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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  Kurumi took out her wand and looked at her white scarf. OK...just do the same wand movement that the professor and say the proper words. She pointed her wand, waved it around, and said, "Vestis vellus."
Nothing happened. Hmmm...she tried again and this time it began to move in a wave-like motion before shooting straight up into the air and falling back down on the table. Kurumi, being very surprised by this, feel over backwards in her chair.
She picked herself back up and looked at her scraf with determined violet eyes. "You, Mr. Scarf, are going to turn into a nice folded blanket," she scolded the scarf. She took out her wand and tried again, this time producing a very very loooooooong scarf that covered her entire table and becan rolling across the floor towards the professor.
Oops... As he walked around the room, Professor Kingsley noticed the scarf rolling across the floor. He'd check back on her to see if she needed help again in a moment. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivy Nienna
Wiggling her fingers right back as the Professor called the class to attendance, Ivory followed his example and stayed respectfully quiet although in all honesty she did let out a tiny little muffled snort of laughter when the Professor Kingsley asked him to remove his feet from his desk top just when he thought he looked so cool.
Stifling her laughter, she held her peace and resorted to jotting down notes.
Vestis vellus...
Repeating the words a few times in her head, Ivory flourished her wand through the air.
One curly q there...another over there....If only her wand was a sparkler like the ones her little brothers played with back home on the Fourth of July, then she could see the neon sparkly outline of her wand work displayed brightly before her....well she could just cast sparks...Nah. Shaking her head to herself, she decided to concentrate just as the Professor had said. Concentrate on Vestis vellus.
The first word was almost like the Italian word to dress. Mimicking her grandmother when she'd tell her to go put on something more appropriate, Ivory made her voice as shrill and matronly as she could.
"VeeEEEeeestiiiis velllllllluuuuuus."
Alright, well a little too much emphasis but the ground work for a good pronunciation was there.
Stepping a little away from her fellow students, she laid down her scarf on her desk top, all nice and flowing from the sides. Staring at it, she tried to visualize the results.
A blanket...a woolen blanket..a warm fitting for surviving the elements blanket....one fit to cover her entire frame....
Practically squinting at the darn thing, she raised her wand...time to practice for real. Preston's studder-stepped when he heard a rather shrill rendition of the spell, turning around toward the sound of it. Raising an eyebrow, he located the source, pursing his lips before moving on. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian Ah...here came the awful part. Treyen immediately frowned. He totally disliked the practical part, mainly because he sucked. And also because of the 'focus' time it required in order for a spell to be successful. It was too much concentration. Concentration he didn't have.
Nevertheless, he wasn't going to give up, ever.
What was the spell from last term? Eek! Wait...it was Reverto, was it not? Well, he didn't have to focus on that just yet, all he had to do was focus on the Vestis vellus. Yeah.
He eyed his scarf for a moment, and then sighed, he should've brought along the Hufflepuff scarf, not this one. Anyway, what was the wand movement? Flourish and curly-Q?! Why were they always so complicated?
The boy pretty much squinted as the Professor did the movement, yeah, it always appeared easier when he did it. Now, flourish and curly-q. "Vestis vellus!" he said, aiming to the scarf.
Haha. Fail. The scarf was still there.
He could always try it over and over again. "Give it another try, Mister Lockhart," he said as he passed by. "Take somet ime to visualize the results." Quote:
Originally Posted by CreativeAllie18 Alice hadn't thought about that...I guess there would be no way to transfigure yourself back.
Alice reached down and took her red and gold striped Gryffindor scarf out of her bag and set it on her desk, before removing her wand from its holster. She made a quick note of the incantation and the wand movement in her notebook before closing it and distancing herself from the other kids in the class. In case this ended up going terribly wrong, she didn't want any other students (or their scarfs) to be effected.
Alice laid her scarf out completely flat, figuring that would be easier than trying it folded like the Professor had. She cleared her throat before saying, "Vestis Vellus," moving her wand in the same curly q motion the Professor had.
Once she was done Alice looked down at her scarf. Hmm...
It was still the scarf but instead of being the cotton material it was before now it was a wool red and gold striped scarf. Something went askew. Approaching the first year, Preston smiled. "That's a good start. Now, really focus and imagine in your mind what the finished blanket looks like. Don't try for a folded one yet, or you'll likely end up with a hole in the middle, but visualize the end result."
He tapped the scarf with his wand. "Reverto." And it was back to it's original form. "That's the reversion spell. It's simple enough. Just give a quick flick with your wand and re-ver-TO, and it should go right back." Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashwinder A simple, flourish sort of curly-q? Well, that was a description that definitely required him to pay attention, though after Kingsley demonstrated it Kellen couldn't help but think of it as anything but. In fact, he might have described it in a similar fashion.
After practicing the wand motion a few times, Kellen took out his scarf -- standard Ravenclaw colours -- and took the professor's advice in spreading out around the room. Once he'd found a spot with what he believed to be enough space, he set his scarf on the desk and proceeded to curly-q his wand at it, "Vestis vellus."
He blinked at the blanket, rumpled as it was from where he'd casually (and somewhat carelessly) dropped the scarf. Kingsley definitely was on to something with folding it beforehand. Approaching the Ravenclaw, Kingsley nodded approvingly. "Well done, Mister Stern. I imagined the older students would find this easier. Do try several? Different sizes, and all that." Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Yes, as long as your arm and wand were mostly uninjured. Fletcher hadn't considered the full logistics of it all, apparently.
He sat up a little straighter when the professor dived into the meat of the lesson. Vestis vellus. Vestis vellus. Vestis vellus. He repeated to himself several times until he thought he had the hang of it.... or how it should sound when it came time to actually say it.
Once they were allowed to start practicing, Fletcher rolled up his sleeves and set his scarf on the desk in front of him. "Vestis vellus," he muttered under his breath once more for practice. He steadied himself then and stared down the Hufflepuff scarf with intense concentration before flourishing his wand in a fancy little curly-q.
"Vestis vellus!"
It was magic! Ahh yes. The somewhat worn and threadbare scarf transformed into a scratchy, wrinkled wool blanket. Fletcher shook it out and admired the unique design, frowning only slightly when he held it up to himself and realized it would be far too short.
"Reverto," he tapped the blanket and made it back into his usual scarf. Time to try, try again. Preston nodded as he moved around. "Good, Mister Fletcher. Just a little more concentration on the size."
He was about to say more when someone entered the room... Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrinal Alex entered the class..
was She late?
Professor was already in the class..
little scares Alex greeted professor Kingsley
"H- Hello Professor!!"
The instructions were given..
Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!
Alex forgot the scarf..
How could she do that.. She is becoming a dumb..
She took out her parchment and begin to right..
"Professor" Alex raised her hand..
"Transfiguration makes life easy by transfiguring the things that are necessary at times but not present at the instant"..
Late.
"Two points for tardiness, Miss Granger. Do try to be on time." His voice was clipped.
(ooc: If you're just coming in to a lesson after it starts, just play as if your character has been there the whole time.) Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi looked over just in time to see an upperclassmen transform their scarf into a blanket and back again with ease. How did he do that?! Kurumi scooted her seat over, dragging her ridiculously long white scarf with her as she did. Clearly, she needed some help because the next time she tried...well...perhaps the entire room was going to be covered in white scratchy fabric.
"Um...excuse me..."she half wispered. "H-h-How did you do that?" Her cheeks flushed as sne tried to roll up her scarf so it wasn't all over the floor for someone to trip on. How fortunate that Professor Kingsley was standing right by Mister Fletcher.
"It's all about concentration, my dear," he said. "You need to picture the end result and, if it helps, focus on how your object will change. You've gotten the longer. Now for the wider and heavier."
He smiled before turning to the Hufflepuff. "Mister Fletcher, could you show Miss Hollingberry the reversion spell?"
He was a firm believer that teaching others reinforced concepts for the student doing the teaching. Quote:
Originally Posted by HogwartsHokage Jenny relaxed after hearing the Professor talk about the Reversion spell. Whew! All she had to worry about was to turn her "blanket" back into a scarf...okay.
After training her hand to go in some kind of fancy way, Jenny pointed her wand at her blue scarf and murmured, "Vestis vellus."
Her blue scarf somehow stretched into a tiny blue wool blanket...fit enough to snug a baby with. Okay, at least there's progress. "Good!" Preston walked over to the girl, wand out. "Now, to change it back into a scarf and try again, simply flick your wand and say re-ver-TO while imagining the scarf going back to its original. Then you can try again with the blanket."
Preston stood back so that, if she needed any help, he was still right there. "When you try the blanket again, take a moment to really think about what it looks like, feels like. How heavy is it? What size is it? It might look good, but it might be thin and not warm at all if you don't." Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrinal Alex begin to practice on her own but what she needed know was somebody to help her..
"Vestis vellus." Alex was practising looking everywhere so that she could find at least one person to demonstrate her the things...
Again she did not have a scarf......
Turning back, he noticed that the tardy Miss Granger also lacked a scarf. Sighing, he walked over to her.
"Escarpa," he intoned, drawing a line in the air with his wand. Fluttering down to her desk, a thin cotton scarf piled itself on the surface.
"You can use that. Please return it to me when you are done."
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