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Upon entering the classroom, ones first thought could have been that they had walked into the wrong room and was actually joining a cult. The room was exceedingly dark, windows having been closed off with dark burgundy, almost black looking, drapes that hung from ceiling to floor. Deep purple colored mats were lined perfectly from one another on the floor in rows of six while a deep red one sat in the front of them all where Professor Medea currently sat upon. However, one could find their way around the room, for scattered around were a great deal of candles, both lighting portions of the walls, floors, and ceiling itself in a rather ghostly glow fashion. Candles that floated in water surrounded with the stationary candles to light up the particularly extra shiny floor were placed strategically around so no one would accidentally catch fire, while large rectangle like shapes cradling the ceiling with an orange glow gave the final look to the room.
In front of each mat is a parchment already shaped into a long cone to be easily placed in front of you to be read. Of course, the Professor hasn't placed names to face yet, so please come in, complete the task of writing your name on the parchment in a mostly dark room, and become comfortable on one of the mats. Class will be starting shortly!
OOC: Please come in and take a seat on one of the mats [and be familiar with the rules and expectations]. Also, so you aren't referred to as 'that kid' or 'hey you', have your character fill out the name tag so we know who you are. The lesson will begin in about 12 hours or so. Feel free to hang out, but please don't add pages and pages of chatter.
Class has BEGUN! Please don't post a late arrival. Just jump in like your character has been there the whole time.
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Apparently, Jonathan had seen this one coming. They had been doing the triangular position for quite sometime that he already felt the professor will be changing their positions again. Tiring day for the first DADA class. He has never felt like this in the same class since... since... well, since Lord Borr was still 'teaching' it--- not really teaching it.
The king dancer position, seems to be harder than the other 3 positions that they had done. This one requires a lot of balance since they'll be standing in one foot only. Seriously just look at the position everyone is making... looks like some sort of creature. Anyways, as if he had a choice. Jonathan took a hold of the top of of his foot and held it firmly.
Onto the next question...
"A hex is also affiliated with dark magic because it darker and more dangerous than a jinx. Hexes can also be used as defense to an attacker" of course, they already discussed that jinxes were used for pure entertainment alone. Hexes were different, they're quite more powerful than a mere jinx. "It also cause pain to the victim but only mild" it can pass.
An example of a hex. The most famous would be "Stinging hex" what does it do? Well, from the name itself is explanatory "inflicts some sort of stinging pain to the target, if it is severe, it swells"
Maxwell was struggling with all of the yoga poses. but did his best to concentrate otherwise. "I believe, A Hex can be used for both good or bad magic, to where a jinx causes accidental pain or distraction." Not sure if his definition was 100% correct.
Ariella raised her hand. Hexes and jinxes. It couldn't be too hard of a question, could it? "A hex is typically relating to dark magic, and causes, I guess you could say, a medium amount of suffering to what it was cast upon. An example of one could be the Twitchy Ears hex, which, of course, makes the person's ears twitch."
Taking a quick peak at her watch for the time, she set it back down next to her parchment after a second and wrote a few things down before standing up again. Standing up straight that is. No more of the triangle position. Perhaps a pose in which even they should be familiar with if they'd ever exercised at all in their life.
"Alright, you can stand up." They weren't done yet though. "Go ahead and take a hold of the top of your foot, like so. And hold. This is called the King's Dancer Position." Demonstrating once again what to do, she waited for the majority of the class to follow suit...
Oh who was she kidding. Her gaze was settled on Miss Stone, seeing if she'd try this one out.
"Can anyone tell me vot a hex is? And an example of one."
King's Dancer Pose
The King's what?
Auggie wasn't a good dancer but at least this was a pose and not actually dancing--the light wasn't very ideal for all of that anyways. He pulled his foot like he was asked and tried his best to stand up. So hexes...he had just accidentally given one already.
"Well Professor, the Antler Hex?" he said with as small grin. "And hexes are more potent in the fact that they are more focussed on harming their victim."
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She'd be surprised if anyone could speak after being hit with that spell. "Yes, good." she nodded.
Medea couldn't help but smile at the enthusiasm. "Yes, the jelly-legs jinx. Good." she nodded before moving on to the next student.
"Yes, good." she nodded. Kinda seemed like some of these students in class had the jinx on them already.
Oh dear... "Not quite, Miss Kieren." she said with a quick shake of her head. "As the name says, it's a curse. Not a jinx. Good try though."
"Yes, good." she nodded.
Medea nodded. "Yes, good example." One of the less discomforting ones.
Probably the most popular one at her own school. "Yes, good example."
One of the more discomforting jinxes out there. "A less powerful spell than the stinging hex. Yes, good."
Levicorpus? She heard about that spell before. Never tried it herself though. Made people dangle upside down didn't it? "Yes, I suppose. Good." she nodded.
Oh the jelly-brain jinx. "Yes, good example."
"Yes, the knockback jinx. Good." she nodded and moved on to the next student.
A particularly annoying jinx. Perhaps even worse than the jelly-legs one in her opinion. "Good example. Yes."
Medea nodded. Mmhmm. "Yes, the revulsion jinx. Good." Although, his question about this supposed counter-jinx had her blinking at him in slight confusion. Aw wait, yes. It was that counter-jinx to levicorpus. "You're right, Mister Lockhart. It doesn't particularly fall into the category of 'jinx', since it is a counter spell, but it's not like your typical 'finite' either. It has it's own category."
This made everything so much clearer, it was like a fog had lifted, making it easier to see. "Yes, the jelly-leg jinx. Good." she nodded, finally speaking to the girl for the first time since the beginning of the lesson.
Mmhmm. "The impediment jinx. Good." she nodded.
Really now? Had she used this spell before? "Yes, the trip jinx. Good." she nodded, making a mental note to watch the halls extra carefully as she walked down them.
Tickled even the non-ticklish. Evil spell. "Good choice. Yes." she nodded with a smile.
Hmm, yes. Not one she'd like to be the victim of. Medea nodded slowly, burning the mental image she was getting as herself becoming a sea urchin. "Yes, good." Moving on!
Not a fun spell. Quite displeasing to see too. "Yes, good example." she nodded.
Here was one that she had half expected to come up first, but alas, better late than never. "Yes, good choice. Like a vitch or vizards own invisible cage." Sorta. Evil sounding, but interesting.
She nodded, smiling a little since this jinx seemed to come up a lot. "Yes, good."
Yea, not the most fun of spells once the creature gets a bit angry. "Yes, the is a good example." she nodded.
The tongue-twisting jinx? Sounded painful. "I suppose..." she nodded slowly. Unless the girl was thinking of langlock? Or the babbling curse, but then again, that was a curse.
"It sure is." she nodded, smiling a little before moving on to the next student.
Aw yes, she heard about that little event. "A possible variation of the furnunculus hex." she nodded, thinking about it. "Good example."
"Yes, langlock." she nodded. "Good."
Oh, not a nice spell, but great example. "Yes, very horrible." Terrible results could come from it. She nodded anyhow. "Good."
Okay, good. She could stop freaking out at the possibility of a healer burning a hole through her for bringing in a student. Who knew if she was still upset about what happened at the feast. "Yes, the knockback jinx." she nodded.
Alas, someone who didn't look like they wanted to just lay down and sleep. "Good example." she nodded.
Apart from the trip jinx, this one was the second runner up for most popular in this class. "Yes." she nodded.
Sprout antlers? Oh Merlin...she had to laugh a little. "That is actually a hex, Mister Goldstein." she grinned. "Good try though."
Aw yes, the trip jinx again. "Yes, good." she nodded.
The eating slugs spell? Actually, she would have categorized that into a curse just because of it's plain disgusting effect. "No, not particularly, Miss Penta. That's actually a charm."
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"Yes, good." she nodded, perhaps a little smirk on her face. "Not up for the Triangle, Miss Stone? It's vot all the cool kids are doing." Hehe. Join the club.
Oh, yes. Here was a good example. "Yes, excellent Mister Macey. The stretching jinx." she nodded.
Medea nodded a little, having slowed down from doing so because the results of blood rushing to her head when she did so. "Yes, good."
Orbis was indeed a jinx. Not one mentioned yet either. "Very good. Yes." she nodded.
Medea nodded. Mmhmm, that was true. "Yes, good."
Taking a quick peak at her watch for the time, she set it back down next to her parchment after a second and wrote a few things down before standing up again. Standing up straight that is. No more of the triangle position. Perhaps a pose in which even they should be familiar with if they'd ever exercised at all in their life.
"Alright, you can stand up." They weren't done yet though. "Go ahead and take a hold of the top of your foot, like so. And hold. This is called the King's Dancer Position." Demonstrating once again what to do, she waited for the majority of the class to follow suit...
Oh who was she kidding. Her gaze was settled on Miss Stone, seeing if she'd try this one out.
"Can anyone tell me vot a hex is? And an example of one."
King's Dancer Pose
Vlimia relaxed once they got out of the triangle pose. Why was yoga even in this class? If people wanted to take yoga, they did. If people wanted to take D.A.D.A, they did. How would somebody feel if they arrived to their yoga class and it turned out that they were also doing D.A.D.A? Oh well... maybe it was a good workout.
Vlim raised her hand (the one that wasn't holding her foot) and said "A hex is one of the seven known spell types. They are affiliated with Dark Magic, darker than a jinx but not as dark as a curse, and generally causes moderate pain or extreme annoyance to the victim. An example of a hex is: Densaugeo. This hex causes the victim's two front teeth to grow at an alarming rate." in reply to the question. Vlimia wobbled a little as she spoke, but was able to stay on one foot the entire time.
Sophie was having fun with all of these poses. It could be kind of hard sometimes, but watching her classmates answer questions while trying to stay in the pose was hilarious! It was more difficult for her not to laugh than to actually do the poses.
Holding back another laughter, she held the top of her foot, doing the King Dancer Pose. She managed to raise her hand, keeping her balance. "Hex is not as 'light' as jinx and it makes the person who gets hit suffer a bit more." she answered looking straight to Professor Romanos. "An example could be... um... Twitchy Ears Hex!" Sophie pictured someone twitching their ears like a doggie and giggled.
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The king's dancer pose... Daichi thought that they were able to sit down again because the name sounded like a lazy king sitting on his throne. Boy was he wrong! He watched as the Professor stretched her leg and his eyes widened when the class followed....
That was dangerous right?! What if someone lost their balance and they knock the candles over? Daichi had been somewhat reluctant to try the other poses because of the fire but this...nuhuh...
He stubbornly continued to stand next to the professor as his eyes darted to the fire. How long was this lesson anyway? he couldn't wait to get out of here to be honest. But even though he was a little paranoid to do the pose he still tried to answer the woman's question so to show that he IS participating... just not doing that pose....
"A-a hex is a minor curse, Professor..." he said as he scratched the back of his head. "there is the uhm.. Instant scalping hex if-if i'm not wrong" he shivered at the thought of someone using that hex on his hair...
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Mo couldn't help but smile as the professor nodded her head at him. So he had a THING about being right. Which he typically was. Heh. Moving into the next position he removed one hand from his foot and wobbled precariously. "Hexes are stronger than jinxes and cause moderate suffering to the victim. And an example of one would be the Stinging hex," he said with a nod as he placed his raised hand back on his foot.
She nodded slowly, so she was sure to keep her balance. "Yes, the stinging hex. Good."
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Ella grabbed the top of her foot and teetered a bit. So I should probably practice this stuff before next class... When she felt like she was balanced, she thought about the question. She had read something about this in her DADA textbook. "Professor, a hex is a spell that is a step up from a jinx. What I mean is that it causes more damage than a jinx does." She tried to think of an example of a hex but couldn't think of one. She waited for her classmates to provide some and made a mental note to listen closely to their answers.
More damage than a jinx? "Yes, okay." she nodded a little. "Good."
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Taylor gracefully went into the king's dancer pose. Raising her hand, she replied, "A hex is darker than a jinx but not as dark as a curse. It causes more discomfort to the victim but it can be used as a defense move. An example of a hex is the densaugeo which causes the victim's teeth to grow."
Oh yes, here we go. "Yes Miss McIntyre, they can be used for defensive purposes." Though if she saw any used without permission, well then... "Good."
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Nate raises his hand in the position he's in and says "Professor a hex is darker than a jinx but not as dark as a curse, and generally causes moderate suffering to the victim. For example the Knee-Reversal Hex is a hex that causes the victim's knees to appear on the opposite side of their legs."
Medea nodded. "Yes, good." She had no idea how that could be considered moderate suffering though.
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Okaay. Her legs were really hurting her now. She felt like she was stretching to go do a big run. Indiana knew she was going to sleep well tonight. She smiled, grabbing hold of her foot, and getting into the king dancers pose. It was interesting. Now to the question. A hex. Well she knew what that was. Now. This was the hard part. How was she supposed to raise her hand, and do the pose at the same time. She decided to just stop the pose, just in time to raise her hand. "A hex is a spell that is affliated with dark magic, it's kind of like a jinx, but darker than that. But it is not as dark as a curse. A hex will cause moderate suffering to the victim. An example would be the bat bogey hex." Yeah. She wasn't a nerd at all. With a smile, she returned to the pose.
Hmmm, yes, it was the in-between wasn't it? "Yes, very good." she nodded, her smile widening a little as the girl went back into the King's Dancer pose.
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Admittedly, this new position was not one of the worst they had to do today, but it was exasperating because Ari for one couldn't see the purpose in all of this. True, one needs flexibility for defence, but still, this seemed more like ballet than anything else. At least the class discussion was on topic.
Raising her hand again, the Gryffindor girl replied: 'A hex is a spell affiliated with Dark magic, with moderate intensity, more powerful than a jinx but less powerful or long-lasting than a curse.' After taking a deep breath, she continued: 'There's the stinging hex that causes moderate pain and possible swelling of the body part affected.'
"Indeed it does." she nodded. "Good."
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Ah, on to the hexes. Nate finally gave up and just assumed the pose. It wasn't worth fighting with himself over. "A hex is used to cause more harm than a jinx, but is still commonly used as a spell for practical jokes, or the pleasure of the caster at the expense of the hex-ed," he answered. He didn't know why he pronounced the word 'hexed' with two syllables, but hey, it sounded cool.
As he switched legs, Nate remembered that they needed to give an example. Whoops. "An example would be the Stinging Hex." He wasn't about to say the incantation out loud, though. If anyone cared to, they could figure it out easily enough.
The kid was right. Unfortunately they were used for jokes. "Yes, good." she nodded. There was no need to use the stinging hex as a joke though. There wasn't anything funny about it.
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Isabelle stood up and took hold of the top of her foot. This was a very interesting class with yoga. Izzy wondered if there was a point to this. Or if the Professor just liked yoga. She raised one hand while keeping a firm grip on her foot with the other hand.
"Professor, a hex is a type of spell that causes moderate suffering of some sort to the victim, this type of magic is generally thought to be dark magic because it is darker than a jinx, but hexes are not as dark as curses," Isabelle explained. "And an example of a hex is the Hurling Hex."
Medea nodded. "Yes, good." She could just see the field day the flying instructor would have if that spell was used.
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Oh jeez. Jezzabelle wobbled a lot. It was easy when she wasn't standing on one foot. She wobbled to the left the to the right. She through her unoccupied hand up in the hair, which didn't really help with her balance, "A hex is darker magic than that of a jinx and can cause more suffering to the victim." She wobbled some more and then fell over. "There is the Stinging Hex which causes severe pain and swelling," she said her hand still up while on the ground. She planned on getting back up sooner or later.
Would it have been wrong if she found the wobbling funny? "Yes, indeed it does. Good."
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Zhenya, once again, copied the moves. She was starting to like the positioning and stretching, but was confused as to what it had to do with DADA, not that she was complaining. It was MUCH better than sitting in a desk all lesson, much much better. She thought about the question a moment before saying "A Hex is somewhere between a jinx and a curse, and is usually associated with the use of dark magic. One example is an Instant scalping hex, which shaves the hair off the target's head," she said.
Alex put his right foot behind him and grabbed it, as the professor did, and then used his left hand to raise it and answer the question. "A hex is like, the in between of a curse and a jinx. It causes suffering, but not as much as a curse," he explained.
Then he quickly moved his hand back to his foot before he toppled over right onto his face.
The in-between. Well, whatever got them to understand it. "Yes, good." she nodded.
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Again a new position? What the hell was going on? Why did they all have to be in a position or other while answering questions? Why couldn't they just sit normally at their own respective desks and answer the questions?
Ira hated all kinds of exercise.. And she was also confused as to what relates DADA and yoga? Brushing thses thoughts off her mind for now, she copied the next position. Kings Dancer Pose? What a weird name! So Ira bent her right leg and held it with her hand and balanced on her left leg. But soon, she began loosing balance. So this time, she tried with her left leg up and right one down. This was better..
When asked the next question, Ira thought about it. Hex? She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, A hex is a stronger and darker than a jinx, but not as much as a curse. It causes moderate pain to the victim." Examples of Hexes? She knew some.. "There is also a hex called as Twitchy Ears Hex which as the name suggests, twitches the ears of the victim"
"Careful on your choice of vords Miss Wilson. Not all hexes cause pain." she said before nodding. "Take your Twitchy Ears hex suggestion for example. Good though."
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Even though the next pose didn't seem too bad, Amelia was getting tired of this moving around thing. She missed when her arms were out at the sides in a t position. Or maybe they could just sit on the floor like a regular class.
But she still raised her hand before moving into the next position. "A Hex is worse than a jinx but not as bad as a curse. It causes some pain, but it's not unmanageable. There's the bat bogey hex." Which sounded rather... yeaaah.
"Okay. Good." she nodded.
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Violet did the next pose with not much difficulty and raised her hand, "Professor, I know there is a hex called a the Twitchy Ear Hex, which of course, causes the victims ears to twitch. I don't believe that all hexes causes pain to the victim though. It could be a distraction though."
Medea nodded. "Yes, good. There are a small handful of hexes that do not cause any pain to the victim at all, but like you said, can be rather distracting. Just like your Twitchy Ear hex suggestion."
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OH! Beezus felt delighted when they have finally stopped doing that triangle position. It was very tiring. She expected that they weren't fnished yet though so she gave out her answer to the question before even following the next position which she gotta admit was much more easier than the previous ones. "Professor, to put it simply. A hex is darker than a jinx and one example of it I believe is the Bat-Bogey Hex," Beezus said as she reached out for her foot.
Simply indeed. "Yes, good Miss Castell."
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And now they were asked to stand.... to do what???? It was clear on this Ravenclaw's face that he was not seeing the point of these calisthenics, and perhaps due to his own lack of exercise he was starting to find it quite bothersome. How was he supposed to think and come up with good answers when they're asked to move this way and that? How can he concentrate????
"Uhm a Hex---" arms sticks out awkwardly to keep himself from falling flat on his back "a Hex is associated with Dark Magic, more potent than a Jinx but not quite as grievous as a Curse. It causes discomfort or inconvenience on the target, like the Sneezing Hex, also known as Steleus."
There was a nice, clean, way of saying things. "Yes, good Mister Vanderbilt." she nodded, smiling a little before moving on to the next student.
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New position? Kurumi stood up, obviously too quickly, and all the blood rushed out of her head, causing her to be very wobbly and she stumbled to her left and caught herself on Jonathan before falling and making even more of a fool out of herself. "S-S-S-Sorry," she whispered, blushing up a storm before lifting her leg and attempting to grab it as instructed.
Using her other hand, Kurumi raised her hand to answer the next question. "A hex is somewhere between a jinx and a curse in terms of power and discomfort. While it is also associated with Dark Magic, it is not as dark as a curse, but is darker than a jinx." And cue some wobbling and hopping on her one foot. Regaining her balance, Kurumi continued. "Another example is the Horn-tongue hex."
She may have missed the stumbling, but of course, she didn't miss the girl's answer. "The horn-tongue hex indeed. Good." And now there was more wobbling.
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As Eino changed into the One-Footed King position, or whatever it was called, his eyes landed on a whispering Ravenclaw. How awfully rude to chat during the professor's lecture, especially in a new professor's first lecture! This was not a good way to welcome her to our school. Eino locked eyes with the boy then shook his head very discreetly as he attempted to balance on one foot.
Once that was done he turned his full attention to the nice professor. They didn't have that many nice ones so they should consider themselves lucky she didn't take points from them yet. If this had been Schirmer's or Scabior's class... Merlin help us all. When prompted, Eino raised his... hand? Yes, his hand. It was difficult but he managed. "Hexes are, oh... They, ow, ow ow..." The boy struggled balancing on his one foot as he gave his answer. "They are darker than jinxes, and one example is the Sardine Hex." He finally managed to control his body and give the answer without interruptions.
Ow? Medea's eyebrows raised, staring at the boy struggling with his balance. Perhaps he was stepping on something... "Yes, good." A rather disturbing spell.
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Man, Keefer thought. These positions are going to leave me sore for a week. He wasn't sure he was liking the prospect. Then again, they would definitely tone muscle and improve one's balance. Maybe we should do these in Quidditch practices... He grimaced at the thought. But no pain, no gain, right?
He wasn't exactly sure how he was supposed to raise his hand from this position. So he settled for waiting until the Professor's gaze was upon him before answering the question. "Well, my classmates have all pointed out some hexes that cause pain to the victim, leading us to think that they are somewhat Dark in nature." He wobbled a bit and flailed his arms to regain balance before continuing.
"However, I know the Bedazzling Hex is can be used to bewitch cloaks so that they render the wearer almost invisible. That doesn't seem inherently Dark to me. Sure, it can be used for such activities, but it could also be used to hide someone when trouble comes. I hear people used to do that when You-Know-Who was in power." Not that it would have worked for long, but maybe long enough to find your family and Apparate out of the house or something. "Therefore I would propose that a hex is not necessarily Darker than a jinx, but possibly just more potent magic, longer-lasting perhaps?" He wasn't exactly sure, but he knew it wasn't just the Dark part of everyone's definition. Objects aren't all black and white. There's grey in there.
Medea nodded. "Now you're thinking." she said with a smile. "Hexes are quite frankly, the simplest of malicious spells, though they aren't particularly longer lasting. They are a bit more potent magic than a jinx, like you've said, which in turn, causes people to believe it is darker magic, which in a vay, is generally true. Their effects are indeed, quite discomforting or eventually help vith more greater tasks, but usually people go vith the disillusionment charm when it comes down to it. The bedazzling hex does cause minor discomfort. Very minor though."
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Aurora copied the pose that the Professor was doing and tried to raise her hand to answer a question. She lost balance and fell over. Standing back up quickly she raised her hand to answer before she tried the pose. "Professor, the stinging hex?" she said. They'd done that in the defence club thing when Borr had tried to take over.
"Yes, the stinging hex. Good." Quite a popular one too.
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Vashti hadn't ever really done yoga before, but this wasn't too bad. At least they weren't doing the boat position anymore. The only problem with this new one - "The King's Dancer Position," it was apparently called - was balancing on one foot. As she stood there, holding one foot up, she kept feeling like she was going to fall, though she managed to regain her balance every time she started to fall.
Now, what was a hex and what was an example of one? Carefully, she raised her other hand. "A hex is generally darker and more painful for the victim than a jinx is but not quite as much as a curse, and it's one of the seven types of spells. One example of a hex is the Knee Reversal Hex." Which sounded really painful.
"Yes, good." she nodded.
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Alyssa slowly switched positions to the King Position before raising her hand while trying to keep her balance and gave her answer to the Professor's next question.
"Professor, a hex is darker than a jinx but not as bad as a curse. It does unfortunately cause some considerable pain to the victim. During certain circumstances it can also be used to defend oneself. An example of a hex is Densaugeo which causes the victim's front teeth to enlarge like that of an otter."
Medea nodded. "Okay. Yes. Some of the spells are a bit more painful than others, but all of them cause pain. Keep that in mind, Miss Potter."
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"A hex is when the victim is suffering in pain. But, isn't it less painful than a curse?" Adam then assumed the position. When he reached out to grab his foot, his one leg tripped forward an he stumbled a bit on his mat. Then he switched his foot an did a bit better, but still he kept swaying side to side. "There's the Bat Bogey hex." Hehe.
"Pain may not be the right vord. Not all hexes cause pain, much like the bedazzling hex, and some are even just annoying, like the twitchy ear hex. Good though." The bat bogey one was both quite discomforting and annoying.
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Got it. Thanks for answering the question, Professor. She got a nod for that.
He blinked, though, as the Professor took on a different position...and he was just going to stand up, as he answered, because it was mighty hard to try and stay focus on BOTH things.
Hand raised, "A hex is slightly darker and more potent than a jinx, not causing as much pain as a curse would." GRANTED, the killing curse wouldn't cause any pain, right? "There's the Stickfast Hex...," he started to say, finding incredibly difficult to do the position they were asked to do, "...it makes the target's shoes stick to the ground...," which didn't sound dark at all, "...which doesn't truly sound dark...more like, an inconvenience depending on the situation." Yup, it depends.
"And inconvenience, indeed. Good." she nodded.
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Oakey could not get a good hold of his leg at all while answering the professors next question. Professor... A hex is...just under curse...in dark magic...that's because...they only cause...moderate...suffering.
Way to keep talking even if his balance was troublesome. "Yes, good." she nodded.
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Minerva got into the King's Dancer Pose. She was enjoying herself looking around the room others didn't seem to be. She put up her hand, "Professor a hex is a little more complex then a jinx meaning it could cause more harm or make the person receiving a hex more alarmed. An example is the hurling hex which makes a broom vibrate enough to shake the rider off."
Medea nodded. "Okay. Good."
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Laura looked at the Professor and smiled as she raised her hand. "Professor a Hex is where you want to hurt or kill someone so I suppost the killing spell would be classed as a Hex right?" Laura was sure it would be but she wasn't sure though, but she knew she would never use it, because it was a very bad spell.
This girl concerned her somewhat. "No, Miss Hyde." she shook her head, frowning a bit. "Vot you are describing is a curse, in which the killing curse would be labeled under. Ve'll get to that in a minute or so."
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Melanie found this position easier. Well, easier than the previous one, at least. The key was to hold her leg up mainly with her arm and not the elevated thigh muscle. She figured that out after a minute tops of trying it the other way. It was also much easier to talk in this position than in The Boat.
"I would say, Professor," she began, "that a hex is generally darker than a jinx, and more likely to cause some sort of harm."
She couldn't think of any new examples of jinxes, so she kept quiet about that part.
"Good." she nodded.
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Ellie grabbed hold of her foot and balanced quite easily on one foot. This wasn't too bad, really. Maybe she just had great balance.
"Professor, can't hexes kill people? I thought I red somewhere that you can hex an object to be lethal to one's touch." Maybe. Possibly? It sounded familiar.
Hmmm. "Most objects that kill people have been cursed, not hexed."
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Kennedy reached behind him and took hold of his foot. Okay, this wasn't so bad, except for the fact that he could tip over. Well, then it was good that he had normally good balance. He briefly raised his hand to answer the question, but replaced it back on his foot. "A hex causes discomfort, almost like a light curse of a sort." Like instead of punching someone you slap them, less painful. "An example is the instant scalping hex."
"Okay. Good." she nodded.
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Annabelle raised her hand. "Professor isn't a hex sort of like curse except the hand movements are less complicated to learn?" she asked unsure if her answer was right. But it can't hurt to try and see.
"Not exactly, no." she shook her head. "Ve'll get to as to why in a moment."
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Oh, no. She was going to fall at one point from that position. Praying that that wouldn't happen, Nora raised her hand before grabbing her foot. "Hexes are darker than jinxes, but not as dark as curses, and they cause discomfort. One of them is the Horn-growing hex. It... grows horns." Which was pretty much obvious.
"Yes, good." she nodded.
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Oh, good. So, now they were standing, which hopefully meant they were done making these ridiculous poses. Sierra gladly pushed herself up off the ground then began looking around the room. Were the desks going to come sliding out now? ... Any second now? ... At all?
...another position?!
...but. ...but. How was she meant to properly participate while in a position like this?! Especially with a question now being asked?! Sierra frowned then raised her hand for a single split second. Then she did her best with striking the pose the professor had asked them to get into. It wasn't so bad once she figured out which hand needed to grab which foot. She could thank Quidditch for adapting to the new position quite easily.
"A hex is sort of in between a jinx and a curse when it comes to casting dark magic," she said, having raised her hand earlier. "It causes a little more suffering than a jinx. The Horn Tongue Hex is, of course, a hex. It turns a person's tongue into a horn."
"Yes, good." she nodded. Whoever thought of that spell needed some serious counseling. Seriously.
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'Professor,' Daisy said, trying not to wobble in the strange position she was currently in. 'A hex is like a jinx, but worse, although not as serious as a curse. Jinxes and Hexes can be used for - though rather cruel - amusement, whereas if you used a curse for amusement, that's just plain sick,' she nodded, wishing she could tie her hair back to stop it from dangling in her face. Blowing it out of her face, she continued, 'The Bat-Bogey Hex is an example of a hex that can be used for defence, attacking or amusement at times.'
"Yes, indeed." she nodded, grimacing at the thought of a curse being used for amusement. "Good."
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Up again YAY! she smirked
What?!!?
REALLY? Another position.. if it was a normal yoga class she probably would have marched out by now... LuLu sighed to herself and got into the position some what grumpilly... Kings dancer pose... It sounded nice though!
Her hand went up ''A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse or a jinx. It's much worse than a jinx and not as harmfull as a curse so basically between the two,''
"Good." she nodded.
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Apparently, Jonathan had seen this one coming. They had been doing the triangular position for quite sometime that he already felt the professor will be changing their positions again. Tiring day for the first DADA class. He has never felt like this in the same class since... since... well, since Lord Borr was still 'teaching' it--- not really teaching it.
The king dancer position, seems to be harder than the other 3 positions that they had done. This one requires a lot of balance since they'll be standing in one foot only. Seriously just look at the position everyone is making... looks like some sort of creature. Anyways, as if he had a choice. Jonathan took a hold of the top of of his foot and held it firmly.
Onto the next question...
"A hex is also affiliated with dark magic because it darker and more dangerous than a jinx. Hexes can also be used as defense to an attacker" of course, they already discussed that jinxes were used for pure entertainment alone. Hexes were different, they're quite more powerful than a mere jinx. "It also cause pain to the victim but only mild" it can pass.
An example of a hex. The most famous would be "Stinging hex" what does it do? Well, from the name itself is explanatory "inflicts some sort of stinging pain to the target, if it is severe, it swells"
Medea nodded. "Hexes can indeed be used for defensive purposes, as vell as any other spell if the situation is appropriate to do so."
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Jory did the King's Dancer Position quite easily. He suspected it was due to his father & his workouts every morning.
He raised his hand. "A hex is more dangerous than a jinx. Meaning, it can cause more damage though as not as much as a curse. Like a Hurling Hex''
"Not exactly more dangerous than a jinx, but good. The hurling hex is a nice example." she nodded.
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Chris raised his hand and said, "A hex is more harmful than a jinx, sir."
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Sir?
She raised an eyebrow at the young boy. "Not exactly more harmful, no, though their effects have been known to be a bit more potent. Mostly any spell can be equally harmful if enough power or intent is put behind it."
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Maxwell was struggling with all of the yoga poses. but did his best to concentrate otherwise. "I believe, A Hex can be used for both good or bad magic, to where a jinx causes accidental pain or distraction." Not sure if his definition was 100% correct.
"A hex can indeed be used for both good and bad, much like any other spell. Even jinxes. Though their differences don't fall in whether they are used for good or evil."
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Ariella raised her hand. Hexes and jinxes. It couldn't be too hard of a question, could it? "A hex is typically relating to dark magic, and causes, I guess you could say, a medium amount of suffering to what it was cast upon. An example of one could be the Twitchy Ears hex, which, of course, makes the person's ears twitch."
"Yes, very good." she nodded.
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The King's what?
Auggie wasn't a good dancer but at least this was a pose and not actually dancing--the light wasn't very ideal for all of that anyways. He pulled his foot like he was asked and tried his best to stand up. So hexes...he had just accidentally given one already.
"Well Professor, the Antler Hex?" he said with as small grin. "And hexes are more potent in the fact that they are more focussed on harming their victim."
"Good. Yes." she nodded. The antler hex has got to be the most amusing one. Terribly, but amusing.
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Vlimia relaxed once they got out of the triangle pose. Why was yoga even in this class? If people wanted to take yoga, they did. If people wanted to take D.A.D.A, they did. How would somebody feel if they arrived to their yoga class and it turned out that they were also doing D.A.D.A? Oh well... maybe it was a good workout.
Vlim raised her hand (the one that wasn't holding her foot) and said "A hex is one of the seven known spell types. They are affiliated with Dark Magic, darker than a jinx but not as dark as a curse, and generally causes moderate pain or extreme annoyance to the victim. An example of a hex is: Densaugeo. This hex causes the victim's two front teeth to grow at an alarming rate." in reply to the question. Vlimia wobbled a little as she spoke, but was able to stay on one foot the entire time.
Medea nodded. "Indeed. Good."
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Sophie was having fun with all of these poses. It could be kind of hard sometimes, but watching her classmates answer questions while trying to stay in the pose was hilarious! It was more difficult for her not to laugh than to actually do the poses.
Holding back another laughter, she held the top of her foot, doing the King Dancer Pose. She managed to raise her hand, keeping her balance. "Hex is not as 'light' as jinx and it makes the person who gets hit suffer a bit more." she answered looking straight to Professor Romanos. "An example could be... um... Twitchy Ears Hex!" Sophie pictured someone twitching their ears like a doggie and giggled.
"One vould certainly suffer vith that spell. Yes." she laughed. Moving on!
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The king's dancer pose... Daichi thought that they were able to sit down again because the name sounded like a lazy king sitting on his throne. Boy was he wrong! He watched as the Professor stretched her leg and his eyes widened when the class followed....
That was dangerous right?! What if someone lost their balance and they knock the candles over? Daichi had been somewhat reluctant to try the other poses because of the fire but this...nuhuh...
He stubbornly continued to stand next to the professor as his eyes darted to the fire. How long was this lesson anyway? he couldn't wait to get out of here to be honest. But even though he was a little paranoid to do the pose he still tried to answer the woman's question so to show that he IS participating... just not doing that pose....
"A-a hex is a minor curse, Professor..." he said as he scratched the back of his head. "there is the uhm.. Instant scalping hex if-if i'm not wrong" he shivered at the thought of someone using that hex on his hair...
Looking over to the young boy, an eyebrow raised, seeing that Mister Katharos wasn't participating. Not that she minded of course. Surely Miss Stone wasn't already influencing people, was she? "The instant scalping hex certainly is one. Good."
Letting go of her foot, she bent down and wrote a few things on her parchment before standing up again. Alrighty then.
Deep breathe and...
"Switch legs."
Certainly not done yet. "Ve have just a few more topics to go over, and then you can get out of here." Was that going to stop them from doing positions though? Well, that was up to them. "The final category is curses, and some of you seem to be a little confused on the difference between a curse and a hex. Or a curse and a jinx. So, who can tell me vot a curse is? And an example please, if you can."
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Letting go of her foot, she bent down and wrote a few things on her parchment before standing up again. Alrighty then.
Deep breathe and...
"Switch legs."
Certainly not done yet. "Ve have just a few more topics to go over, and then you can get out of here." Was that going to stop them from doing positions though? Well, that was up to them. "The final category is curses, and some of you seem to be a little confused on the difference between a curse and a hex. Or a curse and a jinx. So, who can tell me vot a curse is? And an example please, if you can."
Switch legs?
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No!
Stopping for a moment to breathe and try not to lose her balance, Nora raised her hand before grabbing her other foot. "A curse is the darkest kind of magic. There are the three unforgivable curses, for example." Indeed, pretty dark.
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Certainly not done yet. "Ve have just a few more topics to go over, and then you can get out of here." Was that going to stop them from doing positions though? Well, that was up to them. "The final category is curses, and some of you seem to be a little confused on the difference between a curse and a hex. Or a curse and a jinx. So, who can tell me vot a curse is? And an example please, if you can."
"Professor, a curse is the most serious kind of dark magic. It can be blocked by a defensive curse. An example would be the Imperius Curse, one of the three unforgiveable curses." Ella shuddered. She didn't like thinking of curses.
Mortimer groaned inwardly at the switch feet comment, but he did as he was told. SIGHS FOR LIFE. Glancing over at Vickers he smiled slightly and then focused again. Once he was balanced properly he removed one hand to raise it.
"Curses are the worst kinds of Dark Magic, they can harm, control, or even kill their victims. An example would be the Geminio Curse," he said before grabbing his foot once more.
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Oof. This was making her leg hurt. Maybe Indy shouldn't have been so into this as she was, because she had a good feeling that her legs were really going to hurt after the lesson. Oh well. She was enjoying it, and maybe she'd practice this nice moves. Because then if the professor made them do it again, she wouldn't feel so tired, and she'd probably be able to do them. So she wouldn't look so stupid, which was a very good thing. "A curse is a very bad spell." She mused with a smile, raising her hand, as she paused from changing onto her other leg. "They are the worst kind of dark magic, and are used with the intention of causing harm, control or even death of the victim. An example would be the cruciatus curse, which causes excrutiating pain. Using that spell will get you a one-way ticket to Azakaban." As she had said. They weren't very nice spells.
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Nessie switched her foot trying to keep her breathing even. She cleared her throat. "A curse is a harmful spell that has the ability to be long lasting." she said still slightly unsure of the difference between them all.
Now, change legs but the same position! Why? Ira didn't yet understand!
Anyways, she raised her free hand up and answered, "Professor, a curse is the strongest negative spell. They are used only with the intention to make others suffer and pain them. Generally they aren't taught in schools." Saying so she raised her other leg up and held it and balanced as good as she could. Then she added the next part, "An example of a curse would be the Imperius Curse" The curse which forces the victim to obey every order.. That was dreadful! "It is one of the unforgivable curses."
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Letting go of her foot, she bent down and wrote a few things on her parchment before standing up again. Alrighty then.
Deep breathe and...
"Switch legs."
Certainly not done yet. "Ve have just a few more topics to go over, and then you can get out of here." Was that going to stop them from doing positions though? Well, that was up to them. "The final category is curses, and some of you seem to be a little confused on the difference between a curse and a hex. Or a curse and a jinx. So, who can tell me vot a curse is? And an example please, if you can."
Now they had to switch? Oh Merlin... Vashti let her foot drop to the ground and carefully balanced on it as she brought up her other one. Then, slowly, she raised her hand - and started losing her balance. She flailed for a couple seconds before finally managing to regain her balance again. Phew.
She tried again and made certain she was balanced well enough before tentatively raising her hand again. "Curses are much darker than jinxes and hexes because they are generally used with the intention to hurt, kill, and/or control another person. You can defend yourself from most of them with a counter-curse, but there are some that are nearly impossible to stop. Fiendfyre is an example."
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Switch legs?!?!? They weren't done yet?
Amelia wasn't pleased as she switched her leg. She was tired of this yoga, and she liked this class but she just wanted it to end so that she could rest her poor body. Meh.
She sighed as she raised her hand now. "Curses are the worst of these three kinds of spells. They can cause severe pain in a person, or even kill them. There are the Unforgivable Curses, the cruciatus curse being one of them. It is like torture, causing severe pain in the victim." She shuddered now. She hated curses.
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Alyssa changed to her other leg and assumed the same position. Then she raised her hand and answered the question.
" Professor, a curse is the worst spell possible. The intent is to cause long lasting intolerable pain and possibly death to the victim. The intent is deliberate and malicious. An example of a curse is the Conjunctivitis Curse which damages the victim's eyesight."
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Looking over to the young boy, an eyebrow raised, seeing that Mister Katharos wasn't participating. Not that she minded of course. Surely Miss Stone wasn't already influencing people, was she? "The instant scalping hex certainly is one. Good."
Letting go of her foot, she bent down and wrote a few things on her parchment before standing up again. Alrighty then.
Deep breathe and...
"Switch legs."
Certainly not done yet. "Ve have just a few more topics to go over, and then you can get out of here." Was that going to stop them from doing positions though? Well, that was up to them. "The final category is curses, and some of you seem to be a little confused on the difference between a curse and a hex. Or a curse and a jinx. So, who can tell me vot a curse is? And an example please, if you can."
Daichi blushed a little when the Professor gave him a raised eyebrow and bit his lip. He actually thought it was a whole presentation that he was still in the classroom.
He watched as the Professor bent down to write something down again. What was she writing this whole time? Curious as he was, Daichi shuffled a liiiitle closer and tried to read the piece of parchment...but all he saw was some blurry notes. Bleh he hated it that his father was right about him needing reading glasses...
The Snake now tried to do the pose because he didn't want to loose points for ignoring but when he held his leg in the air and wobbled a bit on his standing leg he quickly placed it back on the ground. No way!
"A curse is meaning to harm , control, or even kill someone" he said as he held his hand in mid air. The blush still not gone from his cheeks. "And ..uhm.. it is also the darkest kind of magic, f-fiendfyre is one of them" and normal fire as well...
Curses, yay! Well, yay in the sense that the positions were probably ending soon. And it was easy to name a curse. "Professor, a curse is the most severe form of dark spell," Nate started as he switched legs again, " But can still range in general severity and brutality. The three Unforgiveables are all curses, obviously the worst, but Petrificus Totalus and Locomotor Wibbly are also curses, and they aren't nearly as bad. Personally, I'd prefer to use those latter two when dueling than anything that can really hurt someone..."
Laura was annoyed with this Professor, seriouslt acrobatic in class, well she was done doing it, Laura stood still smiled at the Professor, seriously the Professor couldn't make her do acrobatic's in class, she wasn't practicing for the Olympics or any other acrobatic event. "Professor a curse is where you want to make someone ill." Laura wan't sure about that. "So maybe playing football would class as a curse." Okay so Laura wasn't taking the question seriously but well she didn't care.
Sophie switched legs as soon as Professor Romanos told them to. When she stood steady, she raised her hand. "Curse is the worst kind of Dark Magic eveer!" she said widening her eyes. Then she frowned a little. "I think..." she almost lost balance, but stretched her arm to the front. "Whoa!" Steady again! That was close! "The Tongue-Tying Curse is an example... and it is not cool." she said that closing her eyes and shaking her head. One of her cousins had cast that on her when she was little to make her stop talking so much. She didn't think it was funny at all.
Laura was annoyed with this Professor, seriouslt acrobatic in class, well she was done doing it, Laura stood still smiled at the Professor, seriously the Professor couldn't make her do acrobatic's in class, she wasn't practicing for the Olympics or any other acrobatic event. "Professor a curse is where you want to make someone ill." Laura wasn't sure about that. "So maybe playing football would class as a curse." Okay so Laura wasn't taking the question seriously but well she didn't care.
Adeline looked at the girl. She examined her facial expression. She seemed to be annoyed and who wouldn't be by this class. Now what kind of curse was the teacher talking about. Adeline looked at the teacher and then back at the girl. "Are you okay?" she asked the girl. Well of course she wasn't okay. She was annoyed. "What kind of curse to be honest?" Adeline asked her. "A magical curse like a spell or a muggle curse like something that is passed down from generation to generation?" Adeline asked the professor. She just wanted to make sure that she was right about the little details.
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Nate switches his legs. Then he raises his hand and says "Professor a curse is the darkest type of magic. One example of a curse would be the cruciatis curse. That tortues the victim into giving the caster information."
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