The first answer came courtesy of Mr. Kennedy. Gaston smiled and nodded in reply to the Ravenclaw. "Very good, Mr. Kennedy," he said. "That's a very important distinction to make."



Miss Penrose soon echoed some of what Mr. Kennedy had just said and offered a use as well. Her answer earned another smile from the professor. "Excellent, Miss Penrose," he said. "I couldn't have said it better myself!"



Mr. Salander was next to answer, and Gaston couldn't help but smile at what was said. He was wondering when someone was going to bring up invisibility cloaks! "It could have, yes," he said. "Thank you for your answer, Mr. Salander." The stories said something different, but he didn't have the heart to correct the Gryffindor prefect. After all, this wasn't History of Magic class! It wasn't long before Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne pointed that out and spared him the trouble.



Gaston saw Miss Kramer's hand go up and called on the Hufflepuff next. He was impressed with the girl's thorough answer! "Excellent answer, Miss Kramer," he said, giving the girl a small smile.



Gaston's bright blue eyes blinked in reply to Miss Tate. That was an answer he hadn't considered himself but was no less correct. "Excellent, Miss Tate!" he said, beaming at the girl. "Five points to Gryffindor for an intelligent and original answer."



Gaston had to stifle a laugh when he heard Miss Holmes's answer. He didn't think about that when he chose eggs to use in today's activity! "Yes, that's true, Miss Holmes," he replied. "But not to worry, that isn't how we'll be using these eggs today." Because that would be gross!



Gaston couldn't help but notice that Mr. Winslow seemed a little... unimpressed by the demonstration. Was he boring him? Oh well, no matter... The professor nodded in reply to the answer given. "Yes, very good, Mr. Winslow," he said.



Blink, blink. For a moment, Gaston wasn't sure if Miss Griffel's question was meant as a joke or not. he would've thought his demonstration made it clear that disillusionment charms could be used on humans, but maybe the girl had been distracted during his entrance. "Indeed it can be used on humans," he replied... as Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne also pointed out. " Excellent uses for the spell, Miss Griffel!"



Gaston smiled, nodding along with Miss Diggory's answer. He knew it wasonly a matter of time before someone brought up the use of disillusionment charms on animals. "Very good, Miss Diggory," he said. "That's one of the most common uses for the spell."



Now here was a student with a lot to say on the subject! Gaston couldn't help but chuckle a bit when Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne mentioned using the spell in a game of hide and seek. He'd never had an occasion to use the spell for that purpose himself, but it sounded like fun! In fact, that was very similar to the activity they would be doing today. Gaston waited patiently for the boy to finish speaking before replying. "True on all counts, Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne! Five points to Hufflepuff for your thorough answer!"




Gaston heard Mr. Botros's yelp as he appeared at the front of the class and felt terrible for scaring the poor kid. "Oh my- I'm sorry I startled you, Mr. Botros!" he exclaimed. Good going, he berated himself. He knew he should've removed the disillusionment charm before closing the door! With a flick of his wand,a cookie to replace the one that dropped appeared on Mr. Botros's desk. To his relief, the boy didn't seem too upset about it, and he nodded in reply to his answer. "Excellent, Mr. Botros," he said. "Very few wizards are able to accomplish this, and Dumbledore was indeed one of them."



Mr. Kenning was getting a little ahead of himself with his answer; Gaston was impressed! "Yes, very good, Mr. Kenning," he said. "We'll come back to the wand movements in just a minute."



And another student mentioned hide and seek! Gaston gave Miss Botros a smile and a nod in reply to her answer. "So you agree with Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne then?" he said. "Very good answer, Miss Botros."



Gaston couldn't help but notice that Miss Franks-Mundie was being unusually quiet today. Odd... that wasn't like her! Well, maybe she didn't have an answer that hadn't already been said or maybe she just had other things on her mind right now?



Here was another unexpected answer. Gaston smiled, impressed with Miss Summers's outside-the-box thinking. "Accio would work on an object under the disillusionment charm," he replied, nodding slightly, "but the object would continue to blend into its surroundings until the disillusionment charm wears off or is cancelled. Thank you for bringing that up, Miss Summers!"



Miss Moss's hand was the next one Gaston saw go up, and he called on the Ravenclaw. "Excellent, Miss Moss," he said. "As is the case with most charms, the disillusionment charm will wear off."



Gaston listened carefully to Miss Botros's answer, nodding along periodically. He wasn't 100% sure this was factually correct, but it made logical sense and was an interesting concept. "Good point, Miss Botros!" he said. "Thank you for your answer."



Gaston nodded in reply to Miss McNally's mention of the counterspell... but they would cover that in a bit more detail later. "Excellent, Miss McNally," he said. "That is the counterspell used on humans; for inanimate objects, the counterspell is a bit different."



Gaston was slightly taken aback by Miss Valentine's answer. He wasn't sure whether to be amused or concerned at the idea of using the disillusionment charm to spy on people. He was relieved to hear that the girl was only joking and chuckled a little. "Yes, Miss Valentine," he said, "that would be a creative use of the spell indeed!"



Gaston was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to mention Aurors when Miss Darcy finally brought up the subject. He listened carefully to everything the Hufflepuff prefect had to say, giving her a smile and a nod when she was finished. "Sound reasoning, Miss Darcy!" he replied. "Thank you for our answer."



Gaston nodded as Mr. Chevalier added a bit to what Mr. Botros had said earlier. "Yes! Very good, Mr. Chevalier," he replied with a small smile.



And another quiet one. By this point, almost everything about the disilusionment charm had already been mentioned, so maybe Mr. Borzekowski-Thomas just couldn't think of anything to add. Gaston hoped that was all it was! He hated to think something was bothering one of his students!

Gaston cleared his throat loudly and waited a moment or two for the students to focus on him before speaking. "Excellent answers, everyone!" he said. "I'm pleased to see you already have some basic knowledge of the disillusionment charm, but just to recap..." He flicked his wand, and the following words appeared on the blackboard:

The professor gave his class some time to copy the information on the board down in their notes before he continued, "As Mr. Kenning mentioned, the wand movements for this spell are different, depending on whether it is used on a human or an object. I'll demonstrate both wand movements, though today we'll only be using the spell on objects." He hoped the students wouldn't be too disappointed that they weren't practicing on themselves; he didn't want any accidents! "In both cases, the incantation is Dissilusiona."

"To cast the spell on a human, twirl our wand around yourself - or whoever else your target may be - a few times. This should look like you're wrapping your target in rope," Gaston went on. He twirled his wand a few times. "Disillusiona." He momentarily blended into the background before performing the counterspell. "In casting on an object, the wand movement is a bit simpler. All you have to do is flick your wand at your target like so..." He flicked his wand at the plate of cookies on the refreshment table, and it disappeared as eh repeated the incantation.

But the students would have plenty of time to practice the spell later; now they had to move on. "Now, how would you go about finding an object you suspect is under the disillusionment charm?" he asked the class.

OOC: You have ABOUT 24 HOURS to answer this question. Then we'll move on to the practicing.