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SPOILER!!: headmistress and skrewts Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoe 
Even though Regina didn't stop and speak to Charlotte while everyone was carving Algiz and chanting the galdr, she did take a glance or two as she walked around the room. More smiles were given her way, if she happened to catch sight of them. The adult knew that this Gryffindor was able to move along at her own pace, without any tips or pointers or anything really. Honestly, she was convinced the girl could self-teach herself at this stage in her education.
If her answer didn't prove that, then call her a demiguise's uncle.
"Excellent response, Miss Kettleburn," the headmistress replied with an approving nod of her head. "You can most certainly carve Algiz on a door or the wooden frame to keep thieves at pay. I you are definitely correct about Algiz being part of the runic charm and a heap of other charms in general that protects the magical platform at King's Cross."
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"Yes, it would, Miss Dalgaard-Volkova. Miss Kettleburn actually brought this up briefly earlier in our discussion about what we already knew about Algiz," she stated, her tone in no way berating the girl for not remembering that detail. It was something that was only mentioned once and hadn't been touched on a whole lot so far this term. "Now, carving runes onto your wand is easier said than done. It reviews great patience, precision, and purpose. If you don't know how to go about the wand-carving process properly, the aftermath is likely to have severe consequences -- ranging from your wand backfiring, destroying your wand, or worse."
She paused, more so for dramatic effect and to make her warning very clear for anyone else who happened to think that they could carve runes onto their wand all willy-nilly.
"We'll be revisiting this topic later in the term," she added with a firm nod of her head.[/TEXTCUT]
After giving Stasya a response to her answer, Regina waiting for about ten seconds for anyone else who hadn't said anything to speak up. Her blue eyes glossed over the heads in the room, looking for any signs of someone wanting to say something. Only no one looked like they had anything to say, causing nothing but silence to fill the room that had a hint of smoke in the air. It was time to move on!
"Excellent answers, those of you who shared your thoughts with us! I thoroughly enjoyed your creative theoretical application of when and how you could use Algiz beyond the classroom," she said, getting ready to transition into the part of the lesson she knew everyone was eagerly waiting for now. "As Miss Cambridge hinted at in her answer, you all will be making good use of the energies of Algiz that have been invoked on your suit of armour. In the side room in the back, I have --"
BANG! ... BANG! ... BANG!
BANG!
At that moment, the headmistress was cut off. The door of the side room was blasted off its hinges and a cloud of dark smoke burst into the classroom. Regina immediately grabbed hold of her wand, her metallic pieces of her armour clanging. Well, that hadn't gone exactly according to plan. Oh well.
"Everybody, take out your wands NOW! Your goal is to put our rune-protected armour to the test and subdue our beastly guests in any humane manner you can think of. Work together as a team and stay vigilant!"[/COLOR]
OOC: We have made it to the main part of the lesson! =D
As Regina stated, your goal is to subdue the beasts that will soon be making their appearance. Here are a few rules: 1) work together -- there is strength in numbers; 2) use your wands ... or don't for the LULZ; 3) any spell your character knows is fair game, so long as it doesn't torture, kill, etc. our beastly friends; 4) the rune-protected shields will DEFINITELY keep everyone safe -- at most the armour will be lightly scratched or dented; and 5) HAVE FUN!
Our lesson will be wrapped up sometime in the evening on October 15th, so feel free to go bananas! Updates from out beastly friends will happen at least once per day -- fingers crossed for more than that if RL is not super crazy for me! -- until Sunday.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BLAST-ENDED SKREWTS! If they were capable of human speech, the leader of the group likely would have been shouting something along the lines of 'CASH ME OUSSIDE, HOW BOUT DAT?'
Wasting no time whatsoever, the hoard of skrewts inched their bodies past the threshold of the door. Wanting to fart fire out of their rear-ends, these beasties were ready for a fight.
The creatures scattered around the room. The younger ones were pale, lobster-like, and only three feet in length. Others, grey in colour and looking like a bizarre giant scorpion-crab cross were much bigger in size. A number of them had stingers already erect, whereas others were revving up their suckers.
Their bums were already blazing. Ready ... aim ... FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE! Charlotte was semi-interested in the whole... charms protecting Kings Cross thing, and had once looked into it, only to stop when she realised it was SO much and also so much of exactly what was there was a secret kept somewhere she didn't have the patience to dig into, but it was still interesting, and also gratifying to have confirmation that her answer was correct. She smiled happily and continued adjusting herself to be comfortable in the armour.
And she HEARD that, again! Another confirmation that they'd be getting to dabble with wand customization! Next level exciting, right? She smiled at Stasya, her excitement at the the prospect evident, and was about to say something when the next thing she knew, the professor herself was being interrupted by loud bangs.
And soon the purpose of said armour was revealed. She almost had a conniption, she was so excited! Her wand was already out, though she noted that gripping it wasn't super easy in armour. So then, to start, a gripping charm, on herself. That was a good idea.
She kept a wary eye on the approaching Blast Ended Skrewts, and had the fleeting thought that riding one of the bigger ones would be PRETTY exciting. No. Focus! She was going to focus! What did she know about the Skrewts? The boy ones had stingers and the girl ones had suckers. Their armour deflected most spells, right? Like her own, she supposed. And they were vulnerable on the belly! Yes! Also, she wanted to challenge herself. It was Ancient Runes right? So, why not use runes?
Speaking of runes.... the Algiz one was protective right? But what if the heat from one of those skrewtsplosions ROASTED her alive? And if not her, then her WAND? WHAT IF that happened? Especially because she was the sort, with all her dueling expertise, to just get on in there. So which rune would be better for her purposes? Hagalaz or Isa? Hail or Ice? Char decided on ice in a split second and turned her wand on herself, casting Intaglio Isa, engraving a second rune onto her armoured self. She chanted as she moved into a better position.
"isa isa isa
i i i i i i i i i
i i i i i i s s s s s s
s s s s s s i i i i i i
i i i i i i i i i."
Would it glow the same colour, she wondered? Would it effect the colour the Algiz was glowing, as the runes began to adjust and work in harmony with each other? She was unsure, but she couldn't spare it too much more thought -it was time to go on the offensive! The invoked Isa could hopefully also have the effect of strengthening her freezing spells, which would help counter any firey blasts for sure AND hopefully slow them down if she could get at their... erm... propulsion... system. And there was one blasting itself right at her! She flicked her wand out, drawing a line sideways and then flicking up, the homing spell she'd learned.... in first year.
"Persequoris Skrewt's belly!" The orangey light flared out, zagging towards, and hopefully homing in on its target.
She wasn't combining it with anything else yet, but she would. This was just... a test. To see if it would be a useful aiming tool, one that she could combine with some Isa-enhanced freezing spells, if it all worked out!
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Last edited by TeafortheSoul; 10-12-2017 at 01:18 PM.
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