If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
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.
Quote:
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!
Hiss!Roar!Growl!Caw! | Hermione's Double | The Little Three | Alecate
Text Cut: DrHawk579
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrHawk579
Mike was appreciative of the help from the girl next to him. "Ok, relax, concentrate and... He pointed his hand at his left hand "Finite" The tingling went away. He wiped his hand across the desk, back to normal. "Thanks, I thought I was in big trouble" He had to make sure he remembered how to relax, and don't panic.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrHawk579
Mike decided to try the spell one more time. "Prehenso." Twist and tap. His hand began to tingle, good now. "Finite." The tingle went away. He had it down now. Mike looked around and noticed a girl was looking a little lost so he walked up to her. "Hey, need some help? I am just learning too, but maybe we can work together." He hoped he wasn't coming off too strong, he just wanted to help, and he was a little excited he was getting the hang of the new spell. "After you have done the spell, relax, and concentrate on what you want to do next. To reverse the spell, Point your wand at the effected hand, then say, finite. The tingling should go away. He was happy to pass on some of the knowledge that was given to him, not too long ago.
"Yup," Sierra said, opting for casual wording instead of the usual reply when a person says 'thank you'. She didn't want to come across as being too over-friendly. That kind of thing was for Hufflepuffs...and wimps, which were really one in the same when you thought about it.
She watched as the Gryffindor then returned the favor and helped someone else. "Well, relaxing isn't exactly one of the steps you need to do. I just told you that before, because you seemed really upset over not being able to end the spell on your hand," she said. "I didn't think you'd be able to concentrate too much if you were upset." Other than that, he was doing pretty good. "The rest is good, though."
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz
"Alright everyone. Good work practising. We'll have a ten minute break now and then you can meet me outside to play a game for the remainder of the class. You're more than welcome to stay here and practise for a little longer if you need to do so."
Oh, good--a break! Sierra was all about taking a break. She sat down in a nearby seat and waited out the ten minute break. Too bad they couldn't just go back to the common room and do nothing.
Selina wiggled her fingers after she had cast the spell on her left hand. The whole thing was sort of a weird sensation. Her finger tips felt like they were tingling and yet, at the same, time they felt like they had energy coursing through them with such power. She examined her hands a little closer and waved her hand in front of her face to just double check that everything still looked the same, after all this was Charms not Transfiguration. Everything was fine.
Then she did as she was instructed and grabbed the ledge of the desk. WOAHH, THAT WAS WEIRD. Selina's left hand held so fast to the desk she thought she would break it. One hand that was holding onto the desk tightly was nothing compared to her left hand's grip that had been modified by the Charm.
She let go of the table and took notes on the difference. It was amazing.
Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict
Picking her hand up off the desk again, Stella glanced at it as she picked her wand up again from her lap. Time for ending the charm, letting her hand stop tingling and altogether acting fascinatingly odd. It didn't seem likek they needed any more demonstrations, especially as half the class was just waiting for the order to move outside, so she stayed in her seat. Even though she knew she was perfectly capable of demonstrating the spell, she didn't need to prove it to anyone. Especially not Professor Schirmer, and besides, the professor would know she'd done it correctly anyway. She wouldn't let herself fail a spell that was as straightforward as Finite.
Pointing her wand at the palm of her hand, much like she'd aimed the wand movement for the gripping charm in the first place, she focused her mind on stopping the tingly feeling still coursing along the surface of her hand. "Finite," she cast, smiling a little as the feeling in her left hand went back to normal. Just to double-check, though, she turned her hand again and ran a finger along the desk. Yes. Back to slick wood, she thought, sliding her wand back into its holster as she sat back in her seat again. Time to wait for the lesson to continue again, for Professor Schirmer to announce they were going outside.
__________________
♥♥♥♥ It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees
...It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero ♥♥♥
Trencher for Life||Avril Lavigne|| Ni hen piao liang (You're very beautiful)
Violet finally stopped practicing. Her eyes were getting droopy from staring at the desk and her hand and she was very happy that the professor gave them a 10 minute break. She looked around the room seeing if there was anyone to talk to. Surely during the break, the professor will allow a little bit of chit chat before heading outside to play the game?
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by iBeJenn
Selena smiled at the professor. "Professor, another person told me to give it to you but I'm not allowed to say who," she said as she held up the white envelope to the professor. "I'm not sure if you wanna read it right now or something, but it definitely seemed important." And Selena wanted to know what was inside the envelope and all that... but... y'know, it had seemed awfully important at the time. She continued to smile at the professor, hopefully the professor didn't yell at her or something for 'disrupting' the class.
The envelope had looked important after all.
WOOT. Break time. Selena liked breaks. Maybe the professor would read the letter during the ten minute break? Hehe...
Althea eyed the prefect suspiciously and then took the envelope. She opened it slowly.... still eyeing the prefect, and then her eyes flicked down to the note within.
She went red, then white, then purple, then white again and slowly looked up at the prefect.
"Is this some kind of joke, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" Dangerous tone alert!
HER HAIR WAS NOT LIKE WHEAT!
__________________
love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
Kennedy was having fun feeling the different texture of the table with his charmed and not charmed hand. He grabbed his wand and pointed it at his hand. Time for his Spidey senses to go away...for now. "Finite," he said.
Now his hand felt strange because of the lack of tingling in it.
He faced the professor when she announced that they would have a break before they continued the rest of the lesson. In the mean while the boy was going to straighten his notes.
❄Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re❄| ⚕=equivalent exchange=⚕ | pinned ya!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz
"Alright everyone. Good work practising. We'll have a ten minute break now and then you can meet me outside to play a game for the remainder of the class. You're more than welcome to stay here and practise for a little longer if you need to do so."[/INDENT]
Break? Oh, Beezus loved breaks especially when they'd be ice cream around. She carefully placed her things back on her purple backpack and her wand in its new amethyst colored holster. Afterwards, she headed to where the Charms Professor was, "Professor Schirmer. Thank you," for allowing me to stand to practice the Finite Charm a little while ago. "And see you in ten minutes," she said. As of now, she'll rest. She was still too stressed from the tons of spells they had been learning from a few subjects.
Althea eyed the prefect suspiciously and then took the envelope. She opened it slowly.... still eyeing the prefect, and then her eyes flicked down to the note within.
She went red, then white, then purple, then white again and slowly looked up at the prefect.
"Is this some kind of joke, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" Dangerous tone alert!
HER HAIR WAS NOT LIKE WHEAT!
She blinked her eyes in confusion. "What?" Selena asked confused. Would it be wrong to look at the letter right about now? She was kinda curious as to what the note could hold to make the professor so... angry? Or had the professor been blushing? Oh no, definitely angry.
"Uhm... no?" Selena said meekly. Scary professors, well, scared Selena.
WHY WAS THE PROFESSOR MAD?!?!
Selena cleared her throat. "I was simply told to give this to you," she said hoping the professor would throw in her a deep fat fryer and like... fry Selena like french fries. She had done nothing wrong!!! She would swear on KENT that she hadn't done anything wrong. Yup.
__________________
though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing a path between the s t a r s________________._____________ ♡♡_______________________.__________________________ ____i'll leave my .l o v e. between the stars...
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by tomewitch
Break? Oh, Beezus loved breaks especially when they'd be ice cream around. She carefully placed her things back on her purple backpack and her wand in its new amethyst colored holster. Afterwards, she headed to where the Charms Professor was, "Professor Schirmer. Thank you," for allowing me to stand to practice the Finite Charm a little while ago. "And see you in ten minutes," she said. As of now, she'll rest. She was still too stressed from the tons of spells they had been learning from a few subjects.
"Of course, Miss Castell. Well done today." And she was sure the girl would enjoy the game soon too.
But BACK to the Slytherin.
Quote:
Originally Posted by iBeJenn
She blinked her eyes in confusion. "What?" Selena asked confused. Would it be wrong to look at the letter right about now? She was kinda curious as to what the note could hold to make the professor so... angry? Or had the professor been blushing? Oh no, definitely angry.
"Uhm... no?" Selena said meekly. Scary professors, well, scared Selena.
WHY WAS THE PROFESSOR MAD?!?!
Selena cleared her throat. "I was simply told to give this to you," she said hoping the professor would throw in her a deep fat fryer and like... fry Selena like french fries. She had done nothing wrong!!! She would swear on KENT that she hadn't done anything wrong. Yup.
"TELL me by WHO?" Althea demanded, not looking at all pleased about it. "One of your little friends? It BETTER not be one of your little friends, Miss Zabini-Riddle! This is VERY inappropriate!" She tried not to yell, but it was CLEAR that she wasn't pleased.
SO INAPPROPRIATE. AND PRESUMPTIVE.
__________________
love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
Even after lifting the charm, Hades still felt the unpleasant tingling all over his left hand. He felt like he was having goosebumps. However, he was determined to continue. Wand pointed at his left hand, he twisted it and tapped. "Prehenso," he murmured. Then, Hades tried to compare the feelings again. But both felt normal.
O____o
That was odd. Didn't he focus much? Hades made twisting and tapping motions with his wand on his left hand again. "Prehenso!" he spoke with a louder, clearer and more confident voice. Placing his wand on the table, he tried to compare the feelings again. ACK!! There went the tingling again! He shuddered for a while.
"TELL me by WHO?" Althea demanded, not looking at all pleased about it. "One of your little friends? It BETTER not be one of your little friends, Miss Zabini-Riddle! This is VERY inappropriate!" She tried not to yell, but it was CLEAR that she wasn't pleased.
SO INAPPROPRIATE. AND PRESUMPTIVE.
The professor was starting to scare Selena more than Lafay. Mshe had never hought that to be humanly possible as she looked up at the profeesor who was CLEARLY unhappy about this. "No, not a friend, he's too old to be a friend," Selena squeaked out. She hoped the charms professor would make use of some charms that involved fire... She didn't want to burn either. "I promise on my pygmy puff that it wasn't a joke, or at least, a joke that I am aware of."
Because promises on pygmy puffs were legit.
__________________
though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing a path between the s t a r s________________._____________ ♡♡_______________________.__________________________ ____i'll leave my .l o v e. between the stars...
Browncoat l Extra Syrup l Kita's Strong Confident Other Half l Lemon Patch
It was SUCH a good thing that they were on break 'cause Arya couldn't hep but look on at professor angry!face Schirmer and the poor poor new snake prefect as that scene started to unfold. What did the note say anyway? She wanted to know. She tried to imagine.
Hm.
The older prefect bounced her foot lightly, distractedly twisting her wand wrist and tapping her hand repeatedly. Wasn't she a good studious student?
__________________
♥ I won't pass up on the danger ♥ I'd miss out on the fun ♥_____ ______________♥We'll live while we're young ♥ We'll chase down the sun ♥_________________________
Gripping the wand in her right hand, she couldn't help biting her lip nervously. 'Prehenso' she thought to herself, chanting it in her head to simply make sure she memorized it quickly. Taking in a deep breath she tried to calm herself... making hand have extra grip, not hard... right? Gulping at the thought of what could go wrong she followed the instructions. "Prehenso" she finally managed to say, noticing nothing different... where did she go wrong? Maybe it was that she doubted herself. "Prehenso" she repeated, happy to see the spell work! Oblivious to how the rest of the class was waiting to leave... 'whoops' she thought to herself.
Last edited by DancingwithRainbows; 01-11-2012 at 05:29 AM.
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by iBeJenn
The professor was starting to scare Selena more than Lafay. Mshe had never hought that to be humanly possible as she looked up at the profeesor who was CLEARLY unhappy about this. "No, not a friend, he's too old to be a friend," Selena squeaked out. She hoped the charms professor would make use of some charms that involved fire... She didn't want to burn either. "I promise on my pygmy puff that it wasn't a joke, or at least, a joke that I am aware of."
Because promises on pygmy puffs were legit.
TOO OLD TO BE A FRIEND? The girl was a sixth year, was she not? Surely not a professor? Surely a professor wouldn't have a student deliver a note such as this one, and during CLASS of all times?
"Did HE bribe you?" WHOEVER he was? Althea was internally raging to the point where she hadn't actually ABSORBED the content of the note as of yet.
Calm. Calmmmmm, Althea.
The professor breathed and when she spoke again it was calmer, but more clipped, and no less intent. "Are you going to tell me who gave it to you, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" Paaause... "And did you happen to see the contents?"
__________________
love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
Vanessa the Snot Girl l Rachels Rule | rock,tumble,&roll ❆ adorable coffee bean
Yaay. Time to get practicing. This was Indy's favorite part of lessons, she loved learning new spells. Especially ones that were as cool as this. She gripped her wand tightly, watching her hands. Now, she had a feeling she might not be able to do this first time round. But practice did make perfect. And she was only little, so it didn't really matter if she couldn't master it first time round. Pointing her wand, that was held in her right hand, at her left hand, she spoke the incantationl. "Prehenso." Nothing really happened. Her hand felt a little tingly at first, but then nothing. Nada. Yup. It hadn't worked. Indy frowned, shaking her hand a bit. That had felt weird. Hmm. Shaking her head, she pointed her wand at her hand again. "Come on....." She murmered quietly, really wanting to be able to do this. "Prehenso..." She was a bit hesitant that time, so obviously nothing happened. "Fiddlesticks." This was not going well. Maybe she should go back to first year...
__________________
It's the end of the show. Of the historemix. We switched up the flow. And we changed the prefix
But we want to say. Before we drop the curtain. Nothing is for sure. Nothing is for certain
"Finite, Mr. Rasting." Althea corrected as she passed the boy by.
[...]
"Alright everyone. Good work practising. We'll have a ten minute break now and then you can meet me outside to play a game for the remainder of the class. You're more than welcome to stay here and practise for a little longer if you need to do so."
Huh? Somehow the weird feeling in his left hand still wasn't gone. Had he done something wrong? He pointed his wand at his hand again, about to repeat the spell when Professor Schirmer passed him and...corrected him. Oh, right.
Blushing a little, Lewis muttered a "Thanks, Professor" in her general direction before clearing his throat again and pointing his wand at his hand again. "Finite!" Ah, there. The moment you use the right spell, it actually works too. FAIL!
Oooh. Ten minute break. Good. He was going to use this time wisely and practice the spell some more. Right after he was done watching the professor receive a letter from the Slytherin Prefect. And blushing after reading it. And becoming quite upset with the girl. Interesting...Heh.
Perhaps it's time to finish…, Gwen told herself and grabbed her wand with the right hand. Finite… Finite….Finite…, the Ravenclaw repeated the incantation a few times in her head. This had to go well! ‘Finite!’, the third year said loud and clear. Noticing that the spell actually worked, Gwendolyn smirked and put her wand away. So this was everything they had to do? Hmm… In that case- I guess I’m done!
*blink- blink*
What is going on here?, the girl asked herself and looked at the Professor. Biting her lip, Gwen managed to keep a straight face. It was hard though… Who wrote that note, anyway?
He watched older students came up the front of the class to demonstrate the spell. He watched the demonstration very carefully hoping not to miss anything, he didn't want something wrong happen to him.
When the Professor said that now they're allowed to perform the spell. Messer picked up his wand and pointed it toward his other arm. Twist and tap. "Prehenso!" but nothing happen. Maybe he said it wrong. Twist and tap "Prehenso!" then he feel a tingling sensation on his left hand.
__________________
All of the love for tomorrow______________________________________________ I know we're gonna be stronger than you'll ever known
TOO OLD TO BE A FRIEND? The girl was a sixth year, was she not? Surely not a professor? Surely a professor wouldn't have a student deliver a note such as this one, and during CLASS of all times?
"Did HE bribe you?" WHOEVER he was? Althea was internally raging to the point where she hadn't actually ABSORBED the content of the note as of yet.
Calm. Calmmmmm, Althea.
The professor breathed and when she spoke again it was calmer, but more clipped, and no less intent. "Are you going to tell me who gave it to you, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" Paaause... "And did you happen to see the contents?"
Did he bribe her? That was a really good question. "No, he did not," Selena said, shaking her head. Because it was an important matter and she was simply told to deliver it. She was also not allowed to say no to a person of authority because they were also allowed to take points off. Oh wait... she had said no to the professor several times already. Eep. Surely she wouldn't get into trouble right?
The professor did look calmer now.
So... Selena was safe? "I can't tell you who gave it to me professor," Selena said, shaking her head as she said it. Because he said she wasn't allowed to. "And no, I did not."
But if the professor wanted her to see the letter, she wouldn't object. She did want to see what had made the professor furious so easily.
__________________
though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing a path between the s t a r s________________._____________ ♡♡_______________________.__________________________ ____i'll leave my .l o v e. between the stars...
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by iBeJenn
Did he bribe her? That was a really good question. "No, he did not," Selena said, shaking her head. Because it was an important matter and she was simply told to deliver it. She was also not allowed to say no to a person of authority because they were also allowed to take points off. Oh wait... she had said no to the professor several times already. Eep. Surely she wouldn't get into trouble right?
The professor did look calmer now.
So... Selena was safe? "I can't tell you who gave it to me professor," Selena said, shaking her head as she said it. Because he said she wasn't allowed to. "And no, I did not."
But if the professor wanted her to see the letter, she wouldn't object. She did want to see what had made the professor furious so easily.
She narrowed her eyes again and muttered something under her breath.
"And if I bribed you to tell me, would you, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" It might have been a trick question but it was hard to tell when the professor was speaking in that quietly dangerous tone.
Well, the Slytherin SEEMED like she was telling the truth. Althea HOPED she was. "If I find out you did read it, and you tell anyone, it'll be a month of detention." Not that she was threatening her or anything.... just stating a fact. Mmmhmm.
Sniff.
It was so awkward. Fancy this happening in a LESSON?
She carefully made sure the letter was secure in its envelope, and that was secure in her pocket.
And now she was going to just... meditate for the last few minutes. Breathe, Althea.
__________________
love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
She narrowed her eyes again and muttered something under her breath.
"And if I bribed you to tell me, would you, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" It might have been a trick question but it was hard to tell when the professor was speaking in that quietly dangerous tone.
Well, the Slytherin SEEMED like she was telling the truth. Althea HOPED she was. "If I find out you did read it, and you tell anyone, it'll be a month of detention." Not that she was threatening her or anything.... just stating a fact. Mmmhmm.
Sniff.
It was so awkward. Fancy this happening in a LESSON?
She carefully made sure the letter was secure in its envelope, and that was secure in her pocket.
And now she was going to just... meditate for the last few minutes. Breathe, Althea.
Nate had picked his head up off of the desk when Schirmer started sounding.... Agitated. Admittedly, she had always had sort of a short fuse from what Nate knew of her, but this was still strangely sudden. "Professor," he asked cautiously, "Are you alright?"
Like a Domino ♥ Karma Kimalia ♥ ♥ Taco Bell ♥ Sorry for party rocking
It was a weird sensation, feeling like spiders were running over your hand, it was making Kimalia have the urge to shake all of it off, but figured it wouldn't do any good. So what did they have to do now? Test it? Well then, laying down her wand on her desk away so her hands had enough space to feel the desk.
Laying her left palm on the desk she had the weirdest feeling, like the desk was clipped on, or should she say her hand felt clipped to the desk. Yikes! She laid her right hand down and well.. nothing happened of course.
Okay, now that was more than enough testing, removing both hands off the desk she wrote down the effects in her notes.
❤ 'Claw 4 life! ❤India and BOLLYWOOD ❤ ::Hermione's besty::❤ SS-aholic
Text Cut: Professor
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz
She narrowed her eyes again and muttered something under her breath.
"And if I bribed you to tell me, would you, Miss Zabini-Riddle?" It might have been a trick question but it was hard to tell when the professor was speaking in that quietly dangerous tone.
Well, the Slytherin SEEMED like she was telling the truth. Althea HOPED she was. "If I find out you did read it, and you tell anyone, it'll be a month of detention." Not that she was threatening her or anything.... just stating a fact. Mmmhmm.
Sniff.
It was so awkward. Fancy this happening in a LESSON?
She carefully made sure the letter was secure in its envelope, and that was secure in her pocket.
And now she was going to just... meditate for the last few minutes. Breathe, Althea.
Laura approached the professor. Oh my god!! What happened to her?. 'Professor!!are you alright,' she asked. She was obviously concerned
Charms Introduction & Gripping Charm 
x1
x3
