Ready. Extra ready. Pumped, bouncing, sleeves-rolled-up ready. That was how ready Alice was for spellwork practice. As soon as she entered the Arena, her things were pushed aside and her wand was out. Except.. she was at a total loss for which spells to use on a dummy. And was she gonna use a moving or stationary one? Offensive or defensive? Jinx or Hex? Curse or Charm? Did she even have to cast a spell, or could she just punch the dummy?

.. a bit off track, here, but the spirit was there nevertheless.

The first spell that came to mind was the Inflatus jinx, so Alice decided it was the one she'd try. Since she'd never done it before, it seemed like the best option to try it on a stationary dummy, so she chose one of those before trying to remember the movement. On second though, she and Dylan were scheduled to try the dueling challenge next week, weren't they?

And she didn't know how to cast that shield yet..

It was settled, then, that was what she'd do. An upwards zig zag motion, wasn't it? She had the vague memory of learning it before. "Contego dummy!" Next, to cast the jinx and see if her shield had worked. Only.. what was the movement again?