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debpetrisor · 03-05-2018, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

It was only when Daniel spoke that Gaston was jerked out of his worries for his daughter long enough to notice that Phantom had appeared. The cat drew herself up proudly and meowed, almost as if she knew she was being complimented, and Gaston smiled. "She's saying 'thank you'," he said. The smile turned into a laugh as Phantom darted across the room after the mouse he tossed her and began batting it around.

While the cat was sufficiently distracted, he turned his attention back to his student. He watched intently as Daniel attempted the spell, not entirely expecting it to work the first time... not that he didn't have faith in the boy, of course. It was just a difficult spell to master. The sudden exclamation startled him, and he looked, just in time to see the mouse twitch and squeak - and apparently Phantom noticed too. The black and white persian grew bored of the inanimate mouse she'd been swatting around and approached with an inquisitive meow.

Just as quickly as it came to life, the mouse fell still and silent again. Gaston immediately noticed the boy's disappointment and gave him an encouraging smile. "That was an excellent first attempt, Daniel!" he said. "It's a complicated spell to learn, and the fact that you made progress on your first try is amazing." He thought for a minute, tryign to determine what exactly went wrong. He had the incantation and wand work down, so it must've been the concentration. "Just keep practicing - and don't forget to concentrate."

Sigh.

The smallest smile appeared on his face at professor Marchand's encouraging words, gratefully nodding at his comments. He'd wanted to do a good job, but charms had never been his forte - he was good with living things, creatures, and recently plants, too. But his spellwork needed improvements, it always had. And there was only that much that you could learn from a textbook.

... and then he'd said it. The one thing that had bothered him lately.

Focusing again on his task, on making the toy mouse come to life, he pointed his wand at it and said, "Piertotem locomotor," but the mouse didn't even twitch this time around. Because of his concentration. Maybe this time at fault was also the fact that he'd wanted and expected the spell to work on his first try.

Sighing, he put the mouse back on the desk and fell back against his seat, puffing his cheeks in annoyance. "I have trouble focusing on more challenging spells." The basics he could do, but if there was something that required his full attention... Maybe professor Marchand could help him with that instead?

03-05-2018, 08:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
debpetrisor Jarvey Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Room of Requirement Posts: 585 Hogwarts RPG Name: Daehyun "Daniel" Yoon Third Year	Quote: Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy It was only when Daniel spoke that Gaston was jerked out of his worries for his daughter long enough to notice that Phantom had appeared. The cat drew herself up proudly and meowed, almost as if she knew she was being complimented, and Gaston smiled. "She's saying 'thank you'," he said. The smile turned into a laugh as Phantom darted across the room after the mouse he tossed her and began batting it around. While the cat was sufficiently distracted, he turned his attention back to his student. He watched intently as Daniel attempted the spell, not entirely expecting it to work the first time... not that he didn't have faith in the boy, of course. It was just a difficult spell to master. The sudden exclamation startled him, and he looked, just in time to see the mouse twitch and squeak - and apparently Phantom noticed too. The black and white persian grew bored of the inanimate mouse she'd been swatting around and approached with an inquisitive meow. Just as quickly as it came to life, the mouse fell still and silent again. Gaston immediately noticed the boy's disappointment and gave him an encouraging smile. "That was an excellent first attempt, Daniel!" he said. "It's a complicated spell to learn, and the fact that you made progress on your first try is amazing." He thought for a minute, tryign to determine what exactly went wrong. He had the incantation and wand work down, so it must've been the concentration. "Just keep practicing - and don't forget to concentrate." Sigh. The smallest smile appeared on his face at professor Marchand's encouraging words, gratefully nodding at his comments. He'd wanted to do a good job, but charms had never been his forte - he was good with living things, creatures, and recently plants, too. But his spellwork needed improvements, it always had. And there was only that much that you could learn from a textbook. ... and then he'd said it. The one thing that had bothered him lately. Focusing again on his task, on making the toy mouse come to life, he pointed his wand at it and said, "Piertotem locomotor," but the mouse didn't even twitch this time around. Because of his concentration. Maybe this time at fault was also the fact that he'd wanted and expected the spell to work on his first try. Sighing, he put the mouse back on the desk and fell back against his seat, puffing his cheeks in annoyance. "I have trouble focusing on more challenging spells." The basics he could do, but if there was something that required his full attention... Maybe professor Marchand could help him with that instead?