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Joyce Darlington
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SPOILER!!: replies! SPOILER!!: Mr Rousseau Quote:
Originally Posted by littledhampir  Indigo just nodded when his questions were answered. This spell was only for inanimate objects, not living things like people. Though there were other spells for that. That made a lot of sense, and Indigo wasn't surprised at all. Now he was a bit curious about what the spell would be that could be used on people like Indigo's questions had been about. Maybe he could ask later, or try to find something about it in the library. For now, though, he neatly wrote out a few more notes as Professor Darlington spoke.
He found it very interesting that the incantation had to be modified depending on the object. It was even more interesting that the modification depended on what the original form was, not necessarily on what it was now. That meant that you first had to know what the original form of something was before you could turn it back. Like glass. Indigo gathered from context clues that the original form of glass was sand, and now that he saw it he did remember hearing something like that before but he didn't think he would have been able to remember that on his own. So he never would have been able to do the reversion spell on something that was glass without first looking it up. He just thought that was interesting.
Why did they have to stand? Indigo was perfectly capable of practicing the spell while sitting at his desk. But he reluctantly got to his feet. Which one did he want to practice on first? His eyes landed on the bread roll first so he decided to go with that one. Why not? He repeated the incantation under his breath a few times. Prima Forma Siligo. "Prima Forma Siligo." As he said the incantation he made a counterclockwise circle in the air, ending with a point to the roll. And suddenly it was no longer a roll. It was... wheat? It didn't look quite right, but it was wheat-adjacent. Hey, it wasn't bread any longer. Expression as neutral as ever, Joyce paced between the desks so that she could get a closer look at the students and their practicing. One wrong move and they’d turn their own desks back into a wooden log. So far so good it seemed. Mostly, anyway.
“Not terrible for a first attempt, Mr Rousseau,” she commented, stopping briefly at his desk and looking at his handiwork. “A few more practices and I think you’ll master it with ease.” SPOILER!!: Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne AND Miss McCarthy Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie It really was ironic that the Head Boy resembled a botched human transfiguration effort given the question posed. Regardless of how unaware he was of his own appearance in the moment, Derf could think of approximately ten billion and two - give or take - situations that would require the branch of Untransfiguration. That was the same as Reversion, yes? The definitions were align so he reckoned so. In general though, Derf was a fan of counter-spells in general.
Though...the first instance that popped into mind had to do with Polyjuice Potion...but he really REALLY did not wish to dwell on that any further and so his hand remained down while he tried to wrangle his mind in to focus on a different option. Only it didn't happen - rather like telling someone not to think about pink polka dotted dragons and then that was literally ALL one could think about. When his mind finally DID dwell on something else...it was on the items in front of him which he reckoned they were meant to untransfigure once given the signal.
No matter though, especially seeing as Tina had mentioned essentially his thoughts anyway. Though something DID pop up in his mind - blessed distraction - in regards to Indigo's answer. "Is...hair color considered transfiguration or...uh...untransfiguration? When you're altering color you're not altering the essential nature of the hair, right?" Though Derf had never experimented on his hair, if anyone would believe that given his almost lion-like appearance in the moment. The line between Transfiguration and Charms always seemed like such a fine line to dance between - almost like the branches of magic were out to trick student on purpose, you know? "I mean...if you tried to give yourself say...unicorn hair as opposed to human hair then it would be different? Sorta the same with tattoos since that's dying the skin and changing it's color but not its nature?"
And Derf had his FAIR share of tattoos to dwell on this thought process. Though he had always imagined like...someone having to painstakingly use Tergeo on his skin to siphon the ink back off.
Oh, but right. They were moving on to practicing and THAT had Derf's full attention. Though first...notes on his parchment:
"Professor? Sabulo and all these are decided on based on the end result object, right? The one already in its transfigured state I mean. Not decided based on the true nature of the object...and meaning he have to guess which one to use when?" He was now pretty sure he had just confused himself with that...but hey at least he was practicing the anti-clockwise motion while he confused himself.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga Why was she looking at her like that? Chloe got a little uncomfortable as the professor had given her a weird look but soon she was looking at Derf who just walked in and said hi, "Hey" smiling that he was sitting next to her, she really liked having older friends. They were a great group and were always so helpful. Hearing the first question Chloe just stared at her desk not really understanding at first. The desk was something else? How were they suppose to know if it was like a bird transfigured into a desk or even a quidditch hoop? Where they learning how to tell or just doing the spell to figure out.
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She meant like the desk was parts of things put together. Now she got it and nodded in understanding. Being glad she didn't answer the question and look stupid in front of her classmates, especially Derf right there by her she continued to listen and take notes.
Then Derf talked and Chloe looked at the objects, at him, at the professor, and back to him. What did he mean? What were they doing again? S
She was now confused. She didn’t know the Head Boy all too well, but as she listened to his thoughts out loud, Joyce found herself half-wondering if the sorting hat had considered placing him in Ravenclaw. He had quite the inquisitive mind, it seemed.
“You’re quite right Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne. The distinction between Transfiguration and Charms can become quite blurry at times but I believe you’ve answered your own question with your example.”
And as for his question regarding reversion.
“The incantations practicing today can be used on any object that was made with these particular materials originally. They don’t have to be transfigured objects.” Perhaps that’s where the confusion lay. “That bread roll for example, was freshly baked this morning by our very own house-elves.”
Oh, and while she had the attention of the Head Boy.
“Could you kindly assist young Miss McCarthy?” The girl looked positively puzzled. SPOILER!!: Miss Gladin Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Nettie paid close attention to everything Darlington was saying - the woman commanded the room, that was for certain. THREE different spells today? Interesting. That was a lot, but it was a welcome distraction from everything else going on in her life. She would take it.
She decided to work on the wheat one first - for no other reason than she had just slammed her finger on the parchment and that was what had come up first. First, she did the anti-clockwise motion followed by a point. She did it a few times before she practiced the incantation.
"Prima Forma Siligo...Prima Forma Siligo..." she muttered a few times. Alright, time to try it!
She pointed to the roll and cleared her throat. "Prima Forma Siligo!" she exclaimed, doing the anti-clockwise circle and then pointing her wand at the roll.
It morphed down in to a mushy looking...thing, some bits of wheat forming in the mush...and then it stopped. She had a half formed pile of dough, essentially. With specks of wheat. Gross. She continued on her round of the classroom when she came upon Trinetta and……. Well, whatever that mush was at her desk. “Your concentration is severely lacking, Miss Gladin. Clear all distractions from your mind when you try your next item.”
SPOILER!!: Miss Swan Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy grabbed her notebook and quill and wrote down her notes before getting up from her desk.
Daisy decided to revert the glass goblet back to its original state. "Prima Forma Sabulo," she repeated in her mind until she was confident enough to attempt the spell.
She then picked up her wand and practised the anti-clockwise circular movement, finishing with pointing at the object. Now was the time to put the incantation and wand movement together.
"Prima Forma Sabulo!" Daisy firmly said as she moved her wand in an anti-clockwise circle and then pointing at the glass goblet. Within a few seconds, the goblet had turned into a little mass of sand. Miss Swann on the other hand, seemed to be getting on rather well and Joyce sent her an approving nod as she walked past. Very good. SPOILER!!: Mr Kartharos Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Saying a "Thanks" to Hanna and taking her spare quill, Dorian opened up his notebook to take notes when the Professor spoke to him again. And his ears turned red again. "I'm sorry, Professor" he mumbled before he continued a bit louder "I promise it won't happen again" the last time he had forgotten his quill was when he had been a first year. Making this rather embarrassing for him.
As he dipped the quill in the shared ink bottle, Dorian copied down in his notebook before he placed his , i mean Hanna's quill and stood up from his seat.
Deciding to work on the goblet, Dorian picked it up and placed it in the middle of his desk while he practiced the incantation in his mind. When he was sure that he got it right, he took his wand from out of his robe sleeve and rotated it anti-clockwise before pointing it at the goblet and said "Prima Forma Sabulo"
Surprising himself, the top of the goblet began to change in to sand as it slowly fell on his desk and Dorian was about to tell Hanna to look at what he had done because it wasn't often that a spell worked on the first try when he lost concentration and only half of the goblet had changed.
Sigh... And then there was Dorian and his attempt. “Not quite there yet, Mr Katharos. Hopefully you’ll have better luck when it comes to reverting your bread and paper.” As long as she saw improvements, she didn’t mind minor mistakes. SPOILER!!: Miss Dantes Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy So Tina had been wrong about reversion. That was… unfortunate. *She hated being wrong, and being wrong in front of other people was worst of all! Tina was determined not to make any more mistakes today, so she paid even closer attention than normal as Professor Darlington started speaking, feverishly copying down every word the woman said. The more she heard, the more it sounded like she hadn't been too far off in guessing that reversion involved breaking an object down to its basic components.
Tina was feeling reasonably confident until the part about changing the incantation to fit the object or nothing would happen. She looked at the incantations written on the board. That was a lot to keep track of, and the more there was to remember, the more potential there was for mistakes. She kept her eyes glued to the professor's demonstration, watching in amazement as the goblet turned to sand. She had to admit, that was pretty cool!
Tina stood behind her desk, glancing at the assortment of items. She decided to start with the goblet, as that had been the one the professor demonstrated first. She felt more confident with that one having seen what the end result was supposed to look like, and there would be no chance of mismatching the incantation… not that that was going to happen. It was pretty obvious that sand went with the goblet, wheat with the roll, and wood with the newspaper, but better safe than sorry, *right?
“Prima Forma Sabulo,” Tina mumbled under her breath. “Prima forma sabulo.” Once she'd practiced the incantation enough times to get a feel for the pronunciation, she raised her wand. The anticlockwise circle and point movement wasn't hard, so she only practiced it once before moving on to her goblet. She stared at it intently, visualizing it deconstructing into a neat pile of sand… just like the sand on the beaches back home. As soon as a clear vision formed in her mind, she moved her wand in an anticlockwise circle. “Prima Forma Sabulo!” she said, pointing her wand.
Did it work? When Tina looked again, there was a mound of sand where her goblet had once been, but the sand was darker than the white sand Professor Darlington produced. Did the color of the sand matter? Did she do it wrong? And if she did, how could she try again when her goblet was now a pile of brownish-beige sand? She hadn’t failed to notice Tina and the copious amount of notes she had been taking. Those notes would come in useful for the assignment she had planned on the subject so hopefully the next batch of marking wouldn’t be quite as horrendous. That was something at least.
“You achieved the end result, Miss Dantes, that’s what matters most,” she said in a rare moment of compassion as she made her way past the Ravenclaw. SPOILER!!: Mr Dooley Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick already knew something he wanted a reversion on. These small patches of Pink fur. He had walked into the hospital wing but heard they could do nothing. Forget that. He decided he'd rather be a bit pink and fluffy than stuck in the hospital wing. Plus he figured he could cover it up but judging by their professors reaction that wasn't going to happen either.
He sat silently writing down what the spells for the class were. He was going to have to make things go back to what they were before they became the thing they are.... did that sound right? Looking at the bread he decided he would give that one a try. As he grabbed his wand he took a deep breath. He could do this he could make sure he got bread back into wheat it looked easy as his classmates made it look.
Grabbing his wand he took a deep breath and began to visualize wheat instead of bread. Wheat, flour, grainy. "Prima Forma Siligo" he moved his wand counter-clockwise. He waited a second before glancing at the bread seeing it turn to wheat. He smiled. Wow he can't believe he actually made it go back to what it was. Patrick had also opted for the bread, and Joyce was content to see the small pile of wheat he’d successfully formed with his spellwork. “Good wand work and good visualisation, Mr Dooley, keep it up.” “Some of you are showing a lot of promise,” she said, still pacing between the desks. “Some of you need more practicing. Remember, it’s important that you visualise the end result. Clear your mind and as you speak the incantation, picture the item in its original form. You have ten more minutes to practice on your final two items.” Chop chop! OOC: Sorry guys, RL happened. Thanks for sticking around though and like Joyce said, get practicing on the other two items! 24 more hours for the mini-activity!
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