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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.

dan arjay · 02-15-2009, 08:56 AM

Daniel sighed upon opening of the lights... Then he frowned and looked around him. He was at the back of the class so he thinks no one was behind him.

He was beside a Hufflepuff, whom he don't know the name. A Ravenclaw, that is unfortunately he also doesn't know the name and someone who is in front of him.

He sighed another time and made a mental note to himself. I should have an active social life.

TeafortheSoul · 02-15-2009, 08:56 AM

After having sat down, Celandine turned around and stared at where Seymour had been. Super wow. In this class she'd learn at least as much as she would have from her brother had he been around.

Amira With a C · 02-15-2009, 08:59 AM

Camira did not raise her hand because shamefully, she had not been aware of who was seated around her. She looked around now for any kind of anomaly. She couldn't find one. How disappointing indeed. She wondered how Seymour was - wait, that was it! Where was Seymour?! Oh God, if something happened to him, Will would kill her. "Professor, where exactly is Seymour Addams", slight panic apparent in her voice.

druidflower · 02-15-2009, 09:03 AM

"Seymour who?" Tobi asked dimly.

There was a student named Seymour in the class? In the School? Poor kid. A rather unfortunate name. Not that Tobias is a HECK of a lot better when you really think about it, but it's preferable.

Tobi went off on mental tangent and ceased to care if there was a Seymour, and what happened to him.

SilverTiger · 02-15-2009, 09:09 AM

Elizabeth looked around again as the lights came back, and felt at least pleased she had remembered the couple students right. Even though the Huffie prefect's reaction to the creepy hand on his shoulder was fairly classic. "Well, it appears you made your way over to behind us. And I believe you Disillusioned a student," she said, glancing over as a Slytherin girl supplied a name. "Seymour Addams, apparently." That was her best guess as to how a student had vanished in the middle of class. Since she didn't think Seymour had ran away while the lights were out.

XanaSnape · 02-15-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DeathEater24601

Seymour shivered involuntarily as a cold, wet feeling spread over his head, down onto his shoulders, and to the bottom of his feet. He glanced around, looking for the source-- had someone just poured a bucket of ice water all over him? Or was this what it felt like when a dementor was nearby? Well, he certainly wasn't feeling as much dread and unhappiness that was often described...

He looked down at himself and his eyes grew wide-- well... where was he? Surely he was physically there? Had he just been killed, and he was hovering as a ghost? Or a soul? Was this what it was like to be DEAD? Oh, Merlin!

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Originally Posted by MUSTANG SALLY

"Well I believe you moved, sir." Sam retorted to his question. Wait. Was this a trick question? Was there something different? This was definitely a trick question. Dang! She was never good at observing her surroundings.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

"Cana-" the fifth year started, before regaining his wits about him. "Professor, sir, were you always behind me?" And anything 'amiss'?! What was this man playing at anyway!?

Kazimeriz smirked. "An interesting question... Let me give you a hand." He held out the hand of glory to him. "You saw me at the front of the room, and on the stairs... or did you? Or was I always right here, behind you, Denton? Was it all an... illusion?" With a nimble twist, he transfigured the hand of glory into a quill and placed it on Denton's desk, then began sauntering down the aisles back toward his lectern.

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Kayla raised her hand. "Well sir I was correct that Celandine and Tobi were in front of me and William here was to my right. I honestly didn't know that Denton was behind me and that is scary in itself" she looked around the room for a moment. "And I do believe that the little slytherin boy I think his name is Seymour seems to have departed.."

"Excellent. Three points to you, Winters, Yaxley and Andrews for noticing Addams' departure. And four to young Addams for his involutary participation in this little exercise. " Kazimeriz smirked, a truly evil expression of glee on his face.

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Originally Posted by Amira With a C

Camira did not raise her hand because shamefully, she had not been aware of who was seated around her. She looked around now for any kind of anomaly. She couldn't find one. How disappointing indeed. She wondered how Seymour was - wait, that was it! Where was Seymour?! Oh God, if something happened to him, Will would kill her. "Professor, where exactly is Seymour Addams", slight panic apparent in her voice.

"Addams is fine, fear not, Miss Yaxley." Finite." He waved his wand at Seymour, ending the disillusionment charm. "I think you all now understand the value of knowing your surroundings, and I trust you will keep your senses sharp and your mind alert in this class and in the field. Certainly, worse things than a mere disillusionment charm may befall you if you fail to heed my teachings in this matter." He arrived back at the lectern and leaned against it. "Now then... I trust you all read chapter one of your texts. Based upon your reading and your own personal experience, who can tell me the basic definition of a hex?"

TeafortheSoul · 02-15-2009, 09:20 AM

Cela raised her hand, "A Hex is a spell which generally has negative associations but isn't usually overly dangerous or life-threatening. They tend not to have long term effects and as a generalisation, are pretty easy to cast." Cela paused, "In my experience though, a talented witch or wizard can still do a great deal of damage with a simple hex cast at the right time or in the right combination with other spells."

Lexers · 02-15-2009, 09:20 AM

Rose had been watching the classroom escapade, giggling silently to herself as it all happened. The professor was quite entertaining. As he asked the question her hand lifted so quickly as if it's own accord, "Professor, a hex used to be thought as a bad or slightly evil form of charm but they're not extremely dangerous." She frowned and added, "It comes from the german..or well german folklore and it mean's witch...it's probably medieval" She finished thoughtfully.

MUSTANG SALLY · 02-15-2009, 09:20 AM

Wow. What he said to Denton was deep. Now she was getting paranoid. Was he even there? Where the heck was she?! Urg! Back to the question at hand. "Its a spell or bewitchment. Usually people think they are bad, but they aren't as dangerous as most people seem to think. Often, they involve some sort of transfiguration effect or other negative physiological effect on the victim." she said, after raising her hand.

One class that she actually read the text book for, was DADA. Well, that was before the professor started making her paranoid. What if what she read was all an illusion?!

Deadmau5 · 02-15-2009, 09:20 AM

Tanjiro raised his hand, "Professor, doesn't it mean like an evil spell; a curse, or something that brings bad luck?

druidflower · 02-15-2009, 09:21 AM

Tobi jumped a foot out of his seat. And squealed. yes, there was squealing.

The Scary Man can CREATE people appear out of THIN AIR!!!!

"Jumping Jarveys!" Tobi yelped. Pointing at the boy who previously didn't exist, "Who? What? Himniwibble!?"

Mell · 02-15-2009, 09:22 AM

Kayla raised her hand again. "A hex is a spell that used to be called bad but is not extremely dangerous. Most hexes are benign or have negative but short lived effects. Hexes are the most simplest of spells and can be executed by younger and more inexperienced students." She gave it a little more thought. "Hexes are ususally used for a laugh but they can still cause minor harm, such a stinging hex...they hurt like he..." Kayla cleared her throat..."uh they can be nasty" she finished.

*PhoenixRising* · 02-15-2009, 09:25 AM

Dominic blinked at the smirk the ancient one offered him and giving him a hand! Oh man, the dude really was quite twisted and he hoped to Merlin that it was the latter of them all and this was all a dream. That he'd wake up in the boys dormitory with nothing but innocence of sleep buggers about his eye corners.

"Maybeee..." he hesitatingly offered, watching the Professor then transfigure the withered, disembodied hand into a quill. Convenient. "Thank you, Professor," he said politely, even though he had his own, a journalist could always use more quills.

Watching him vigilantly as he continued with his lecture, he sighed relievingly as a small boy appeared again in his seat. Disillusionment charms; ah, how clever of him.

Continuing back with the lecture at the front of the classroom - Dominic had triple-checked behind him to make sure - he listened to the man speak before posing the start about chapter one of the text. Naturally, being Dominic Denton, he had not read the text, but he would answer from experience. Raising his hand, Dominic spoke more relaxed now that Kazi was at the front of the room, "A hex is a spell that is not really dangerous, but could cause some temporary damage. Used to withhold someone or something, perhaps as a joke, but no serious harm intended."

Amira With a C · 02-15-2009, 09:29 AM

Oh dear God. She was so glad that Seymour was okay. Poor little guy. Right, back to his question. Camira raised her hand up high. “A hex is a type of spell that is considered malicious, but not dangerous. It’s often used to bring about slight discomfort or pain, but has no serious side effects, acute or other.” At least that’s how she thought of them. “Oh, and a hex can be dark magic if you’re using a more severe kind, but it’s not common.” She was pretty sure that was right. Father, if anything, was usually correct.

DeathEater24601 · 02-15-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"Excellent. Three points to you, Winters, Yaxley and Andrews for noticing Addams' departure. And four to young Addams for his involutary participation in this little exercise. " Kazimeriz smirked, a truly evil expression of glee on his face.

"Addams is fine, fear not, Miss Yaxley." Finite." He waved his wand at Seymour, ending the disillusionment charm. "I think you all now understand the value of knowing your surroundings, and I trust you will keep your senses sharp and your mind alert in this class and in the field. Certainly, worse things than a mere disillusionment charm may befall you if you fail to heed my teachings in this matter." He arrived back at the lectern and leaned against it. "Now then... I trust you all read chapter one of your texts. Based upon your reading and your own personal experience, who can tell me the basic definition of a hex?"

Seymour merely sat, a scudley-like expression upon his face, as his body reappeared once more. He blinked slightly, nodding to the professor and, after the initial shock was over, cracking an absolutely ginormous grin. If only he could be invisible every day of the week! Think of the possibilities! Of course, sometimes it seemed like he was invisible anyway. No charm or anything required. He bounced slightly in his seat, glancing over at Camira and beaming brightly at her. She'd cared when he had disappeared? She really cared?

He turned his attention toward the professor again, his hand raising again as he looked through his notes. "A hex is the simplest malicious spell you can cast, and usually causes minimal and easily remedied damage compared to other charms and spells you can cast, sir," he squeaked happily, jotting a few extra notes down to his parchment.

Felixir · 02-15-2009, 09:33 AM

Jake raised his hand. "The book basically says it's bad but not necessarily dangerous. I suppose..." Jake thought again. "It's kinda mean, makes things happen to you... it kind of modifies your features to make them become annoying?" No prizes for realising that's a guess.

Still, better than nothing.

druidflower · 02-15-2009, 09:47 AM

Tobi was just getting a hold of himself when

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Originally Posted by DeathEater24601

Seymour merely sat, a scudley-like expression upon his face, as his body reappeared once more. He blinked slightly, nodding to the professor and, after the initial shock was over, cracking an absolutely ginormous grin. If only he could be invisible every day of the week! Think of the possibilities! Of course, sometimes it seemed like he was invisible anyway. No charm or anything required. He bounced slightly in his seat, glancing over at Camira and beaming brightly at her. She'd cared when he had disappeared? She really cared?

He turned his attention toward the professor again, his hand raising again as he looked through his notes. "A hex is the simplest malicious spell you can cast, and usually causes minimal and easily remedied damage compared to other charms and spells you can cast, sir," he squeaked happily, jotting a few extra notes down to his parchment.

The newly existing boy talks!!! Tobi deeply wanted to run around the room with his arms flailing around his head. Instead, he forced himself to focus.

He had a deep feeling of foreboding that something not good was going to happen to him because of his outburst.

Himiniwibble

He raised his hand inches into the air, "Sir, a hex, which has a few roots from which the word can have originated, among them various forms of German, and Middle English for derogatory terms Muggles of the age associated with women who practiced magic, such as witch, at the time it was unflattering, and hag, which remains unflattering to anyone who is not a hag. Hexes are the mildest for of dark offense magic, because at their core are not pleasant, but not considered to be inherently dangerous either. They often have a short term mild physical or tranfigurative effect on their target and either wear off quickly, or be blocked easily. They take little skill to master, and are often among the repertoire of children and novice duelers."

Slytherin Princess · 02-15-2009, 10:10 AM

Ruby raised her hand and said "A hex is generally a spell or bewitchment that is historically known as bad but is not overly dangerous"

XanaSnape · 02-15-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

Cela raised her hand, "A Hex is a spell which generally has negative associations but isn't usually overly dangerous or life-threatening. They tend not to have long term effects and as a generalisation, are pretty easy to cast." Cela paused, "In my experience though, a talented witch or wizard can still do a great deal of damage with a simple hex cast at the right time or in the right combination with other spells."

"Excellent, Miss Toussaint. Three points. And would you knot go so far to say that even without a hex, an agile mind alone can get a person into -- or out of -- all sorts of entanglements?" He smirked at her and raised an eyebrow, then looked to another student who was answering.

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Originally Posted by Alexa Black

Rose had been watching the classroom escapade, giggling silently to herself as it all happened. The professor was quite entertaining. As he asked the question her hand lifted so quickly as if it's own accord, "Professor, a hex used to be thought as a bad or slightly evil form of charm but they're not extremely dangerous." She frowned and added, "It comes from the german..or well german folklore and it mean's witch...it's probably medieval" She finished thoughtfully.

"Very good. Two points." He nodded.

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Originally Posted by MUSTANG SALLY

Wow. What he said to Denton was deep. Now she was getting paranoid. Was he even there? Where the heck was she?! Urg! Back to the question at hand. "Its a spell or bewitchment. Usually people think they are bad, but they aren't as dangerous as most people seem to think. Often, they involve some sort of transfiguration effect or other negative physiological effect on the victim." she said, after raising her hand.

One class that she actually read the text book for, was DADA. Well, that was before the professor started making her paranoid. What if what she read was all an illusion?!

"Yes, excellent. Two points. Hexes range widely and are extremely flexible spells, going into or out of vogue and even being modified by creative users to create a specialized effect. I caution you not to delve into invented spellwork at this time, however... I only permit my NEWT level students to participate in such exercises and anyone doing so on school grounds without my explicit permission will be dealt with most harshly, even if only inventing a simple hex."

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Tanjiro raised his hand, "Professor, doesn't it mean like an evil spell; a curse, or something that brings bad luck?

"I will grant you a point, however, there is a strong distinction between a hex and a curse. Can anyone tell Kimura what the difference is between a hex and a curse?"

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Kayla raised her hand again. "A hex is a spell that used to be called bad but is not extremely dangerous. Most hexes are benign or have negative but short lived effects. Hexes are the most simplest of spells and can be executed by younger and more inexperienced students." She gave it a little more thought. "Hexes are ususally used for a laugh but they can still cause minor harm, such a stinging hex...they hurt like he..." Kayla cleared her throat..."uh they can be nasty" she finished.

"Indeed they can." Kazimeriz said, smirking. Apparently the young girl had some personal experience there. "Two points."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Dominic blinked at the smirk the ancient one offered him and giving him a hand! Oh man, the dude really was quite twisted and he hoped to Merlin that it was the latter of them all and this was all a dream. That he'd wake up in the boys dormitory with nothing but innocence of sleep buggers about his eye corners.

"Maybeee..." he hesitatingly offered, watching the Professor then transfigure the withered, disembodied hand into a quill. Convenient. "Thank you, Professor," he said politely, even though he had his own, a journalist could always use more quills.

Watching him vigilantly as he continued with his lecture, he sighed relievingly as a small boy appeared again in his seat. Disillusionment charms; ah, how clever of him.

Continuing back with the lecture at the front of the classroom - Dominic had triple-checked behind him to make sure - he listened to the man speak before posing the start about chapter one of the text. Naturally, being Dominic Denton, he had not read the text, but he would answer from experience. Raising his hand, Dominic spoke more relaxed now that Kazi was at the front of the room, "A hex is a spell that is not really dangerous, but could cause some temporary damage. Used to withhold someone or something, perhaps as a joke, but no serious harm intended."

"Two points." he nodded.

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Originally Posted by Amira With a C

Oh dear God. She was so glad that Seymour was okay. Poor little guy. Right, back to his question. Camira raised her hand up high. “A hex is a type of spell that is considered malicious, but not dangerous. It’s often used to bring about slight discomfort or pain, but has no serious side effects, acute or other.” At least that’s how she thought of them. “Oh, and a hex can be dark magic if you’re using a more severe kind, but it’s not common.” She was pretty sure that was right. Father, if anything, was usually correct.

"True, they can be, which is why we are including them in our studies. Hexes are the simplest of a series of malicious magic which technically fall under the umbrella of 'dark' magic but are not actually illegal. Because they are usually mildly harmful, they are in many countries considered 'dark arts', though certainly no one will throw you into Azkaban for using a mild hex. Two points."

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Seymour merely sat, a scudley-like expression upon his face, as his body reappeared once more. He blinked slightly, nodding to the professor and, after the initial shock was over, cracking an absolutely ginormous grin. If only he could be invisible every day of the week! Think of the possibilities! Of course, sometimes it seemed like he was invisible anyway. No charm or anything required. He bounced slightly in his seat, glancing over at Camira and beaming brightly at her. She'd cared when he had disappeared? She really cared?

He turned his attention toward the professor again, his hand raising again as he looked through his notes. "A hex is the simplest malicious spell you can cast, and usually causes minimal and easily remedied damage compared to other charms and spells you can cast, sir," he squeaked happily, jotting a few extra notes down to his parchment.

"Indeed. Two points, Addams." He nodded at the boy, who still looked a bit chilly from the charm.

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

Jake raised his hand. "The book basically says it's bad but not necessarily dangerous. I suppose..." Jake thought again. "It's kinda mean, makes things happen to you... it kind of modifies your features to make them become annoying?" No prizes for realising that's a guess.

Still, better than nothing.

"One point for effort; though as our portraits show--' he gestured to several grotesque images on the wall -- " hex can modify you physiologically, it's not an absolute requirement to be classified as a hex. Simple, malicious incantations are most often called 'hexes'."

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Tobi jumped a foot out of his seat. And squealed. yes, there was squealing.

The Scary Man can CREATE people appear out of THIN AIR!!!!

"Jumping Jarveys!" Tobi yelped. Pointing at the boy who previously didn't exist, "Who? What? Himniwibble!?"

Himniwibble? HIMNIWIBBLE? Oh. My. Merlin's tricycle-patrolling second cousin twice removed. Himniwibble. It took all of Kazimeriz's self control not to burst out into laughter. Fortunately, he was a strong man, and only the corner of his mouth twitched. Barely.

Himniwibble indeed.

"Avalon, did someone cast a babbling curse on you when my back was turned?" Kazimeriz growled at the boy. "Perhaps as an upperclassman, you are still not aware that Hogwarts is in fact a school of wizardry, in which there may, in fact, be magic occurring?" He cast a disdainful eye on the boy.

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Tobi was just getting a hold of himself when

The newly existing boy talks!!! Tobi deeply wanted to run around the room with his arms flailing around his head. Instead, he forced himself to focus.

He had a deep feeling of foreboding that something not good was going to happen to him because of his outburst.

Himiniwibble

He raised his hand inches into the air, "Sir, a hex, which has a few roots from which the word can have originated, among them various forms of German, and Middle English for derogatory terms Muggles of the age associated with women who practiced magic, such as witch, at the time it was unflattering, and hag, which remains unflattering to anyone who is not a hag. Hexes are the mildest for of dark offense magic, because at their core are not pleasant, but not considered to be inherently dangerous either. They often have a short term mild physical or tranfigurative effect on their target and either wear off quickly, or be blocked easily. They take little skill to master, and are often among the repertoire of children and novice duelers."

"I am glad to hear that you read your text. Given that, I would think a disillusionment charm would not cause such a violent outburst. You are, of course, aware of magic, I presume?" Kazimeriz looked at him coolly, then looked at the class at large.

"Now then. I presume that all of you, save the first years, know how to perform a simple shield charm. A volunteer, please..."

Amira With a C · 02-15-2009, 10:20 AM

Camira beamed when he gave her two points. This was a good day for her indeed, at least educationally speaking. She quickly raised her hand when the professor asked for a volunteer. It had to be her. It just had to.

TeafortheSoul · 02-15-2009, 10:20 AM

Cela raised her hand to volunteer.

Mell · 02-15-2009, 10:23 AM

Kayla raised her hand. "I'm happy to volunteer sir" she said.

SweetAussie · 02-15-2009, 10:24 AM

Agie raised her hand. "A hex is more powerful than a jinx, but not as powerful as a curse. They cause discomfort and even pain. And by some, even considered as minor dark magic. I think hexes are great tools of distraction from creatures or even attackers."

"I'd like to Volunteer, as well." Agie added.

DeathEater24601 · 02-15-2009, 10:24 AM

Seymour beamed brightly and his hand shot up as the professor asked for a volunteer to demonstrate the shield charm.

TeafortheSoul · 02-15-2009, 10:25 AM

Hand still raised, Cela added, "A curse is generally intended to cause grave harm; whereas a hex is not dangerous the same way a curse can be and therefore the intent isn't usually one of malevolence." Cela offered an explanation for the Slytherin boy.

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