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MadMadamMalfoy · 06-19-2022, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunflower

Yay, it worked! It wasn't a fancy paper airplane, but Jo was proud of what she achieved. She picked up what used to be a knife and smoothed out the creases on the paper. She could not remember if Professor Carton had instructed them to bring back their work, but if she did not have to hand it in then this paper airplane was most certainly going into Jocelyn Bryce's Portfolio of Magic.

With more confidence in her spell work, the Slytherin was about to head to the left to transfigure more knives propped against a tree when she heard that time was up. She went back to the classroom, sighing in disappointment. Still, she did have progress to reflect on, and she added thoughts to her notebook before raising her hand (the one that was holding the paper airplane). "I didn't get to practice the spell on lots of knives, but I'm guessing smaller ones with simple designs would be easier to transfigure. Swords, for example, would be more difficult."

As Norman’s blue-green eyes scanned the room, he spotted Bryce’s hand in the air. Her answer earned an approving nod. “Excellent guess, Miss Bryce,” he replied. “Size and complexity of design are both factors in determining the difficulty of a transfiguration.”

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Honestly, Alfred was still musing over how a paper plane could be considered less dangerous than a knife. Aimed just right, a paper plane could take out an eye or at least scratch one's cornea. Not that he had any experience in this area or anything. But note that he'd much rather have someone coming after him with a butter knife than a paper plane. Also note he said butter knife. Others were much much more dangerous.

He filed back into the classroom with the others, tossing a butter knife into the air and catching it, and retook his seat placing his feet on the desk with legs crossed at the ankles. "Something like this," he started, holding up the butter knife after another successful catch, "is much easier to transfigure than anything sharper would be. Like, say, those swords and things they used in ancient Rome. And anything moving, like say," he quickly transfigured the butter knife into a paper plane using "Scarpafors!" and threw it in a random direction, "that plane would be even harder because it could move or be moved out of the way of your aim."

Norman had to fight the urge to facepalm at Devereaux’s antics. Kids these days! Just when he thought they had enough common sense to not need everything spelled out for them, something like this happened to remind him otherwise. Note to self: next time, tell the kids not to take anything out of the practice area. He was silent for a moment, deciding the best way to handle the situation. He strongly suspected this one would mouth off at a detention or points loss, especially when he revealed what the next activity would be, and he was 100% not in the mood to argue with a student today.

For now, he’d go with the friendly reminder approach. “I’ll let it slide this one time because you provided an example of a moving target,” he said, “but for future reference, please don’t throw things in the classroom.” That was the only warning he’d give! “Anyway, good points, Mr. Devereaux.”

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

A wooden desk. Surely that would have some form of knife luring there? Jude scanned the desk quickly, not wanting to run out of time. Sure enough there was a small one beside a pen. The boy prepped himself, keen on having a repeat of perfect spellwork. “Scarpafors.’’ There was that all too familiar movement of flicking the wand as all his concentration was channeled.

* * * * * * *

It was quite a disappointment when Carton announced time was up. Jude cast another look around the room just because then headed out. He retook his original position on the floor, putting his wand beside him. How did he think he did? The fifth year thought he did pretty well all things considered. Jude listened to his classmates, watched Alfred’s demonstration {catching the plane in one hand when it came his way} then raised the same hand with the plane nestled in it. “I’m with Jocelyn, professor. The smaller ones would be easier to transfigure. Maybe that would explain partially why the first set of knives I transfigured turned into slightly wonky planes. A moving target, as usual, would be another level of difficulty especially if you usually have a bad aim.”

Norman was about to draw his wand to vanish Devereaux’s paper airplane when Anders caught it. Okay, problem solved. He listened carefully to his answers, nodding along in places. Another one to mention size. That was unsurprising; it was the second part of the answer that caught his attention. “Very good, Mr. Anders,” he said. “Yes, bad aim can be a problem when hitting a moving target.”

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Originally Posted by MadAlice

Violet had looked all over the kitchen and, though she had not found the eighth knife in the silverware set, she seemed to have caught all the others in the room.

Violet heard Professor Carton calling time and turned to head back to the classroom, still a little disappointed she hadn't found the eighth knife--things like that bothered her. But just as she turned, she caught a glint of silver coming from over in the area of the sink. Well, surely a minute or two more wouldn't hurt. She hurried over to the counter, even though she was certain she'd searched it pretty thoroughly before, but still didn't see anything. But...wait just a minute--what was that behind the dish drainer? Yes! It was the missing knife! Violet rushed over to where she'd left the other seven former knives, now paper airplanes, laid the eighth knife next to them, and, one quick Scarpifors!, Violet was able to leave the practice rooms feeling much better now. She rushed out the door and back to the classroom, hoping the delay hadn't made her too late.

Violet thought about that for a minute--she hadn't found any of the knives she'd done particularly hard to transfigure, once she'd found and identified them. "I didn't have any trouble with any of the knives in this practice; my main challenge was making sure I identified all the knives as knives, even if they weren't typical ones--like the pen-knife or the blunt ones in the kitchen. But maybe...maybe very large knives might be harder to transfigure, due to the larger mass. And I would think a moving target would be very difficult--you'd not only have to cast the spell correctly, but you'd have to time it just right in order to hit the target."

Now here was a point of view that Norman hadn’t considered! Blackthorne’s answer got a slight smile. “Interesting observation, Miss Blackthorne!” he replied. “And yes, objects with a larger mass are harder to transfigure.” Finally someone mentioned timing! He was wondering when that would come up. “Correct. Timing is very important when hitting a moving target.”

When he saw no more hands in the air, Norman addressed the class once more, “Good answers! While there are a few other general factors to consider when determining the difficulty of transfiguring an object, such as concentration, wand power, and the viciousness of the object in question, you’ve hit the nail on the head. In the case of these knives, the most important ones to consider are size - or mass - and complexity of design.”

HIs eyes searched the room for any signs of confusion so far. Everyone got that? Good! Moving on… “As for hitting a moving target, one’s aim and timing are important. Another factor -” one that hadn’t been mentioned. “- is distance. The farther your spell has to travel, the harder it is to hit your target. So you have to ask yourself, do you stand close to your target and risk being hit? Do you stand farther back and risk the spell not hitting its mark? It’s a trade-off… a trade-off that you’ll get to see for yourself momentarily.”

With a flick of his wand, Norman revealed a row of wooden dummies at the back of the room, which had previously been hidden by a disillusionment charm. Another flick revealed a box at his feet. He reached into the box and pulled out a knife, a blunt plastic butter knife. “Your task is to guard the dummies from these knives…” he held up one to demonstrate. “These knives will be flying at the dummies; you’ll stop them by transforming them into paper airplanes. They’re not sharp enough to cause damage, so they’ll just bounce off if they hit. Still, not something you’d want to be hit with, so you’ll be practicing from behind the walls at the left and right sides of the room.” He gestured toward the nearest glass wall.

“These walls are made of magically reinforced glass,” he continued. “Spells can pass from the inside, but no spells or objects can penetrate from the outside.” Just to prove his point, he poked at the glass with the plastic knife in his hand. Unsurprisingly, nothing happened. “DO NOT step outside the glass walls until the activity ends! If you do, there will be consequences.” That should go without saying, but one could never tell with some of these kids!

“Go ahead and take your places behind the glass. It doesn’t matter which side; this isn’t a competition.” He paused for a few minutes to allow time for the students to get where they were going. Only when he was sure that every student was safely behind the walls did he say, “You have the rest of class, starting NOW!”

And with a wave of his wand, plastic knives began to levitate out of the box and toward the dummies.

OOC: Thank you for sticking with me! We’ve reached the mini activity. Your character needs to use Scarpafors to stop as many knives as possible from hitting the dummies. You ARE allowed to rp the outcomes of your spells this time. As Norman said, the knives are blunt and plastic, so there should be no rping of any injuries! Your character must stay behind the glass walls at the sides of the room unless you want IC consequences for rule-breaking. You don’t need to title your post with which side, but please include the number of knives your character has hit. You’ll have ABOUT 48 HOURS for this activity.

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MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod Alley Proprietor Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 11,077 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Maddox B. Buchanan Gryffindor Fourth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron	Mini Activity Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll SPOILER!!: Individual replies Quote: Originally Posted by Sunflower Yay, it worked! It wasn't a fancy paper airplane, but Jo was proud of what she achieved. She picked up what used to be a knife and smoothed out the creases on the paper. She could not remember if Professor Carton had instructed them to bring back their work, but if she did not have to hand it in then this paper airplane was most certainly going into Jocelyn Bryce's Portfolio of Magic. With more confidence in her spell work, the Slytherin was about to head to the left to transfigure more knives propped against a tree when she heard that time was up. She went back to the classroom, sighing in disappointment. Still, she did have progress to reflect on, and she added thoughts to her notebook before raising her hand (the one that was holding the paper airplane). "I didn't get to practice the spell on lots of knives, but I'm guessing smaller ones with simple designs would be easier to transfigure. Swords, for example, would be more difficult." As Norman’s blue-green eyes scanned the room, he spotted Bryce’s hand in the air. Her answer earned an approving nod. “Excellent guess, Miss Bryce,” he replied. “Size and complexity of design are both factors in determining the difficulty of a transfiguration.” Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Honestly, Alfred was still musing over how a paper plane could be considered less dangerous than a knife. Aimed just right, a paper plane could take out an eye or at least scratch one's cornea. Not that he had any experience in this area or anything. But note that he'd much rather have someone coming after him with a butter knife than a paper plane. Also note he said butter knife. Others were much much more dangerous. He filed back into the classroom with the others, tossing a butter knife into the air and catching it, and retook his seat placing his feet on the desk with legs crossed at the ankles. "Something like this," he started, holding up the butter knife after another successful catch, "is much easier to transfigure than anything sharper would be. Like, say, those swords and things they used in ancient Rome. And anything moving, like say," he quickly transfigured the butter knife into a paper plane using "Scarpafors!" and threw it in a random direction, "that plane would be even harder because it could move or be moved out of the way of your aim." Norman had to fight the urge to facepalm at Devereaux’s antics. Kids these days! Just when he thought they had enough common sense to not need everything spelled out for them, something like this happened to remind him otherwise. Note to self: next time, tell the kids not to take anything out of the practice area. He was silent for a moment, deciding the best way to handle the situation. He strongly suspected this one would mouth off at a detention or points loss, especially when he revealed what the next activity would be, and he was 100% not in the mood to argue with a student today. For now, he’d go with the friendly reminder approach. “I’ll let it slide this one time because you provided an example of a moving target,” he said, “but for future reference, please don’t throw things in the classroom.” That was the only warning he’d give! “Anyway, good points, Mr. Devereaux.” Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 A wooden desk. Surely that would have some form of knife luring there? Jude scanned the desk quickly, not wanting to run out of time. Sure enough there was a small one beside a pen. The boy prepped himself, keen on having a repeat of perfect spellwork. “Scarpafors.’’ There was that all too familiar movement of flicking the wand as all his concentration was channeled. *** * * * * * * It was quite a disappointment when Carton announced time was up. Jude cast another look around the room just because then headed out. He retook his original position on the floor, putting his wand beside him. How did he think he did? The fifth year thought he did pretty well all things considered. Jude listened to his classmates, watched Alfred’s demonstration {catching the plane in one hand when it came his way} then raised the same hand with the plane nestled in it. “I’m with Jocelyn, professor. The smaller ones would be easier to transfigure. Maybe that would explain partially why the first set of knives I transfigured turned into slightly wonky planes. A moving target, as usual, would be another level of difficulty especially if you usually have a bad aim.” Norman was about to draw his wand to vanish Devereaux’s paper airplane when Anders caught it. Okay, problem solved. He listened carefully to his answers, nodding along in places. Another one to mention size. That was unsurprising; it was the second part of the answer that caught his attention. “Very good, Mr. Anders,” he said. “Yes, bad aim can be a problem when hitting a moving target.” Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice Violet had looked all over the kitchen and, though she had not found the eighth knife in the silverware set, she seemed to have caught all the others in the room. Violet heard Professor Carton calling time and turned to head back to the classroom, still a little disappointed she hadn't found the eighth knife--things like that bothered her. But just as she turned, she caught a glint of silver coming from over in the area of the sink. Well, surely a minute or two more wouldn't hurt. She hurried over to the counter, even though she was certain she'd searched it pretty thoroughly before, but still didn't see anything. But...wait just a minute--what was that behind the dish drainer? Yes! It was the missing knife! Violet rushed over to where she'd left the other seven former knives, now paper airplanes, laid the eighth knife next to them, and, one quick Scarpifors!*, Violet was able to leave the practice rooms feeling much better now. She rushed out the door and back to the classroom, hoping the delay hadn't made her too late. Violet thought about that for a minute--she hadn't found any of the knives she'd done particularly hard to transfigure, once she'd found and identified them. "I didn't have any trouble with any of the knives in this practice; my main challenge was making sure I identified all the knives as knives, even if they weren't typical ones--like the pen-knife or the blunt ones in the kitchen. But maybe...maybe very large* knives might be harder to transfigure, due to the larger mass. And I would think a moving target would be very difficult--you'd not only have to cast the spell correctly, but you'd have to time it just right in order to hit the target." Now here was a point of view that Norman hadn’t considered! Blackthorne’s answer got a slight smile. “Interesting observation, Miss Blackthorne!” he replied. “And yes, objects with a larger mass are harder to transfigure.” Finally someone mentioned timing! He was wondering when that would come up. “Correct. Timing is very important when hitting a moving target.” When he saw no more hands in the air, Norman addressed the class once more, “Good answers! While there are a few other general factors to consider when determining the difficulty of transfiguring an object, such as concentration, wand power, and the viciousness of the object in question, you’ve hit the nail on the head. In the case of these knives, the most important ones to consider are size - or mass - and complexity of design.” HIs eyes searched the room for any signs of confusion so far. Everyone got that? Good! Moving on… “As for hitting a moving target, one’s aim and timing are important. Another factor -” one that hadn’t been mentioned. “- is distance. The farther your spell has to travel, the harder it is to hit your target. So you have to ask yourself, do you stand close to your target and risk being hit? Do you stand farther back and risk the spell not hitting its mark? It’s a trade-off… a trade-off that you’ll get to see for yourself momentarily.” With a flick of his wand, Norman revealed a row of wooden dummies at the back of the room, which had previously been hidden by a disillusionment charm. Another flick revealed a box at his feet. He reached into the box and pulled out a knife, a blunt plastic butter knife. “Your task is to guard the dummies from these knives…” he held up one to demonstrate. “These knives will be flying at the dummies; you’ll stop them by transforming them into paper airplanes. They’re not sharp enough to cause damage, so they’ll just bounce off if they hit. Still, not something you’d want to be hit with, so you’ll be practicing from behind the walls at the left and right sides of the room.” He gestured toward the nearest glass wall. “These walls are made of magically reinforced glass,” he continued. “Spells can pass from the inside, but no spells or objects can penetrate from the outside.” Just to prove his point, he poked at the glass with the plastic knife in his hand. Unsurprisingly, nothing happened. “DO NOT step outside the glass walls until the activity ends! If you do, there will be consequences.” That should go without saying, but one could never tell with some of these kids! “Go ahead and take your places behind the glass. It doesn’t matter which side; this isn’t a competition.” He paused for a few minutes to allow time for the students to get where they were going. Only when he was sure that every student was safely behind the walls did he say, “You have the rest of class, starting NOW!” And with a wave of his wand, plastic knives began to levitate out of the box and toward the dummies. OOC: Thank you for sticking with me! We’ve reached the mini activity. Your character needs to use Scarpafors to stop as many knives as possible from hitting the dummies. You ARE allowed to rp the outcomes of your spells this time. As Norman said, the knives are blunt and plastic, so there should be no rping of any injuries! Your character must stay behind the glass walls at the sides of the room unless you want IC consequences for rule-breaking. You don’t need to title your post with which side, but please include the number of knives your character has hit. You’ll have ABOUT 48 HOURS for this activity. __________________ 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...