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momentai · 06-21-2009, 08:26 PM

Apparition 1
Concentration is the Name of the Game

Out on the lovely grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, four, long logs have been neatly set up to represent a mock-classroom setting. Each of the logs is clearly labeled with a small sign indicating which students should sit where. The first log has been set aside for seventh years or any students who've already turned age seventeen. The remaining three logs are reserved for any students below the age of seventeen who are currently in their fourth, fifth, or sixth year. Please remember that all students in their first - third years will need to wait a year or so before joining Apparition class.

As you draw closer, you notice a woman, 5'3" and very petite in build, conversing with another woman near her. Mrs. Bella Greingoth (Department Head of Magical Transportation and mother to Anna Greingoth) will be assisted by Mrs. Madison Masterson (her assistant, as well as groundskeeper Neo Masterson's expecting wife) in teaching you and your classmates how to apparate.

Mrs. Greingoth and Mrs. Masterson will also be utilizing the prefects' gold stars and demerits systems throughout their lessons. The awarding of three of either one will be brought to the attention of the Hogwarts staff. So come on out, prepare yourself for apparation, and maybe earn a few rewards for your house while you're at it!

Please take a seat, and the lesson will begin momentarily! As you enter, Mrs. Greingoth and Mrs. Masterson will place you into one of four different work groups (check this thread for which group you've been placed in).

OOC: Regardless of whether or not you attended lessons last term, you may still attend the new lessons. Because I'm new to the position, I'll pretty much be starting anew with the lessons. Stacey and Anna (along with the help of a few others

) have some really exciting, shifty-filled lessons planned. We'll hold three lessons, with a possible fourth, depending on how our plotting goes with the first three lessons.

Groups

Group 1:
Waterloo, Mad Eye Touz, Helios Sunrider, Charmante, Lawliet, fire_faerie

Group 2:
Tomasina Riddle, DanialRadFAN01, Yaya, Thumper, Celandine, Jessica

Group 3:
PhoenixRising, nimbus1991, noodles, stan lanevski, Torchwood

Group 4:
RaRaRachieee, Crayola, Cassirin, Oesed, dan arjay, Mrs. Weasley, Ama

For those of you not yet in a group: You are more than welcome to join in. Just post your charrie sort of glancing towards the chalkboard to check where they've been placed, and Stacey or I will add you in the list.

Gold stars count (Complete)

Slytherin: 8

Ravenclaw: 7

Hufflepuff: 1

Gryffindor: 5

Yaya · 06-21-2009, 09:36 PM

Splinching, eh? Yeah, he felt that whenever Diana attempted though achieved the along side apparition with him. Gulp...He listened, though he wanted to give it out some thought into it. He raised his hand, and said: "It's the fastest way to travel used by wizards in order to get form one place to the desired one..."

noodles · 06-21-2009, 09:53 PM

Willow raised a shaking hand, clearly terrified at the prospect of apparition. “W-what happens if we do get splinched? I mean.. c-can you put us back together again?” She chewed her bottom lip nervously. Surely Will should know this sort of stuff...

Mad Eye Touz · 06-21-2009, 09:54 PM

Plymouth sort of raised his hand, but it was more of an upward flail. "It's going to be dead useful, Anna's momma. Dead useful. Just SNAP and you're gone. I can't wait." Plymouth replaced his chin in his hands again and stared at the back of some kid's head. "I like the crack sound it makes."

TeafortheSoul · 06-21-2009, 10:00 PM

Keeping one eye on Plymouth, Celandine raised her hand, "I have a question sort of, or more of an observation. Some people apparate louder than others, why is that?"

Anna Banana · 06-21-2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oesed

Did she have any fears about appareating? Of course. "Splinching," started Willow, with her hand in the air. "I've been told it doesn't hurt, but, well, I just find that a little hard to believe."

"Ahh, yes. Splinching. I had a feeling that would be one of the first, if not the first, topic to be brought up. The thing that's important to remember about splinching, though, is that it can easily be prevented if...one, you learn the proper way to apparate, and two, you keep in mind that concentration is the name of the game," Bella said, with a nod. "That's exactly what we'll be getting into later on, too."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lawliet

"Apparition is the most common form of transportation used by wizards and witches alike. It's extremely convenient and it's quicker than walking anywhere," Lawliet said, with a thoughtful look on his face. "My only personal fear will be that I won't be able to concentrate hard enough on the place that I need to go and I won't... get... there... whole," he added slowly while biting his lip. He had a tendency of doing that whenever he was nervous.

"Very good. Very good, indeed. As a matter of fact, the textbook definition of apparition is 'An advanced spell used by fully trained witches and wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else," she stated. "It is extrememly convenient, and I want you remember two key points I just made, class. One being that apparition is to be done by fully trained wizards and witches, and the other being that apparition takes you from place to place almost instantly."

"We'll be working on concentration today, so hopefully by the end of the lesson, you'll feel loads better about that," she said, with a warm smile.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thumper

Ryder listened as Mrs. Greingoth was talking and then raised his hand. He had something he was worried about..he didn't really like traveling through space, or time without knowing it was guarenteed. With good reason too. "How likely is that one will splinch themselves while apparating?" He asked.

"Actually, it's highly likely to happen if you don't know what you're doing, or if you apparate incorrectly. That's not meant to frighten you, either. It's meant to make you aware of what can happen if you don't follow the correct apparating procedures," she explained. "Remember, though, that these lessons will teach you how to avoid things like that, and when you one day pass your apparition test, you'll prove that you do have what it takes."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaya

Splinching, eh? Yeah, he felt that whenever Diana attempted though achieved the along side apparition with him. Gulp...He listened, though he wanted to give it out some thought into it. He raised his hand, and said: "It's the fastest way to travel used by wizards in order to get form one place to the desired one..."

"Correct you are!" Bella exclaimed, pointing at the boy and giving him a good-natured wink. "It's fast, so it's popular among the wizarding community, indeed."

Quote:

Originally Posted by noodles

Willow raised a shaking hand, clearly terrified at the prospect of apparition. “W-what happens if we do get splinched? I mean.. c-can you put us back together again?” She chewed her bottom lip nervously. Surely Will should know this sort of stuff...

"Oh, dear. You really needn't worry, so. Nevertheless, splinching is curable, and there are people highly trained to, as you said, put people back together again," she said. "Howeverrrr, please don't focus on that part too much. Focus on believing that you can concentrate enough to not allow that to happen."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

Plymouth sort of raised his hand, but it was more of an upward flail. "It's going to be dead useful, Anna's momma. Dead useful. Just SNAP and you're gone. I can't wait." Plymouth replaced his chin in his hands again and stared at the back of some kid's head. "I like the crack sound it makes."

"Anna's momma...yes, dear. Aren't you the precious one," she said, patting the boy atop the head. "I'm glad the cracking sound was brought up. That's a sure sign that someone's apparated into the area. That can be useful, of course, when you're clearly not expecting someone. It's a good defense tool...be aware of what apparating sounds like, so you can aware of your surroundings."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celandine

Keeping one eye on Plymouth, Celandine raised her hand, "I have a question sort of, or more of an observation. Some people apparate louder than others, why is that?"

"Some people, you see, are highly gifted in not only the area of Apparition, but also areas such as...say...defense. There are some who've trained themselves to, I guess you could say...sneak...from place to place," she explained. "These are people who are either using apparition for defense, as I said, or maybe they're your law enforcers or the such."

"Now then, class. If you'll notice, I've placed you into one of four different groups," she said, turning and indicating the chalkboard (ooc: see first post). What you'll need to do now is break off into these groups. I've brought some parchment and quills along with me today in case you've forgotten your's. If you need some, just come to the front of the room and retrieve what you'll need. Please don't take more than what's necessary, though, as your classmates may need the materials, too," she instructed. "Once you're in your groups, I want you to discuss the following topic with your fellow group members..."

She turned and flicked her wand, and a part of the chalkboard now read:

Reasons to Apparate

"It's obvious that we use apparation to travel quickly from one place to another. Let's see if we can make a list of other reasons we may need or want to apparate," she said. "You may begin, and I'll call for your attention when I need you to finish up."

OOC: I'll post again once I've given everyone a good bit of time to participate. No need to rush, but we're looking for creativity to award gold stars, too.

Torchwood · 06-21-2009, 10:32 PM

Jack needed lots of practice at apparition and this was the only place you could practice. He wanted to make sure he passed his test the first time and he only had a little over a year to perfect his technique.

Waterloo · 06-21-2009, 10:33 PM

Oooh, it was group time, huh? Clifford craned his neck in the direction of the board to check out who'd he be working with. He hoped he was with Evangeline...

Plymouth Morgan? The Head Boy glanced in the Ravenclaw's direction and frowned slightly. He looked like a happy bunny... NOT. Still, he didn't really recognise any of the other names - bah, there was no Evangeline in his group - and Clifford shuffled over to Morgan. "Uhm... Yo?" Eh.

purple·myst · 06-21-2009, 10:35 PM

Ryder made his way up to the front, to grab some parchment and a quill. His were..so unconviently in his dormitory. "Thank you, Mrs. Greingoth. That makes me feel a little better about it." But not entirely he thought after he had said that. He looked at the list of students, but he really didn't know any of them. He thought he'd met the guy, Chris, the other day when he had been talking to Dominic, so he went over and stood next to him while he waited for the others to join them. He turned to the boy, who he was pretty sure was a prefect, and introduced himself, "I'm Ryder Montgomery."

Crayola · 06-21-2009, 10:41 PM

If the Ice Cream Lady lacked politeness, she definitely didn't lack enthusiasm, that was for sure. As Evangeline listened to her, she couldn't help but to feel an enthusiastic smile tug at her lips. Okaaay, that was weird! HELP! She was getting contaminated!

And by Anna's Mother! Oh, good Merlin.

Upon registering the woman's words, Evangeline got up, went to get some parchment and quill for herself (bloody flood) and checked up the board with the groups. Hmm. Vanessa, Copernicus and Willow! Well, it wasn't too bad .. apart from Copernicus - the boy who had tried to duel her last term to defend Lupa's honour.

Ravenclaws were all just mad. But at least she didnt have any Gryffindors in the group! Merlin knew she was fed up with Gryffies - unless they were Sarah.

She didn't see Willow nor Vanessa around - how weird, she was sure they had been around! Was she blind? - so she decided to move next to Copernicus. As if she had a choice anyway. Eh. "Copernicus, right?" It was right. She knew that. "We're together." How fun.

nimbus1991 · 06-21-2009, 10:41 PM

Lucas got up from where he was sitting and turned towards the direction of the Board to see who he was grouped with.

Dominic Denton, Never heard of him., Willow Greenwood, Don't know her either, Chris Kaplan. He's here too. Cool. Now he could have some fun.

Deciding that he might want to use the parchment later on in the class. Lucas went over to the place where they were placed and took one. He then started looking for Chris. He was feeling really bad that he hadn't noticed him earlier.

He finally saw him and went over. "Hey mate. Seems like we're in the same group. Should be fun." He said.

Lawliet · 06-21-2009, 10:42 PM

Lawliet glanced at the chalkboard and looked for his name on it. He noticed he was in the first group along with other students he hadn't really talked to before, mostly because he kept to himself for the most part.

The only student whom he vaguely remembered seeing around before was Plymouth... and he was quite the character. With a small sigh, he packed up his book bag and joined the rest of his group.

"I'm Lawliet, fourth year Slytherin student," he said with a small smile as he sat down. This should be interesting, to say the least.

"I think one some reasons as to why we would need to apparate include emergencies, or when we're running behind and we are going to be late for something. I don't particularly think that apparating should be used in every instant but there are times when you simply don't have any other choice," the boy said thoughtfully, after a small pause.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 06-21-2009, 10:43 PM

Chris looked at his group as Mrs. Greingoth asked them to make a list of other reasons why they would need to apparate. "Well incase there is an emergency, it is a simple and easy way to get everyone out of an area. Another reason you could do it, is if you are stuck, or inside of a place and can't get out (or lost) you can leave. Unless there is a non Apparating spell around the area. Also you could apparate if you were trying to move something extremely heavy." he said thoughtfully writing the ideas down as he said them.

Cassirin · 06-21-2009, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crayola

If the Ice Cream Lady lacked politeness, she definitely didn't lack enthusiasm, that was for sure. As Evangeline listened to her, she couldn't help but to feel an enthusiastic smile tug at her lips. Okaaay, that was weird! HELP! She was getting contaminated!

And by Anna's Mother! Oh, good Merlin.

Upon registering the woman's words, Evangeline got up, went to get some parchment and quill for herself (bloody flood) and checked up the board with the groups. Hmm. Vanessa, Copernicus and Willow! Well, it wasn't too bad .. apart from Copernicus - the boy who had tried to duel her last term to defend Lupa's honour.

Ravenclaws were all just mad. But at least she didnt have any Gryffindors in the group! Merlin knew she was fed up with Gryffies - unless they were Sarah.

She didn't see Willow nor Vanessa around - how weird, she was sure they had been around! Was she blind? - so she decided to move next to Copernicus. As if she had a choice anyway. Eh. "Copernicus, right?" It was right. She knew that. "We're together." How fun.

"Ah, Prefect Green," he gave her a sheepish smile, clearly remembering their last encounter. And that was embarassing.

"I've got our materials gathered, so maybe we can just go ahead and get started?" And... pretend that he'd never been forced by a professor to issue a challenge to the older girl. That would be very helpful.

Yaya · 06-21-2009, 10:49 PM

So, Emiliano was going to be in group number two...along with two persons he never got to meet, though it was time to make more friends, right?? Taking some parchment and quill out of his school bag, he started to think. Reasons to apparate, besides traveling. Ehem...thinking while he walked towards the place where group 2 was gathering...

He began to write:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Em's piece of scribblings...so later he can give them to the team. Yesh

Reasons to Apparate
(besides traveling, note)

Defense- Once in a duel, you get this chance to fully concentrate and escape the place where you are being attacked, though it may give some people calling you coward. But you can always apparate somewhere else, re-prepare yourself and then go back to the duel.

Saving lives- You know people are in some sort of danger, yes. So, you gotta know the exact location and then go save them and immediately take them to a safe place.

dan arjay · 06-21-2009, 10:52 PM

Daniel looked around ato looked for some familiar faces. He recognize the woman in front to be the kind lady at the Ice cream shop at Diagon Alley which happens to be Anna's mother.

He stepped inside and seated at the back row. He never knew what group he was place on, so he raised his hand and asked, "I'm sorry ma'am. I didn't catch the groupings." he said shyly. "What group am I put into?" he said.

And then Daniel began to answer the question being asked. And because he doesn't know which group he is in so he just writes it in his parchment

Quote:

Apparate is used aside from travelling when:

Rescuing Apparating can be used to rescue someone that is in fanger.

stan lanevski · 06-21-2009, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nimbus1991

Lucas got up from where he was sitting and turned towards the direction of the Board to see who he was grouped with.

Dominic Denton, Never heard of him., Willow Greenwood, Don't know her either, Chris Kaplan. He's here too. Cool. Now he could have some fun.

Deciding that he might want to use the parchment later on in the class. Lucas went over to the place where they were placed and took one. He then started looking for Chris. He was feeling really bad that he hadn't noticed him earlier.

He finally saw him and went over. "Hey mate. Seems like we're in the same group. Should be fun." He said.

Chris went and looked at the board. Dominic Denton. Wasn't he the Huffie Prefect? Willow Green Have no clue who that is. Lucas Bordin. Alright! Well he knew one person that was good.

He then saw Lucas come over to him. "Hey man. Yeah it should. So we better start on that list thing." He said.

TeafortheSoul · 06-21-2009, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"We'll be working on concentration today, so hopefully by the end of the lesson, you'll feel loads better about that," she said, with a warm smile.

"Oh, dear. You really needn't worry, so. Nevertheless, splinching is curable, and there are people highly trained to, as you said, put people back together again," she said. "Howeverrrr, please don't focus on that part too much. Focus on believing that you can concentrate enough to not allow that to happen."

"Some people, you see, are highly gifted in not only the area of Apparition, but also areas such as...say...defense. There are some who've trained themselves to, I guess you could say...sneak...from place to place," she explained. "These are people who are either using apparition for defense, as I said, or maybe they're your law enforcers or the such."

"Now then, class. If you'll notice, I've placed you into one of four different groups," she said, turning and indicating the chalkboard (ooc: see first post). What you'll need to do now is break off into these groups. I've brought some parchment and quills along with me today in case you've forgotten your's. If you need some, just come to the front of the room and retrieve what you'll need. Please don't take more than what's necessary, though, as your classmates may need the materials, too," she instructed. "Once you're in your groups, I want you to discuss the following topic with your fellow group members..."

She turned and flicked her wand, and a part of the chalkboard now read:

Reasons to Apparate

"It's obvious that we use apparation to travel quickly from one place to another. Let's see if we can make a list of other reasons we may need or want to apparate," she said. "You may begin, and I'll call for your attention when I need you to finish up."[/COLOR]

OOC: I'll post again once I've given everyone a good bit of time to participate. No need to rush, but we're looking for creativity to award gold stars, too.

Concentration.

Hmmm.

Cela thought about this for a moment and absorbed the answer to her question. Blah. Trust Nico to be considered as gifted. Stupid awesome brother. "My brother Nicholai, he can do it quietly and stuff." She murmured.

But back to concentration.

Celandine moved over to join her group, offering a half smile for Emiliano, Chris and Paris since she knew them, and a small, almost uncertain one for Ryder since she didn't know him.

She raised her hand to ask ~~the icecream lady~~ ~~Anna's mum~~ Mrs. Greingoth a question, "Is the concentration part of apparating kind of like the intent part of casting with your wand? That is to say, is it the same kind of focus?" She shot another little look at Plym as she spoke.

Sigh.

Oh and group work.

"We use apparation to get out of dangerous situations, like if someone is trying to kill you and you can't duel them safely."

Mrs. Weasley · 06-21-2009, 10:58 PM

Abby takes out her parchment, quill, and ink. She then tries to think of reasons witches and wizards aparate.

Quote:

Muggles cannot see you when you aparate like they can when you ride a broom.

It's cleaner than using the floo network.

Aparation is more convinient because you only need your wand to perform it.

Abby looks over at Copernicus. She mouths a hello to him. Abby really doesn't understand that guy. He reminds her of the officials at the embassy. Copernicus is just a detached and formal as they are.

Daemon · 06-21-2009, 11:02 PM

Apparition. The art of popping from one place and reappearing in another - a basic dream of all muggles, including her ten year old self before she had found out that in fact the disappearing act WAS possible... And she was finally going to learn how to do it today. With a big grin plastered on her face, Rachel listened quietly as the two instructors began their lesson, or rather, Mrs. Anna's mum Greingoth began it, too excited to actually answer any questions.

Groups? Ahh, board - groups, ok. Getting up from her log, she quickly strode over to the board where all the names of the students were listed in four groups. Rachel Rider... Rachel Rider... Rachel Rider... she quickly surveyed the board as she looked for her name while at the same time trying to hide her slightly goofy grin. After all, she might be excited - but so were most of the people here, and THEY didn't look like blubbering idiots.

Yaya · 06-21-2009, 11:03 PM

Sitting beside Celandine and offered a half smile back. He listened and wrote what she said on that defense part from his scribblings.

"I'll take note of your suggestions, we'll discuss them...then we make a clean version of this..." He told them, showing his horrible handwritting whenever he was in a rush. "...how about that?" He asked them, and continued to write.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Group 2.

Reasons to Apparate
(besides traveling, note)

Defense- Once in a duel, you get this chance to fully concentrate and escape the place where you are being attacked, though it may give some people calling you coward. But you can always apparate somewhere else, re-prepare yourself and then go back to the duel.

Cela- Get out of dangerous situations, whenever it's a life-death matter and we can't duel.

Saving lives- You know people are in some sort of danger, yes. So, you gotta know the exact location and then go save them and immediately take them to a safe place.

Crayola · 06-21-2009, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Ah, Prefect Green," he gave her a sheepish smile, clearly remembering their last encounter. And that was embarassing.

"I've got our materials gathered, so maybe we can just go ahead and get started?" And... pretend that he'd never been forced by a professor to issue a challenge to the older girl. That would be very helpful.

No matter how much she had been weirded out by Copernicus' behaviour during their last encounter, Evangeline couldn't help but to feel her smile return to her lips. Clearly, Copernicus remembered it too, or he wouldn't have that smile on his own lips.

It was almost cute.

"Yup, I think so." She half wondered if they shouldn't wait for Willow and Vanessa to get to them, but decided they'd get there soon enough. And then they could just jump into the train. "Unless you have some kind of proposition?" Evangeline teasingly asked, settling on the seat next to his and laying her parchment on the table. Oh, to work now! Hmmm. Why would they want to apparate? "Because we like the sound it makes? Or because we can't fly and are allergic to floo powder."

nimbus1991 · 06-21-2009, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stan lanevski

Chris went and looked at the board. Dominic Denton. Wasn't he the Huffie Prefect? Willow Green Have no clue who that is. Lucas Bordin. Alright! Well he knew one person that was good.

He then saw Lucas come over to him. "Hey man. Yeah it should. So we better start on that list thing." He said.

Lucas got out the prchment and the quill. "Well we all know that it's a very fast means of travel. So there can be thousands of advantages. Like when you get to your office and forget that you've forgot the keys to your drawer in your room." Lucas said smiling. "Sorry, Okay seriously. Now time is the key factor here. It is helpful in every situation in which you need to save time. Like in an emergency or when you're running late from somewhere." Lucas wrote it all down as he said it.

Torchwood · 06-21-2009, 11:12 PM

Jack added another reason to apparate:

Quote:

You could arrive at an interior destination that didn't have a floo.

TeafortheSoul · 06-21-2009, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaya

Sitting beside Celandine and offered a half smile back. He listened and wrote what she said on that defense part from his scribblings.

"I'll take note of your suggestions, we'll discuss them...then we make a clean version of this..." He told them, showing his horrible handwritting whenever he was in a rush. "...how about that?" He asked them, and continued to write.

Celandine nodded and looked over the parchment. "Ooooh, great Em. I can call you Em right?" She beamed at her housemate and started twisting her finger in her hair as she thought about more reasons.

"Not having access to other forms of transportation like portkeys or the floo network or a broom. Oh! And wanting to get somewhere instantly AND not wanting to get dirty like you can with the other transport methods, you know, floo ash on your clothes, a bumpy landing in the mud with a port key, getting gross stuff fly in your face when you are on a broom..." Cela trailed off, her tone making it obvious she spent a fair amount of time with someone that periodically freaked out about such things.

stan lanevski · 06-21-2009, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nimbus1991

Lucas got out the prchment and the quill. "Well we all know that it's a very fast means of travel. So there can be thousands of advantages. Like when you get to your office and forget that you've forgot the keys to your drawer in your room." Lucas said smiling. "Sorry, Okay seriously. Now time is the key factor here. It is helpful in every situation in which you need to save time. Like in an emergency or when you're running late from somewhere." Lucas wrote it all down as he said it.

Chris chuckled slightly at Lucas's comment. "Nice bud." He said. "But yeah that's a good one. How about you can't get lost anywhere cause like if your in the wrong spot you can always just apparate to a different place." He said.

Quote:

Jack added another reason to apparate:You could arrive at an interior destination that didn't have a floo.

He looked up from writing on his parchment. "Yeah that's a good one." Chris said.