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Stepping into the arena, you are immediately enveloped with the light shining into the room, either morning or evening depending on what time you decide to enter. If you can tear your gaze away from the intricately designed windows and high ceilings could, you can see to the very right of the room, there is the long platform in which supervised duels will take place while four benches on either side are placed at a safe distance for those who would like to sit and watch. Just ahead of the platform in the right corner, there is a door, though pay no attention to it. It's locked for a reason.
Towards the back wall, there are various types of practice dummies, both stationary and moving, depending on what difficulty the practicer wants. Don't be afraid to go all out with your spells, for these dummies are charmed to repair themselves. There is one practice dummy set aside that will shoot spells back to the practicer, however, permission from a Professor is required to use it. To the left side of the arena are two sets of stands, eight seats high, that look out to the entire arena, comfortable for those who would just like to watch what's going on all around or for general purposes such as studying or relaxing after a long day in the arena.
The middle of the room is quite empty, due to the fact that the defense Professor enjoys presenting lessons in here, but please, despite the brilliant light that shines through the arena due to the large windows, it is not some place to sunbathe or fall asleep. You will be levitated out with a good dose of cold water splashed on you if caught.
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SPOILER!!: Angel
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SPOILER!!: Benny
So she didn't want him to go easy on her...did that work both ways? Angel wanted him to be careful so Benny supposed it did. That she wasn't going to purposely pull any punches sort of speak just because she cared about him so he in turn had to be cautious and keep her spells from hurting him. "I'll do my best," the older Gryffindor remarked, figuring it was really all he could promise. That he wouldn't allow himself to get hurt just as much as he would find a happy medium between truly trying on her and not risking too much harm to her.
Ben watched as his spell was blocked with relative ease before bracing for whatever was to come back to him in return. "I'll keep that in mind," he stated simply in response to her remark.
Nope..not that spell. "Protego!" he cast, blocking the spell that Adi had tried on him in their earlier duel. The first one anyway. The whispered spell that followed after was only partly blocked as its precursor had weakened the shield and the fifth year found his feet pulled out from under him again. He really didn't seem to have the best luck protecting himself from that spell.
Now it was time for the next in his list of chosen spells. Taking a brief yet deep breath, Benjamin aimed once more at the girl across from him. "Petrificus Totalus!"
Angel looked at her boyfriend as he did the next spell. "Protego!" Angel looked at her boyfriend, this was just a bit too easy for her. "I thought I told you not to go easy on me." Angel giggled she would have to tell him off soon if he didn't do anything more interesting soon, these spells he was doing now were just so easy to defend, why not use incedio or something wicked, so she could sing my skirt is on fire. Though actually she hoped he would never use that spell on her she would pout if he did and she would wibble.
*Wibble* *Wibble*
Why was he trying to make her stand still so she couldn't defend herself, was this part of his master plan, well she would get him back. "Duro!!" Angel did the wand movement and then straight after the first one she shouted again. "Duro!!" the wand movement was done again.
Angel blocked this spell too, even if with less ease that before. "I'm not," Benny said, defending his choice of spell as Angel teased him about going easy on her. It wasn't his fault that maybe she was a bit talented in the area of defense. Or maybe he wasn't using the roughest spells in this in the end. Not that quite a few on the list didn't exactly strike him as doable on a human person even if they had been given to add to the list of options.
Like bombarda?!
The spell that Zeke had used on Professor Flamsteed that had made him wince and be concerned for the older man. Thankfully the astronomy buff had blocked that one. Benny just shook his head at the thought before Angel got his attention once more with her seemingly upset with him. However when the spell aimed his way took hold on his shoes it was pretty sure he had gotten taken by her distraction. Trying to move his feet was nearly impossible, his shoes now appearing to be stone.
"Nice..." he said at first, letting out a slow breath. Point to his girlfriend. No more nice lion for sure. "Ligatenous!" he cast, watching as a chain developed from his wand and heading towards her. It was a spell he had learned in an early defense class but was never a strong suit. Benny was semi-thankful it had actually happened when he cast.
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Agile, wasn't she?
Cosgrach nodded to himself a little as he thought of his next spell: Confundo, gonna cast nonverbally. Since she wanted a real duel, he would even -
"Protego!" Again, this time around his face. The previous 'protego' would hopefully protect him from the second spell as he non-verbally sent a Confundo! her way.
She was fierce!
"Protego!" she cast almost as soon he cast his own, knowing that because her spell had bounced off of him he'd most likely attack rather quicly. She was eternally grateful for that bit of quick thinking when Culloden shot a non-verbal at her, so strong her shield barely managed to deflect it. In fact, had she been standing a little to her left it would have hit her straight in the chest. Perhaps the problem was her shield and not his spell... She probably needed to work on her defensives. Great.
Oh, here was an idea though. One spell that she could indeed do nonverbally now because she did it almost ever morning after her runs. Aguamenti! she cast and applied the correct wand movement, wondering how he'd react as a very large wave of water advances on the potions professor.
But the idea was the spell she cast almost immediately after her water conjuring. "Glacius!"
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Wow....wow...just Wow...He managed to convince Agatha Hapgood to do the Homework with him. He had to look over the Bulletin a few times and wrote out the spells on a small piece of parchment, and read up on as many of the ones he didn't know about to try and become a better Wizard.
Better than when he left.
"Agatha, surprised you beat me here." He said as came out of nowhere behind her. He took out his wand and flicked his wrist a bit while holding onto it with his thumb and forefinger tightly. "I was thinking. For the Homework we could actually use it to Strengthen our Shield Charms." See so improving their offensive spells would also work, Aegis was more focused on having the Best shield he could possibly cast. "Unless you want to just have a fully fledged duel first?" See what they could properly improve on.
Agatha did a proper full spin and hit Aegis in the arm when he came out of nowhere behind her. "DON'T do that!!" She glared and slapped his arm again. No one should EVER startle Agatha Hapgood.
RUDE.
He was immediately sounding like a nerd, but she couldn't complain, since he'd better help her out with these spells. Strengthen their Shield Charms. Hm, sounded alright. If anything, she knew she wouldn't die during her DADA OWL practicals if she could master those. "Fine." And she was about to step away from him when he gave the idea of a fully fledged duel first??? "NO!" She snapped, looking back at him over her shoulder. "Let's just practise spells." NO proper duels because she didn't want to DIE.
...
"So what's first?"
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"Protego!" she cast almost as soon he cast his own, knowing that because her spell had bounced off of him he'd most likely attack rather quicly. She was eternally grateful for that bit of quick thinking when Culloden shot a non-verbal at her, so strong her shield barely managed to deflect it. In fact, had she been standing a little to her left it would have hit her straight in the chest. Perhaps the problem was her shield and not his spell... She probably needed to work on her defensives. Great.
Oh, here was an idea though. One spell that she could indeed do nonverbally now because she did it almost ever morning after her runs. Aguamenti! she cast and applied the correct wand movement, wondering how he'd react as a very large wave of water advances on the potions professor.
But the idea was the spell she cast almost immediately after her water conjuring. "Glacius!"
Cosgrach was expecting her to deflect his spell, because she was a seventh year. She ought to be able to do these kind of things. He didn't plan to give her a break, however, and lifted his wand to -
...was that water?
YES IT WAS. His shield was useless against WATER, of course, so he was SOAKED and SURPRISED and before he could react, she FROZE him.
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Cosgrach was expecting her to deflect his spell, because she was a seventh year. She ought to be able to do these kind of things. He didn't plan to give her a break, however, and lifted his wand to -
...was that water?
YES IT WAS. His shield was useless against WATER, of course, so he was SOAKED and SURPRISED and before he could react, she FROZE him.
Can't... breathe...
Shuddeeeeeeeeeeeer.
Bambi blinked. That... had worked?
Oh no, she was going to.. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, oh merlin, Professor I- BWAHAHAHA!" the seventeen year old BURST out laughing and doubled over, the sight of Culloden frozen solid just about the BEST thing she'd seen in this school. It took a few seconds but eventually she wiped at her eyes and calmed herself down enough to walk forward to the slightly chilled professor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Does this mean she'd won? Should she take his wand? But.. Oh. Oh wait. Suddenly remembering that he was a grown man who might suffer health concerns from frozen lungs - and, er, might not appreciate being laughed at oopsie - Bambi wracked her brain for a way to quickly defrost him. The blue flames would be too slow, she needed some sort of container for the Incendio charm..
Oh! "Accio torch!" she cast, thinking of one of the multitudes of torches hanging on the castle walls, and bit her lip until one came through the door and she caught it deftly, glad it hadn't hit anyone on the head. Would have been very surprising and most probably painful. "Incendio!" she then conjured the fire into the torch and held it to Professor Culloden's frozen body until he began defrosting.
"Sorry, Professor," cue ANGELIC SMILE. Not mad at her yes? BEAM BEAM BEAM.
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Startled, Lux stared at Eden as she had a mini freak out and blasted the dummy away into nothingness before rounding on her. Errrrm... "Good job?" Yeah, no glaring please because she had gotten the message to STAY AWAY. No hugs for Eden and they would move on to the next spell.
"So... Expecto Patronum?" Might be a good idea. Maybe the HAPPY thoughts required for a patronus to work would help get rid of the anger... Besides, Lux was curious to see what form hers would take since she had only ever tried the spell out once and it had been ages ago. She was much better at spell work now that she had more confidence in her abilities.
Eden remained quiet. She was trying to cool herself off and NOT snap Lux's HEAD OFF. Because she had the potential to do that, but she didn't WANT to. Lux was NICE and SWEET and stuff and didn't deserve the brunt of Eden's self rage.
So.
HHMPH.
Ugghh. She wanted to do the bloody PATRONUS next? Eden had no faith in her abilities for that one at ALL. Nope. But she just nodded..."Sure, Lux...why don't you go first..." she said softly, sighing. "I don't think I'll be able to produce on, honestly..." But she did look up the wand movement in her notebook...just really a point. Easy enough. "Expecto...Patronum."
Siiiiigh.
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Eden remained quiet. She was trying to cool herself off and NOT snap Lux's HEAD OFF. Because she had the potential to do that, but she didn't WANT to. Lux was NICE and SWEET and stuff and didn't deserve the brunt of Eden's self rage.
So.
HHMPH.
Ugghh. She wanted to do the bloody PATRONUS next? Eden had no faith in her abilities for that one at ALL. Nope. But she just nodded..."Sure, Lux...why don't you go first..." she said softly, sighing. "I don't think I'll be able to produce on, honestly..." But she did look up the wand movement in her notebook...just really a point. Easy enough. "Expecto...Patronum."
Siiiiigh.
Eden wanted her to go first? Well, Lux was more than willing to do that and not just because her friend looked as if she might go Hulk at any moment.
"Okie dokie!" Time to think of her happiest memory and was it any surprise that it had something to do with Bay? Nope, because it was Lux and she loved her Bay lots and lots. Memory fixed in her mind, she pointed her wand at Eden; she was a Dememtor or Lethifold and Lux needed to destroy her. Hehe.
Creating a circular movement with her wand she called out, "Expecto Patronum!" A small puff of silver smoke was emitted, and Lux felt very proud of herself for accomplishing even that. The Patronus Charm was well past NEWT level and it would take ages to actually master the spell.
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Caleb wasn't about that partner work. Not at all. He was going to practice all by himself, get his homework done, and then get back to studying. But really, this WAS kind of studying, right? Because he was practicing all the spells that would probably show up on his OWLs.
Now, which one to do first? He decided to go with Carpe Retractum, because it was pretty basic but something he needed to brush up on. He selected one of the older dummies and made his way to a corner where he wouldn't be disturbed.
He cleared his throat and pointed at the dummy, then flicked his wand like a whip at the target. "Carpe Retractum!" he exclaimed. An orange rope shot out of his wand and wrapped around the waist of the dummy, and that was Caleb's cue to PULL back and yank it towards him. Sure enough, the dummy came screeching towards him and he held out his hand to stop it before it ran right into him.
One spell down, four more to go!
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Agatha did a proper full spin and hit Aegis in the arm when he came out of nowhere behind her. "DON'T do that!!" She glared and slapped his arm again. No one should EVER startle Agatha Hapgood.
RUDE.
He was immediately sounding like a nerd, but she couldn't complain, since he'd better help her out with these spells. Strengthen their Shield Charms. Hm, sounded alright. If anything, she knew she wouldn't die during her DADA OWL practicals if she could master those. "Fine." And she was about to step away from him when he gave the idea of a fully fledged duel first??? "NO!" She snapped, looking back at him over her shoulder. "Let's just practise spells." NO proper duels because she didn't want to DIE.
...
"So what's first?"
The first slap he didn't feel so much. The second one...well just say the first one softened his skin, because that one stung like Hell. "Sorry, sorry." He rubbed his triceps where a red hand mark was now appearing.
Wow she certainly was on edge a lot more than she seemed to be as per usual or Agatha. "Cool. Why don't we just throw some disarming charms at each other. You want to Protect, or Cast first?" Aegis was fine with whatever, though he'd prefer to try and make his Shield Charm better.
It was the wiser choice to let Agatha choose how they began.
"No? Okay, okay. I was just asking, I'm sure you'd be kick-butt at it with your furiosity" he gave her a wink with that comment too.
He hopped up onto the Dueling Arena and stood at the opposite end. Waiting for Agatha to give her Answer, and take her place.
The first slap he didn't feel so much. The second one...well just say the first one softened his skin, because that one stung like Hell. "Sorry, sorry." He rubbed his triceps where a red hand mark was now appearing.
Wow she certainly was on edge a lot more than she seemed to be as per usual or Agatha. "Cool. Why don't we just throw some disarming charms at each other. You want to Protect, or Cast first?" Aegis was fine with whatever, though he'd prefer to try and make his Shield Charm better.
It was the wiser choice to let Agatha choose how they began.
"No? Okay, okay. I was just asking, I'm sure you'd be kick-butt at it with your furiosity" he gave her a wink with that comment too.
He hopped up onto the Dueling Arena and stood at the opposite end. Waiting for Agatha to give her Answer, and take her place.
Oh, he was sorry?? "You BETTER be." Agatha huffed, flipping her hair irritably and looking around impatiently. She didn't want to do this stupid homework because she knew she was going to fail ridiculously and Agatha Hapgood did NOT like failing, ALRIGHT?
Aegis suggested some Disarming and Shield Charms, which didn't sound dangerous at all, so the Slytherin nodded. "Fine." She said and immediately climbed the dueling... stage or whatever that stupid thing was. Her death arena. WHATEVER. Huff.
He was sure she'd be kick-butt with her furios-- GLARE."I'm NOT furious." She retorted, still frowning, tossing her hair to the side as she got ready for... nothing. Ugh.
Raising her wand and pointing it right at his face, Agatha took a deep breath. "Exp....elliramus." She mispronounced the spell in a VERY low tone and she considered lowering her wand and walking away. But no no no no NO, that would only get her KILLED during OWLs. "Expel- .....why don't YOU go first?" She tried to sound bossy but a good observer would be able to hear the nervousness in her voice.
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So for the next spell...a simple Stupefy would be a good choice, Caleb concluded. He put the dummy back into position after having flung it towards himself and then walked back to his position, stretched his arm as he did so. He turned back towards the dummy, cleared his throat, and pointed right at it.
"Stupefy!" he exclaimed, jabbing towards the dummy quickly. With a crash, the dummy flew backwards, which from his previous practice lessons told Caleb he was successful. Although that was an easy one, he should step it up now...hmmmm...maybe a patronus?
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Oh no, she was going to.. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, oh merlin, Professor I- BWAHAHAHA!" the seventeen year old BURST out laughing and doubled over, the sight of Culloden frozen solid just about the BEST thing she'd seen in this school. It took a few seconds but eventually she wiped at her eyes and calmed herself down enough to walk forward to the slightly chilled professor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Does this mean she'd won? Should she take his wand? But.. Oh. Oh wait. Suddenly remembering that he was a grown man who might suffer health concerns from frozen lungs - and, er, might not appreciate being laughed at oopsie - Bambi wracked her brain for a way to quickly defrost him. The blue flames would be too slow, she needed some sort of container for the Incendio charm..
Oh! "Accio torch!" she cast, thinking of one of the multitudes of torches hanging on the castle walls, and bit her lip until one came through the door and she caught it deftly, glad it hadn't hit anyone on the head. Would have been very surprising and most probably painful. "Incendio!" she then conjured the fire into the torch and held it to Professor Culloden's frozen body until he began defrosting.
"Sorry, Professor," cue ANGELIC SMILE. Not mad at her yes? BEAM BEAM BEAM.
Was she... LAUGHING while he was completely FROZEN and definitely FREEZING and practically DYING!?
If Cosgrach wasn't frozen solid, he would have reprimanded her well. Actually, he still would, right after Miss Glee defrosted him. Actually, she had to defrost him quickly. He definitely couldn't breathe well, and he was sure his skin would be burnt after this...
Finally.
Did she really think her angelic smile could save her? His face was still expressionless as his muscles had JUST been defrosted, and lucky for him. He didn't say anything out loud, however, as the duel was still not over and she was so distracted, he cast a non-verbal Petrificus Totalus at her.
Angel blocked this spell too, even if with less ease that before. "I'm not," Benny said, defending his choice of spell as Angel teased him about going easy on her. It wasn't his fault that maybe she was a bit talented in the area of defense. Or maybe he wasn't using the roughest spells in this in the end. Not that quite a few on the list didn't exactly strike him as doable on a human person even if they had been given to add to the list of options.
Like bombarda?!
The spell that Zeke had used on Professor Flamsteed that had made him wince and be concerned for the older man. Thankfully the astronomy buff had blocked that one. Benny just shook his head at the thought before Angel got his attention once more with her seemingly upset with him. However when the spell aimed his way took hold on his shoes it was pretty sure he had gotten taken by her distraction. Trying to move his feet was nearly impossible, his shoes now appearing to be stone.
"Nice..." he said at first, letting out a slow breath. Point to his girlfriend. No more nice lion for sure. "Ligatenous!" he cast, watching as a chain developed from his wand and heading towards her. It was a spell he had learned in an early defense class but was never a strong suit. Benny was semi-thankful it had actually happened when he cast.
Angel looked at Benny, this spell didn't seem to be his best, what was that some chains. "Protego." Angel smiled as she deflected the spell. "You... You.."
*wibbles* *wibbles*
"Your going easy on me."
*Wibbles*
"I thought I told you not too." Angel then decided that she wanted to try the spell Benny just had. "Ligatenous!" Angel did the wand movement and nothing. *pouts*
"I can't do the spell." Angel sighed, seriously it wasn't fair Benny could but she couldn't. "Ligatenous!" Angel tried again. "Ligatenous!" "Ligatenous!" Angel waved her wand like crazy but nothing happened. "Stupefy!" Angel went back to a spell she knew how to do.
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Was she... LAUGHING while he was completely FROZEN and definitely FREEZING and practically DYING!?
If Cosgrach wasn't frozen solid, he would have reprimanded her well. Actually, he still would, right after Miss Glee defrosted him. Actually, she had to defrost him quickly. He definitely couldn't breathe well, and he was sure his skin would be burnt after this...
Finally.
Did she really think her angelic smile could save her? His face was still expressionless as his muscles had JUST been defrosted, and lucky for him. He didn't say anything out loud, however, as the duel was still not over and she was so distracted, he cast a non-verbal Petrificus Totalus at her.
This was probably awfully uncomfortable for him... She couldn't imagine what it was like to be literally encased in eyes. Would he get frostbites? Those were really painful. Noticing that he'd began dripping, Bambi ever so casually took a step back and extended out the arm holding the torch. Funny thing: it was heavy. Like, super duper heavy, and she was fairly strong for your average seventeen year old twiggie.
She relaxed when the ice had all but disappeared and made to lower the torch when- *GASP* "PROF-" she YELLED, horrified at the way she'd just been BETRAYED - she was HELPING HIM GOSH - but then Bambi's muscles froze in a similar yet wholly different way than his had and she ever so slowly toppled backwards.
She was going to hit her head. That would hurt. Also, she was still holding the torch. Huh. Oh. OH. OH NO.
ABORT ABORT. ABORT MISSION. SCALDING, REALLY HEAVY TORCH WITH BURNING MAGICALLY CREATED FIRE COMING TOWARDS HER FACE. PROFESSOR. ABORT. ABORT PROFESSOR ABOOOOOORRRRTTT.
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Eden wanted her to go first? Well, Lux was more than willing to do that and not just because her friend looked as if she might go Hulk at any moment.
"Okie dokie!" Time to think of her happiest memory and was it any surprise that it had something to do with Bay? Nope, because it was Lux and she loved her Bay lots and lots. Memory fixed in her mind, she pointed her wand at Eden; she was a Dememtor or Lethifold and Lux needed to destroy her. Hehe.
Creating a circular movement with her wand she called out, "Expecto Patronum!" A small puff of silver smoke was emitted, and Lux felt very proud of herself for accomplishing even that. The Patronus Charm was well past NEWT level and it would take ages to actually master the spell.
WHAT WAS LUX DOING POINTING IT AT HER?!?!? Eden wanted to YELL at her to point it somewhere else when Lux was SAYING the spell--thank MERLIN it was just SMOKE, Lux Carrington.
She raised an eyebrow. "What are you PLAYING at, aiming it at ME?!" she asked, in a GRUMPY tone...but...sigh. She couldn't be THAT mean to Lux..."Warn a person next time, Lux, okay?" she rubbed the bridge of her nose. Merlin's pants.
Eden was about to crack. And she didn't even know why.
"I guess I should try...." she wasn't looking forward to this at all. Ahem.
Happy memories...what could she even think about? She had a handful of TRULY happy memories. And...thinking of Cutty or Phe or Cole was...no. She didn't feel like thinking about them right now. Not at all.
She struggled for a bit...and then she remembered...a summer day, before she started at Durmstrang..she was eight...and they'd had a picnic outside. Irene, Iden, and Eden..and Rotty, of course, the fiercely friendly rottweiler. Eden grinned as she thought of how doting they'd been that day. So concerned with her so....interested. She remembered her dad asking her what she wanted to be when she grew up...and eight-year-old Eden had, of course, wanted to be a dog at the time. She didn't care that you couldn't grow up and be a dog.
Pffft.
"Expecto Patronum!" she cried, her wand spurting forth a bit of misty haze...similar to Lux's, and she widened her eyes...
She'd NEVER even produced THAT before.
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This was probably awfully uncomfortable for him... She couldn't imagine what it was like to be literally encased in eyes. Would he get frostbites? Those were really painful. Noticing that he'd began dripping, Bambi ever so casually took a step back and extended out the arm holding the torch. Funny thing: it was heavy. Like, super duper heavy, and she was fairly strong for your average seventeen year old twiggie.
She relaxed when the ice had all but disappeared and made to lower the torch when- *GASP* "PROF-" she YELLED, horrified at the way she'd just been BETRAYED - she was HELPING HIM GOSH - but then Bambi's muscles froze in a similar yet wholly different way than his had and she ever so slowly toppled backwards.
She was going to hit her head. That would hurt. Also, she was still holding the torch. Huh. Oh. OH. OH NO.
ABORT ABORT. ABORT MISSION. SCALDING, REALLY HEAVY TORCH WITH BURNING MAGICALLY CREATED FIRE COMING TOWARDS HER FACE. PROFESSOR. ABORT. ABORT PROFESSOR ABOOOOOORRRRTTT.
Cosgrach had imagined she would DROP the torch, so when it began falling onto her, he was surprised, but not panicked: he flicked his wand and the torch was extinguished before it hurt her at all. However, he had the time to pick just one, so he didn't try to slow down her fall. Just like how she didn't mind his frostbites.
Oops.
He wasn't cruel UNlike her, though, so he only smiled once, quickly cast all the shields he knew around him, and set her free.
"Never let your guard down," he said, and even offered a hand to get her up. "We can focus on your weakest spell now, if you want. Or have another round of duel."
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Cosgrach had imagined she would DROP the torch, so when it began falling onto her, he was surprised, but not panicked: he flicked his wand and the torch was extinguished before it hurt her at all. However, he had the time to pick just one, so he didn't try to slow down her fall. Just like how she didn't mind his frostbites.
Oops.
He wasn't cruel UNlike her, though, so he only smiled once, quickly cast all the shields he knew around him, and set her free.
"Never let your guard down," he said, and even offered a hand to get her up. "We can focus on your weakest spell now, if you want. Or have another round of duel."
Well. That had been exciting. Not. Mr. Culloden, Professor Potions Sir, she was giving you the DIRTY EYES. YES. Because she couldn't move her face. DIRTY. Hmpf.
Finally set free - but only after he'd cast like a bazillion protection spells around him - Bambi grabbed his hand and slowly got to her feet, glad to see she didn't have a concussion. No thanks to her PROFESSOR over here. She debated for a second if another Aguamenti charm would be a good idea, but decided against it. He was right, as much as it pained her - and it DID - to admit. She had rather stupidly assumed she'd won.
Sigh.
"I assumed we were done... My mistake," she said glumly, and twirled her wand in her hand. She should have taken his wand when he was frozen. Just plucked it right out of his hand. "Yes, I'd like that actually. I need some help on my defensives, they're really weak and I have no idea why", she rolled her shoulders to shake the heavy feeling of the loss. She actually did have an idea, but she wasn't about to tell a Professor that she'd been too lazy to actually practice them. Offensives were easy, you just shoot 'em at a dummy and have at it. Defense requires patience, a partner and constant practice, none of which she possessed. At least not yet.
Wasting no time, she turned and cast, "Protego!" and flicked her wand in a straight vertical line. "See, I can do this just fine, but if you test it it just kinda crumbles," she added and shrugged. Assistance would be great, thank you.
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Caleb had, actually, been practicing the patronus charm all year in his free time - if he wasn't going to learn it any time soon in classes, he was going to learn it himself! Mostly it was out of curiosity - he wanted to know what his patronus was!
He'd been successful a few times, meaning that he'd gotten a shape that looked like some sort of canine out of it. Was he really that surprised? He LOVED dogs, especially his dogs, and wouldn't be surprised if his patronus turned out to be that as well. Now time to do a little showing off...
He cleared his throat and mustered up some of his happiest memories - Levi's birth, getting Baldwin, learning he'd been made prefect..."Expecto Patronum!" he exclaimed, pointing at the dummy and focusing all that happy energy on the dummy. A blue-ish wolf like shape - or was that a Bernese Mountain Dog? Meh, he still couldn't tell - appeared for a few seconds, bounding towards the dummy, before disappearing. Just a bit more practice and he'd have a full patronus, he was sure of it!
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SPOILER!!: Eden
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Originally Posted by kayquilz
WHAT WAS LUX DOING POINTING IT AT HER?!?!? Eden wanted to YELL at her to point it somewhere else when Lux was SAYING the spell--thank MERLIN it was just SMOKE, Lux Carrington.
She raised an eyebrow. "What are you PLAYING at, aiming it at ME?!" she asked, in a GRUMPY tone...but...sigh. She couldn't be THAT mean to Lux..."Warn a person next time, Lux, okay?" she rubbed the bridge of her nose. Merlin's pants.
Eden was about to crack. And she didn't even know why.
"I guess I should try...." she wasn't looking forward to this at all. Ahem.
Happy memories...what could she even think about? She had a handful of TRULY happy memories. And...thinking of Cutty or Phe or Cole was...no. She didn't feel like thinking about them right now. Not at all.
She struggled for a bit...and then she remembered...a summer day, before she started at Durmstrang..she was eight...and they'd had a picnic outside. Irene, Iden, and Eden..and Rotty, of course, the fiercely friendly rottweiler. Eden grinned as she thought of how doting they'd been that day. So concerned with her so....interested. She remembered her dad asking her what she wanted to be when she grew up...and eight-year-old Eden had, of course, wanted to be a dog at the time. She didn't care that you couldn't grow up and be a dog.
Pffft.
"Expecto Patronum!" she cried, her wand spurting forth a bit of misty haze...similar to Lux's, and she widened her eyes...
She'd NEVER even produced THAT before.
...Why was Eden talking to her like that? Lux's smile faltered because she hadn't done anything wrong. "We are supposed to practice the spells on each other. That was the point of the whole thing." Otherwise they might as well have just done the activity by themselves with the dummies. She wasn't annoyed and liked working with Eden, but it wasn't nice when your partner was grumpy with you for no reason.
As Eden produced a mist, Lux clapped enthusiastically. That was a huge accomplishment and Lux hoped that Eden would be in a better mood now as it wasn't nice to be in a bad mood. Thinking about it, she couldn't remember what the next spell was supposed to be.
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After his sort of successful attempt at the patronus, Caleb reminded himself that he really needed to get back to business - it was fun to practice the patronus charm of course, but would it really help him on OWLs? Probably not. That was NEWT level stuff. Still, it was cool and it helped his confidence knowing he could produce SOMETHING at least...even if it was just a faint outline right now.
Which one would he do next? He decided on...Diffindo. That was a good one that might show up on the test. Walking back into his position and clearing his throat once more, he focused on the dummy and then slashed his wand across the air in front of it. "Diffindo!" he exclaimed, watching as the leather chest of the dummy burst open. If this were a real duel, Caleb totally just delivered the KO hit.
"Reparo," he said, fixing the dummy so that he could continue to practice. Plus it was just nice and courteous to the next person who came in after him.
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Hmm. SO THEN. If Toby was figuring this out right, they were both doing the homework and both needed a partner, so maybe... JUST MAYBE... yes.
"Fancy partnering up with me, then?" he said cheerfully to the Slytherin. "That'd be cool, right?" He thought about also pointing out that he really was hopeless at some of the more offensive spells, but decided that maybe he'd not NEED to show that, if they were about to demonstrate.
Though, he still felt iffy at casting AT a student. Especially a student like Magdalena, who he'd helped a bunch in Potions last time. It just felt like... BETRAYAL. But... they were supposed to be learning how to get better at these spells for a reason, so... y'know.
Toby twirled his wand through his fingers again, running through a mental list of spells that he needed to really work on and try to improve. Likelihood was that he wouldn't end up doing much, or any, damage, honestly. Maybe Maggie could totally handle herself in the Duelling Arena. Wouldn't surprise him.
Toby used funny words and Maggie giggled. "I fancy yes." VERY cool! She'd get to practice with an OLDER student too. A nice one. A Hufflepuff. Who might go easy on her.
NOT THAT SHE NEEDED IT OF COURSE!
Okay cool. She grinned at him, then curtsied because it was an HONOR to be practicing with him. Hehe. Then she moved away from the wall a little so they'd have more room and wouldn't get interrupted by any of the other people in the dueling arena. Right. Yes. Ahem.
"Ready?"
She cleared her throat. And actually focused. There was NOTHING worse than embarrassing yourself. So there. She tightened her grip on her wand (having finally learned HOW to hold it properly) and closed her eyes for a second. Deep breath. Just like when she was doing yoga. Find your inner strength and.... "Impedimenta!" The incantation was accompanied by the right wand movement. She basically drew a horizontal line in the air with her wand. Cool, huh?
Toby used funny words and Maggie giggled. "I fancy yes." VERY cool! She'd get to practice with an OLDER student too. A nice one. A Hufflepuff. Who might go easy on her.
NOT THAT SHE NEEDED IT OF COURSE!
Okay cool. She grinned at him, then curtsied because it was an HONOR to be practicing with him. Hehe. Then she moved away from the wall a little so they'd have more room and wouldn't get interrupted by any of the other people in the dueling arena. Right. Yes. Ahem.
"Ready?"
She cleared her throat. And actually focused. There was NOTHING worse than embarrassing yourself. So there. She tightened her grip on her wand (having finally learned HOW to hold it properly) and closed her eyes for a second. Deep breath. Just like when she was doing yoga. Find your inner strength and.... "Impedimenta!" The incantation was accompanied by the right wand movement. She basically drew a horizontal line in the air with her wand. Cool, huh?
OH LOOKIT, HER SPELL!
Toby, too, moved so he was in a good space, away from other duelling partners and with enough space between them that seemed wise for a duel type thing. THEN he made with the bow but only remembered a half-second AFTER Maggie had curtseyed because, well... Toby had never duelled before, even for fun, so he was a little bit rusty on that protocol. BUT... all sorted, okay, tiME TO D-D-D-D-DUEL.
"Ready. Hit me with it." BOOSH. Power stance. Well, uh... Duel stance. Toby was SO READY.
Oh, uh, maybe not that ready. Because, when the spell flew at him, Toby forgot to block completed. Perhaps it was just a sport reflex, from Quidditch and stuff, but his first instinct was to attempt to physically dodge the spell. He darted to the side but the spell grazed his shoulder. It felt like he'd been lightly punched or shoved in the arm, forcing Toby into a weird backwards step/pivot thing, but... in slow motion. Like... like moving through thick syrup. Merlin. WEIRD.
After a few moments, though, he was back to normal, and rolled the shoulder that had been hit with the spell to shake off the last of the sluggishness. "Nice one," Toby said with a grin, unable to hold back the encouragement despite being mid-duel. Okay, must remember to use the shield charm at least once.
His turn, then, Toby raised his wand and moved it in a kind of arrow-to-the-right motion, along with the incantation: "Rictusempra!"
Ehehehe. So this technically wasn't a spell Toby had LOADS of trouble with, but he'd never used it in a duel situation, and it felt like a good idea to practice with something he was moderately confident with first as he got used to the setting. Ahem.
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SPOILER!!: Angel
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel looked at Benny, this spell didn't seem to be his best, what was that some chains. "Protego." Angel smiled as she deflected the spell. "You... You.."
*wibbles* *wibbles*
"Your going easy on me."
*Wibbles*
"I thought I told you not too." Angel then decided that she wanted to try the spell Benny just had. "Ligatenous!" Angel did the wand movement and nothing. *pouts*
"I can't do the spell." Angel sighed, seriously it wasn't fair Benny could but she couldn't. "Ligatenous!" Angel tried again. "Ligatenous!" "Ligatenous!" Angel waved her wand like crazy but nothing happened. "Stupefy!" Angel went back to a spell she knew how to do.
The chains developed and sped towards her, but alas, Angel managed to block them as well. Benny took the moment of reprieve to cast a finite on his feet, letting out a small sigh of relief when he could move his feet in his shoes and both around the floor. The relief was short lived as Angel was clearly disappointed with his spell-casting, taking it as he was going easy on her rather then just because the harder spells he was using weren't his best.
But then that was the purpose of the activity...right? Learning or practicing new spells.
"I'm not..." he said as he watched as she tried out the spell he himself had just used on her, the third year unable to duplicate it. "Really I'm not going easy on you....just trying to learn the harder sp--" Benny tried to explain but was taken off guard by the second spell, one that he hadn't expected after her failed turn. And so the older lion was hit by the stunning spell with no defense and fell to the ground, one half of his body numb and tingly from the effects of the spell thankfully not strong enough to fully knock him out.
Toby, too, moved so he was in a good space, away from other duelling partners and with enough space between them that seemed wise for a duel type thing. THEN he made with the bow but only remembered a half-second AFTER Maggie had curtseyed because, well... Toby had never duelled before, even for fun, so he was a little bit rusty on that protocol. BUT... all sorted, okay, tiME TO D-D-D-D-DUEL.
"Ready. Hit me with it." BOOSH. Power stance. Well, uh... Duel stance. Toby was SO READY.
Oh, uh, maybe not that ready. Because, when the spell flew at him, Toby forgot to block completed. Perhaps it was just a sport reflex, from Quidditch and stuff, but his first instinct was to attempt to physically dodge the spell. He darted to the side but the spell grazed his shoulder. It felt like he'd been lightly punched or shoved in the arm, forcing Toby into a weird backwards step/pivot thing, but... in slow motion. Like... like moving through thick syrup. Merlin. WEIRD.
After a few moments, though, he was back to normal, and rolled the shoulder that had been hit with the spell to shake off the last of the sluggishness. "Nice one," Toby said with a grin, unable to hold back the encouragement despite being mid-duel. Okay, must remember to use the shield charm at least once.
His turn, then, Toby raised his wand and moved it in a kind of arrow-to-the-right motion, along with the incantation: "Rictusempra!"
Ehehehe. So this technically wasn't a spell Toby had LOADS of trouble with, but he'd never used it in a duel situation, and it felt like a good idea to practice with something he was moderately confident with first as he got used to the setting. Ahem.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG IT HAD WORKED!!!!!
Maggie just stood there grinning - it might have turned into a smug smirk at some point - when the spell actually HIT Toby. Like....he was older. And probably better at the whole magic stuff than she was. Heheheheheheheheheh-
Oh. Wait. Oops. "Are you okaaay?" She even managed a smile and a (almost genuine) concerned look.
.....................there was a spell coming her way.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Maggie wasted valuable seconds panicking and staring at Toby's spell before finally casting a Shield Charm. Only it was way too late which resulted in her giggling and bending over. IT TICKLED AAAH HELP NO NO NO NO NO MAKE IT STOP NO NO NO NO NO NO!
...Why was Eden talking to her like that? Lux's smile faltered because she hadn't done anything wrong. "We are supposed to practice the spells on each other. That was the point of the whole thing." Otherwise they might as well have just done the activity by themselves with the dummies. She wasn't annoyed and liked working with Eden, but it wasn't nice when your partner was grumpy with you for no reason.
As Eden produced a mist, Lux clapped enthusiastically. That was a huge accomplishment and Lux hoped that Eden would be in a better mood now as it wasn't nice to be in a bad mood. Thinking about it, she couldn't remember what the next spell was supposed to be.
Eden nodded. "I knooow I know." She waved her hand dismissively at Lux. "Sorry." A simple apology was all she felt like giving the Hufflepuff. She smirked..."Let's try the patronus again...I think we can get a stronger mist....I don't think we'll get it to a corporate shape just yet, though." That was her being realistic, you know?
"I'll try again-I got this--" she said, more reassuring herself than Lux at this point. Poor, poor Lux. Mentally unstable Eden McGee was probably not the best person to........practice potentially dangerous spells with. WHOOPS.
"Ahem." She got ready, and aimed her wand at Lux....HEH. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" she thought of her vacation with Phoenix this summer...smiling as she cast the spell, and the mist seemed thicker, ALMOST taking on a form, dashing at Lux instantly. But it didn't take a form.
Eden smirked though. She felt SMUG. "did you SEEEE that, Luxeroo?!" she asked, running over to HUG the redhead and KISS her cheek. "OKAY OKAY YOU GOOO!" she said excitedly, hoping Lux's this time would be better, too.
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