| MeredithRodneyMckay | 02-14-2012 11:27 PM |
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Originally Posted by Harry174
(Post 10913536)
Laura did what the Professor asked and then stored a few in her bag since the Professor had said she would need them for homework, why was Professor always giving out homework, it wasn't fair, seriously didn't they do enough at school without having to do extra, well she wasn't going to say anything about it but she did raise her hand and ask the Professor. "What's so important about these things anyway Professor?"
| Isabelle had been stood to the side, to give the kids enough room to swarm to the front, but remain close enough in case they needed anything. And it seemed that a few did have questions. "Important about what things, my dear? The thimbles? They're just the things you will be using the spell on today. They don't have any magical qualities on their own, if that's what you mean." Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
(Post 10913538)
Ella listened to the Professor as she spoke, smiling because she had correctly identified the object as a thimble. She began copying the notes off the board, excited to do some flower arranging when all was said and done. Her mother would seriously appreciate the skills she was learning as she was an avid gardener and Ella seemed to be working with plants and flowers quite a lot these days.
When the instructor asked the students to grab a handful of thimbles Ella stood slowly, knowing there would be a rush of students to the front. She waited until there was some room around the box and walked over, grabbing her handful. She returned to her seat wondering how many thimbles she should keep out and how many she should save for homework. She raised her hand to ask. "Professor, how many thimbles should we keep out for this activity?"
| "I would say two should be enough, because we won't be putting any water in them until you're all sure you like your designs. And before that you can revert them back to keep trying," Isabelle grinned, eyeing the handful the girl had. Quote:
Originally Posted by jujune29th
(Post 10913593)
Oh, cool! Vases! That should be a useful spell to Sophie back home! If only she could do magic outside the school...
She got up and went to the front of the room and collected a handful of thimbles. Before going back to her seat, though, Sophie turned to Professor Magnus. "Can we use this same spell on any object, Professor?"
| That was a good question. "In theory yes. But it works best on anything that has the quality of a container - like the thimble, a cup, a bucket etcetera." Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen
(Post 10913631)
Make a vase out of a thimble? Vickers eyed the metal bucket the flowers sat in and the thimble on the Professor’s hand. Yeah he could see it, in fact other than the size they look practically the same. As the Ravenclaw stood to collect a small handful of thimbles, he lifted his other hand slightly and turned to the Professor “Professor Magnus, would this spell allow us to create more sophisticated vases, maybe of different shapes or material? The thimble looks very similar to the metal bucket there… I mean an engorgement charm can work too if all we need to make is a metal pot large enough for the flowers isn’t it?”
| The kids were full of good questions today, she liked it. "You're quite right, a charm could be used to make them like the buckets. But it is the more complex, and different, styles and materials I want you all to aim for today. No plain metal pots." Although if that's what they got on their first try, she wasn't going to scold them for it. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger
(Post 10913747)
Instead of offering an answer to the question that had been posed to the class, Stella had merely stayed quiet, looking at the flowers. There wasn't much point in repeating everyone else, after all. Even if she had known the metal object was a thimble. At least she'd managed to stop playing with her ring, and her attention had gone back to Professor Magnus as the thimble discussion came to a close. So they weren't actually doing any Transfiguration with the flowers this lesson, just making vases for them. That was interesting, even if she couldn't help but agree with Vickers' comment about the thimbles seeming more like they'd just replicated the buckets the flowers were currently in. Although, she well knew that the point of Transfiguration was to make things look different. Not just larger.
They needed to collect some thimbles for the lesson, though, so she stood up and walked over to the box. There were still quite a few left in there, but she still only took a semi-large handful before carrying them back to her desk. "Will we need to find our own flowers for homework?," she asked, raising her hand after placing about half of her thimbles inside her school bag, and the rest on her desk. She could hear Oberon starting to play with them, but hopefully nobody else would notice. Even metal tigers liked to play, it seemed.
| "You will indeed, and Professor Bentley has given us permission to use Greenhouse Three for that. But I'll explain when I post your homework later." Isabelle gave the girl a nod and smile, before walking round to the front of her desk. "Now you all have your thimbles, I'd like you to pay close attention to the wand movement I am about to show you." Rolling her sleeves up, Issy took her wand back out of it's holster and placed her thimble on the front of her desk so they could all see. Although it was more her wand they needed to be keeping an eye on. "You need to point your wand directly downwards, vertical, right near your object. Then do three clockwise circles, moving your wand further away, and upwards, from your thimble with each one, like so..."
Isabelle did just as she had told them, swirling her wand clockwise and inching it away with every circle, almost as if she was flourishing something from the end of it. "Floreneo!" Almost as if it was growing out of the thimble, a red vase spread upwards and stood, complete, when Issy finished moving her wand.
Beaming at them all, she pocketed her wand again and picked up the vase. It was made of rubber, but they didn't know that - so she bounced it on the ground to prove it had worked properly. It came rebounding back up towards her face, and she caught it just before it hit her nose. "There we go. Mine is rubberised, just to show you the sort of thing you can do. Now, those of you with questions, please ask - the rest of you can begin with practice." OOC: I'm off to bed now. Isabelle will still be there, but I'll reply to questions tomorrow. You may chat with each other about the task, but nothing else please. Have fun! |
