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StarShine · 05-16-2017, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by thekraken

Althea nodded eagerly. "Of course, anything for you." And she meant it. Kath was someone very special to her, so she would help her out in any way she could. It was exciting, sort of, thinking about doing something so political. Althea never really bothered with such things, but Kath had made a point; they would never learn if they didn't have the means to practice at home. And it was such an archaic law that really, as they approached the twenty-second century, needed to be gutted.

"Thank you, really, you're always helping me out. I feel like I'm burdening you." She didn't want Kath to think that she wasn't capable enough or that she was dead-weight or anything like that. But she would accept any help that her friend offered because Kath was incredibly smart and Althea could do no wrong with studying with her. Althea felt her cheeks burn at Katherine's statement, and she did her best not to smile too hard. What could she even say to that? Nothing, nothing, nothing. She coughed a few times into her fist - she didn't really need to cough, she just desperately needed to hide her shame aka her cheeks - and then glanced back at Katherine.

Okay. First year spells. Easy. Althea took a step to the side to give Katherine some room, and watched the Ravenclaw's wandwork in motion. Whoa. She smiled at her, and clapped. "Good form." Hopefully she would be able to produce the same sort of results as well. It would be embarrassing otherwise.

Katherine grinned. "Thanks." And she'd do anything for her too - she may not have many friends, but she was loyal to those few. And then she frowned. A burden? She waved her hand dismissively.

"I enjoy our friendship too much to call it a 'burden'," she said, and then thooooooroughly enjoyed her friend's red cheeks with a huge grin. It was nice to see HER blush for a chance, and Katherine was very proud of herself for being the cause.

Anyway, right, back to work. So, she decided she was going to do the rest of the spells quickly and without a pause - not to show off, but to go quickly. And then, Althea could have a go and they'd address any mistakes they'd made. Good plan. And she didn't waste time by explaining it to Althea - her friend would get it anyway.

"Diffindo!" At the dummy's arm, with a sort of wave of her wand, "Petrificus totalus!" by drawing a horizontal sickle with her wand, "Locomotor Wibbly!" - a tricky wand movement, but she thought she managed it, "Steleus!" and lastly, as her voice was starting to get hoarse, she shot arrows... or tried to. Beads of sweat were visible on her forehead, her voice had gone hoarse and she probably needed some water, and... the dummy's arm was severed, it was also frozen alright and she bet it would also have sneezed (although she wasn't sure if they really could sneeze) had it not been paralysed - but its legs hadn't gone jelly (because the incantation always sounded fake to her, so she never was fully successful with it) and only one arrow was shot, because her voice had gone hoarse. But anyway, it was a 'pass' in her opinion for the first try, and she looked at Althea to see what she thought.

05-16-2017, 08:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
StarShine DoM Kappa Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood Posts: 13,005 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6	¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Quote: Originally Posted by thekraken Althea nodded eagerly. "Of course, anything for you." And she meant it. Kath was someone very special to her, so she would help her out in any way she could. It was exciting, sort of, thinking about doing something so political. Althea never really bothered with such things, but Kath had made a point; they would never learn if they didn't have the means to practice at home. And it was such an archaic law that really, as they approached the twenty-second century, needed to be gutted. "Thank you, really, you're always helping me out. I feel like I'm burdening you." She didn't want Kath to think that she wasn't capable enough or that she was dead-weight or anything like that. But she would accept any help that her friend offered because Kath was incredibly smart and Althea could do no wrong with studying with her. Althea felt her cheeks burn at Katherine's statement, and she did her best not to smile too hard. What could she even say to that? Nothing, nothing, nothing. She coughed a few times into her fist - she didn't really need to cough, she just desperately needed to hide her shame aka her cheeks - and then glanced back at Katherine. Okay. First year spells. Easy. Althea took a step to the side to give Katherine some room, and watched the Ravenclaw's wandwork in motion. Whoa. She smiled at her, and clapped. "Good form." Hopefully she would be able to produce the same sort of results as well. It would be embarrassing otherwise. Katherine grinned. "Thanks." And she'd do anything for her too - she may not have many friends, but she was loyal to those few. And then she frowned. A burden? She waved her hand dismissively. "I enjoy our friendship too much to call it a 'burden'," she said, and then thooooooroughly enjoyed her friend's red cheeks with a huge grin. It was nice to see HER blush for a chance, and Katherine was very proud of herself for being the cause. Anyway, right, back to work. So, she decided she was going to do the rest of the spells quickly and without a pause - not to show off, but to go quickly. And then, Althea could have a go and they'd address any mistakes they'd made. Good plan. And she didn't waste time by explaining it to Althea - her friend would get it anyway. "Diffindo!" At the dummy's arm, with a sort of wave of her wand, "Petrificus totalus!" by drawing a horizontal sickle with her wand, "Locomotor Wibbly!" - a tricky wand movement, but she thought she managed it, "Steleus!" and lastly, as her voice was starting to get hoarse, she shot arrows... or tried to. Beads of sweat were visible on her forehead, her voice had gone hoarse and she probably needed some water, and... the dummy's arm was severed, it was also frozen alright and she bet it would also have sneezed (although she wasn't sure if they really could sneeze) had it not been paralysed - but its legs hadn't gone jelly (because the incantation always sounded fake to her, so she never was fully successful with it) and only one arrow was shot, because her voice had gone hoarse. But anyway, it was a 'pass' in her opinion for the first try, and she looked at Althea to see what she thought.