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Hogwarts RPG Name: Ruth (Rae) Elliot Gryffindor First Year x12 x12
| Yeah I broke that mirror, so what? ll NOT backward ll Official Gryfferin ll Lemon's favourite SPOILER!!: Professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn "Good morning, Miss Doherty." Medea smiled to the Slytherin girl. Another familiar face to enter the room, leaving the warm and welcoming smile still seen upon the professor. "Good day, Miss Quinn." "Good morning, Miss Greenvell." she said light and cheerfully, almost in what could have been a singing tone. Oh, but the Gryffindors request's, there was a moment of silence while Medea...tried to wrap her head around it. Penelope wanted to sit on their Astronomy professor?
...Well, she didn't particularly see a problem with that but, "Ve're going to start soon, Penelope. Best you find a mat before they're all taken." Oh, where was their energetic Slytherin? "Good morning, Mister Odessa." Medea greeted with as much welcoming warmth and light-hearted tone as she did with the other students. Purple?
Was that to...her? Or to...Airey?
Medea glanced down to the Astronomy Professor. Hmmmmm. "Good morning, Miss Cambridge." Oh, what a good question for their guest. Yes, was he here to learn too? "Quite positive." You know, it would be mighty welcoming if Airey twitched or something, to show that he was indeed alright. And not twitch in the way where it looked like he wasn't alright. Alas, Violet seemed to calm down a bit. "How vonderful." She said in reply to the girl's summer. "I did, yes. It was rather relaxing." She was expecting students, not adults, but than again, with the surprise of Airey showing up...doing whatever it was he was doing, this man shouldn't have been any different. Although, if she remembered correctly, she'd seen him at the opening feast, sitting at the board of governors table. His name however, had slipped her.
Well, if he wanted to join her lesson, that was fine with her!
Medea caught the look. She smiled with a shake of her head, mouthing 'He's fine'. Glancing down to her watch, she frowned and tapped the glass. Ahem, had the time gone by that fast already? Oh! "Good morning, Prefect Castell." Her smile brightened a little more. "Congratulations." Oh, what a mouthful of a name. And accent? Didn't have too many of those around here. Honestly though, Medea was a little glad that the young Hufflepuff said to call her just Augusta. "It's nice to meet you, Augusta." she smiled, glancing down to her watch again. Yup, it was indeed that time. "Why don't you take a seat? Ve'll be starting soon." One of the remaining badge students to show up. "Good morning, Mister Rush." she smiled with the usual warm and welcoming smile she had during the beginnings of her lessons. "Congratulations on Head Boy." Oh, another new student. Medea had to try and remember the girl's name for a moment. Names were fine. Names to faces however...a little more difficult. "Good morning." she smiled, deciding that she'd catch the name of the girl later. One more glance to her watch. It was about time they started.
"Good morning, Miss Eventide." she smiled towards the Ravenclaw, adjusting her position on the mat to become a little more comfortable. "I did haff a good summer, yes." Although the question to be returned wasn't going to happen. Class had to start.
Taking out her wand, she waved it towards the arena doors. They slowly closed shut. Any stragglers, she would know. Taking a deep breath, she cleared her throat quietly. Time to switch accents and talk normally. Well, as normally as she could for the students to understand. She was getting better! Honest!
"Alright, it's about time for us to start." she spoke up, waiting for the talking students to hush down. "I hope you all had a good summer. Today will be more theoretical based than practical to wake up those sleepy minds of yours." Ahem, they fall asleep on these pillows, they were going to have a cold wake up call. "We'll be covering a topic that we have gotten to in the past with spell practice, but never really talked about." Pausing for a moment, she sighed as her gaze unwillingly landed on the Astronomy Professor.
"We do have a guest with us today. You may recognize him as your Astronomy professor; Professor Flamsteed. He's...erm..." Just WHAT was he doing!? She bit the inside of her cheek, trying to figure that out. Invading her lesson, that's what he was doing. With a flick of her wand, a chalk board in the corner of the arena rolled it's way to the front of the class and stopped behind her. The chalk on the board floated up, beginning to write seven letters: DUELING
"Can anyone tell me the definition of this word?" Just ignore Professor Flamsteed for the time being.
Ignore the Professor?
That would be a little difficult seeing as he was right there taking up someone's potential leg space but she figured she could handle that. He wasn't there. Nope. And he wouldn't be there until the Professor gave extra instructions concerning him.
Dueling???
Were they gonna duel?? She'd always wanted to--why was she saying something about it being theoretical?? Nuuuuuuuuu! This meant books and reading and not being able to try out cool new jinxes and such!!!
Slowly and quite disappointedly she raised her hand. "It's that thing where people fight each other, right?" SPOILER!!: Professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn "Yes, personal quarrels between two people or parties are a common starting point for duels to begin, though most often then none, these duels are not formal in nature." She found it hard to not smile at the mention of the 'something serious' being a boy or girl. Medea nodded her head. "Right. A formal duel does indeed have rules the duelists follow, which we'll get into in a moment." "Yes, honor is one of the most common reasons for a duel to begin, whether it be formal or a straightforward fight. Though most people would go with a formal duel for the sake of providing some aspect of honor to the matter, and we'll get into why in just a moment." There was never a dull moment with West around. She was still amazed at the things he said or knew...or even remembered. "Yes, they probably do feel...belligerent...don't they." Medea slowly nodded. Ahem. Alright. "With duels in a general view, yes, you are allowed to whatever resource you see. Using your surroundings would be an excellent advantage, thank you for bringing that up." "Indeed, opponents are only allowed to use magic in combat, though some don't always follow that rule do they?" A rhetorical question, but one to think about all the same. "So, a duel is an encounter between two people in the manner of combat using matched weapons and may occur for various reasons. There are two types of duels. One, being most common, is when a duel breaks out without the use of rules and customs that define how a proper duel is performed. Usually these duels won't end until an opponent cannot move due to injuries sustained during the combat or death. The second type is a formal duel, where there are rules and limits that one follows. These are, unfortunately, rare to see out there in world, but they are a common method when it comes to practice duels; developing your skill with magic in offensive and defensive ways." Medea paused for a moment to let that sink in.
"With formal duels, the object is to disarm, injure, outdo, or even kill your opponent. How to decide this is between you and your opponent before the duel begins. We call these rules and limits Code Duello, which establishes this type of combat to be the more customary route to go when it comes down to one's honor. It helps prevent duels from turning into feuds."
"Does anyone know what else results with Code Duello? Or what some of these rules and limits could be? One answer per person please."
Merlin, there were rules governing fighting??? Since when had there been rules?? Wasn't it as simply as hitting the other guy without getting yourself hurt?
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This was just one of those things she ended up being wrong about, wasn't it? SIGH. Well all her life she'd gone thinking anything goes when in a duel--the Professor even mentioned that people could possibly die so she would stick to that way of thinking.
However, for the sake of answering the question... "I think certain spells are banned from duels, right Professor? Like you wouldn't be able to use any of those three curses. I'm pretty sure you'd go to Azkaban for those but I don't know what punishment you'd get from the duel officiator themself..."
Did people even try using those in duels? "Will we get a chance to duel at all this year?"
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