Sierra was getting angry at her pocket watch. For one, it was pink, and two--it just refused to turn into a compass! "Work, you blasted idiot!" she silently scolded it. With determination, she aimed her wand at it, made a small cross shape (top to bottom, left to right), moved right on into a circle movement, and then finally jabbed toward the watch. "Comletia!" she called out.

...and then finally, after what felt like hours of practicing, the pocket watch transformed itself into a compass, leaving Sierra to just stare at it as if she definitely wasn't expecting that result at all. Which she wasn't, of course.

So with that out of the way, she turned her attention to a set of instructions the professor was saying would soon be wiped completely away. She hurried to copy them down, flailing about a little on the inside just thinking about how far behind she was getting. With that finished and out of the way, she made her way to the cubicles to attempt completion at this task. It sort of looked...well, difficult.

With the walls up around her, Sierra placed her parchment and compass on the desk. She slowly and carefully turned her desk around and around, watching the compass all the while so she'd know when to stop. When the compass clearly read 'North', Sierra stopped turning the desk.

...and now, she was ready to draw what she hoped was the exact shape the professor wanted. It took her a few minutes, but when she was done, she stood back and admired her work:



...wait just a minute. Something about that just didn't seem quite right. Her shape looked like a weird arrow, and Sierra was sure the professor wasn't looking for anything like this. She made a face at her parchment, then reached for a fresh sheet and started over.

Sierra tried her hardest this time, constantly checking with her compass to make sure she was creating her lines in all the right directions. When she'd completed all the steps, she at least had a shape which definitely looked like something noticeable.



"Professor?" she hesitantly called out. "I think I'm done now. ...I think. I sort of didn't so well on my first try, though."