The Duelling Arena is ready for the second part of the first lesson.

The targets are gone though there are some fairly alarming looking suits of armour marching about, each carrying alarming look weapons.


Truebridge informs you as you return, "Please take a seat in the bleachers. We'll begin when everyone has returned from the break."





ooc: part one was held here. Anyone who was still having trouble with the Histedius spell can join Truebridge after class is over to work on it.

Be sure to read the rules here. As this is a continuation of class and not a beginning of a new one, chatting will result in point loss and so will late arrivals.

Spells taught in Part B:
Revertoscutum
Protego
Impiriano
Contego [item name]




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The lesson resumes- name a defensive spell
Some answers given... looking for a particular shielding spell
Protego, Impiriano and the 'glass to sand' shield are to be taught. what transfiguration spell might be the root of the 'glass to sand' shield?
The reversion shield (glass to sand shield) 'revertoscutum'
Students may attempt the spell, briefly addressing colours of spells
testing out revertoscutum - please read the ooc instructions in this post and follow the class rules at all times
Moving on to Protego and Impiriano- what are the wand movements? What are the pros and cons of each?
Wand movements for Impiriano and Protego, mention of differences between Protego variants
Contego Beachball, wand movement, ooc and ic instructions for activity


Note: The game will go on for about 24 hours.

game posts:
Slytherin= 4
Ravenclaw= 1
Hufflepuff= 3
Gryffindor = 3
(The winner is the house who keeps the most beach balls, last 'man' standing so to speak)

first post
second post- Ravenclaw lose a ball
third post- watch out for the lizard and the slippery eggs underfoot
fourth post- Hufflepuff lose a ball
fifth post- a rain of flowers and butterflies, the lizard is shoe hunting.
sixth post - falling armour, more lizards, Ravenclaw lose another ball.
post seven- all houses except Slytherin lose a ball. Watch out for the crickets and the stinging hexes.
post eight - ravenclaw, slytherin and gryffindor lose a ball each.
Class ends, points given for game participation, reminder to sign up for the duelling club

After her little water break, Evelyn skipped her way into the arena again, feeling refreshed and not so tired anymore, before abruptly stopping and taking a few steps back in surprise. Why are... where were the targets?

Clearing her throat, she made herself stand up straight and look confident...as she slowly made her way around the arena near the walls, far away from the marching crazy suits of armor things, until she finally ended up in her previous seat on the bleachers near the front.

The professor, possibly might not have enjoyed if she attacked them, or they attacked her without permission. Really though, if it wasn't enough that they were those huge suits of armor that could probably crush them, why was it necessary they be equipped with possibly illegal, or should be illegal, weapons?

After returning from her break, Victoria sat back down at her seat and pulled out her parchment and quill to write more notes for the class.

After minutes of break, Sophia feels okay, excited -- again, and relax. But the relax was easily overcame by shock when she saw weapons. "What's with those, uhh, alarming weapons?" she thought to herself. Sitting on the bleachers, she managed to not look at the weapons and whispered to herself, "Well, good luck me...."

Josey skipped back into the classroom after the break. She was glad they wouldn't be doing the Histedius spell anymore, it scared her. They would be doing a nice shield charm. But when she looked at the suits of armor, she wasn't so sure about how safe the lesson would be. Eyeing them warily, she sat down on the bleachers and waited for Annabelle.

He was glad for the little break, his cheek was still stinging but not as bad as it was a few minutes age. But him and William did good and he was keen to keep going. As long as he didn't get stung again. That wasn't fun and he couldn't console himself with a piece of candy just yet. He wiped the sleeve of his robes across his forehead and sat down on the bleachers.

Rae had returned from break to see the duelling arena with marching suits of armor and weapons with them.... This is gonna be fun. She had really hoped that Fletcher would be her partner in this too, well if they needed partners. If not then she hoped he would work by her. She looked to see who was in here so far, that one kid from the leaky cauldron who didn't like her at all, Evelyn, and some other people she didn't know... When would Fletcher come back?

After several minutes breaks, Noir returned to the class and sat back to her seat..she looked around and she saw some fairly alarming looking suits of armour marching about, each carrying alarming look weapons.."Wow..this is going to be an exciting lessons" she whispered to herself.

After a little break, Aileen returned to the classroom and looked around. What is this? She was looking at the marching armour with wide eyes. "Well, this is going to be fun..." she whispered gloomily.

Alexandrie walked over to one of the many empty spots and sat down. She couldn't wait to start learning basic defense.

Arya skipped back into the classroom twirling her wand. She had a nice little snack break and was ready to learn a new spell. Noting the new changes in the classroom, she gave Truebridge a big smile and took a seat at the front. Her eyes never left the suits of armor as she pondered what they would be learning, occasionally popping her gum .

Kate retured from the break a little bit more confident. She was close to do the Histedius Spell and was sure that she will do it perfectly when she had more practice time.
So Kate entered the Duelling Arena with renewed energy, ready to begin.
Inside the classroom, she saw strange weapons and armours "What are they for?" She thought "I´m going to look fat in those haha It doesn´t matter if I have fun, and I know I will"
Kate got out of her self-absorption and saw Professor Truebridge standing inside the classroom "Hello Professor, good to see you again. I´m really curious about the armour and the...weapons?" She said in amazement, and sat down in a chair in the front row of the classroom.

Patroclus could not contain his excitement as he was greeted by Clanking suits of arms, bearing deadly weapons, as he returned to the DADA class after a lovely recess.
As it pasted his lips Patroclus summed up his joy with one word "Wicked"

Distracted? Yes, that might be the case. Evan was distracted by some blond girl, and the problems she'd caused him. Working without her would be good. Taking a mental note to see the professor after class, he walked in the next part of the lesson-Dueling Arena. He didn't like what he saw. If he couldn't cast the spell properly, how was he going to beat these armours and their weapons? Hopefully, the professor would be there to help him. Or someone else. Maybe it would be enough to focus only on the spell. He found a seat for himself at the furthest point to the armours. Better not to be around them.

Soo, it was time for the second half of the class? Abby looked around. Not many people had arrived yet. And it was considerably more quiet than before without all the chattiness. Ughhh. Annoyingness. Hopefully Ravenclaw didn't lose any more points.

At the sound of Professor Truebridge's voice, Cadence looked up from her detailed, copious notes and practically gasped at the sight of the suits of armor marching around. How had she missed that happening? She had been sitting here the entire time! For a moment she looked back and forth between Professor Truebridge and the suits of armor, but then she realized that this was just class; he wasn't going to let anything bad happen to them. Besides, Cadence was pretty sure she'd be able to hold her own anyway. With that internal battle won, Cadence looked back down at her notes again, making sure she hadn't missed anything as she waited for the Professor to give them further instructions.

After the break they had had, and after watching Evelyn drink about a gallon of water, Destiny shuffled into the arena taking a seat next to Evelyn. How in the world did her friend drink so much? She was definitely going to have to go to the bathroom later, that's for sure.

Finally taking her eyes off Evelyn, Destiny looked around the arena. Whoa! Where did the targets go? And what in the name of Merlin are those suits of armor holding!?

Destiny was gunna die..for about the third time this term.

And term just started.

Well, here she was.

Gold skipped in, beamed at Professor Truebridge, and headed right for the back bleachers. Where she sat down, as gracefully as was possible, and waited for the class to begin.

Amy walked back into the classroom and sat down in a chair, pulling out her books, parchments and quills, once she was sitting she spoke at least Hello Proffessor Truebridge

Trixie skipped back happily into DADA. She was enjoying this lesson, provided that she could do the same or even better than Ella could do. Hehe. She took a seat back on the bleachers and waited for the lesson to start again officially. She enjoyed the brek that they just had. She couldn't just have a load of knowledge jammed into her head all at once.

Iris sat back down on the bleachers and looked at the suits of armour. They looked MUCH worse than the targets.

She didn't even say anything. She just sat there, staring at the Armour.

After the break, Ella made her way back to DADA, feeling kind of cheerful. This lesson had been quite fun so far and she was excited and intriuged to find out what was in store for the next part of the lesson. As she entered the door, she followed the instructions and took a seat in the bleachers next to Trixie. But she wouldn't say anything to her. She didn't want to risk losing more points now would she?

After the little break, Mina made her way back over to the bleachers again. Pulling out her notes again, she read them over and added thoughts to them. She would have to look into practising in her spare time or maybe she would just have to ask for help.

Looking up from her notes, she blinked. Those suits of armor didn't look good and she had a funny feeling about them. They kind of screamed danger to her, but she was safe, wasn't she? They couldn't hurt her or anything, well not to an extent she reasoned with herself.

Moving a bit farther from them, she returned to her notes and thoughts. Must keep my focus.....

Tori, after after the break returned to the bleachers where she had left her bag and books.
Taking a seat, was a bit wary but was ready again. She loosen her tie and rolled up her sleeves, abandoning her usual neat appearance.

Rather refreshed after a nice, cool drink of water, Fletcher returned for the second part of the lesson and found Rae on the bleachers. He smiled and took a seat beside her, curious to see what they were going to do against those armed suits of armor...