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When a bubble had first begun appearing during Ivory's practice of the charm, it had been in the most awkward of places.
"Viseo Ebullio." One tiny bubble appeared over her right nostril. Another try had it over both. One time it even just covered her ear and then just her mouth. Each time just to test her endurance, Ivory would hold the tiny bubbles up as long as she could, usually just over a minute and then two.
She hadn't gotten around to casting Finite until the umpteenth time when finally a (very tight) bubble appeared around her head hugging all her features and barely giving her enough room to move her mouth. At that point it became necessary. After that her biggest problem wasn't making the bubble last as it was making it keep a shape since for the moment they seemed to wobble.
Her bubbles could stay up for over the five minute mark but sadly were sort of pear shaped and had the effect of looking like she had a clear vase over her head. But at least it seemed effective. She'd chucked a few spare quills at her head and had been happy to see that they bounced off harmlessly.
Eventually, they got a little rounder but the pear shape still remained. So when the volunteers went up and the dung bombs were distributed, Ivory felt at least semi confident that she'd do okay.
Practicing the circle around her head a few times, it was with a big surprise when she heard the 3-2-1.
"Eep"
It had all happened to soon. Fumbling, she brought up her wand and took a breath....which was a very bad idea. As soon as she caught a whiff of what could only be called dung-stink, Ivory felt a small shudder go through her with the inadvertent gag reflex. Oh noes!
As efficiently as she could with the incentive of clean air riding on her actions, she pronounced the incantation and moved her wand around her head in the circle.
"Viseo Ebullio."
Success! Who cared if the result was pear like at least she didn't smell dung anymore. Once behind the shimmery shield of sorts, Ivory took a deep breath. Clean air at last.
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