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The1HBIC · 07-21-2010, 01:36 AM

SPOILER!!: Professor Carlton & Nymphy

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Uh oh.

As soon as she saw the look on Marie's face, Lexi knew she'd asked the wrong sort of question. Her question was about Carter, though, so why would it cause Marie to not smile? Wait, erm...what? Not speaking to each other? Eep, Lexi did ask the wrong sort of question.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That doesn't sound like you and Carter at all, though," she commented. She would ask what happened, but since she was an adult and Marie was a teenager, she refrained. In her year as a professor, she'd learned to stay out of the students' business unless they made an effort to involve her. Well, to a certain extent, of course. If that business involved education matters or rule-breaking, then there was no doubt Lexi had to be involved.

This...was not educational or a matter of rule-breaking, though. She just gave Marie a sympathetic look and waited to see if she'd explain further.

Hmm...alright, that sounded pretty reasonable. Plus, non-verbal spell casting was something nearly every witch and wizard wanted to master. Even Lexi herself had found a big interest in it during her school years. For those reasons, she decided to start this little mini-lesson with instruction on silent casting.

"Non-verbal spells," she said, looking at both Nymphy and Marie, "are very easy to learn how to do, but very difficult to actually do. You see, non-verbal spell casting relies mainly on concentration and intention." She gestured toward the dueling arena, motioning for Marie to join Nymphy, so that they could get the practicing underway.

"Since we're learning something new, I want you two to focus more on what you're learning and less on a fast-paced duel. You need to concentrate on your spell, what the spell does, and what you hope the spell will do for you," she said. "Once you're in a dueling stance, I want you to think about the first spell you'd like to cast. Focus on the things I mentioned---what the spell does and what you hope the spell will do for you."

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Originally Posted by quidditch_captain

Ok...sounded easy enough...resolution was the key and Nymphy had plenty of that. He lined up in his stance and thought...."Ok, I need a....Summining charm. I'll summon her wand! That works.......Accio Wand.....Accio Wand" he thought. He went even deeper...."I need to summon her wand.....Accio Wand.....I need to summon her wand.....Accio Wand" he thought, squinting and imagine the words running thourhg his mind like the news on a blimp advertisment.

Then with one final thought he open his eyes and imagined so hard that he could swear that he heard his miond audiblly say "Accio Wand!"

He felt a diminshed force leave his wand and thought he saw the girls hand jerk, but it definitly wasn't the full effect. Though, he thought is was good for a first try.

Marie tried to smile at Professor Carlton when she said shewas sorry to hear about her and Carter. "Thanks, hopefully we will be talking again soon," she said. Maybe later she would try to find him so they could try and work things out.

For now though she needed to concentrate on what was going on here, and that was learning non-verbals. She clinbed into the arena with the boy who didn't think he needed to tell her his name... Pfft, she told him hers, the least he could have done was tell her his. Oh well, she will just think of him as the boy without a name. It's not liike she wanted to be friends with him.

The key to non-verbals was concentration and intention. She needed to focus on what she was doing, on what she wanted to happen. She needed to see it happening in her mind. She could do this, she knew she could since she HAD practiced it before. She had vowed to learn non-verbals last term after she got beat by Raiden when he was using them.

Closing her eyes she concentrated on the Imperiano shield. She envisioned the blue aura surrounding her and only her. Nothing was going to get to her right now. 'IMPERIANO!' She thought very loudly in her mind then did the proper wand movement, a tight circular motion, wrist flicking just the slightest bit, all the while concentrating on that blue bubble that would be around her. Opening her eyes she smiled as she seen the shield was there.

'Oh yeah, thank you Raiden for motivating me last term to learn non-verbals', she thought.

07-21-2010, 01:36 AM	#41 (permalink)
The1HBIC Mooncalf Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Iowa, USA (GMT -6) Posts: 7,707 Hogwarts RPG Name: Cecelia "Cece" Murdoch Graduated x4 x2	Super Slytherin Buddy - ⅓ She-Snake Trio \|\| EVIL Healer SPOILER!!: Professor Carlton & Nymphy Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Uh oh. As soon as she saw the look on Marie's face, Lexi knew she'd asked the wrong sort of question. Her question was about Carter, though, so why would it cause Marie to not smile? Wait, erm...what? Not speaking to each other? Eep, Lexi did ask the wrong sort of question. "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That doesn't sound like you and Carter at all, though," she commented. She would ask what happened, but since she was an adult and Marie was a teenager, she refrained. In her year as a professor, she'd learned to stay out of the students' business unless they made an effort to involve her. Well, to a certain extent, of course. If that business involved education matters or rule-breaking, then there was no doubt Lexi had to be involved. This...was not educational or a matter of rule-breaking, though. She just gave Marie a sympathetic look and waited to see if she'd explain further. Hmm...alright, that sounded pretty reasonable. Plus, non-verbal spell casting was something nearly every witch and wizard wanted to master. Even Lexi herself had found a big interest in it during her school years. For those reasons, she decided to start this little mini-lesson with instruction on silent casting. "Non-verbal spells," she said, looking at both Nymphy and Marie, *"are very easy to learn how* to do, but very difficult to actually do. You see, non-verbal spell casting relies mainly on concentration and intention." She gestured toward the dueling arena, motioning for Marie to join Nymphy, so that they could get the practicing underway. "Since we're learning something new, I want you two to focus more on what you're learning and less on a fast-paced duel. You need to concentrate on your spell, what the spell does, and what you hope the spell will do for you," she said. "Once you're in a dueling stance, I want you to think about the first spell you'd like to cast. Focus on the things I mentioned---what the spell does and what you hope the spell will do for you." Quote: Originally Posted by quidditch_captain Ok...sounded easy enough...resolution was the key and Nymphy had plenty of that. He lined up in his stance and thought...."Ok, I need a....Summining charm. I'll summon her wand! That works.......Accio Wand.....Accio Wand" he thought. He went even deeper...."I need to summon her wand.....Accio Wand.....I need to summon her wand.....Accio Wand" he thought, squinting and imagine the words running thourhg his mind like the news on a blimp advertisment. Then with one final thought he open his eyes and imagined so hard that he could swear that he heard his miond audiblly say "Accio Wand!" He felt a diminshed force leave his wand and thought he saw the girls hand jerk, but it definitly wasn't the full effect. Though, he thought is was good for a first try. Marie tried to smile at Professor Carlton when she said shewas sorry to hear about her and Carter. "Thanks, hopefully we will be talking again soon,"** she said. Maybe later she would try to find him so they could try and work things out. For now though she needed to concentrate on what was going on here, and that was learning non-verbals. She clinbed into the arena with the boy who didn't think he needed to tell her his name... Pfft, she told him hers, the least he could have done was tell her his. Oh well, she will just think of him as the boy without a name. It's not liike she wanted to be friends with him. The key to non-verbals was concentration and intention. She needed to focus on what she was doing, on what she wanted to happen. She needed to see it happening in her mind. She could do this, she knew she could since she HAD practiced it before. She had vowed to learn non-verbals last term after she got beat by Raiden when he was using them. Closing her eyes she concentrated on the Imperiano shield. She envisioned the blue aura surrounding her and only her. Nothing was going to get to her right now. 'IMPERIANO!' She thought very loudly in her mind then did the proper wand movement, a tight circular motion, wrist flicking just the slightest bit, all the while concentrating on that blue bubble that would be around her. Opening her eyes she smiled as she seen the shield was there. 'Oh yeah, thank you Raiden for motivating me last term to learn non-verbals', she thought. __________________ Nothing makes me happier than when I'm with YOU! Cece and Marie_____Colby