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Ravenclaw Fifth Year
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Luca Benetti
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Neva trained her wand on the board, ready to record the students' answers as they shared them. She'd expected the the ones relating to movement, though there were a few others that surprised her. That always seemed to be the case, though.
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Originally Posted by astrocat  "Hiii!" Ash KNEW that Kayne would cheer her up! Well, as much as possible. So like, today was tolerable now??? It was hard to explain. Oooh! Nail art. "Those are so pretty. You're so good at doing nails, vice president..."
Hmph. How come Peralta was crashing their party??? WHYYYY. Bruh. She gave the professor her near-perfect grumpy face. She looked like a very angry Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. But like, a 13-year old girl. It was perfect.
She looked at her feet to avoid looking at the professor. You know what sucked? Her feet had a lot of scars on them from surfing accidents and the like. Now people would judge her and think she was stupid and reckless. At least her nails looked good.
Clearly, this class was going great.
"You can use your feet to kick stuff. But you need to be careful. You generally shouldn't kick with your toes tho because you'd hurt your toes. The other methods of kicking things are better." She looked at Peralta innocently. "Breaking your feet is painful, so you need to take good care of them." She wiggled her toes.
Ashley Fox talking about being injured and kicking things??? Being passive-aggressive??? No way! What??? Crazy... impossible... yeah. Totally. Never happened. The professor must be dreaming. The grumpy face did little to Peralta, who was immune to this sort of acting out by now. She could make them all she wanted, but Peralta would remain firmly fixed on doing her job, which was to teach. Sorry, kid.
"Kicking things." Huh. Okay. Well, it wasn't a wrong answer. "Whether for sport, for protection, or for throwing a tantrum, feet can certainly be used to do that." With the whole grump face thing, something told her tantrums weren't off the menu for Miss Fox. Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny The premise of all this was bizarre for a structured, classroom kind of class - shoes off was more like a yoga, pilates vibe, fit for a gym class. It didn't really seem like that kind of thing was appropriate for a charms lesson, but Teddy wouldn't put it past Peralta to have something fun on the agenda.
He had sat beside his sister, Kizzy, before class began, and chuckled at her question. With Peralta's reply, Teddy gave Kiz an encouraging nudge as if to say, Hey, it was a fair question. Seemed like they could never escape the bread, and this Ravenclaw would wager a galleon or two on a bet that bread would somehow, some way, make its way into this classroom today.
Looking down at his own bare feet at the professor's proposed question, there were a few obvious answers regarding basic forms of movement at the tip of his tongue, but he elected to leave those to the younger students. "For balance," he offered with a raised hand. "To keep ourselves upright and not topple over. Helps keep us grounded." Without feet, they'd have to balance on what would be peg-like appendages, which was probably a lot harder, he figured. "Balance is an excellent example, yes." She smiled, flicking her wand to make the word appear on the board behind her. "More specifically, the toes on your feet help to keep you balanced as you move throughout your day." Quote:
Originally Posted by Waddles Mamie wiggled her bare toes beneath her desk and raised her hand. "Dancing!" she said excitedly. Sure, walking, running, kicking things were all more obvious answers, but hers was more fun.
She looked over at Ashley, to see what she thought. Did she like her answer? Mamie wasn't a fan of Ash's answer, so she knew it wasn't important that her friend liked it, but still. It would be good to know. "Need your dancing feet for dancing, yes. Good." Neva was a big fan of dancing, so she smiled at this answer. Despite the whole music thing, they wouldn't be doing much of it today. Maybe another time, though. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Fiona smiled at her closest friend and greeted her with a "Hey there, Claudine."
Fiona gave Heath a warm smile. "Hello, Heath."
Fiona thought for a very brief moment before raising her hand. "I know that some creatures such as the sloth use their feet in order to grip onto tree branches." The creatures direction was where she'd hoped some students might go with their answers, particularly after their last lesson. She was pleased to see Miss Jenovick was on this track of thinking. "Very good. Feet can come in all different shapes and sizes and for creatures, the make of the feet help them to climb or jump or grip more easily." Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolyander When the door to the classroom closed, signaling the start of the lesson, Lia wiggled herself back into the chair sitting up even straighter. Her legs were still swinging back and forth beneath her desk in time with the music playing but she was very much paying full attention to Professor Peralta.
Dahlia raised her hand. "Feet can be used to hold things. They can be used just like out hands with enough practice." When she had finished speaking she leaned down to take out a sheet of parchment, quill and some ink so she could quickly write down her notes. All of this could be important and it might come up on a test or something. Always best to be prepared. Another good answer. Neva would be lying if she said she didn't drop a pen occasionally and use her toes to grab it. No judgements, okay? She was usually exhausted after a day of classes. "They can be, that's true. Many people who do not have upper limbs for one reason or another use their lower ones to master skills like holding things and picking them up. Even writing. Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat Slyly smirking at Professor Peralta's comment about how this wasn't a nail salon, Kayne quickly put the notebook and nail kit back into his bag; and gave her a nod of acknowledgement. After which, he quickly found himself replacing the two with his regular notebook for class and a quill. Then turning back to Ash, he shot her a look of I'll just show you these later then. That gave something the two could do while hanging out back in their little secret HQ. But regardless, it was class time now, so the boy put his focus onto the Professor.
Listening while she spoke, the question posed to class was rather simple. At least, right now it was. Feet could only do a limited amount of things so obviously, the first people who spoke had it easier coming up with an answer compared to those who waited. Kayne would not be doing the latter of the two. Raising a hand in the air, the Slytherin said "One thing that feet can be used for is peddling a bicycle." A simple answer to a simple question certainly solved the trick. He wanted to continue on with more answers, but Kayne wouldn't just disregard the fact that the other students needed stuff to say. "They can be used to peddle with some practice, that's true." She nodded, adding that answer to the board. Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Misa raised her hand and offered the most obvious answer. "You use your feet for walking." All things with feet did that. They also ran with them. Jumped with them. Etc. This was a weird question. Well, someone had to say it. "...Correct. Thanks for that, Miss Couture." Quote:
Originally Posted by Emzily Drats! She was going to say dancing. Everyone probably wanted to say dancing, though. Remy paused to think about another answer, that wasn’t immediately coming to her.
… “…pedicures.” All that thinking just for THAT. She decided to elaborate. “Or for other fashionable reasons, to wear nice shoes, to run a catwalk.” Remy sighed after her answer. How dare she talk about looking fashionable when her own toes were so boring and unpainted. A girl after her own heart. "Feet can certainly be used to reflect someone's style and personality by dressing them up with accessories or polish. Good thinking." Professor Peralta's shoe collection was extensive, so she completely agreed with this. Quote:
Originally Posted by MadAlice Violet caught the hint when the professor greeted her--had she not said hello when she came in? She couldn't remember. Ever since that pesky bread started appearing all over the castle, even in the classrooms, Violet found she was having trouble concentrating and remembering things.
Well, she would try to pay attention in this class and maybe get back in Professor Peralta's good graces. Raising a hand, she offrered, "A lot of animals use their feet to scratch themselves when they itch. Though I guess not many people do." Not unless your hands were full or something--Violet supposed a person might scratch the back of one leg with another without looking too weird. "The image that this brings to mind for me is a dog scratching at its ear or a cat pawing at theirs. They do use them, yes." Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Feeling slightly discouraged, Kins nodded obediently in reply to her Professor's request. "Okay." She really would try to focus, even though she'd rather be munching on bread or making little breadmen with the doughy bits. Fortunately, Teddy's encouraging little nudge did just the trick. And all in all? Kiz was ready for class to start so she could figure out why the heck they weren't wearing shoes today!!! So weird. Maybe they'd get some bread as a mid-lesson treat.
When the first question was posed, Kinsay's hand shot straight into the air - she was eager. "Not just to stay grounded," she added after Teddy with a cheeky grin in his direction. "We can also use them to jump!" Hehe.
If she could answer with more than one thing, she'd offer up gymnastics as a second answer, but jumping was important in gymnastics too (especially when it came to vaults). So jumping was all encompassing. She was sure. The James siblings were cute. Particularly when they were grouped together like this and Neva could get a glimpse at what life must be like for them at home when they were all together. "Jumping is definitely something you can't do without your feet. You can control your jump and get yourself back on the ground using both feet." Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Claudine couldn’t help but glance at everyone’s feet as they came in. Some had well taken care of toes and pretty polish on, some had unattractive feet. She tried not to judge the latter but it wasn’t easy. She watched Heath approach her and Fiona. “Hi, you.” His feet were feet she was familiar with. No judging happened there.
Soon enough Peralta was starting things. What did humans and creatures do with their feet? The answers were limited, weren’t they? Many of her classmates seemed to have zoned in on humans but Claudine was thinking along the line of creatures. Of course. Up went her hand. “Some creatures use their feet, or talons as they’re called in some cases, to capture their prey.” Neva nodded her head, thankful that another student had gone down the creature road. "Good. Creatures not only can catch prey with their feet, but a butterfly can actually taste with them." So no, the answers really weren't that limited. It just took a little thinking outside the box. Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson A slight tint hit her cheeks at realizing she hadn't greeted their professor. Oops. Totally forgot to do that when the thought of everyones feet being on display occurred. "sorry Professor. How are you?" She hoped that Peralta knew she wasn't being rude on purpose.
Taking note of the other students answers she thought about her own. She smiled, "Ducks use their feet to swim basically." She loved watching ducks swim across water, it was so peaceful and perfect and man she really missed the small bit of nature she enjoyed. Where was Cooper at these days? She needed to go for another visit to the barns to see if he was there or not. "Quite good, thank you for asking, Miss Rivers." Professor P was glad to see her mouth was working today.
"Swimming, yes." Neva nodded. "Many birds have webbed feet, which enables them to be strong swimmers. Muggles sometimes use flippers for swimming, which are quite like webbed feet, to replicate this. Something to ask Professor Schmoe about if you're interested."
With a swish of her wand, the last of the answers appeared on the board and Neva allowed a few minutes for the students to finish up their notes before moving on. "Thank you for your answers, everyone. As you can see from the list behind me, feet are important to humans and creatures alike, and one of the biggest reasons are their role in movement. For this lesson, we'll be focusing on the creature aspect." Creature feet were much cooler in her opinion. "Elephants use their feet to stomp,vibrating the ground and allowing them to communicate with other elephants. Fox feet are made for digging, enabling them to break up the ground more efficiently. Bats can hang upsidedown from their claws. But by far the coolest use of feet, in my opinion, are the geckos and their sticky feet climbing skills." She smiled a little, looking around the room. "The hundreds of tiny hairs covering a gecko's toes help it to walk up walls, or even across ceilings without falling. And with the spell you'll be learning today, you'll be able to do the same." It was a fun spell, okay? Neva might've done some experimenting with it to come up with the day's activities and she'd really enjoyed herself.
"Digiti Viscosi, or The Sticky Toes Spell, will enable you to stick and move across surfaces you wouldn't normally be able to, much like the gecko can. The question I have for you is, why? Why might a spell like this be useful to witches or wizards? What scenarios might you find yourself in where you'd use a spell like this?" She looked around as she perched on the edge of her desk, waiting to see what they came up with. OOC: Hi friends! Next questions are up and they are: Why might the sticky toes spell be useful to witches or wizards? What scenarios might you find yourself in where you'd want to use a spell like this?. Please try not to repeat answers if you can! You'll have about 24 hours before we move on!
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