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*Kolyander* · 07-03-2017, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Shanners

Despite scoffing at the question, Rooney's hand was the first in the air out of his class mates. "Those are very different scenarios, Professor. If there was something I needed to change, then there's rearrangement magic to try.. but if I had to write something without the paper, then I'd have to turn something into paper or....just remember it..?" Not that he wouldn't have anything to write on with him. There really was always a notebook in the back of his trousers. Two on most days, but always at least one. It was common knowledge, given that he had dropped them when fidgeting in class more than enough times.

"Indeed they are, Mr Bronwyn but I'm pleased that you still gave both questions some thought. Rearranging the problem is a good idea as is transfiguring something into paper." Both very good answers as was trying to remember what it was that needed to be written down. A gentle flick of her wand had the answers appearing on the white board beside her.

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Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe

Vivienne said good afternoon to Professor Stewart. She was doing very well.

Professor Stewart added this answer to the board as well. "Invisible ink is a good idea if you didn't want anyone to see what you were writing, should you make it visible again in order to read what you had written it might be a bit hard to do so with something else being written on the parchment before hand." A good answer though.

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

Despite the food being apparently sealed, Sam didn't take any. She could only imagine Dora's reaction if she had. So she'd sat tapping her nails on the desk lightly whilst waiting for the lesson to begin.

And when it had, Sam couldn't help wonder how it related to Transfiguration. "I'd write it on me hand," she replied to the first question. As for the second? "Cross it out. And write it again." Either next to, if she'd realised straight away, or above if she hadn't. Surely the Transfiguration Professor knew that from her homework though? Sam didn't see the point in wasting parchment; when she'd first started at Hogwarts, she'd barely had the money for any supplies, and her thriftiness had stayed with her in the years since. The only stuff she re-wrote was her long essays (usually History ones) after her brother had red-penned them. No need for the Professors to see his edits!

So they were doing something involving erasing ink today? Huh. Sam figured that would be more likely a charm. Or a form of invisibility potion.

The next reply was a very simple answer and it earned a smile from the women. "Just make sure not to wash your hand until after you take care of whatever it was written there," she smiled warmly nodding her head. "Crossing it out is a very easy way to correct a mistake." Not very professional for when they were older but as of right now that wasn't a problem.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Tenacius was the BEST EVER. Man, she DEFINITELY made the right choice by sitting at the all Gryffindor table!! 'Cept, she did kinda wish Theó was at their table too, but oh well. Can't have all the good things at once, probably. She sent him a wave anyways and let out an obnoxious laugh when he asked about the homework... Though, Zoryn payed close attention afterwards to see what Professor Stewart said because she, too, forgot to do homework.

As for her MOST.AWESOME.EVER. table... She pushed two of her three chocolate muffins to the center. "Chocolate, duh!" Just beaming. This was gonna be such a great lesson!!!!

Only then was her attention pulled back to the front where her Professor stood addressing the class. Hm. The question stumped Zoryn momentarily before she raised her hand. She agreed with Rooney, mostly. "If I didn't have clean parchment, I just wouldn't do it," she nodded. It was reasonable and NOT worth any of the extra work. "But if it was just a sentence, I'd just cross it out and keep going!"

'Cause who cared about writing aesthetic anyway? That was a DUMB thing to care about. Though, she figured that the Ravenclaw Prefect would care. He seemed like the type.

The professor laughed softly at this flicking her wand at the board to add these replies as well as the previous ones given. "Both very good answers but I hope it wouldn't be to much trouble to correct it should it make sense to."

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Originally Posted by Watson

Professor Stewart got a warm smile and a nod in response. "Very well thanks. Taking breaks while I can with studying." She was definitely following the woman's advice to approaching OWLs.

And the way that Ace greeted her and that smile made her stomach feel funny. Butterflies again but this time she didn't blush! AHA! One point to Holden for not blushing but the day still offered plenty of times for her to blush... Most likely. As soon as she took a seat, it seemed like someone else was joining. Oh and Zoryn was here. Olivia gave the younger girl a warm smile as she joined the table.

Wow! Now they had quite a table here. Ace, Sam, and Zoryn. This was going to be fun! To Ace's question about muffin flavours, Olivia spoke up after Zoryn. "I have lemon poppyseed." It was one of her favourite flavors and as soon as she saw it, she KNEW that she had to grab two of them. One to munch on now and one for later.

And class had begun. An interesting question. Hmm... "I'd draw a simple line through the word or sentence and continue writing. If it was pencil, I'd just erase it." The good old Muggle way.... unless there was a magical way to do that? Olivia was all ears. Could they transfigure an old piece of paper into a new one? "Is there a way to take the dirty parchment and change it into a clean one with a spell?"

Hearing that her students were doing well always brought a large smile to this professors face. "That's good. Studying for OWLs, NEWTS or any other exam could be stressful, make sure not to over study, eat decent meals and get proper rest." With this being said she looked around the room to each of the students there not just Olivia. Exams would be happening in a few short months and she disliked seeing the students get themselves all worked up about it.

Ah, another that would correct the problem by drawing a line through it or erasing it. "Crossing it out and continuing on is good but I like the idea of erasing it, much neater." Camilla nodded a smile tugging at her lips again as a question was asked to her now. "Indeed there is and I will be getting to that in just a few moments." That just so happened to be what they were talking about today!

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Ah there was Liss and Vivi! Smiling gratefully at the arrival of roommates, she felt almost guilty now, having taken up residence at Théo's table because he was surrounded by Slytherin females. At the same time she wasn't sure that the second year would notice or care. When Professor Stewart greeted her and asked if everything was alright, she sent another apologetic smile at the woman. "Oh yes, yes, just fine, Professor. I just I had thought maybe this was a Gryffindor only lesson," she admitted quietly, shaking her head at the foolishness of that. Hogwarts hadn't separated out classes by houses in decades, maybe even in a century.

And then the lesson was starting. What kind of questions were these? Misspelled a word while doing her homework? If she didn't have any clean parchment but needed to write something down? "It'd depend but there is the possibility that I would just repeat the something over and over again until I got clean parchment. Or if there was something different I could write on, then I might do that...." she bit her lip. "I think there maybe is a charm or something that could fix misspelled words." She wasn't sure, but she was pretty sure she'd seen it used before.

Another student making her laugh softly today. "I can't say I blame you with that moment of confusion this afternoon. I myself was beginning to wonder the same thing," she joked smiling at Skylar. There had been a great amount of Gryffindors that came into the room before anyone else had this afternoon.

She was glad to see that even with the difference between the questions she had asked most everyone was taking a shot at answering. A flick of her wand let her and the replies onto the board as she spoke. "Both very good answers and there is a charm that could help with spelling." She wouldn't be teaching any charms here today however.

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Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok

Good, Good, Good. No homework just review. Which meant Théo didnt do it. But he was not in trouble. Very Good. He did wave back to Zoryn. Though the biggest surprise is before he knew it he was sitting with three older slytherin girls. Only one of which he kinda knew, Skylar. He smiled and said hi to them all.

Huh, wait was class starting already.

Oh, ok. It was and Théo did not know if he understood the questions. She asked a couple questions. Would writing on your hand work. He never tried it with a quill. But at home he did it with pens and stuff. He did not care about misspelled words. He just left those and winged it. Also who cares about how a certain sentance sounded. As long as it was done at all was a success to Théo. Not like he said anything out loud.

Ooo a charm to help with misspells would be awesome.

He would have to ask Chris if such a thing existed.

A quite one. Camilla Stewart smiled at Theo before moving onto the next raised hand. There would be more questions later in the lesson that he could always answer.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Something to do with parchment. That was the vibe Cassie was getting about the latest transfiguration lesson. At least from the first round of questions posed to the class. Quill and ink certainly was far less removable naturally than the pencils found more readily in muggle studies. But there had to be something to do to fix things other than crossing stuff out…right. The Ravenclaw leaned her chin on her upturned hand as she tried to think on the prospect, listening to her fellow classmates as they offered up their own ideas on the matter.

Rooney had rearrangement magic or conjuring new parchment. Sam had crossing it out as did a couple of Gryffindor girls of various ages. Then there was the charm to fix misspelled words that Cass had to admit could come in handy. “Perhaps using Evanesco or something like it that doesn’t vanish the whole parchment but just the writing.” That seemed to the fifth year it would work.

Using Evanesco was indeed a good concept and Cass was on the right track here. "You're close with saying Evanesco. Vanishing the writing would be very useful."

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Well, those were different scenarios. Etta considered the questions for a long moment, absently staring at her parchment. She'd obviously considered a spell first, a vanishing spell.. perhaps? But it was already suggested by a fellow classmate so she decided to go with something else. Besides, she wasn't exactly sure if a vanishing spell would work? She hesitated before raising a hand to answer.

"Maybe there's a spell that would change the parchment into a brand new one? Or a spell.. that could vanish the writing so that the parchment is new again?" .. eh. They were just guesses and Etta wasn't exactly sure if they were right but at least, she gave it a try.. right?

Bingo! "Very good! There is a transfiguration spell that will do just that and we will be working on in just a few minutes!" Etta's answers might have only been guesses but this was what they would be learning about shortly.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Just as he was about to ~~barter~~ share muffins with his fellow Lions, the professor has started her lesson. He paused as he repeated her question in his head. Did he understand her correctly? "Professor if we made a mistake when writing something down on our parchment, we can use an erasing spell." which is something he's been using.

"You certainly could use an erasing spell, Mr Salander." There was no doubt in her mind that many of the older students did just this.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Grinning as Emmeline joined their table, Derf really did not have time to reply when Professor Stewart began the lesson and had the Hufflepuf scratching his head soon enough. He had to agree with Rooney that these were two VERY different situations. Once meant you had nothing and the other meant you were rectifying a mistake.

He was faaaaaaaaaairly confident that what the professor WANTED them to say was that they would conjure paper, but Derf was afraid to conjure anything and his feeble attempts at flowers had been, er, awful...so he was not about to suggest that. Still, his hand went up.

"Us-s-se my hand!" he chirped. "Or arm....when I don't have any paper that is. But not my palm s-s-so much because sweat and it smears everywhere and s-s-somtimes rubs-s-s off on my face."

"That's a helpful hint right there, Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne. If you decide to write something on yourself your arm might be the better place to do it rather than your hand." Not that she wanted them to go around writing or drawing on themselves.

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Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur

Noelle wouldn't ever miss a transfiguration class. Even if.... she had a head cold. The cold was getting to her. Running the grounds without a jacket had probably been a bad idea.

So here she was, bundled up with a red nose and sniffling. But she was here.

She hadn't said much, one, because her voice was about gone. And two, because she didn't really have the energy. She was watching and listening though. She was prepared and ready to take notes too.

Noelle sneezed into a hankie and nodded along to what others were saying. Evanesco. That was a good one.

Camilla gave Noelle a smile taking note that the prefect looked a bit out of sorts today and under the weather. She was proud to see that even with that the teen was still in class and taking notes.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Jessa was standing RIGHT OUTSIDE the Transfiguration door, waiting for it to swing open. It was common for her. Always had to be early for her favourite subject. It proved slightly more useful to her in her experiments than Charms did, earning it the top spot. Not to say Charms wasn't as important because it really was but she liked the added difficulty that came with this one.

Noelle didn't look so good and while she did like the older girl, she didn't like getting sick when there was still so much that she needed done so the Ravenclaw sorta....stood....a few feet away--just in case, but she did offer her a smile.

Finally inside, Jessa turned to find her seat while she greeted the Professor with a cheerful, "Afternoon Professor." To her horror as she searched, it seemed group work would be the order of the day. Nothing could dampen her spirit more (unless class was cancelled altogether). Don't get her wrong, Jessa loved people and working with them but not when it came to important things like her experiments, Transfiguration or some other form of knowledge because the human element, when added, typically allowed for greater error and she didn't wanna deal with that while she was trying to LEARN.

She was enough of a risk already. Didn't need others to make it worse.

With something of a soft huff, Jessa took one of the seats and prayed to Merlin she wouldn't be stuck sitting with anyone who'd ultimately set her back. Circe knew the young girl had no patience for that sort of thing in her Transfiguration lessons specifically.

Another quiet one. That didn't bother Professor Stewart none as she knew the younger girl was paying attention as always.

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With all the answers given listed onto the white board, Camilla looked it over. "These are all amazing answers and I'm super glad that even with the big difference between the two questions I asked you were all able to give me very useful answers." No one panicked and there was a lot of useful ideas here.

"Those of you that suggested vanishing the writing are right on target with what we will be doing today. Actually we will be learning two different spells." She paused a moment. "The first is Induco. This spell allows you to effectively get rid of any writing on a sheet of paper or parchment. Now the thing to remember with this spell is you are changing the parchment into a clear sheet of parchment....or one specific area of parchment into a blank area. Anything you erase is gone, you can not get it to return."

"Let's all start with saying the spell please. It's Induco. 'In-DOO-so', she recited slowly allowing them all time to repeat it along with her. "What you do is point your wand about three or so inches above where you want to begin erasing and continue to move your wand over all the writing you want gone. Like so." Raising her wand at the large sheet of parchment that was on the wall that was covered in drawings and writing, professor Stewart began. "Induco," she spoke clearly moving her wand in a straight line over about three away from what had once been the large writing of the word 'HAPPINESS'. The word began to vanish into a blank area on the parchment.

"You can also use a spell to make words or text appear. That is what else we will be working on today. 'Stilus tabella' allows you to add writing onto a clear spot of parchment. All you need to do is firmly focus on what you want to written on the parchment, say the incantation and move your wand over the area where the words are to appear... keep your wand about three inches above the parchment." Once more lifting her wand to the area of parchment she had previous erased she moved her wand slowly in a straight line while speaking the words, "Stilus Stylus". In large clear letters the word 'FOCUS' appeared.

"What I would like for you all to do is try the incantations and wand movements on your own first. Once you feel like you got it down come on up to the parchment here and erase anything you like and than add something of your own in the empty spot." She trusted everyone to be respectful with their writing. There was more than enough space for everyone to add something of their own.

"Keep in mind while erasing things that you want to focus on the parchment becoming blank again. As for writing you want see in you mind the words appearing, the font you want. You may also speak the words out loud if you choose."

Professor Stewart waved her wand at the whiteboard so that the incantations appeared there along with the wand movements.

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Incantation: Induco ( In-DOO-so)
Wand Movement: A straight line over the area of words/text you want to make disappear. Keep your wand roughly three inches above/away from the parchment.

Incantation: Stilus tabella (Stye-lus Ta-Bell-a)
Wand Movement: A straight line over the empty spot you want the words to appear. Keep your wand roughly three inches above/away from the parchment.

OOC: Sorry about the late post everyone but here we are with the mini lesson! There was a lot of talking but it's fairly simple... After practicing the spells on their own they can come up to the parchment erase a bit of writing using 'Induco' and than add their own writing using 'Stilus tabella'

I won't be moving on in about 30+ hours. One decent post is fine if you want to fit it all into one post of many little posts, it's up to you!

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Kolyander Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Everywhere Posts: 16,078 Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Soren Toric Black (Royal Blue) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Vesper Baylee Thanatos (#61c7a9) Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Gabriella Rose Rustokova (#CCOOCC) Ravenclaw First Year x12	Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium SPOILER!!: Individual Replies! Quote: Originally Posted by Shanners Despite scoffing at the question, Rooney's hand was the first in the air out of his class mates. "Those are very different scenarios, Professor. If there was something I needed to change, then there's rearrangement magic to try.. but if I had to write something without the paper, then I'd have to turn something into paper or....just remember it..?" Not that he wouldn't have anything to write on with him. There really was always a notebook in the back of his trousers. Two on most days, but always at least one. It was common knowledge, given that he had dropped them when fidgeting in class more than enough times. "Indeed they are, Mr Bronwyn but I'm pleased that you still gave both questions some thought. Rearranging the problem is a good idea as is transfiguring something into paper." Both very good answers as was trying to remember what it was that needed to be written down. A gentle flick of her wand had the answers appearing on the white board beside her. Quote: Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe Vivienne said good afternoon to Professor Stewart. She was doing very well. Professor Stewart added this answer to the board as well. "Invisible ink is a good idea if you didn't want anyone to see what you were writing, should you make it visible again in order to read what you had written it might be a bit hard to do so with something else being written on the parchment before hand." A good answer though. Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl Despite the food being apparently sealed, Sam didn't take any. She could only imagine Dora's reaction if she had. So she'd sat tapping her nails on the desk lightly whilst waiting for the lesson to begin. And when it had, Sam couldn't help wonder how it related to Transfiguration. "I'd write it on me hand," she replied to the first question. As for the second? "Cross it out. And write it again." Either next to, if she'd realised straight away, or above if she hadn't. Surely the Transfiguration Professor knew that from her homework though? Sam didn't see the point in wasting parchment; when she'd first started at Hogwarts, she'd barely had the money for any supplies, and her thriftiness had stayed with her in the years since. The only stuff she re-wrote was her long essays (usually History ones) after her brother had red-penned them. No need for the Professors to see his edits! So they were doing something involving erasing ink today? Huh. Sam figured that would be more likely a charm. Or a form of invisibility potion. The next reply was a very simple answer and it earned a smile from the women. "Just make sure not to wash your hand until after you take care of whatever it was written there," she smiled warmly nodding her head. "Crossing it out is a very easy way to correct a mistake." Not very professional for when they were older but as of right now that wasn't a problem. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Tenacius was the BEST EVER. Man, she DEFINITELY made the right choice by sitting at the all Gryffindor table!! 'Cept, she did kinda wish Theó was at their table too, but oh well. Can't have all the good things at once, probably. She sent him a wave anyways and let out an obnoxious laugh when he asked about the homework... Though, Zoryn payed close attention afterwards to see what Professor Stewart said because she, too, forgot to do homework. As for her MOST.AWESOME.EVER. table... She pushed two of her three chocolate muffins to the center. "Chocolate, duh!" Just beaming. This was gonna be such a great lesson!!!! Only then was her attention pulled back to the front where her Professor stood addressing the class. Hm. The question stumped Zoryn momentarily before she raised her hand. She agreed with Rooney, mostly. "If I didn't have clean parchment, I just wouldn't do it," she nodded. It was reasonable and NOT worth any of the extra work. "But if it was just a sentence, I'd just cross it out and keep going!" 'Cause who cared about writing aesthetic anyway? That was a DUMB thing to care about. Though, she figured that the Ravenclaw Prefect would care. He seemed like the type. The professor laughed softly at this flicking her wand at the board to add these replies as well as the previous ones given. "Both very good answers but I hope it wouldn't be to much trouble to correct it should it make sense to." Quote: Originally Posted by Watson Professor Stewart got a warm smile and a nod in response. "Very well thanks. Taking breaks while I can with studying." She was definitely following the woman's advice to approaching OWLs. And the way that Ace greeted her and that smile made her stomach feel funny. Butterflies again but this time she didn't blush! AHA! One point to Holden for not blushing but the day still offered plenty of times for her to blush... Most likely. As soon as she took a seat, it seemed like someone else was joining. Oh and Zoryn was here. Olivia gave the younger girl a warm smile as she joined the table. Wow! Now they had quite a table here. Ace, Sam, and Zoryn. This was going to be fun! To Ace's question about muffin flavours, Olivia spoke up after Zoryn. "I have lemon poppyseed." It was one of her favourite flavors and as soon as she saw it, she KNEW that she had to grab two of them. One to munch on now and one for later. And class had begun. An interesting question. Hmm... "I'd draw a simple line through the word or sentence and continue writing. If it was pencil, I'd just erase it." The good old Muggle way.... unless there was a magical way to do that? Olivia was all ears. Could they transfigure an old piece of paper into a new one? "Is there a way to take the dirty parchment and change it into a clean one with a spell?" Hearing that her students were doing well always brought a large smile to this professors face. "That's good. Studying for OWLs, NEWTS or any other exam could be stressful, make sure not to over study, eat decent meals and get proper rest." With this being said she looked around the room to each of the students there not just Olivia. Exams would be happening in a few short months and she disliked seeing the students get themselves all worked up about it. Ah, another that would correct the problem by drawing a line through it or erasing it. "Crossing it out and continuing on is good but I like the idea of erasing it, much neater." Camilla nodded a smile tugging at her lips again as a question was asked to her now. "Indeed there is and I will be getting to that in just a few moments." That just so happened to be what they were talking about today! Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Ah there was Liss and Vivi! Smiling gratefully at the arrival of roommates, she felt almost guilty now, having taken up residence at Théo's table because he was surrounded by Slytherin females. At the same time she wasn't sure that the second year would notice or care. When Professor Stewart greeted her and asked if everything was alright, she sent another apologetic smile at the woman. "Oh yes, yes, just fine, Professor. I just I had thought maybe this was a Gryffindor only lesson," she admitted quietly, shaking her head at the foolishness of that. Hogwarts hadn't separated out classes by houses in decades, maybe even in a century. And then the lesson was starting. What kind of questions were these? Misspelled a word while doing her homework? If she didn't have any clean parchment but needed to write something down? "It'd depend but there is the possibility that I would just repeat the something over and over again until I got clean parchment. Or if there was something different I could write on, then I might do that...." she bit her lip. "I think there maybe is a charm or something that could fix misspelled words." She wasn't sure, but she was pretty sure she'd seen it used before. Another student making her laugh softly today. "I can't say I blame you with that moment of confusion this afternoon. I myself was beginning to wonder the same thing," she joked smiling at Skylar. There had been a great amount of Gryffindors that came into the room before anyone else had this afternoon. She was glad to see that even with the difference between the questions she had asked most everyone was taking a shot at answering. A flick of her wand let her and the replies onto the board as she spoke. "Both very good answers and there is a charm that could help with spelling." She wouldn't be teaching any charms here today however. Quote: Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok Good, Good, Good. No homework just review. Which meant Théo didnt do it. But he was not in trouble. Very Good. He did wave back to Zoryn. Though the biggest surprise is before he knew it he was sitting with three older slytherin girls. Only one of which he kinda knew, Skylar. He smiled and said hi to them all. Huh, wait was class starting already. Oh, ok. It was and Théo did not know if he understood the questions. She asked a couple questions. Would writing on your hand work. He never tried it with a quill. But at home he did it with pens and stuff. He did not care about misspelled words. He just left those and winged it. Also who cares about how a certain sentance sounded. As long as it was done at all was a success to Théo. Not like he said anything out loud. Ooo a charm to help with misspells would be awesome. He would have to ask Chris if such a thing existed. A quite one. Camilla Stewart smiled at Theo before moving onto the next raised hand. There would be more questions later in the lesson that he could always answer. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Something to do with parchment. That was the vibe Cassie was getting about the latest transfiguration lesson. At least from the first round of questions posed to the class. Quill and ink certainly was far less removable naturally than the pencils found more readily in muggle studies. But there had to be something to do to fix things other than crossing stuff out…right. The Ravenclaw leaned her chin on her upturned hand as she tried to think on the prospect, listening to her fellow classmates as they offered up their own ideas on the matter. Rooney had rearrangement magic or conjuring new parchment. Sam had crossing it out as did a couple of Gryffindor girls of various ages. Then there was the charm to fix misspelled words that Cass had to admit could come in handy. “Perhaps using Evanesco or something like it that doesn’t vanish the whole parchment but just the writing.” That seemed to the fifth year it would work. Using Evanesco was indeed a good concept and Cass was on the right track here. "You're close with saying Evanesco. Vanishing the writing would be very useful." Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light Well, those were different scenarios. Etta considered the questions for a long moment, absently staring at her parchment. She'd obviously considered a spell first, a vanishing spell.. perhaps? But it was already suggested by a fellow classmate so she decided to go with something else. Besides, she wasn't exactly sure if a vanishing spell would work? She hesitated before raising a hand to answer. "Maybe there's a spell that would change the parchment into a brand new one? Or a spell.. that could vanish the writing so that the parchment is new again?" .. eh. They were just guesses and Etta wasn't exactly sure if they were right but at least, she gave it a try.. right? Bingo! "Very good! There is a transfiguration spell that will do just that and we will be working on in just a few minutes!" Etta's answers might have only been guesses but this was what they would be learning about shortly. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen Just as he was about to ~~barter~~ share muffins with his fellow Lions, the professor has started her lesson. He paused as he repeated her question in his head. Did he understand her correctly? "Professor if we made a mistake when writing something down on our parchment, we can use an erasing spell." which is something he's been using. "You certainly could use an erasing spell, Mr Salander." There was no doubt in her mind that many of the older students did just this. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Grinning as Emmeline joined their table, Derf really did not have time to reply when Professor Stewart began the lesson and had the Hufflepuf scratching his head soon enough. He had to agree with Rooney that these were two VERY different situations. Once meant you had nothing and the other meant you were rectifying a mistake. He was faaaaaaaaaairly confident that what the professor WANTED them to say was that they would conjure paper, but Derf was afraid to conjure anything and his feeble attempts at flowers had been, er, awful...so he was not about to suggest that. Still, his hand went up. "Us-s-se my hand!" he chirped. "Or arm....when I don't have any paper that is. But not my palm s-s-so much because sweat and it smears everywhere and s-s-somtimes rubs-s-s off on my face." "That's a helpful hint right there, Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne. If you decide to write something on yourself your arm might be the better place to do it rather than your hand." Not that she wanted them to go around writing or drawing on themselves. Quote: Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur Noelle wouldn't ever miss a transfiguration class. Even if.... she had a head cold. The cold was getting to her. Running the grounds without a jacket had probably been a bad idea. So here she was, bundled up with a red nose and sniffling. But she was here. She hadn't said much, one, because her voice was about gone. And two, because she didn't really have the energy. She was watching and listening though. She was prepared and ready to take notes too. Noelle sneezed into a hankie and nodded along to what others were saying. Evanesco. That was a good one. Camilla gave Noelle a smile taking note that the prefect looked a bit out of sorts today and under the weather. She was proud to see that even with that the teen was still in class and taking notes. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Jessa was standing RIGHT OUTSIDE the Transfiguration door, waiting for it to swing open. It was common for her. Always had to be early for her favourite subject. It proved slightly more useful to her in her experiments than Charms did, earning it the top spot. Not to say Charms wasn't as important because it really was but she liked the added difficulty that came with this one. Noelle didn't look so good and while she did like the older girl, she didn't like getting sick when there was still so much that she needed done so the Ravenclaw sorta....stood....a few feet away--just in case, but she did offer her a smile. Finally inside, Jessa turned to find her seat while she greeted the Professor with a cheerful, "Afternoon Professor." To her horror as she searched, it seemed group work would be the order of the day. Nothing could dampen her spirit more (unless class was cancelled altogether). Don't get her wrong, Jessa loved people and working with them but not when it came to important things like her experiments, Transfiguration or some other form of knowledge because the human element, when added, typically allowed for greater error and she didn't wanna deal with that while she was trying to LEARN. She was enough of a risk already. Didn't need others to make it worse. With something of a soft huff, Jessa took one of the seats and prayed to Merlin she wouldn't be stuck sitting with anyone who'd ultimately set her back. Circe knew the young girl had no patience for that sort of thing in her Transfiguration lessons specifically. Another quiet one. That didn't bother Professor Stewart none as she knew the younger girl was paying attention as always. *** With all the answers given listed onto the white board, Camilla looked it over. "These are all amazing answers and I'm super glad that even with the big difference between the two questions I asked you were all able to give me very useful answers." No one panicked and there was a lot of useful ideas here. "Those of you that suggested vanishing the writing are right on target with what we will be doing today. Actually we will be learning two different spells." She paused a moment. "The first is Induco. This spell allows you to effectively get rid of any writing on a sheet of paper or parchment. Now the thing to remember with this spell is you are changing the parchment into a clear sheet of parchment....or one specific area of parchment into a blank area. Anything you erase is gone, you can not get it to return." "Let's all start with saying the spell please. It's Induco. 'In-DOO-so', she recited slowly allowing them all time to repeat it along with her. "What you do is point your wand about three or so inches above where you want to begin erasing and continue to move your wand over all the writing you want gone. Like so." Raising her wand at the large sheet of parchment that was on the wall that was covered in drawings and writing, professor Stewart began. "Induco," she spoke clearly moving her wand in a straight line over about three away from what had once been the large writing of the word 'HAPPINESS'. The word began to vanish into a blank area on the parchment. "You can also use a spell to make words or text appear. That is what else we will be working on today. 'Stilus tabella' allows you to add writing onto a clear spot of parchment. All you need to do is firmly focus on what you want to written on the parchment, say the incantation and move your wand over the area where the words are to appear... keep your wand about three inches above the parchment." Once more lifting her wand to the area of parchment she had previous erased she moved her wand slowly in a straight line while speaking the words, "Stilus Stylus". In large clear letters the word 'FOCUS' appeared. "What I would like for you all to do is try the incantations and wand movements on your own first. Once you feel like you got it down come on up to the parchment here and erase anything you like and than add something of your own in the empty spot." She trusted everyone to be respectful with their writing. There was more than enough space for everyone to add something of their own. "Keep in mind while erasing things that you want to focus on the parchment becoming blank again. As for writing you want see in you mind the words appearing, the font you want. You may also speak the words out loud if you choose." Professor Stewart waved her wand at the whiteboard so that the incantations appeared there along with the wand movements. Quote: Incantation: Induco ( In-DOO-so) Wand Movement: A straight line over the area of words/text you want to make disappear. Keep your wand roughly three inches above/away from the parchment. Incantation: Stilus tabella (Stye-lus Ta-Bell-a) Wand Movement: A straight line over the empty spot you want the words to appear. Keep your wand roughly three inches above/away from the parchment. OOC: Sorry about the late post everyone but here we are with the mini lesson! There was a lot of talking but it's fairly simple... After practicing the spells on their own they can come up to the parchment erase a bit of writing using 'Induco' and than add their own writing using 'Stilus tabella' I won't be moving on in about 30+ hours. One decent post is fine if you want to fit it all into one post of many little posts, it's up to you! __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread**!