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Seminar Course Three: Entrancing Enchantments The Divination classroom has once again been rearranged for another visiting professor. This time, however, the classroom has adopted an ordinary classroom setting, with tables and two chairs behind each one of them. Plain and simple. In the front of the classroom, a short and chubby lady covered in all shades of pink greets the students with a fit of indiscreet giggles, possibly making them feel like she is laughing at them, causing them to be uncomfortable and self-conscious. She covers her tiny mouth with her chubby hands every time someone else walks in, revealing her long, pink, and bedazzled nails. When she is not giggling she is readjusting her bubblegum pink blazer, which is two sizes too small, or fanning herself with her hand. The board behind her is clean and the table she is leaning against is empty. |
Evelyn nervously entered the Divination classroom. She'd read that the class was going to be about entrancing enchantments which seemed a little exciting. However, once Evelyn had a look at the professor, she definitely had the shock of her life. The professor seemed to be..pink. :mellow: In fact, it was starting to look like even her face was pink..no, that wasn't possible. She mumbled "Hello professor" before she took a seat, her eyes on the desk. If she had another look at the woman, she was definitely going to start laughing. |
Emrys entered the room quietly, head down, bag slung over his shoulder. Searching for the most secluded table, his heart dropped a bit when he saw they were paired seats. Slipping over to the table in the far back corner, he tugged on his robes as he settled into the chair. Digging his hand in his bag, he pulled out a book and quickly opened it, burying his nose in its pages. |
Alyssa walked in a noticed the Professor sitting up front. This lady definitely liked her pinks. Alyssa hoped that the gift that she brought to welcome her to Hogwarts was the right choice. She slowly walked up to the Professor who seemed to be giggling at something or someone. Alyssa looked behind and all around her. She didn't see anything funny but she definitely wasn't going to tell this Professor that. So she took a big gulp and approached the Professor. "Good day, Ma'am. Welcome to Hogwarts. I brought something for you as a welcome gift of sorts. I hope you like it." 'And even if you don't, please don't tell me.' Alyssa thought to herself as she handed the box containing a pink tea cup set over to the visiting Professor, before quickly taking a seat the furthest away from her. |
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She didn't need to know this stuff. She didn't want to know this stuff. Maybe it was the fact that the lesson was being held in the Divination classroom that appealed to her. For the room had good memories of good people. And one bad memory of a good person, but Ellie won't dwell on that. Instead, she walked in, squinting at the woman donned in an overwhelming amount of pink, forced a smile, and sat beside an unfamiliar kid. "Can I sit here?" But really, it was too late for the boy to say otherwise. |
Selina yawned as she made her way down the corridor to enter the Divination classroom. Professors should have a suggestion box, honestly. The last thing Selina needed to do was get up early in the morning. If only she suggest later classes... she so would take advantage of the whole suggestion box thing. But alas, there was no such box so she had to go to class, hence her feet hat were dragging her nearly two leagues behind herself. Then she plastered a smile on her face and entered the classroom, "Morning Ma'am." Then she took her seat. |
Arya didn't know what this lesson would be about exactly, but she was hoping for something more exciting than the last few seminar lessons. The prefect ambled through the doorway up towards the front. "Hello." A smile was sent to the woman up front as she walk through the aisle. This nice window seat would do for the seventh year. She made herself comfortable, taking a quick peek out the glass before looking around the classroom, absently fiddling around with the metal object in her pocket. |
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That was all he saw. WHAT ON EARTH was Arya doing oh-so-close to the pink???!! It freaked him out, and almost made him whine to his Co-Prefect and have her sit as far away from the pink person up front...but...the giggling was too much, wasn't it? Not even Neptune giggled that much. Regardless of whatever he thought Arya should be doing...he took the seat next to her. Why? Because if he needed protection from all the pink...then Arya would definitely protect him. Hopefully. "Good day." He said, to the pink one up front as he took a seat. |
Amelia was really looking forward to another exciting lesson so she was rather surprised to see that everything was set up normally. Hopefully it would still be amazing despite that! Next, she turned her attention to the instructor and blinked. This woman was pink. And giggled a lot. It was a little unsettling, but she supposed the woman was nice if she giggled a lot. "Hello and welcome to Hogwarts," she said in a pleasant voice before going to find herself a seat. |
After seeing how pink the announcement on the Gryffindor notice board had been, Kurumi half expected the classroom to have been transformed into a pink paradise complete with frilly curtains and perhaps some dangling unicorns and hearts hanging from the ceiling. However, when she entered and saw that the classroom was nothing out of the ordinary - and very clean - Kurumi almost felt disappointed. Walking towards the front, the Gryffindor set her bag on the table and then went to greet the Pink Lady. "Good day, ma'am," she said with a polite bow before extending a small box containing two types of cookies that she had baked earlier. The announcement had said that gifts were a plus, but Kurumi never went out and bought anything. Handmade things were something that had been drilled into her head since...forever. "My name is Kurumi Hollingberry, Gryffindor prefect. On behalf of the students I would just like to say welcome to Hogwarts." And another polite bow. Nothing out of the ordinary. She had done the same for the other visiting professors. With that, Kurumi set the box on the table for the woman to do whatever she wanted with it. Hopefully she liked sweets... Kurumi walked back to her table and sat down, removing some parchment and her quill from her bag. She wasn't too sure about the subject matter of this particular seminar, Entrancing Enchantments. She had read briefly about them in her Charms textbook, but the usage of these particular spells was, well, not something that Kurumi entirely agreed with. Then again, she only knew the very very basics. |
Uh... why was the professor pink? Glenn wandered into the class and spotted a bunch of older students. Feeling very out of place, the badger walked up to the professor and make a tentative smile at the pink As she walked away she heard the woman giggling again - was there something wrong with her hair or something? She nervously patted the frizz in her curls down and sat quite far away from this pink lady, trying to check her reflection in the window to make sure nothing else was wrong with her appearance. |
After reading the announcement on the notice board that yet again another seminar lesson had been scheduled, Daichi had rushed towards the Divination tower to participate in class. He had missed the second seminar lesson but he wouldn't let the third one slip away! The Slytherin entered the classroom. His hair was sticking out in every direction just like in the CoMC lesson and his tie hung loosely around his neck. Straightening it a bit, he looked around the classroom until his eyes landed on something pink. Very pink... "Ehm..hello.."was he suppose to call her Professor now or not? And her giggling made him feel a bit uneasy. Was she giggling at him? "Ma'am.." he decided and bowed for the woman like he had learned from his parent. Turning around, Daichi picked a seat at the front of the class because it seemed that almost everyone sat far away from the woman so he had no choise, and sat down. |
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He heard her sit before he heard her speak, and kept his focus on the pages. "Yeahsureifyouwant," he said quickly, turning only the slightest bit to glance at her over the pages. Girl. Ravenclaw. Maybe his age? Oh, great. Emrys shifted in his chair uncomfortably. He was sure the socially appropriate thing was to introduce himself, or make small talk, or something. So, instead, he turned the next page in the book and leaned on his hand, blocking his face from view. |
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Looking around, Ella noticed that Daichi, the boy she'd worked with in CoMC, was sitting alone. She walked over to him and smiled. "Mind if I sit up here with you? Seats in the back seem to be filling up fast." And she could see why. |
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Apparently, Ellie's dislike for pink nearly overruled her fear of books. Or maybe it was because it was just the one book out. Anyway, it was quickly deemed safe and the redhead actually became quite curious about it. Especially since that was all she could see of her table-mate. "You know, I don't think you can really read anything that'll help in this lesson." She couldn't quite tell from the emblem of his robes, because it was also obstructed from her view, but she'd guess he was one of those Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs that liked to know the material before it was taught. And, though she wouldn't know personally, Ellie didn't think 'Entrancing Enchantments' would be taught in a book. They just seemed too silly. |
To be honest, as she was going to enter the classroom, Gwendolyn felt almost scared. Yes. The announcement made her feel quite nervous about this course… which she had no idea what it was going to be about. Entrancing Enchantments. Hmm. It could be anything. But it still sounded… well…eh… silly. Or at least Gwen thought so. As she stepped in, the young Ravenclaw was a bit surprised. And relieved. It wasn’t like she’d expected this to be. Yey! No pink!, she thought but then drew her attention towards the lady standing in the front. Ah. Never mind. ‘Good day’, she said with a small nod, trying to act normal. After greeting the woman, Gwen made her way towards one of the desks. So far there was the healing lesson- which she absolutely loved… then it was the one about music… at which she was terrible and couldn’t do anything… and now this. Still, she was looking puzzled and didn’t know what EXACTLEY to expect. |
Stumbling into the classroom, her hair slightly unkempt, Louisa paused at the door where the person who was supposed to teach them was settled. "Good day ma'am." Louisa's voice trailed away as the woman giggled. Not to mention the pink storm going on around her. Soooooomebody wanted to be a cutie princess when they were young. Snort. Proceeding to one of the empty tables, the Ravenclaw sat on a chair and threw her bag on the floor by her feet as usual. This class should be fun, though. She was curious and very excited to learn something off the curriculum. |
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Smooth. He glanced down at it, to make sure the spine was also facing away as he turned in his chair to face her. "Sooo, enhancing enchant... no, enchanting enhancement- I mean.." His tongue tripped over itself, refusing to say the right words. He grimaced and sighed. "Emrys," he said, sticking his clammy hand toward her, but refusing to look to see her reaction to his idiotic bumbling. |
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She giggled again as he stumbled over words AGAIN. "Entrancing Enchantments?" She raised an eyebrow. It was a bit of a tongue twister, she supposed. Ah an intro. "That's an interesting name." Emrys. "I'm Ellie." And Ellie didn't shake hands so...she just wiggled her fingers at him instead. |
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Dropping his hand, he wiped it on his robe. Sweaty. At least she thought his name was interesting. Perhaps he'd gotten past the point where people tried to shorten it or rhyme it embarrassingly. "It's Welsh," he mumbled. "Means 'immortal.' It was my great-grandfather's name." He pushed the book off the table, recognizing that he wasn't going to get to read it discreetly, and bent to put it in his bag. As he straightened up, he hit his head on the edge of the table. Crack. Maybe he could just hide under it for the rest of the lesson. |
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She stepped in front of the class with her hands folded in front of her and a smile as she waited for them to shut their cute little traps. ”Hello, sweet little creatures, and welcome to the third seminar course of the year. This time you will be learning about Entrancing Enchantments. Oh, but before we get to that, I am Poppy Prunella Pricklepot, Madam Poppy to you all, or Auntie Pricklepot. That works, too.” She giggled and began to pace around the classroom. ”Now, back to Entrancing Enchantments. Who can tell me what they are and what they do? If you don’t know anything about them, just think about what they are called and try to make a guess!” It was just about as obvious as what they learned in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. She swished her wand and the words “Entrancing Enchantments” appeared on the board, yes, in pink. She giggled and smiled at the students, hoping they would answer sometime in the near future because she was already getting tired... and bored. Good thing she had a tea cup set and cookies, that could help her pass the time and make things a little more interesting... For her, at least. |
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"Okay. Madam Poppy." Evelyn said, with a dry smile. Why? Why did she decide to attend this class? She had a feeling that it was going to be horrible. AND, why on earth did she keep giggling all the time. It's CREEPY, Poppy. Evelyn raised her hand and said, "Prof--um..Madam Poppy, Entrancing enchantments are charms that are used to entrance people.." DUH. "..and they are purple in color." That's all she knew. |
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As soon as the woman started talking… and began by addressing them as ‘sweet little creatures’, Gwen felt the need to throw up. Seriously. She’ll end up in the Hospital Wing soon… Calm down, calm down, she told herself and took a deep breath, as the muggle song with ‘I will surviiiive’ crossed her mind. As she tried to get over her introduction, the young Ravenclaw focused on the first question. Humm… let’s see…, she told herself and glimpsed back at Madam Poppy. ‘As the name already says, these are charms which are used entrance people’, she said simply. Wait- what was she going to do? Teach them or entrance them???? Really. She already felt her brain damaged. |
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Ellie stifled a laugh and turned away. She saw nothing if Emrys didn't want her to. Just as the guest teacher super-pink lady spoke. Lucky timing. Text Cut: Poppy likes us?! Nooooooo *whaa* As if the pink weren't enough, her name was just as much of a headache. Poppy Prunella Pricklepot. Teaching 'Entrancing Enchantments'. Alliteration must run in the family or something. Ellie wasn't too fond of addressing her by any of the suggested titles. So, she was just going to avoid talking to her directly if she could. "Spells that cause someone to be 'entranced' by the caster?" Yes? Seemed like one of the more obvious types of spells. |
we see you louisa *wave* If Emrys could curl into a ball right there and just disappear, he would have been the happiest. He kinda liked his name, but trying to explain why, well, it just sounded stuffy, overly intellectual and hopelessly nerdy. Raising his head and getting ready to take notes, he caught Louisa's smile and offered a weak one of his own. Glancing at Ellie, grateful that she was no longer staring at him, he twitched his nose and adjusted his glasses. He began to jot down notes, as a sense of panic began to grow in him. "Madame Poppy? I agree with my classmates' answers about the nature of entrancing enchantments.. buh.. but, I'm wondering if our seminar today is theory or.. or.." He took a breath. "Or if there will be a practical component." Like, on each other. |
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O__________o Daichi's hand moved to his face as he felt his cheeks getting red. Both from embarrassement and from the pinch itself. He was getting used by Professors ruffling his hair but...pinching his cheek?! "Uh..i..right..." he stammered but the *Professor* had already turned away. "Auntie~! Auntie~! " he almost yelled at the front of the class, waving his hand to get her attention. "It's a purple colored spell!" he said proudly and grinned. |
Alyssa was glad that Madam Poppy had liked her gift. She just wished that she had mentioned from which House she was from. Oh well now that class had started it was time to concentrate on the lesson proper. What are Entrancing Enchanments? Was Madam Poppy asking for it's definition or examples of it. Alyssa decided to try answering the first possibility. So she raised her hand and answered. "Madam Poppy, they are charms that make people fall into a trance and you can make them do whatever you want them to." |
Violet was already getting really excited about this seminar lesson. She giggled slightly at the teacher's behaviour. It was as if she was in a dream state. "Madam Poppy, I think the entrancing spells make the person become in a hypnotic state, like this" Violet made herself look sleepy and unfocused swaying back and forth. "It could make the person not know what in their surroundings or make them deeply fall in love with someone like a Love Potion perhaps?" |
For Daichi and Madam Ella nodded at the older boy, taking a seat next to him. "Yup, we worked together during pygmy puff bowling...which was quite fun. You're the duck guy, right?" She was pretty sure he was, Captain Ducky Duck had made quite the impression on Barnabus, who seemed to be jealous of the captain puff. "Oh, I'm Ella..." You know, just as a reminder :) Ella smiled at the woman in pink told her to call her Madam Poppy. The name definitely suited her. She seemed quite cheerful and Ella instantly felt a little more at ease. Now about the question...what exactly were entrancing enchantments? Ella raised her hand, chancing a guess. "Madam Poppy, are entrancing enchantments ones that hypnotize people...I mean the people go into a trance and are kind of are at the mercy of whoever has cast the enchantment?" |
Amelia raised her brow It wasn't often that she had instructors like this. In fact, she couldn't remember anyone being like that. Not feeling very comfortable using some of the suggested titles, she settled on the one that seemed best. She raised her hand now. "Madame Poppy, they do what their name suggests. The person that the spell was cast on is in an entranced state. Oh, and it's purple!" And purple is the best colour. |
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”Some good answers, some bad answers. Let’s review everything that has been said and come up with a proper definition for Entrancing Enchantments.” She giggled and moved to the front of the classroom. ”Charms are a type of spell that modifies an object’s behavior, correct? Entrancing Enchantments is a branch of charms, which means they alter the behavior or something, and that something being a person’s mood! “Entrancing Enchantments will put a person or animal into a trance of certain mood. For example, the Cheering Charm, you are probably all familiar with, is an Entrancing Enchantment. It puts the target into a trance of cheer, but if that person is very, very sad the charm will eventually wear off and the person will be sad again. It’s not permanent and it doesn’t change the nature of the emotion, only alters the mood. “As someone mentioned, Entrancing Enchantments are often related to love! Most Entrancing Enchantments are love related, but not all. I must admit I am quite surprised, and pleased, that so few of you knew this.” She moved towards the board and began writing on it as she lecture. ”There are two large groups into which Entrancing Enchantments are organized. Autogenous and Heterogenous. Autogenous is a self-cast Entrancing Enchantment. For example, the Flattery Charm, if you cast this on yourself, then anything you say to others will sound like a compliment, and they will be flattered, causing them to have a ‘butterfly-in-stomach’ feeling. You would be the mediator for the charm’s effect. Heterogenous is a target-cast Entrancing Enchantment. For example, the Cheering Charm, you must cast it on someone else, and they will be cheerful, but their cheerfulness will not directly affect others.” She took a deep breath and adjusted her jacket before continuing. ”Now, there are four different groups to categorize Entrancing Enchantments, and they are Pragma, Storge, Eros, and Agape. Pragma will inflict delight, happiness, peace, and harmony. A good example is the Cheering Charm. Storge will inspire friendship, loyalty, and trust. These are very rarely potent on humans. Eros are related to romance, passion, and infatuation, like the Flattery Charm. Agape will cause target to love the caster unconditionally. They are dangerous and difficult to perform. Only two witches have known to use them successfully! This is how we, Entrancing Enchanters, categorize them. So, for example, the Flattery Charm is an Autogenous-Eros E.E. and the Cheering Charm is a Pagma-Heterogenous. Got it?" She smiled and giggled. "It is important for me to emphasize that these charms only inspire, influence and, for the lack of a better word, cover up emotions, NOT REPLACE THEM! In other others, you can use these to influence someone else, but not control them. This doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, but just like any other spell, with the exception of the Unforgivable Curses, it depends on the occasion. With that being said, I want to make sure that you can make good judgement before teaching them to you. So, tell me, knowing what you know about them, in what occasion might an Entrancement Enchantment may be useful and appropriate?" Phew, that was a lot of talking... |
Ooooh. That made sense. Amelia quickly jotted down everything that was being taught and then raised her hand again. "What about when someone's having a really bad day? The Cheering Charm could help them for a time." She was honestly just guessing here. o_O She didn't really know much of anything about these charms. |
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This class was turning out to be pretty interesting. "Pragmas can be used for occasions like sporting events and parties, where you're expected to be happy." Her hand went up briefly, and when she finished writing down all she needed, she set her quill to twirling between her fingers. |
Louisa stared at the woman who giggled more than Lafay under that giddy potion. 'I won't tell if you won't' ? Seriously? What kind of professional answer was that? But on the good side she said to wait for the rest of the lesson. That made sense, Louisa smiled half-heartedly satisfied. Quote:
After the question, her hand was up in the air, "Autogenous-Pragma.." She definitely needed to read them off the board, "..can be used in exams perhaps? To ease off the tension especially if your whole future depends on them." |
Ella turned bright red when Madam Poppy scolded her. She had never been yelled at in a class before and felt quite ashamed of herself. There was a first time for everything though...Shaking it off, she pulled her notebook towards her, copying down the notes from the lecture. Then she thought about the question, a little nervous to answer it. "Well Pragma would be good for people who have to deal with people for their job. That way if they are sick or sad or angry, they can still deal with the customers and make them have a good experience." She said softly, not quite looking in Madam Poppy's eyes. |
He was a exquisite young man?! ... Wait... Was that bad or good? He thought it must be the latter for she answered his answer with the same enthusiasm. Daichi's face beamed like it always did when he got an question right and leaned back in his chair when Ella spoke to him. He was about to talk to her when Auntie snapped at the poor hufflepuff. Well... She IS right, this is a class. He would talk to her later. As Auntie began to talk again, Daichi leaned forward in his chair and took his muggle pen to write down notes. But the more she talked, the more confused he got and when weird words came out of her mouth the Slytherin simply stared at her. His expression blank, showing that not all information had gone through. Scratching his head, Daichi looked at his half scribbled parchment with confused eyes before looki.g back up at Auntie. "huh?" he blinked and it was his most intelligent response. He is NOT stupid though! Just. ... A little sloooow sometimes. And his attention span usually faded away when he was giving information that was too long for him. And the woman did talk alot! |
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Text Cut: Madam Poppy! By the time the woman had finished speaking, Vashti was sure she was never going to be able to use her hand again, what with all the notes she had tried to quickly write down. It was even difficult to read all those scribbles she'd made on the paper. She'd probably have to go through her notes again later that day and rewrite it all. At least it would give her more time away from studying for her NEWTs, which was sort of a positive, even if she was still using that time for school-related stuff. The Ravenclaw set her quill now for a moment and tried to relax her cramped writing hand as she considered Madam Poppy's question. When would an Entrancement Enchantment be appropriate to use? Hmm... She raised her hand. "You could use a Pragma-Heterogenous spell on people who are fighting or arguing if you wanted them to stop, since Pragma can influence feelings of peace and harmony." |
This woman. She was mental. Seriously. Either that or she at the cheering charm for breakfast everyday. Which really wouldn't surprise Ellie. She had just been staring at the pink woman for a while that she hadn't realized she was giving instruction. It was just... weird. Ellie scribbled her notes down in a notebook while Madam Pricklepot went oooon and on about this stuff. Just when her hand started cramping, the large woman stopped talking. Ellie sighed and set her pen down. Now, in what occasion might an Entrancement Enchantment be useful? Ellie raised her hand. "Well, maybe if you forget or... just don't do a homework assignment, you can cast the Flattery Charm on yourself and hope to flatter your professor enough to let it slide." Not a bad idea, actually. |
slight catch up! *pokes work* It's...Kurumi Hollingberry...not Kara Hollerberg... Kurumi sat in her seat, momentarily distracted by the mispronunciation of her name. It had put the Muggle Studies professor to shame really. She had been called Karumi Hollingberg before by her, but Madam Poppy had taken this to a whole new level. When the question of how to define Entrancing Enchantments was asked, Kurumi remained silent. She really only new basics and was unable to define the type of magic without using the same words to define it....which really defeated the purpose of defining it at all. So, she opted to just sit back and listen until each student's answer was addressed and then she took her quill to her parchment and wrote down notes...lots and lots of notes. Why was it that all the seminar people liked to talk? They ALL talked SO much. Hand flying over her parchment, Kurumi furiously attempted to keep up with what all was being said and finding herself unable to take a break to perhaps offer up an answer herself. Cover up emotions... Kurumi paused in her note taking for a moment. Autogenous.... She could block out all the pain and despair she was feeling right now, right? That is what that implied? Even if it was covering it up and temporary, it sounded better than crying all the time. Madam Poppy's little explanation about allowing people to mourn went in one ear and out the other as she thought about this. Using these spells to control her mood and therefore perhaps controlling her ability? Sounded like a win to her Not really feeling as though she had anything else to offer, her thoughts currently swamped with convoluted notions of how to use these charms, the prefect remained in her seat taking careful notes as she continued to listen. |
Emrys felt like he'd been slapped in the face. There was no hiding the look of absolute shock, and shame, on his face as he dropped his hand and continued to take notes. Eyes blinking furiously, he bit the inside of his lip to get his mind off the woman's complete dismissal - and humiliating response - and focus on getting down the information. He could certainly use a heterogenous pragma right about now... |
Text Cut: POppY! 'No duh'??????? What kind of PROFESSIONAL response was THAT?!! MERLIN. Ellie did some EYE ROLLING of her OWN. And if PPP didn't know what 'entranced' meant, should she REALLY be teaching Entrancing Enchantments?!! By the time PPPP was finished explaining, the Sixth year could barely remember what the woman had started with. But basically, she was asking for when one of these enchantments would be useful? HMMMMM. "That S- one," Storage or whatever it was, "Could be used in situations where you need to meet new people, and are particularly shy or if you need to get along with someone you're not too fond of, yes?" Sounded right to her. A charm that inspired friendship? "Or perhaps with an unruly animal you need to tame or work with." Gain its trust, see? Ellie knew what she was talking about. Sort of. |
EEeeppp....Alyssa almost ducked under the table when Madam Poppy yelled at her. She wasn't even thinking about the Imperious Charm when she gave her answer. She was actually thinking like a love potion kind of charm. But Alyssa realized that she now had to be careful about how she worded her next sentence. She carefully thought out her answer before slowly raising her hand and getting ready to duck if Madam Poppy decided to throw something at her this time. "Uh Madam Poppy I think that the Autogenous Eros Flattery Charm might work well with people who are angry with you. When you use that, they won't be anymore." and quickly got ready to duck after giving her answer. |
The teacher's giggling was starting to really annoy Violet, but she kept her mouth shut from saying something rude to her. Instead she raised her arm slowly to answer the teacher's next question. Violet had already been overwhelmed by all the information the teacher gave, but she gave it her best try. "Er, Madam Poppy, maybe you could use a storge-heterogenous spell on a burglar or something so that you can put them in a trance to act nice and might even get away from them if they were trying to rob you?" Violet knew that dangerous witches and wizards were smarter than that, but you never know if there is a witch or wizard that isn't as smart as the seemed. |
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Most of your answers included dealing with nasty people, putting a stop to dangerous disputes and confrontations, relaxing before an event, like an exam, cheering for your team, lifting someone's spirits, etc. These are all super-duper fabulous response!" She giggled and winked at her class. "Now we must address some of the limits and dangers associated with them. First of all, all of these, with the exception of Agape, are temporary. Sooner or later they will fade away. Secondly, some of them tend to have nasty side effects, but unless you are trying something funny you should be okay. Finally, these can be dangerous. How, you ask? Well, love-related ones, mostly. This is the messy department. People do stupid things when they are in love, even if it's just a temporary crush, so you should always be careful. It wouldn't cause a third wizard war, but it could embarrass someone and even damage their reputation!" Of course, Poppy didn't care about any of these things, but Tate would ruin her reputation, and rightly so, if she had students running around and messing with people's emotions mindlessly. "Phew, so there you have it. Any questions before we move on to the practice portion of our class? Everyone got down all the thermology, everyone understand what they mean?If you need something cleared up ask before we begin practice. In the mean time, I will pass these around so you can keep them for your records. You will need it for homework. SPOILER!!: History of Entrancing Enchantments OOC: Practice will be posted in a few hours... Not sure exactly when, but soon. |
Mortified. It was like he was back in that awful primary school, only this time it was a teacher doing the open mocking. All he was trying to do was take his notes. His eyes stung and he pressed just a bit too hard on his quill, snapping it in half as he tried to take down the last few notes. His cheeks burned, both from the embarrassment and the anger. If it wouldn't have meant standing up in front of the whole class and walking the length of the room, he would have walked out right then. |
Text Cut: I'm in love with her. Seriously. Ellie's eyes grew wide at the woman's exclamation and...what was that? A spasm? A...jump? Was that supposed to be a jump? That was pathetic. Overall, though, she was fairly pleased with herself for being oh-so RIGHT for once. Especially after the eye-roll she'd received from her previous answer. Not that impressing PPP was important to her or anything it just...felt nice to be correct. However, what PPP added at the end did NOT sit well with her. "Ellie," she said, "My name's Ellie." NOT 'Little Darling'. Do NOT call her 'Little Darling'. EVER. Okay? Okay. Good. Her eyes lowered to the desk and the paper the woman put onto it. It had FAR too much writing, truth be told. And homework? WHY did they have HOMEWORK?! UGH. She eyed Emrys and gave him a look of distaste. Work was gross, right? Right. History was gross, right? Right. Ugh. |
Glenn narrowed her eyes at this woman. First, lashing out at them, what was up with that? And the thought of making people feel how you want them to, no matter if it was good intentioned; still creeped Glenn out quite a bit. The badger stayed silent as "Auntie" Wait. Homework? Glenn let out a sigh. They already had heaps of homework to do already. She was really starting to dislike this pink lady. Neththeless, Glenn read over the piece of paper. Looking out over the parchment to frown again at this giggling mess. Laughing was fine. But withen reason. This lady was crazy. |
Trance? What was this woman talking about? Kurumi looked up from her note taking and blinked several times. Was note taking a crime now? She, as a student, was expected to do...was she not? Kurumi set her quill down and sort of just stared at the woman for a few moments before picking her quill back up and continuing with her notes. Kurumi took the handout and began to read it over while also trying to process the ridiculous amount of information they had been given verbally. Merlin, her hand was going to fall off from all this note taking. Finally catching up |
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE I have your nifflerssss William hadn't been too certain the owl he'd gotten from one "Ms. Madam Poppy Prunella Pricklepot" wasn't just another prank a-la Aparecium, but after reading it over a few times and remembering Tate's memo about the seminar courses, he decided it was worth checking out. After all, she too suffered from the Letter Cubed name syndrome and her request had been one he simply could not turn down. It wasn't every day that a guy got to walk a dozen or more nifflers up and down the castle, was it? So there he was, ushering a group of nifflers on leashes upstairs, up more stairs, and up yet more stairs until he arrived in what had been the Divination tower way back when he had attended Hogwarts. Willy peeked his head into the seminar and smirked at the sight of the ongoing class, or more specifically, smirked at the sight of the INCREDIBLY pink woman leading said class. "Hello," the tall Creatures professor called out toward her with a wave, nudging the door open with his foot to make room for the fuzzy nifflers, all of whom were just going nuts with sniffling. "Where do you want these lil guys?" He was going to stick around jussssssst long enough to set the nifflers loose, and then he was going back to his hut for a nap. Heh. Good luck, kiddies. |
Alyssa's eyes opened in surprise when she saw Professor Williamson enter the class with a whole bunch of Nifflers on leashes. 'Are we going to be working with them? Cool!!'Alyssa thought to herself before remembering that she wanted to ask Madam Poppy a question. So she slowly raised her hand and asked."Madam Poppy how long does a spell last? I guess we will know when it wears off but is there a timeframe on how long each one lasts?" |
Glenn turned in her seat and saw the Care of Magical Creatures professor standing in the doorway with the nifflers. "Wha-" Glenn started, eyeing a particular niffler that seemed to be edging towards her wrist that had a single bracelet with small charms on it. Nifflers ripped those kind of things OFF of you, not to mention her golden studs in her ears. This could go sooo wrong if they were going to be released. But surely the "Auntie", despite her giggling and pink demeanour, wasn't evil enough to chuck them in the deep end with these creatures, was she? |
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”Attention, please! We are going to start the practical portion of our class soon, so please pay attention. You will be dealing with nifflers, which can be nasty little animals. You must know that nifflers love gold and shiny trinkets, so here is your challenge.” She moved behind the desk, opened drawer, and pulled out a pink velvet bag from it. ”Inside this bag there are small shiny objects which will attract the nifflers,” which was why she wasn’t repealing them yet. ”Each one of you will work with one niffler and give it the shiny object. Once you attempt to retrieve it, the niffler will protest, so be careful! They can bite! What we are going to learn is to ease the retrieval of the item using the Befriending Charm. This charm will allow you to retrieve the charm from the niffler or even have the niffler offer it to you, depending on its potency. The Befriending Charm is a Heterogenous-Storge Entrancing Enchantment that only works on small animals, such as nifflers, owls, kneazle, and dogs. It will put the animal into a trance of trust, causing it not to fear the caster. “Once you have cast the spell, you must pet the niffler! Petting or hugging an animal after casting the Befriending Charm helps strengthen its effect. Got it? You must take the item, hold it tightly in your hand, and present it to the niffler. A befriended niffler will not scratch your hand or bite you to take the item back, but otherwise it can. “ She swished her wand and the information appeared on the board. Instructions 1. Take a shiny object from me the use it to lead one of the nifflers back to your desk. 2. Give the niffler the object and try to retrieve carefully, just to see its reaction. 3. Cast the Befriending Charm on the niffler and pet it. 4. Retrieve the item, hold it tightly in your hand and present it to the niffler. Then she turned around and addressed the class again. ”Now, before we begin, you must learn the Befriending Charm. Wands out and ready!” She clapped and waited for them to follow her instruction. ”The incantation is Malin Calin.” She paused and repeated the incantation again, very clearly. ”MAH-len CAH-len. Repeat it with me, MAH-len CAH-len. Good, good. The Wand movement is a quick circle motion, and a flick at the end.” She demonstrated. ”Malin,” She said performing a circle with her wand, ”Calin,” she flicked it. "If performed correctly, a purple smoke will emit from your wand and surround the niffler." She turned to the board once again and made the instruction to the spell appear. The Befriending Charm Incantation: Malin Calin Wand Movement: Circle and flick ”Now, come up and take an object, then approach the niffler, show it the object, and lead it back to your seat. Practice, practice, practice!” OOC: For this practical portion of the class you must have five good posts to receive full credit. At least three of those posts must be practicing the spell, whether your character fails at first, or he/she just wants to practice on air a few times. Nifflers might growl or even scratch your character, but this will not kill your character, so don’t be a Poppy, or a drama queen. There will be a second practical portion to this class, and once that begins you can't go back and complete this one. You will have 48 hours to complete this, until Thursday 4AM PST / Thursday 11AM GMT. Poppy is still here if you need help or have questions. You may work in pairs, if you want to. |
post 1 The lesson was getting far too difficult for him so Daichi decided to just listen and see what happened. He had given up taking notes and was now leaning his head in his hand as he waited for ...something practical to do.. As he sighed, the Slytherin heard a sudden noise coming from behind the class and turned his body to see Professor Williamson in the doorway , holding a box with... creatures. Where those nifflers? What was he going to do with that? Automatically, he reached for his mothers ring around his finger and covered it with his other hand. Daichi blinked at Auntie as she rushed over to Professor Williamson. It felt like the ground began to shake as she ran and he made an eewww face when she clutched on the man. When she addressed the class again he listened to the instructions and grinned when they had gotten to the practical part. Malin Calin? that wasn't so difficult! Even for Daichi who had a nack of saying incantations wrong sometimes, hehe. The Slytherin took his wand out of his holster but then placed it on his desk. He wanted to practise saying the incantation first before he tried to do anything else. "MAH-len CAH-len" That sounded right. "MAH-len CAH-len" "MAH-len CAH-len" Yep it was the same. The wand movement was not something he thought of practising on, since it was just a simple circle and flick. Alot of spells at them. Daichi grabbed his phoenix feather wand from his desk and got ready to practise the spell for real. "Malin Calin!" he said and circled his wand with a flick. Nothing happened. Maybe he should concentrate more? Daichi concentrated on the spell and bit his lip softly. "Malin Calin!" He shouted and after doing the wand movement he saw light purple smoke come out of the wand. Woohoo~! Now to grab a niffler. Daichi stood up from his chair and took of his mothers ring before pocketing it in his robe. The ring was of great importance to him and he didn't want any niffler grabbing it. Thinking the ring was secured he walked to the front of the class and grabbed a shiny object. Almost instantly, one of the nifflers had seen him grabbing the object and it began to move towards him. Daichi bend down to show his niffler the shiny thing and it tried to snatch it out of his hands with it's claws. Luckily, he had quick reflexes from having been in the Quidditch team before and he could just take his hand away before he would be scratched. Well, it seemed that the niffler had its attention on him now. Daichi stood back up and while still showing the object to the animal he tried to go back to his seat. Which was luckily at the front of the class. |
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o_____0 Kurumi swallowed hard at the image that suddenly popped into her head and her eyes widened. It wasn't a pretty picture. The example from earlier had been sort of comical at least, but real butterflies in one's stomach? Why...there wasn't anything comical about that at all. The prefect braced herself for further examples, but was rather grateful when they didn't come. Kurumi jotted down a few notes as Madam Pink gave a little explanation about the effects, cringing a bit at the image of a dog having an asthma attack yet looking somewhat happy about it due to their tail wagging. Why were these enchantments sounding more and more frightening by the minute? Her eyes then drifted to Professor Williamson and his sneak of nifflers. So...those little guys wouldn't be harmed then, right? Since she would only be teacher them general spells. "I...think so," she said with a small nod, glancing down at her notes again. Since the part about side effects from using the spells too much on a being hadn't been addressed, Kurumi assumed that meant there was no risk involved. At least not with the ones at the level they were learning. "Um...thank you," she continued, with a small bow of her head followed by some more note taking. SPOILER!!: Madam Pink & zee instructions Nasty? Kurumi preferred to think of them as being magpie-like. It wasn't their fault that they had a severe case of magpie syndrome. May people liked gold and diamonds, and those people were not called nasty. Other words were used, yes, but not always nasty. Kurumi wrote down a few notes and made a rather large scribble in the margin to note that this spell would work on Walnut. Good to know. It might come in handy the next time he tried to pee on someone. Before attempting to lead a niffler back to her desk, Kurumi sat up straight and decided to repeat the incantation and wand movement a few more times. She wouldn't be able to really practice it once she had the creature at her desk. "Mah-LEN-cah-LEN," she said, shaking her head at herself. That wasn't right. "MAH-len CAH-len." Better. That sounded more like what Madam Pink had said. Repeating it a few more times, Kurumi removed her wand from its holster and traced a circle in the air followed by a quick flick. That seemed about right...only way to find out was to actually get herself a niffler. Rising from her seat now, Kurumi approached the bag and removed an object from it. Thankfully, the sparkly....whatever it was...was hanging on a chain which should make the process a little easier. Walnut was always more attracted to things hanging from string than her holding something in her hand at least. Leaning towards the nifflers now, Kurumi dangled the object back and forth until she got one of the beady eyed creature's attention. There we go...now...come to the desk...come on... Backing away slowly...the Gryffindor made sure that the niffler continued to move forward until she felt her back collide with her desk. Phew. She had made it. The niffler climbed on top of her desk and snatched the object right out of her hands and instantly began to growl before she even did so much as look at him. "Erm...right..." she mumbled, picking up her wand again. She was supposed to try and take the object back now without using the spell? No thank you? |
As she practically stared at the pink lady, Gwen felt her eyes starting to hurt. She soooo wasn’t going to survive this lesson. However, when she seemed to have calmed down a bit, someone else entered the classroom and the third year drew her attention towards… the care of magical creatures Professor. Why was he here? Perhaps BlinkyPinky was going to entrance him. Why—wait a second! Aren’t those nifflers?, the young Ravenclaw asked herself and remembered what she had ready about the creatures. Huh, good thing she didn’t have anything shiny at her. Phew. Errr. Never mind. Great. The pink lady was asking them to get something shiny and use it to lead the niffler. Fineee. She was going to do this. Or at least she’ll try! Grabbing a randem object, Gwendolyn shook it in front of one of the nifflers. Come oooon! ‘Look at the shiny thing….’, she said, almost punching the niffler in the eye with it. Get it? Now come on!!! As the niffler came to follow her and Gwen congratulated herself for doing this right, she drew her attention towards… another creature coming after this one. WHY.IN.MERLIN’S.BEARD.WHERE.THEY.TWO????? Shew. Shew. Go away. I only need one!, she thought and tried thinking of what she should do to get rid of the second one. Because she had no idea what to do, Gwen glimpsed back at BlinkyPinky and, even though she had tried HARD so far to avoid pronouncing her name |
With all this pink, Spike had been starting to regret coming to this seminar. And to make things worse, in his distracted and slightly disgusted state, he'd missed what the point of the seminar was. Namely, what an 'entrancing enchantment' was. However, with the arrival of the Care of Magical Creatures professor, Spike soon perked up. There were nifflers! He grinned, and scanned the room for any shiny objects...girls wearing earrings, boys with shiny metal watches, that kind of thing. He was sensible enough not to go there. Zoning back in on the lesson, he read the instructions. They were going to try and retrieve the metal object back from the niffler, with a spell. He laughed, though tried to stifle it for the purposes of Madam P. Yeeeeah, like that was going to work. Especially with Spike's charmwork. He'd quite happily play with the niffler though. With a shrug he decided that he'd do the 'proper' practice bit first, and then he'd get himself a niffler!friend to play with. "Ma-len ca-len," he said to himself, before shaking his head with a bounce of his curls. "Ma-LEN ca-LEN," he repeated slowly. "Ma-LEN ca-LEN." Well, it was close. "Ma-LEN ca-LEN." Now, what was the wand movement again? |
Post 1: Practising the spell and selecting Niffler Alyssa quickly jotted down in the notes what the name of the spell was. Heterogenous Storge Befriending Charm otherwise known as the Malin Calin spell. Whoa that was a mouthful. Thank goodness that wasn't the incantation itself which was MAH-len-CAH-len. The wand movement was a quick circle with a flick. Now that she had everything written down, Alyssa first practised the incantation, slowly pronunciating each syllable. "MAH-len-CAH-len....MAH-len-CAH-len...MAH-len-CAH-Len". Once she was sure of the incantation, she practised the wand movements. Quick circle with a flick at the end. Quick circle and flick. Now that she was comfortable with both incantation and the wand movement, Alyssa got up from her chair and went up front to pick a shiny object from the bag. She pulled out shiny gold bell hanging from a ribbon. She stuffed it into her pocket before making her way to where the Nifflers were. She knelt down and looked at each one of them. Alyssa then slowly took out the bell from her pocket making sure that it was fully concealed in her hand and walked a few feet away from the Nifflers. Then she slowly uncovered her fingers and waited to catch the eye of one of the Niffler. Sure enough, one of them blinked a couple of times when it spotted the bell and came towards her. Alyssa slowly walked backwards, keeping an eye on the Niffler as it followed her all the way back to her desk. Once the Niffler reached her side, she knelt down on the floor and gave the Niffler the bell which was immediately grabbed out of her hand. She tried to take it back from it, but it showed it's teeth and growled. 'Okay time for the Malin Calin Entrancing Enchantment Spell.'Alyssa thought to herself as took out her wand and got ready to cast it. |
Post One Text Cut: POPPY "I don't see what's so funny." So, she shouldn't be giggling, okay? It was RUDE. Ellie's attention turned to WWW and the...NIFFLERS! D'awww. It took much effort to keep her attention on PPP when there were NIFFLERS around. But she had her wand out and practiced the incantation along with PPP. Malin Calin. MAH-len CAH-len. Circle, flick. Got it. The redhead twirled her wand in her fingers. Could she just summon over the Niffler and the shiny? So she didn't have to be too near PPP? Probably not. As soon as they were allowed, Ellie jumped up, quickly got a bag of shiny from PPP, cautiously, too, so she couldn't catch the PINK. Then bent over a friendly-enough looking Niffler, took out a shiny, and led it back to her seat with Emrys. Carefully, she a hand underneath it, and raised it onto the table. It curled its toes in the process, digging its nails into her hand. But to Ellie, this was minor and not even worth flinching over. She dropped the shiny onto the table, so the Niffler would release her and gave it a moment, just so it can be happy with its accomplishment of FINALLY obtaining the shiny. Then she swept in, using just her middle and index finger to pry the shiny away. To no avail, unsurprisingly. Aslan was the same way, no? And Ellie's spent enough time around her to know that she doesn't like her coins being taken away. So Ellie raised her wand again, and directed it at the Niffler, "Malin," circle, "Calin," flick. |
Post #1 - Catch up/Practicing the spell Amelia nodded as Poppy explained how Cheering Charms could be for people who were depressed. So now she knew that she couldn't ask Zayden or Ellie to cast one on her in order to cure the depression she had been feeling lately. She sighed now as she listened to further explanation of things. She took notes and looked at the sheet of paper that was being handed out to them. She was interrupted in her thoughts, however, as the Care of Magical Creatures Professor had decided to pop into the classroom with some Nifflers. She knew that this was related somehow to the practical part, so it was clear to her that they would probably have to cast some charm on it. Poppy's instructions made it clear and she was right in her supposition. She made a note of the spell that they had to work with as well as the specific instructions since she didn't want to mess this up and have to deal with an annoyed Niffler. Taking her wand out now, Amelia put it on her desk. She wanted to try practicing the spell without it until she had the hang of things. She closed her eyes and started reciting it to herself: "Malin Calin... Malin Calin... MAH-lin CAH-lin... MAH-lin CAH-lin." |
Post 2: Casting Spell on Niffler Before casting the spell, Alyssa made sure that she still remembered the incantation. "MAH-len-CAH-len...MAH-len-CAH-len...MAH-len-CAH-len" Once she was very sure of the incantation and the wand movements, Alyssa took out her wand. She looked at the Niffler standing on the ground in front of her. He was holding on tightly to the shiny bell. "Okay time for you to give it back to me" Alyssa told it. She quickly moved her wand in a circular motion followed by a flick at the Niffler and said "MAH-len-CAH-len". A beam shot out and hit the Niffler. Alyssa was afraid that the spell had hurt the Niffler, but it seemed to shrug it off and didn't look like it was in pain. "Now to see whether the charm worked."Alyssa said to herself. She moved closer to the Niffler and slowly reached out her hand to get the bell from it. It growled and snapped at her. Alyssa quickly withdrew her hand. It definitely looked like she had messed up on the spell. It was then that she realized that she had forgotten to concentrate on what she wanted to do with the spell. Intent and Concentration That was two of the most important things to remember when casting the spell, and she had forgotten to do both. Alyssa was determined that she wouldn't forget to do both on her second attempt at casting the spell. |
Post Two ....Nothing happened. But that was okay, because this was a charm and Ellie was rather good at those, so she'd get it right soon. And she tried again. "Malin Calin," circle, flick. She GRINNED at the purple smoke. Because purple was PRETTY. But it seemed almost cruel to be doing this to the Niffler, it wasn't like they were VERY dangerous, and it was almost sad to see the pretty purple surround the innocent creature. But the fact that the Niffler didn't seem to mind was comforting. Ellie reached out and stroked the Niffler. She really should give it a name. She named her Granian, after all. But she was TERRIBLE at naming thins, as proven by her owls. Maybe it didn't need a name. She never named her pygmy puff and was just fine with that.....and then it went and ran off on her..... But that mattered not, for it wasn't as if she was keeping the Niffler. Besides, she might get attached to it if she named it. And that would just be unfair to the Niffler. So no name. Then Ellie went for the shiny again, after petting No-Name for a few minutes. He/She/It still wasn't exactly willing to give it up, but at least it was obtainable. "Why, thank you." |
post 1 Emrys stood, reluctantly, rubbing the growing lump on the back of his head from before class and vanished the broken quill from his desktop. He wondered if putting on his gloves before handling the niffler would be a wise move, but chose against it, if only so he didn't have to go into his bag again. Sighing, he moved to the front and retrieved the shiny object - a little nondescript bauble, but boy did it shine. Emrys was convinced he would lose a hand. Running a free hand through his hair, leaving it rather disheveled, Emrys considered the best way to get a niffler without ending up in the infirmary. He decided he'd rather not touch it. Crouching down, Emrys waved the bauble in front of a niffler, getting its attention. He stepped backward, still crouched, holding the bauble high enough that the niffler couldn't get to it. At least until Emrys' untied shoelace did him in. With his left foot firmly on his right shoelace, the next step Emrys took sent him toppling, the bauble falling from his hand and skidding across the floor. Grimacing, Emrys rubbed his now bruised tailbone and looked around to discover that his niffler had it. And they were still in the middle of the aisle. "Rats." |
post 2 - attempting to take zee object and spell practice/attempt Kurumi locked eyes with the niffler as he continued to growl and be rather unpleasant while holding the shiny - his precious if you will. That IS what it looked like he was saying, come to think of it. Kurumi decided to try something that she did with Walnut when he was being unpleasant - the slow blink. It usually put creatures at ease and, well, maybe she would get lucky and be able to take the precious back without using the charm? Sloooooowly, the Gryffindor closed her eyes and waited for some sort of reaction...which she got, but not in the way she had been hoping. The niffler let out a long and deep growl, sniffing the air for a moment before turning its nose up at her. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerm.... Kurumi's eyes flicked back to Madam Pink and she sighed. She still had to...test the waters as it were, right? Reluctantly, Kurumi reached forward and, with reflexes light lightening, the niffler swiped at Kurumi's hand, hissing like a tea pot on the stove. "Waaaaaah!" she squeaked, pulling her hand back. Right, got it. Your precious. Picking up her wand now, Kurumi practice the circular movement and flick again while murmuring the spell to herself. Here goes nothing? The niffler was looking even fiercer than ever, which was unfortunate, and it made Kurumi even more nervous. "M-M-MAH-len CAH-len," she said rather unconvincingly. The first sign that the spell had gone wrong was the color of the smoke. It wasn't purple by any stretch of the imagination and resembled more of a dark teal than anything. The spell wrapped itself around the niffler and quickly faded away. It's beady eyes glared at her and it growled once again, pulling the precious closer to its furry body. No need to try and take it. Kurumi could see that this attempt was nothing but fail. |
Post #2 - Practicing the spell some more/Getting a Niffler After repeating the spell a few times, Amelia thought that it was a good time for her to start practicing it with the wand movement. She did the circle and flick motion while saying, "Malin Calin."She repeated it a few times until she was sure that she was ready to try it with her wand. Picking it up, she repeated the wand movement a few more times, saying "Malin Calin." Each time until she was sure that she was ready to try with a Niffler. Leaving her table now, Amelia headed towards the box with objects and picked one out at random. She didn't look to see what it was, it was more important that she got a Niffler following her. And sure enough one was! She saw it when she looked behind her while heading back to her desk. When she was safely back there, she held her hand out with the object in it, waiting for the Niffler to take it from her. |
Post 3: Another Attempt at taking the shiny object back Alyssa continued to kneel down in front of the Niffler who was happily holding onto the shiny bell, jingling it as it played with it. Alyssa sighed. She felt so bad having to take the bell back from the Niffler, but she knew that she still had to at least attempt to. But this time she did what she didn't do before. She first concentrated on what she wanted the spell to do and how she was going to get it done. Focussing on the spell itself and it's intent, Alyssa took out her wand and with a quick circle and flick motion said,"MAH-len-CAH-len". A beam of purplish light shot out and surrounded the Niffler. It stood still for a second like it was stunned. Alyssa was worried that the spell had hurt the creature. She quickly knelt over and reached out to grab it and before she realized what had happened, she had the Niffler in her arms and the bell in her hand. SHE HAD NIFFLER IN HER ARMS AND THE BELL TOO?? THE SPELL HAD WORKED!!. Alyssa cuddled the Niffler making sure that the spell hadn't hurt it for what seemed like a minute before placing it back on the ground, just in case the spell wore out faster than it should. Now for the next test of the spell. |
Post Two - niffler problem solving (spell attempt 1) Well, luring the niffler with the shiny bauble was certainly out of the question now and Emrys sat in the middle of the floor staring down his shiny-stealing niffler. He thought, for a moment, about going to get a second shiny trinket to lure the niffler with, but the thought of going back up to Poppy was giving him hives. Or maybe it was the niffler. In any event, Emrys decided that the middle of the aisle was as good a place as any to try the spell. Scrambling to his knees, he pulled his wand out of his robes and cleared his throat. "MAH-len CAH-len," he intoned, mimicking the circular wand movement and flick that had been demonstrated. Smoke did pour from the tip of his wand, but instead of a delightful, friendly purple, a thick, split-pea fog billowed out and toward the creature. Emrys scrambled to his feet as the cloud enveloped the niffler, making it anything but cheery. The creature snarled and, in a panic, Emrys flicked his wand. "Accio bauble." The trinket flew into his hand, but the niffler snarled and started for Emrys' feet. That was one way to get the creature to his table. Emrys high-stepped it back to his area, fearful for his ankles, conspicuously throwing the bauble on the table-top for the niffler to chase. Highly agitated creature at his work station? Check. |
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"Is there anything else you need from me, Madam Poppy?" he asked quietly, straightening back up and watching the kids interact with the nifflers. "This is a good group," of nifflers, anyway, "so they shouldn't cause the students too many problems." SHOULDN'T being the key word here. |
Post 4: Seeing if the spell truly worksA Alyssa petted the Niffler sitting happily in front of her. He even seemed to enjoy it. Alyssa looked across at her other fellow classmates who were either trying to first charm the Niffler or had not charmed the Niffler and decided to grab the shiny object from it without even attempting to do so. As for Alyssa she had given the object, managed to finally charm it, and gotten the object back, but now had to see whether by giving it back to the Niffler, that it would not bite off her hand when she did. Alyssa took a deep breath and closed her eyes, before she realized what she was doing. She slowly peeked out from the corner of them, as she cautiously placed her hand still tightly holding the shiny bell in it, in front of the Niffler. She slowly unclutched her fingers and opened them one at a time, revealing the shiny object in the palm of her hand. The Niffler blinked as it looked at the shiny bell. Then it looked at her before looking down at the shiny bell in her hand in her palm again. Alyssa held her breath. The Niffler stuck out his paw and slowly took the bell out of her palm. It cuddled the bell in it's paws and looked at her meekly. |
post 3 - more practicing of zee spell & attempt 2 Ignoring the interaction between Madam Pink and Professor Williamson for now, although she DID catch his pleading look, Kurumi tapped her wand against her bottom lip as she studied the still growling niffler on her desk. It was obvious that the dark teal smoke had agitated the creature - perhaps even done the opposite effect that the spell was intended for - and now Kurumi had to try and fix things somehow. Merlin help her... Kurumi rolled up her sleeves now, because that somehow made the task ahead of her seem less daunting. Okay...how about trying not on the creature first to make sure that the smoke was the right color this time? Wand back down on the table, Kurumi repeated the incantation to be sure that she wouldn't stutter through it this time. "MAH-len CAH-len...MAH-len CAH-len..." she said as she traced her finger in the air as if it was her wand. Wand back in her hand now, Kurumi used her book as a target to practice on. Nothing would happen if she used it on a book, right? It was an inanimate object with no mood to alter or influence. "MAH-len CAH-len," she repeated, making the circular wand movement and flick as had been instructed. This time, thankfully, a thick purple smoke emitted from her wand and wrapped itself around her book where...nothing else happened. Good, maybe NOW she could perform it properly on her niffler? Growling in anticipation for what Kurumi was about to go, the niffler hissed and gnawed on the trinket. "MAH-len CAH-len." Kurumi watched as the purple smoke glided through the air and wrapped itself around the niffler. Was it safe? |
post 2 The look on Williamson's face when Auntie grabbed his arm and dragged him to the front was simply PRICELESS! And when Daichi caught it he couldn't help but laugh by holding his hand in front of his mouth in order to keep himself from bursting out laughing. He had forgotten about his niffler following him back to his desk for a second and only remembered when the creature began to poke on his leg. Looking down, Daichi showed it his shiny object and soon he was seated at his desk. The niffler jumped on it and before he knew what happened, his shiny thing was snatched away by the niffler. That was not suppose to happen! He should have given it to him...or her.. The third year reached forward to grab the object back when the niffler began to growl at him and tried to snap his fingers. His breathing intensified as he was shocked by the sudden behaviour and quickly withdrew his hand back. Just grabbing it wasn't going to work, he thought as he eyed the growling creature. Taking out his wand from his holster, Daichi pointed it at the now curious and slightly scared looking creature when it saw the wand. But Daichi didn't think he could perform it on the creature just yet. What if he accidentally exploded the poor thing?! It wouldn't be the first time... So he let the Niffler holding his shiny object as he practised in thin air again. "Malin Calin!" he shouted and circled his wand with a flick. There was a very faint cloud of light pink/lavender coloured smoke but their task was to get a purple one. |
Post 1: Practicing Ella was going to have to work with a WHAT? A niffler? Didn't they have a habit of scratching? Ella shrugged, deciding to see this as an oppertunity to learn more about the magical creatures. First though she would need to be able to perform the spell. Ella decided to focus on the incantation first, placing her wand in her robe pocket. What was the incantation again? Something that rhymed...oh right, Malin Calin! "MAH-len CAH-lean...no that's not right...MAH-len CAH-len..." She looked around, listening to her classmates to make sure she was saying it correctly. "Seems right. "MAH-len CAH-len...MAH-len CAH-len...MAH-len CAH-len" Now that she had the pronunciation down, Ella pulled out her wand, ready to put it into action. |
post 4 - petting the niffler! Kurumi waited for some sort of reaction from the niffler as it continued to clutch its precious, but nothing ever came. No more growling. No narrowing its eyes. No sticking its nose up in the air. Nothing. Well, these was a SLIGHT change in the creature's body position as some of the tension in his slender frame was lessened. Kurumi leaned forward a bit and slowly closed her eyes and opened them. To the Gryffindor's delight, the niffler returned the gesture which meant that it was safe to reached out and touch him. Which she did...with a slightly trembling hand. "Oh thank Merlin," she said in an exasperated tone as she patted the top of his head and moved her hand under his chin to scratch a bit more there. "There's a good boy," she smiled, her eyes looking at the object still in his possession. She scratched the creature under his chin a bit more with one hand while her other reached forward and gently tugged on the shiny. |
Post #3 - Attempting to retrieve object/Spell attempt Watching the niffler carefully, Amelia saw it sniff out the object in her hand before taking it from her. Okay, so that part was done and the creature seemed rather attached to the watch it now had in its possession. Not going to be easy to try taking that back without magic. She wasn't looking forward to the attempt. :/ Reaching out her hand towards the niffler, she tried to coax it into giving the watch back to her. "Here, niffler. Be good and give me back the watch." Nice cheery voice and soothing tone despite her fear. "YIKES!" Amelia quickly moved her hand back when the creature snapped at her fingers. It had been a close call, and she wouldn't have wanted to be hurt by a niffler. D: She gulped and backed away as it now started trying to nip at the hem of her skirt. Backing away was necessary; more distance was needed. There was no need to be told twice. And now she had to try performing the spell on the niffler when it was snarling at her. Too much pressure. She couldn't cope. D: Snap out of it. This is just a niffler... you can handle it. With that pep talk done, Amelia raised her wand hating the fact that her hand was shaking. After taking a deep breath, she attempted the circular wand movement with a flick at the end while saying, "Malin Calin." Right away she could tell that the spell had failed just by the fact that it was red smoke coming out of her wand instead of purple. "Oh dear." The niffler didn't seem to like being hit with smoke. At all. :/ |
post 3 The niffler on his desk was too busy biting the shiny object it had grabbed from Daichi's hand so that the Slytherin was practising the spell again. He raised his wand in thin air for the third time and with a circle and flick he said "Malin Calin!" as clear as he could. He frowned his eyebrows in concentration and the tip of his tongue stuck out the corner of his mouth as he watched purple smoke come out of the phoenix feather wand. Smiling and eyeing the Niffler again, he tried to pet it's head but immediately the creature slashed at him. Growling if he came closer to the shiny object. Well, it seemed the Niffler wasn't going to give it back just like that. Daichi tried one last time but only got another growl. Sighing, he pointed his wand at the little creature who was looking at the wand, sniffling it even. "Malin Calin!" he shouted and circled his wand and gave a flick at the Niffler. Purple smoke drifted out of his wand and began to surround the niffler. Had it worked? One way to find out. The Slytherin reached forward to pet the creature and was scratched on his arm. "Oww!" he yelped in shocked pain as he held his hand. Apparently, the spell had not worked. |
post 5 - more petting, taking, & returning Ceasing the scratching under the niffler's chin, Kurumi focused her attention to taking the trinket gently. Even if the creature appeared to be under the influence of her spell, she still didn't want to push her luck. There was no telling how strong the spell was, especially considering that this was her first attempt at this sort of magic. So, ever so gently, Kurumi tugged a little harder on the object and...pulled it free of the niffler's tiny hands. YES! Smiling wide, Kurumi relaxed in her seat a bit, setting the object on the table so she could catch her breath. She had sort of been holding it while doing this portion of the practical. The niffler stayed where it was, sniffing the air and looking rather perplexed as to why Kurumi had taken his precious. Sitting up straight again, Kurumi clutched the object firmly in her hand and presented it to the niffler. It was supposed to take it back, right? Keep word being take and not snatch. Confidently, the niffler waddled closer and took it back, snuggling his precious to his chest. Yep. She was going to have to try this spell on Walnut sometime. |
Post 2: Here comes the niffler! 1st spell attempt Ella walked up to Madam Poppy and grabbed one of the shiny trinkets in her hands. She glanced nervously over at the nifflers and made eye contact with the one closest to her. With a slight shrudder, Ella crouched down and held the shiny object out a little in front of her. She began walking slowly backwards, careful not to bump into anyone, trying to catch the attention of the creature. "Here niffler niffler niffler...come and get it." Slowly, very slowy, Ella led one of the nifflers back to her seat. She was eying the creature cautiously the entire time, not wanting it to get overly excited and pounce her. When she had arrived at her spot, she sat and held the object out towards the niffler. She hadn't anticipated the creature's reaction as it waddled right up to her and tried to get up her legs to the shiny object. "Ow, your nails-erm claws-that hurts!" Ella said, frowning at the creature. She quickly threw the object to the floor, watching as the niffler took it with pleasure. Rubbing her legs, she addressed the niffler with raised eyebrows,"Wow. Guess you like that, huh?" Now to try and get it away... Ella reached for her wand and mentally practiced the incantation. Then, with a circle and a flick, "Malin Calin!" Nothing. That's what happened after Ella was done. She looked at the niffler to double check, hoping it had somehow let go of the object but the niffler was happily sniffing the shiny thing. "I'll get it next time." Ella said, not knowing what had gone wrong. |
Post #4 - Second attempt/Petting niffler Okay, so the first attempt had done nothing to calm Amelia's nerves. Now the niffler was even more annoyed and louder than ever with its growls. D: She was scared that it would try coming at her again, but it looked like as long as she wasn't too close for comfort everything might be okay. Another pep talk was needed. She told things to herself to help make everything better because confidence was needed. That and focus. Focus was definitely important and hard to come by with a creature growling at you. :/ "Here goes nothing..." Raising her wand again, Amelia repeated the circular movement and flick while saying, "Malin Calin!" This time the smoke that engulfed the niffler was purple. She had succeeded! And it was definitely apparent in the way that the niffler stopped growling at her. Ooooh!! It was time to attempt petting it. Cautiously Amelia stepped closer to it while timidly reaching her hand out towards it. "What a good niffler you are." And no snapping at her or nasty sounds came her way, so she slowly started petting the niffler. "That's not so bad then." :3 |
Post 3: Try number two Ella watched as the niffler seemed to be trying to inhale the shiny object on the ground in front of her. She had to admit, despite the whole scratching thing, it was kind of cute. "I'm going to try that again okay, Niffler?" She asked, leaning forward a bit. As if Ella had tried to snatch the object from it, the niffler locked eyes with her and began to make a sound that made Ella's hair stand on end. "Woah. Easy boy...I wasn't trying to take it." She slowly leaned back once more and raised her wand, watching the niffler warily. With a circular motion and a flick Ella said, "Malin Calin!" This time, there was a hint of black smoke coming from the tip of her wand. Not enough to make any kind of impression, just enough to let Ella know she had once again done things incorrectly. "Oh merlin..." Ella said, defeated. Her unsuccessful attempt only seemed to satisfy the niffler as it stoping making the angry noise and went back to happily attempting to eat the shiny object. |
Post #5 - Taking back object/Presenting it to niffler again Remembering what they were told about petting making the magic work stronger, Amelia bent down and kept petting the niffler. She stroked it's head affectionately and scratched its ears. Did other things that she thought it might like while it made sounds that one could only assume were of contentment. Finally when she was sure that she had done enough petting, she gently reached out and carefully took the watch out of the niffler's clutches. Good. Very good. There had been no protest or annoyance or anything. Straightening up again, Amelia held the watch for a few moments before backing away from the niffler. She held out the hand with the watch in it, stretching her arm out so that the niffler could take it. She watched the niffler slowly walk over and take its watch back. "Good niffler!" She gave the animal another affectionate pat now. |
Ellie pet NN a couple more minutes, just to further this establishment-of-trust thing. Soon enough, though, it seemed like the charm had worn off. Unsurprisingly, since Ellie was just a novice at this...so far. She could see NN greedily eyeing the shiny, and gave it back to him/her. Gave it a few minutes to enjoy itself. Then cast again, "Malin Calin," circle, flick. |
Post 4: Successful attempt and petting Ella decided that before she tried to cast on the niffler again she had better try and produce the purple smoke successfully. She held her wand out in front of her and said, "Malin Calin!" When nothing happened, Ella let out a sigh, upset. Come on, El, you can do this. Shaking off her annoyance, Ella held her wand up to try again. "Malin Calin!" This time, Ella was relieved to find purple smoke coming from the tip of her wand. "Yes!" She said cheerfully, looking down at the niffler with a triumphant grin. Ella pointed her wand down at the niffler and made the circular motion with the flick towards the niffler. Suddenly, a wall of purple smoke engulfed the creature. A small smile appeared on Ella's face as she watched, fascinated. "You okay, little niffler?" She asked softly. Next Ella was supposed to pet the creature. This posed somewhat of a problem for Ella as she was partial to her limbs and wasn't sure what the niffler would do to her when she tried to place her hand on the creature's body. Deep breaths, El. You're going to be fine. You're not going to die in this seminar... With determined look at the niffler, Ella slowly extended her arm forwards, placing her hand gently on the niffler. When her hand wasn't immediately bitten, Ella began stroking the creature. "There, see? Nice niffler. We can be friends after all." She continued to pet the creature, amazed that she wasn't being attacked. |
Post 5: Mission accomplished Alyssa sat back at the Niffler played with the bell. He looked happy and when she reached over to pet him, he didn't even growl or snarl at her. He even brought the bell to her and put it on her lap. Alyssa giggled and placed the bell back in his mouth. She didn't know how long the spell would last, but she sure wasn't going to be holding the bell in her hand when it did wear off. The Niffler was more than welcome to keep it. But he kept bringing over the bell and putting it in her lap!! Alyssa smiled at it."Thank you very much, but I think that you should keep it."Alyssa told the Niffler giving the bell back to it and petting it on the head again. |
Post 5: A little bonding, some taking, and a gift Ella continued to pet the niffler, feeling slightly more confident that it wasn't going to eat her or something equally horrifying. She slowly slid out of her seat, sitting in front of the creature, while she continued to scratch its head. "Nice niffler, you aren't so bad. Now don't get all crazy...I'm just going to-" Slowly, very slowly, she used her left hand to try and get the shiny object from the nifflers mouth while continuing to pet it with her right. After several attempts to tug the object from the niffler's mouth, Ella brought her right hand down and with both hands pulling, was able to successfully take the object. She looked at the niffler wide eyed, realizing it now had nothing in its mouth to distract it from her. Luckily, it didn't even seem angry that she had taken the object. Ella quickly placed it on her desk and placed her hands back on the niffler, patting it gently. "There we go, good boy. Good niffler." She had done it! She had actually done it! Ella smiled as she moved back into her seat. Ella held the shiny object in the palm of her hand, wondering why nifflers were so attracted to shiny things. Perhaps they were like the pirates of the creature world, extremely attracted to treausre. She looked down at the niffler, amused by her thoughts. "Argggg." She said, giggling. The niffler's only response was to blink several times. With one more glance down at the 'treasure,' Ella held her palm out to the niffler. "This belongs to you now, thanks for not...you know...hurting me." Seriously! Coming away with only a few scratches was totally fine considering what Ella had imagined might happen. She smiled at the niffler sniffed the object then scooped it into its mouth and happily returned to trying to eat the thing. |
Post 3 (spell attempt 2) The niffler on the table snarled and circled as if it would leap from the table top should Emrys dare to take the shiny away again. Emrys held his want aloft, just in case the niffler got any funny ideas. Emrys went through in his head what he could cast - a shield, levitation, petrification. But it just snarled and scratched at the wood, hoarding the bauble. Eyes fixed on his target, Emrys repeated the spell over and over in his head to get the pronunciation and cadence down. With a shuddery breath, Emrys thought about how much he wanted the niffler to like and trust him. With a circle and a flick and a crisply pronounced "MAH-len, CAH-len,", Emrys stared the niffler down. Wispy purple smoke curled around the niffler's paws and body until it surrounded it. Emrys smiled and reached out to pet and retreive, but as he did, the niffler began to hiss and lurched out as if to nip Emrys' hand. Reacting suddenly, Emrys stepped backward and fell over his chair with a thud. |
OOC: Hey guys, I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply, and I won't be until later today, so you get an additional 12 hours to finish this part. May the pink be with you. Also, sorry for the OOC-only post. Yuck. |
post 2 Errrr. Never mind the second creature. Luckily for Gwen, something else caught its eye. So I guess it’s only you, then, she thought and glimpsed at the niffler which still looked desperately at the shiny thing. ‘Come on’, she mumbled and walked back to her desk with the creature following the shiny object. Good. So far, things were going great. Well. Not exactly great…but good. Acceptable. ‘Fine. Here you go’, Gwendolyn said as she lowered her hand and gave the niffler the chance to grab the shiny object. Before she knew it, the niffler snatched the sparkly thing from her hand and gazed at it. Somehow, the young Raveclaw almost expected it to make a ‘MYYYY PRECIOOOUS’ facial expression. Which it of course did. Now gimme back, she thought and extended her hand, waiting for the niffler to immediately give it back. Right. Hopefully no one saw that. As she gave a quick look around, Gwen could see how the creatures reacted when someone would try to take the object from them. Finnneeee. I believe it. I could skip this step, right?, she thought and then raised her eyes from the desk and looked at the pink lady. Yeaaah. If only she wouldn’t notice her not doing exactly what she was supposed to. Meh. Even as she approached the niffler with her right hand, the animal clinched the object, so that it would have been nearly impossible to regain it. Pfft. However, Gwen didn’t stop right there and went on trying to snatch the sparkly thing back. ‘Ack’, the third year mumbled as the niffler scratched her hand. Umm… maybe I should stop before it starts biting, the Ravenclaw thought as she reached for her wand. Time for the next step. |
Post 4 - spell attempt 3 Emrys sat on the floor, staring up at the niffler who was clearly, clearly gloating. His pride wounded more than anything else, Emrys stayed on the floor behind the chair, practicing the wand movement and focusing his intentions of goodwill on the niffler. Standing, but remaining behind the chair, Emrys cleared his throat and held his wand aloft. Staring down the creature, Emrys circled neatly, "MAH-len" and flicked. "CAH-len." Purple smoke sped toward the niffler, wrapping itself around the creature like an ill-fitting track suit. The snarling subsided and Emrys lowered his wand. Peering at the niffler, Emrys inched closer, but the creature didn't react hostilely as it had before. Cautiously, Emrys stepped right up to the edge of the desk, preemptively wincing as if the creature would fly at his face and claw his eyes out the moment he got too close. When the creature didn't move, Emrys dropped his arms and visibly relaxed. All that was left was to pet the thing and get his bauble back. |
The niffler on his desk hadn't been affected by the spell and was still sniffing the shiny object as well as growling at him when he tried to pet the creature. Daichi decided to practise a few more times before he would try the spell on the niffler and after another three practises he managed to get purple smoke out of the wand. It was the same kind of smoke the others had and he had seen some of the students petting their creatures. Pointing his wand at the growling thing, he circled it and with a flick of his wand he said: "Malin Calin!" Purple smoke flew towards the creature and surrounded it's body in a sort of purple fog. For a moment, Daichi couldn't see what was happening to the niffler because his spell had been a little stronger than he thought, making the smoke not see through. Something that had surprised Daichi more himself than anyone else. As the niffler became visible again, he placed his wand on the table and reached for it to try and pet it. Slowly, slower than he wanted, he extended his hand. Biting his lip in concentration as he and the niffler looked eye to eye. There was a moment of tension in which Daichi was sure it would snap at his hand again but when he petted the niffler's fur he let out a shaky breath of relief. The creature started to wiggle its tail and rolled over to its side so that Daichi could pet him there. ITWASSOCUUUUTE~! So... now what? Daichi looked at the board to read the next instruction. |
...No go. Which was WEIRD, you know, because USUALLY once Ellie got a spell, she GOT the spell. Especially Charms. Those were her best, you know. Pay no mind to OWL scores, please. So again, Ellie aimed her wand, "Malin Calin," circle, flick. |
post 5 - success! Emrys beamed and, with just a flutter of nerves in his gut, stuck out his hand and set it gently on the niffler's back. Two hesitant, long strokes along the creatures spine was enough petting, he imagined, as he felt the creature's breathing vibrate against his hand, almost like a kitten's purr. It gave him goosebumps. He drew back his hand a bit, but the niffler headbutted it, almost forcing the petting to continue. Emrys obliged, and wrinkled his nose in thought. He had to get the bauble. Against his better judgment, Emrys set his wand on the table and used his now free hand to coax the shiny out of the niffler's paws, with he kept petting it. Once the trinket was securely in his hand, the petting stopped and Emrys stepped back from the table. The niffler simply sat, but Emrys thought he looked a little sad to be deprived of both his glitter and his attention. One last bit to do to complete the task. Taking his wand back into his hand, Emrys extended the trinket, fingers wrapped tightly around it and presented it to the niffler. Still wary, Emrys wondered if he'd lose a finger in the process, but the niffler simply walked up to it and made no movement to steal it. Smiling, Emrys lowered his wand and exhaled. Task complete, he left the trinket on the table for the niffler to claim and gave it a final pat on the head. |
The purple cloud of success came from Ellie's wand and surrounded the Niffler. Very good. The redhead reached her hand in, stroked NN, and took the shiny from him/her. Her...Ellie decided it was a her. "Good girl," she said, giving NN her shiny back. She tried now to take it a step further, and silently cast. Just to pass the time until PPP started them on some new instructions. Basically, all you could see was Ellie performing the wand movement. Occasionally, though, a feeble wisp of purple came from the wand. Certainly not enough to call it a successful casting, but it was SOMETHING, and Ellie was quite proud about it. |
Daichi continued to pet his niffler until he was sure he could grab his object back. He held out his hand and with a soft tuck it fell out of the Niffler's grasp and he picked it up. "Good Boy~!...girl!...." Daichi stared at the creature and frowned. "What are you anyway?" he asked it and the Niffler was eyeing the shiny object in Daichi's hand but didn't try to snatch it like before. He felt bad though, the shiny thing had to mean so much for it. Daichi gave the object back to the Niffler and the creature took it gratefully. Sooooo... what was he suppose to do now? |
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"Class," she began after pacing through the room, "you are all doing magnificently, but I must pause you for now. Please take a seat." She folded her arms as she waited, then continued. "Now that the nifflers have befriended you should be able to play with them safely even if you take their most prized possession from them. This is a very handy spell, and the more you practice the more powerful the effect of the charm will be, but remember: It is never permanent! Let's see... I think this would be a good time for us to move onto the next spell!" She moved towards the board and began to swish and swosh his wand as she spoke. "This next one, will be the Attraction Charm. This is a little difficult to perform, so you are going to need to concentrate very hard! This Entrancement Enchantment is an Autogenous-Eros. You will cast it on yourself and it will cause others around you to become attracted to you. If your charmwork is sufficiently potent, it might even cause humans to develop a minor crush on you. The incantation is Coliuime Anbemailo, Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low, and the wand movement is a simple point. In the Entrancing Enchantment world this charm is also known to as the Veela Charm, because it produces similar affects. Now, you must all bring the shiny objects you have obtained from me and place them right here on my table. Next, you must cast Finite Incantatem on your niffler. Finally, cast the Attraction Charm on yourself and try to prevent the creature from coming to my table, where the shiny objects are. Got it? Oh, and if you happen to attract someone you really don't want to attract just slap them. Yes, slapping counters the Attraction Charm on humans. As for animals say 'shoo' and they will no longer the attracted to you. You may not use any objects to attract the nifflers, that is cheating! The student who attracts the most nifflers WINS!!!!! May the most charming of you all win!" She giggled and moved out of their way. The Attraction Charm Incantation: Coliuime Anbemailo Wand Movement: Point wand at oneself RULES 1. Bring all shiny objects to the table. 2. Cast Finite Incantatem on your niffler. 3. There are 10 nifflers total (not really a rule, but important) 4. To attract a niffler cast the Attraction Spell on yourself and RP interacting with the niffler in a post titled "Attracted Niffler #1" -- DO NOT WALK TO THE NIFFLER IT IS SUPPOSED TO WALK TO YOU! 5. To secure your niffler cast the Befriending Charm in a different post titled "Befriended Niffler #1" when the niffler is close to you. 6. To steal someone else's niffler you must attract them before they are befriended, after they are befriended you cannot steal them. Meaning, you only need two posts to get a niffler: One to attract, one to befriend. 7. You don't need to attract and befriend them in numerical order, but do pay attention to make sure you aren't attracting an already befriended niffler. OOC: For this next part you need another five points to receive full points. Feel free to become attract to other characters and follow them allow, get slapped, and such. If you have any questions post here or VM me. This is the last practice for class. You will have until all nifflers are capture, and if that never happens then 72 hours from this post. Have fun! |
Attracted Niffler #9 ...it might even cause humans to develop a minor crush on you... That was mildly frightening. Did that mean that there was the potential for her classmates to start...snogging with one another during the course of this activity? EEK. Pocketing her wand for now Kurumi scampered over to the table to drop off her object. As she returned to her table, Kurumi kept her eye on her niffler. She had to...break the spell? Well, that seemed only natural and expected, so Kurumi removed her wand again. "Finite Incantatem." Kurumi knew the spell had worked because the niffler was back to glaring and growling at her instantly. Great. Clearly finding the table of goodies more interesting than her, the niffler jumped off the table and made a run for it. It had been nice while it lasted. Wand down on the table for now, Kurumi practiced the incantation a few times until she felt comfortable enough to maybe perform the spell properly. Just as long as the smoke was purple, right? Wand pointing to herself now, she Gryffindor took a deep breath. "Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low," she murmured. Thankfully, the smoke was purple in hue, so that was at least a positive. She waited for some sort of effect to to...well...happen. Only she didn't feel any different. Was that right? Did that mean the spell hadn't worked? Only one way to find out, right? Rising now, Kurumi walked to an open area of the classroom and sat down on the floor to wait. She figured that as long as she made herself smaller that even if her spellwork hadn't been the most potent, it should help. Animals responded better when you were not towering over them. So, Kurumi sat very still and waited. It didn't take too long, only about a minute or so before she saw some movement coming from her left. Slowly turning her head, Kurumi's breath caught in her through as a oogly eyed niffler made its way over to her. Oogly eyes...with mild sparkles in its eyes come to think of it. Sitting very still, Kurumi waited as it continued to waddle closer to her. |
Attracted Niffler #1 SPOILER!!: Madam Poppy First Ella decided to practice the new incantation aloud. She glanced down at the niffler, giving it a pat, before saying, "Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low...Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low....Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low...Coh-LEE-wee-meh Nn-BEE-my-low" Once she was sure she had the incantation down, Ella headed over to Madam Poppy's table. Walking quickly over to the table, Ella placed the shiny trinket down before walking back over to the niffler, who still seemed pretty calm without the object it so desperately wanted before. Grabbing her wand from her robe pocket, Ella pointed it at the niffler. "Finite Incantatem!" Now she had to act fast as the niffler seemed confused momentarily before turning to face the table up front. It began to waddle in that direction and Ella knew she had to grab its attention and fast. Pointing the wand at herself, Ella said, "Coliuime Anbemailo!" She didn't feel any different so she turned her gaze to her niffler. It seemed that the niffler had suddenly changed its direction and was walking back towards her. Had the spell actually worked?! Ooooh look at that little human. I must have her. Come here little human, I'm going to get you. Yes I am. Ella watched as the niffler came at her quickly. She tried not to flinch, wondering what the creature would do once it got close. She wasn't eager to get scratched again. "Nice niffler, nice little guy. That's right, come this way." You smell nice, human. Let me sniff you. Ella giggled as the niffler began sniffing her legs. It tickled and she was surprised how well the attraction spell seemed to be working. "That's right, nice niffler." She said, patting the creature on the head. |
Going to try and attract a Niffler. Oh Wait! Nevermind....*shifty* Quote:
Oh so now they were going to be like Veela's and attract everything? That already sounded as if it could go bad, but Miss Pricklepot was the instructor and the Gryffindor wasn't one to go against adults' wishes. So he stood up and walked over to the woman and handed her his shiny thing and then returned to the niffler and cast the spell to rid it of the befriending spell. Once that was finished the fourth year turned his wand upon himself and was about to speak the incantation when.... O_____O When had Kurumi become so...so...BEAUTIFUL?! Her dark hair fell like a waterfall on her shoulders. Her eyes were like pools of lavender and her skin looked so soft. The boy dropped his wand and began to walk towards her. If only she would hug him or maybe....a kiss? Why hadn't he noticed her like this before?! |
Befriended Niffler #9 and... o______________O Kurumi continued to sit and wait as the niffler continued towards her in its trance-like state. Good good...no growling...no hissing...just...oogly eyes. When it was close enough to her to reach out and touch it, Kurumi gently patted the creature on the head to complete the process. The whole physical contact with the spell was sort of...frightening really. Who knew that the power of touch could be so...powerful? Having now officially befriended the niffler, Kurumi scooped him up and set the little creature on her shoulder where he began to coo and nuzzle its head against her cheek. Quote:
And then her eyes fell on August who was walking towards her. Oh? Did he need some help with the spellwork? Completely oblivious to the oogly eyes and eyebrow raises that her fellow lion was giving her, Kurumi took a few steps closer to August. "You need some help?" He did usually come to ask her for help with homework and whatnot. |
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