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Spanish? Hmm. Isabelle looked at the board and read the spell to herself. Well yes, she could see how that conclusion could have been come to. "Actually it's an amalgamation of two Latin words, and flowers are not part of the spell. Good guess though."
When Kurumi's theory about the spell had been debunked, Kurumi simply nodded. Well, it HAD been Latin roots...so there was no wonder that the lioness had no clue. The part that got her was....flowers not being a part of the spell. That meant that the spell wasn't actually going to be used ON flowers, correct? A knot began to form in Kurumi's stomach as she gazed at the thimble in Professor Magnus' hands. It better not be...
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MeredithRodneyMckay Flipping the thimble over in her hand, Isabelle turned her grin to the rest of the class. "Those of you who said this is a thimble are quite correct. But we won't be using it for sewing today - we'll be transfiguring vases for these flowers to go in later on," she gestured to coloured blooms in the buckets.
"The spell itself is formed from two Latin words..." Picking up the chalk, Issy decided to write it on the board herself rather than use magic. "Flora, meaning flowers, or plants. And Teneo, meaning 'to hold'."
"To hold flowers. A vase. Any kind that your imagination can come up with. And the flowers themselves will be for later, so you can all have some fun arranging them. Now, before I show you the wand movements, could you all come up and collect a handful of thimbles - you'll need some more for homework, so feel free to store them in your bags." Isabelle used her foot to shift the box to the front of the room. It was a little heavy, as there were hundreds of the things in there.
...it was.
Kurumi's eyes sort of glazed over and the explanation about the actual meaning of the spell essentially went in one ear and out the other. Flower arranging...they were going to do flower arranging. Her heart sank in her chest and the magenta spot hidden by her ribbon grew just a bit wider. Her mother had taught her flower arranging, or ikebana, and now that she was trying to avoid things that reminded the prefect of her...it was a bloody class and homework assignment.
SPOILER!!: Magnus Part 2
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"Now you all have your thimbles, I'd like you to pay close attention to the wand movement I am about to show you." Rolling her sleeves up, Issy took her wand back out of it's holster and placed her thimble on the front of her desk so they could all see. Although it was more her wand they needed to be keeping an eye on.
"You need to point your wand directly downwards, vertical, right near your object. Then do three clockwise circles, moving your wand further away, and upwards, from your thimble with each one, like so..."
Isabelle did just as she had told them, swirling her wand clockwise and inching it away with every circle, almost as if she was flourishing something from the end of it.
"Floreneo!" Almost as if it was growing out of the thimble, a
red vase spread upwards and stood, complete, when Issy finished moving her wand.
Beaming at them all, she pocketed her wand again and picked up the vase. It was made of rubber, but they didn't know that - so she bounced it on the ground to prove it had worked properly. It came rebounding back up towards her face, and she caught it just before it hit her nose.
"There we go. Mine is rubberised, just to show you the sort of thing you can do. Now, those of you with questions, please ask - the rest of you can begin with practice."
Kurumi's eyes came back into focus when Professor Magnus demonstrated the wand movement and she looked down at her parchment to draw a simple diagram of the movement plus some notes that she had missed earlier and then set her quill down when they were asked if there were any more question.
It was then that she heard Oakey lean over and ask her a question. "
Sure," she said with a force smile back at the Hufflepuff. She was getting pretty good at wearing a mask these days. Transfiguration was one of her better subjects, but with her own magic acting haywire these days...she was concerned that she wouldn't be the role model that he was hoping her to be. "
Just as long as you don't mind me melting a thimble or two on my first try." Or third...of fourth...there was no telling how her spellwork was going to go today.