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There they go talking about winged horses again... Where were they? But his thoughts went out the window when Lux made her way to him he gave her a confused smile as he listen to her give her answer. She was so smart Bay didn't know anything about b that spell so he was going to keep quite and listen to what everyone else was saying about it. |
This one was Fuller. Fuller and Thompson. Okay. And Grayson had hardly noticed the new professor who had decided to drop by. Why was she here? HMMMMM? Seemed a bit fishy, didn't it? And random, too. Uh huh. But anyways, there was something FAR more important here that he'd rather focus his attention on. So, looking away from the blonde haired woman, the fourteen year old looked over at the winged horses, instead. Brilliant. Freaking. BRILLIANT. Placement Charm? They'd been taught about this sooooo, after a minute's thought, he raised his hand in the air, "Don't you have to tap the side of Thing A while it's being levitated so that it can be placed onto Thing B?" Was THAT right? "OR! Some people can just point at it and place Thing A on Thing B. Ultimate level of laziness right there." And one last thing: "I've never used it before but it sounds like a dead useful spell." Pity that it probably didn't work on humans. Or did it? |
SPOILER!!: Professor Fuller Simon gave the Professor a kind smile in response as he sat down. It was rather chilly, but boy was Simon glad he brought his gloves, hat, and scarf. As class began, Simon eagerly listened to Professor Fuller as he spoke about the Placement Charm. The charm temporarily placed an object on a desired target. He hadn't tried using this particular charm before. It seemed like it would be a good time saver. Instead of raising his hand, he remained silent and listened to the other students answer. He shrugged. He didn't have anything else that could be added. |
Due to her earmuffs, it LOOKED like Schuyler may not have been able to hear well - or that at least Professor Fuller's words would be muffled - but, actually, she could hear perfectly well. So, placement charms. "Placement charms move an object somewhere without you having to touch the object," she answered. After hearing some other student say something about laziness, she added, "I wouldn't say lazy. Just more efficient." Okay, sometimes lazy. But that could be said for a lot of spells, no? "I once used it to place a straw hat on a niffler." She and Ansel decided that it gave the the lil' guy some character. |
The combined Charms and Care of Magical Creatures lessons were starting to become one of Toby's favourite things; he totally hoped there'd be loads more, because FULLER and THOMPSON. They were fantastic, see? Placement charms? Right. Toby stuck his hand in the air, waggling his gloved fingers around even as he adjusted his scarf around his neck to protect his ears from the cold some more. "It puts a thing in a certain place," he said, which was... basically what everyone had said but shhhhh. "It's only temporary, so it's not like a sticking charm or anything, and will probably wear off after a certain amount of time, depending on how strong the spell is when you cast it. I guess you have to be super focused for it to last longer." And..... well, that was all he could really think of, but it wouldn't hurt to say more. "It's different to placing things with Wingardium Leviosa, I suppose, because you would have to do a lot more work with aiming and placing, but with this one it's like... pre-programmed in your intent? Like, it's more specific." |
Wrap up with a blanket? Bunch of MUGGLES. Whatever happened to using a charm for that kind of thing, Mr. Charms Professor? All these things were going through Sophie's mind as the lesson began. The Placement Charm. Well, the name of the charm kind of spoke for itself, didn't it? Sophie thought for a minute then raised her hand. "It's a charm that places something somewhere," she said. That wasn't very clear, though, so she added, "For example, you can place a saddle on a horse with a Placement Charm, or you can do it by hand." |
Oh Merlin! Had he just made a blunder when referring to the part of a horse's gear that could be used to subdue a Kelpie? Has he actually said harness? After hearing Lux mention the word bridle, he knew he had. Cris gave himself a mental slap on the head. Bridle dude. That's the one that goes over the head. The fairness are the straps you use to attach a horse to something a cart. Oh well too late. He's just allow the Professors to correct his wrong use of words. Concentrate Cris. Not only do you need to concentrate on what the Professors and the other students are saying, you also need to concentrate on the answers you are sharing with everyone. Sigh! |
Placement charm? Well Caleb had never USED it, but he knew what it was. He had no idea how they were going to use it for winged horses, though. He was curious to see how the two professors were going to connect the two... He raised his hand. "I know that the placement charm basically moves things for you?" he said, unsure of how to really phrase his thoughts. "So you can move heavy things and stuff, but it allows you to move things ANYWHERE, not like Wingardium Leviosa which is basically just straight up into the air," he explained. Yeah, that made sense, right? |
What sass from Professor Facial Hair. It was awesome. Maybe that was because she called him piersy. Really. Who in their right mind would like that nickname. Though it was humorous how Thompson just went along with it. More cold, just great. They would be outside more in this too cold to be outside or long period weather. Maybe Nigel should have brought a hat along or something. His face was seriously cold. Or he could just as the hot air charm that would work. Yes it would. Yeah not even going to answer that question. As if the name of the charm was not enough of a hint as to what it does. Really And he was lazy, so of course he has used it before. |
He'd arrived at class in the nick of time, near late but not quite tardy 'cause getting lost was happening. It had also taken Dima a really long time to find his winter clothes and stuff. Why were they having class OUTSIDE again? In December? Uncool, professors, uncool. But the pretty horses made up for that. The first year had sat with Kyroh and Maddie without saying anything ('cause his mouth was wrapped up in a scarf, obviously), but he WAVED to them. He also gave a halfhearted attempt to answer the first question as well, even though it didn't go very smoothly. "Mmmfgmhd mmfgnff ngmmmfdhm!" This scarf was an issue. |
Brrrrr. Marigold shivered slightly, but then promptly forgot about the cold when Fuller started talking. ONE OF HER FAVORITE TEACHERS!!!!! Plus, charms. So interesting and stuff. She grinned for a while, then remembered she was supposed to answer. Whoops. "A placement charm is for people who want to use their wands instead of manual labor and putting things places." Cos placing charm, yeah? |
Kyroh looked EXCITED, did he KNOW? Maddie was excited TOO cause winged horses but they were doing the CHARMS bit first and she s'posed she could get excited about THAT too. Learning new things and all, YUP. OH and Dima's scarf was pretty much covering his face which made Maddie wonder if he could even SEE the winged horses properly. SHRUG. She could describe them to him and stuff if he COULDN'T see! Waaaaave. Hi Dima. HIIII. Winged horses! Charms! YUP! Maddie didn't KNOW for sure what a placement charm WAS but she was PRETTY sure it placed something somewhere. YUP! Seemed like an excuse to be lazy to HER but whatever. "Could you use it on PEOPLE, Professor, or JUST things?" Cause Maddie wouldn't mind PLACING her brothers out in the yard and locking them out for a bit so she could get some peace and quiet, UH-HUH! |
Mo was completely enthralled by the flying horses, to the point where he really wasn't paying much attention to the professors. Certainly not close enough to realize that the professor was making fun of him a bit. Or maybe he realized it and didn't care. Being a seventh year was weird, man. It changed the way the world looked. But he did hear the question, and Mo raised his hand thoughtfully after some of his classmates had answered. "Is it sort of like a meeting of Wingardium Leviosa and a Sticking Charm? Except that the object sort of slides into the place it is intended like a key in a lock rather than having to be directed there through trial and error?" That was a long 'is it sorta' question, and Mo turned a bit pink. And reached over to pull Dima's scarf all the way over the younger boy's face to cover his embarrassment. |
Maybe wasn't an answer. Did the Professor know that? Except, it actually was when you added it to the shrug like that leaving the Gryffindor with one more question. "Does Kirby know you borrowed one of his thestrals?" Important stuff right there. As Groundskeeper he was incharge of the forest and the things living in there even if they were creatures and Thompson might have had some excuse. Couldn't leave out the wall of muscle in planning. Come on people, he had feelings too. Aaaaand they were on to the lesson and Mo was pulling scarves over Dima. Yup. Seemed legit. She casually reached over and tugged it all the way down, loosening it a bit (if not too much). HE WAS WELCOME and now she could concentrate on the question about the what? Placement charm?' "It's a neat charm that puts things places so you don't have to. Brilliant for those days you can't be bothered with doing things, best done when used with a bunch of other spells that equally leave you having to exert little effort to get things done." But this wasn't from HER personal view, because half the time the Gryffindor wasn't lazy. Nope. |
Placement charm. Couldn't Fuller see the answer to the question was right in the name of the charm? No. Well, maybe he just needed to do more reading or hear himself more clearly. Pretty obvious what it was about and it seemed like everyone was practically giving the same answer, so Tag just stood back, silently watching the class and what not. What's the point of answering if it'd be the same as what everyone else had said? Pointless. That's right. |
Demelza was freezing. So, naturally, she was wrapped up in all of her winter gear and in one of the blankets that had been provided. Why couldn't they be inside where it was nice and warm? It was not healthy for a future actress to be exposed to such conditions. If she got ill, this girl knew exactly who to blame. She would certainly be guilt-tripping the handsome professors in front to take care of her if she did end up getting a fever. Actually, that didn't sound like a bad idea at all. Hmm... There were winged horses here? Oh, well, would you look at that. Since getting to the lake, she had been busy daydreaming rather than paying any attention to the horses. Just saying. But the seventh year Gryffindor was focused when Professor Pretty Hair started the class. Already everyone was talking about what the Placement Charm did and all that. But Demelza raised her hand anyway. "Professor, the charm was used when I was at WADA to temporarily fix scripts after levitating them to a preferred height during table-reads. This was so we didn't have to hold the scripts out in front of us ourselves while reading through them out loud." But she didn't use the spell then. She held her scripts with her own two hands, thank you very much. Talk about dedication. |
Text Cut: Cutty HA! Of course he wouldn't admit to it. "Oh, no. Toasty as toast." She smirked, looking away and toward the Thestral. She shuddered, pinning it on the cold and wrapping the blanket tighter around herself. Oh, look, the professors. THE professors. And the lesson began, robbing all of Beverly's attention... Text Cut: Professor Fuller Beverly let out the tiniest of disappointed sigh when Professor Fuller mentioned they weren't going to talk about winged horses just yet. Her life was divided in four different areas: Dad and brother (package deal), dragons, food and winged horses. So, of course she was excited to discuss all that was winged horses. Maybe even that Thestral, although it made her uncomfortable. The Placement Charm? That was an easy one. She raised her hand. "The Placement Charm does what the name says. It places an object wherever the caster desires without them having to touch the item or move from their spot." Simple, yeah? And...it could come in useful in the library. Yes, yes it could. Especially to those not blessed with inches and inches of height. Ahem. |
Adelaide shivered a little at the cold. She grab another blanket that was close to her and wrapped it around herself. She didn't want to sit on the cold ground so that was the only option...now what was the question? Placement charms. Right. Of course Addi knew all about those, but everyone else had already answered. No sense repeating what had already been said. Besides, that would require her taking her warm and toasty arms out from under the blanket. |
Placement Charm. Penelope's first thought on them was that they were used to tame kelpies, like for that wandlore seminar a couple terms ago. She hadn't gotten to use it then since she wasn't allowed to go on the field trip, but she knew about it. That answer about kelpies had already been given anyway, so she was just gonna stay silent for now. Silent and trying to stay warm. |
A placement charm was........irrelevant. As per usual the rest of his classmates had gotten to the definition before he could even say anything. Y'know, not that he would have 'cause he just didn't want to be subjected to talking. Ever. At least not in pseudo-pretty's class. PSEUDO BECAUSE HE WASN'T, yeah? Anyway. He crossed his arms and finished out his thought. At least in his head people weren't throwing up inane answers to prove how smart they were. A placement charm was basically a way to restrain things or objects or animals or people without having to touch them to do it. |
Text Cut: Replies are in here! Once everyone who wanted to had spoken up about what they knew about the Placement Charm, Professor Fuller went on. ”Excellent answers, everyone. You were all right. The Placement charm simply moves an object from point A and secures it to point B, whatever that point is.” So, really, everyone who answered was right. Except for the kid with the scarf over his face. He wasn’t so sure about that one. ”A few of you made excellent points, as well. While the Placement charm is similar to Windgardium Leviosa, they also have their differences. That levitation charm simply just levitates the object, while the placement charm can actually move the object to a different point and stick it there, just like you all said.” Props to them smart little studentsies. ”So todaaayy,” he started slowly, somewhat for a dramatic effect, ”we will also be learning about winged horses. If you haven’t made a guess already, you’ll see in a little while what the placement charm and those creatures have to do with each other.” He was going to let them use their imagination. ”For now, go ahead and give your undivided attention to Professor Thompson and he’ll teach you all you need to know about these creatures..” He gestured to the man beside him. All yours, Javy. |
Early on when the class had entered, Professor Thompson remained silent returning each and everyone's greetings. It was quite chilly out, as he every now and then rubbed his hands together. Other than that and the sharp look he gave Professor Fuller when he suggested the students could step on Professor Morgan, he was all good standing by the Thestral while Piers did his thing first... and now it was his show. "Thank you, Piersie.." Oops. looks like that nickname for him was contagious. Heh. Moving on.. Quote:
"Now then, to ease anyone's confusion there is in fact a Thestral right by me." Taking a fresh apple from his pocket, he then dropped it in front. The students who were able to see the Thestral knew what was coming. The majority of the rest.. got to see the apple appear to magically disappear chunk by chunk into nothingness. "The Thestrals here are considered gentle creatures despite their appearance and reputation as associating with omens and death, because only those who have seen another person's death and accepted the circumstance of it are only able to see them." Just for the basic facts. Using his wand, the thirty-three year old Professor gently tapped the board behind him with it, making the words start visually appearing onto it. Yep, notes were happening. Quote:
--- OOC: Mention only one breed + optional small fact on them. Feel free to be creative with your answers. =) |
Piersie. Iiiiinteresting. But anyway, Marigold was interested in more than just the nicknames of Professors, no matter how cool and funny they were. She wrote some notes out about sticking charms and how they differ from levitation, but was finished quickly enough that she put her quill down before Javy started talking. ...there were THESTRALS!? She couldn't see them. Nope. Not even after two deaths in her family in two years, she couldn't see that. Whether the horse was basically taunting her about the fact she wasn't there when her grandpa died or just a grim reminder, Marigold didn't appreciate it. Which is why she took the opportunity to change the subject. "One breed is a Pegasus. They're used in Greek myths and stuff." So a bit of fiction. |
SPOILER!!: Fuller SPOILER!!: Thompson So it was a Thestral. Aha, he had been correct... A lump formed in his throat when the memory of the car accident began flooding into his mind again. The sirens and flashing lights... No. He had to stop. He dismissed the thoughts away and refocused on the lesson at hand. Simon continued to gaze at the Thestral for a little while longer until he realized there were notes being written on the board. He quickly pulled out his notebook and began taking notes. They'd be useful later. After listening to the Professor's question about other breeds of Winged Horses, he paused and let the information set in. Breeds of Winged Horses? Oh, he knew one of the answers. He had just read about this the other day. In his mind, he searched hungrily for the answer. When he found one of the breeds, he raised his hand. "Professor, the Aethonan is a breed of winged horse. There popular in Ireland and Great Britain," he explained. |
Cris was glad that Professor Fuller hadn't pointed out his harness vs bridle mistake in front of the class. One point for Professor Fuller. Now for the question Professor Thompson raised. "Professor another breed is the Abraxans. I believe they are the largest breed. They are most popularly known for pulling the Beauxbaton carriages. Their name is supposedly derived from Abraxas, one of the horses of Aurora. Their hair color is white and the feathers are blue. Totally awesome color combination, I think." |
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