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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Dhruv Vihaan Khanna
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Aryan Zahid Atreyu-Rehman
Slytherin Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Idris Ace Grunt
Gryffindor Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Dynah Aavni Atreyu-Rehman
Hufflepuff Seventh Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Krittika Saanvi Joshi
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Replies! SPOILER!!: Archie & Vera! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat  Taking one of the chocolate frog cards, and passing it down the aisle of students he was in, Archie would take a moment to look at it. Flipping it over to the other side, there was a certain curiosity that had been peaked to see about some of the other facts about the inventor. To the teen's surprise, apparently there was a portrait of himself that had been placed on the sixth floor of the very castle that they were in; further said to have guarded a secret passage that could only be accessed by a certain password. But the password, neither whether or not the portrait or passage was still actually there, was listed. This would be something that Archer would have to check out for himself later. Exploring hidden places just had a certain aspect to it which was so intriguing. Though. That would be something to check after class at the earliest.
In this current moment of Defense Against the Dark Arts, however, there was a demonstration on the Dark Detector which Edgar had crafted. Following along with the instructions given, he'd grab the top from it's manually spun motion on the desk. It would be gently placed atop his right palm. Patiently then, Archie would wait for a moment. After a moment or two, presumably being done to give everyone some time to do the same, the Sneakoscope would start spinning. And whistling...very...very...loudly. The noise was louder than expected, but not enough to startle or annoy the boy. He had younger siblings who were much louder than the device, so to say the clever Scotsman was used to this kind of volume, would be quite frankly a bit of an understatement. Even after the grating 10 or so seconds of all the ones in class going off in their slightly maddening cacophony of high-pitched shrills, there would still only be a rather passive expression on Archie's face. That wasn't to say he wasn't impressed by it, just unbothered.
Onto the next part though, he'd listen as the Professor would then go on to provide a small hint about the Foe-Glass. Promptly followed by the question of what info anyone had on it. Archie himself didn't know too much about its specifics, but there was still one thing he did know about the object. Placing the Sneakoscope down, then raising that same hand again to answer, he'd go on to respond "It shows who your enemies are 'when they get close to you'." Air quotes would be placed around the when they get close to you bit to infer that he did know that it was in the metaphorical sense of the phrase. For it wasn't when they got close to your location, but when they were about to find out information on you, or start making some moves against you. But, he'd leave someone else to give that information. Quote:
Originally Posted by Chelliephone Unfortunately for Vera, she had just taken one of the chocolate frog cards being passed around as the alarm sounded, which caused a delay in reaching up to cover her ears which was an entirely necessary reaction given just how loud these particular devices were. Personally? She'd prefer not to have one for herself. However, they'd be pretty fun to say... give Vasco one or two hidden in his room at home. With a prank like that, they'd go off anytime she was near, yes? Something to ruminate on for later.
Y'know, when her ears weren't ringing.
Right, moving on though now. Foe glasses? Vera listened to the third year give his answer, nodding in agreement but deciding to once more expand on the answer. She raised her hand and waited to be called on. "While it could be used to identify who your enemies are, once they're 'close' and actual faces and not just, it also kind of gives a warning of how much danger you're in. The more unclear your enemy is, the further they still are. But as you can see more details of the person, then it's also known that they're closing in on you, so to speak." Though she didn't really know what the baseline was for 'danger' or how that worked.
Having offered an answer, she quickly took a look over the chocolate frog card before passing it on behind her to the next person as well.
Dhruv appreciated Archie for assisting with getting one of the cards into circulation, as much as they appreciated him following the instructions. Gazing around from their spot at the desk, they observed the students’ reaction to the Sneakoscopes coming alive. Archie didn’t seem to mind the whistling though. Good, good. This was quite the opposite for Vera who had not been successful in taking steps to protect her delicate eardrums. Dhruv would not have been surprised to learn that she was also scheming a prank with Sneakoscopes as the main attraction.
“Indeed it does. As Ms. Thanatos expounded, these enemies appear as shadows at first but as they get close to the owner of the Glass, the enemies actually become clearer. Death Eater - Barty Crouch Jnr - under the disguise of Auror Alastor Moody once told Harry Potter that he - Crouch - is not under any real thread until he sees the whites of the shadows’ eyes.”
SPOILER!!: Desiree! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Desiree watched intently as Professor Khanna demonstrated the sneakoscope. She tilted her head to one side, eyeing the devices with an intrigued expression as they started spinning and whistling. Did Professor Khanna just turn them all on with wandless magic, or did they detect untrustworthy activity? If the latter was the case, what was it?
As interesting as the demonstration was, Desiree was glad that it didn’t last long. The loud whistling was funny at first, but got annoying after a bit. She was still pondering what untrustworthiness the sneakoscopes could’ve detected when the chocolate frog card came her way. She glanced at the card, front and back, taking particular note of the papers in Strougler’s hand. What did they say? She couldn’t quite make out the writing. Oh well…
She passed the chocolate frog card along to the next person, considering the question carefully. What did she know about Foe Glasses? Aside from their purpose, not much. She knew they were supposed to be hard to build, and - Her hand shot up as a thought occurred to her. “Didn’t the foe glass schematics go missing for a while?” she said… though that was more of a question than an answer.
No untrustworthiness here; it had been Dhruv who had made the Sneakoscopes leap into action like that with a spell they had invented on their own. It had never been shared with anyone else mostly because they weren’t keen on anyone purposefully activating someone’s Sneakoscope just to mess with them, and also because the invention had only recently happened.
“Absolutely correct! However, during the Calamity that occurred in the late 2010s or early 2020s, a Calamity Investigator who was at the time working for the Statute of Secrecy Task Force found it.”
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Dhruv had long replaced the Sneakoscope on their desk. The Foe Glass was now in the spotlight as it stood at the front and center. They gave the instrument a glance over thinking how innocent-looking the thing was. “Foe Glasses are not easy to make. Sage Bragnam, a magical historian, was only able to build one of his own after receiving the schematic which was thought to have been long lost.
“We will be progressing to our activity shortly, but for now let’s turn our focus to the final two Detectors.” The two took over the spotlight. One was like an aerial; it was rather squiggly and gold in colour. The other, also gold in colour, was shaped like a car antenna. “These two are almost similar in appearance so it's rather easy to get confused over which is which. Can anyone tell me what these Detectors are called? Even if you can’t tell them apart, and you do know their names, share any knowledge you may have.” OOC: Hi, guys! <3 Okay, so you’ll have 48 hours for this as I won’t be able to post until Wednesday evening. There’s also time to catch up to this point of the lesson before we move onto the next aspect  |