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Hera · 09-13-2015, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Casey O

HELPFUL PERSON. Ellery rotated to pay attention to the fellow Gryffindor, an older boy. Incantations were finicky, then? "D'you know if it's a long or short a sound? I don't really know how to pronounce it," she confessed. Faint gold band? She looked around at the marbles, then at the planet. Okay.

"TikaLAS," she said, still not quite pronouncing it right, but trying the pulling thing, and actually managing to launch the marble, which veered towards planet too. She scooted closer in midair to the helpful boy and hugged him round the middle. No need to explain.

Long or short 'a' sound?

Uuhhh.... "Long," he mused, because he was simply copying the sound the Professor had made, so he couldn't really say with any certainty, "like this... tika-las," he repeated for her benefit, the las part was obvious where she ought to pull back before releasing.

Never the less, she gave it a go, and did better than the first time. "There you go... almost got it," he encouraged. At least her marble DID go and stuff, cause yeah.

But then... she was closer, and hugging him.

...

...

Zeke remained floating where he was, unsure of WHAT to do. He didn't much fancy a second detention, but then, he hadn't done anything wrong. Awkwardly, he returned the hug with a couple of pats on the back.

"Try it again," he encouraged, if only so the girl would remove her arms from around him. That way, he could do the same - y'know, the whole helping Gryffindor achieve victory thing.

09-13-2015, 06:18 AM	#235 (permalink)
Hera DMC Abraxan Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth, AU (GMT +8) Posts: 25,070 Hogwarts RPG Name: Jasper Hart First Year x10 x10	½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf Quote: Originally Posted by Casey O HELPFUL PERSON. Ellery rotated to pay attention to the fellow Gryffindor, an older boy. Incantations were finicky, then? "D'you know if it's a long or short a sound? I don't really know how to pronounce it," she confessed. Faint gold band? She looked around at the marbles, then at the planet. Okay. "TikaLAS," she said, still not quite pronouncing it right, but trying the pulling thing, and actually managing to launch the marble, which veered towards planet too. She scooted closer in midair to the helpful boy and hugged him round the middle. No need to explain. Long or short 'a' sound? Uuhhh.... "Long," he mused, because he was simply copying the sound the Professor had made, so he couldn't really say with any certainty, *"like this... tika-las,"* he repeated for her benefit, the las part was obvious where she ought to pull back before releasing. Never the less, she gave it a go, and did better than the first time. "There you go... almost got it," he encouraged. At least her marble DID go and stuff, cause yeah. But then... she was closer, and hugging him. ... ... Zeke remained floating where he was, unsure of WHAT to do. He didn't much fancy a second detention, but then, he hadn't done anything wrong. Awkwardly, he returned the hug with a couple of pats on the back. "Try it again," he encouraged, if only so the girl would remove her arms from around him. That way, he could do the same - y'know, the whole helping Gryffindor achieve victory thing. __________________ Last edited by Hera; 09-13-2015 at 07:06 AM. Reason: stupid auto-correct changing mah wurds