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Originally Posted by hermionesclone 
Not so good with spells. This reminded the man of another lesson in which he'd asked about the students and their problems with spellcasting and Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne had mentioned something along these lines. He couldn't help but wonder..... had the practice over the years helped with that? Especially Duelling Club?
"In this case, hitting them is probably the best thing you can do, apart from running away. And is the basis of the lesson today so well done!" Smile. "And good inclusion of the rocks here." Was the setup starting to make sense?
Hitting them? But Derf had like...REALLY tiny scrawny arms, professor. Or maybe the Hufflepuff was taking the man too literally. That was entirely possible. He was pretty decent at throwing - he could be a chaser, you know? - so MAYBE he could throw a rock or something at a troll's head and do some damage. LIKE if he hit them in the EYE. Other than that...yeah...running seemed like the best option.
So Derf simply smiled and nodded. Smiiiiiiiiled and nodded.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
"The Bludgeoning Hex is a spell that causes impact on a targeted area so, if you aim it correctly, you could cause enough impact on the troll to knock it out without using a heavy object." But if they had a heavy object near them, it wasn't a bad idea to use that either. "Almost like a giant, invisible hand punching at a targeted area."
"Today, we're going to be practising that spell on," He paused dramatically to gesture around him. "rocks! I want you to grab a rock, any size you fancy, and start practising the spell on it from a distance. The larger the rock, the harder it'll be to break and so, the more determination you need to make the spell work." Something to keep in mind. "You'll know if it's working if the spell causes the rock to crack and, if it's more powerful, maybe even break apart completely."
Was he missing something? Er.
"NEWT students: I want you to try and cast the spell verbally and then non-verbally. That goes for fifth years if you're already trying non-verbal magic or you want to start trying." The option was there. "Everyone else: verbal magic, please. I'm going to give you......." He paused to glance down at his watch. "10 minutes!"
"Ready? GO!"
SPELLWORK!
The giddy eager expression on the second year's face quickly faded when he saw that it was a fourth year spell. Uuuuuuuuh. Fudgesticks. The only "advanced" spell Derf had managed to somewhat master was Slugulus Eructo - although he had YET to get that to actually hit anyone come duel time. BUT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC. So...just to be safe...the Hufflepuff wasn't going to even try performing the spell properly. Not entirely giving up exactly, but accepting defeat rather. He knew his limitations and a fourth year spell as a second year (arguably with the casting ability of a first year) was just not going to happen no matter the determination, you know?
"La-be-h-fa-c-tum," he enunciated, most likely incorrectly. "Lab-eh-fac-tum...Labeh-fact-um..."
He even pocketed his wand at this point.
"LabehFACTum..."
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
"So get into teams, work out who's going to do the climbing and start creating those footholds. Remember: accuracy and control is key here! You don't want to be breaking the entire rock apart." A cheeky smile was flashed towards Emmeline. "And if you fall, the floor should cushion your fall." Not to mention that he'll be watching.
"You have....." He glanced down at his watch, "twenty minutes. Ready? GO!"
Aaaaaaaand they were moving on. At least he felt SOMEWHAT confident in the incantation, which was more than he could say with some other spells he SHOULD know for his age. The Hufflepuff's apprehension had him lingering in his seat a little longer than anticipated...long enough that most people seemed to group off and tackle the task with impressive efficiency. Sigh...he wished he could be of USE this activity. Just...standing watching was really embarrassing. Surely there was some way he could help...
"I'll group with you," he grinned when he heard Emmeline. He hadn't really been paying attention as to whether or not SHE could perform the spell - he assumed not, no offense - and then his blue eyes darted around until they fell upon Dora's friend Sam who was like...SUPER impressive herself, you know? She had been in that CAGE thing for Dora's sake and stuff and like...it was really really neat and inspiring to have a strong enough connection like that with someone. Made Derf wonder who would have been in the cage for him. Infatuation told him  Valerie Gray but his Hufflepuff heart said otherwise Abey. "OH OH OH SAM! Join us?!" he pleeeeeeeaded to the older Ravenclaw. "Uh...can I climb?" Since he was rubbish at the spell. "I'm a great climber. Do it all the time with the trees-s-s on the Golden Snidget reservation Hazel lives!" And only feel out of the tree once.
Okay twice.
Okay...three times.
Maybe four.
BUT TOTALLY A GREAT CLIMBER BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE FELL HE GOT RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN!
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