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Slytherin Fifth Year |  Professor Pink | Mrs. Bruce Wayne | I'm on a Goat | Glitterpuff | Dumbledore's Defense Squad | BHB
SPOILER!!: Jer, Mel, Jer, Jer Quote:
Originally Posted by 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." 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. Quote:
Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe "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." Quote:
Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe Preston walked, watching the students make good progress.
"Many of you have been successful, so I will introduce the second spell for this class. Another option when creating shelter is to use poles to support fabric, or even to just provide better framing for boards."
Levitating a branch over to his desk, he set it down. "You can use this spell on branches, drumsticks, lengths of vine, even fabric if you needed to, to create poles. It's simplest with branches, however, and those would be the most likely supplies you'd have if you were stranded in the wood."
He levitated the branch for everyone to see. "Start with wooden poles, but as you improve, you may also be able to vary the material, which could be useful in any number of cases."
Casting a quick fixate on the branch to suspend it in mid-air, he continued. "A simple flick and Palus is all you need. Just make sure to focus on smooth, even poles."
Demonstrating, the branch, suspended in air, became a long wooden pole, not unlike one that could be used, with others, to make a tee-pee.
"Practice both spells and after some time, we'll move onto the final."
"Geez, don't be such a drama queen," Fletcher whined right back at Mia. "You're grating my ears."
And abusing my ribs, and trying to set my robes on fire....
Fletcher sniggered at Mia's attempt to get back at him and set to work on turning his leaves to lumber. Oh he'd show her, he would.
"Temran madera!" the boy cast, drawing a long horizontal line in the air over his leaves so that his wand hand passed all the way across and over Mia's face. Fletcher had never heard of personal space bubbles, apparently.
The spell did work, though, as there was now a nice, cleanly-cut 2x4 sitting on his desk. Perfect. Now what else were they supposed to do? Conjure a cover? More lumber? Mehhhhh Fletcher didn't want to build an entire structure here in the classroom... that would just be a waste of effort.
Wrinkling his nose in thought, the Hufflepuff had an idea. He looked around to make sure Professor Kingsley wasn't in the vicinity and then quietly levitated his branch up to hover over the center of Mia's head. He fixated it there, a spell he was quite familiar with these days, and then loudly cast,
"PALUS!!!!!"
The hovering branch above Mia's head started to grow, quickly, into a long, thin and flexible tent pole. Of course it had to poke her in the head several times as it grew until Fletcher flicked his wand away and caught the stick. Ha ha it had worked.
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