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"No need to be nervous," Preston whispered as she stuttered, leaning down to her, slightly. "You'll be fine."
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"Alright," he said, shutting the door and making his way to the front. "Today, we're going to add a few more skills to your repertoire before putting them all together for your final."
Standing in front of the class, hands clasped behind his back, he surveyed the room.
"If you were stranded in the woods, with no hope of rescue until morning, what might you need to survive the night?"[/COLOR]
Smiling a bit at the professor's words, Kurumi took a deep breath and tried find her center...or maybe the better word for that was mental and emotional stability.
Having heard the professor's first question, Kurumi looked around the foresty room and was brought back to the times she had gone camping with her family in the mountains...or in down by the river in their backyard during the summer. She had read that a human can go three days without water, 30 days without food...so over night those were not necessarily needed to survive the night. Pondering for a moment, Kurumi then raised her hand and tried not to be as nervous as she had been entering the room. "
I think a stable shelter and fire would be the most essential."
SPOILER!!: shelter talk
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AmbiguouslyMe He listened to each student, nodding at each in turn. "Good. Good. While some of you have been very specific, you're right. Shelter. Warmth. Light. Water. Many of these things you can already managed."
Pausing, he flicked his wand at the board, listing the spells from previous classes.
"We haven't, however, really covered shelter. That is part of today's lesson and part of your final." He made his way to the pile of branches and leaves and gathered some for himself. "We're going to learn how to turn objects around you into materials you can use to construct a shelter."
"You will be able to use these spells with the ropes, nails and even blankets to provide shelter. The first is turning leaves into lumber. This is different from focalia in that the othe spell creates bundles of dry firewood. This will give you boards and planks."
Preston drew a small horizontal line in the air with his wand. "Temran madera"
The leaf settled on his desk transformed into a wooden board about three feet long.
"This would work with similar object as well. So, everyone take your leaves and try the spell to make a board."[/color]
Kurumi wasn't really sure why they were turning leaves into lumber since they had already learned how to summon lumber using Focalia, but perhaps this was to use just in case you couldn't cast the spell properly? Kurumi continued to watch Professor Kingsley's demonstration to see that the leaves turned into perfect planks of wood. Aaaaaaaaaaaah, so that is why they were learning this spell. Instead of twigs and what not, they were transfiguring the leaves into actually building blocks.
Kurumi picked up several maple leaves of various sizes and set them down on her desk.
Concentration and Visualization...Concentration and Visualization...Concentration and Visualization... She repeated the mantra over and over in her head before trying the spell out herself. Copying the professor's small horizontal line in the air motion with her wand, Kurumi said
"Temran madera" nice and clear and then watched as her leaves began changing.
While she didn't have actually planks of wood...at least the leaves had taken on the shape of a plank. Half way there at least...Frowning a bit, she picked up the smaller of the leaf planks. "
Well, this isn't going to work well with nails," she laughed a little lightheartedly.