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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar  They both had icy blue eyes... got it. AJ made a note of that on her parchment. For some reason this was talking a long time to sink into her mind even though it was pretty fascinating stuff.
Stretch? Sure, why not? She jumped up and put her hands on her hips. Stretch to the right, and back to the left. AJ did the same movements, but this time with her head. Ahh! She actually did feel better.
Thinking about the next question, she wasn't too sure. Mainly because she wasn't that versed with the whole spell thing anyways. "Ventus, perhaps!" It was the first thing that came to mind since she had already used that spell once in another class. Chuckling softly, Medea shook her head a little with a sincere smile. "Not quite. The most ventus vill do is melt the ice and snow off their bodies, but good guess, Miss Valentine. I do enjoy vhere your mind takes you." In other words, keep thinking outside the box! Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Stretch??? Um sure... Arista bounced up and stretched to the right and then back to the left. And then she made circles with her arms after all they were going to be doing some spell work and arms was a very important aspect to that.
Thinking about the next question, she wasn't too sure. Think, she tapped her head. She didn't know many spells so she was going to see the first one that came to mind. "Professor what about," thinking of a spell she said that quickly. "Avada Kedavra." WAIT WHAT!!! Sigh she had said it no going back. No one judge her, she didn't know how to answer anyway. But she guessed it was better then Scourgify, the second spell to pop up in her mind. ....
"Actually, Miss Royal..." she took a short breath, but spoke in the same soft and warm voice as she did with everyone else. "I von't disclose vhether or not that spell vill vork upon a Skygge. It is in my opinion that there is no circumstance vhere it is necessary to use the killing curse ven there are other vays to manage a situation. However...you may feel free to search for the answer during your own time if you really must know."
No killing curses. Nope. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles Standing and stretching? But he was actually started to warm up under the blanket! He didn't want to leave it. With Maddie's nudge though Kyroh hesitated and slowly pulled off the blanket. Maybe stretching would make them warmer so they wouldn't freeze!? He quickly wiggled his arms and then bent down to touch his toes. Once that was done Kyroh raised his hand again.
He'd suggest stunning them because Kyroh didn't really want to hurt then even if they wanted to eat him and were technically dead, but a few people already did that. "Could we use a spell that conjures flowers to give them so they just become our friends? Oh my. How completely adorable an answer was that??
"If only, Mister Scabior. If only." SPOILER!!: Fire peeps Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Ugh, spellwork? Normally Lux was all over that, but the cold was starting to make her a little sleepy. Stupid cold, if it could go away now it would be awesome. But the idea of stretching was nice, especially when she wasn't required to get up in order to do so.
While getting her muscles loosened up, Lux listened to what Professor had to say. Shame she missed out on those two points, but what could you do. It wasn't as if she couldn't get some from doing the homework. And points were just points. More important was the fact that she was starting to wake up again. Aaaah, lovely.
Raising her hand, she offered a guess. "Fire spells? But you wouldn't need to use a flaming arrow since they don't have that protective shield." Though flaming arrows sounded cooler than just a plain Incendio. Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Hmm the students were making great points which only made the professor move faster. He didn't even have time for his daily classroom doodles. He looked up from his book and heard the professor ask a question. Hmm it was a good one. He raised his hand and then Lux stole his answer. He would agree with his fellow puff.
"Professor I agree with Lux over here. I think we should use like a fire spell. I mean they are called cold ones after all." It seemed logical right? It seemed to Kace. Let's see what the professor said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Mo had been confused, even though he'd had the two Dark creatures clear last class. He scratched his head before re-tackling his notes, detailing all the differences his classmates noted. Definitely NOT going to make this mistake again. Embarrassing, that.
When they were invited to stand up and stretch, Mo hopped to immediately, rolling out his joints and stretching the muscles that had grown stiff with cold. It was terribly cold, actually, and it didn't matter whether they were inside or outside. It was miserable all the way around.
"Would it work to just set them on fire, Professor?" 'Cause all the good answers were taken anyway. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor. "Professor there's the incendio spell" Angel wasn't sure about using it but well it was a fire spell and would be awesome to practice. With the good handful of students answering with fire spells, Medea switched her stretching to focus on her arms. "Skygge, Mister Lecium. Ve are discussing the Skygge, not the Cold Ones. Although, fire spells do vork, though not in the vay you all are thinking. Remember this, a Skygge does not feel pain. Vhile burnt flesh vill stop many other creatures in the vorld, it vill not stop a Skygge. They vill continue to come after you, even if setting them completely on fire."
Shaking out her arms, she moved to glance to her watch but...no watch. Eh.
"On the other hand, fire is one of two vays to make sure that, once defeated, they cannot come back as a Skygge again. For one, a burnt heart vill defeat them entirely. Two, a Cold One vill not vont to bring back a body vhich has been damaged to such a great extent. The more able-bodied the human, the more likely the Cold One vill go after them." SPOILER!!: Stunning peeps ;) plus Freezing peeps Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Cris breathed a sigh of relief glad to hear that he had guessed correctly. So cool, the Skygge didn't have protective shields, so one would assume that they would be easier to bring down. However, Cris didn't want to presume that. He knew from experience that looks could be deceiving.
So he spent some time thinking about the possibilities before raising his hand.
"Professor, would the Impediment Jinx or the Freezing Charm work on them? I mean if they can't move, they can't chase after us, right." Cris hazarded a guess. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Jasmine was still feeling uncomfortable with the topic of conversation, but it was probably better to be knowledgeable than clueless about the Skygge and Cold Ones. As the Professor instructed, she began to stretch her muscles in preparation for the spells they would soon be practicing.
Speaking of spells, Jasmine tried to think of what spells might be effective against the Skygge. Raising her hand, Jasmine took a stab at answering. "Professor, would a stunning spell work against the Skygge?" If not, it would be important to know so one wouldn't waste time with that spell. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Hmmm. What spells would work against the Skygge? One thing stuck out to Adi from what Professor Romanos said. Their intelligence. Thinking that perhaps that had something to do with the spell answer, he raised a hand.
"Maybe simple spells like the Stunning Spell or Trip Jinx, Professor, since they're not that brilliant,'' Adi said. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Stretching? He had never really stretch for a spell before... Maybe that's why it always took a couple tries? Because he didn't stretch first? Man! Someone shoulda really told him this a while ago.
Zander spared no time and started stretching right away! Mustn't waste any valuable stretching time. The more stretching the better the spell work? Right? Or is that not how magic works... Well either way, he was stretching now. First the left hand. Then the right. Now stretch the back. To the side. "Couldn't you just use a simple stunning spell? Or maybe even a confundo or something?" They were dim, right? Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraie As terrifying as this lesson sounded it was very cool and interesting at the same time. She hadn't spoken at all in the lesson yet. Mostly because she didn't really understand the topic of these skygges? thing. But listening to the others. She agreed that fire spells made since.
"What about a freezing spell?" It sounded strange but you know they say fight fire with fire. How about fight ice with ice. If not she was totally agreeing with the fire spells people. Yep. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow She didn't particularly WANT to stand because Kyroh's yoga mat blanket was actually pretty cozy but she DIDN'T want to make the professor mad and PLUS, movement would probably help with warmth TOO. She nudged Kyroh gently and smiled a teeny tiny bit in thanks (y'know, for the warmth) and then got up to stretch. Arms raised, she reaaaaaached towards the sky. Oh yeah, this was nice. YUP. Also, "Impedimenta might work, Professor. Stop the Skygge right in its tracks so you could get away." "As long as you are only trying to stop the Skygge in their tracks, vould i recommend the stunning spell. Othervise, I'd suggest using the impediment jinx. Or, the freezing charm as Miss Bayless suggested, and the trip jinx as Miss Guidry suggested. Naturally, a trip jinx von't stop them, but it could buy you a few seconds." Nodding to the sixth year, she continued on.
"The reason vhy i'd recommend the impediment jinx over the stunning charm is due to the fact that spells that affect the Skygge's brain vill not vork; the confunduns charm in included. Vhy that is true, there has only been theories. One of vhich is that the brain is completely idle, or...shut off in other vords, and their only charge for being mobile and avake lies vithin their heart due to the Cold One's magic."
Though no yet confirmation. SPOILER!!: Blasting and Combination peeps Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo The Gryffindor glanced around at the others. They'd already answered...would she still get two points for making her own attempt? It'd be a bummer if only the first answer go it and she wasted her time offering up her own thoughts. A right waste if she really thought about it. Evidently the Cold Ones are the ones who stuck their nose where nature didn't put them--the ones that got what was coming to them for poor thinking and further poor planning. The Skygges are the ones the Cold Ones decided to 'share' their gift with. The ones who were turned by the Cold Ones through the heart freezing.
Essentially.
"Couldn't regular blasting spells work on them Professor? I'm guessing they wouldn't need fire to the heart to weaken them if they aren't as advanced as the Cold Ones." Just a guess...because Lex liked blasting spells. Could you tell? Quote:
Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow ohh someone had said his answer.. a blasting spell.. but what ever he was going to say it anyways… "Professor… what about bombarda ?"
now listening to everyone else they were giving such great answers. he was proud to know so many smart people. Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin The skygge were not as intelligent as cold ones and did not have magic or a protective shield. Would defeating them be like cold ones without the flaming arrow to break the shield? "Professor, could you defeat the skygge with reducto? If they are like cold ones, but without the protective shield, would you just have to skip the flaming arrow?" Penelope thought about the differences between cold ones and skygge. Without the shield, it would just be one less step, right? Quote:
Originally Posted by Mell Thank Merlin, they were going to do some spell work because he was getting kinda bored with the talk about Cold Ones and Skygge's. He was all about getting into the action.
Pushing off the mat, Michael began to do a few stretches starting with his quads and calf muscles. He paused for a moment to listen to the Professor and he raised his hand in the air. "I agree with Lex. A good old blasting should do the trick." Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel just listened and moved around a bit whenever he got stiff and cold. He was not in the mood to stand up and start stretching like they were doing yoga or anything. All the answers he was thinking were said already. No surprise there. But whatever he thought of one.
"The Deprimo Charm?"
If not then he would just go back to listeneing and daydreaming about the Warm Ones. It was to cold to think about Cold Ones or Skygge. Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordred ...well if they don't have shields like the Cold Ones, then yes, the Blasting Curse might do the trick. No more slowing down, blah blah blah. Make them explode and set on fire in one go. More time to escape, no?
Hand up.
"I agree with Lex, professor." So...is it time to blast away dummies and set them on fire? They could use some warmth anyway. Quote:
Originally Posted by Chiara Lucy listened the answers of her classmates..Then she said:"Professor. ? What about a Reducto spell?...since they are the similar to the Cold Ones.." Quote:
Originally Posted by Deezerz Raising her hand, though, she took a guess. "Maybe a combination of spells. Impedimenta to slow them down, then a fire spell." Possibly, though, she DID have a question. Rolling her wrist, still in the air, she added, "Professor, lets say the Cold Ones were defeated and the Skygge had no one to control it, would they wander aimlessly or vanish on their own?" Drop REALLY dead without the Cold Ones. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Okay, could they just go back to learning about REGULAR creepy creatures? Like the ones Sophie had known about her whole life? These Cold Ones were SCARY. Not that she'd tell anyone she felt that way, but yeah, she did. So how could they be defeated? "Why use just one method?" she asked, raising her hand. "I say we fire about at 'em with a stunning spell to stop them in their tracks, and then maybe a spell like...Confringo to get them away from us, and then..." She gestured toward Mo. "I agree with him. I think we should set 'em on fire."
Right. She was ready for WAR. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Moving onto his feet, the boy rolled his ankles around so that he could free his hands to take a note of that. This was very useful information, you know. Would be helpful in the future and whatnot. And he wanted to be as prepared as possible, thank you.
As for the question, he put his parchment and quill off to one side before raising his hand in the air. "I agree with New-- ............ Sophie. Confringo would be the BEST because you can blast them away AND set them on fire." Could she tell that he liked this spell very much?
And don't let your head get big from this, Newell. "Going off from our fire discussion, I vould suggest any type of blasting spell beforehand. Vhile a burnt heart has been their downfall, haffing no heart at all from a blasting spell is just as...effective." She paused, glancing to each student. None of them looked green or pale white, did they? "Despite the after effects of a blasting spell being rather...scattered, they are fairly easy to cast and therefore, the desired spell to use. Although, the few of you who mentioned a combination of spells are more than correct as vell. The only process that has proven to truly defeat a Skygge is the burning of their heart if a blasting spell doesn't reach it beforehand. Othervise, there are a variety of vays to slow them down."
Rolling her ankles, she continued. "On the other hand...if the severing charm is more your style, keep in mind...the loss of their limb, or head, vill not stop them. In fact, that limb may continue to try and come after you as vell. Vhile it is truly very effective to escape a Skygge whom has no legs, just remember that they are still, in fact, alive and can direct their other members tovards you."
Happy thoughts y'all. "As a recap, aim for their hearts, and stay avay from spells that effect their minds since they vill not vork. The impediment jinx is rather effective as is the trip jinx, though also the body bind curse, leg locker curse, jelly legs jinx, incarcerous, and severing charms haff been used in the past with satisfactory results. Your goal is to stop them from moving if you cannot finish them off."
"Ve'll get to any questions you all may haff in just a moment, but, I do believe Miss Wayne had a very good question first." Oh yes, she had not forgotten. "Can anyone take a try at an answer? Vot happens to the Skygge ven the Cold Ones are defeated?" |