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Stormdancer · 05-21-2016, 05:53 PM

Text Cut: Airey!

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Stellar,” Airey nodded, now back to his feet. Glances were thrown at Marion to PLEASE OH MERLIN PLEEEEEEEEEASE keep quiet for the remainder of class about certain information. “As many of you pointed out, when we saying things like up or down when referring to gravity, we do not mean those in the traditional sense. The way that we are all accustomed to thinking about the term. When talking about gravity, up means away from the earth and down means towards it, specifically towards its center, the core, as many of you also pointed out. Remember, gravity is the force of attraction between any two objects made of matter. You are made of matter and so is the earth, therefore you and the earth have an attraction to each other.” The paused to chuckle at himself. Right, now that that thought was out of the way. “Gravity plays a very important role on the earth. It is the Sun’s gravitational pull that keeps our planet, and others of course, orbiting it, and the motion of the Moon is influenced by BOTH the gravitational pull of the Earth and the Sun.”

But that was more than enough theory for now...and distractions had taken away time from the lecture so….it was time to move on to a bit of magical work. Which would hopefully also be a bit of two fwoopers, one stone…but first...he needed to close off the room. Wand out, Airey gave it a flick to shut all the windows and prevent any additional air interference. It would all make sense in a moment.

“Now, without gravity we would float away from the Earth. Similarly, if there was no gravitational pull acting on the Moon, it would simply travel through space in a straight line. Today you will be practicing a spell that will simulate what this is like,” he continued, eyes glancing around the classroom to make sure all the windows were in fact shut. “Seeing as we are well into the term now, I trust you all are familiar with Wingardium Leviosa which, by definition, is a charm to make objects fly. The spell you will be learning today works in a similar manner, but rather than the object itself the spell influences the air molecules around an object. ” Summoning another apple to his person, Airey tossed it into the air and caught it. Standard gravitational pull demonstration right there. “Derivo Gravitatem,” he said three times, each time tracing a counterclockwise circle above the apple. Holding his hand very still so as not to create any additional force on the apple just yet, the professor looked to the semicircle of desks. “Should you perform the spell correctly, when you toss your apple up in the air...it will not come back down unless you summon it back.” Or go get it themselves...but Airey was not sure about letting students perform this spell on themselves just yet.

For reasons.

With one last grin, Airey tossed the apple up in the air and watched as it slowly made it’s way all the way up to the ceiling of the classroom.

“Like so,” he grinned, eyes back on his students now. “To recap, trace your wand thrice counterclockwise over your apple. With each rotation, you need to speak the incantation Derivo Gravitatem, closing your circle on the ‘tem’.” Get it? Got it? Good. “I’ll give you 10 minutes or so to practice before we move on to a game.”

OOC: I am so sorry for the delay guys .____. I’ve been feeling really under the weather recently.

Please keep in mind that this is a REALLY advanced spell and it is incredibly unlikely that a student, even a 7th year, would get it right on the first try. You will have at least 24 hours to get in a practice post or two before we move on to the main activity.

Thank you all again so so so much for your patience <333

Sitting forward in her chair slightly, Marsha gave the Professor move attention than she normally gave him in Astronomy. Not because she didn’t like him or the subject or the way he taught it… simply because she didn’t always fulllly understand what he was talking about. But. Today seemed different. Like somehow she was starting to learn something. Which was a VERY good thing since she was closer to her OWLs than not. Scary thought.

Moving on.

She did what she always did first, tried to concur the pronounciation of the spell; it was always the part that caused her the most amount of trouble and the thing that would stop her spellwork from… well working. ”De-Re-Vo Gra-Va-Ta-Tum.” She said it slowly before frowning. No, that didn’t sound the same as the Professor. Writing down the spell onto her notes she tried again. ”De-Ri-Vo Grav-e-ta-tum “ That sounded closer, almost there but she wasn’t sure where - if anywhere - she had gone wrong.

So, figuring she would only know by trying, she took her apple into hand and finally picked up her wand. Holding it over her hand she made the circular motion as she said firmly and with a good grip of her wand; ”Derivo gavitatum, derivo gravitatum, derivo gravitatum.”

Taking a deep breath, she throw her apple softly into the air.

She smiled as she watched it going UP!!!

….. And caught it when it fell.

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Stormdancer DMC & DMAC Chizpurfle Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Scotland, [GMT] Posts: 10,058 Hogwarts RPG Name: Bennett Potter Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Atlas Ward Ravenclaw First Year	Toto * RotiSila * ToRo * Braveheart * Grandma & Mama Tori Text Cut: Airey! Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie "Stellar,” Airey nodded, now back to his feet. Glances were thrown at Marion to PLEASE OH MERLIN PLEEEEEEEEEASE keep quiet for the remainder of class about certain information. “As many of you pointed out, when we saying things like up or down when referring to gravity, we do not mean those in the traditional sense. The way that we are all accustomed to thinking about the term. When talking about gravity, up means away from the earth and down means towards it, specifically towards its center, the core, as many of you also pointed out. Remember, gravity is the force of attraction between any two objects made of matter. You are made of matter and so is the earth, therefore you and the earth have an attraction to each other.” The paused to chuckle at himself. Right, now that that thought was out of the way. “Gravity plays a very important role on the earth. It is the Sun’s gravitational pull that keeps our planet, and others of course, orbiting it, and the motion of the Moon is influenced by BOTH the gravitational pull of the Earth and the Sun.” But that was more than enough theory for now...and distractions had taken away time from the lecture so….it was time to move on to a bit of magical work. Which would hopefully also be a bit of two fwoopers, one stone…but first...he needed to close off the room. Wand out, Airey gave it a flick to shut all the windows and prevent any additional air interference. It would all make sense in a moment. “Now, without gravity we would float away from the Earth. Similarly, if there was no gravitational pull acting on the Moon, it would simply travel through space in a straight line. Today you will be practicing a spell that will simulate what this is like,” he continued, eyes glancing around the classroom to make sure all the windows were in fact shut. “Seeing as we are well into the term now, I trust you all are familiar with Wingardium Leviosa which, by definition, is a charm to make objects fly. The spell you will be learning today works in a similar manner, but rather than the object itself the spell influences the air molecules around an object. ” Summoning another apple to his person, Airey tossed it into the air and caught it. Standard gravitational pull demonstration right there. “Derivo Gravitatem,” he said three times, each time tracing a counterclockwise circle above the apple. Holding his hand very still so as not to create any additional force on the apple just yet, the professor looked to the semicircle of desks. “Should you perform the spell correctly, when you toss your apple up in the air...it will not come back down unless you summon it back.” Or go get it themselves...but Airey was not sure about letting students perform this spell on themselves just yet. For reasons. With one last grin, Airey tossed the apple up in the air and watched as it slowly made it’s way all the way up to the ceiling of the classroom. “Like so,” he grinned, eyes back on his students now. “To recap, trace your wand thrice counterclockwise over your apple. With each rotation, you need to speak the incantation Derivo Gravitatem, closing your circle on the ‘tem’.” Get it? Got it? Good. “I’ll give you 10 minutes or so to practice before we move on to a game.” OOC: I am so sorry for the delay guys .____. I’ve been feeling really under the weather recently. Please keep in mind that this is a REALLY advanced spell and it is incredibly unlikely that a student, even a 7th year, would get it right on the first try. You will have at least 24 hours to get in a practice post or two before we move on to the main activity. Thank you all again so so so much for your patience <333 Sitting forward in her chair slightly, Marsha gave the Professor move attention than she normally gave him in Astronomy. Not because she didn’t like him or the subject or the way he taught it… simply because she didn’t always fulllly understand what he was talking about. But. Today seemed different. Like somehow she was starting to learn something. Which was a VERY good thing since she was closer to her OWLs than not. Scary thought. Moving on. She did what she always did first, tried to concur the pronounciation of the spell; it was always the part that caused her the most amount of trouble and the thing that would stop her spellwork from… well working. ”De-Re-Vo Gra-Va-Ta-Tum.” She said it slowly before frowning. No, that didn’t sound the same as the Professor. Writing down the spell onto her notes she tried again. ”De-Ri-Vo Grav-e-ta-tum “ That sounded closer, almost there but she wasn’t sure where - if anywhere - she had gone wrong. So, figuring she would only know by trying, she took her apple into hand and finally picked up her wand. Holding it over her hand she made the circular motion as she said firmly and with a good grip of her wand; ”Derivo gavitatum, derivo gravitatum, derivo gravitatum.” Taking a deep breath, she throw her apple softly into the air. She smiled as she watched it going UP!!! ….. And caught it when it fell. __________________