Lyra raised her hand as the professor asked the exact question she wanted to hear. Her favorite holster? "Sir, the thigh holster is the best," she said while blowing on her nails, then cutting her eyes towards the professor. She wanted the leg holster, it would be fun to play Wizards and Witches, Good Witch Bad Witch, Cops and Robbers. "It's the coolest and the best." She didn't pay attention to what exactly happened between the students, she just liked the holster.

"Each holster works to the presenter's advantage," Karma said, speaking up. "Mainly depending on whether you're faster crossing your body with short arms, or if you have long arms for the thigh holster. The witch or wizard with the holster would choose the one that is the easiest or fastest for them."

She hoped that was the right answer. Or something close to it.

Diane strapped the holster on her thigh, to her best impression of a female fatale. Had she not worn pants anticipating this kind of physical movement, she would have thought to make a pretty sexy wear. She withdrew the wand from her right thigh and the professor had been right to say had it on her wandhand side made it easier. Still, her withdrawal was nothing special. Mostly, she was just amused.

"Very good observations from all of you. There is no right or wrong answer here. It all depends on what you are comfortable with. When wearing a holster there are many things to take into consideration. Like how comfortable you are drawing from a certain part of your body. How long it will take you draw your wand and the type of clothing you are wearing at the time."

He moved over to Krissy. "The ankle holster can be effective but I wouldn't make it a primary holder. It is best used as a back up. Although Miss Moon, here did show common sense by staying low to the ground once she had drawn." He moved over to Lettie. "The back holster is another good one for using as a back up. As we saw when Miss Dubois, went to draw she fumbled looking for the wand. That can be costly."

Marcus moved between Cam and Miranda. "The hip holster and the shoulder holster both require a cross draw. The hip holster is by far easier to get to but the shoulder holster is more easily concealed as your wand sits under your arm but it means you have to lift your arm to get it out."

He then stood beside Copernicus. "The thigh holster as Mr Kettleburn demonstrated his very effective as it sits at hand level. One swift movement and it is up and out. But like I said before it all depends on preference of each individual and what you are comfortable with. And of course there is the clothing factor. A thigh holster for a girl wearing a dress is not the most ideal, I am sure you can imagine why." Because he was definitely not going to say it.

"Your wand should be concealed at all times. No point in letting your enemy see exactly where your wand is sitting, kind of defeats the purpose of the element of surprise. So that is why I say clothing plays a big part in where you holster your wand."



Marcus moved over to thee boy who had made a very good point. "yes exactly. Thank you for bringing that up. With plenty of practice you can draw your wand from any part of your body fast enough for an effective surprise attack."

He walked back over to the desk and placed the box on the floor. "I want you all to now come to the front and take a holster that you would feel comfortable in using and start practicing drawing your wand from the holster you have chosen. There are plenty to go around and all of
different varieties, so that if you don't feel comfortable with the one you have chosen you may try out another one until you find the one you like."

We could actually try this stuff? Totally in!

Divad made his way to the front and picked out a wrist holster, because he knew he would get used to it faster, and might be easier, who knows, right? That's the beauty of of it!

He tried to fit it on, but he needed help. "Professor, could you help me put this on?"

Sarah watched the progress and now they were to try and practice. Actually practice?! That was really amazing. She'd wanted to get good of this stuff to make sure of surprises at the Duelling Arena. She smiled to herself and left her seat.

She moved towards the Professor and glanced at the box. She wondered which one to use first for a whole minute and decided upon the ankle holster. The hip holster was perfect for her, but why not give a try to others. She lifted up an ankle holster and waited for further instructions with a quizzical look.

Patrick jumped up and walked to the box that held the holsters. He eyed the different designs and decided to pick out a thigh holster. It seemed the simplest choice for him. He took out one example and went to the side, leaving his vacant spot so others could pick and choose.

He strapped the leathery holster to his thigh, but it was too high for an easy reach. He readjusted it a few time before getting a perfect height. With a grin, he went to the furthest point of the room and practiced un-sheaving his wand. He tried a twisting movement from his wrist; a lateral snapping motion, palm up... palm down. There was a variety of ways he could do it. He guessed that the way to do it depended on the circumstances.

Pursing his lips, he tried and tried again until it felt easier and fluid. He was finally satisfied with his moves but then though about his school robes. He usually wore them inside the school; he could get tangled into them as he raised it off his thigh. He have to try another model and see what that would give.

Going back to the box, he waited for a spot to open and took out a hip model. Guess I'll try this one, he thought to himself. He walked back to his spot, strapping the thing to his hip as he went. He wondered if they had a wrist holster in the box.

Divad re-checked his question. "Nevermind, Professor, sorry." Divad said, feeling rather stupid.

He quickly snapped on the wrist holster and stepped off to the side. He practiced flicking his finger against the holster and drawing his wand out. He managed to do it faster than before, but still not as fast as Celandine. He kept practicing, each time, getting faster and faster with each draw.

Divad could use this toward his advantage in the Dueling Arena. Maybe he was better than he thought. Either way, he was getting good, and at a steady pace too.

Though, at times, he would run into a few snags or a couple of pulling his wand out too far. In those cases, he would just casually lean over and pick it back up.

This was fun. He was actually practicing and getting good! Yes!

Natasha stood up, and came over to the box. Hmm... Which one to chose? She decided on trying the belt holster, and after stepping away from the box, put it on. After the holster felt comfortable, Natasha put her wand in the holster.

She practiced doing it a few times, and after about the third time, it felt about right. Wit a bit more practice, she could probably be able to do it really fast. YAY!

Divad had a question burning on his mind. He raised his hand, "Professor, may we keep them or do we have to give them back?" He knew it sounded stupid, but he had to take the risk.

Jule, being quiet all lesson decided to get a holster. "but which one would be better for me?" she said to herself. She really wasn't sure which one to get. Everyone else knew which exact one to get. She felt completely lost now.

Cayden watched Mari go up as she was going to brink him back one. Better be a good one otherwise he would have to go find himself a good one. She had came back with a Hip one for herself. Not something really surprising, but it was going to be a problem. At least it wasnt going to be in the way now. He focused more on the one that was slung over her back now as it wasnt one he had wanted." Whats that?" he asked her as it was the back one. He didnt want that one. He looked over at where she had gotten them as their was plenty more. He eyed her as he asked her," what are you up too?" He moved to take it off her shoulder as he was going to get one for his wrist.

Mari pointed at the back holster, another smile forming on her lips as she did. " This? A back holster." She said nonchalantly. " I'm not up to anything except practicing and participating in class." She said as he took it from her. She put her wand in the hip holster, thinking she should probably get one of these. It was nice to have it close like this. " How's that going to work out for you then?" She smiled again, knowing he was already on to her but not caring much that he was. She stood back and then practiced drawing out her wand; She was a little slow at first since she hadn't been much for dueling and therefore hadn't ever really needed to be a quick draw. Until now, she supposed.

Christian picked up a holster and walked back to his seat. This was so unusual for him Drumstrang was so different.

Krissy rather liked the ankle holster, but it was not practical for every day use, especially not in her school uniform. Unstrapping it she returned it to the box and tried on a wrist holster. With a flick of her wrist her wand came shooting into her hand as fast as a hare being chased by a fox. "ah yes, I rather like this one" she mumbled more to herself than anyone else in the room. Practicing again and again she got faster on the draw, though not as fast as Celandine, but she would work on it. She silently promised herself that as soon as she could order and ankle holster she would. It would be a nice place to keep her mum's old wand...just in case, after all you never knew what kind of trouble could find her now that she was the leader of her village.

Jack picked up a thigh holster. Then he went down his mental list...interfere with hair....no, interfere with guitar....no. It passed his checklist, now to see how it would perform. He strapped it on and practiced drawing several times. Yes, he could get quite used to this.

He sighed as he knew what it was. He was more asking why had she gotten something for him that she knew he wouldnt even think about wearing."Yeah...I'm sure." he told her as she talked about how she was only practicing and participating in class. When she asked how it was going to work out for him he looked down at it." Oh this. Its not going too." he gave her a smile as he knew she had wanted him to use that one, but No thanks. It wasnt amusing to him. He headed back over to where the holsters were at as he placed the back one down. He looked around as he spotted a wrist one. He was interested to see about this one. He pulled his sleeve up as he headed back over to her. He strapped it on as he took off his robe. he knew the point was to hide it from your opponent. Well it didnt much matter at the moment. She knew where his was and he knew where hers was. he twirled his wand for a moment as he stuck it into its place.

He looked over at Mari as it seemed to come some what easy for her. He stood over by her as he asked in a low voice." So...um. How do we do this again?" He didnt want to pull out the wand to fast."Something like this." he tried as it wasnt to fast, but it could of been a little more faster.

At the sound of the next set of directions, Anna left the place she'd been standing in and headed to the front of the room. A thigh holster was what she needed, yes sir'ee! As soon as she'd made it to the front, Anna bent down and dug through the box until she'd found a thigh holster. Or, well, at least that was what she thought she was holding. She hadn't even known what a holster was until half an hour ago. She studied the object for a few moments before deciding that it was indeed a thigh holster.

Anna moved off to the side and began strapping the thigh holster to her body. When she was sure it was properly adjusted, she stuffed her wand inside. Instead of immediately pulling it out, Anna stood and studied her new wand set-up for a moment. She could get used to this, for sure. Alright, alright. She needed to practice...no effort for simple admiring around here. She needed something to focus on, though...a makeshift opponent, so to speak. Turning around and around, she finally came face to face with a statue...one that seemed to be staring her down and just ready for a little duel.

Ahhh, a victim. Facing her 'opponent', Anna stood still, and then, with amazing speed (or so she hoped), Anna whipped her wand from the holster. Out the wand flew! It was in Anna's right hand and directed towards the statue within seconds. Had this been a real duel, Mr. Statue would have been a goner, for sure!

Satine debated between a wrist holster and a thigh holster...she was worried about the wrist holster because you weren't always going to be wearing long sleeved attire to hide it away from your opponent, but she felt like she could used to using a wrist holster faster...but she decided to give the thigh holster a try.

She walked to the front of the class and grabbed a thigh holster then walked back to her seat and strapped it on...when she was sure that it was on there perfectly...not too tight where her leg would fall off, but too loose where it would fall off...she stood up and checked the holster walking and jumping...she was sure she looked crazy...

Finally, Satine placed her wand into the holster and thought threw the process of taking her wand out of it...she practiced drawing slow to get the motions and then fast to make sure she wasn't going to poke her eye out in some odd way...

She felt pretty satisfied with the thigh holster, but decided to practice with a wrist holster as well...

Jack watched the others practice. Interesting. A girl in a dress or skirt with a thigh holster. :hmm: