're not hit with blue glitter you're still n the game! But just to make it easy, remember: Blue is bad, silver's safe."

Did that make sense? Good, moving on... "Your team is your Hogwarts house. The object of the game is to take out as many students from other houses as possible. The house with the fewest number of outs at the end of the game wins 10 points." He clapped his hands. "You may start NOW!"

OOC: There is no post count for this activity. If you are hit with a ball, please put "OUT" in the title of your post to make it easy to keep track of the scores. I'll be checking back in from time to time to asnwer questions; just indicate in the title of your post. You have ABOUT 48 HOURS to do this activity!

02-03-2017, 12:14 AM	#130 (permalink)
MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod Alley Proprietor Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 11,070 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin Second Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron	Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll Gaston glanced at his watch. He had given the class a little extra time to practice, but now it was time to move on. He rose and waited a moment for the students to stop what they were doing and look at him before he addressed them, "Wonderful work, all of you! I've seen some excellent progress, but now it's time to move on." He aimed his wand at the "snowballs" that had missed their target and sent them flying neatly back into the trunk. There may or may not have been an extra flick of his wand toward the balls, but what was it for? Only time would tell. "Now," he continued, "in the spirit of the holiday season, today's activity is a snowball fight. For this game, you'll summon balls from the trunk, just like we practiced, and send them flying at your classmates using the banishing charm." He summoned one of the giant cotton balls to demonstrate and caught it in his awaiting hand. "If you get hit with someone else's snowball, you are out; you're to sit on the benches for the remainder of the game." He gestured toward the benches lining the walls. "Don't worry, they're just cotton balls with an engorgement charm placed on them. They won't hurt you - however, they are charmed to burst into a cloud of glitter upon impact... just so there's no cheating." He sent the ball in his hand flying toward the back of the room, where it burst against the wall and covered the spot in blue glitter. The professor gave the students a moment to process this information before going on, "There are two ways to block a snowball coming at you. You may either use the Banishing charm to deflect it toward someone else or summon it and try to catch it. What happens if you summon a ball but don't catch it and it hits you?"He summoned another snowball from the trunk but instead of catching this one, he let it keep coming until it burst and covered him in silver glitter. "These balls are charmed to remember the last spell cast upon them. They burst into blue glitter if hit by a banishing charm, silver glitter for a summoning charm. Getting hit with your own ball DOES NOT count as an out; as long as you're not hit with blue glitter you're still n the game! But just to make it easy, remember: Blue is bad, silver's safe." Did that make sense? Good, moving on... "Your team is your Hogwarts house. The object of the game is to take out as many students from other houses as possible. The house with the fewest number of outs at the end of the game wins 10 points." He clapped his hands. "You may start NOW!" OOC: There is no post count for this activity. If you are hit with a ball, please put "OUT" in the title of your post to make it easy to keep track of the scores. I'll be checking back in from time to time to asnwer questions; just indicate in the title of your post. You have ABOUT 48 HOURS to do this activity! __________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...