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#1 Agatha didn't know the answer, but that didn't stop professor Airey from winking at her. Hah. She was totally his favourite! She stood up straighter with her nose up in the air, proud. The man talked... and talked and talked and talked. Merlin, too much information. But it was time for the practical part. Agatha got a balloon and watched as he demonstrated. It was advanced magic, he said? Oh, great. She was hardly able to do simple spells, let alone advanced magic. Sigh. Maybe she'd try it first just to see what would happen. She placed he open-end of the balloon on her wand and was about to say the incantation when Airey spoke in a chipmunk voice, making her look up and staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare at him. What had just happened???? Did that magic do that to them??? Merlin, she didn't want to sound like that!! She waited until some of her classmates did the spell and noticed they sounded normal. Huh... maybe it was just professor Airey's oddness showing again. Fine. What was the incantation again? She read it off the board. "Helic umtus." That didn't sound so bad. But it was conjuration, and that was difficult. "Helic umtus." She said, trying to flick her wand as subtly as the teacher had done. .....Nothing happened. Maybe the wand movement should be less subtle. "Helic umtus." Agatha gave her wand a proper flick. ......Maybe it had been too much now. Sigh. |
Post 1 & Lex Penelope took notes on some of the things the professor had said. They would be filling balloons with helium. Conjuring helium. She wasn't sure if she could do it. Before attempting the spell, she practiced the incantation, "Helic umtus. Helic umtus." Ready to try the spell with a balloon, she put a balloon at the end of her wand and held it there. How was she supposed to flick her wand and hold the balloon on at the same time? Holding the end of the balloon on her wand with one hand and holding her wand in the other hand, she tried the spell. "Helic umtus," flick. The balloon slipped off the end of her wand. She did not get any helium out of her wand, but she had managed to drop the balloon before she started to fill it. Maybe she had flicked too much. Picking up the balloon, she put it on her wand and tried the spell again. "Helic umtus." Nothing. At least she hadn't dropped the balloon this time. SPOILER!!: Lex It looked like the Gryffindor prefect girl (Lex)was good at this. Penelope walked over to the girl. Maybe she could help her. "Hi, I'm Penelope. Can you help me, please?" |
Post #1 Radiosonde. Word of the day right there, and what a STRANGE contraption it was. As important as it might be for the lesson, Beverly's interest peaked when magic was mentioned. That was her thing. Yes. Confident area and all. An advanced spell, was it? Beverly smirked to herself. She could do this, she could. The wand movement was a small flick by the looks of it and the incantation wasn't as complicated-sounding as various other spells she's learned. It probably wasn't those that made the spell advanced. Had to do with intent and power and all that stuff. Going over to her desk she practice the incantation and wand movement a bit. No matter how simply it sounded, she wanted to get a feel of it before she cast. Afterward, taking a balloon from the bag, she held the opening of the balloon and eyed her wand. They had this, they DID. Team work, lets go! "Helic umtus." Wait for it. Wait for--nothing. (-___-) "Helic umtus." ... "Helic umtus." ... "Helic umtus." Beverly Wayne's patience was wearing out. |
Post 1 A spell that conjured Helium? That was pretty epic, and Mo stretched out at his desk long enough to jot down a few notes on the spell, the incantation, and the wand motion in case he wanted to use it again. Which he did. For science. Then he rose and retrieved his balloon. It was sort of amusing to watch his classmates, some of which had not perfected the art of blowing up a balloon and some of which were all too efficient. It couldn't be that hard, right? He just had to put the end of the balloon around the tip of his wand and speak the incantation. And then helium would fill his balloon. Ta-da the end el fin. Or that was the theory. Except when he tried it, saying the incantation, "Helic umtus," nothing happened. Hmm, what was he...? Oh, right. The wand motion. This time, Mo held the end of the balloon at the end of his wand and gave it a firm flick as he said, "Helic umtus." The balloon began to fill steadily. Easy. |
Post #2 Again, again! "Helic umtus!" Flick and...zilch. Why wasn't it working?! She wanted helium, and she wanted it NOW. Okay, okay. No getting frustrated. If she did she'd lose concentration and it'd only get uglier. Taking in a deep breath, she focused. Flick. Intent. Balloon. Spell. Helium. "Helic umtus!" she cast with more verdict. The balloon swelled in size, growing bigger and bigger and bigger and--TOO MUCH. Quickly holding the end shut, she dropped her wand. A very unimpressed expression made it to Wayne's face as helium blew up at her face. Welp. At least her balloon hadn't popped. Carefully reaching down and casting Finite once she grabbed her wand, Bev grinned at her balloon, then scowled at it. You better not pop. |
Post 2 Lex watched the balloon filling with Helium, maintaining a tight enough grip to ensure the balloon didn't shoot right away from her wand and force her to start over. It wouldn't be too hard, given the light matter being conjured but that was besides the point. The first attempt would have been rendered a waste and there was little the Gryffindor hated more. It'd been a while since she'd seen a whole watermelon but that didn't mean she couldn't estimate. It only needed a little more....just...a little....there! "Finite." Lex tied her balloon shut, keeping the air from slipping back out then headed to the Professor's desk for a radiosonde. How this would help them get aireborne she still didn't know but again, blind faith. They would be going up in hot air balloons and it would be epic. It was all a matter of patience and waiting. As she got back to her seat she found one of the baby 'Claws making their way over to her. Oh? Quote:
"First thing's first, you'll wanna secure it so it doesn't dart off like half these balloons have." She said, gesturing to the way she'd held her own balloon just now. "Then comes the harder part," for the younger ones anyway, "the conjuring of helium." Lex gave a light flick of her wand, eyes on Penelope to be sure she was watching. "It'll take a bit of concentration and that flick then the incantation. Try to calm down and really focus." Go ahead, give it a shot. It'd be fine if she didn't get it straight away. Lex wasn't in a rush. |
Post 2 Okay, so here was the tricky part... removing the wand, ending the spell, and tying off the balloon all with only having these two hands. The fuller Mo's balloon got, the more he dreaded that final moment when he'd either be amazing and quick and clever, or he'd get a face full of helium and probably hear his voice go up about two octaves. It wasn't the end of the world, but he was a seventh year and sorta wanted to end things on a high note. Just not... that kind of high note. Finally, the balloon was uber full and as round as a ripe watermelon, and Mo jerked his wand free and pinched the end of the balloon shut. By holding his wand between his second and third finger, Mo could juuuuuuuuuuuust tie off the balloon, although he was getting a full blast of helium up his nose in the process. Don't breathe. Do. Not. Breathe. "Okay, now what?" Mo asked as he pointed the wand away from his face and finally ended the spell. OH MERLIN WAS THAT HIS VOICE? |
Post #3 It was inflating! IT. HAD. WORKED! YEEEEEEEEEEEES! A very smug Grayson watched as his balloon got bigger and bigger. It was a little slow, much slower than how Flamsteed had blown up his balloon, but it was getting there. At a snail's pace. No big deal and whatnot. And this time, instead of being rational and slightly pessimistic, he was looking on the bright side. Weird or what? Once the balloon had finally reached the size of a large watermelon, the fourth year said, "Finite!" Done. Uh huh. With one hand still holding onto the end of the balloon, Grayson slid his wand out and clasped the end of the balloon shut with his left hand. He stuffed his wand back into his robes before using his right hand to help tie a knot around the end of the balloon. Didn't want aiir escaping, did he? The Slytherin then headed up towards the front of the classroom to get the weird looking instrument that was going to help them predict the weather. He wanted one that was optimistic. One that said that it was going to be sunny outside. Alas, he didn't know which one would do that sooooo Grayson picked out any random one and headed overr to his desk. Now he had to attach the balloon to this?? How exactly was he meant to-- String? Was that what some other people were doing? Tying it up with the string? Okay. That was what he was going to do, then. Tying the end of the balloon to the string. This level of trust was dangerous. |
Post #3 Next was the--what's it called? The radiosonde! Yeah, she remembered. Making sure the end of the balloon was properly tied, Beverly gently hugged it to her chest as she went up to the front to take a radiosonde. No way she was leaving it behind when it cost her to cast the spell correctly. Coming back to her desk with the contraption, she stared at it before deciding how she was going to tackle this. First, keep the balloon away from sharp objects. Second, tie the string onto the balloon and makes sure the other end was connected to the radiosonde. Doing exactly that, Beverly softly poked the balloon. What's next? Since, you know, they couldn't go outside or they'd freeze their bums off. |
#2 - claiming Mo, if that's okaaay =Y This was definitely not going to work. And was that Ravenclaw's voice like professor Airey's????? This spell was dangerous. It was probably a good thing Agatha couldn't do it. She needed someone to do it for her, then. Preferably someone that wouldn't need to be paid afterwards as well. She couldn't really spot Cutty anyway, so he was doubly out of question. Soon enough people started getting their balloons filled with helium and Agatha was sure she'd be the only one with an empty balloon if she didn't act quickly. She looked around and for some reason she couldn't see many older people that could help her. She'd have to go to the funny-voiced guy then. Walking up to where he was, Agatha held out her empty balloon. "Would you help me, please?" The Slytherin asked politely. That guy was a Ravenclaw but Agatha had seen him being normal and even wise a couple of times already, unlike crazy Nigel. If anyone, he could totally help her. Or so she hoped. |
*claims a bunch of these random flying balloons* we see everyone though <3 Doing the mature thing and pulling on the end of his balloon to slowly release the helium from within, producing one of those high pitch REEEEEEEEEEEE sounds that air made when escaping such soft quarters, the professor began to make his way around the classroom to check on students' progress. And partly to make sure that no one was going to get blasted across the room as he had done to himself in his office. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Kevin & Els :3 o__________________________________O FIRE?! Thank MERLIN he had opted to teach them how to conjure helium rather than hydrogen for this task. Whole bloody classroom would have blown up! He was pretty sure that his heart had stopped beating and he was having an out of body experience as he watched Miss Robertser go over and assist (or try to assist anyway) Mr. Hirase. He offered the seventh year prefect an appreciate salute. CARRY ON! Quote:
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IDEAS WERE FORMING NOW! LESSON IDEAS! OOOOOOOOOOOOH! "I now am in possession of TWO balloons!" he called out while waving them in the air, still with his squeaky squeaky voice. Anyone going to claim them? Quote:
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"We should duet, Mr. Branxton," he teased, giving the seventh year a quick salute. Was he familiar with Alvin and the Chipmunks? Had found a few vintage music collections in a muggle music shop a few summers ago. Muggles listened to odd things back in the day. OOC: you still have AT LEAST 17 hours to complete this portion of the activity |
Post 1! Meteorology. Radiosonde. Pressure and whatnot. It was all written in Lottie's notes the minute they were allowed to sit. Granted, she'd sat before that, so she time to write everything down. OKAY. Weather balloon. And they'd be using magic for this, of course. Cool. She still couldn't believe someone was actually called balloonist in the 1700s, FYI. Apparently, that was something she found incredibly interesting. But back to balloons... the spell. Eyes were on Airey the entire time when she wasn't writing, so she definitely didn't miss the spell being cast. Leaving her notes on her bag but ready to take out if needed, she chose a balloon and attached it to her wand. Slight flick of the wand, got it. Also, the spell was... Helic umtus. Got it, again. Smiling ever so lightly and wondering when this cold weather would stop, Lottie tried her best to focus on the spell and on getting her balloon up and running. "Helic umtus," she said, holding the balloon to her wand and watching as it began to fill up slowly. Yes, slowly was good, she didn't want the thing to blow up in her face or become a runaway balloon like plenty of others Airey was currently in possession of. Merlin. Okay, so, maybe not plenty, just two, but still. |
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Oh no, no, no, no. Then he heard Airey call out to someone about losing their balloon. Nu-uh that wasn't his balloon. Simon blushed rather sheepishly and avoided eye contact, staring at his finished product. Then he realized that it was his first balloon that he had actually thought he found but wasn't really his. Merlin, thank goodness, he hadn't blown that up manually or he could have gotten a nasty virus or something. Without another thought, Simon made his way over to Professor Airey. "Sorry about that, Professor. That's my balloon that kind of smacked you in the face," he said. |
Post 2! Stiiiiill filling up that balloon, man. Though it was starting to fill up faster and faster as time went by, whatever that meant. Also, she was starting to get colder and colder. Was that some sort of coincidence? Or had Airey been on the right track when he asked them to walk around the room? Jog, not walk, sorry, right. Either way, once her balloon was, as the Professor had pointed out, the size of a watermelon, they were supposed to stop with the spell and get on with the radiosonde. Well... that's not exactly what she did. Just kidding, she did. Large watermelon, but not too large, it was a perfect size. The balloon. "Finite," she said, as she went on to detach her wand from the end of this balloon she was oh-so-fiercely holding. No running away. At all. Heh. No helium incidents either, AWESOME! Tying off the balloon and making sure there was no way the helium couldn't escape somehow, she walked to collect the radiosonde and attached the string of said device to the balloon. Weather balloon was officially ready to become operational or... whatever they were gonna do. Now, what? Were they going to freeze some more? |
post 1 Scribble Scibble Scribble.... Zander had been so busy taking down notes on all of this atmosphere stuff that he was starting to fall behind the rest of the classroom. Oops. He really should learn how to write faster. But alas, the deed was done. With his notes finally completed and out of the way, he took his wand out and set it on his desk. He'd be using that later. First he needs some practice. Oh no. Advanced magic? Ugh. Two of Zander's least favorite words, well when used together anyway. He loved magic, just not the advanced kind. Helic umtus... Okay. Not too bad. It could have been a lot worse. Like that weird thing they used in transfiguration? Yeah, Zander still had no clue how to pronounce that one. At least this was kind of a nice roll of the tongue one? Practicing saying the incantation a few more times, Zander grabbed for his balloon. Now um... For the hard part? |
Text Cut: Ethan and Hayden! Conjuring time! Cassia drew out her wand and silently repeated the incantation in her head a couple of times for good measure. No need to embarrass herself in front of anyone, young or old or anything. For all they knew she did those conjuring spells like she brushed her hair. Many times and professionally. Now that was an exaggeration but she knew she didn't suck else she wouldn't have agreed to help. Making a joke out of herself would do no one good. So now's the time to prove it. Ethan chose a green balloon and got a nod of approving. She held the wand with her right hand and with the left she held the balloon lightly since Ethan was doing that. But just so she had something to do with her hand. Squinting at the balloon she paused for a moment gathering her thoughts and concentrating, "Helic umtus," she spoke keeping her hand straight and fixed. Hmm... did it work? The snake's eyes were fixed on the balloon and it seemed to remain the same until... Nope! It totally was getting larger. Cassia made sure not to look too pleased with herself. She after all was supposed to know what she was doing and was sure that it would work. Though, internally she was dancing. And perhaps that internal dance made her forget to STOP the conjuring. BOOM. Whoops. Her bad! Just when the balloons exploded, she remembered what Professor Flamsteed said about it being in the size of a watermelon. Smiling sheepishly at Ethan she grabbed another green balloon and started over. "Helic umtus," Same method. And the balloon was being inflated. Now, however she kept her focus on the size of the balloon. OKAY THIS! "Finite," PHEW! Closing her fingers around the end of the balloon just in case Ethan was a second late or something. "I trust you know how to tie it?" she winked at the boy before turning to Hayden. It seemed everyone was choosing a balloon of their house color. Made perfect sense. Cassia knew she would be choosing a green one, too. Which reminded her that she still needed to do her balloon. And Ethan volunteered to help. Awesome! Nodding at the badger when she held the balloon, Cassia cleared her throat before giving her wand the slightest flick and murmuring. "Helic umtus," It would really be great if it worked. "Helic umtus," Anytime now ? Slower than earlier but it totally worked. PHEW. Good to know. The seventh-year stayed alert keeping half her concentration on the spell and the other on the size of the balloon no need to blow this up, too. The blond was tempted to stop now but she knew she could make it bigger a little bit yet so why deny Hayden of this. A couple of moments later she knew the balloon was close to exploding if she kept filling it. "Finite," And smoothly done. Cassia set down her wand and wiped a drop of sweat that formed on her forehead. Man, what concentration and pressure did. To Ethan now she said,"So wanna help with mine still?" She could really use someone to hold the end of the balloon and close it time. She probably could manage but if there was an easier way why not to take advantage of it. |
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She tried to practice the incantantion:" Helic umtus"..but nothing happened.. She smiled at Zander and she said:"Hi! I'm Lucy...can you help me to fill the ballon?" |
Post 2 Now it was time for the tricky part, tying off the balloon. Jasmine had always had difficulty doing that. Maybe it was a lack of fine mitor coordination, who knew? She certainly did not want her balloon flying off like a missile and having to start over again did not appeal to her. Holding onto the stem of the balloon, Okay, now Jasmine was mildly amused. If you couldn't have fun in Astronomy, where could you have fun? Taking advantage of her helium rush, she said the first appropriate to the situation thing she could think of. "We represent the Lullaby League, the Lullaby League, the Lullaby League and in the name of the Lullaby League....We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land". At least she didn't do the little dance that went along with the song. Once again, way too much Muggle TV in her youth. Anyway the comic relief must have calmed Jasmine down because she was finally able to tie her balloon. Holding onto her balloon, Jasmine walked over to Professor Flamsteed's desk. Once there, she picked up one of the devices and returned to her seat. If she could only attach the contraption to her balloon, she would be in good shape. |
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"PROFESSOR!!!!!!!!" Angel was panicking now. "I'm scared of the world......" Angel then heard what the professor said, that just wasn't so cool, if it wasn't happening for a million years why did the Professor have to bring it up, she would try and speak to him about Star Trek later. "Helic umtus!" Angel really hoped that the balloon was going to work but once again nothing happened, this was getting hopeless fast, she wanted to be able to do this spell but it wasn't working. "Helic umtus! Helic umtus! Helic umtus!" Angel waved her wand and smiled when the balloon started to blow up, until it went wrong and then she was speaking like a chipmunk, she stopped the spell after a few seconds. "Professor, I sound like Alvin the chipmunk." Angel giggled after a few second as her voice sounded weird with the helium in it. Though at the minute she wasn't doing well with the spell where was her bestie when she needed her. |
Leah certainly did not expect to learn spells in this lesson. Wasn't that stuff for Professor Bellaire's subjects? Charms and Transfiguration? But this seemed fun, blowing balloons up. She decided to practice the incantation first thing first - Helic umtus. Trying to imitate the professor and all of her classmates, the Hufflepuff started to say it out loud. "Helic umtus. He-lic um-tus! Helic umtus. Helic umtus.." After many many attempts, Leah managed to get the hang of the incantation. Confidently, she walked over to the professor's desk and retrieved a yellow balloon. She stuck her wand at the tip of her balloon and held it tightly. The second year then cleared her throat before saying, "Helic umtus!" With an excited flick of the wand. Meh, nothing happened. Well.. time to try again. |
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He took a step forward and offered one of the balloons back to him. He was fairly certain it was the first one he had picked up, not that it really mattered unless the Slytherin had some sort of sentimental value attached to the balloon. "Still got all my limbs and eyes in their sockets. Carry on!" Quote:
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Right. Well. He was going to ignore the scared part of what she had been saying. He didn't do comfort so well, ask pretty much any student that had come by his office and cried at some point or another. "SUBTLE flick, Miss Valentine. Your flourishing your wand too much. Very minimal movement from the wrist," he instructed as he watched her perform the spell once more. "Patience and concentration. Conjuration is very advanced magic and certainly not something I expect a first year like yourself to master in 30 minutes. Why, that would be like expecting a protostar to form overnight!" Which was utterly ridiculous because it took them 10 millions years to form. Something he had enough tact not to say out loud because his instincts were telling him that would only end badly. With tears. Perhaps. Cringe. |
post 2 Lucy began to worry..she wanted to give up.. She said to herself:"I just need to concentrate.." Lucy started to move her wand and to mutter:" Helic umtus Helic umtus" Awesome...her ballon started slowly to swell.. Lucy said:"Finite !!!"She decided to remove it from the tip of her wand..following the instructions of the professor.. When she had done that she took one of the devices and attached it to her ballon.. She had her legs a bit trembling.. Then she started to wait for some instructions.. |
Asking Jasmine for help ^^ "Helic umtus." Flick of wand. Hmm, nothing happened. Leah concentrated on conjuring helium out of her wand. Would that help in conjuration? It certainly did in her class the other day. She inhaled deeply and repeated, "Helic umtus." Flick. Really.. Nothing? Not even fire, like Kevin? Hmm, third time was NOT the charm. Better ask an older student for help. The Hufflepuff looked around and quickly noticed Jasmine, who was welcoming people to Munchkin Land. Leah walked over to the girl's desk and smiled, still holding her balloon. "Hii Jasmine. Remember me?" Never mind she could always introduce herself again. "I wondered if you could help me with this spell, please. Conjuration is HARD you know." She paused for a dramatic groan. "And you seem like an expert on this." The second year smiled again. Help, pretty please? |
Post 3 SPOILER!!: Cassia Ethan cringed as he looked from his popped balloon to Cassia. Was it a wrong move to ask the Head Girl about this? Merlin. But oh hey look, she got another green balloon and gave it another go! The third year couldn’t help but cringe as he watched his balloon inflate. No popping, please? Yes? YES! “Aw, yuss!” Ethan gave Cassia a nod as he got the balloon off of the end of her wand. He clenched the end of his inflated balloon with his mouth and got a balloon for Cassia. Of course, he promised to help her out, yeah? The Slytherin’s nose itched and the boy scrunched up his face, causing the helium inside the balloon escape to his mouth. Eh…whoops? Gulping the air, Ethan tied up the end of his balloon, and prepped himself to help Cassia. “Of COURSE I’m gonna help you!” Ethan paused and stared at Cassia. Was that…him talking? With a chipmunk’s voice? “Ahaaaahahahaahaha!” The third year burst out laughing, sounding like an over-sized Cornish Pixie. “I’m here to help youuuuuuuuuu. Hihihihi!” |
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