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Felixir · 11-08-2021, 05:11 AM

SPOILER!!: Individual responses

SPOILER!!: Claudine

Kamran allowed a little smile. "That's very fair, I'd imagine that's a common preference. It's unlikely you'll ever have to reverse quite so much after this lesson, but-" It was just on the tip of his tongue to say 'moving forward' before he caught himself. "-for the rest, I'd suggest either trying to twist your whole body around to see, or using someone else's eyes." Which would become clear in a moment. There was a third option too, of course, but he'd get to that when they launched into it. "Thank you, Miss Blaze."

SPOILER!!: Violet

Kamran caught the look, but said nothing of it. The question was intended for everyone to reflect, not just Blackthorne, so perhaps it was best he put that down to a little wounded pride and keep things moving.

"Thank you, Miss Blackthorne. That may be the case, but most everyone here required practice as well." Meaning that he hoped she would not be too discouraged. "You may even find that, having had the extra challenge of flying in reverse, going forwards might now seem a little easier." At the very least, she may have more confidence flying forwards. It was a sort of two-pronged lesson for his beginner level flyers in that sense.

SPOILER!!: Evan

Kamran nodded along with Nam's answer. "Thank you, Mr Nam. As with anything, it will start to become almost second nature soon enough." Which, by the way, was yet another reason he was happy to go fairly intensive with learning to reverse, as opposed to just devoting a few minutes to it. More likely for those controls to stick and be easily recalled, better still with a few refreshers in the future. "Exactly, yes. Sometimes, it's simply the quickest or easiest way to avoid or reach something or someone."

As he spoke, Kamran was struck suddenly by the memory of a race he'd participated in years ago. Several flyers ended up in the most baffling tangle of a pile-up after spectacular collision, and much manoeuvring in all directions was required for each to extricate themselves. But that had been so out of the ordinary, it wasn't entirely worth embarking on the story. Not today, at least.

SPOILER!!: Ash

Kamran was not surprised that Fox hadn't found things particularly difficult, but appreciated the response all the same. Good to hear from everyone, no matter their level of confidence. "Compared to normal flying, it is weird to do it all in reverse. But that's why I prefer that you're prepared for it if necessary. Thank you, Miss Fox."

SPOILER!!: Atlas

Merlin's broom, Flamsteed certainly had a knack for getting himself into some... situations. Fairly amusing ones, but Kamran was a professional. He was very good at keeping the smiles under wraps when they were inspired by an unfortunate student. Potentially bad for the confidence, see.

"... Yes," He flew over to the Gryffindor, and tried to make sense of exactly how he had managed to get himself close to gordian-knot levels of ensnared. "A learning moment, if nothing else." Might be he'd now know at least one approach he ought not to take. "Thank you, Mr Flamsteed." With that, Kamran started helping to untangle the boy.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Valentina had started to enjoy flying in reverse, it was actually a lot more fun than she'd expected. Sure it wasn't as easy but she just needed to practice more! Maybe.. she could practice over the weekends.. once she was done with dance practice and homework. She considered the questions for a moment or two before raising her hand.

"I didn't feel so confident about reversing buuut I more I did it, I kind of liked it! It was a little annoying to constantly look back over my shoulder to make sure that I was doing it right but overall, it was great!! I got to learn something new today, professor!" She beamed enthusiastically.

He was still extricating Flamsteed from the slalom pole when he replied to Nichols, nodding in agreement. "Good, thank you, Miss Nichols." He smiled, the enthusiasm fairly endearing, and its own kind of encouragement. "I'm glad. Hopefully this next activity will be a little extra fun too."

How Flamsteed had got himself so hopelessly tangled, Kamran did not know. In the end, he reminded himself of the very simple solution here, drew his wand, and vanished the offending slalom pole. With that out of the way, it was just a case of making sure those robes were untwisted and no longer a personal safety hazard. "Free once more." Not from his lesson yet, mind.

That situation more or less sorted, Kamran turned his wand out at the space where the students had been flying, and waved it once. The remaining slalom poles halved in number and flew down to the other end of the training area, while other obstacles blinked into existence. A set of hoops big enough to fly through, some stationary and some moving slowly left to right and back again, and then a series of stationary bars at alternating heights. The slalom poles came next, and finally - bright red, but hard to see at this distance - a touch plate hovering in the air marked the end of the course, one square foot in size.

Kamran addressed the students again. "For the rest of the lesson, I want you to make your best attempt at completing an obstacle course in reverse. Fly through one of the hoops - you may choose a stationary hoop or a moving one, depending on how confident you're feeling. Then the bars, go over, then under, then over again, and under again. Slalom through the poles, and then touch your tail twigs to the touch plate at the end." Given the difficulty some of them had had with the poles, he expected a little... dismay. Maybe. Just a touch. "Try not to be discouraged if you don't make make much progress through the course; while it is designed to be challenging, the point is really to have some fun with it, while also learning to reverse with precision."

As always, he was looking for effort, not perfection. Perfection would be an excellent bonus, of course, but the point of these lessons was to have a safe learning space.

"If you have trouble with an obstacle, don't worry about starting over from the very beginning, just keep going." There was some irony in that, he supposed, given this was a lesson about looking and moving back. "You can pair up for this one, and direct each other through one obstacle at a time, or advise each other on how to tackle a particular obstacle. If you want to complete the course solo but the neck strain is getting too much, I have rearview broom mirrors set aside. Let me know if you'd like me to summon one for you." Hopefully that wouldn't be necessary, but Kamran had made sure to be prepared to accommodate for that kind of difficulty for this particular activity. "Be sure to stagger your start times, and be patient with each other. I'm right here if you have any questions."

He gave another blast on the whistle, indicating that it was time to get moving once more.

OOC: Apologies for the delay. Main activity starts here; you don't need to wait on anyone before starting or taking on an obstacle, just play like it's your character's turn. You can do this in as many posts as you like, and your character does not need to complete the course for full credit. RPing solo or in pairs is both a-okay. We'll be wrapping up at about 4am GMT on 12th November (11pm EST on 10th November), so you have just under 96 hours from now.

The course:

- Goes straight from one end of the training area to the other
- Hoops (fly through one; some are stationary, some move, so pick the approach your character prefers)
- Over and under bars (a series of four bars; fly over, under, over, under)
- Slalom poles (fly in and out of these, as in the mini activity)
- Touch plate (touch the broom's tail twigs to the touch plate)

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,173 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight SPOILER!!: Individual responses SPOILER!!: Claudine Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Perhaps it was Kazmi’s constant encouragement that helped her during flying lessons. Pretty much the same as Aguilar’s encouragement had done. Claudine gave Kazmi a grin and got out of the way so that she wouldn’t be a hindrance to others doing their laps or zigzagging with the poles. Because the Snakette wasn’t the type to draw attention to herself, she hovered there silently cheering Heath on, even when any mishap occurred. Anyway. Moving on time. Claudine’s hand was possibly one of the first up. “It was… interesting. The poles made reversing more challenging.” Merlin knew that reversing was already a challenge for her. “My neck hurts from looking over my shoulder so much.” And her eyes felt funny because they were legit stuck to one side of the sockets the whole time. "Even though reversing is important, I prefer regular flying.” Kamran allowed a little smile. "That's very fair, I'd imagine that's a common preference. It's unlikely you'll ever have to reverse quite so much after this lesson, but-" It was just on the tip of his tongue to say 'moving forward' before he caught himself. "-for the rest, I'd suggest either trying to twist your whole body around to see, or using someone else's eyes." Which would become clear in a moment. There was a third option too, of course, but he'd get to that when they launched into it. "Thank you, Miss Blaze." SPOILER!!: Violet Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice Violet's broom arrived in her hand right on cue (at least she was good with other spells, ones that didn't involve flying). But as she tried to mount it, she found that some of the vines had taken hold of her left ankle. *"DIFFINDO!!!"* she shouted, cutting at them viciously. In just a few seconds, she was vine-free, mounted on her broom, and flying back into the air, feeling much better for having struck back at the offending plants. Violet stared at her teacher unbelievingly. How did the activity go for her?!? Violet felt that was pretty obvious to anyone who'd seen it. She'd made a fool of herself, just like almost every other flying lesson, which was why she disliked flying so much. Violet didn't like to fail at anything, and she particularly didn't like to make such obvious and public mistakes. But, feeling like she ought to say something, she finally said, "Well, I guess I need to practice going around obstacles a bit more" in a low voice. Kamran caught the look, but said nothing of it. The question was intended for everyone to reflect, not just Blackthorne, so perhaps it was best he put that down to a little wounded pride and keep things moving. "Thank you, Miss Blackthorne. That may be the case, but most everyone here required practice as well." Meaning that he hoped she would not be too discouraged. "You may even find that, having had the extra challenge of flying in reverse, going forwards might now seem a little easier." At the very least, she may have more confidence flying forwards. It was a sort of two-pronged lesson for his beginner level flyers in that sense. SPOILER!!: Evan Quote: Originally Posted by Chelliephone The rest of his practice reversing had gone pretty much as the first. Mistake, mistake, finally slowly through the obstacle. Mistake, mistake, again through. Mistake.. and then through without the second. He didn't get around to making zero mistakes, but he at least made a bit of progress. Which Kazmi had seemed to notice as well, at least. But all too soon, the activity was over and it was time to move on. How did it go? He raised his hand. "It was surprisingly difficult remembering to change the direction to being the opposite of where you want to go. It became such muscle memory for flying forwards." Hence the few times running into a pole. At least he'd have nothing but some bruises, and no worse than falling at home. "As difficult as it was, I think it's good to know. Reverse would be another good way to dodge an incoming object, such as a bludger or another player on the Quidditch pitch." Kamran nodded along with Nam's answer. "Thank you, Mr Nam. As with anything, it will start to become almost second nature soon enough." Which, by the way, was yet another reason he was happy to go fairly intensive with learning to reverse, as opposed to just devoting a few minutes to it. More likely for those controls to stick and be easily recalled, better still with a few refreshers in the future. "Exactly, yes. Sometimes, it's simply the quickest or easiest way to avoid or reach something or someone." As he spoke, Kamran was struck suddenly by the memory of a race he'd participated in years ago. Several flyers ended up in the most baffling tangle of a pile-up after spectacular collision, and much manoeuvring in all directions was required for each to extricate themselves. But that had been so out of the ordinary, it wasn't entirely worth embarking on the story. Not today, at least. SPOILER!!: Ash Quote: Originally Posted by astrocat Ummm... what were the difficulties? Like most things, Ash was perfectly capable of doing it, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t afraid to. It was like fighting, or doing a backflip, or something like that. She wasn’t super comfortable. But then again, was she ever comfortable? Not really. “It wasn’t that hard for me to reverse, but I don’t like not seeing as well, and it just feels weird compared to normal flying. I don’t go as fast even if I theoretically could.” Was reversing important? Um, was that a trick question? Ash thought that it wasn’t really necessary, seeing as you could just turn around and go faster to run away from something, but if Kazmi was asking then there must be a reason. Maybe if you were about to be in a collision and didn’t have time to turn? But there was always the risk that you’d be launched off your broom if you reversed suddenly... Kamran was not surprised that Fox hadn't found things particularly difficult, but appreciated the response all the same. Good to hear from everyone, no matter their level of confidence. "Compared to normal flying, it is weird to do it all in reverse. But that's why I prefer that you're prepared for it if necessary. Thank you, Miss Fox." SPOILER!!: Atlas Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie So, if his sister's assessment was anywhere near accurate then the whole flying in reverse thing should have come naturally to Atlas. After all, Andromeda had rather forcefully told him that if he were a bird he would fly backwards. But it was funny how often expectations and reality were the polar opposites. Like in this case. Overly confident, the Gryffindor had gone straight to the pole thingies and maneuvered through the first mostly because he had angled himself to the bristles were pointed at a diagonal. However...once he started the whole leaning back and actual movement...thing...things fell apart. His robes caught on the pole and all attempts the blonde made to untangle himself only resulted in him getting even more ensnared and instead of flying backwards...he was in a perpetual spin around one of the poles. So...that was...something... Around, around, and around he goes...when will he stop? Well...er...Professor Kazmi? Instead of answering the man's question, Atlas provided a visual aid of just how well it had gone for him...since he still was a bit of a tangled mess around one of the poles and his ropes in a real twist. Needless to say, he actually had his broom in a knot. Or was the expression 'wand in a knot'? "I think it went...rather well," Atlas eventually mused while wiggling his fingers in the flying instructor's direction. It was the only part of his arm that he could really move at the moment without making it so his robes strangled him. Merlin's broom, Flamsteed certainly had a knack for getting himself into some... situations. Fairly amusing ones, but Kamran was a professional. He was very good at keeping the smiles under wraps when they were inspired by an unfortunate student. Potentially bad for the confidence, see. "... Yes," He flew over to the Gryffindor, and tried to make sense of exactly how he had managed to get himself close to gordian-knot levels of ensnared. "A learning moment, if nothing else." Might be he'd now know at least one approach he ought not to take. "Thank you, Mr Flamsteed." With that, Kamran started helping to untangle the boy. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light Valentina had started to enjoy flying in reverse, it was actually a lot more fun than she'd expected. Sure it wasn't as easy but she just needed to practice more! Maybe.. she could practice over the weekends.. once she was done with dance practice and homework. She considered the questions for a moment or two before raising her hand. "I didn't feel so confident about reversing buuut I more I did it, I kind of liked it! It was a little annoying to constantly look back over my shoulder to make sure that I was doing it right but overall, it was great!! I got to learn something new today, professor!" She beamed enthusiastically. He was still extricating Flamsteed from the slalom pole when he replied to Nichols, nodding in agreement. "Good, thank you, Miss Nichols." He smiled, the enthusiasm fairly endearing, and its own kind of encouragement. "I'm glad. Hopefully this next activity will be a little extra fun too." How Flamsteed had got himself so hopelessly tangled, Kamran did not know. In the end, he reminded himself of the very simple solution here, drew his wand, and vanished the offending slalom pole. With that out of the way, it was just a case of making sure those robes were untwisted and no longer a personal safety hazard. "Free once more." Not from his lesson yet, mind. That situation more or less sorted, Kamran turned his wand out at the space where the students had been flying, and waved it once. The remaining slalom poles halved in number and flew down to the other end of the training area, while other obstacles blinked into existence. A set of hoops big enough to fly through, some stationary and some moving slowly left to right and back again, and then a series of stationary bars at alternating heights. The slalom poles came next, and finally - bright red, but hard to see at this distance - a touch plate hovering in the air marked the end of the course, one square foot in size. Kamran addressed the students again. "For the rest of the lesson, I want you to make your best attempt at completing an obstacle course in reverse. Fly through one of the hoops - you may choose a stationary hoop or a moving one, depending on how confident you're feeling. Then the bars, go over, then under, then over again, and under again. Slalom through the poles, and then touch your tail twigs to the touch plate at the end." Given the difficulty some of them had had with the poles, he expected a little... dismay. Maybe. Just a touch. "Try not to be discouraged if you don't make make much progress through the course; while it is designed to be challenging, the point is really to have some fun with it, while also learning to reverse with precision." As always, he was looking for effort, not perfection. Perfection would be an excellent bonus, of course, but the point of these lessons was to have a safe learning space. "If you have trouble with an obstacle, don't worry about starting over from the very beginning, just keep going." There was some irony in that, he supposed, given this was a lesson about looking and moving back. "You can pair up for this one, and direct each other through one obstacle at a time, or advise each other on how to tackle a particular obstacle. If you want to complete the course solo but the neck strain is getting too much, I have rearview broom mirrors set aside. Let me know if you'd like me to summon one for you." Hopefully that wouldn't be necessary, but Kamran had made sure to be prepared to accommodate for that kind of difficulty for this particular activity. "Be sure to stagger your start times, and be patient with each other. I'm right here if you have any questions." He gave another blast on the whistle, indicating that it was time to get moving once more. OOC: Apologies for the delay. Main activity starts here; you don't need to wait on anyone before starting or taking on an obstacle, just play like it's your character's turn. You can do this in as many posts as you like, and your character does not need to complete the course for full credit. RPing solo or in pairs is both a-okay. We'll be wrapping up at about 4am GMT on 12th November (11pm EST on 10th November), so you have just under 96 hours from now. The course: - Goes straight from one end of the training area to the other - Hoops (fly through one; some are stationary, some move, so pick the approach your character prefers) - Over and under bars (a series of four bars; fly over, under, over, under) - Slalom poles (fly in and out of these, as in the mini activity) - Touch plate (touch the broom's tail twigs to the touch plate) __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!