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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack  Nina arranged the items on her desk a few times in order to optimize space. She liked her workspace neat, but also practical. It was difficult to do with an obnoxious box taking up most of the space. She did, however, look up to see Józef grinning and offered him one in return. She was also quite disappointed that he didn't come to sit near her, but she didn't let the disappointment show on her face. She wasn't desperate.
When their Professor finally took center stage to begin addressing the class as a whole, Nina found herself to be quite thankful. She hated the in between waiting time before a lesson. There was really only so much disinterest a person could feign without having an excuse as to why they showed up in the first place. Pretending to hate the subject was an awful lot of work. Again, she was keen to learn anti-theft magic in particular, knowing that the spells would be quite useful for the dormitory. And as such, she made sure to have a spare piece of parchment out for notes. Which she would take rather diligently.
One of the things she did appreciate about her Head of House was how quickly he got to the point of his lessons. Most Professors enjoyed asking silly questions that took a long while to circle back to the main subject at hand. It was not only a large waste of time, but it was also annoying. While Nina knew a bit about particular spells imbued with anti-theft magic (the thief's curse being one she had personal experience with), she decidedly stayed quiet. Pretending not to pay attention, when really she was very much listening to every word. Nina was...silent. Truthfully, he wasn’t that surprised. Piers had a feeling that she didn’t like him very much and, therefore, wouldn’t be participating much in class discussions. But that was fine. She could do whateeever she wanted.
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Originally Posted by Fireheart As the professor greeted the remaining students, Avalon examined her box more carefully. She was tempted to pick it up and shake it to see what was inside. But a glance at the blackboard, followed by Professor Fuller-Thompson's introduction, told her that the box had something to do with anti-theft magic.
Another topic with which she wasn't terribly familiar. She had heard her dad discussing it in regard to his job with the ministry, but she only remembered bits and pieces. She tentatively raised her hand. "I don't know any of the specific spells, but I think that a lot of anti-theft magic prevents things from being summoned." She felt slightly ashamed that she couldn't recall at lease one anti-theft charm. Retrieving her quill, she scribbled the date and title of the lesson on a piece of parchment in the mean time. When the first person raised their hand, Piers gestured at the girl so she could answer. Ah, yes, the anti-summoning charm. Little did she know, that was exactly what they would be discussing today. ”Very good, thank you.” That’s all he would say on the matter... for now.
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Originally Posted by GrapehSarah Cassidy gave Professor Fuller-Thompson another small smile. She was here in class. And she actually quite enjoyed Charms. However, she didn't know much about the subject for the day. She bit her lip, her usual thinking habit, but nothing really was coming to mind. Other than anti-theft magic prevented things from getting stolen, but that seemed like a really stupid thing to blurt out. And Cassidy didn't feel like sounding stupid today. So she sat in silence just letting her other classmates handle this question. His eyes moved over Cassidy again. It looked like she had something to say, or that she was at least thinking pretty hard, but... silence? That was alright. As long as she was paying attention.
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Originally Posted by lazykitty Jeez, could you be any vaguer, professor? "Most magical objects sold these days have one cast on them," was Archer's contribution. Well, he had said anything. "Which I don't really understand, because most people these days are really too boring and lame to try and steal something," she added with her signature chuckle. Don't blame her for the wording, it was something that she'd overheard someone complaining about over the holiday. Not that she would personally try to steal anything, she wasn't that kind of person. Piers moved onto the next student and listened to her answer. He nodded at the first part of the answer. Some places did sell objects that already had anti-theft magic on them, but they were usually a bit more pricey. It was the second part of her answer that was the most interesting. People were too boring and lame to steal? He almost laughed. ”I, uh.. Don’t think that’s a bad thing.” And moving on.
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Originally Posted by Kolyander As the lesson began, Rylee opened her bag and pulled out a clean sheet of parchment and her self-inking quill. From the moment the professor started speaking she was taking down notes. Anti-theft magic was very useful and she was going to make sure she paid very close attention during this lesson. These were spells that she most certainly wanted to know and learn... well if these were ones she didn't already know that is.
"There's the Thief's Curse, professor. It's placed on books to keep people from reading to much of a book without purchasing it from the shop. I'm sure it can be used on other items as well with different effects." Ah yes, the charms that store owners put on their merchandise were quite excessive. Piers nodded. ”That’s right. Very smart of them to do that.”
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Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick was a bit surprised to see they were going to be learning about anti theft charms. We’re people stealing around the castle and he hadn’t noticed? Had he taken so much time to himself the prior weekend that he didn’t have a clue what was going on around the castle? He was confused for a second.
Shaking his head and getting his paper out he prepared himself for writing the notes for the class. He was writing answers left and right. “Are there rules about what kind of anti-theft charms you can use? Like with muggles they have certain things they can’t do if someone is stealing their belongings... does the same apply here?” well he was asking the hard questions today. Ah, and there was his other prefect. Piers gestured at Patrick so he could answer. And it was a question for him, alright. It was.. Slightly confusing. Muggles had certain things they couldn’t do if someone was stealing things from them? Perhaps he meant at stores? ”Well... no.” he said rather plainly. ”Anti theft charms would actually prevent that. There are no rules to charming your own objects.” Charming other people’s objects was a sticky subject for another time.
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Originally Posted by Govoni Aaron frowned at the back of Archer's head. She was incredibly pessimistic for someone from their house, but he supposed that was part of the reason she was such a good Prefect partner. She could be firm, where he failed to be. Sighing, he turned his attention back towards the professor, and refrained from tapping his quill to his notebook page. Nervous habit these days.
There was bad mojo afoot. Aaron stayed unsettled.
As for anti-theft magic, he had a few ideas, sure. Depending on what you were protecting, there were options, but then again, he'd never had a problem with anyone trying to steal from him. That he knew of, anyway. Maybe someone had tried. Or maybe he was far too trusting. That was a very real possibility.... huh.
Aaron made sure to raise his hand, offering a small smile. "All my most valuable items are protected by mokeskin." But that was probably better suited for Creatures lessons. "Colloportus seals doors, so you could put something in a room and seal the door to keep it safe." But also, if it was that important, you could also just reduce the size and carry it around on your person. When the next kid raised his hand, Piers called on him right away. He nodded at the first part of his answer, but paid more attention to the last part. Colloportus was a good lock, a good way to lock things in a room. Piers nodded. ”Very true, thank you. As long as there is no other way out, the objects in that room can’t be summoned.”
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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Kamryn was barely paying attention to who had come into the class. She was so in her own head she didn’t even notice that her best friend was behind her.
She looked up as the Professor asked about anti theft spells, but at the moment she wasn’t really feeling like answering anything, so instead she kept her head down and wrote notes and didn’t say anything..
That should work for now.. yeah? This one.. Silent, but taking notes, so he was okay with that. Moving on.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "The Intruder Charm could count, as it sets off an alarm that might scare a thief off. If you want to protect the items in your home, you could use it to try and deter anyone from coming in and trying to steal from you." Vita's possessions were valuable, but not in the way that would cause anyone to want to take from her. The things she wanted to keep safe were of sentimental value. Vita had an answer, so Piers called on her. He listened and nodded. ”Good. The Intruder Charm isn’t necessarily anti theft, but it’s certainly helpful to when when someone may be trying to steal something from you. Very good, vita.”
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Originally Posted by emjay Gunnar was rather pleased once class began. Not only were they getting right to the point of the lesson straight away, but it was also a topic he was fairly eager for. He knew a bit about anti-theft magic himself, having to learn some of it the hard way back in his first year here... not that he would dwell on that. So, either today would be a piece of cake, or he'd learn some more useful magic - or, preferably, both.
"Concealment charms work well to hide valuable possessions from potential thieves," Gunnar easily offered after raising his hand. He supposed they'd work similarly to keeping things hidden within mokeskin as Aaron said. And he knew several jinxes and curses as well that fit along this theme, but he found the answer he provided to be class-appropriate. A concealment charm, yes. Piers nodded again. ”A good idea, thank you.” Again, not anti-theft, per say, but definitely helpful.”[/b]
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Originally Posted by Watson Tell me everything you know about Anti-Theft Magic.
Well.... That was a big ask. Chase paused, listening to the other students' answers before providing his own input His attention was caught by Kam and he faltered slightly when he raised his hand. The sight of her caused him to lower his hand and then re-raise it. Kam.... They needed to chat after class.
"The disillusionment charm could prove to be handy, Professor Fuller-Thompson," suggested Chase. He supposed that being able to disguise oneself with the background surrounding one person could help catch a fiend. "With that spell, you could easily catch a culprit." Piers called on the next student. Again, not an anti theft charm, but he understood that they were running out of options here. ”A good suggestion, yeah. Thank you.” Disillusionment charms were handy.. Unless you forgot where that object was yourself.
As all of the answers were listed off in the discussion, Piers silently added them to the chalkboard with a wave of his wand each time he wanted to add them onto the board. That way, those who wanted to take notes, could.
”Alright,” he said again, pacing slowly in the front of the classroom. ”Some of you hinted at what we’ll be working on today. Our anti-theft magic today is specifically the anti-summoning charm. This charm, when placed on an object, makes it so that no one other than the owner of the object can summon it.” He would let that sink in. In the meantime, he wiped the chalkboard clean and wrote down something new on it. "Not only that," he continued, "But if you put this charm on, say... a box... and put items within the box, the items inside the box will not be summonable." Hence the boxes on their desks.
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Originally Posted by chalkboard Anti-Summoning Charm ”Before we get into the incantation and practice, I want to discuss one more thing. A spell that has the power to prevent something from being un-summonable... What would be something that you would put this charm on? On the contrary, what are some things you wouldn’t want to put the charm on?” And, ready, go. Again. OOC: Thanks for your replies! Feel free to use your imagination again on this next one. Class will move on in about 24 hours from this post. |