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The charms classroom was clean and bright and ready for the first lesson of the year and Professor Schirmer was waiting at the front of the class for the students to arrive.
Was she in a good mood? Well she was ALMOST smiling, at least.
The desks are set up in the usual way, no funny business today.
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ooc: sorry for the time conversion confusion O_O I do not know how I got it so messed up, I'm totally usually an expert. I blame posting the notice before I was awake.
Don't worry if you can't join in from the beginning, this lesson will last through the weekend and this first post will be updated as the lesson progresses.
Questions so far: What should firsties know about charms? What do we know about incantations? How do we make a spell and its effects cease? Why do you think we will want to use Finite and NOT Finite Incantatem as the counterspell today? What do you know about Gripping Charms and what do you think they'd be useful for? The gripping charm you will learn today has the incantation 'Prehenso'. Can anyone guess how the meaning of this incantation relates to its purpose? Can you think of any related English words?
ooc instructions for practising activity can be found here and here
Class is OVER but come and play CAPTURE THE FLAG! This will be your homework and the game is worth 20 points each!
Seriously? All these people knew about latin? Wow... Aurora was well and truly stumped. Even being able to speak three languages wasn't helping right now, so she was frantically taking notes as everyone else provided answers.
Justin sat and listened to what the other students were saying and he was feverishly writing as some of them spoke. Latin being the basis of most words or charms was not his strong suit, but he'd absorb what he could from the knowledge of others.
"Ten points from Hufflepuff for leaving your seat AND invading my personal space. You will go and inform your head of house why you've managed to lose points for your house as soon as the lesson ends, or I'll be taking more points from you." And she WOULD be checking.
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"The gripping charm you will learn today has the incantation 'Prehenso'. Can anyone guess how the meaning of this incantation relates to its purpose? Can you think of any related English words?"
Lewis just stared with his mouth slightly open as the same Hufflepuff as before went up to the professor and...HUGGED HER?! There was something seriously wrong with that one. Why was she in the same house as he was? Was it possible to kick her out or something?
Prehenso. Related English words? "Well, there's the adjective prehensile. That sounds...similar." Lewis offered with his hand raised, a little uncertain about his answer. It DID sound similar though. And he was pretty sure it was also related to holding on to something.
"Prehenso literally means to grasp, catch, seize or take hold of something," Amelia figured that the very meaning of the word explained a lot about the relation of it to the actual charm. "Since the charm is a gripping one which I believe makes it easier to catch objects, like Quaffle, catch or grasp, relate quite well to the purpose of the charm," and hopefully that made sense. Because if not she'd made a fool of herself by raising her hand and stating her opinion in front of the others in the classroom.
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"Today we're going to learn a Gripping Charm." She paused. "What do you know about Gripping Charms, what do you think they'd be useful for?"
Gripping Charms.
"It is known to grip tight a certain object easily." he raised his hand to answer. "This charm is mostly used by quidditch players because of the Quaffle." he's not a Quidditch player but his uncle who used to be a quidditch player in his time, told him stories about it. He did mention once about this certain charm. Thankfully he did.
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Originally Posted by Tegz
"The gripping charm you will learn today has the incantation 'Prehenso'. Can anyone guess how the meaning of this incantation relates to its purpose? Can you think of any related English words?"
Prehenso? Was that it? Jonathan has never heard of that word before so answering this might be a little difficult. So what does the word mean anyway? Think. Think. Think.
Well, since they are talking about the gripping charm, then shouldn't this be the spell they're going to learn right? Jonathan slightly raised his hand. "Uhmm... Does it mean 'to hold' or 'to grip' or something like that?" he guessed. He wasn't sure if he was correct though but it's worth a try.
As soon as she finished writing down a few notes, Gwen looked back at the Professor. Prehenso... that doesn't sound like anything. It is a gripping charm... so it has to mean something like...to grip?, Gwen first thought, but didn't say anything. It seemed stupid. Silly. Somewhat.
However, after a few minutes, she remembered having read about this charm somewhere. Perhaps the answer was wrong, but it was worth a shot- 'Doesn't it mean 'to capturate'?'No?
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"Professor I believe it has something to do with holding on to something." she said with her hand raised. She was sure that was a good guess considering what they were talking about.
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Laura looked at the Professor, she was being mean today, taking off points for getting a hug, seriously loads of people would love a hug from a cute girl like herself, well anyway it was the Professor's loss and then when the Professor next spoke Laura put up her hand and said. "Professor I was just wondering could you tell me who my head of house is?" Laura hadn't actually meet that Hufflepuff Head of House and so well she would probably get lost in Hogwarts whilst looking for her.
Laura smiled as she heard the next question, raising her hand she smiled. "It kind of reminds me of Prehistoric?" Laura had no idea if she was right but she was just guessing, hopefully the Professor wouldn't mind her saying that it was seriously just a guess.
"You can ask one of your prefects later and not interrupt my lesson any further." Althea answered. What kind of nonsense was that? Did Hufflepuff not meet their house leaders?
Prehistoric.
She was getting a headache.
"The prefix 'pre-' is related." But not the 'historic' part. Seriously.
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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl
Prehenso? It sounded like prision or something like that.
Nikolas raised his hand and said "For me the incantation sounds like prision, you know like holding someone and not letting go" he shrugged. That's the only thing he could thought about the meaning. Nikolas took his quill and wrote down some of the stuff they have been discussing before listening to the other answers.
"Well, that's a good guess Mr. Agger. But incorrect." Still, at least he'd tried, she supposed. Althea nodded encouragingly nonetheless.
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Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter
Prehenso, that sounded kinda like some other words, like apprehension without the ap- Lily though at she raised her hand to answer. "It sounds kinda like apprehension, just without the ap- . Like apprehension is to hold back, so maybe it means something like not to hold back or to hold onto." Lily wasn't quite sure what went wrong there. It had sounded a lot better in her head. Was it nerves that made me sound really weird or did I just not think it through enough. Lily wasn't quite sure but it was too late to take it back. Hopefully she wouldn't lose points though, just for not getting her words right.
"The 'ap-' part of that word is a prefix which changes the meaning somewhat, but that was a very good guess and there is a relationship there." Althea answered.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Kurumi sort of wrinkled her nose when they were asked about the incantation. Latin, no doubt, but Kurumi new next to nothing about Latin and almost always looked to Selina for this sort of thing. Well, not almost always...she ALWAYS did. She could try to figure it out from the sounds and what not - she had heard pre- in many words before - but something told her that breaking things up wasn't going to help her.
Tapping her bottom lip with her finger, Kurumi timidly raised her hand. No harm in venturing a guess, right? "Is it...related to the the actual act of gripping...or grasp? I mean, it sort of gives off the feeling of being related to a verb or command."
"Generally, Miss Hollingberry, incantations are by nature a command." Professor Schirmer actually expected MORE of an answer from the young prefect. Well, if you raised the bar in her class you were expected to keep it up.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva couldn't believe that the first year Hufflepuff wouldn't stop. First she hugged the professor and now asking about a non related charms question. She looked at the girl and gave her a look that said to stop. She made a mental note to talk with her later. She then turned back the professor raising her hand. "Professor this incantation means to take hold. And English word that relates would be hold."
"Not quite what I meant by a related English word, Miss Wheatborn, but good try."
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Originally Posted by Saraie
Asher was so excited, they really were going to do magic in their first lesson. He'd hoped so. Mostly because he told Anya they would.
Prehenso doesn't that translate to something like to catch or some thing? He slowly raised hand. "It has something to do with catching. And a word in English... mmm clench?" Well that was the first thing that he thought of.
"Again, not quite what I meant by a related word." But you know. Good try and such.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
Ah Latin. Yes, Selina could do that. In fact, Selina was thrilled with that aspect of Hogwarts. It seemed that every class, no matter what class it was, Latin was somehow mixed into the lesson. She loved the fact that she could do Latin like she could do at home with her Mum. So when her Professor brought up Prehenso Selina beamed... thank you Vergil's Aenid.
Her hand shot up in the air and said, "Profesor, Prehenso is a form of Prenso, are, avi, atum. It means to grasp or seize hold of, which would make sense with a gripping spell."
"Should be easy enough for you to remember, then Miss Skylar." Althea answered, cheering up a little more at her answer. She wasn't going to go too much into detail about the Latin for the lesson, but it was useful when the students knew.
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Originally Posted by Starbreeze
Eino was well aware that the incantation was in Latin, but Professor Schirmer asked them about how the words might related to English. So, he raised his hand and gave it his best shot. "It sounds an awful similar to the prefix 'pre' and the word 'hend' combined, which would mean something like 'to seize in advance' or 'to take before.' Maybe it is because the enchanted objection will be gripped before... it falls or drops?" He hadn't exactly thought it through, so the end was rather sloppy. He was still satisfied with his thinking process, it was the presentation that needed some sharpening up.
She listened to the Ravenclaw prefect and nodded at the 'pre' and the 'hend'. Hend was nice and obscure, but very correct. "Good logic, Mr. Uronen. And you can see how the English relates rather closely to the Latin in regards to the semantics."
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Originally Posted by Symphora
Gustav couldn't help but chuckled softly when Laura went to hug the professor. Hufflepuff had been losing more points lately. But he stopped himself and returned to his notes. He wondered what the professor was talking about. "Prehenso?"he thought. He hadn't learn about it yet so he remained quiet while the rest answered. He knew the word because it was latin for "to hold or to clutch". He raised his hand to answer," Perhaps we can used a gripping charm? Prehenso is latin for "to clutch or to lay hold off"?" he asked the professor.
Really? Perhaps we can use a gripping charm? Was that not the entire point of her questions ON gripping charms? Had the child not been paying attention?
"That's the Latin." She answered, keeping it brief. Own little world perhaps? Well she'd be watching.
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Kennedy raised his hand, trying not to lose his train of thought. It's been happening a lot lately. "It sounds like prehension, which like Kurumi mentioned, could mean to grasp," he said, writing what he said down. He felt a small throb at his temple.
Oh no, not a headache right now.
"Absolutely right, Mr Escalante." Althea answered. The Slytherin boy got another smile of encouragement. "Prehension is a related English word."
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Originally Posted by natethegreat
Nate raised his hand and said "I can relate prehenso to present so. So like if you want something present you can cast prehenso, when you're trying to catch the you want. You will catch it, and there for it will be present." Nate was hoping his answer would be near to correct.
"No. Incorrect." Althea answered shortly. What was with some of these answers?
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Originally Posted by Frankie
Autumn thought the word over for a bit she raised her hand "Prehenso is the latin word for grab.. or something along that lines I think." It paid to be taught some latin in her muggle school, though she wasn't entirly sure she hoped this answer would earn her some praise or even better points
"That's right." Althea answered. Close enough.
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
Sierra stared at the professor. The only Latin words she knew were the ones used for the most common of spells--and then the ones she'd managed to learn along the way. She had absolutely no idea how it related to any of the English words.
"I don't really know much about the word or any word that might relate to it," Sierra said, raising her hand. Truth, ...but that's what she was here for--to learn otherwise. She'd never even used or heard of the word prehension, which was what she'd heard a few others suggest. "You've already told us that we're learning a gripping spell, though, so I'm going to guess that Prehenso translates into something like grip or strong hold. So when you put that with the wand movements and your intent, it results in just what the word means--a grip or strong hold."
"That's the general gist of things, Miss Greingoth."
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Hades continued to remain quiet as he wrote down notes when he knew that he can't rely on his memorisation ability forever. The look on his face didn't show that he was a mischievous boy. Instead, he looked more like a grown man ready to shoulder responsibilities. However, never judge a book by its cover. Ever.
Hades stopped writing and put down his quill when the professor asked about the Gripping Charm. He raised his hand mellowly. "Prehenso means 'capture' in Latin, wasn't it, ma'am?" he tried to confirm because he thought that he heard about it from his mother before. "It was invented so Quidditch players can catch the quaffle with a hand, but it can also be used on other things. For instance, when someone was hanging on a high place, they can use the charm to hold on to something," like a pipe.
"We're not talking about what the charm does any more. We've moved on from that question, Mr. Vaughn." The Latin was close enough for the purposes of the charm though.
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Kimalia had to politely cover her hand over her mouth to help prevent a giggle when a student went up to hug the Professor. Not a good idea, hehe.
Well, gripping mainly holds something secure. Something that Sierra had already mentioned was it being useful for Quidditch, making Kimalia look at her and nod in approval. Yep, yep, no need to give an answer already given. Next!
Raising her hand, since it had been a while, "Well, it sounds similar to the English word "Prehensile" which alludes to something being capable of grasping."
"Correct, Miss Fanster." Althea smiled at the Slytherin girl, obviously pleased.
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Raising his hand, Christopher spoke up. "Prehenso means to grip, or take hold of, which makes sense, as it's a gripping spell," he answered, surprised he even knew the answer. Of course his father had taught him bits of Latin and other languages growing up, but he blamed this all on Selina. She never shut up about how wonderful Latin was, which he agreed with, although he'd never give her the satisfaction of knowing. Perhaps he rants around the house would prove useful after all. Maybe he should even start listening to them.
"Useful when an incantation holds a related meaning, isn't it?" Althea nodded at the boy.
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Nate had looked up enough Latin--and enough spells--over the summer to be able to guess this one, and even if he wasn't right he would be darn close. Might as well speak as though you know what you're talking about, though. Nate's hand went up and he replied, "Prehenso sounds like a conjugation of a Latin verb, meaning to catch, grab hold of, sieze, and the like."
It made sense to Nate, and apparently to the other students who were saying similar things...
Nate got a nod too.
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"Prehenso actually means to grasp constantly. It's Latin," Jezzabelle said raising her hand. She felt like she was doing a good job now, but when it came time to actually perform she was going to fail horribly.
And another nod. Right.
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Originally Posted by hpluvr037
Prehenso? That reminds me of..!
"Monkeys!" he said excitedly, both hands straining as high into the air as possible. Keefer loved monkeys. "Sorry, I just mean that monkeys have prehensile tails, which they use to grip branches. So Prehens-o, Prehens-ile, I think the relation is quite clear," he finished, nodding his head.
Althea's eyebrows went up in tandem with Keefer's hands and she eyed him for a second until he explained himself. Oh. Better. "That's right." She smiled pleasantly at the Hufflepuff.
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Caass continued her furious note scribbling as she wrote down every single bit of information that she deemed useful.
Yes, yes. Gripping charms on quaffles, she learned about that in Flying class, not sure which though..
Then she raised her hand when Professor Schirmer asked about the incantation, Preheso. "It's Latin for grasp or take hold of." Any translation would be fine. Basically the same thing.
"Yes, that's the Latin."
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa repeated the incantation silently in her mind. "Prehenso". After a few seconds of thought, Alyssa raised her hand."Professor, incantation Prehenso mean to capture or to hold. The only English word I can think that sounds close to that incantation is apprehend. The Prehen in the incantion Prehenso to the prehend in apprehend." Alyssa hoped her answer was correct.
"That's right, Miss Potter. That is an English word which is related, thank you."
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Prehenso? Prehenso? She was never good at Latin words and it seemed like one. Honestly, she didn't have any idea as to what that word meant.
"Prehenso.." she muttered, thinking hard of an english word that would somehow sound like it. "Prehen..Prehen..err--comprehend?" Beezus frowned. No, it was not comprehend. How would comprehend be connected to gripping?
"Yes, Comprehend is related. Good." She lifted her hand up though and gave the Ravenclaw a pointed look. Next time, she'd lose points.
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Raven raised her hand and answered the question. "Professor Schirmer, Prehenso means to hold. It similar with Prehension." she said.
"Yes, that's right."
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Messer sighed in defeat when an older looking Hufflepuff called Professor Schirmer with Sir instead of Mam. What the girl was thinking and that cost them another 5 points. Could this day getting any worse?
Then out of nowhere another Hufflepuff girl gave the Professor a hug and that cost them another 10 points. Messer gave the girl a death glare. They already lost like 20 points or so in this lesson. She need to stop doing something that will cost them another house points.
The eleven years old boy raised his hand before he speaks "Isn't it Latin word for grasp, Professor?"
"Yes it is. Rather fitting isn't it?"
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OOC: Sorry, it's just in my head everything 'Professor' is male. Did that in potions too last year
Janice decided thatshe will call each Professor 'Professor', not Sir, not Miss/Mrs/Ms. They might get offended again. She raised her hand and answered.
Nope, Janice couldn't answer that. Words started runnning down her brain, and most of them has the word 'comprehension' in it. And that would certainly not help her in answering the question asked. She decided to just stay put and wrote more notes based on what others had said.
ooc: I figured something like that. She couldn't NOT reply though
No answer to the question? Althea watched the Hufflepuff for a moment and then moved on to the next student.
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Originally Posted by Jessiqua
Zhenya had a nice long think... she wasn't immediately aware, so she put her thoughts into acceleration! She finally raised her hand, "Professor, I think Prehenso has a meaning of Taking hold; grasping and catching, which is what the spell allows you to do," she said.
"Yes it does." Althea answered.
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Originally Posted by nogoodforyou
Oooh the gripping charm? Sounded interesting.
As for Prehenso... "It has something to do with grip, I think," Nora said after raising her hand. Well, it was pretty obvious, since she had already told them that it was the gripping charm. Or maybe it had nothing to do with that?
"Right." Not very detailed but still right.
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Latin was not a language that Mike was too familiar with. Shoot, he could bearly get english down. "Think Mike, what could Prehenso sound like in english?" Mike thought out loud.
He raised his hand to answer the question. "Well I see Pre, which means before, I can't think of any english words that fit."
He dipped his head a little, hoping he was able to answer the question partially.
"Thank you for identifying the prefix." Althea answered, with a small smile. It was a start at least, and relevant.
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Lewis just stared with his mouth slightly open as the same Hufflepuff as before went up to the professor and...HUGGED HER?! There was something seriously wrong with that one. Why was she in the same house as he was? Was it possible to kick her out or something?
Prehenso. Related English words? "Well, there's the adjective prehensile. That sounds...similar." Lewis offered with his hand raised, a little uncertain about his answer. It DID sound similar though. And he was pretty sure it was also related to holding on to something.
"Yes that's right, similar meanings and similar sound." Althea answered.
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Originally Posted by Saiai
"Prehenso literally means to grasp, catch, seize or take hold of something," Amelia figured that the very meaning of the word explained a lot about the relation of it to the actual charm. "Since the charm is a gripping one which I believe makes it easier to catch objects, like Quaffle, catch or grasp, relate quite well to the purpose of the charm," and hopefully that made sense. Because if not she'd made a fool of herself by raising her hand and stating her opinion in front of the others in the classroom.
"It makes it much easier to remember too." Althea commented.
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Prehenso? Was that it? Jonathan has never heard of that word before so answering this might be a little difficult. So what does the word mean anyway? Think. Think. Think.
Well, since they are talking about the gripping charm, then shouldn't this be the spell they're going to learn right? Jonathan slightly raised his hand. "Uhmm... Does it mean 'to hold' or 'to grip' or something like that?" he guessed. He wasn't sure if he was correct though but it's worth a try.
"It does."
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As soon as she finished writing down a few notes, Gwen looked back at the Professor. Prehenso... that doesn't sound like anything. It is a gripping charm... so it has to mean something like...to grip?, Gwen first thought, but didn't say anything. It seemed stupid. Silly. Somewhat.
However, after a few minutes, she remembered having read about this charm somewhere. Perhaps the answer was wrong, but it was worth a shot- 'Doesn't it mean 'to capturate'?'No?
"Capturate is not an English word." Thea answered.
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Right... so.... learning now, yes?
"The wand movement for this charm is a twist and a tap. Refer to page 47 of Quintessence: a Quest if you need a reminder of how these two wand movements work. You may practise the wand movement now, and then the incantation, but not the two together as of yet. When you are practising saying the incantation, I'd like you to put your wand down on your desk. I'll give you a few moments to practice these, and then I will give you the next instructions."
OOC: Practice the wand movement OR the incantation separately but not together. Anyone actually casting the spell will get in trouble! I'll resume with the next part in around 9-10 hours from this post, and then we'll get to take them out to play a game
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Minerva pulled out her wand and her book opening to page 47. She looked at the book for a second and then put her wand in the air twisting and tapping it. She did this a few times making sure she had it just right. Once she thought she had it right she did it a few more times, never getting bored of practicing. Once she had done this she placed the wand on the table and saying "Prehenso". She said this in her head and out loud a few times.
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Time to practice! Raven was not a fan of some theorical lesson so she was eager to learn by doing. Let's started practice the movement first.
"Swish and tap." she said while she was swishing and tapping her wand to the table. Once again.
"Swish and tap." She tried it until she felt enought.
Next..
"Prehenso." she tried to say the incantation repeatly.
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Hannah pulled out her book for reference to make sure of the movements. She decided to practice the twisting and tapping first as she was sure that would require more practice. She would twist and tap, twist and tap until she felt like the got the hang of it. Ok she thought to herself now to get the incantation down. She layed her wand down on the desk and started repeating the incantantion. "Prehenso." she said repeadtly until she felt comfortable. She waited for further instruction from the professor. She was excited to get to perform the spell. The first spell she would ever cast.
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"Its a twist and tap, Miss Charlotte." Althea corrected gently, after spotting the Slytherin practicing enthusiastically.
She would roam about a bit and keep an eye on things.
Ups, she did a mistake. Luckily she still did the practice of the movement without the incantation.
"Oh, I'm sorry Professor Schirmer, and thank you to correct it." she said. Then she tried again
Twist and Tap she twisted and tapped her wand to the table. She tried it many times.
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Zhenya picked up her wand, putting it in a nice comfortable position in her hand. Then she followed the directions on page 47. Okay, it's a twist and tap...
She started twisting and tapping her wand in the air, keeping her mouth firmly shut. It felt a bit odd to begin with, but she soon started smoothing out the movement. Soon enough she felt comfortable doing it, and thought she would practice the incantation after a few more practices with the wand movement.
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Daichi's eyes opened and closed as his head nodded a couple of times , almost falling in to a slumber. He really didn't like theory and maybe that was why his practical was so bad but he was more of a practical person. He hides a yawn behind his hand and looked around.
Finally! the practical time was up! Daichi's head snapped up and he got his attention back in class. He listened to the instructions before opening his text book to page 47. Twist and tap.... shouldn't be difficult~
Grabbing his wand from his wristholster , the Slytherin held it in his hand and made a *twist and tap*. Psh, that was easy. *twist and tap* again *twist and tap* again *twist and t-* "Waah!" he let out a high pitched cry when his wand slipped out of his hand and landed on his desk. "Stupid hands..." he mumbled as he picked the phoenix feather wand back up.
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"Yes, Comprehend is related. Good." She lifted her hand up though and gave the Ravenclaw a pointed look. Next time, she'd lose points.
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Right... so.... learning now, yes?
"The wand movement for this charm is a twist and a tap. Refer to page 47 of Quintessence: a Quest if you need a reminder of how these two wand movements work. You may practise the wand movement now, and then the incantation, but not the two together as of yet. When you are practising saying the incantation, I'd like you to put your wand down on your desk. I'll give you a few moments to practice these, and then I will give you the next instructions."
OOC: Practice the wand movement OR the incantation separately but not together. Anyone actually casting the spell will get in trouble! I'll resume with the next part in around 9-10 hours from this post, and then we'll get to take them out to play a game
Beezus was still thinking hard of another english word that would relate to gripping when suddenly, Professor Schirmer commented on those words that came out of her mouth a few seconds ago. And as she looked at her, she was giving her that pointed look, she didn't give any answers yet! "Errr--Professor, I was merely muttering to myself.." Yeah, well young Ravenclaw, next time..Think and silently.
Sighing with the thought that the Charms Profesor has taken note of her behavior, Beatrice focused herself on the new spell. Wand movement was twist and tap. She quickly hoisted out her wand from its holster and without referring to the book--since, she sort of studied wand movements over the summer, she started practicing..
"Twist..." she said, moving her wrist in a twist. "And tap.." she tapped her wand a bit on the desk. Doing it again, "Twist...and...tap."
"The wand movement for this charm is a twist and a tap. Refer to page 47 of Quintessence: a Quest if you need a reminder of how these two wand movements work. You may practise the wand movement now, and then the incantation, but not the two together as of yet. When you are practising saying the incantation, I'd like you to put your wand down on your desk. I'll give you a few moments to practice these, and then I will give you the next instructions."
Twist and tap!
Lewis first took notes of what Professor Schirmer told them about the spell before reaching for his wand. Trying not to even think the incantation, he held up his wand and gave it a twist by rotating his wrist slightly. He succeeded this by performing a short tap with his wand. That didn't seem to be too hard.
He repeated these movements a couple of times in order to be sure he was doing it right. Lewis then put his wand as far away from him as was possible without it falling off his desk. Now...."PreHENso." Was he saying that right? "PreHENso." It reminded him of hens.
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Right... so.... learning now, yes?
"The wand movement for this charm is a twist and a tap. Refer to page 47 of Quintessence: a Quest if you need a reminder of how these two wand movements work. You may practise the wand movement now, and then the incantation, but not the two together as of yet. When you are practising saying the incantation, I'd like you to put your wand down on your desk. I'll give you a few moments to practice these, and then I will give you the next instructions."
OOC: Practice the wand movement OR the incantation separately but not together. Anyone actually casting the spell will get in trouble! I'll resume with the next part in around 9-10 hours from this post, and then we'll get to take them out to play a game
Elise smiled, picking her wand out of her pocket. Feeling its familiar weight in her left hand, she gripped it delicately and gave it a twist. And anti-clockwise twist and a tap. Twist and tap.
Perfect.
Putting down her wand, she tried the incantation. Prehenso. Pre. Hen. So.
"Pre-hen-so," she tried slowly, getting a feel of the words. "Prehenso." she beamed. Yay! She'd got it.
Done writing the new spell's note, Louisa put aside her quill and parchment and did NOT grab her wand. Incantation came first, it was the words that usually made her mess up with a charm. If she ever messed up. HEHEHE. Ahem. Well, it was her favorite and strongest subject so...
"Pre-hen-so.." saying it sloowly, it wasn't one of the long gibberish incantations luckily. "Prehenso." See? Easy. Yep. "Prehenso.. Prehenso.. Prehenso.. Prehenso.. Prehenso.." Just in case she missed something. Staring down at her parchment, the girl now picked up her wand and twisted & tapped. Twist, tap. Twist, tap. Twist, tap. Twist, tap. Twist, tap.
Seriously? PFFFFFT. With a smile forming up on her lips, Louisa Carter was starting to think this OWL year was not so hard after all.
... or maybe she was THE smart one? Hehe. Yep, this option was more cheerful.
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Kurumi blushed when Professor Schirmer responded to her. Her tone and eye contacted indicated to the fifth year that she had kind-of-sort-of done wrong, but she wasn't entirely sure where. When it came to breaking down spell names and associating them with English words, Kurumi fell flat. English was her second language and sometimes she still needed to translate into Japanese in her head before the English equivalent came out. This had been one of those times. Kurumi bowed her head in apology. Still, she HAD been right. It was a sort of command. So, that was a good thing.
Kurumi listened as the next instruction was given and set her wand on the desk, opting to practice the incantation first. She tended to struggle more with that part anyway. She set her hands on her lap and sat up straight, good posture was important after all. "PrehENso...PREhenso...PreHENSO...PrehenSO... she muttered to herself. None of those sounded right. Professor Schirmer had had a fluidity when she had said the spell. Sort of just rolled off the tongue whereas Kurumi's pronunciation was all choppy and anything BUT fluid.
She cleared her throat again, rolled her shoulders, and attempted to relax her diaphragm. Breathing in deeply, Kurumi attempted the pronunciation again, waving her index finger in the air as a subconscious indicator to be fluid and allow the spell to just roll off the tongue. "Prehenso...Prehenso...Prehenso...Prehenso..." There, that sounded much better.
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Jezzabelle felt herself get even more nervous than before. She was going to go and practice the wand movement first but as she looked down her hand was shaking far too much for her liking. She placed it down gently and took a calming breath. Maybe she'd be better off to practice saying the charm.
"Prehenso," She said. Such and easy word, but she needed to put feeling behind it. "Prehenso... Prehenso." There much better. "Prehenso." She looked down at her hands and noticed they weren't shaking anymore so she picked up her wand and decided to practice. Was it Swish and flick or twist and flick..."Twist and flick. Twist and flick." It felt right. "Twist and flick." Must be right.
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She looked down at her hands and noticed they weren't shaking anymore so she picked up her wand and decided to practice. Was it Swish and flick or twist and flick..."Twist and flick. Twist and flick." It felt right. "Twist and flick." Must be right.
Kurumi was just about to practice the wand movement, having made her throat go dry from repeating the incantation too many times, when she noticed Jezz out of the corner of her eye flicking her wand after twisting.
"Psst, Jezz," Kurumi said as she leaned over towards the first year lion. "Your twist is fine, but you shouldn't be flicking at the end. You need to make a tapping motion." Jezz was smart and probably didn't really need a demonstration, but Kurumi needed to practice it anyway. "Try it again like this." Kurumi twisted her wand and then tapped the invisible object in front of her. "When you flick, the movement is in the write and is a sharp verticle without a designated start and end point." She did another small demonstration. "A tap is a natural downward movement." And she gave another small demonstration. "Don't worry, it is easy to get all the wand movements confused. I know I did my first year and nearly blew up an object I was trying to levitate."
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After Messer finished writing the notes in his journal, he reached out for his wand. He was thinking to practice the wand movement first then he could practice the incantation after that.
Twist and Tap. He repeated those two words inside his head.
He gripped his wand in his hand and gave it a twist and then a tap. The wand movement seems not so hard. He repeated this movement over and over until he was sure that he was doing it right.
Messer then put the wand on his desk like Professor Schirmer instructed. Onto the incantation then. "Pro-hen-so" No that sounds not right. "Pro-"Cough"Pre-Hen-sO" Yup. Its Prehenso not Prohenso. But its still did't sound right. "pRe-hEn-So...PrE-hen-SO.." Ugh! The incantation was definitely harder than the wand movement. "Prehenso..Prehenso" Yup! That was it. "Prehenso"
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Kurumi was just about to practice the wand movement, having made her throat go dry from repeating the incantation too many times, when she noticed Jezz out of the corner of her eye flicking her wand after twisting.
"Psst, Jezz," Kurumi said as she leaned over towards the first year lion. "Your twist is fine, but you shouldn't be flicking at the end. You need to make a tapping motion." Jezz was smart and probably didn't really need a demonstration, but Kurumi needed to practice it anyway. "Try it again like this." Kurumi twisted her wand and then tapped the invisible object in front of her. "When you flick, the movement is in the write and is a sharp verticle without a designated start and end point." She did another small demonstration. "A tap is a natural downward movement." And she gave another small demonstration. "Don't worry, it is easy to get all the wand movements confused. I know I did my first year and nearly blew up an object I was trying to levitate."
"Oh jeez," Jezz said. "I'm going to end up blowing something up." She had gotten so nervous she had managed to mess up the wand movement. She smiled as Kurumi had corrected her though ad watched her demonstrate it for her. "Thanks Kurumi." Twist and tap. Twist and tap. She wanted to get it as neat as Kurumi's had been. "I hope I get this all right." Twist and tap. Twist and tap.
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"The wand movement for this charm is a twist and a tap. Refer to page 47 of Quintessence: a Quest if you need a reminder of how these two wand movements work. You may practise the wand movement now, and then the incantation, but not the two together as of yet. When you are practising saying the incantation, I'd like you to put your wand down on your desk. I'll give you a few moments to practice these, and then I will give you the next instructions."
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Sierra nodded when Schirmer confirmed that she'd at least gotten the gist of things. She figured as much. They'd been given a lot to go on. Pulling her textbook out her bag, Sierra flipped to page forty-seven. She was pretty sure she knew how to do a simple twist and tap, but seeing as she was getting older and was now a fourth year, she wanted to start perfecting things.
Right. Just as she'd though--twist and tap.
Leaving her textbook on her desk, Sierra flicked her wand out its holster and got started on the movements. The twist was first, so she held her wand stationary then twisted her wrist ever-so-slightly toward the right side. Finally, she made a gentle tap forward. The movements weren't so bad, except it was sort of awkward to tap when her wrist was turned sideways.
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