05-20-2023, 11:36 PM
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 Transfiguration Lesson: Do the Monster Mash
It’s a sleepy October afternoon at Hogwarts, but not just any October afternoon. Today is the day before Halloween. If the holiday slipped your mind, one look into the transfiguration classroom will instantly remind you. The desks are arranged in their usual rows, but that’s the only thing normal about the classroom’s appearance. Posters of classic movie monsters adorn the walls ( 1 2 3 4 5 6), and there are several dummies of varying heights and skin tones lined up along the back of the room. A large trunk sits at the front where Professor Carton’s desk would normally be. What’s inside? Supplies for a costume party, perhaps?
Even the professor himself has gotten in on the act with a “costume” of sorts. A large brown dog with bluish-green eyes sits calmly beside the trunk, in the exact spot where Professor Carton would usually stand. If the hair and eye color don’t make it obvious that the dog is the professor in animagus form, its behavior will. The dog!professor watches the door for students, and with each new arrival, it jerks its head toward the chalkboard where the following message is written:
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Originally Posted by Chalkboard Please take your seats and wait for the lesson to begin. OOC: Welcome to term 64’s transfiguration lesson!  While this is our first lesson together OOC, your students would’ve had IC classes with Professor Carton for about 2 months now. We’ll begin in ABOUT 20-24 HOURS Class has started!
Lesson Progression:
Q1: How can one use transfiguration to disguise their appearance?
Q2: what are some advantages/disadvantages to changing one's physical characteristics with transfiguration? When is it useful? When would another method of disguise work better?
Spell Practice: Ristaris, Crinis Muto & Tirinum
Main Activity: Monster Makeover |