 Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
So the basic concept of her answer had been correct, but her terminology was off… Tina was surprisingly okay with that. The terms were a little confusing, and honestly, she'd half-expected her answer to be even more wrong than it was. She nodded in reply to the professor to say she did mean velocity. Then words appeared on the blackboard, and Sandhu was talking again and - wow, that was a lot of information to take in at once! She listened intently, writing notes as fast as her hand could move so as not to leave anything out. By the time she was done copying, her hand was cramping slightly. Hmm… she really should invest in a quick quotes quill for these note intensive classes!
Tina couldn't help but feel excited when she learned they were doing the orbit focusing charm. Anything that involved wandwork was right up her alley! That wand movement sounded a bit complicated, but it was nothing she couldn't handle. Wand in hand, she practiced the vertical trace and tap a handful of times until she felt she had it down, then moved on to practicing the incantation. "kre-ah-re OR-bis," she repeated under her breath. "kre-ah-re OR-bis, Creare Orbis."
Now it was time to put the two components of the spell together. The only question was which object should she use as her first focus, and which should orbit it? Tina thought for a minute. Then it came to her, her butterfly hair clip! If she made it orbit something, it could look like a real butterfly in flight. It was perfect! She removed the tiny purple plastic clip from her hair and set it on the desk. "Creare Orbis!" she said, vertically tracing her textbook and giving the butterfly a little tap. She smiled as she watched the little purple butterfly moving in an elliptical path around the book. Wow, this lesson was actually pretty fun so far! Who knew?
Tina was so absorbed in watching her hair clip orbit that she almost forgot she still needed to stretch. Oops! She bent up and down, side to side, still watching her butterfly out of the corner of her eye. As she stretched, a thought occurred to her. Were they going to cast the orbit focusing charm on those roller skates to make themselves orbit something? That would be...interesting.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |