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Originally Posted by astrocat  While Ash had originally kept her head down, not feeling like talking or listening or doing the classwork, she perked up at the mention of the cheering charm. That sounded like... something she needed right now. She remained silent for the question portion of class, but she took notes. It was a start. "Gaw-dee-oh. Gau-dee-oh. Gawdeeoh, gaudeoh, gaudeo... gau de o... gaudeo." She made sure to practice the movement separately, to avoid accidental casting. It looked more like a laughing mouth or a smile to her. She practiced the wand movement much more than the incantation, wanting to get it right. She was going to USE it. And she wanted to be happier, not start laughing hysterically. Leanne was always grateful to see when students perked up, even if they hadn't been actively participating early on. Honestly, who could blame them? Being a student alive and frankly living, was exhausting sometimes. And mental tune-outs were to be expected. She listened to Ash's pronunciation, pleased with it. SPOILER!!: Luther and Summer Quote:
Originally Posted by Freyr Luther sat his hands tucked in his pockets through Professor's question, his classmates' answers and Professor's instructions. Without taking his hands out of his pockets, Luther practiced the incantation.
"Gow-de-oh." Nope. "Gow-dee-oh" Close but not exactly. After a couple more tries, "Gow-dee-oh. Gaudeo!"
Then, with a sigh, he completely focused on his hands and dimming the glow as much as he could. After taking calm breaths for a couple of seconds, he gently took out his hands out of his pockets. They were not glowing like a little lighthouses. Luther would even say it was not distracting at all. Before long, he started practicing the wand movement. Quote:
Originally Posted by Weasley174 Summer had been listening to the professor and had been staying quiet with the questions, but now it was time for the activity, and she loved trying different spells out.
"gadddooooooo!" Summer said it a couple of times, nope, that wasn't right, she giggled a little bit to herself. " gadddeo!" Summer tried again, she said it a few more times, nope that was wrong again.
Summer took a deep breath. "gaudeo!" Summer said it a couple of times. Now she would try the wand movement. This was going to be fun. Leanne was about to correct just Luther, when she heard the way Summer was pronouncing the incantation. "It's a little more of a long A. Think traditional western cowboy, like the a in yee-haw. Gaw-dee-oh." She said politely, hoping that Luther and Summer could hear the difference. "Not the long drawn out oh, either..."
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Aria eyes her fingers a bit after she had finished giving her response. See, she really needed to make her notes and was keen on hoping her power would cooperate. Also, had she noticed that Mancini had outed herself as a Chocolate Frog Card collector? No. It was a nice thing to learn about the woman. Deciding to take her chances, the Slytherin picked up her quill and proceeded to make jottings about the Charm.
A cartoon tongue, huh? A neat sketch of the movement was drawn in her book, complete with the arrows and the incantation. With her quill swapped out for her wand, the wand movement practice began. It actually took Aria a number of tries to get it to her satisfaction and only then did she move on to the incantation.
“Gaw-dee-oh. Gaw-dee-oh. Gaw-dee-oh. Gaudeo. Gaudeo.” Aria had it down though. She nodded at her in approval. Also, the chocolate frog collecting wasn't super serious. It was more of a casual hobby, which was why she didn't really talk much on it, but sometimes letting students know that you weren't that different was a good thing. Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Daniel would have dozed off if not for the sudden incantations around him. As he jolted awake, he dropped his arm, which landed with a thud on his desk and his gaze was drawn to the students practicing and then to the blackboard with a symbol drawn on it.
The Hufflepuff flipped through the pages of his charms textbook until he reached an empty page and jotted down the wand movement before glancing around to see what the others were up to. He was already familiar with the cheering charm, but he figured it wouldn't hurt to practice it again. Practice makes perfect. Or so he heard. He looked at his notebook and drew a cartoon smile in the air with his wand. But there was definitely room for improvement, so Daniel sat up a little straighter before attempting again. "Professor Mancini? Will this charm be included in the OWL exam?" he questioned casually, wand still tracing in the air as he looked at her briefly with tired but curious-looking eyes. She was in half a mind to cast the cheering charm on Daniel, when it didn't really prove necessary. Grateful that he perked up with the incantations being spoken around him, she considered his question a moment before answering. "The OWL exams are administered by the Ministry of Magic. While they have the curriculum that is taught at Hogwarts, I can neither confirm nor deny what they choose to test on, unfortunately, since I don't create the tests. So yes, there's a possibility for it to be on your OWL exam, or not." Which wasn't really helpful. Though if she knew something, they were likely to try and be tricky in terms of testing, like trying to mix up glisseo and gaudeo. Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Gaudeo…that was an incantation that didn’t exactly roll right off one’s tongue. Which was probably why they were making sure to practice it well before trying to put it all together. Rajesh moved his mouth without speaking at first, trying to work out the movement moving on as he finally spoke. ” Gaudeo… Gaw-dee-oh… Gaudeo… Gaw-dee-oh… Gaudeo… Gaw-dee-oh,” over and over again until it sounded as close as he could to how the professor and healer had spoken it.
"Gaudeo"
Now there was the wand movement, something one had to be real careful with it seemed or it would do too much and cause harm . The movement itself almost looked to Raj like a lowercase g without the upper arch. Taking his wand out to practice, Rajesh went to work without the incantation as directed. Trying once…twice, nope that had two big of a loop. Tried again and it seemed a little better, not as big at least. She nodded at Rajesh with his practicing, as he was doing quite well from her observations.
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Originally Posted by lazykitty Annnnd scribbling and scribbling and...done! At least, Kalie thought she had everything important written down. Charm name, incantation and wand movement included. Or, well, a crude drawing of the wand movement anyway.
"Gaw-dee-ooo." Yeah, that was a weird one to say. It sounded like some super secret government operation or something. "Gaw-dee-ooo. Gaudeo. Gaudeo!" Oops, was that a little to enthusiastic? Kalie sounded good too. Yes, it definitely was a weird one.
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Desiree beamed, pleased to hear that she got the answer right. Not that she ever doubted she would because she’d learned that fact from her dad, and why would he give her wrong information? She listened intently, furiously scribbling down notes. Ooh, the inventor of the cheering charm was a Hufflepuff like her! How cool was that?! Maybe she’d invent a useful spell someday too… if she ever got over these random wombat transformations!
She had to stifle a giggle at the wand movement on the board. Professor Mancini was right; it did look like a cartoon tongue! So a pronounced tongue wand movement was one way to overdo the charm… good to know! She wondered what the other ways to overdo the spell were. Not that she actually intended to overdo it, of course. She would never intentionally get a spell wrong, but she’d like to know all the ways one could overdo a cheering charm so she could make sure to avoid them. Maybe she’d ask about it later. For now, she wanted to get in as much practice as possible, lest she turn into a wombat!
“Gaw-dee-oh,” Desiree practiced the incantation quietly. “Gaw-dee-oh, Gaudeo, Gaudeo, Gaudeo…” That part wasn’t very hard! Feeling confident in her pronunciation, she decided to move on to the wand movement.
She carefully made the half smile and tongue-shaped movement with her wand, trying to copy the sketch on the board exactly. Hmm… that tongue looked a bit too wide. She tried again, but this time, the tongue was too narrow and pointy-looking. She kept practicing, and on her third try, she achieved a happy medium between her previous tries. Not too wide this time, or too pointy. Did she get it right that time? She had high expectations for Desiree with this charm (and all charms), so when she observed the young Hufflepuff, she nodded at her pronunciation and wand movement. Seemed she was getting the hang of it. Once it seemed as if everyone had a chance to practice the movement and incantation, it was time to continue again. "Okay, we're going to move on to actually practicing the spell on a partner. Pair up... preferably with someone you've never partnered with before!" Because why not? "And take turns casting the cheering charm on each other. If you need assistance, you may ask. The charm should wear off in a couple minutes, however, you may end it quicker by casting 'finite incantatem' to counter it so that the other person may have a chance to practice. I'll be watching for signs that you overdid the charm. Also if you wish to be further challenged, older students may attempt the charm non-verbally."
ooc: sorry for the delay... main activity posted, which is to practice with a partner. And use the counter charm if necessary so that the other partner may have a chance. Let me know if any questions or if you need help <3
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