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Felixir · 09-14-2015, 05:13 PM

Holding the end of his pen between forefinger and thumb, Daxton watched as he made it bob up and down. He was still listening to everyone else, and to Baxter, but for all the world looked as though he had tuned out completely.

The more time went on the more bored Daxton got. He wanted to see some magic. All this seemed like textbook stuff. How long until they-

Not long at all, apparently, because suddenly there was action. Daxton looked up at the teacher as she started talking about the specific spells, feeling that this was surely a segue into actually practicing them. His blue eyes flicked from professor to blackboard and back again, committing everything to memory as he set his pen down and took his wand out from up his sleeve.

As a first year, he would be focusing on 'Arresto Momentum', except... well it wasn't exactly going to happen, was it? Daxton was all set to practice simply waving his wand and being done with it, when the instruction directed at the sixth and seventh years caught his attention. Non-verbally, that was how they would be learning their spell. So he would not be the only silent one in the class, and if they were learning their spells non-verbally, then Daxton saw no reason why he could not practice the same thing. In fact, that seemed the most logical approach. Better than sitting doing nothing.

After a curious glance at the older students in the room, Daxton focused on the pine wand he held in his own left hand. He had read, since purchasing it, that it was receptive to non-verbal magic, which was fitting. He waved it through the air and thought the incantation - though was it much of an incantation if it was not being spoken? - 'Arresto Momentum.'

And... that was it, really. Daxton hardly felt confident that he could cast the spell just like that, so he did not stand up. Luckily, being sat at the back of the room, very few people were sure to notice and stare at him. He practiced the spell in his head again - a wave of his wand, 'Arresto Momentum' - before watching the others once again.

It was at that moment, observing a couple of particular older students, that Daxton had a thought. A question, really, but seeing as though he was not about to say it out loud, he added it to his parchment that was apparently due to be handed in at the end of the lesson, the one with the paragraph already written out on it. He did not much care if he got an answer from the professor, as there was nothing stopping him from researching himself. However, writing it down would ensure he remembered the details.

When that was done, Daxton sat back in his chair again and waited. It did not register that whatever activity they would be doing might require them to stand. In his mind, the idea was only to stand to show they were confident, much like a show of hands. Baxter had not said to stand even if they were not confident, and Daxton had a tendency to take instructions quite literally.

SPOILER!!: Notes

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,157 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight Holding the end of his pen between forefinger and thumb, Daxton watched as he made it bob up and down. He was still listening to everyone else, and to Baxter, but for all the world looked as though he had tuned out completely. The more time went on the more bored Daxton got. He wanted to see some magic. All this seemed like textbook stuff. How long until they- Not long at all, apparently, because suddenly there was action. Daxton looked up at the teacher as she started talking about the specific spells, feeling that this was surely a segue into actually practicing them. His blue eyes flicked from professor to blackboard and back again, committing everything to memory as he set his pen down and took his wand out from up his sleeve. As a first year, he would be focusing on 'Arresto Momentum', except... well it wasn't exactly going to happen, was it? Daxton was all set to practice simply waving his wand and being done with it, when the instruction directed at the sixth and seventh years caught his attention. Non-verbally, that was how they would be learning their spell. So he would not be the only silent one in the class, and if they were learning their spells non-verbally, then Daxton saw no reason why he could not practice the same thing. In fact, that seemed the most logical approach. Better than sitting doing nothing. After a curious glance at the older students in the room, Daxton focused on the pine wand he held in his own left hand. He had read, since purchasing it, that it was receptive to non-verbal magic, which was fitting. He waved it through the air and thought the incantation - though was it much of an incantation if it was not being spoken? - 'Arresto Momentum.' And... that was it, really. Daxton hardly felt confident that he could cast the spell just like that, so he did not stand up. Luckily, being sat at the back of the room, very few people were sure to notice and stare at him. He practiced the spell in his head again - a wave of his wand, 'Arresto Momentum' - before watching the others once again. It was at that moment, observing a couple of particular older students, that Daxton had a thought. A question, really, but seeing as though he was not about to say it out loud, he added it to his parchment that was apparently due to be handed in at the end of the lesson, the one with the paragraph already written out on it. He did not much care if he got an answer from the professor, as there was nothing stopping him from researching himself. However, writing it down would ensure he remembered the details. When that was done, Daxton sat back in his chair again and waited. It did not register that whatever activity they would be doing might require them to stand. In his mind, the idea was only to stand to show they were confident, much like a show of hands. Baxter had not said to stand even if they were not confident, and Daxton had a tendency to take instructions quite literally. SPOILER!!: Notes Daxton Prince First Year Ravenclaw Charms Charms I know a lot about charms already, more I think than I could fit into a paragraph, and I do not want to write that much. Charms are useful spells; life would be exponentially easier with the knowledge and practical skills of the charms just in the first year textbook. Charms makes more sense than Transfiguration, where the rules of physics are ignored and things can be created from nothing. I want to learn all the charms. What is the point of learning them if I do not learn them all. Questions Does the 'pronunciation' of the incantation matter when casting a non-verbal spell? Is the incantation thought of in terms of how it sounds, or is the intent behind the words enough? Accents and language surely impede process when casting verbally - is it the same when non-verbal? Does it work if the word(s) of the incantation are simply visualised? - research further __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!