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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Dhruv Vihaan Khanna
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Aryan Atreyu-Rehman
Slytherin Fourth Year
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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Replies! SPOILER!!: Brandon! Quote:
Originally Posted by astrocat  Brandon always looked a bit haunted, as though something was perpetually bothering him- and he looked like that today. Whether he was more or less haunted-looking was debatable, but in any case, he felt like his classmates' answers had been sufficient to explain how he felt.
He fidgeted with his wand a little when Professor Khanna said that he seemed ready to try the spell. "Theoretically, I guess. I want to try it nonverbally. But... we'll see." He ruffled his hair, feeling troubled. Were they going to be using the dummies again? Despite their usefulness, Brandon felt a strong aversion to practicing any spellwork on human-shaped things. He usually ended up starting to imagine the dummy as someone he either really liked or really despised, and both scenarios made him deeply uncomfortable. Flipendo was okay, though... probably. It wasn't particularly lethal or cruel, so if anything, practicing flipendo was good because then he wouldn't need to rely on 'worse' spells. He tried to think of it that way. “We’ll see indeed,’’ Dhruv replied with a nod. Brandon need not worry, in their opinion. Even if the practical did not go as planned, there was time to practise before the end of term exams in order to master the spell. As for the lesson involving dummies, this one didn’t. Not technically. The good thing was, the props involved already had faces to them!
[spoiler-Sydney] Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy SPOILER!!: catchup
Defense Against the Dark Arts was a class Sydney enjoyed. It combined two of her favorite things: dark scary creatures and destructive chaotic spells! As such, she was in a pretty good mood as she arrived on time, though it didn’t show in her stoic expression. She’d greeted Professor Khanna upon her arrival and quickly taken her seat afterward. She examined the room layout for clues to the lesson subject but saw none. While the nondescript layout provided no clues, the professor’s instructions did. Going somewhere else? Interesting… would there be a scary creature waiting for them in the other location? Fun!
Before she had time to dwell on that possibility, the lesson started. Sydney was only half listening to the professor’s intro. Despite her penchant for darkness and chaos, she wouldn’t seriously harm anything that didn’t understand what it was doing, like the injured crup in question. Where was the fun in that? She considered the hypothetical scenario carefully. Honestly, if she encountered a mountain troll, it was a toss up whether she’d attack it or try to train it to do her bidding. Either way, she supposed she’d need to subdue it first.
Her first instinct was to knock the troll out, either with a spell or with its own club. If she was going to use defensive magic, she’d go all out with it! Somehow she had a feeling that that answer was a little more… brutal than the professor would want, so she came up with a plan B. If she wasn’t going to knock the troll out, she’d have to find some other way to immobilize it. Immobulus? Or would Petrificus Totalus be more effective? She raised her hand and said, “I’d immobilize the troll to buy myself time to get away, though would Immobulus or Petrificus Totalus work better?”
Sydney listened intently as Professor Khanna moved on. Ooh, the Knockback Jinx! Think of all the chaos one could cause with that spell! She imagined an unsuspecting person walking down a corridor, then - BAM! Knockback Jinx! The thought made her smile ever so slightly.
She couldn’t wait to try this spell out! After copying down the spell information, she set straight to work practicing. Wand held tightly in her right hand, she carefully made the check mark with hooked end movement. Check mark and hook at the end, check mark and hook… After a few tries, she switched her wand to her left hand and practiced the wand movement a few more times.
After a while, she moved on to the incantation. “Fli-PEN-doh,” she said, taking care to enunciate each syllable clearly. When she tried the spell for real, she wanted it to work the first time! “Fli-PEN-doh, Flipendo, Flipendo…” Dhruv might have missed that tiny smile but they did sense some level of enthusiasm emanating from Sydney. Enthusiasm was good because it could drive one’s determination to master a spell. “You’re on the right track, Ms. Masters.” She was given a well deserved thumbs up.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * “Before we move onto the main activity, there’s just one other aspect of the Knockback Jinx that needs to be covered.” The professor returned from among the students to lean against their desk once more. “Its variations. There are three: Flipendo Duo, Flipendo Tria and Flipendo Maxima.” This new information magically appeared on the whiteboard. “Each variation is more powerful than the original, and each is more powerful than the other. That is to say Flipendo Duo is stronger than Flipendo, Flipendo Tria is stronger than Flipendo Duo and Flipendo Maxima is stronger than Flipendo Tria. Targets will be knocked backwards with greater force, depending on the variation chosen.” There was a brief pause which Dhruv hoped the students would continue to make their notes. “In addition, each produces a flash of light: blue, purple, white, red, yellow or orange. None of these colours are assigned to any particular incantation so don’t think too much of you cast Flipendo Duo and you get white light, which you had gotten when you used Flipendo. The various colours are not an indication of poor spell performance or that you've cast the wrong spell.” Dhruv knew that some students tend to overthink each detail involving spellwork so they wished to put any overthinker at ease. “Earlier, I gave you my own hypothetical scenario. This time around, I’d like you to tell me about a situation where you think that one of the three variations would be the most logical to use.” OOC: Hiya! The main activity will get started in 24 hours! |