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Regardless of the chilly weather during the winter season and the cool stone colored tones of the room, the dueling arena was comfortably warm. The arena itself would perhaps look different to some of the older students if they were able to get a look at it in the past. The dueling platform, target dummies, and even the stands were moved around in different locations, pushed to the side mostly, leaving a nice big empty space in the middle of the room. In that space were the familiar deep purple colored mats from the previous lesson lined up accordingly, including the deep red colored mat up at the front in-between the stands where Professor Romanos was currently seated, and in front of each purple mat was something that looked like a miniature tray. There won't be any food during the lesson unfortunately, but these trays will be acting as your desks. Unlike the last lesson, the room is illuminated and practically glowing from the winter sunlight streaming through the windows, giving the area a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Perhaps even make a few sleepy, but never fear. There will be no time to sleep during this class. And do ignore the added doorway in the back of the room. As strange as it's placement is, no one is allowed back there.
OOC: Please come in and take a seat on one of the mats [and be familiar with the rules and expectations]. The lesson will begin in about 12 18 hours or so.
Class has officially begun! Please don't post arriving late. Jump in as if your character has been here the entire time.
Final Task
Use of the Disarming and Shield Charms ONLY.
1st - 4th Years = No sense of SOUND
5th - 7th Years = No sense of SIGHT. You are all blindfolded.
It is alright to be disoriented and not get things right on the first couple of tries. Perhaps your aim is off or you can't say the spell correctly because you can't hear yourself speak. No one is perfect. It is okay. The Professor will be keeping a close eye on things, so please, no fatal injuries. And perhaps no drastic damage to the arena either. It's rather sturdy.
I'll give you a few days to RP, and we'll come to a close on things around the 13th.
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
Vickers stood up from his mat and unconsciously brushed his pants off. It looks like they were going to practice basic defensive spells, which was fine by him. Its the having to do one on one that makes him nervous. Unfortunately he was the kind of guy that would rather avoid a confrontation or outsmart one rather than actually go face to face with whoever.
Then again there was a reason why he attended DADA. To get over his nerves of.... confrontation.
He drew out his wand and pointing it towards the floor, started flicking it as he practiced the wand movement. And yes waiting for anybody who needed to partner up.
Gideon had been trying his best to follow along with the class, adding the stretching and poses when he could but had been thankful that the professor had said they didn't have to. And then they were asked to get partners which made sense since they had been working on spells that suited working together with someone. Fine by him , the 5th year straightening up and trying to decide who it work with, his eyes flittering amongst the older students since he wasn't sure of working with those too much younger.
Looking around, he saw a Ravenclaw boy seemingly around his age practicing wand movements so he approached. "Care to be partners?"
Daisy yawned and stretched, her wand enclosed in her right fist as she looked around the room for a partner in her year, preferebly one in her own house. How did the Professor expect her to find a partner in her own year before the lesson? It would take Daisy forever unless someone came rushing over to work with her. Maybe Alyssa would, but she probably had people she wanted to work with...
This was going to be hard! She never joined forces with anyone in her year. Just second years and firsties and fourth-ies and all the rest of them. She walked over to a girl that looked about her age, she was not a seventh year anyway. ''Umm.. Do you need a partner?''
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The stretching had been nice. A lot easier than the full-on yoga from the last lesson, and Stella found herself oddly more energized as the discussion had continued. Especially as it seemed they were going to be focusing on spells she already knew rather well, even if they were going to use a more complex wand movement for the Disarming charm. At least she knew she wasn't going to fail, not when they were fairly easy spells in the first place. She fit in a couple more stretches as Professor Romanos had told everyone to pair off, though. She wanted to make sure she was fully relaxed before looking for anyone who could be willing to work with her.
There had to be some other sixth years in the lesson. Of course, it would help if she actually had paid attention to who was in the same year as herself all along, but she hoped she wasn't the lone sixth year in the lesson. In addition to hoping she wasn't going to end up being unable to find a partner at all. Flicking her wand out of its holster, she let her eyes gaze around the room. "Is anyone still looking for a partner?," she asked no one in particular. Most of the people closest to her mat and where she was standing had seemed to already have found a partner. Either that or they were obviously much younger and therefore the practice would be lopsided, unless she could ask the professor if she could just help others learn the spells. That was going to be plan B.
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Standing up from his purple coloured mat for he had sat down while listening to the Professor, Daichi became both excited and nervous at the thought of having to duel soon. Even if it is only with two spells.
But first he needed a partner. Daichi moved around the room, his dark brown eyes searching for a victim...eeeh partner~ but now that he thought about it, he had never paid attention in which years his fellow students were. "Anyone needs a partner?!" he called over the students talking who had already found one.
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"YAY!" Zhenya said, a little too loudly. She looked apologetically at the Professor before giving Raven a hug.
"Oh you're going to win this duel Raven!" Zhenya said, knowing she WOULD win it. Well, if that's what they were going for anyway.
Raven just smiled when Zhenya said she would win. She ever learned about duelling last term with Gnaesus Spenser. She took off her glasses and cleaned it by her handkerchief, then she wore it again. She need a clear glasses so her sight would be better.
"Let's see." said her short and shifty. Although she was her best friend and it's only a practice, but Raven didn't want to lose from her. She would show her real ability in duelling.
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Raven just smiled when Zhenya said she would win. She ever learned about duelling last term with Gnaesus Spenser. She took off her glasses and cleaned it by her handkerchief, then she wore it again. She need a clear glasses so her sight would be better.
"Let's see." said her short and shifty. Although she was her best friend and it's only a practice, but Raven didn't want to lose from her. She would show her real ability in duelling.
Zhenya laughed. Seriously, that Raven! Zhenya watched her clean her glasses, smiling, and said "So sight is the sense you hold onto most, hey?" and lent forward with her hand near her ear, indicating that she would listen out for her movements. Then she laughed again. "Just don't hurt me!"
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Minerva couldn't help but give a laughable grin towards Justin. 'So Just you ready to try and disarm me?" she looked around the room and then back to Justin and put her face into a little frown "You are going to partner with me, right?"
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Oohh! So the shield would stay there until they cast another spell or drop it?? Sophie didn't know that! Good and useful information.
Sophie started looking around, trying to find a partner. "Anyone from the first year wants to partner up with me?" She asked with a grin.
Cardigan mentally freaked when she listened about the wand movement.She was not,in any way,excited for this lesson!Dueling just wasn't her thing,her interest,or her style!But anyways,she quickly copied down the wand movement information.
Hmm...let's see...who should be my partner?Cardigan thought as she scanned the dueling arena.Not much firsties as far as she could tell.But then,she did find one:Sophie Campbell the Hufflepuff!Well,she'd be perfect!As she traveled to where Sophie was,she tried to keep her mind off dueling.But,did so unsuccessfully,doing the exact opposite."I'd be happy to oblige!"Cardigan said to Sophie,returning the grin.Hopefully she would say yes!
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Alyssa called out for a partner. "Any one want to partner up with me? I'm a 3rd year." Alyssa knew that she was going to have problems finding another student on a year and so she hoped that the Professor would allow her to partner with someone older, if she couldn't find someone.
Really? She didn't have to yell. Oakey stood up from his mat and faced his friend. Alyssa, you don't really need to look that far. Oakey waved his hand in front of her, reminding his housemate that he was still sitting right next to her. Let's partner up, yeah?
Nate got up and started to look for a partner. "Anyone first year?" Nate was wondering if there would be anybody left for him to be a partner with. Nate was getting a bit concerned if he would have a partner.
Laura looked around, seriously was there even another first year around and why couldn't she use the spell on a seventh year she wasn't scared of them, even if they looked like Giant. "I need a first year Partner, anyone want to partner me?"
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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF
Standing up from his purple coloured mat for he had sat down while listening to the Professor, Daichi became both excited and nervous at the thought of having to duel soon. Even if it is only with two spells.
But first he needed a partner. Daichi moved around the room, his dark brown eyes searching for a victim...eeeh partner~ but now that he thought about it, he had never paid attention in which years his fellow students were. "Anyone needs a partner?!" he called over the students talking who had already found one.
Jory spotted a Slytherin third year whom he knew by sight. "Uh hi there,'' he said. "I'm a third year. I could be your partner, if you like.''
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Jory spotted a Slytherin third year whom he knew by sight. "Uh hi there,'' he said. "I'm a third year. I could be your partner, if you like.''
Hearing a voice from behind him as he searched for a partner, Daichi turned around and looked at a Hufflepuff that looked to be around his age. He smiled and nodded his head at the question and bowed quickly in greeting. "Sure~" he said , happy to have found a partner. "I'm Daichi" he didn't need to tell him what house he was in right? The Puff did have eyes to look at his badge.
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Ella watched as the Professor demonstrated how to do the wand motions. She used her wand free hand to practice them, noting the differences between the two. Then she heard the Professor tell them to partner up and she looked around. People were already partnering up and Ella didn't want to be left alone."Um-any first years need a partner?" Ella put on her friendliest smile, hoping someone would take her up on her offer.
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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF
Hearing a voice from behind him as he searched for a partner, Daichi turned around and looked at a Hufflepuff that looked to be around his age. He smiled and nodded his head at the question and bowed quickly in greeting. "Sure~" he said , happy to have found a partner. "I'm Daichi" he didn't need to tell him what house he was in right? The Puff did have eyes to look at his badge.
"Nice to meet you, Daichi,'' the Huffie replied. The Slythie's name reminded Jory of an evil character in the Muggle show Power Ranger Jungle Fury. "I'm Jory.'' He was glad he got a partner so fast. He wouldn't like to be partner less when the activity started. "Ready for a good ole mini kind of duel?''
After listening to the everyone else's answers, Medea flexed her hand, and a moment later, her wand slid into her palm. "The Shielding Charm has one of the easier wand movements. A waving motion, or in other more specific words, it's an upward arching flick." Demonstrating for them, she created the upward arching flick, before repeating a bit slower so they were able to clearly see it. "This spell requires your concentration to keep up, so if you cast another spell, be aware that your shield vill have been brought down."
"There's also a vay to increase the size of your shield. It requires an extra wand movement. A horizontal line." Creating the upward arching flick with her wand with a nonverbal 'protego', a very light blue shield appeared in front of her, glimmering almost as if trying to falter, though that was far from the case as the color only faded every now and then; results in having the shield look invisible. "And, add the horizontal line..." Demonstrating so, the shield expanded as slowly as her wand movement. "This should only be attempted when you've mastered the shield charm itself. It'd make it that much easier on you."
Letting her shield drop, she continued onto the next spell. "The Disarming charm does in fact have two wand movements. The simple 'point' is quite popular, and there's also the circular motion as some of you mentioned. This circular motion is actually more like a small 'd', with a snap of your wrist at the end." Pointing her wand to the side away from the students, she demonstrated by making a tight circular motion and ending with a small upwards snap at the end, much like the letter 'd'. "I'd like you all to practice the 'd' wand movement for today, which...brings us to our next activity."
"So, stand up if you aren't already, and look for a partner. Preferably someone in the same year as yourself. Ve'll be practicing the disarming spell first, and then the shield charm. Afterwards ve'll be going into a few duels vith these two spells. Let's go. Hop at it."
OOC: The task for now is to look for a partner in your own year, and if that's not possible, than someone close to it. Don't RP practicing the spells yet. We'll get to that next.
They were going to...practice spells on each other?!
Lewis' face fell a little at that announcement - though, he probably should have expected it, this was DADA after all. Well, at least it was only the Disarming Spell for now. There wasn't a lot that could go wrong there. Well, there was but nothing that could be dangerous or something. At least he hoped not. And he wouldn't have to work with some inexperienced first year so maybe he was safe for now.
The only problem was finding another student his age. He had met a couple of them or at least seen them around but finding them now seemed to be a little difficult. Not wanting to shout across the room, he reached into his bag and pulled out a blank piece of parchment on which he wrote Fifth Year. There, that should do.
Getting up off his mat, Lewis held his 'sign' over his head and waited for somebody to approach him. Hopefully that would happen soon so he could take down that parchment again.
As the answers started, at least three-fourths of them was what she'd been expecting them to say. Sight and sound as she had heard, were the most important to them. Though the few that mentioned touch caught her attention, and the ones that stated all were important had Medea smiling a bit more. At least there was some thinking out of the box going on.
"So most of you think that sight and sound are the most important, as vell as taste being the least important." she said, letting her foot lay back down on the ground. Done with the stretching. "There is no right or wrong answer. You're all entitled to your opinions. They are all important in their own vays, even taste, though I believe it's safe to assume that most people vould be rather unbalanced if they lost their sense of sight during a duel. While sound has it's privileges and certainly comes in handy, one doesn't rely as heavily on the sense of sound than they do vith sight. However, when you take sight away, your sense of sound becomes your right hand man. Learning to take advantage of it and using it to it's full potential is a whole other story though, and vice versa."
"Today ve'll be working on those two senses, but first, who can tell me vot spell is your greatest asset in a duel?"
What does she mean, our greatest asset? Janice thought. But if it's her biggest strength, it would be the Leg-locker Curse, Petrificus Totalus, or Bat-Boogey Hex. Or perhaps the Shield Charm, even though she's not that fond of it.
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Originally Posted by Roselyn
After listening to the everyone else's answers, Medea flexed her hand, and a moment later, her wand slid into her palm. "The Shielding Charm has one of the easier wand movements. A waving motion, or in other more specific words, it's an upward arching flick." Demonstrating for them, she created the upward arching flick, before repeating a bit slower so they were able to clearly see it. "This spell requires your concentration to keep up, so if you cast another spell, be aware that your shield vill have been brought down."
"There's also a vay to increase the size of your shield. It requires an extra wand movement. A horizontal line." Creating the upward arching flick with her wand with a nonverbal 'protego', a very light blue shield appeared in front of her, glimmering almost as if trying to falter, though that was far from the case as the color only faded every now and then; results in having the shield look invisible. "And, add the horizontal line..." Demonstrating so, the shield expanded as slowly as her wand movement. "This should only be attempted when you've mastered the shield charm itself. It'd make it that much easier on you."
Letting her shield drop, she continued onto the next spell. "The Disarming charm does in fact have two wand movements. The simple 'point' is quite popular, and there's also the circular motion as some of you mentioned. This circular motion is actually more like a small 'd', with a snap of your wrist at the end." Pointing her wand to the side away from the students, she demonstrated by making a tight circular motion and ending with a small upwards snap at the end, much like the letter 'd'. "I'd like you all to practice the 'd' wand movement for today, which...brings us to our next activity."
"So, stand up if you aren't already, and look for a partner. Preferably someone in the same year as yourself. Ve'll be practicing the disarming spell first, and then the shield charm. Afterwards ve'll be going into a few duels vith these two spells. Let's go. Hop at it."
OOC: The task for now is to look for a partner in your own year, and if that's not possible, than someone close to it. Don't RP practicing the spells yet. We'll get to that next.
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Originally Posted by weasleytwinsROCK
Daisy yawned and stretched, her wand enclosed in her right fist as she looked around the room for a partner in her year, preferebly one in her own house. How did the Professor expect her to find a partner in her own year before the lesson? It would take Daisy forever unless someone came rushing over to work with her. Maybe Alyssa would, but she probably had people she wanted to work with...
Janice looked around, trying to find another 3rd year. She spotted Daisy among the crowd, perhaps also looking for a partner.
"Hey!" she said. "Got a partner yet?"
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Really? She didn't have to yell. Oakey stood up from his mat and faced his friend. Alyssa, you don't really need to look that far. Oakey waved his hand in front of her, reminding his housemate that he was still sitting right next to her. Let's partner up, yeah?
Alyssa was glad when Oakey volunteered to be her partner. She hoped that he was still wearing his good luck charm because she didn't want to accidentally hurt him during practice or turn him into a toad or moose.
"Thanks for partnering up with me Oakey.It'll be great to work with you again." Alyssa smiled.
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"Nice to meet you, Daichi,'' the Huffie replied. The Slythie's name reminded Jory of an evil character in the Muggle show Power Ranger Jungle Fury. "I'm Jory.'' He was glad he got a partner so fast. He wouldn't like to be partner less when the activity started. "Ready for a good ole mini kind of duel?''
"Jory" Daichi repeated after the Hufflepuff had said his own name. He looked at the boy with an look on his face that showed he was NOT ready. The Slytherin wasn't the best in performing spells and so far he only succeeded in doing Scourgify in Potions now and then. Yes, he could do more spells but they required a lot of practise.
"Not really..." he therefore said and felt that his cheeks started to blaze fire. He ran a hand through his hair and touched the silver earring which he always did when he became a bit nervous. "I'm not really good at these stuff so i'm sorry if a blow you up" ......... and he meant that! He remembered almost hitting his friend and ex-Slytherin Prefect Evan with a spell gone wrong... poor boy, he hoped he hadn't to take him to the hospital soon O_o "Now we wait for further instructions, right?" he asked as he turned to look at the professor. And wondered if this kid still wanted to be his partner hehehe~
Ella watched as the Professor demonstrated how to do the wand motions. She used her wand free hand to practice them, noting the differences between the two. Then she heard the Professor tell them to partner up and she looked around. People were already partnering up and Ella didn't want to be left alone."Um-any first years need a partner?" Ella put on her friendliest smile, hoping someone would take her up on her offer.
They're going to practice a spell?! YAY!
He already on his feet so now he only need to find another first year or a second year. He looked around the classroom for a partner then he noticed a Hufflepuff girl who happen to be a first year like he is. Slowly he made his way toward the girl. "Hey. I'm a first year." he said. "And I need a partner. Do you want to partner up?" he asked.
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