Sarah did so... it was so much easier to do things step by step. She brought her right foot across, her left foot sliding eagerly behind and then she was stuck.. how does one jazz their hands?

She shrugged and just copied the instructor

Awar felt herself working up a sweat. There's more??

She picked up the rhythm again,

HOP! CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle !point! point! point!
Tap! Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! hey batter, batter!
Jazz hands!
Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!

She wiped her hand across her forehead, and started again.

Harlow blushed as Cela saw what a complete moron she was making of herself. She was a writer not a dancer. As evident by the awkward full body spasm she was attempting to preform and call dancing.

HOp!CLAp!SKIp!CLAp!


"Opps thats not right either," she growled. She was going to get this right if she had to dance till her feet bled. She didn't like not being good at something she tried. It was a manner of pride at this point for Harlow.

Lol
 

Ella was a bit pink faced now, having fallen on her butt in class. The badger was just going along as if nothing had happened, though. That seemed to be the best way to go and no one had even notice-

...

Ella suddenly felt like someone was watching her. EEP. Had they seen her fall over? The small blonde slowly looked around, noting the older lion who was following her lead dance-wise. BLUSH. She'd embarrassed herself in front of Kurumi? Groan. That wasn't good. Ells looked up to the older girl and felt like a complete idiot. Oh well, at least Kurumi hadn't laughed at her or anything. That was quite nice. Ells gave her a small smile before turning to the front again, hoping no one else was watching her mess up dance.



And just as Ella's face was turning its normal color again, Ella caught sight of Cela, giving her a thumbs up. GROAN. She'd seen too, hadn't she? ...Oh well, at least she wasn't laughing too. That was good. Plus, the thumbs up had been encouraging! BEAM. That Cela really was a good teacher!

So they were almost done? That was good. Ella paid special attention to the new steps, Practicing those first before putting the entire combo together. She giggled as she did the jazz hands part, feeling like it was probably a move her Gran did a lot. Teeheehee. Jazz hands. Anywhoo...Breathe, stretch, shake and...

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!

....

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!

...

Right...and they were almost done, yeah?

"You'll get it! If you're related to Greenwoods I'm sure you'll never ever give up!" And she had to have their grace and poise in there somewhere? Well Cela would be a one-blonde cheering machine to help the little girl find her confidence. She'd also go over the steps again once she'd shown this last one.

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"Last one!" Yeah! "After you do the sliiiiiiide, you need to pivot on your right heel --thats the foot your weight should be on!-- 180 degrees so that you're facing the other way! And then you pump your fist like this," She brought her fist in like she was celebrating something. YEssssssssssss. "And then thats the whole set of spell steps. Lets try it from the top!"

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

Thankfully for Ella, Kurumi had been more focused on her own feet and DID NOT notice that the Hufflepuff had fallen down. Had she, the Gryffindor would have offered to help her up or something. As it were though, Kurumi was just content to watch her movements since she seemed to know more about what she was doing than Kurumi did.

*wiggle kick*
Jazz hands? o______________O

Were those like spirit fingers? Kurumi didn't really have spirit fingers so if she didn't have spirit fingers it was probably going to be hard for her to have jazz hands, right?

And...had they been told what this dance magic did? Or had she simply forgotten while trying to remember all these steps?!

Swinging her foot again, Kurumi applied the last steps of the dance - just not nearly as big as Cela had demonstrated - and then began the dance again.

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK..... check!
Shuffle!pointinggggg! ..... check!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! ..........erm....awkward check!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide! ............... super awkward check!
And just when Kurumi was soooooooooort of getting the whole jazz hand bit down - and by sort of we really mean not at all - more was being added. Pivoting wasn't too bad and Kurumi managed that almost effortlessly...

It was this whole power fist thing that was throwing her. Erm, it wasn't really a power fist what Kurumi had just done - more of an awkward swat really.

Oh! They were in the home stretch! BEAM. Ella watched as Cela demonstrated the last additions to the combination, her brow furrowed. Okay. She could totally do this. Yup....

The third year successfully pivoted on her right heel, though she didn't quite make it the full 180 degrees so she kind of scooted the rest of the way. Heh. The fist pumping? That was something Ella could do, though she thought it was kinda funny. Heh.

And then she put it all together, trying to remember everything they'd done so far.

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

...

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

...

PHEW!

Nigel had no idea what a powerfist is, But he was getting in this. It was starting to become fun for Nigel. Who knew he could dance if he learned. He thought he was only okay at quidditch and book smart.

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!

But right when he tried to pivot he fell down on the floor hard.But he did do the powerfist hoping he did it correctly.

Oh, commiseration. Perfect. Vivi turned slightly so that she could still see Cela, but so that she could also see Kurumi, and she pointed at the girl's eyes and then at her own. Easy as.

"Don't worry about anyone in here but Cela and me. Cela already wants to think you're completely awesome, and I couldn't look any more or less ridiculous than you do. So we'll just do this together and pretend no one else is watching. Because they're not dancing as well as us, anyway, and they feel just as self-conscious. More. Because we're awesome." Vivi put her hands up to create a tunnel around her eyes and then started the dance again.

HOP!CLAP (no clapping 'cause of the hands, but MENTAL clapping!). Wiggle, complete with broad grin at Kurumi. Kick.
Shuffle!point... and so on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tegz (Post 11216257) "Wooo nearly there! Now once you've swung that foot around," She demonstrated again, "Bring that right foot across in a biiiiig step, and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide your left foot to follow! And Jazz hands like you mean it!" She demonstrated, taking a biiiiig step to the right, putting her weight on her right foot and sliding her left foot across to follow while her hands totally JAZZED. HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK. Shuffle!pointinggggg! Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide! "One more after this one and we'll put it all together!" Then she could teach them the silly incantation and explain what they were doing and what intent they needed of course.

More steps? And harder ones? They were well past the point of trying to look cool by now, and Vivi wiggled her fingers at Kurumi and removed her tunnel. One needed both hands for jazz hands.

"Make up words to go along with it to help you remember, and then we'll be able to keep the steps straight when we learn the incantation."

Jory watched im amusement as the others started to do the last set of moves. One Ravenclaw boy fell flat on the floor.

He started to do the pivot part. Halfway through, he nearly lost his balance. "Woah!'' he thought. "That was close.'' He managed to complete the 180 degrees and just like the kick, he used all his might and gave a great pump in the air.

And... from the to now!

Hop! Clap! Wiggle! Kick!
Shuffle!pointing!
Tap!Ball! Swing!
Jazz! hands!Step and Slide!
Pivot and fist!

Thin layer of sweat started to form on Cassia's forehead. Wow. This was a good exercise indeed. While doing the moves the second-year's brain started imagining how would it be if all spells needed dance moves. Well, all wizards and witches will be fit for sure and probably when they got older it's be harder to perform magic at required fitness. Cassia imagined her grandmother doing those moves, probably the old woman would have preferred being a muggle that jumping and hopping like that. Tehe.

Hop. Claaap. Wiggle .Kick…..shufffle. pointinggg. Tap aaaaand Swing!

Cassia tried repeating the moves while keeping an eye on Cela demonstrating the next moves. Jazz hands she could do! She started jazzing with her hands and glanced down at her own feet. Big step to the right. It wasn't as big as Cela's but that was because Cela was taller. Then she slid her left foot while JAZZING.

The second-year tried to guess what those dance moves do but she as too focusing on her moves and couldn't think of anything else. Cela would tell them next.


LAST one.

And it was a cool one. Cassia liked pivoting and turning around and that kinda stuff. When she dances randomly most of her moves would be turning , pivoting and moving in circles.

Cassia shifted her weight on her right foot and pivoted gracefully facing the side she had her back to before. And fist pump!
Now from the top.

HOoOp. ClaAap. Wiggle then KICK. Shuffle, poinnntting!
Tap..swwwiiiiing.
Jazz hands aaand step then sliiiiiiide.
Finally Pivot and fist pump.

Eeeep. So fun for the twelve-years old.

Sarah first did the lastt step on the own and pivoted (i think thats called that) on the leg she assumed was her right. Then she pumped her fist as if she was punching the roof. Then she did it again from the beginning.. although she was thirsty so she turned to the back of the room and made sire no one saw as she cast argumenti with her wand and let the water jet into her mouth... yummy. And no one saw thankfully. She did notmind ppl seing she just did not want to loose points you see.
Then she started from the beginning:
HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

"That's all the steps everyone!" Cela clapped a few times and waited for everyone to look at her before adding, "What we are learning to do today is called Substitutiary Locomotion. There are other ways to do it of course, but nothing near as fun as this!" Some of the Muggleborn kids might know what the next part was, if they were up on their 100 year old Muggle films, since elements of it had been included in one,

"The incantation is Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee, which we'll repeat, at a rhythm, while we do the steps!" Yup! "But before we do, does anyone know what Substitutiary Locomotion is? And if you don't know, take a guess! Oh and there's water on the table, and orange wedges there for anyone that wants a refreshment before we tackle the spell!"

She went over to one of the cubbies and took out a stack of papers.... which she passed out too. Upon which was a map of the steps for the spell, along with the incantation written down.


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ooc: :shifty: youtube + 'substitutiary locomotion' will set you freeeee. That clip from the 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' movie is pretty much what we are doing except with added dance moves. ;) Cela will provide some more details about the Disney connection too. Guesses about what substitutiary locomotion is/does are totally encouraged. Basically if you don't think your charrie will know about it, then have them take a stab. You'll get more points for creativity and participation than just being right for the sake of being right :) Elsewise feel free to RP your charrie getting water or oranges and looking over the handout :) as long as you're doing something you're doing great

Locomotion means to move.. doesn't it? Well Sarah will think about it later. It was hard to think on a an empty stomach. First wiping her chin, dripping with water with her robe she made her way over to the refreshments and took one orange. She took the usually eaten bit and it. No Sarah ate apple cores but not orange peels. She ate Apple cores coz she did not like to waste you see... yet orange peels were just gross (she had tried them.. she did not like hard things, the skin was too tough). She TRIED really hard to to make a mess, even though her hands were all sticky and stuff. Then she took another orange wedge... and another... and another... then she looked guiltily around... There is was a few left... so Sarah just did the duplicating charm on them.

Not wanting to be seen near the orange table she went to get a drink, poured herself one CAREFULLY... she did not want to spill you see then she drank it contently. Now she could think.
Locomotive meant to move or something. Substitutiary... perhaps that meant to substitute? Which means to fill in something for some one.. Wait... she had watched this before at Grandma's house... it was on VIDEO CASSETTE! She blurted out"giving life to things without".. yeah there was a song to it:
Treguna Mekoides and Trecorum Satis Dee
Substitutiary locomotion
Mystic power that's far beyond the wildest notion
It's so weird, so feared, yet wonderful to see
Substitutiary locomotion come to me
That is where she had heard it before. She better tell father that movies could be useful and intelligent.. why it helped her in school. Wait, her dad was not meant to know that she had watched that movie at Granny's house. Father said that watching movies and television was only for old people that had nothing better to do in their lives... Yet wahat father does not know won't hurt him... or mother for that matter.

*fangirls* you know I love this movie XD
 

Well...Kurumi felt like a plimpy out of water...even after Vivi's words of encouragement. Cela already wants to think you're completely awesome. Nice words...but that really was all they were. Kurumi didn't think she was awesome. No, wait, scratch that. She KNEW she wasn't awesome at this, so it really didn't matter was Cela thought.

No offense or anything, Cela.

Vivi on the other hand....yes, she did look ridiculous and clearly felt that she looked so, so that was on par with Kurumi and she could work with that. "Awesome...right....awesome..." she repeated, nodding her head as though doing so would actually convince her. Heh, not really. "I can be awesome at being awkward," she ended up laughing as the pair of them continued to kick and tap, and swirl, and pivot, and whatever all was involved in this.

"Make up words? You mean like...make up a song?" Cause she was confused enough as it was, although things were beginning to settle in. "Or...just chant the movements?" She could do that.
Pausing for a moment to remove some sweat from her brow, Kurumi looked over when Cela gave them the incantation. Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee? Bliiiiiiiiiiiiiiink. That...was sort of long and...sounded like Latin? Erm, some of it sounded like Latin. Maybe.

Which is why Kurumi gave up any hope of trying to figure out what it could possibly mean. Leave the Latin stuff to Selina. Kurumi was a lost cause.

As for the other half of what Cela had said...that Kurumi could think on for a moment. Substitutiary Locomotion.... The locomotion part of that was obvious enough - movement. If it was like the Locomotor Charm, it meant animating something. Something inanimate. As for the substitutiary...erm...that word meant...erm...replacing. Right? A uniform replacement of sorts. So.... replacement motion?

That was just sort of confusing her a little. Unless....

Hand up! "Cela, is this...related to the Locomotor Charm? Where we, um, animate something that has been inanimate and...maybe...our movements replace an object's inanimate ones?" Just to try and throw some of her thoughts into verbal ones.

Did that mean that they would swap?! Like...if they took the suits of armor and did this dance...that they would become animate for a time while they froze?

Kurumi couldn't deal with more freezing....

Oh, wait! Orange wedges? Don't mind if we do!

*catches up* All the steps are here. ;-)
 

HOP. WIGGLE. Oh no, it was clap first.

HOP. CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.

Theodore really hated dancing. And whenever he got too engrossed in it, he always got that terrible sense of determination. He HAD to get these steps right, or else there would be trouble. An angry Theo, basically.

The next part was easy enough. The second year did a shuffle forwards, then pointed at the ground for FOUR steps.

Hop. Clap. Wiggle. Kick. Shuffle. Pointage.

THIS WAS TOO MUCH TO REMEMBER. Theo shut his eyes tightly in frustration for a second, then listened to the MORE steps.

Tap, taaappppp..... but as soon as the swing part was introduced, that's when the boy got a little bit wobbly. He tried, and had to stop himself from tumbling forwards. It was a rather dramatic swing after all. Once his swung foot was on the ground, he slid his other foot to meet it..

AND JAZZ HANDS.

Why couldn't it all be as easy as Jazz Hands?

One more step. Theo made a loud breath, cos this exercise was really taking all of his energy away.. It didn't help that he was a naturally unhealthy kid.... But he pivoted into a 180-ish turn, aaaand.. FIST PUMP. That had to be the easiest part for him so far.

Hop. Clap. Wiggle. Kick. Shuffle. Pointage. Tap. Swing. Jazz hands. Pivot. FIST PUMP.

Once it was all over, Theodore slouched in his stance as he listened to the incantation part. HUHHHH? It was such a mouthful! And even though Cela said muggleborns may know about the 'substitutiary locomotion', he sure didn't, but he'd take a guess for sure. "Well........ I heard a song once by a lady and it goes..." He paused, YES, he was going to sing this out loud. "Come on, come on, dooooo the locomotion with meeeee." It was quite a famous song, so he didn't feel the need to sing any more.

Anyway. WAAAAAAAAAATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... The boy rushed on over, and drank a whole two cups full. Exercising was thirsty stuff. His hand out was on the side, but he wasn't paying much attention to it just yet.

They were done with the steps? BEAM. Ella had done it, mastered them without injuring herself or anyone else! Brilliant! Oh, and this whole thing was called the Substitutiary Locomotion? Hm. Ella had never heard of that before.

Didsomeonesayrefreshments? Grin. Ella headed over to get herself some water and an orange wedge while she thought over what Substitutiary Locomotion meant. Substitutiary sounded like substitute. So...this whole dance was just kind of taking the place of something else, yeah? As for Locomotion...that was movement. So erm...the dance was a substitute for um...a way to make things move? Hey! That made sense. Hand raised, the badger tried to explain what she was thinking. "I um..well I think that the dancing is a substitute way to make things move? Like maybe a substitute for a movement charm or something..." That sounded legit, yeah?

Jory was grateful for the break and promptly headed to the table and gulped down some water. He chewed on an orange wedge while he thought of an answer to the question. He didn't really have an idea of what substitutiary Locomotion was about.

The Puff raised his hand. "Does it have to do with swapping one movement from something to another?''

Vicky in the end too :3
 

Hopping, clapping, WIGGILING, kicking.. tapping balling aaaaaand swinging! Louisa was getting really comfy, she didn't have to look down at her feet now but rather grin and look up at their instructor in the front. This really felt relaxing and fun after a week of intense study and NEWTs preparation, maybe she should make it like a routine in the weekends, you know, to let out some stress and passive energy. Also she could lose some weight after a few weeks, Louisa was an eater when it came to stressful times.

More moves were out!! Woot! Louisa paused for a bit, catching her breath and pushing the hair away from her face, wiping her sweaty foreheads in the process and watching the others try this. Aaaand now she had to do it, starting only from the new steps. OKAY. Take a steeeep, jazz your hands aaaaand sliiiiiide. That was easy, you just had to make sure not to bump into Vickers or the other person on the opposite side. Now the next was to pivot on right heel aaaaand 180 degrees then FISTPUMP!

ALL STEPS NOW!

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle & pointing!
Tap, ball aaaaand swing!
Jazz hands!Step and sliiiiiiiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

Woot!



And they were done... almost. Louisa stopped, still smiling, and waited for a few seconds to gain her breath back. She held the handout when Cela distributed them and stared down at it, tilting her head as she followed the map with her eyes. Hmm. And the incantation was just as FUN as the little dance! Heh. Oh and the others already voiced out what was in her mind. "I agree with animating objects, make them move." Nodnod.

And because she was feeling how parched her mouth is now, she nudged Vickers with her elbow, "Want some water?" Even if he didn't really dance as enthusiastically, he was probably sweating from nerves, heh heh heh. She headed for the table to get one for both of them.

Elliot took the paper....she glared...at it. As if it had committed some terrible crime against her...it had. It was very NOT understandable...and Elliot was NOT dance savvy...she merely stared and stared and staaaaared at it.

Gulp.

She looked up, horrified...at all of the people dancing...Elliot was terrified at the thought of not being able to do something! HELP! She needed help, badly. She wasn't scared to ask...she tried to...do the whole HOPclap thing...okay...she wiggled her bottom...okay..okay...wigglewigglewiggle...

KIIIICK!

Elliot's kicks were truly awful. Eh. She wasn't very flexible. Tap...she tapped her feet, probably more than one was supposed to...she swung around...OH NO She had forgotten the shuffle point! thing...

GAAAHHHH!

So she went back and shuffled, looking very awkward indeed, and then pointed...redid the two steps after that...and now the hard part...jAzz hands. Merlin. WAH. PIVOT?!?! Elliot didn't get it..."I need...help..." she said, raising her hand.

Elliot hated dancing. It was official.

Nigel had just finished all the steps without tripping. He was now really thirsty. But he still had to answer this awesome ladies question.

"Is it like if you don't know the lyrics. You can make up some words, and a dance. Then it will work if you believe."

It kind of sounded like what happens in a Disney movie. Which was awesome because there is a lot of magic in those movies. Now it was time get get some water and some orange wedges. Nigel runs over there grabs a cup of water and drinks it completely in a couple gulps. He grabbed another drink and drank that normally. Once finished drinking he took a orange wedge and went back to his place eating it on the way.

Catching up with all the steps! ><""
 

Belle heard the professor giving more instructions. She decided to do them one at a time.

She did HOP! CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK. she got that down.

Then she did tapped your right foot, then, staying on the ball of that foot, SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIING your left foot around so that your legs are crossed over! Then lets put those three pieces together.

She actually did it! :D. She was thinking this was easy.



Wait...there were MORE steps!!??! Belle did not know if she could handle it. She tried to do it very slowly.

HOP. CLAP.WIGGLE. KICK
TAP! BALL. SWWWWINNNGGGG (the left foot)

Belle brought that right foot across in a biiiiig step, and slid her left foot to follow! And Jazzed her hands like she meant it!

Hmm it didn't seem that bad. She was working on a sweat though. She was glad she was wearing sweat proof clothing and shorts.




Belle was glad it was the last steps. She didn't know if she could handle more steps.

She did her HOP.CLAP.WIGGLE.KICK!
SHUFFLE! POINTINGGGG!!!
TAP! BALL. SWINNNGGGGG (her left foot)
JAZZ HANDS! STEP AND SLIIIIIIIIDEEEE

After she did the sliiiiiiide, she needed to pivot on her right heel --thats the foot your weight should be on!-- 180 degrees so that she is facing the other way! And then you pump your fist! Like in the jersey shore. FIST PUMP!

Pivot and power!fist!

Belle was out of breath and sweating and was glad she learned all the steps!



Belle needed some refreshments. She went over to get some oranges and water. She downed the first water bottle. Then she ate her orange. Then she heard the professor ask a question. "Does anyone know what Substitutiary Locomotion is?"
Belle did not know, but she would take a stab at it. "Professor is Substitutiary locomotion like some spell that you can't understand but it makes things move when you believe they can. All it takes is a little faith."After she answered, she read the sheet with all the footsteps labeled. Now it made more sense.

THIS. WAS. RIDICULOUS.

Sierra Greingoth didn't dance. She just didn't. Yet here she was convincing herself that she'd feel like a failure if she was the only one not doing anything.

She tried to follow along with Cela, but...she was sure things just weren't working out. *hop, clap, wiggle, kick* Okay, she was SO not wiggling again...

*hop, clap ... ... ... ...* Okay, FINE. *...wiggle, kick*

*right foot down, shuffle forward, point, and step, step, step, step*

Nobody was LOOKING, were they?! Hopefully if they were, they would fall over their own two feet soon. ...and if they weren't looking, then GOOD.

Was this almost over? Greingoth's didn't dance. They just didn't.

*tap, swiiiiiing* ...

...but on that swing, Sierra lost her balance and sort of stumbled forward. She caught herself just before face-planting. She stood stiff as a board and wide-eyed. Who was looking?! WHO?!

Okay, no one. GOOD.

*tap, ball, swing, cross*

*step, sliiiiiide* ...and, what were JAZZ HANDS?!

Sierra spread her fingers wide into the jazz hand positon. At one point, she felt like she was just spinning and doing nothing else BUT flailing about, but Merlin, she was MOVING.

This wasn't over yet?! Why, fate, WHYYYYY?!

Sierra flailed around a bit longer, moving but not quite doing the steps like they should be, and then finally...

FIST PUMP!

Yeah, that she could do.

They were done?! *BEAM*

Sierra's hand shot into the air, but most of that enthusiasm was because the dance was over. "Well, locomotion is movement, of course, and substitution is when you replace one thing with another," she said, working out the meanings. "So maybe we're taking out one element and replacing it with another? People are saying it means giving movement to something that shouldn't move, so I guess we're replacing the stationary part of something with...well, movement."

Yup. That sounded good to her, at least.

She could see little Sarah thinking hard over there and she smiled encouragingly. Did she have something to say? No? That was okay.



"It is! This predates the Locomotor charm though, like with a lot of spell steps," Including Higitus Figitus which had become the packing charm as she'd mentioned earlier, "They've been refined over time and simplified for wand usage. Our movements don't quite replace the inanimate movement though! Wouldn't be much use if you froze, would it?"


"Ooooh I don't know that one, you can sing it for me later." She winked at the small boy, glad he'd given an answer.

"Good guess." She agreed with a smile. And on the right track, as hopefully Ella would see when Cela demonstrated.



"It does! Particular sorts of objects at least." There that was a hint.


"Close. Not quite swapping though." She said with a wink.


"Making them move yup." Nod nod. She smiled at the Head Girl.


"Sure sweetie, I'll help you out in just a bit." She said with a cheerful smile.


Celandine giggled. "Well, that's the basis for magic isn't it? Incantation, Movement, and Intent. Creating spells is a little more exact than that though."

"Well, that' how its described by muggles in how its adapted for a disney movie. But we can understand how it works: incantation, movement and intent." It worked because theyyy were magical.


"That's some good figuring out, Sierra!" Celandine agreed and then addressed the class as a whole.

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"Substitutiary Locomotion is magic which allows for things that usually require OTHER things to make them move, to move all the same. In particular, things which usually are moved by people liiiiike...." She went over and opened the cupboard against the wall, a WHOLE lot of robes and shirts and pants and shoes and gloves and all sorts of clothing were within. "Like clothing!"

So now she'd demonstrate, but first; "The better you get at it,the more items you can move at once, together, but when you first try, just choose one item and aim to get it to DANCE!"

She herself stepped away from the closet ready to demonstrate.

HOP!CLAP. WIGGLE. KICK.
Shuffle!pointinggggg!
"Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee!"

...As she began, a shirt 'peeked' out of the closet and was soon tucking itself into a pair of pants, which then 'stepped' out of the closet...

Tap!Ball. Swwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Jazz hands!
"Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee!"

...It held out a sleeve, and a pair of long ladies gloves took hold of it and followed, along with a lovely flowing dress. They were joined by matching shoes, and the two outfits marched out to a bare patch of floor...

Step and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiide!
Pivot and power!fist!

"Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee!"

....and began to waltz around to the rhythm of Cela's spell.

She went through the steps and the incantation a few more times, expression intent on the 'dancers' while she smiled happily at their antics. They continued to dance, even when she stopped.

"They'll keep going for a little while!"

She faced the students again, bright smile in place while the dancing outfits waltzed behind her. "Okay if you're ready to try, go grab a piece of clothing from the closet! Shoes, a shirt, robes, anything! Just stick with one item though!" She'd been practicing a LOT longer after all.

"If you still need help on the steps, come over here and we'll work on those!" She shifted to one side and waved encouragingly at Elliot, and at Harlow, if she didn't feel ready.

"Lets get started! Everyone take an item of clothing from the closet, return to your spot, and put it down in front of you, so you can focus on making it moooooove while you do the spell steps and say the incantation!"

She went ahead and put on some music too, not loud enough to drown out the spells but so that there'd be something rhythmic for the clothing to continue to move to.

ooc: If anyone has questions they can ask them, and if they need help come over to Cela and she'll help out, but otherwise this is the fun part woohoo.

Have your charrie go to the closet and choose one item of clothing, and then they can try out the spell steps and the incantation to get it moving.

It mayyy take up to three repeats of the steps to get it moving completely, and I'll leave it up to you to judge how well your items dance (and what kind of dancing is up to you as well if you want your shoes to bust a move on their own thats fine by us)

However, everyone that completes the steps and says the incantation should manage to get their item moving!

There is no minimum or maximum number of posts, just have fun and follow instructions and do as much or as little as you think your charrie is capable of.