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*PhoenixRising* · 05-18-2018, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by debpetrisor

Re-ver-TOE. Okay, easy enough.

He made sure to pay close attention to the girl's wand movement, and mimicked it as she demonstrated it to him, his eyes growing larger when his quill had, indeed, turned back to its initial form. And then... it was back to stone? He'd been too fascinated to notice that she'd cast Duro non-verbally, once again awed by it. When would he be able to cast non-verbal spells? Merlin knows, he'd tried, but was never successful. There were just certain things that books couldn't teach him, and he felt this was one of them.

But back to Reverto. Nodding enthusiastically, he picked up with wand and copied the girl's wand movement, focusing on turning his quill back to normal, and spoke clearly, "Reverto!" In just a moment, his quill was no longer grey, but back to its usual pristine white.

... he had to touch it to make sure it was back to normal.

Turning to look back at the Slytherin, he beamed at her. "Thank you so much for helping me!" Now he could freely practice on his own possessions.

Watching the younger student a moment, she beamed when he successfully un-transfigured his quill. "Perfect. No problem." She quipped, as she returned to her seat. Though she'd already practiced the duro spell, non-verbally at that.

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Originally Posted by NifflerFan

Still beaming, her attention was next caught by the sounds of someone casting Reverto. Celestia turned her head warily in the direction of the person’s voice, but soon discovered that it was not an older student correcting a mistake. Rather, it was Miss Diggory teaching the spell to Mr. Yoon. Celestia made her way over to the pair of them and gave them both another warm smile, ”Three points to Slytherin for helping a younger student without being asked, Miss Diggory. And very well done with that spell, Mr. Yoon!”, she told them both cheerfully. Celestia normally simply expected student leaders to help their younger classmates without being asked, but she thought that now was a good time to set that precedent for this year’s new student leaders. She did secretly wish that the points could’ve gone to a Gryffindor, but Miss Diggory had earned them all the same. She was quite proud of both students in this situation!

Miss Kettleburn had unknowingly gotten started on part of the main activity already! That was fine with Celestia, as she liked to see students eager to challenge themselves. The professor approached Miss Kettleburn’s desk and told her with a smile, ”Three points to Ravenclaw for working ahead, Miss Kettleburn! I only ask that you take a break for our next class discussion. I think you’ll find that your pumpkin could use a little something extra before you Transform it to stone.” On that note, Celestia made her way back to the front of the room.

Celestia called the practice to a halt after around 10 minutes by blowing on a shrill whistle that was sure to get the students’ attention ~~or bust their eardrums~~. It seemed like most of the class had mastered the mechanics of the spell and she was personally quite ready to move on. Many students underestimated this spell’s complexity, but she hoped that taking valuable class time to learn the basics would prevent most disastrous mistakes.
Before they could move on to the activity she had planned, however, she had another question for the students to consider. This was a rather more important matter than the questions at the beginning of the class had addressed, so the professor stared around the room to ensure that she had captured all of the students’ attention.
She had just opened her mouth to speak when she noticed that one of her students had managed to sleep through her whistle!*** As a tight frown spread across her face like wildfire, Celestia stormed over to the student’s desk and promptly turned his/her hair a nasty, putrid shade of green with a nonverbal spell. There was no sense in teaching the students that one. She then turned to the student sitting nearest to the sleeper, Miss Maddie Kemp, and favored her with a small smile and a “Would you kindly wake him/her up, Miss Kemp?” before making her way back to the front of the room.

Celestia waited about a minute longer for the rest of the class to settle down before sighing and calling for order (without a piercing whistle this time). ”Now that [name] has rejoined the land of the living, let’s move on. I would like for you all to please give this matter serious consideration before answering. Would you all kindly give me a different scenario in which this spell could be used offensively or defensively? I’m sure you’ve learned enough from Professor Hirsch to be able to answer this question easily, and I think that given the events of last term, it’s time that we teach you all to become a bit more creative with your spell-casting.” Celestia explained all of this in a tone of voice that did not allow for any arguments. She didn’t want any snide remarks about this class not being Defense Against the Dark Arts, nor did she want to impinge on Professor Hirsch’s territory. However, she thought it was high time that their students began using spells across disciplines. Spells from different classes could be used in all sorts of different contexts outside of school, and Celestia was determined to teach her students that lesson if nothing else.[/color]

Oh sweet! She heard the Professor and maybeeeeee, just mayyybeee, she'd been trying to show off a little and prove to her that there were other great houses besides Gryffindor. Salazar Slytherin would be proud of her. Also, she turned her head when she heard Miss Kettleburn and three points for working ahead? UH... Was working ahead a good thing? Also, Chloe was a Ravenclaw though, so she reckoned it was probably to be expected.

Also noted... the fifth year she-snake who'd been ... wait, what WAS she doing??? She recognized the girl from seeing her in the stands during tryouts, but sleeping? She wasn't ....... Although the hair-color change spell was kind of funny ... mostly because it didn't happen to her. And really, was it necessary to have Maddie wake her up? Skylar was FAIRLY certain that if she hadn't been woken up from the shrill whistling, she'd probably have been dead.

But they were moving on now it seemed, with another question and Skylar had to double-blink at Jessa's answer. Turning ... a heart ... to stone ... uh... note to self: don't ever get on the bad side of Jessa Cambridge.

Also to note. Perhaps it was the "sleeping student" or perhaps it was the mention of the events last term, but Skylar had a slightly different tangent of a scenario to use for the spell. "Spells wear off after a period of time, yes? So what if you used it on yourself? Pretend to be a statue to avoid dangers and like, say everyone around you was getting possessed, if you were a stone statue, you wouldn't get possessed..." Of course you wouldn't be able to help the possessed either, but you'd be helping yourself maybe?

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,856 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers Quote: Originally Posted by debpetrisor Re-ver-TOE. Okay, easy enough. He made sure to pay close attention to the girl's wand movement, and mimicked it as she demonstrated it to him, his eyes growing larger when his quill had, indeed, turned back to its initial form. And then... it was back to stone? He'd been too fascinated to notice that she'd cast Duro non-verbally, once again awed by it. When would he be able to cast non-verbal spells? Merlin knows, he'd tried, but was never successful. There were just certain things that books couldn't teach him, and he felt this was one of them. But back to Reverto. Nodding enthusiastically, he picked up with wand and copied the girl's wand movement, focusing on turning his quill back to normal, and spoke clearly, "Reverto!" In just a moment, his quill was no longer grey, but back to its usual pristine white. ... he had to touch it to make sure it was back to normal. Turning to look back at the Slytherin, he beamed at her. "Thank you so much for helping me!" Now he could freely practice on his own possessions. Watching the younger student a moment, she beamed when he successfully un-transfigured his quill. "Perfect. No problem." She quipped, as she returned to her seat. Though she'd already practiced the duro spell, non-verbally at that. Quote: Originally Posted by NifflerFan Still beaming, her attention was next caught by the sounds of someone casting Reverto. Celestia turned her head warily in the direction of the person’s voice, but soon discovered that it was not an older student correcting a mistake. Rather, it was Miss Diggory teaching the spell to Mr. Yoon. Celestia made her way over to the pair of them and gave them both another warm smile, ”Three points to Slytherin for helping a younger student without being asked, Miss Diggory. And very well done with that spell, Mr. Yoon!”, she told them both cheerfully. Celestia normally simply expected student leaders to help their younger classmates without being asked, but she thought that now was a good time to set that precedent for this year’s new student leaders. She did secretly wish that the points could’ve gone to a Gryffindor, but Miss Diggory had earned them all the same. She was quite proud of both students in this situation! Miss Kettleburn had unknowingly gotten started on part of the main activity already! That was fine with Celestia, as she liked to see students eager to challenge themselves. The professor approached Miss Kettleburn’s desk and told her with a smile, ”Three points to Ravenclaw for working ahead, Miss Kettleburn! I only ask that you take a break for our next class discussion. I think you’ll find that your pumpkin could use a little something extra before you Transform it to stone.” On that note, Celestia made her way back to the front of the room. Celestia called the practice to a halt after around 10 minutes by blowing on a shrill whistle that was sure to get the students’ attention ~~or bust their eardrums~~. It seemed like most of the class had mastered the mechanics of the spell and she was personally quite ready to move on. Many students underestimated this spell’s complexity, but she hoped that taking valuable class time to learn the basics would prevent most disastrous mistakes. Before they could move on to the activity she had planned, however, she had another question for the students to consider. This was a rather more important matter than the questions at the beginning of the class had addressed, so the professor stared around the room to ensure that she had captured all of the students’ attention. She had just opened her mouth to speak when she noticed that one of her students had managed to sleep through her whistle!* As a tight frown spread across her face like wildfire, Celestia stormed over to the student’s desk and promptly turned his/her hair a nasty, putrid shade of green with a nonverbal spell. There was no sense in teaching the students that one. She then turned to the student sitting nearest to the sleeper, Miss Maddie Kemp, and favored her with a small smile and a “Would you kindly wake him/her up, Miss Kemp?”** before making her way back to the front of the room. Celestia waited about a minute longer for the rest of the class to settle down before sighing and calling for order (without a piercing whistle this time). ”Now that [name] has rejoined the land of the living, let’s move on. I would like for you all to please give this matter serious consideration before answering. Would you all kindly give me a different scenario in which this spell could be used offensively or defensively? I’m sure you’ve learned enough from Professor Hirsch to be able to answer this question easily, and I think that given the events of last term, it’s time that we teach you all to become a bit more creative with your spell-casting.” Celestia explained all of this in a tone of voice that did not allow for any arguments. She didn’t want any snide remarks about this class not being Defense Against the Dark Arts, nor did she want to impinge on Professor Hirsch’s territory. However, she thought it was high time that their students began using spells across disciplines. Spells from different classes could be used in all sorts of different contexts outside of school, and Celestia was determined to teach her students that lesson if nothing else.[/color] Oh sweet! She heard the Professor and maybeeeeee, just mayyybeee, she'd been trying to show off a little and prove to her that there were other great houses besides Gryffindor. Salazar Slytherin would be proud of her. Also, she turned her head when she heard Miss Kettleburn and three points for working ahead? UH... Was working ahead a good thing? Also, Chloe was a Ravenclaw though, so she reckoned it was probably to be expected. Also noted... the fifth year she-snake who'd been ... wait, what WAS she doing??? She recognized the girl from seeing her in the stands during tryouts, but sleeping? She wasn't ....... Although the hair-color change spell was kind of funny ... mostly because it didn't happen to her. And really, was it necessary to have Maddie wake her up? Skylar was FAIRLY certain that if she hadn't been woken up from the shrill whistling, she'd probably have been dead. But they were moving on now it seemed, with another question and Skylar had to double-blink at Jessa's answer. Turning ... a heart ... to stone ... uh... note to self: don't ever get on the bad side of Jessa Cambridge. Also to note. Perhaps it was the "sleeping student" or perhaps it was the mention of the events last term, but Skylar had a slightly different tangent of a scenario to use for the spell. "Spells wear off after a period of time, yes? So what if you used it on yourself? Pretend to be a statue to avoid dangers and like, say everyone around you was getting possessed, if you were a stone statue, you wouldn't get possessed..." Of course you wouldn't be able to help the possessed either, but you'd be helping yourself maybe? __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯