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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  He got thumbs up for his leafy wooden cube-ball thing. Awesome.
And then to put him out of his misery, he didn't NEED to know how to perform the spell, cause they were moving on. Awesome. Good. Great. THANK MERLIN.
Zeke sat and listened to the next myth-story-thing. It was interesting, but he couldn't say he could empathise with it. Weird is what it was. Imagine if he had to marry anyone who beat him in a race? Marriage was supposed to be about love and family and things, not just anyone who was more athletically superior to you, or LUCKIER than you.
Nevetheless, he had a feeling he knew this one.
Hand raised, Zeke voiced his thoughts. "It could be one of two things, Apollo," he informed matter-of-factly. "My bet is that it would be a charm, because charm's adds properties to an object, like in this example it would be attraction. OR, alternatively, the same or similar thing could be achieved with a potion, but a charm would be easier."
Zeke had had such interesting thoughts this whole Seminar. Apollo really enjoyed him and his thoughts. SO refreshing, youthful intelligence. “A charm, right--but a potion would be interesting, too--” it reminded him of muggle fairy tales. Hmph.
Too bad he was an expert on mythology of this kind, and not the fairy tale kind.
STICKER RIGHT ON ZEKE’S FOREHEAD, YES!
SPOILER!!: Tora Quote:
Originally Posted by amadshade Well, it was time to think outside the box. Even if it wasn't the correct answer, this professor... travelling seminar...speaker guy would probably love a creative but totally incorrect response. Well, Apollo here's one coming right up!
"What if the apples were coated in Amortentia? The smell would attract anyone enough to distract from the race," Tora suggested. "And if not Amortentia, perhaps a different potion?"
Even though the answer was most likely some charm or sommat, the more Tora thought about it, the more it seemed as if it could be a potion as well. After all, weren't potions just charms in liquid form? She'd have to look into that later. The library probably had some books on that... But when would she have time? Hmmmm. Between transfiguration that evening and... wait what?
Tora realized she had drifted off suddenly and snapped back to the present. What was Apollo saying?
Oooohhhh. “That’s an interesting THOUGHT, yes.” It had been discussed in his inner circle that yes, it COULD have been. “It’s likely that they could have been. However--” he sighed. “The smell would have attracted Atalanta--but it would mean she hadn’t eaten the apples while she ran. Because if she had had the apples...while running...she would have probably run faster to catch up with him, because...well..powerful love potions can make a person do CRAZY things.” He smiled a little.
He stamped a sticker on Tora’s forehead.
Heh.
SPOILER!!: Brian Quote:
Originally Posted by laurange Brian snapped back to attention just in time for Apollo to tell them to stop practicing their spells and launched into a story about Atlanta. He liked Apollo, but he didn't like practicing charmswork in front of everyone. It made him feel extremely self-conscious of the fact that he wasn't very good at the kind of magic they did here. So yes, he was very relieved that he didn't have to do a charm in front of everyone.
Smiling at the green sticker on the corner of his notebook, Brian raised his hand with fingers wiggling in the air until he was called on. "Could it have been some kind of compelling charm? It might be something like the opposite of the repulsion charms people use on Muggles." Which was rude. Did they really have to repel Muggles? They were only human, after all. Anyway, Brian was back to drawing in his notebook. This time, they were three apples in a stack that looked to be very shiny and had magic radiating off them in swirls.
SWIRLS.
Ooooh. Apollo smiled at the boy and stuck a green sticker on his forehead. “Well. You know. that’s certainly a thought, isn’t it?!” he thought it was.
SPOILER!!: Adi Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Aw man! Apollo liked his secrets, huh? Adi supposed he would just have to do some research to find out about this spell. But for now, he would just have to make do with his two stickers and the confetti on his desk and around him, yes?
Oh, look! Story time again! While he listened to Apollo and the story about Hippopotamus (that's what Adi would call him, okay?), he gathered up all the mini coloured paper on his desk into one neat pile. Confetti pile! Wheee! Hehe.
When it was question time, he raised his hand. "It's deceptive magic,'' he offered. "Trickery magic because it tricked Atlanta into picking them up.''
“Well, that IS correct--” he chuckled good naturedly at this answer and bounded over to smack the sticker on Adi’s head. Was this his third? Heh. A lot of them had three, now! Look at them, being so smart.
SPOILER!!: Cassie Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Eeeep! This was so much fun and she was learning so much from this man. How interesting all of it was. Cassie was actually on the edge of her seat hanging on every word. So super cool! When they started to turn the ball into tree's she smiled big at Nessa, "Thank you sooo much. Isn't this exciting? I'm so glad we came." Students weren't the only ones that liked to learn!
Getting fully caught up in watching the students and Nessa turn their balls into trees she spent most of her time snapping. Wow everyone was doing so well! Though she came back to remembering it was her turn to change her ball into a tree. "OHMYGOSH!! I almost forgot!" She giggled as she took her wand out of her holster.
"Immutare Arbore" doing the wand movements she watched the ball turn into a small tree. HOW COOL WAS THIS! "What an adorable tree!!"
OH! Cassie had gotten the spell! Apollo SHOWERED HER WITH CONFETTI FROM HIS WAND, YES. He SMILED all big at her and clapped--but now time to move on!
SPOILER!!: Lux Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy YESSSSSSS. CONFETTI.
Smiling, Lux twirled in it. She was doing good and this seminar was so much fun. She loved these distractions, plus she learned things like how to turn objects into TREES. Never in a million years would she have felt that was possible until today, and now she could do it on her own.
Time for the next story, and Lux listened carefully. This one was a little harder than the other had been, but she would still take a stab at it. She raised her hand. "Was the magic some sort of charm? One to make the object it is placed on irresistible to another person?" That could explain why Atalanta had been distracted by the apples.
Apollo nodded. “Probably, yes--VERY good--” he grinned and gave the girl a RED star on her forehead, this time.
SPOILER!!: Zander Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Okay, so how come all these guys had such funny names, huh? Not that Zander could really complain or anything. Ahem. But he was focusing on that bit the entire time. The names. Wonder where they got their inspiration for 'em you know? Like who just wakes up in the morning and things, wow I think I'm gonna give my son the most complicated name in the world. That'll do it.
Of course he was doing his best to keep up with the seminar, especially because there were a few Professors present. But again he found himself questioning why he had even shown up in the first place. It's not like this thing was mandatory. Geez. He really needed to sort out his priorities.
Instead of answering the question, he just gave a big ol' nod at what Zeke said because for a third year, kid kinda seemed to know what he was talking about. And Zander agreed. A charm would be a good bet. Plus, lots of magic was a charm so it was also probably the most likely guess. But then again, any guess was better than what he'd have to offer.
So yeah, just gonna go back to staring at the back of Sophie Brown's head now. That seemed like the proper thing to do. How long until this thing was over? Uh, not that he was wondering or anything.... La la la.
….Quiet one. WE SEE YOU, ZANDER. Apollo squinted at him before moving on. Being quiet was his choice, wasn’t it? Sigh.
SPOILER!!: Hady Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy No! She didn't want to move on she wanted to get her tree. SIGH. It it might be perfect but she did kinda have a tree. Or well a hunched over branch thing with a few leaves. It was something but not what she had been aiming for. Setting her wand down she lifted her gaze to Apollo and returned the smile he'd given her. She was certainly giving it her all if nothing more.
However they were moving on now. Something about apples and the guy winning the race because he would drop them and the girl would stop to pick them up. This sounded messed up to her. Either the girl really liked apples or something was catching her attention. Hearing a few different replies from those around her she agreed with her Lion buddy. An attraction charm really seemed likely. Slowly raising her hand she gave her answer,"What Zeke said makes a lot of sense. Some form of an attraction charm to make the apple shinier or just highly appealing could be enough to divert someone's attention for a moment or two." Mhmm. Especially if someone really happens to enjoy apples. Ahem! Where was the certain one professor that liked apples?
“RIGHT, Little Miss Hady. I was...going for exactly what you just said--making them SHINIER.” He beamed at her, plastered a blue sticker to her forehead, and went back to the front of the classroom, ready to lead them into their next activity.
OKAY.
“So, for today, we are going to focus on making the apples shinier. in fact, they’ll be….they look golden.” He smirked. “It’s a fun little spell--and keep in mind, since it’s a CHARM, the apples won’t actually BE gold...then that would be alchemy! But...here..the apples will look shiny and appealing and GOLDEN. The spell is a bit simpler than the one from before.”
He cleared his throat and grabbed one of the apples. “The wand movement is simple, too. Just a circle above the apple, and the words ‘nitidus superficies’....it’s also a bit of a tongue twister, but…” the chalk on the board was writing how to say it. “Nitidus SUPERFICIES!” he cried, roving his wand around the apple in his hand, in a circular motion. The spell shot from his wand and when it touched the apple, it looked like the fruit was engulfed in a shiny golden tint.
It was so pretty...Apollo smirked and bit into it. “See? Still an apple, and with no side effects--just--SHINY.”
“Now...I’d like you all to try! Grab an apple or two--and practice! You can eat them at the end of the seminar--because for the activity after this one, I don’t think eating should be...well, it’d be distracting.” He shot a glance at the third table.
OOC: Sorry I took a little long this time! Once again, this activity can take as long or short as you want! Have fun! Apollo loves you all!
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin |