Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

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As she was talking to Hades a piece of paper suddenly flew past her head, making Isabelle jump. Snapping her head in the direction it had gone, she flicked her own wand to stop it in it's tracks. Summoning it to her she looked around for a desk that was missing a piece, or a frame, and noticed just one.

"I think this belongs to you," she smiled, placing it back on the Ravenclaw's desk.
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"Now, as a few of you seem to be having trouble with the pronunciation of the incantation, I've placed it on the board for you. You need to remember to add emphasis on the UA and the HAB sections of the words." Perching herself back on the edge of her desk, Issy looked around at the various frames and bits of paper that were lying about.

"We'll just take a quick break from practice to look at the spell. Can anyone tell me what language they think it derives from and what it means?" With new kids around it was always worth asking these things, to make sure they understood the origin of spells. In Isabelle's opinion anyway.




OOC: We'll be moving on to a different sort of practice later, using the photo's. For now you can carry on a bit more if you haven't done much practice, but please try to answer the question as well.

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

The first person to put their hand up got it right. Gold star. If she had gold stars. But she didn't. Just a smile. Which she gave to Minerva.

"If that was a guess, very well done. Taken separately it is image and hold or have, yes." Hence why they were getting a picture frame.


Isabelle smiled to herself when she got the cheery reply to her thanks. Somebody was happy that morning at least. And his answer to her question wasn't bad either.

"Statua doesn't just mean statue though, as I just mentioned to Minerva. It can also mean image, which is how it pertains to this spell. But you're certainly right on the rest."


"Alyssa, you are spot on." She was spot on. So far pretty much, they were all spot on. Bar a few who had different interpretations of the words. Isabelle grinned and moved on.


"You are right about the one word, 'Habitum' can mean to have or hold, but 'Statua' also can be translated as image, which it is in this case."


Oh, this one was good. She had nailed it.

A broad grin spreading across her face, Isabelle nodded at the girl. "That is the exact meaning for this spell, very well done!"


A house for the picture. "It's not habitat, Kennedy, but that is actually a nice way of saying the true meaning. A house for the picture. I like it." Probably even better than the actual translation.


"If we take it literally, that's not quite right - as you'll see when I write it on the board. But as a general way of saying it, that's good, Sierra."


"Image in this case, yes. And have or hold - it could be either." Smiling at Gwen, Issy nodded and made her way over to the board. She felt like writing it down herself this time.






"As you all identified this spell is in Latin, although not all are - so it's best to remember that. And some words can translate with more than one meaning. The ones relevant to this particular incantation I've written on the board for you all to see."

Wiping her hands to get rid of the chalk dust, Isabelle walked back over to her desk and cleared a space in the middle of it. Placing a piece of paper in that space she looked up at the kids and smiled. "Now, we'll be working with the photo's you brought along with you. It is the same spell, and wand movement. But I'm going to show you how it can work differently depending on your intent. However for this to work properly the paper and picture need to be laying flat, so I can't demonstrate the way I did the first time."

Resting her hands on the desk she took a deep intake of breath and licked her lips. "So what I need you all to do is gather round my desk here. You all need to be able to see what happens. Come on up and find a space where you can see the middle of the desk, and the piece of paper clearly. Also - would one of you mind volunteering to let me use your photo? I promise it won't be damaged."




OOC: Last post before bed. I'll take the photo of the first volunteer. Just have your character go to the front and find a space where they can see what's going on. I'll do the demonstration tomorrow, to give enough people time to join this bit - and I'll be asleep anyway. xD Again, no excessive chatter please!

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

"Thank you very much, Miss Johanson!"

Isabelle gently took the picture from the Ravenclaw and placed it on top of the paper on her desk. Looking around at the assembled kids, she craned her neck to make sure they all had a good enough view. "Everyone can see, yes? Good. Right. The aim of this is to perform the spell and encase your photo within the frame itself, rather than just make the frame and put the photo in it. This does require the target object to be flat, though."

Smoothing out the paper and picture, Isabelle took her wand out and aimed towards it. "It won't in any way damage the photo, and you can simply revert the frame back to it's previous state to remove it. But it does require ALOT more concentration and focus from you, and your wand needs to be in contact with the paper when doing the square movement."

Another quick look to make sure they were all paying attention, and Isabelle was ready to demonstrate. Touching the paper gently with the tip of her wand, she drew a square around all four edges, while saying the incantation, "Statua Habitum." Almost immediately the paper began to expand upwards and change colour to a goldish hue, similar to the one Issy had produced in her first demonstration. As the edges became about an inch think they started to spread inwards, and glass completely covered the photo. After what was really only a few seconds, but seemed longer, the frame was complete with the picture in the middle.

Picking it up off the desk, Isabelle held it up for them all to see. "There we go. Now, the picture is not a part of the frame, merely the frame grew up around it. Does anyone have any questions before I send you off to practice?"