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She waited to see how audible the groan would be before moving on. "But first, you need to complete those outfits. Which leads us to those paper plates, and the easiest question you will probably be asked all day. What do you think we're transfiguring today?"
Modeling? Sarah had never modeled before and
she did not like the idea of being a human mannequin. Yet she shrugged, one has to do what one has to do
Sarah thought that as there were two of them it was probably a pair. Like socks, shoes, earings, bangles... shoes would work better as it would be wierd to have socks without shoes!
SPOILER!!: MeredithRodneyMckay
"Shoes! Precisely. I figured that was an easy question." Isabelle walked to the back of the runway and picked up a couple of paper plates she'd left there for her demonstration. Going back to the front she placed them down on the floor and stayed crouched. "So yes, you'll all be finishing off with a pair of shoes. I can see some of you don't appear to be enamoured with that," Issy glanced over at Vivi and Kurumi, the later seeming to have some kind of rash showing.
"We did hats last term, Miss Branxton. Perhaps one of your classmates would fill you in on that if you want to learn it. Right now though, it's shoes I'm afraid." Isabelle smiled at the girl, before flicking her wand out again and resting her free hand across her knees. "Now, basically, this spell will turn anything made of card or paper into a pair of shoes or boots - depending on how you imagine it to go. It's very simple as regards wand movement, just a tap on the target object. And as you are making a pair of shoes, you need to tap once on each plate, like so." She showed them what she meant without actually doing the spell yet, just so they got it.
Looking up, she nodded to make sure they understood before launching into the actual spell itself. "You only have one word to worry about this time, 'Pedestis'. So if I wanted another pair of shoes like the ones I have on, I'd go like so..." Issy aimed her wand at the plates and very gently tapped each one while saying the incantation at the same time. "Pedestis!" Slowly the plates began to narrow and gain in height, changing colour to the black she was wearing, before separating into a different colour for the soles. "Simple really. And as I said, design is based solely on what your mind can create for you. Don't limit yourself to something easy if you don't want to. Zips and buckles will always be harder, as with the clothes, due to their metalic content. Now, are there any questions before we start? If you don't have any, and feel confident enough, give the wand movement and incantation a go, then start on the plates."
OOC: I'll answer any questions tomorrow. Those of you with none can start a bit of practice. ^__^
So it was shoes. Sarah's hand shot up, she would take notes later yet she had a pressing question on her mind.
"why do we need two plates? Would one and duplicating charm not suffice" she asked