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*Holmesian Feline* · 05-25-2012, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

Where they'd met before didn't particularly matter, other than just clarifying how Stella had known Gideon's name and his knowing hers. She nodded as he'd agreed with her suggestion, though. It was fairly certain to have been one lesson or another, especially considering the professors seemed to be focusing on group work a lot more here than she'd dealt with at Beauxbatons. Besides the theatre part, but that was a given. It was a bit difficult acting by oneself, unless you were performing a soliloquy. She was distracting herself from the lesson at hand now again, however, so she cut off that train of thought before it could go too much further and she started seeming detached again.

She'd blinked as he'd accepted her suggestion as to who got levitated first, a bit surprised that it had been that easy. Or perhaps it was more surprise that she hadn't somehow insulted him with her thinking aloud. It certainly didn't make her any more comfortable witht he idea of being levitated, considering it was a bit too much like flying, but she took a deep breath and steeled herself as he'd taken his wand out. Some of the others had sat down, she'd noticed, but by now she'd rather just get it all over with. Sitting down took too much time, and she was counting on the prefect to at least not intentionally drop her. Her eyes still widened as she'd actually rose off the ground a few inches before she had to lift her arms slightly to regain the balance that had become more precarious now that her feet weren't on solid ground. "How long do you think you're supposed to keep the spell going for?," she asked, not really wanting to seem scared and outright just telling him to put her back down. She wasn't going to back out of the lesson, even if she was entirely too nervous now.

It was working!

She was lifting...levitating off the ground and relatively smoothly not jerky which was a relief to say the least to Gideon, and probably his partner as well as she already appeared to be compensating for his actions. It wasn't much; one, because he didn't want it to be too much of a shock or worry about what would happen if she did suddenly fall and two, as the additional weight of an actually person was added into the equation, it seemed to have a defined effect on the effort needed to actually lift the target of the hovering spell.

"I don't know..." he answered honestly, but it certainly was intense to keep the spell going and he certainly hoped that they didn't have to keep it up for too long. He kept it going for a minute or two longer and then felt himself start to lose concentration and control over the spell. "Easy...easy does it. I think I'll be setting ye down now," Gideon warned so Stella could prepare herself. In all intents, the prefect was aiming for a smooth descent as much as it had been a smooth ascent but one still had to be careful. And with that he moved his wand lower as if to invisibly guide her back down to the floor, the boy going slowly as best he could.

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Holmesian Feline Chimaera Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Baker Street Posts: 30,490 Hogwarts RPG Name: Marcus Briody Cole Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurora Simone Stone Graduated x8 x8	Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - ❄ Lunar Library Lurker ❄ - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger Where they'd met before didn't particularly matter, other than just clarifying how Stella had known Gideon's name and his knowing hers. She nodded as he'd agreed with her suggestion, though. It was fairly certain to have been one lesson or another, especially considering the professors seemed to be focusing on group work a lot more here than she'd dealt with at Beauxbatons. Besides the theatre part, but that was a given. It was a bit difficult acting by oneself, unless you were performing a soliloquy. She was distracting herself from the lesson at hand now again, however, so she cut off that train of thought before it could go too much further and she started seeming detached again. She'd blinked as he'd accepted her suggestion as to who got levitated first, a bit surprised that it had been that easy. Or perhaps it was more surprise that she hadn't somehow insulted him with her thinking aloud. It certainly didn't make her any more comfortable witht he idea of being levitated, considering it was a bit too much like flying, but she took a deep breath and steeled herself as he'd taken his wand out. Some of the others had sat down, she'd noticed, but by now she'd rather just get it all over with. Sitting down took too much time, and she was counting on the prefect to at least not intentionally drop her. Her eyes still widened as she'd actually rose off the ground a few inches before she had to lift her arms slightly to regain the balance that had become more precarious now that her feet weren't on solid ground. "How long do you think you're supposed to keep the spell going for?," she asked, not really wanting to seem scared and outright just telling him to put her back down. She wasn't going to back out of the lesson, even if she was entirely too nervous now. It was working! She was lifting...levitating off the ground and relatively smoothly not jerky which was a relief to say the least to Gideon, and probably his partner as well as she already appeared to be compensating for his actions. It wasn't much; one, because he didn't want it to be too much of a shock or worry about what would happen if she did suddenly fall and two, as the additional weight of an actually person was added into the equation, it seemed to have a defined effect on the effort needed to actually lift the target of the hovering spell. "I don't know..." he answered honestly, but it certainly was intense to keep the spell going and he certainly hoped that they didn't have to keep it up for too long. He kept it going for a minute or two longer and then felt himself start to lose concentration and control over the spell. "Easy...easy does it. I think I'll be setting ye down now," Gideon warned so Stella could prepare herself. In all intents, the prefect was aiming for a smooth descent as much as it had been a smooth ascent but one still had to be careful. And with that he moved his wand lower as if to invisibly guide her back down to the floor, the boy going slowly as best he could. __________________