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XanaSnape · 02-15-2009, 05:36 AM

The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was cold, dank and dimly lit by dreary light streaming through the windows, supplanted by a few sputtering candles hanging in sconces. Long, dark wood tables filled the room, each paired with two sturdy wooden stools and inkwells for the students' use. On the walls of the classroom were horrific moving pictures of people writhing in excruciating pain, as well as images of men and women suffering from cruel cursed deformities. On the bottom of each frame there was a small plaque indicating the spell that was depicted in the photograph.

At the front of the classroom there was a large, dusty chalkboard and a lectern. There was also a desk laden with ancient books and an assemblage of dark detectors whirring away busily.

The professor was not yet in the room. The charmed chalkboard contained a simple message:

ooc: Please RP entering the class and I will bring in the Professor as soon as we have a fair amount of people in attendance. Please do not use this as a chat thread or I will delete your posts without further warning! This class session will be open until Monday evening (possibly Tuesday evening) EST to allow people of every time zone ample time to participate.

LizzieEvans · 02-15-2009, 04:39 PM

Lizzie smiled as she saw Chris was making the same progress as herself. Noting making it at first try, but increasing. She tried once again and this time made it at first try.

Hedwig18 · 02-15-2009, 04:42 PM

Ana held her wand firmly and try to focus "Protego!" nothing happened not even a little light. Oh please work...and work fast she thought. She tried to concentrate harder and once again she said "Protego!" this time a weak light formed but if her life depended on that she could say bye to it. She sighed. But giving up it was not on Ana's nature so she reunited all her attention and energy to her wand and mind, she closed her eyes for a few moments and then "Protego!" she said and a shield appeared. Not a perfect shield but good to start.

Felixir · 02-15-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"You're missing the sharp snap of the wrist at the end, child." Kazimeriz said to the boy. "And focus." He continued surveying the class.

Oi... you... yeah youuuuuuuu... The name is JACOB UPSTEAD. Pfft.

It felt kind of unnerving to be called child, nearly as unnerving as when Professor Morgan called him Jakers. Jake breathed out through his nose in slight frustration and tried again, glad that he wasn't Varius at the moment, who at this particular moment was being clawed by the old man.

"Protego," Jake tried, aiming his wand upwards and stressing the little snap thingamabob he thought he'd been doing.

And it worked... Ok... so maybe he ain't that bad... but only because I said so, Jake thought, losing focus and letting a load of acorns drop on his head.

"Ouch," Jake groaned from the kajillionth time that lesson. He remembered Kazimeriz's words about focusing and growled at himself in frustration.

XanaSnape · 02-15-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

With eyes that never once left their widened state, Anna listened to each and every word the professor was saying. She suddenly felt so much more aware of everything around her---every sound, every movement, every person. She followed the professor's every move, trying to will herself to one day become as aware of her surroundings at he seemed to be. She was deathly afraid of the man, that was true, but she'd be lying if she said he'd turned out to be a rotten professor. The man was anything but. Every word, every movement, and every demonstration was unlike anything she'd ever seen. She'd tell him that---someday---but as of now, everytime she thought about speaking to the man, little balls of cotton seemed to sprout up in the back of her throat, causing her to feel like she'd strangle herself to death if she attempted a single word.

Anna listened carefully as Professor Kazimeriz discussed the three components of the protego charm. As he spoke, Anna took notes on points such as the wand motion, the incantation, and the fact that she must exhibit focus and intent. She was determined to succeed in this class and figure out some way to make this man proud of her efforts. She'd have to work harder than she'd ever had to work before, but in the longrun, the reward would be the lessons learned when everything was said and done.

Anna rose from her seat and grabbed her wand, holding it firmly by her side in preparation of what was to come. She looked the professor in the eyes as he gave further instructions, and she nodded when he said that the protego charm would be practiced until every member of the class succeeded. She stood, wand still grasped firmly in her hand, and waited to see what would happen next. No matter how prepared she tried to be, the sudden raining of acorns took her by a great deal of surprise. She quickly positioned her wand toward the falling pellets and moved it in a sweeping, upward arc. She ended the motion with a sharp snap of her wrist and then called out a careful and confident "Protego!" An acorn---just one, single acorn amongst the many that were pouring down---bounced away from her. She'd succeeded, but there many, many other acorns pounding down upon her in the meantime.

Kazimeriz approached Greingoth, eyeing her form. "Not bad. Pivot your wrist more to the right as you snap, Miss Greingoth, and lean into the cast more." He watched her practice.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

"Thanks Professor. i think a may be able to do it this time." He raised his wand and said with imence concetration and remembering to keep his arc low. "Protego!" Out of his wand cam a decent Sheild.

"Excellent! Now work on sustaining the shield. Focus." He addressed the class. "If you have already successfully cast a shield, unless you are helping another student continue to work on sustaining the shield. You should not be hit by a single acorn." Fortunately, the acorns were charmed to disappear as they hit the ground, or they'd be swimming in them by now. It amused Kazimeriz to see them pelting down on the students, as he knew they were a bit on the painful side, but a little pain was a great incentive to learn -- and it was far better to learn to protect themselves when facing little acorns than have to learn the skill while facing their next challenge...

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Qaz was having a great time...the old guy might have 9 out of ten toes in the grave, but he sure wasn't boring. So far she hadn't volunteered for anything, which was unusual, but she was beginning to think that better safe than sorry was a good motto for this class.

Standing as instructed, and it started raining acorns. The little buggers packed a punch. Enough of that.

Her wand almost moved on it's own as she commanded, 'Protego.'

With her sheild in place, she sat back down, on a handfull of acorns. Ouch. Lifting up a few inches, she swept off the acorns with her free hand and sat back down.

Sitting there holding her wand up like an umbrella, she looked around. It appeared that most everybody had succeeded and those who didn't had assistance. She'd come a long way in her wand-work since she arrive at Hogwarts the first time. Oh those first three years were disasterous, but finally, in her fourth year, it all came together...thanks to friends with loads of patience....and lots and lots of practice.

It was so dark in the classroom that she couldn't tell how everyone was doing. 'Does anybody in here still need help?'

Kazimeriz nodded once to the girl, glad that she was offering to assist others.

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Originally Posted by LizzieEvans

Lizzie smiled as she saw Chris was making the same progress as herself. Noting making it at first try, but increasing. She tried once again and this time made it at first try.

"Very good- nice control." Kazimeriz nodded.

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Ana held her wand firmly and try to focus "Protego!" nothing happened not even a little light. Oh please work...and work fast she thought. She tried to concentrate harder and once again she said "Protego!" this time a weak light formed but if her life depended on that she could say bye to it. She sighed. But giving up it was not on Ana's nature so she reunited all her attention and energy to her wand and mind, she closed her eyes for a few moments and then "Protego!" she said and a shield appeared. Not a perfect shield but good to start.
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"More focus. Draw from your sense of self-preservation."

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

"Ouch," Jake groaned from the kajillionth time that lesson. He remembered Kazimeriz's words about focusing and growled at himself in frustration.

"Better. But maintain that focus. Concentrate on how much you don't want to feel the pain..."

He cast his own wand up toward the ceiling, adding sharp little spikes to the acorns- not sharp enough to pierce the skin, but enough to really, really feel unpleasant. Even painful. He peeled back his smile in a wicked leer. "You really do not wish to be pelted by these. Focus on protecting yourselves."

Seeker_Seven · 02-15-2009, 05:07 PM

Tino crouched on the floor with an open book over his head, flinching repeatedly. Acorns bounced and popped. I don't want to feel the pain. I don't want to feel the pain. "I don't wanna feel the pain!" Tino half-spoke, half-yelled over the din of raining nuts. "Whatthe--OW! Hey, they've got spikes! No fair! That's not even an indiginous species to Hogwarts!"

Grasping for his wand, which he'd unfortunately dropped at the first sign of trouble, Tino pointed it up at the ceiling. "Protego! Prooootego!"

Hedwig18 · 02-15-2009, 05:07 PM

Ana nodded to the professor and got ready one more time. The acorns start to fall. I don't want to suffer she thought and with all the intention she shouted "Protego!" and the shield appeared again now more clearly. She sustain it for like 30 seconds. Cool! Awesome! she thought

Torchwood · 02-15-2009, 05:12 PM

Oh my, he has a nasty streak, Qaz grinned, and she noticed the little points on the acorns. She was pretty sure that she'd her yells of pain if somebody was still having serious trouble...then she could follow yells to assist.

LizzieEvans · 02-15-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"Very good- nice control." Kazimeriz nodded.

Lizzie smiled at the professor, still focused on keeping the shield intact. Thank you sir she said.

LunaticLady · 02-15-2009, 05:18 PM

Marina moved her wand exactly as it was described in the book and said "Protego!", but the fact that she was coverng her face with her left arm at the same time, showed plainly that she did not have too much confidence in her own Shield Charm, and consequently it was a feeble shield that was gone within a second. She used both arms and no magic now to prevent the acorns hitting her face.

Felixir · 02-15-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"Better. But maintain that focus. Concentrate on how much you don't want to feel the pain..."

He cast his own wand up toward the ceiling, adding sharp little spikes to the acorns- not sharp enough to pierce the skin, but enough to really, really feel unpleasant. Even painful. He peeled back his smile in a wicked leer. "You really do not wish to be pelted by these. Focus on protecting yourselves."

Is. He. INSANE?! Do you REALLY THINK I want to be in pain?! I'm NOT just some fictional character, puppeteered to be put through painful situations for others' amusement!

"Ouch... owowowowowowwwww!!!!! What the HECK?!" Jake cried, resisting the urge to dive under a table. Geez, this guy was MEAN!!!!! But, he had to keep his focus; in a real situation he wouldn't control what happen, and he couldn't ask for a timeout.

"PROTEGO!" Jake shouted over the clatters of acorns everywhere. His sheild charm went up again but Jake felt it getting weaker and less effective, so he willed it to work, wished with every atom of his bruised ~~wittle~~ little body. He did NOT want to feel that pain. He WOULD not...

And it worked, it got stronger... Jake allowed himself a moment of internal celebration... but that was a moment to long.

THUNKCRACKTHWACKCRACKTHUNK... SPLAT.

What... splat? Jake didn't really want to know.

"Owwwww..." he moaned, knowing where he'd gone wrong. "Okay... I CAN do this..."

highjinx · 02-15-2009, 05:22 PM

Cam quickly took out his wand and just opened his mouth when the storm of acorns came from above. No moooore fooling around this time. Then he looked back to where the professor was, wha-HE WAS A CHEATER. Umbrella, he wished that he'd learn to make a wand into an umbrella soon. He put a firm grip on his wand and tried to concentrate. Ooooh, it was like super duper hard. Geez, how could he concentrate with ... acorns going down on him?!

With his wand ready, he cast the spell. "Pro-OWW!" One acorn went right on his head right as he started to say the incantation. "Pro--OWW. Pro--OWWW." He couldn't do it, it was NOT fair. WHERE WAS AN UMBRELLA WHEN YOU NEEDED ONE?!

And his eyes grew wide once the professor told them to be much, much careful. What? What could have been different than last time? "Protego!" he managed to say before an acorn dropped on him, but whether it was his wand movement or concentration or both, it wouldn't work since there was an acorn coming right at him.

Was it his extremely bad reflexes that made him look up for the acorn, the SPIKEY acorn to land directly on his face and then land back on the floor? "OUCHH." Cam needed to get one of these acorns though, Mr. Masterson could have used them to do something to the green witch again. "Protego!" He looked up, smiling when seeing acorns bouncing right off his shield.

Yeah, that's right. Uh-huuuh. I'm the best, it'sma birthday. This was soooooo eas-"OUCH!" Shocked. And then he went to another "ow" or "ouch" as the acorns went on his hair and face.

druidflower · 02-15-2009, 05:25 PM

Ohhh this is not good this is not good! Tobi thought in a panicked loop as he stood beside Tino, who was saying much of what Tobi was thinking.

"Me neither! How are we supposed to cast ANYTHING while we're being pelted with oaks-to-be?"

But the Scary Man apparently thought it was neither here nor there, and that it could be done. In fact it was being done all over the class.

Tobi ought to count his blessings, at least he hadn't been asked to face off against the runespoor, had he, he might have wet himself. Having sat so close to one of the enormous beasts at the front of the class, he probably did anyway, just a tiny bit.

No time to think about his little accidents, he was being brained with acorns here!

Tobi wiggled his wand manically. "Protego!" he wailed.

No dice Frodo. His protective barrier didn't leave a char mark anywhere, but it didn't last more than a second either. it collected 4 acorns and they hit him in the face. How rude.

Most rude of all was the one of them that fell in his windpipe while he was gaping at his almost formed barrier, blocking it.

"helch!" he gagged. he wheezed. "HELCH!" he gagged.

Tino! he thought desperately I'm DYING!!!! Scary Man PLANNED this ALL ALONG!!!!

Disneymaniac · 02-15-2009, 05:38 PM

Protego?? He was actually meant to be able to cast that. He patted down his robes in search for his wand. Theo frowned. He raised his little hand, "Erm Professor. I have a little problem."

Seeker_Seven · 02-15-2009, 05:42 PM

Tino shook his wand like an Etch-a-Sketch. "Work! Work, you blasted thing! Proteeego!" Welts were sprouting all over his face and hands. Sensitive skin had no 'up' side. Tino sincerely wished there was someone he could owl home about this teaching atrocity, someone other than his uncle who would say 'Spiked acorns build character!'. Uncle thought pain and suffering built character. At this rate, Tino was going to be the most characterized individual on the planet.

"Tobi! Are you doing it? Come do it over here, by me!"

But Tobi was doing something else. Something that looked suspiciously like choking. Tino shot up, one arm over his head. "Tobi?"

The man was purple.

Without waiting for an answer, Tino ran to his tall friend and wrapped his arms around him from behind. He heaved with all his might. "Death won't build character! Death won't build character!," he yelled into Tobi's back.

Becky · 02-15-2009, 05:43 PM

Jack squealed as the acorns suddenly had spikes "Protegoprotegoprotego" he cast in one breath

This had better work, stupid teacher, stupid acorns, STUPID SPELL

"Protego" A shield went up and Jack breathed a sigh of relief as he crawled to under the desk Crazy fool he thought bitterly

Torchwood · 02-15-2009, 05:44 PM

Qaz heard and older Slytherin struggling and decided to pitch in, but before she could move, somebody else had come to his aid...

But there was a little Huffie (Jack Mosier) cowering under a desk, so she went over to see what she could do.

'Having a spot of bother, I see. Why don't you come out from under there and we'll see what we can do about it. You'll be fine if you stay close. My shield will protect the both of us.'

Becky · 02-15-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Torchwood

Qaz heard and older Slytherin struggling and decided to pitch in, but before she could move, somebody else had come to his aid...

But there was a little Huffie (Jack Mosier) cowering under a desk, so she went over to see what she could do.

'Having a spot of bother, I see. Why don't you come out from under there and we'll see what we can do about it. You'll be fine if you stay close. My shield will protect the both of us.'

Jack nodded "I am, but I don't wanna come out, I HATE acorns, especially spiky ones" Jack swallowed as he saw the seventh year choking "I don't want that to happen" he said with fear in his eyes

Lissy Longbottom · 02-15-2009, 06:03 PM

Cale had been sitting quietly during the whole class, watching in fear as the professor taught his lesson. Something was definitely off about this guy and he just couldn't put his finger on it. Whatever it was, it scared the living daylights out of the Gryffindor prefect. And poor Seymour--if Cale had been in his position, he'd be freaking out too. This guy looked like, a freaky old vampire! Yes, that was what he reminded Cale of.

Shivering as he told them all the rise and practice the spell, he sighed and picked up his wand. Cale had known this charm for a while, but he wasn't all that good with it, since many of his actions in everyday life did not require the use of a shield. He covered his curly head from the shower of acorns as he raised his arm, ready to try the spell. He focused on creating a shield to stop himself from getting pelted by acorns--after all, these things HURT when they came down on you like that! "Protego!" he muttered, trying with all of his might to concentrate.

Plop plop. He heard a few acorns bounce away from him, but as soon as he heard that, the shield fell and he started getting pelted with them once again. He groaned and glanced around the room--what was up with these people? They were going nuts! Shaking his head, he turned to do the charm again when suddenly WHACK. He felt one of the acorns fall down right on his face, barely missing his cornea. "Owwwwwww!" he muttered, holding his eye and stumbling backwards into a desk. Rubbing his watering eye, he tried to focus again as more acorns fell on his head. "Protego!" he tried once again, but his mind wasn't on his spell, it was on his injured eye, so the shield fell almost instanteously.

Man UP Newell! It's a silly acorn, for Merlin's sake! he thought to himself. Shaking his head and picking up his wand again, he took a deep breath and concentrated. He didn't want to get hit with any more sticking acorns, that was for sure. This thought stayed in his mind as he waved his wand again "Protego!" he exclaimed, watching in delight as a shield was created and acorns started bouncing every direction away from him. Success!

Riverlynn · 02-15-2009, 06:10 PM

Lasca watched as the volunteers walked to the front of the class. She gave a small start when they all had to protect themselves from Runespoors. It was interesting to see how each one had a different style fo casting. When they were finished she listened as the Professor intructed everyone on a proper shield charm. The young Ravenclaw gave a small grin. This was one spell that she did know how to do albeit roughly. She was still a beginner after all.

"Ow!" Lasca gave a small start and rubbed her shoulder as she was pelted by the first of many acorns. What in the world! Had she heard the professor right? The storm clouds he had conjured were now raining acorns! Reaching for her wand she glanced above her. Dodging to the left to avoid a particularly large acorn she flicked her wand and said, "Protego!"

Another acorn managed to hit her in the head, making her lose her concentration completely. She hopped back to her place avoiding a few more projectiles and then gave a huff. Enough playing. She flicked her wand in the proscribed manner and then said quite forcefully, "Protego!" The word came out as a growl in heavily accent Transylvanian. It however, did the trick. A shield had appeared around her, one that was so strong it looked to be glowing.

Not wanting to sit down, Lasca leaned against the table behind her and held her wand up. This class was turning out to be quite interesting.

Crayola · 02-15-2009, 06:11 PM

Goodness gracious. As Evangeline silently sat during the lesson, she could only think that Kazimeriz reputation suited him perfectly. The man was the most odd ball she had ever seen her in life, yet a not so nice nor funny odd ball.

Shaking those thoughts off her head, she stood up and grabbed her wand, ready to practise the spell. Merlin forbid acorns were hit her head - who knew what could happen to all her smartness? Cough. She figured the protego spell was easy enough. She could recall using it once before, though she still wasn't sure whether or not her success in performing it had been simply luck.

She was about to see, it seemed.

"Protego!" She firmly said, waving her wand in the air. For the briefest of moments, she watched as the acorns bounced off her, clearly because of the shield. However, the moment she seemed to realise that and a smug smile made its way to her lips, the shield disappeared and she was hit rather abruptly by an acorn in the back of her head. Owwwww.

Protecting her head as best as she could with her free arm, she waved her wand again, this time focusing on the spell rather than on the acorns attacking her. "Protego!!" She said with confidence, watching gladly as a bright shield protected her from the Acorns Mob.

MWAHAHA!

Torchwood · 02-15-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Becky

Jack nodded "I am, but I don't wanna come out, I HATE acorns, especially spiky ones" Jack swallowed as he saw the seventh year choking "I don't want that to happen" he said with fear in his eyes

'Okay, don't panic.' she said as soothing as she could be, 'Tell you what, why don't you just stay there and practice the spell. I'll stand right here until you are ready to come out, okay?'

Disneymaniac · 02-15-2009, 06:14 PM

Theo didn't like getting hit by the acorns. Especially when he couldn't protect himself. So he lay down on the floor and curled up into a ball. That way his robes could protect his small, fragile body. He knew he would have bruises soon from the acorns that had already hit him.

Ama · 02-15-2009, 06:20 PM

Huh. Terribly coincidence. She had just been hassling Varius Tipps about practicing his defensive spells the other day; Protego being one of them. Self-preservation was the day and that involved ignoring everyone else' well being but her own.

Arcing her arm, she snapped her wrist to the right: "Protego!" Wincing as two acorns managed to slip through her shield before it was able to go up, Daphne wondered if it would have been entirely impossible to go by unscathed. After all, she thought sourly, sweeping her glance sideways towards the rest of the students. Some of them seemed to be doing better than her. That was unacceptable.

Well, at least she wasn't Garret right now. Her hazel eyes found his figure beside her--pelted by sharp acorns.

druidflower · 02-15-2009, 06:23 PM

One needs to appreciate the irony of Tobias Avalon the Man Mountain, relying on Tiny-Tino Kolytris deliver the Heimlich Manouver and save his calamitous life.

Tino only came up to Tobi's sternum.... So as Tino was reaching and pulling, Tobi was pretty sure he was going to die.

I never told Nurse Brooks-Byron I loved her. I never gave Aggie her new boots! I never played on the Quidditch Team! I never made a signature Tobi Avalon Dessert! MY LIFE HAS BEEN WASTED!!!

With an almighty heave, Tino must have been successful, because Tobi hacked, coughed, spat up the acorn and a bit of mucus that went flying in the general direction of -

OH NO! SCARY MAN! It's FLYING AT SCARY MAN! I should have just left it where it was! Death by acorn isn't such a bad way to go!

The Acorn flew through the air in slow motion over the heads of a student or two and hit the Professor squarely in the chest. Tobi winced, his shoulders coming up around his ears as the acorn bounced off and landed a foot away bouncing merrily along the floor, bounce, [wince] bounce [wince] coming to stop not two feet away from Tobi himself. Also not extending Tobi's life expectancy was the large glob of mucus that landed on Professor Scary Man's Shimmery Shoe. Now a Sticky Shoe.

NOW would be a VERY good time to get that spell right. Tobi started waving his wand in the general direction of the Scary Man.

"Protego!" He whimpered. "PLEASE, Protego!"

Torchwood · 02-15-2009, 06:29 PM

Qaz leaned against the desk waiting for the child to gather up his nerve. In the meantime, her arm was starting to get a bit heavy. She was rather hoping that the acorn shower wouldn't go on much longer.

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