Henric took back his hand and randomly scratch the back of his head for no apparent reason. He guessed he should leave her alone now...her expression towards him already send chills down his spine. Are girls always like this?...he thought to himself. Alright...maybe not...but he felt uncomfortable just being left hanging there and was about to turn away when she finally uttered an introduction of herself. A second year...oh,maybe that's explains the hostility he received from her. He thought she just didn't want to be associated with a firstie.
"Oh.."he muttered in reply, uncertain of what to say next.



Save by the bell! The professor finally entered the classroom with a bunch of balloons with him.How odd...but phewww..He let out a silent relief. He was so nervous just standing there beside the ravenclaw, he felt he wanted to go find a seat as far away from Adrienne as possible but the professor told them to settle down quickly and so he did. Not wanting to draw any attention to him, he sat down beside her and leave just more than enough space in between.

The professor has asked them a question. Another charm to retrieve objects.Uhh... He didn't know how to answer actually so he waited for this one out. He glanced over at the ravenclaw for a second, she too didn't seem to know as well. All he could think of was "Wingardium Leviosa" spell which he just learn about it before.

A spell other than accio to summon objects? Well... the blonde could think of things like Wingardium Leviosa to move things but she wasn't sure if that would really count for anything... so she stayed quiet. Abnormally quiet for her own standards!

Why couldn't they just keep using accio? That already seemed to work well enough as it was!

A summoning charm that wasn't the summoning charm? Benjamin leant back against the wall, hands in pockets, and watched the coloured balloons as he thought about it. Of all the charms he'd ever been taught, and whether they might be used for summoning.

Nope, he was stumped.

Some sort of Levitation and Locomotor combination might work, but it wasn't summoning, persay. At least...why use two spells, when one was perfectly good?

People were piling in, there was Ella who got a wave back and Cat too! HAAIII! People were trickling in and questioning the chair thing too. Yeah, she wasn't the only one--OHAI Professor!!

Wait what whoa no stop.

Lex raised her hand to this hypothetical question. These seemed to be the Professor's favourite. "If I broke my leg I'd be at home therefore I wouldn't be able to and wouldn't need to use a charm because my Daddy would get me everything the moment I ask." Kinda instant you know? "I'm extra careful to not break anything while I'm here because I know he won't be around to pamper me afterwards, geddit?"

It was important to know when to break things and when to stay in one peace. She'd mastered that art right now so you see, no need for that charm using thing...unless he wanted her to think about the lazy part??

"I'm not lazy either. Unless it's homework, I'll get it done right away if I can."

Homework was a recipe for procrastination. It didn't count.

Minerva stood there waiting for class and smiled and gave Taylor a wave as she had come in and said hello. Minerva was still very confused about the desks when she felt something on her shoulder. Glancing she smiled as she noticed her hair had brunette in it, knowing she hadn't changed her hair color lately she moved her hand and patted her best friends head. "Morning Ari" She chuckled and looked up as the professor had come into the room with balloons.

Listening to him she automatically thought about levitating the object over, but others had the same thoughts so she tried to think of something different. Honestly the best and easiest one she could think of was levitating. "Professor I would have to agree with the others the Locomotor or levitating charms seem to be the easiest and most common to use." Don't reinvent the wheel if others have already come up with good answers, right?

Summoning Charms were great. You could starfish and still get something needed. Without even getting up. All that was need is your wand. And taking a chill pill. Was Professor Facial Hair a little too laid back? It was a good question. Nigel did not care. But he did care about the balloons he brought in. Balloons?

The obvious answer to his question was the levitation. Nigel just did not feel like saying it.

OH HEY BALLOONS!

Alec tilted his head as he watched the Professor walk in, his eyes drawn to the colourful balloons. They were still focused on the balloons when the older man had let go of them. Would they get to work with the balloons? Because he wanted one. Maybe.

Heh. Take a chill pill.

When the man started talking about summoning charms, Alec finally tore his eye away from the balloons and turned to look at him. Charms for lazy people... Charms to bring things to you if you were feeling particularly lazy or... had broken a leg. The seventeen year old furrowed his brows as he looked back up at the balloons, almost imagining himself trying to use a charm that wasn't Accio to bring those balloons to him. The only thing that came to his mind, though, was what Mo had said. Something about vacuums?

... Levitation and Locomotor were good suggestions, yeah. Definitely. But then something else entered his mind and the Hufflepuff looked back at Fuller, raising his hand in the air. "Professor, there's also Mobiliarbus!" ... Erm... right? "I think it's only used to move objects from one spot to another but you could move an object to a spot closer to you, I guess."

Not too much waiting involved. Wade's hair began to lightly move with the wind as he saw balloon take off into the air. He blinked, looking around as he heard Professor Fuller enter the class. Well, alright then. He felt a little happy and relaxed now that they didn't have to stand there for the entire class.

Summoning charms, and more hypothetical scenarios. Wade's brows furrowed as he tried to think of a charm that no one else had already mentioned. He raised his hand though on remembering the last part of the scenario, "There's also Mobilicorpus, that someone could use to help bring someone whose unable to walk.. broken leg and all." Though people weren't objects, the spell sort of treated them as such temporarily.

What…… was going on? Why had the professor a few balloons with him? Hmm, he seemed to be in a good mood so was it maybe his birthday today? And was that the reason why he had the balloons with him and why he seemed so…. Happy?

Hmm, she listened to the professor and saw that he had let go of the balloons, but… what she didn’t understood was what she needed to learn this lesson? She had no idea why he needed the balloons if this was not his birthday so maybe she needed to use a spell on the balloons? She stared at the balloons and frowned, she hoped that it wouldn’t be a difficult lesson…

Oh, he started with his explanation! But… He! She wasn’t lazy! She just… eh… didn’t wanted to get tired! Was she really lazy if she wanted to learn a spell like that? She shook her head, no, she wasn’t lazy! She and all the others who wanted to learn and to use such a spell were just smart because you wouldn’t get tired while using that spell! Yes, she was just a smart girl and NOT lazy! She nodded to herself and folded her arms while she thought about a answer she wanted to give.

Ah, she knew a spell! She wanted to say that she knew the spell Carpe Retractum, not that she ever had used it, but she had read about it, but just when she wanted to rise her hand she heard how somebody else already spoke, and had given the same answer as she had wanted to give! So she didn’t raised her hand and stayed quite.

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"Descendo could be useful." The balloons had inspired this answer, actually. "They cause things to move in a downwards direction. Like, say, a balloon." And if your legs were broken, it would help you reach things up high, she supposed. Shrug.

Perhaps she was taking the balloons into consideration. Good thinking, actually. Why didn’t he think of that? ”Very good, yes, that would work.”

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"How about Carpe Retractum? It creates a rope that attaches to the target and helps you pull it --'retract it'--back to you."

”Very good, yes, it does.” This kid was on top of things.

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She put her had up and waiting to be called on or whatever " there's the Locomotion Charm which is used to lift an object a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction, like to yourself." right? they could be using that one, but Bishop's guess was more likely given the balloons and all.

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Not answering his question right away, she took a moment to watch others and really ponder their answers...before giving her own. "The Locomotion Charm." Her tone was airy and still thoughtful. "The incantation is always said with the object you're using the spell on...and like the others, the object has to be in view to be charmed." Ves looked around for a moment, surveying the others again before continuing. "It allows you to move whatever you charm freely."

Piers nodded to all those who mentioned the Locomotion Charm. ”Yep. That would work, too. Good job.”

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"Wingardium Leviosa, maybe? You could just levitate whatever it was to you, 'specially if it's close and only if you have good aim if it's far," he suggested, shrugging slightly and ran a hand along his loose tie. This was now becoming some sort of habit.

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But onto the question the professor asked. Kace thought about it. Which spells would he use if he was lazy and didn't feel like getting up. One spell came to mind! "Professor you could use Wingardium Leviosa to bring things toward you." He would totally use that spell at home if he was allowed to that is.

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So. What spell could be used? Hmm. Adi slowly raised his hand. "Wingardium Leviosa, Professor.''

”The Levitation Charm is generally just used for... well, levitating things. But yes, you could make it float to you.” It’s not the one he would have picked, though.

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Listening to him she automatically thought about levitating the object over, but others had the same thoughts so she tried to think of something different. Honestly the best and easiest one she could think of was levitating. "Professor I would have to agree with the others the Locomotor or levitating charms seem to be the easiest and most common to use." Don't reinvent the wheel if others have already come up with good answers, right?

....... ”Okay. Thanks for your input.” Moving on.

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"What about Ascendio professor?" Pause. "That can lift you in the air so maybe you could float to said object?" Sure that still involved doing something, but it was a rather lazy attempt in her eyes. If she had her way she would still make somebody get things for her.

”Yes, instead of summoning the object, you could lift yourself up to reach it. Okay, good thinking.” It was out of the box a little, and that was good.

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"Professor, I heard someone saying something like "invito" to summoning a newspaper when I was at the Leaky Cauldron last Summer."

Ahaa. ”Ah, yes, ’Invito’ is in fact the same thing as the Summoning Charm, just in a different language. Hungarian, I believe.” So it was likely she met someone from the Hungarian region that day.

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She tried thinking outside the box for a moment, considering that all the spells that she would've answered had already been said. Finally, she swallowed the last bite of her bagel and took a quick sip of her coffee before answering. "I think I would just patronus someone to get it for me." Because all those other spells would require extra effort on her part.

”Even lazier. I love it.”

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"You could try Excito Animans," she suggested. "S'not exactly for summoning or retrieving, but it makes stuff move."

Also, was he going to share those cookies with the favorites? Alice made eyes at him.

”Ehhh, that’s more transfiguration and it wouldn’t really accomplish the task. But good try.” And why was she looking at him like that? He wasn’t sharing his cookies.

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"Doesn't it sorta depend on what you want to move? Balloons might be able to be drawn toward you with some sort of vacuum or a wind... but I suppose I like Wingardium Leviosa for it, too." If pressed.

”Yes, it depends, but it was an open question.” So, really, anything would have worked. ”Good.”

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Sophie was a first year and therefore didn't have too much of a wealth of knowledge when it came to coming up with a wide variety of spells. Therefore, she came up with a much smarter answer in her opinion. She raised her hand. "You could always charm somebody with your good looks and have them do everything for you," she suggested. It seemed likely to happen in her eyes, at least.

First years were the best. Slytherins were the best. He laughed. ”Perfect. I even already have that talent down.” How many plates of goodies had he gotten already? Hah. Anyway,

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Lazy people spells. Hah. Everyone was already naming all the ones that she could think of that could bring things towards you. Well, lazy people had to put things away too. She raised her hand. "If you wanted to get rid of something you'd use the banishing charm. Basically you wouldn't have to move to do anything." Not that she would ever do that, but it was true.

”Weeell, yes. But like you said, if we wanted to get rid of something, we could. In this case, we’re talking about bringing objects to ourselves, but nice try.”

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Lex raised her hand to this hypothetical question. These seemed to be the Professor's favourite. "If I broke my leg I'd be at home therefore I wouldn't be able to and wouldn't need to use a charm because my Daddy would get me everything the moment I ask." Kinda instant you know? "I'm extra careful to not break anything while I'm here because I know he won't be around to pamper me afterwards, geddit?"

It was important to know when to break things and when to stay in one peace. She'd mastered that art right now so you see, no need for that charm using thing...unless he wanted her to think about the lazy part??

"I'm not lazy either. Unless it's homework, I'll get it done right away if I can."

Homework was a recipe for procrastination. It didn't count.

....... ”Well...... okay.” He wasn’t sure if he should continue with that.

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Summoning charms, and more hypothetical scenarios. Wade's brows furrowed as he tried to think of a charm that no one else had already mentioned. He raised his hand though on remembering the last part of the scenario, "There's also Mobilicorpus, that someone could use to help bring someone whose unable to walk.. broken leg and all." Though people weren't objects, the spell sort of treated them as such temporarily.

”Yep, that would work... if you wanted to summon a person to you.” Came in handy sometimes.

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... Levitation and Locomotor were good suggestions, yeah. Definitely. But then something else entered his mind and the Hufflepuff looked back at Fuller, raising his hand in the air. "Professor, there's also Mobiliarbus!" ... Erm... right? "I think it's only used to move objects from one spot to another but you could move an object to a spot closer to you, I guess."

”That would work, but remember that Mobiliarbus is for moving trees and plants and things. Arbus, coming from arbor, meaning trees and whatever. Target-specific.” But they could get into that later.

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”Alright, guys, good job, good thinking. You all listed good options we have.” Some better than others, but he kept that thought to himself. ”But, like I said, we will be focusing on one charm today, and I’m surprised that only one person mentioned it.”

Professor Fuller waved his wand at the chalkboard to reveal the spell they would be learning:

Carpe Retractum
KAHR-pay - ruh-TRACK-tum

”The Seize and Pull charm!” he said with a look towards the Slytherin who had brought it up. ”Thanks to West, we know that the Carpe Retractum produces a rope that literally seizes and pulls our desired object toward us. What else do we know about this charm? Give me the deets. What are the rules, what are its limits? Are the bounds? What does it look like? Let’s talk about it. What’s the rope even made of? That’s a good question. Discuss.”

OOC: Discuss things. Use your brains. Class will continue in 7-8 hours.

Good? Ella had the urge to wink in response for reasons but something told her that was a no-no. Instead she smiled sheepishly, happy that her answer had been a good one. It wasn't what he was looking for though. That was sort of disappointing. She wasn't really surprised when West got it. Kid's brain had to be huge. It had to. How did he know so much about so much? Mind boggled over here, people.

The Seize and Pull Charm. Ella had heard of it. Definitely useful for lazy people, he was right about that. Only not too lazy because of what she was about to share. "I've read that to pull in whatever object you've seized, you do need to use a considerable amount of effort. That means you can't be too lazy, Professor. Well, unless you're really muscle-y or something." Then it was probably just a simple tug and done.

Of course he got the right answer. Surprise surprise. An yes, Tag didn't care that he rolled his eyes for a second. Oh well. On with the class. As far as Tag could remember, he wasn't too sure if he had ever came across that spell or heard much about it.

Funny how the word lazy seemed to be some sort of theme in the class. So, Tag went along with it. He would participate by showing... little effort. Yep. He'll do more once the actual activity and practicing of the charm comes to play. So, the boy simple stayed put where he was and listened to his classmates.

Carpe Retractum.

Right.

With or without a desk, Forrest had brought a bag that contained a charms book. He was just a little second year, after all, so he bent down, opened the bag and brought the Charms book out. He spent a while looking for it and found it at last. He had frowned while reading the information and he spent a few minutes reading it because obviously he had to get it right. Then, once he made sure he got it right, he raised while the other still kept the book open.

"It's a magical rope, I doubt it's touchable." He paused. "The book says it's orange or golden light." So if it was wrong, he should be angry at the book, because Forrest knew nothing about the spell besides the book's description.

There was only one person Wade immediately thought of who he'd imagine summoning to him, which got him feeling a little warm in the face. No, he was sure his Indy wouldn't need the spell to come to him. So they were going to use the Seize and Pull charm today. Well, facts came first. He rose his hand to add, "I imagine the target can't be out of the caster's sight to pull it towards them." Since you know, it took a lot of focus.

Arbus! Trees and plants. Nodnod. ... Did that mean that if the suffix was different, it could move other objects? Like Curly Wade had mentioned the Mobilicorpus spell that helped to move people, probably those who were injured. ... So... could it work...?

... Was he thinking too much about this? Probably.

Alec shook his head and focused, instead, on the spell that had appeared on the board. Carpe Retractum? Seize and Pull charm? It sounded familiar. He furrowed his brows and tried to think of something he could have read or come across in terms of this spell. Something... anything that could answer one of the many questions Fuller had asked.

After a minute or so, the boy raised his hand in the air. "It requires a whip-like hand... wand movement. As if... as if you're literally lassoing the object and pulling it towards you." You know, like a cowboy. Nodnod.

... Also... if the spell did produce a light and something blocked the light, would that something else be pulled towards you instead? Or would the spell just... not work?

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Taylor raised her hand at his question, "It is made out of some orangeish light and it doesnt necessary pull it... you have to pull it on your own accord... it is just kinda like a lasso, no? " Tay paused and thought for a moment before continuing, "well... almost like lasso... since the motion is more like a whip instead of circling then whip... I guess... and I believe the book says they recommend leaning back on when pulling a heavier load... so that it would be easier to pull because of the distribution of the weight.../COLOR]

What was the rope made of? That seemed like a trick question. Still, Caleb raised his hand and waited for the professor to call on him.

"Well, I think the rope is made out of...well, magic, right? It doesn't ACTUALLY create a literal lasso for you," he said with a shrug. At least he didn't THINK so. Now that he thought about it he'd never seen it really done in action.

How could Kace of missed that? He remembered learning about that charm but only briefly. He remembered his mother talking about to one of her sisters. Plus he had seen his older cousins use it before. But anyways the professor wanted to know what he knew about the spell. He had to think about that one.....

Once he had some ideas he raised his hand, "Professor i know the spell requires you to have a whip like movement." he said mimicking the movement with his own hand. "But it is recommended the caster leans backwards when pulling targets that are heavier than them." he nodded. He saw his cousin do it and he wasn't the strong type. He was sort of a weakling.

Ironic that Professor Jones was having them learn THIS spell, which was basically like a whip. Dull. He had DEFINITELY watched Indiana Jones this class was a total rip off. Just like that stupid rip off of Dr. Jones in that fourth film.

Anyway, he figured that everyone else would be answering the typical questions like the fact that it was made of orange and gold light or that's loads easier to use to inanimate objects then living things as well as the fact that those with more muscle can pull more weight. So he'd just sit this one out and looked frustratingly handsome and bored.

Yeahhhh.

Sarah knew plenty, she was pretty lazy so these spells were the ones she missed when she was not allowed to do magic out of Hogwarts
She wrote down what everyone said anyway.
THE DEETS? Was this professor too informal or what? Not that she minded, anyways it was about time that she stopped judging people like that.Sarah raised her hand "it is also easier for stonger people to pull heavier ojects therefore muscular strength will come into play... "

Kat was listening... by the way.

So Seize and Pull charm. Carpe Retractum. Useful, but she still preferred the Summoning Charm. Kat would definitely write down some notes about the class but, did they have their seats back already? Nah. She'd just keep the name and the use of the charm then it'd be okay. Here's to hoping she didn't forget. She agreed with what the others had said, just saying, but she wasn't going to repeat themm all over again. Broken record, much?

Carry on. She was still paying attention though, and kept leaning on the wall. Because standing up was tiring, did the pretty Professor know that? Could they charm stuff into chairs now? Or conjure wood or whatever. Perhaps something useful and easy.

Carpe Retractum. Interesting. Penelope thought that if you were really that lazy, you'd stick to a spell with a shorter incantation, like Accio. But whatever. This incantation wasn't too hard. Kinda flowed and stuff, which was good and would make practicing whenever it came to that easier.

Beyond those thoughts though, she didn't really have anything to add in answer to those questions. Or discussion. Or whatever it was. Was it really a discussion if you were just answering questions that were basically facts? It wasn't like you could discuss what color it was or anything if it was definitely orange. But anyway. Listening. She could do that for now.

It was just basic physics. If you did not weigh enough. Then the object would be much harder to move. Same thing with the seize and pull charm. Ella said what Nigel was going to so no real point anymore in answering.

Plus it was an easy spell to cast. Just if you were a first year. It might be a difficult spell depending on what you are trying to pull.

Couldn't Nigel just use the summoning Charm. It had the same purpose.

Which person? This person. But honestly it was just logic right? And the fact that it was balloons made sense too since the weight of the object would matter in this case on account of the spell was the magical rope, and not so much a magical effect on the target object and all of that stuff.

West put his hand up. "Its colour is different based on what you are actually trying to seize and pull. When used on inanimate objects its purple, and when you use it on plants or animals that's when it's orange or gold." He thought about it a bit. "I dunno why, and I don't know if there are any other different colours what happen."

So that could be fun to find out. Oh and also, "The target has to be in your direct line of sight, and I guess it can't have any obstacles in its way either."


....................................... did Tag have something in his eye? No? Yes? West only spared a moment's thought; he didn't have any eye drops to offer anyways.

Dunno this spell.

"The rope is made out of magic, obviously." Theo said, and actually managed to stop himself before adding a 'duh' on the end. Anything to make his gooey brains look a little more intelligent than they were.