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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Maggie Woods
Gryffindor Seventh Year
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Levi Jourdan
Slytherin Sixth Year  x4  x2
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Text Cut: Dakest Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazenhani  Looking around the rest of the room, Sabel's gaze hinged on Rider. For a long moment, he watched the kid hanging back in the shadows. Finally, he nodded to himself. "Rider, a word with you after the meeting."
There really wasn't a better way to ask, and it was always a question of when he might run into the kid again. The castle had got surprisingly big.
His attention returned to the rest of the students. "As for what spells you may and may not use, there will be a list up before your first duel. Obviously, unforgivable curses are excluded, as are some of the dark art spells that opponents in your real life will likely use. This, is for your own safety. If you have questions about these spells, about how to defend against them, I will do my best to answer them. But they are not to be experimented with in these walls."
Shifting his stance, Sabel clasped his hands behind his back. "There will be Spell Assignments and Challenges for you to accomplish as you see fit during your practice time. The Spell Assignments will allow you to use new spells in your duels. The Challenges will encourage you to develop your dueling skills, thoughts and regulation of your emotions and there may be bonuses afforded with the completion of these."
Simple enough, right?
"You will not have a Spell Assignment this meeting. I would like you all to go into your first duel without extra spells crowding your heads. Learn how to think, learn how to move, learn how to adapt. To assist you with this, there will be a Challenge posted on the board at the end of the hall," he made a motion there, "at the end of this meeting. Once you pick up your uniforms when I dismiss you, you may go there and check it out."
And they could start tonight if they were super stoked. He had no doubt some would.
Returning his hands behind his back, Sabel rocked on his heels, letting all the information soak in. Were there more questions?
It always amazed Benzi how differently his head worked depending on how much he was interested in what was happening. He could never for the life of him remember anything that had happened in History of Magic unless he wrote it all down. And while Herbology was okay and whatever, if it didn't have that practical side to it he wouldn't have been able to do any of it.
But Defense? Defense came naturally to him. He took notes on the important bits but mainly listened, because he knew that he was so interested in it he'd just remember it all without really trying. It's why he didn't bring a quill and parchment to the meeting today, because he knew that he was going to remember every single word.
Especially the professor's next words, which had Benzi's mind instantly whirl a mile a minute. He raised his eyebrow and nodded slowly. "Yes, Professor." He could take anything but 'you can't take part in this tournament.' There was, of course, no reason possible reasson for Dakest to tell him such a thing but just in case that happened let it be known Benzi would throw a tantrum to make a four year old jealous. Just sayin'.
Text Cut: The Evie Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahlooo
Evie had slipped in the back just as the meeting started and snuck her hand in to hold Benzi's at the start of the meeting. She was listening intently to everything Professor Dakest was saying. First of all, the uniforms were absolutely COOL. But that was less important than everything else. The biggest thing that piqued her curiosity was when he said he wasn't allowed to use the skills he learned in Auror training for them at Hogwarts. Evie was smart and understood why. She didn't know what his training had involved... but she wanted to know and she wanted to learn. Evie was going to be an Auror one day; sooner than later, she hoped and she wanted to be the absolute best when she joined the YATI next year. She wanted to know everything Dakest knew.
So, yes, she did have one question. But she would ask him later, in private.
Listening to Dakest answer all the questions, her ears seemed to perk up when the professor asked to see Benzi after the meeting. Evie exchanged glances between her boyfriend and the professor, curious and jealous and wondering what in the world he would speak to Benzi about and if she could get away with eavesdropping.
"What's that for?" she whispered almost silently to Benzi. Had he any idea? Was HE going to get special training? What about her?
Oh, and there was Evie. He smiled at her silently but with a gentle squeeze of her hand, let it go moments after she'd taken his. Couldn't get distracted at the moment, so sorry. Plus it kind of looked strange to be holding hands in a meeting with Dakest, even if they were both at the back. He just wasn't very comfortable with it.
Speaking of comfortable, Benzi shrugged. "No idea, I guess I'll see after the meeting," he whispered back, eyes staying only on Dakest.
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