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Originally Posted by Steelsheen 
Salander set the branch aside and lay the leaf before him, looking at it with intense concentration Ok, focus on the leaf... width and strength... here we go.... "Temran Madera!" he cast on the leaf-- and saw it turn into wood....
... a wooden leaf that is.
The Slytherin lad picked it up-- it looked like a leaf shaped chopping board. "Ehrmm.... maybe I should try again?" he asked, eying the extra leaves for a replacement. "Give it another try," Preston said, as he made his way by. "Focus on size, shape and consistency as you cast the spell." Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael White taking anouther leaf "Yes sir ....."Temran madera the leafe stretched to what look to be 3 feet long 1/2 in thick board but it was still Red and yellow....looking up at the professor " well it will make it easier to be seen "grinning sheepishly Preston circled back to the boy. "Almost there. A little more focus on the visual aspects and you shoudl get there." Quote:
Originally Posted by Starbreeze Eino was so excited! Now he could build a tree house out of leaves, worms, and snakes!! Maybe he wouldn't really need ropes since snakes weren't as easy to find as leaves and worms, but he was already excited to go home and build a tree house with his snazzy transfiguration skills! He placed the leaf on his desk and moved all of his other materials away from it. "Temran madera!" Eino said as he copied the Professor's wand movement. The leaf turned into a very, very small wooden board. I can't build a tree house with this... I'll need hundreds. He thought as he took the board and examined it. Then he put it aside and placed another leaf at the center of his desk and continued to practice. Preston paused, stroking his chin as he watched. "Try imagining the leaf getting bigger as it turns into a board. That may help with the size issue." Quote:
Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy "They were making a shelter out of wood? But wouldn't a tent be easier?" She thought. Then she remembered the troubles she and her father had had the last time they tried to set up a tent. "Maybe this will be easier."
"Temran madera" she said aloud over and over, trying to get control of the syllables. when she was ready, she pointed her wand at the leaf, and repeated the incantation while copping the professor's wand movement. She watched as the leaf turned into a wooden board. Unfortunately, the board was just a little longer than her wand. "Um, Professor?" she called while putting her hand in the air, "How do I make it bigger?" Preston turned at the question. "Well, try practicing the incantation again, focusing on producing a bigger board. If that fails, an enlargement charm would work, too, but first focus on your original spell creating a decent sized board."
He paused. "It's all in the focus." Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiegirl OW!!!
The stupid 'three day old pudding eater and boil giver' just elbowed her in the head. He was doing it on purpose, she was sure of it.
Mia looked up at Professor Kingsley, surely he had just seen that. Surely the Professor would do something about the stupid rotten food eater. But nooooo he just ignored it.
Well.
Fiiiiiine.
Making sure that the Professor wasn't looking, Mia picked up her stick and poked Fletcher in the ribs with it.
There!
See how you like it.
What the...?
Not only did she have to transfigure her leaf which by the way was big enough to be a shelter all on it's own, but she had to try and remember the incantation.
"I can't even pronounce those words." She whined dramatically while picking up her wand and looking at it with trepidation. She was going to blow something up, she could just tell.
Drawing a horizontal like with her wand, Mia spoke the incantation. "Terman modera." Sparks flew out of her wand and landed on her leaf and a couple may have just flown over to Fletcher and landing on his robes.
Mia picked up her leaf and there were at least half a dozen sizeable holes in it.
Well at least she hadn't burnt it completely. Preston had missed the jostling at the question, and only barely caught the stick-poke out of the corner of his eye. Registering it, he said nothing, resolving instead to keep a closer eye on the two in the back.
And it was a good thing, as the sparks flew.
Vanishing them neatly, and sparing any singes to people, Preston shook his head. "Some more concentration, please, Miss Gibbons." Quote:
Originally Posted by Canoir Greengrass
Oh they're gonna transfigured the leaf? Okay this is going to be fun. Well. Freya hopes so. She pulled out her wand and put the leaf on her desk. What was the spell again? Oh yeah Temran madera. She took a deep breath before drawing a small horizontal line in the air with her wand and said the incantation "Temran Madera!" but nothing happened. None. Zero. Nada. The leaf still a leaf.
She let out a small sighed and prepared herself for her second experiment with the spell. She closed her eyes tried to pictured a wooden board in her mind and focused on the width and strength like Professor Kingsley said. The Slytherin girl opened her eyes and repeated the wand movement again before saying the incantation "Temran Madera!" and she saw her leaf turning into a wooden board. She did it but the wooden board was not as long as Professor Kingsley's. Her wooden board only about one and half feet long. "Well. At leas it was a wooden board, right?" she said trying to cheer herself.
"Try again," Preston called to her. "You can work on the size with your concentration." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lindzers So they were learning to make a shelter? That sounded awesome! Melanie listened carefully as the Professor explained the functions of the spell they'd be practicing, and then told them how to do it. Under her breath she repeated the incantation, deciding to practice saying it just once without her wand. Then Melanie got her wand out.
She twirled it absentmindedly between her fingers, looking around at the other students for a few moments, before peering down intently at the leaf sitting upon her desk. Flicking her wand horizontally, Melanie said the magic words, "Temran Madera." The girl watched the leaf on her desk carefully as it swelled up and then, slowly, turned a darker brown color. When it seemed to be done Melanie prodded it with her finger.
It looked like a plank of wood and, roughly, was about the size and shape of Professor Kingsley's. However, it felt a little... spongy. If nothing else, it would probably make an excellent floating device. However, if someone were to try and make a shelter of it, Melanie was sure it would let water in. And that was no good. Without the girl saying anything, Preston couldn't tell the consistency of the board was off. So, he continued walking, nodding a he went.
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"Keep practicing," he said, continuing his walk. "There is a limit as to how large you can make the board just by concentrating, but that's going to be dependent on your skill and the leaf itself. So keep at it."
As he walked, he continued to speak. "You could use these boards to create a quick lean-to, using the nails and hammer spells we learned last class. You could use them as a floor, to keep your body away from the wet ground. You could do any number of things with them."
He stopped in his tracks, though. "Remember, though, that this isn't permanent. I would caution strongly against using these materials to build structures that you need to last."
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