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Macavity 
Gideon was prepared for the upcoming spell and while he had debated just letting it happen or not to make things fair, he reacted in defense of himself. "Protego!" he cast, his shield raising just as the spell went to hit it having him give an inward sigh of relief. Especially when it seemed Vickers' nerves had gotten the better of him and the disarming spell hit off kilter.
That was close...he hadn't really wanted to be magically shoved.
"That was good," he commented, letting Vicker's know it wasn't a big deal in case he reacted and picked up on his own mistake. Turning his attention back to the Professor as she spoke, the 5th year shifted as directed almost without thinking. His thoughts not quite processing her detail about their senses being effected until a few moments after it probably should have.
Blind-folded...Taking away their sense of sight.
Gideon wasn't too sure he was keen on that idea, swallowing at the prospect yet not backing out for want of pushing past it. It would be fine, he told himself. Just a little bit of a challenge and he took a deep breath before he moved the last bit to allow them more space as suggested by the professor, thinking his partner was following.
However as he was moving, the spell took hold and he actually froze in the process. The feeling was familiar...way too familiar and he couldn't bring himself to raise his wand hand or even speak at first as thoughts raced through his mind. Not in the least of which was of himself going to cast and hurting someone, either his partner or another student, because his spell went wonky. "I'm... here," he finally answered back as the Ravenclaw called his name, his eyes wanting to look in Vicker's direction even without the ability to see him.
Maybe he should have opted out after all.
Panic. Sheer panic.
Vickers was this close to ripping off the blindfold, the thought screaming in his head that it wasnt fair to him-- that he effectively lost
two senses, without his sight, he had better chances of
smelling a spell than hearing its incantation. And truthfully he has no idea what any spell would smell like as its flying through the air.
Amidst the disarming and shield spells being yelled around he
thought he heard something else..... was that Gideon? Or was that just his imagination? Shakily he held his wand out, trying to aim it at the sound of where he thought it came from.
"Gideon.... are you there?" he squeaked out, facing, not Gideon, but the dummies with the wall behind them.
Then another thought entered his head which really couldnt have come at a worse time-- what if some errant spell from other students come hurtling towards them-- towards
him? He cant see it, and if he could ever hear it coming
which he cant it would be too late.
He had an extraordinary desire to back up against the wall and throw a shield spell up until the Professor says class dismissed.
Thing is he has absolutely no clue where the wall is, or any notion that it was directly in front of him.
So many people yelling protego.... was that Gideon? In the cacophony of voices and his poor hearing it was near impossible for Vickers to discernibly pick Gideon's voice out from the crowd. Assuming mistakenly that the Gryffindor has taken up the defensive position first Vickers stuttered out
"O-Okay.... s-s-so I go and do the disarming spell again right?
Pause.... did Gideon respond? Perhaps the better question would be, would Vickers have heard it?
"O-Okay... here goes...." pause again. Oi today would've been a good day to bring along his hearing-aid....
With the wand stroke he cast
"Expelliarmus"
And the spell flew out of his wand.... which may or may not have rebounded against the dummies. Eep!