Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Torii laughed. Well, she started to laugh, and the hiccuped again, and she finished her laugh. "It's Presley Victoria," she said. "Torii's just a nickname." Neither one of their attempts worked, which was kind of annoying for two different reasons. One, she hated having the hiccups, and two, this had nothing to do with Charms.

She nodded when he suggested pressing his tongue to the roof of his mouth. "...and I'm going to...," she said, thinking this one over. "I'm going to turn a cartwheel!" She'd seen another girl do a few not only a second or two ago, and now she wanted to try it. She stood up, moved to an area of the room where she didn't think she'd hit anybody, and then she cartwheeled.

"Heyyy....," she said, coming back to Gunnar. "I think my hiccups are gone!" She doubted seriously it was because of the cartwheels, though. It was probably because enough time had passed by for the hiccups to naturally go away. I mean, that was bound to happen at some point, right?

Originally Posted by Dolly Dopple

Oh, this was so wonderful! Oddly enough, the sound of children hiccuping was music to her ears! But only because it meant they were about to learn a very useful spell that would serve them for the rest of their lives. They could thank her later.

As the activity began and students began attempting to remedy their hiccups in ways that really would not work, Dolly wandered around the room, hands clasped in front of her chest, an eager, wrinkly smile plastered on her old face. She did notice those were weren't participating (she wasn't THAT blind), but she was giving them the benefit of the doubt. She knew that not everyone enjoyed participating in class activities. But it was their loss!



She was passing by one young girl who thought to ask her for sugar. Oh, how funny! She must not have been paying attention! Silly. "Nope!" Dolly replied cheerfully before moving on.



Later on, she was nearing another student as they addressed her. Ah, now she must have been a Ravenclaw! Quite the thinker - putting two and two together! Dolly clapped her hands together. "You're absolutely right!"

So, yes, they were trying in vain.

How fun!

After Dolly had made it around the classroom, she returned to the front of the room and stood by her dead kneazle. Really, it HAD to be dead. Wait, did its tail just twitch???

"Excellent job, everyone! I appreciate ALL of your participation in the mini activity. As you have probably discovered, all of these silly muggle tricks don't work! Especially not on magically induced hiccups, like -- uhhh, that girl-" she pointed to the smart Ravenclaw (Sangeetha) who had figured it out, because, honestly - was she going to learn any of their names? Probs not. "just figured out. An extra 10 points to Ravenclaw!"

Oh, it felt good to award points! How exciting.

"Now, since you all still have the hiccups, we are going to learn the handy little spell that will get rid of them." Waving her wand at the chalkboard, the list of muggle tricks disappeared and a new spell appeared in its place, in the same, wiggly, terribly old-lady hand writing.

singultus fixus
(sin - GUL - tuss - FIX - uss)

"Singultus fixus!" Dolly said, as an example of how to pronounce it. "Now, for our last activity I want you all to practice the incantation and wand movement and then help someone else get rid of their hiccups. Of course, if you wish to work alone, that's just fine. Now -- the wand movement!" Dolly lifted her wand and then did the quickest little tap in the air. "It's quite simple, just lift your wand and pretend like you are going to tap the person on the nose. Just a quick little tap. But don't actually touch them - that could be quite dangerous." Maybe. Perhaps. Who knew.

Dolly tucked her wand away again. "Alright everyone! Get to work! Practice your spells and get rid of those hiccups!" Oh, weren't they so glad for her help?!

OOC: It's time for the main activity! Have your character practice the spell and incantation. Then have them get rid of either their own hiccups or someone else's. You can partner up with someone if you like, but it's not necessary. Students WILL be able to cast the spell on themselves. If your character has a question for the professor, please put "Professor" in your post title. There is NO minimum post requirement - post in as many or as little posts as you want/need You have about three and a half days to complete this activity (until January 17th at about 9 PM (GMT-7))

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

...say what?

So Torii had just spent the last half of class basically doing nothing at all? Well, she had been doing something, but it had amounted to nothing, and that was kind of the same thing. Then there was the fact that she'd still managed to cure her hiccups, although now she had no idea how.

*hiccup* ...

Oh.

Or not. She cast Gunnar a sideways glance then sighed. "So basically," she said to him, "we were fooled." Dopple had won that round. Oddly enough. "I kind of feel like we should have seen that one coming..." Whatever. She had a spell to learn.

"Singultus Fixus," she said out loud. "Sin-gul-tuss fix-uss." Sounded right at least.

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"Singultus Fixus," Torii said again, still getting a feel for the spell. The wand movement wasn't that difficult either. Torii practicing tapping the air as she said the incantation. "Singultus Fixus," she said, pairing it with a tap. Seeing as the tapping part was really just a piece of cake, Torii turned back to her partner.

"Okay, I think I have it now. Want me to see if I can get rid of your hiccups?" she asked Gunnar. Oh, and...she'd love for him to get rid of hers, too. Which brought her to wonder, exactly how did this work if you were all by yourself and needed a cure for magically induced hiccups? She imagined trying to tap yourself on the nose with your own wand wasn't very easy.

"How are you coming along with the spell? Think you can get rid of mine?" she asked.

*hiccup*