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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Roman Gellar
Slytherin First Year
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Arden Toros
Gryffindor Sixth Year  x4  x1
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SPOILER!!: Zeke Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera  Soooooo... this Apollo dude was interesting, Zeke sat and listened with interest, his mouth downturned in the corners and his eyes were widened. He was clearly impressed. Yep. No notes, no rules other than BE NICE. This would be too easy.
He had refrained from participating in conversation so far, not really knowing much about myths and things, BUT... he could hazard a guess as to the magic involved.
Hand up, he offered his thoughts. "I would have guessed transfiguration at first, cause you know, changing the state of one thing into another... but I think for it to be that... permanent? of a transformation, and by another being that maybe it's a curse of some sort? Or like, a dark version of transfiguration? Even though the deaths were basically negotiated with the gods, it was ultimately the gods who had the power to enforce the change." So... not of the peoples wills... really... kinda... more or less.
Yes?
No?
Was he crazy stupid?
AND... he had a question too. "Where they, or could they have been, made into wands?" Like wand trees?
Apollo nodded at Zeke as he spoke up. “Yes! Transfiguration is probably the first and MOST important part of the magic involved in an undertaking like this--” and as Zeke continued talking, he thought the boy was bright. VERY bright, clever, and was coming up some interesting things to think and talk about. “Dark Transfiguration…” Interesting. “Hmm. That’s...fascinating to think about. I think the magic involved is definitely not JUST Transfiguration, you’re right.”
He was quite impressed, too, at the kid’s question. He stamped a blue sticker right on Zeke’s forehead. HEHEHE. “OH. Well. They were completely and totally turned into trees--immortal trees, apparently--and so I think...yes. The wood COULD be used for wands….what an interesting….wand that would be.”
FASCINATING. He even held out another sticker for Zeke.
SPOILER!!: Natalia Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenSnake Natalia was a little disappointed... no... REALLY disappointed that the Apollo guy did not answer her question. Maybe he simply didn't want to answer, maybe he forgot that he had even HEARD the question after growing too excited about Greek mythology. Either way, the fourth year felt unsatisfied and raised her hand again, before even considering a response to the lecturer's topic discussion.
"Apollo... SIR!" Maybe he would actually pay attention to her question if she captured his attention using this method. "Sir sir, why is your name Apollo??" Putting an extra emphasis on the inquisitive tone, Natalia eyed the interesting-dressed man and hoped that he would acknowledge her question this time. NATALIA did NOT like to be ignored.
The Lioness had completely, unintentionally for the most part, forgotten to regard the rest of the lecture on Greek mythology (Did he mention Daphne? Because it was NATALIA who first mentioned her!). Besides, who were these Baucis and Philemon? The unfamiliar names drift in through one ear and out in the other. Overall, the fourth year had only managed to comprehend the very end of the story - Baucis and Philemon transforming into trees. Greek mythology just adored trees, didn't they?
Okay Mister Sir Professor Apollo, answer the question now.
Apollo winced but turned to staaaaare at the child. “Oh. Apollo is my favorite character of mythology. My real name is….I prefer to be called Apollo.” There were many reasons why he liked just going by APOLLO. Hmph.
Did she have an answer to his question? No?
SPOILER!!: Hady Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Listening silently to what was being said Hady was glad she didn't have to take notes for once though she was rather used to doing so by now. However so much was being said already keeping up would've been a pain and surely she would've missed something.
As talk of Gods and Goddesses began she grinned at Adi when he looked her way and mentioned Hades. Honestly it was the first to come to her mind as well since they had spoken of him not to long ago and it was now her nickname. She had also thought of Amphitrite as well since that's who she liked. Before she could give her answer they had moved on which was alright with her.
Leaning back in her chair she listened to the story and thought about the answer being animagious forms but those were animals and not trees so no that couldn't be it. It also had nothing to do with metamorphmagus either. So it was most likely some form of transfiguration really. Which form she had no idea so she kept quiet and chose to listen to Apollo.
This one was quiet. Apollo smiled encouragingly at her...she could speak up if she wanted. But if she was feeling shy, he would totally respect that, too.
SPOILER!!: Yoongi Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Was he putting stickers on their faces?!
Yoongi regretted having answered the question because it seemed that he put stickers on everyone who answered and although he didn’t really like his answer or Hercules in that matter he still saw him walking towards him with that blue sticker in his hand and just ..no….
He tried to shield his face but it was too late. The sticker was stuck on his forehead and the Gryffindor made a face and quickly peeled it off. He put the sticker on the corner of his desk instead and raised his hand. “Can you stick the sticker on the desk next time, Sir—I mean Apollo?” his face was too precious to be touched okay?
It would be weird to use his facial cleaning tissues at this moment so he refrained from grabbing them out his of bag and instead focused on the next question.
“….Transfiguration magic?” he asked. Mweh probably not the answer.
OH! Apollo probably should have asked about the face sticking. OOPS. “Oh of COURSE, son!” he was so SORRY PLEASE DON’T BE MAD, YOONGI. But the man nodded at his response. “Yes--very good--that is the most important part, yes--the Transfiguration.”
These kids were right on the ball, really!
He...tentatively placed a blue sticker on the edge of his desk. Ahem.
SPOILER!!: Zhenya Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Not expecting that reaction, Zhenya jumped, startled. WHOA! But it also cracked a smile on her face. Hehe. Dramatic, ooh, Zhenya liked! "No I didn't know! Was she really?" Zhenya asked, amazed. That was NEW information. But it made sense. "Was she cursed because she was really beautiful or for for doing something cruel?" Like... Narcissus died because he was too beautiful. Actually, because he was in love with his reflection, which he found was beautiful. Was that similar? Zhenya was totally hooked on this seminar already.
And now onwards!
Zhenya listened, riveted by the story. She felt happy when Zeus and Hermes finally found somewhere to stay, with Baucis and Philemon, and they asked to die together. And... and turned into trees, intertwining and wrapped around each other. Aww.
What kind of magic would that take? Well, obviously transfiguration. Professor Bellaire was super amazing at Transfiguration, she would surely be able to do that. But what else? Zhenya thought abut it, and raised her hand. "Apollo perhaps a really good potioneer would be able to study different ingredients and a way of mixing them together to change their human DNA into the DNA of the tree." She didn't know what that would take... "Perhaps some ingredients to destroy the human stem cells, and ingredients of tree DNA, and some kind of medium to implant it into the human's cells to modify them." That could happen, couldn't it?
….and Apollo sliiiiid right onto Zhenya’s desk, smiling. “Well. You know. She was a priestess for Athena first, and she was beautiful….and then Poisedon took a liking to her. Poor Medusa...she didn’t stand a chance--she married the god, and Athena CURSED her….to look ugly...and made it so that no one would ever admire her beauty again.”
Pity. Apollo thought it was so cruel and SAD.
And Zhenya’s response was REALLY FASCINATING. So much so that he summoned his notebook from his bag and scribbled it down. “Oh--you now, Zhenya--I had never thought of that--but that certainly...is an interesting idea. You’re on the right path, you know, with the DNA stuff--that’s more of a modern idea, especially with muggle science--but this is a MODERN magic course--a potion that morphs DNA would certainly have...done something to the couple to turn them into trees. It’s not what we’re focusing on today, but that...that is brilliant!”
Apollo was learning stuff. And that was how he knew this seminar was a GOOD thing..because you teach and learn...and they were learning, and teaching him. It was a give and take relationship, this was.
SPOILER!!: Henric Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora Okay..first thing...why did the Apollo man pasted a sticker on everyone's forehead? Henric blinked confusedly and peeled the sticker off from his forehead. Secondly, he noticed the "guide" kept staring under his nose.Was there something there? He subconsciously wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, just in case.
Those trees were definitely entwined alright...impressive drawing skills...anyway, back to the question-answering thing."Yeah...transfiguration is definitely used for it...but I don't see why they wanted to become trees...was it because they wanted their souls to be spared from Hades?"Henric asked.
Apollo thought this was an interesting question. “Well. I assume that...it’s a way for them to live forever? The trees stayed there forever...so yes, they did escape Hades, in a way. Also, I think they didn’t have a choice, really--Zeus kind of just...did it.”
Was that an answer? Hmph.
Henric got another STICKER! RIGHT ON HIS CHEEK. RED.
SPOILER!!: Adi Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Adi was surprised when he received a light smack on his forehead. Raising his hand up, his finger came in contact with the thing resting there. Looking in Benny's direction, he noted the sticker on the other boy's forehead too. Hehe. Benny looked funny but then again, Adi must look so too. But WHO CARED?! Yaaaay for stickers!
"Can I have one more, Apollo?" he asked just as brightly as Apollo's attitude. The man was appropriately named, by the way. Mhmmm. Anyway... Ovid? Who was this Ovid? Ah! He was a poet. But who were these Baucis and Philemon?
The Hufflepuff listened with interest to the story. What nice persons Baucis and Philemon were! They sounded like they would have been Hufflepuffs too! So now for the questions... which Adi had nooooo idea about except for one. He raised a hand.
"Transfiguration would be the magic involved.'' As for the other ones, would improvise. "Um, maybe they have to be kind then agree that they want to be a tree after accepting death?" Hey, he was making this up as he went. "Apollo, can they become something other than a tree?"
“Well, they could have, but I’m not sure they...thought about it too much, you know? There’s something...very sacred about trees, especially to the Greeks and Romans, so they would have thought the becoming of trees as a very sacred and rewarding experience.” Apollo smiled and nodded.
WAIT DID HE WANT ANOTHER STICKER? Apollo smirked and stamped a purple one right next to the other one already on the boy’s forehead.
HEHEHE? SEE? His stickers were appreciated.
SPOILER!!: Adrienne Quote:
Originally Posted by aaetha There was a sticker... on Adrienne's forehead. She was incredibly not okay with the fact that there was a sticker on her forehead, nor with the fact that the teacher's fingers were uncomfortably sweaty, as she'd felt when he touched her forehead. To stick on a sticker. Because there was a sticker there now.
"Um, no thank you," she said, grimacing slightly as she peeled the sticker off and crumpled it up. Stickers were for children, and they particularly did not belong on. People's. Foreheads.
Adrienne pulled herself together in time to listen to the myth 'Apollo' was telling, which was one that she'd heard of before, but never in very much detail. And mostly the part about the hospitality, less the part about them turning into trees. Treeeeees. Why did so many myths end with people turning into trees? She supposed it was some disgusting notion of a romantic finish, but honestly, Adrienne would rather be spared the tree-fate, even if she were in love. Better of dying like a normal person, and being buried.
"Well, Transfiguration, obviously," she said, in response to the question. That much was easy enough- the rest of the branches of magic had nothing to do with permanent or semipermanent transformations. (Except sometimes potions, but she doubted that the mighty Zeus did any potion-making.)
"Um, I'd imagine it has quite a bit in common with the process of becoming an Animagus?" There would of course be some major differences, but the idea was the same. Adrienne tried to remember what she'd read about Animagi... There was a whole chapter on them in an old Human Transfiguration book she'd found in the library last year. "Maybe not quite as complex, 'cause you don't ever turn back and a tree's mental capacities are pretty limited, but essentially they're pretty similar. A complete transformation of a human into another living thing."
Obviously, eh? Apollo thought Adrienne was VERY cheeky. He wandered over to her desk and raised an eyebrow. “Yes. The mental capacity--is a very important factor here. However….” he thought he’d ask Miss Adrienne a question. “When a human transforms into an animal...the mental capacity decreases….but when a person transforms into an object, like a tree...while there is still life….trees don’t HAVE a mental capacity. So…” he held out a sticker for her to take, noticing the crumbled up one on her desk. “So...that might actually take a whooooole lot of skill and a bit more than Transfiguration eh?”
He would go into that in juuuuust a minute though.
“Very clever, Adrienne.” He smiled. She was smart. They were ALL smart, and Apollo wanted to cry.
SPOILER!!: Lux Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Apollo seemed to like her answer and THERE WAS A STICKER FOR HER. Yes. Lux liked stickers!! The only thing that would have made it better was if the sticker had been a mermaid, but the yellow suited her personality. Hehe, she was all sunny.
O__O
Wait, people could turn into TREES?!
That was a new one for Lux; she was not familiar with this myth. But the story about the adorable couple and their hospitality made her heart melt. They sounded like very cute people!! And becoming trees together...how ROMANTIC. Siiiigh.
Raising her hand, she tried her best to answer the questions. "Is it some form of transfiguration with lasting effects?" That seemed the most logical since it involved literally transforming people into trees. And as to the second question... "I think the first step would be getting the person's consent. Randomly turning people into trees would be rude, so it's important for the person to want to be one."
Awww. This child...she was so innocent. It was adorable. Apollo just smiled her way and held out another sticker for her. A blue one. “Well...I don’t think Zeus was too...keen on consent.” Ahem. “But--but--I suppose in REAL life turning people into trees would be kind of rude if not done under consent.”
Adorable.
SPOILER!!: Unicorn Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar STICKERS. If she had known that he was going around giving people stickers on their foreheads she would have totally participated. Even if she had something to add that was way off in left field, it would be be rewarded, yes? Okay. She was trying to pay better attention now. AJ thought back to when she had to be one with the moon in Astronomy. She could get in that same frame of mind for this Mythology stuff. The unicorn was focused.
Cool story, bro. Like, AJ was legit all engrossed in it. Oh, and she had an answer and sort of another fun fact. "Sounds like Transfiguration to me. I turned a rock into a dragon once." Could she have a sticker now? Please! Did he have unicorn stickers? Better yet could she have an apple as a reward?
HEH! She was talking now! Apollo nodded as he stick a red sticker right on Unicorn’s forehead. Apollo wasn’t sure if her name was really Unicorn, though..but he was calling her what she wanted to be CALLED, clearly. “Great! Yes! That’s--similar, yes!”
SPOILER!!: Nemo Quote:
Originally Posted by Schroyers Nemo thought about the tale.. something he wouldn't admit was that he actually liked the ending, that the two got to die together, not having to live without the other.. It was.. Ahem.. Romantic.
Anyway.
The question was interesting because it seemed like a trick. It could have multiple answers and the facts about it canceled some of the answers out. Nemo raised his hand. "Well, Professor the Myth says this was how the two died but trees are living things, so this is a bit tricky.. Transfiguration might make sense since trees are living, and these are gods we're talking about so the complicated magic shouldn't be an issue for them.. But at the same time maybe a charm? Designed to make their bodies look different?" He wasn't sure. The question in itself seemed odd, so the answer had to be something unconventional.
Apollo headed over towards Nemo and STUCK a sticker right on his forehead, a purple one. “Charms? Interesting. I believe that charms might be part of it, yes--very good-”
SUCH SMART STUDENTS. Apollo would have to brag to their headmistress how….well, he was so impressed. Great kids. Great minds.
SPOILER!!: Brian Quote:
Originally Posted by laurange Realising that he'd forgotten to stick his nametag on, Brian did that immediately, his writing not too different from the messy scrawls of boys his age. Living to living transfiguration was difficult, something he hadn't quite grasped yet. His porcupine pincusions still occasionally tried to run away from him so he wasn't exactly the resident authority on transfiguration.
He would settle for listening and writing down peoples theories, except that he didn't. Instead, he drew on the sheet of parchment two trees locked in an embrace. One crooked, the other upright as if supporting each other. Mmmhmm, don't mind him shading in tiny leaf details. He was most definitely listening. Hufflepuffs were excellent multitaskers.
Apollo saw Brian’s quill in motion and wondered if he was taking notes...hmm..until he saw that he was drawing the trees...AWW! BLESS HIM! Apollo stuck a green sticker right on the corner of the page, beaming at him, before moving on to another quiet one...
SPOILER!!: Thornton Quote:
Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe Thornton's eyes got big and crossed as the sticker landed on his forehead. What? Sparing a glance Apollo, Thornton then looked around to see what others were doing. Was he meant to keep it on his forehead? He saw different colors on the other students... was this a way to divide them up? Was he supposed to know what color he was given?
Thornton only vaguely registered which myth, though it was one that he was familiar with, so his preoccupation with the sticker conundrum would not interfere with his knowledge of the content of the myth. Finally, though incredibly hesitantly, Thornton pulled the sticker off his forehead and instead affixed it to the front of his robes just above his name tag. Ok.. ready to learn...
Merlin's pants, he'd missed the question....
But why was Zeke talking about turning the people-trees into wands??
He had stuck it on his nametage? Oh that was a very clever idea, indeed...nothing to say? Apollo just smiled encouragingly at him.
SPOILER!!: Damien Quote:
Originally Posted by nicole black Damien watched with a bright grin as the hat flew across the room to perch itself on his head. Someone take a picture, this was a moment to remember. Damien fussed with the brim of the hat (which was much heavier than it looked) until he felt it looked cool, and he was about to sit back and chill when-
He was suddenly assaulted by a sticker to the face.
Specifically his pointy nose. Damien sneezed, scrunching up his face and resisting the urge to pull off the itchy sticker. “Uh, thanks Apollo.”
And then the big questions were coming in and Damien, though curious and eager to join in, found that by the time he’d sorted out his thoughts on the tree-people, that everything had pretty much been said. Well then, he’d just have to catch the next one.
“You’re welcome. Don’t lose my hat--it’s VERY valuable--” he gave the boy a small wink.
..Apollo's hat sometimes liked to be lost.
OKAY. No one else had any input? Apollo thought it time to move into the first activity. “Very interesting discussion everyone! Okay. As you’ve heard now--the theory turning people into trees is a very complicated one. Eventually, if you simply...transformed a person into resembling a tree...the magic would wear off. Some of you mentioned animagi--well, when you turn into the animal, you are merely…” how could he put this? “Turning into a very human VERSION of the animal...because you still have all of your human thoughts. If you were to TRULY turn into an animal…...you’d think exactly like the animal, and nothing more.”
How did this relate?
“Similarly--” he walked to the front of the room, and perched himself next to the table with all the mugs and bouncy-balls. “If I wanted to turn any one of you into a tree-it would be no EASY task. As I was mentioning to Adrienne--” he smiled at her, “Transfiguration, as almost all of you have caught on, would be the MAIN component of this magic. However, I would need to take their thoughts ability away, too, for them to TRULY be trees. Get it?” he bounced a little in excitement.
“Now...that is magic VERY advanced...far too advanced for people your age--but no matter! We’re going to conduct a very SIMILAR demonstration today--on these!” He held up one mug and one bouncy-ball in each hand. “We’re going to turn these inanimate objects into trees. It’s not QUITE the same--but the same general IDEA is there. They’ll be little trees...ones that you all can take with you when you leave. or...turn them back into the bouncy-ball or mug and keep THAT.”
He eyed the chalk on the board moving around, writing, in bullet points, what he was saying. “The spell is pretty tricky, because it’s a spell developed pretty recently in terms of...well, spell development.” Apollo always found older spells just sort of...stuck better.
“The wand movement is a double jab--” he demonstrated for them with his own wand. “And the words are: immutare arbore.” The chalk wrote the words on the board. “Let me repeat how that should be said, please. This spell comes from the Latin--” he cleared his throat. “Immutare--to change. And Arbor is tree.” He wanted to write on the board the pronunciation for them.
The chalk began to scribble the way to say the incantation: Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay.
“I want each of you to pick either a mug or a bouncy-ball to transform. There is no difference in difficulty level. Some of you may not get the spell the first, second or THIRD time...but...that’s okay.” He smiled. “I have faith in all of you.”
He grabbed one of the mugs and set it on Hady’s desk because she was near the front. “Immutare Arbore!” he cried, jabbing his wand twice at the mug. The spell zoomed towards the mug, and slowly, the mug began to grow branches...and roots...until...it was a fully formed, mini tree.
How quaint and ADORABLE was this?
Apollo BEAMED and held it up. “THIS is what we want, okay? And if you can’t do it--you know what? It’s PERFECTLY all right! Now come come--let’s get started!” Hehehehe. Apollo LOVED watching students perform magic...and performing it WELL was another thing, too! OOC: OKAY! So, I can't really tell you guys how many posts you HAVE to do, since there's no points involved, BUT I would recommend one hefty post or two posts, but you can really do it however you want! Just have fun! The tree Apollo made resembles THIS...just without that pot it's in. <3 I'll post again in 24 hours or so.
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin |