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Astronomy Lesson 1 :: The Moon {formation theory & tides}
The first thing you may notice as you step into the Astronomy classroom on this especially sunny afternoon is that Professor Flamsteed is no where to be seen. Is this another test your constant vigilance or is the man uncharacteristically running late? Which ever the reason, you best find a seat among the large semicircle of desks and follow the instructions on the blackboard that read:
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Take out a quill and write your FULL name and year on the piece of parchment provided.
Once you have done so, give it a tap with your wand.
The parchment, enchanted by the professor himself, will turn into a sturdy wood name plaque when you do so.
Did you remember to use the lint roller on the small table outside of the classroom? It was there next to the sign that reads, "Not to be used as a brush for your hair" and has the signature of a former student in the bottom right corner.
So come on in and have a seat. Class will begin....well...as soon as the professor graces you all with his presence.
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: KABOOM! What was all THAT about?
▸ question 2 :: Why is the Moon important? Do you think the Earth be fine without its existence?
▸ question 3 :: What do you know about tides?
▸ mini activity :: BE THE MOON! Sort of. In an abstract sense.
▸ main activity :: MOVING OUT!
▸ main activity :: house vs house sandcastle battle instructions
OOC: This is IC your character's FIRST Astronomy lesson of the term.
Class will officially begin in approximately 14 hours from the time of this post.
This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.
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Time to try the spell out for real!
Lux closed her eyes and focused really hard on emptying her mind. Concentration was really important, and it sounded like this spell required a lot of it if. That was not worrying her though, because she felt a lot more confident about her spellwork than she used to. She could do anything that she set her mind to!!
The only thought she let enter her brain was what she wanted the spell to do. Once she felt ready, she tapped her head with the wand. "Aquatraxi Gravita." Clearly it hadn't worked because the balloon wasn't drawn to her. No matter. Lux tried again with even more concentration, and this time it actually worked!! Smiling, she watched the balloon come towards her and go SPLAT against her leg. Water went everywhere and she felt happy. "Cool."
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Right. With her second, and purple, balloon at her feet, Zhenya tried again. This time she was determined not to have a balloon splat. "Aquatraxi Gravita," she said, feeling the more and more familiarity of the words, tapping her wand to her head. She moved towards the balloon and smiled again as it moved, pulled towards her. She decided to go for a jog, just a few steps. The balloon followed her like a cute duck. Of course it wasn't a duck. But then, she stepped her last jog and stopped, and the poor duck balloon rolled into her. Was pulled into her? Collided with her, anyways, and SPLAT! Lucky her Wellingtons were long and protected her legs from getting wet. She HATED the feeling of wet socks in her shoes. No worry though.
She sighed, went to the front and decided to get another balloon. Was three being greedy? She needed to perfect this though, it could be in her exams. And if she managed to keep this balloon, a pink one, whole, she would put it back at the front of the class. She put it on the ground, said "Aquatraxi Gravita," and tapped her wand to her head. This time she managed to do a lap, well a half lap, of the classroom, and the balloon followed her. YAY!
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SPOILER!!: Toby
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Okay, right. Toby had cancelled the first spell he had on himself, because he didn't want to go around accidentally exploding other people's balloons. He also had a NEW balloon now, and this time it was a pink one, which was super cool and bright and he loved it. He set it on the floor, after quickly vanishing the remnants of the last balloon, and took a few steps back to try again.
"Aquatraxi Gravita," he said, firmly and decisively, and all but whacked himself on the top of the head with the end of his wand while trying to FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on the intent of the spell.
Here goes then...
One step forward... two steps... another ste- IT MOVED.
Toby SAW it. First it twitched, then did that weird THING like had happened in Airey's demonstration. Toby was about to take another step forward, but after moving no more than an inch the pink waterballoon started rolling RIGHT towards him. SUCCESS!
... And... THE CHASE WAS ON.
It became a fun game to try and outrun the balloon, ducking and weaving around desks and people and trying not to let his balloon catch up with him. A jog, as Airey had said. Ehehehe, giggles of childish delight escaped the, uhh... almost-eighteen year old, and he carried on like that for a while.
Until he became distracted by the firstie.
The boy in question (James) was nearby, and Toby couldn't help but hear the incantation he spoke. Tobias sort of slowed to a walk, and as he passed him, he dramatically and very obviously spoke out of the corner of his mouth to the boy.
"Try 'Aquatraxi Gravita'," then he tipped him the wink, like he was a super spy or something, and was about to turn and mysteriously canter off when his balloon caught up with him and splatted him right in the ankle. "Awwwhh," Toby said in a disappointed-but-not-really tone, laying it on thick. Such a child.
The chase was over.
Nothing had happened! The firstie just looked at the blue balloon and frowned. Did he have to sweet talk the thing? His eyes widened when another boy spoke to him. Hadn't he said that??? "Uh, Aquataxia Gravita?" That sounded right... Maybe he should write it down and say it sloooooooowly. Jay's eyes went to the balloon that had sploshed all over his feet and he swallowed. He now looked like the stupid new kid, which was sooooo helpful. Ugh. "AQUATAXIA GRAVITA" He said louder, hitting himself on the head even harder. WHY WOULDN'T IT WORK? Should he just sit down and amuse himself by flicking ink at Flamsteed? "It's not working!" he whined to the other boy.
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Agatha watched professor Flamsteed demonstrate the activity with the water balloon. Hm. She had to admit that was a little interesting, if it worked. His reaction to getting his foot wet almost made her smirk.
Now it was time for them to try it, so she got her wand and went to retrieve a balloon for herself as she listened to her classmates repeat the incantation over and over.
'Aquataxia'. Wait, that was not it. The sixth year turned her head in the general direction of the voice who was saying that word and frown a little. She couldn't tell which of her fellow students had said it, but she didn't like it that they were saying it wrong because she knew that would get her confused.
After getting herself a pink water balloon, she looked around to try and find a prefect or something so she could stand near them to hear the incantation being said properly.
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Noel HATED this part. Why couldn't he get this right in the first try? He recalled what the professor had said and tried to empty his mind and just FOCUS on the spell.
Raising his hand, determined and totally in focus - the fifth year repeated: "Aquatraxi Gravita" and gave himself a firm tap. He moved his foot lightly toward the orange water balloon on the floor and sure enough it rolled toward it JUST like the professor had demonstrated.
Noel grinned wide. Well, look at that. THAT was perfect.
It stayed like that for a while until Noel moved a little closer and it smashed against his shoe and .... SPLASH. Oh this was fun.
Hoping to keep the water balloon intact for a longer time, Noel picked up another one from the box and repeated the process.
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Nothing had happened! The firstie just looked at the blue balloon and frowned. Did he have to sweet talk the thing? His eyes widened when another boy spoke to him. Hadn't he said that??? "Uh, Aquataxia Gravita?" That sounded right... Maybe he should write it down and say it sloooooooowly. Jay's eyes went to the balloon that had sploshed all over his feet and he swallowed. He now looked like the stupid new kid, which was sooooo helpful. Ugh. "AQUATAXIA GRAVITA" He said louder, hitting himself on the head even harder. WHY WOULDN'T IT WORK? Should he just sit down and amuse himself by flicking ink at Flamsteed? "It's not working!" he whined to the other boy.
Well. Toby's shoes and socks were totally drenched, and the ankles of his school trousers too. Which was, y'know, no big deal, but maybe next year he would pack galoshes for school.
Oh... next... there wouldn't be a next year. Well, never mind THAT then.
While he had a few moments to spare, Toby crouched down and used that hot air charm around his feet, to sort of dry them off a bit though he knew they'd probably be getting wet again for the main activity. While he did that, he glanced back up at the first year to see how he was getting on.
Having problems, and not dealing so well with that, apparently.
"Hey, it's okay buddy," the Hufflepuff said in what he hoped was an encouraging way as he abandoned the drying-off mission and straightened again. He smiled. "Professor Airey said it would be difficult. It took me a few goes to get right, too. Try saying it slowly a few times first, just to get used to the words, then at regular speed. Aqua-traxi Gra-vita. Aquatraxi Gravita." Toby patiently spoke the words, trying to be as clear as he could and EN-UN-SEE-ATE so the boy could mimic him if he wanted. 'Cause it sounded like the problem was partly in the incantation; perhaps the other boy was just eager to get going. Toby could understand that. "When you think you've got a handle on that, how about trying again? I usually like to try and reeeeally visualise what the spell is going to do, and focus on that as I cast. That might help."
Toby gave him his most encouraging smile, to show he belieeeeeved in him. You go lil first year bud, you got this.
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For some reason Agatha could only spot the Hufflepuff female prefect and the girl looked... bored. Tired? Well, she looked like she wasn't making much progress so Agatha didn't bother to go stand next to her.
She tried to listen to what the others were saying - mainly the older kids - and she stared at them as they did the wand movement. Didn't look hard at all, but it certainly was dangerous since you were enchanting yourself and if anything went wrong... it would be very bad.
But if people were able to do it, so was Agatha hopefully, so the Slytherin stood up perfectly straight after placing her water balloon on the floor and flipped her hair. Confidence, right here. Sort of. Whatever. Hmph.
"Aquataxia--" GRRR, see, that silly person saying it WRONG. All THEIR fault. "Agua- Aquatraxi Gravita." That sounded right. Almost like Portuguese. Almost. Gravita. She could say THAT bit right. "Aquatraxia-"Siiiigh. URRGH. "AquaTRAXI Gravita. Morgana!" Agatha frowned and took a deep breath. She'd have to try it on herself now. Urgh. "Aquatraxi Gravita." She said it one last time without any wand movement just to be sure she was saying it right.
She loved herself too much to chop any part of her off or whatever.
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Now she had gotten the hang of the spell. She just had to perfect it so that the balloon would not pop. Because if it was actually the Earth and she was the Moon, that would be disastrous. Placing her new balloon on the ground, she stepped away from it and tapped her head firmly.
"Aquatraxi Gravita!" said Leah clearly. She was concentrating... and concentrating... and concentrating. After a while, she took a hesitant step towards her balloon. Just like her previous attempt, it rolled closer to her. Maintaining a short distance from it, she started walking veeery slowly around the classroom. Leah glanced back to see how her balloon was doing. Oooh, it was following her! An excited look apparent on her face, she increased her speed just a little bit and continued her walk.
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Let's try this one more time. He still had time to do this, right? The Korean boy then closed his eyes, emptied his mind and concentrated. He gave a small tap at his head with wand. "Aquatraxi Gravita!"
Then he grabbed a balloon, a blue one. Let's see if it works again. He put the balloon like a feet far away from him. Now the balloon rolled over to him. Then he decided to move slightly to the left, the balloon also followed his step to the left. To the right? He took a step to the right and of course the balloon also rolled over to the right. Now he was proud of himself, hehehe.
Jackson then took a few steps backward and still watched the balloon if it still followed his step. But he didn't realize that he accidentally bumped into another student (Agatha) "Oops, I'm so sorry..."He apologized and bowed to her. Better to take some steps forward and... Where's his balloons? Oh, it's there, it rolled over toward him and hit his feet. The water then splashed again to his feet but he didn't mind.
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Why was Professor Airey looking at him like that?... Was it something he did? Said?
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Awkward.
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BUT... the water attracting orbit thing was kinda neat, he wondered if it could be used on BIGGER bodies of water, like, what if he went near the Weasley Swamp? OR the Black Lake? Hhmm?
Taking his black and brown wellingtons from his bag, he removed his shoes and donned those instead, not that he really cared about getting his toes wet, that would have been fine too.
Once those were on, he collected himself two water balloons and with his wand he found a spot in the class at a distance from some of the others.
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Holy freaking Merlin this was starting to get kinda confusing.
Grayson furrowed his brows and tilted his head to the side as he watched the demonstration or whatever it was. Sure, the moon created a high tide or whatever. He got THAT but his brain was finding it hard to comprehend the entire idea. Maybe it was all the big words or whatever. Or maybe he just needed to pay more atten--
SWEET! WERE THEY GONNA HAVE A WATER BALLOON FIGHT? PLEASE SAY YES.
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No.
Grayson, who had immediately perked up at the sight of the water balloons, slumped in his seat again as Flammy demonstrated the activity. Alright, THAT made sense to him. They were the moons and the water balloons were gonna be attracted to them. Not because they were pretty but because, you know, they were moons and all. Yes, the seventh year UNDERSTOOD.
Getting up, the boy stretched a little, as if he was gearing up for battle. Close enough, eh? Practice came first, of course. "A-qua-tra-xi! A-qua-tra-xi......... A-qua-tra-xi......... Gra-vi-ta......... Gra-vi-ta...... Gra-vi-ta........ Aquatraxi Gravita........ Aquatraxi Gravita......" Was that enough or did he need to continue?
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Okay concentration was back again. Let's see if she could do it now. Rusty gave her water balloon a stern look, as though it was the balloon's fault she couldn't do it, then took a deep breath and...
"Aquatraxi Gravita."Tap.
GJFDSK; LOOK! THE BALLOON BULGED A LITTLE BIT! Not much, and not nearly as much as some of the other people's balloons, but it DID. She'd done MAGIC. Rowan clapped her hands a little, then decided that SURELY it would be easier now that she'd done it a little bit.
Right.
THIS time. This time it would be the best ever.
She cleared her throat, then... "Aquatraxi Gravita."Tap.
IT WORKED. IT WORKED IT WORKED IT WORKED! Rusty almost dropped her wand in excitement, but she didn't. Because it was probably the most precious thing in the world to her. BUT SHE'D DONE IT!
Angel now had to try not to get soaked by the sounds of this, though saying that when she heard they were going to use water balloons she wanted to throw one at her best friend, just because she thought it would be fun to see what her best friend would do in return but she knew she would be in trouble if she did so she left it.
Angel decided that she would grab a couple of water balloons before she went back over to her desk to try and practice the spell. "Aqua Gravity!!" Angel sighed nope that wasn't right, seriously why was it always harder to remember things at the beginning of the term. "Aquatraxi Gravity!" Angel still didn't think that sounded right. "Along came a spider!" Angel giggled knowing that was wrong. "Aquatraxi Gravita! Angel smiled when she finally managed to say it... though she must admit it was a tongue-twister.
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There really was no point in holding back, what was the worst that could happen?
Focusing INTENTLY on being a MOON and gravitating the watery TIDES of the balloons towards him, Zeke raised his wand above his head, bringing it down and tapping himself with it.
"Aquataxi Gravita," he incanted, only to realise the error of his words. TAXI... instead of TRAXI. His eyes had widened the second the sounds escaped his mouth, a zapping sensation taking to his hair. OUCH!!!!
He smelt something... something... singey. Burning? HIS HAIR?!
Naturally his hand rose to his head and he started patting down on it furiously, but there were no flames, he could live to tell the tale. No more taxi's.
THIS WAS SO EXCITING! ROWAN HAD DONE PROPER MAGIC AND THAT WAS STILL SO AMAZING SHE COULDN'T HANDLE THE EXCITEMENT.
She took a step away from the balloon, and it moved towards her a little. Eep! She was so happy that she'd been able to successfully do the spell that she bounced up and down a little... and accidentally stood on the balloon...
SPLASH!
Okay that was probably not great, but she could get another one! So she did.
This time, she carefully put it down and slowly walked to and fro as it followed her... LOOK. SHE'D DONE IT AND IT WAS WORKING AND OKFGDNJKDN...
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Although he got an answer to his axial tilt question, Yoongi did not get a THING. He had listened to the Professor’s explanation but it made him even more confused than before but he also did not want to hold the lesson so he simply nodded and scribbled down what the man had said. Maybe if he read it a few times later he would get it.
Listening to whatever the man was saying, Yoongi nodded a couple of times in pretence of knowing what to do but in reality he had no clue. Although, he did get something about playing a game later on… But first they would need to perform a charm on themselves and the Gryffindor got a bit more confident again. When it came to Charms, he was a master. Kinda…
Practising the incantation “aquataxi..aquatraxi…gravita ..aquatraxi gravita” because the key to success was practising, Yoongi was soon enough satisfied with pronouncing the incantation.
He grabbed his phoenix wand and tapped himself on the head with a firm tap and said. “Aquatraxi Gravita!” Being an old Charms students, Yoongi of course thought that the spell had worked immediately but he was wrong. No matter, he could try again.
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OOC: MINI ACTIVITY TIME!
You will have at least 36 hours to complete this mini activity and should have a minimum of 3 posts.
Remember:
> the incantation is Aquatraxi Gravita
> the wand movement is a firm tap on the head
Any questions may be asked of me OOC via VM/PM or IC to Professor Flamsteed.
Brian was starting to see a trend in the type of spells they were learning this term. One, they had to to with crashing into things. Two, they were fun and all, but had no practical use. Three, - well, when he thought of a three, he'd add it to the list. The moon had its own gravitational field thing and he honestly didn't see a point in making everyone around here little moons. What if they got too close to each other and ended up interfering with each others gravitational fields?
That was a thing, right?
OH. He'd found a three. Three, they all had ridiculous incantations for such pointless charms. Hmm. At least they were fun-looking. "Aqua-traxi Gravita." Testing out the incantation very slowly, Brian shook his head. If his sister could see him now, she would probably stop being at all jealous of his magical ability. At least she didn't have to say ridiculous words like Aquatraxi Gravita. AND say them until they didn't roll off his tongue weirdly was even harder. "Aquatrax Gravita. Aquataxi Gravita. No, Aquatraxi Gravita."
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SPOILER!!: Tobyyy
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Originally Posted by Felixir
Well. Toby's shoes and socks were totally drenched, and the ankles of his school trousers too. Which was, y'know, no big deal, but maybe next year he would pack galoshes for school.
Oh... next... there wouldn't be a next year. Well, never mind THAT then.
While he had a few moments to spare, Toby crouched down and used that hot air charm around his feet, to sort of dry them off a bit though he knew they'd probably be getting wet again for the main activity. While he did that, he glanced back up at the first year to see how he was getting on.
Having problems, and not dealing so well with that, apparently.
"Hey, it's okay buddy," the Hufflepuff said in what he hoped was an encouraging way as he abandoned the drying-off mission and straightened again. He smiled. "Professor Airey said it would be difficult. It took me a few goes to get right, too. Try saying it slowly a few times first, just to get used to the words, then at regular speed. Aqua-traxi Gra-vita. Aquatraxi Gravita." Toby patiently spoke the words, trying to be as clear as he could and EN-UN-SEE-ATE so the boy could mimic him if he wanted. 'Cause it sounded like the problem was partly in the incantation; perhaps the other boy was just eager to get going. Toby could understand that. "When you think you've got a handle on that, how about trying again? I usually like to try and reeeeally visualise what the spell is going to do, and focus on that as I cast. That might help."
Toby gave him his most encouraging smile, to show he belieeeeeved in him. You go lil first year bud, you got this.
Resisting the strong urge to stomp his foot, James just GLARED at his wand for BETRAYING him and not doing what he wanted. The other boy's words made him relax a little and look up. He supposed the professor HAD said that... SIGH. "Aqua. Traxi. Gra. Vita." Yes? He'd paused after every one, trying to make sure he was right. His little face screwed up with concentration as he spoke the words slowly again. "Aquatraxi. Gravita." Aww! He'd got it wrong again!
Pouting for a moment as Toby spoke, James listened and then nodded. Okay. He could do this. "Aquatraxia Gravita" UGH. "No... Aquatraxi Gravita" The little firstie STAAAARED at the balloon. "Aquatraxiiiii Graaaavitaaaaa." Was that a war cry? No? Well it was now. This was WAR. He was going to DESTROY this balloon. He imagined it rolling toward him helplessly and crying out to its brothers for help just before SMUSHING onto his wellies. Heh. His eyes lit up now and he stood up straight. "Aquatraxi Gravita." He cast confidently as he smacked himself on the head again with his wand.
He swayed a little as he rubbed his head afterward, but also realised the balloon had MOVED. Not a LOT, but it had MOVED. Tilting his head curiously, Jay took one step forward and then one back and squealed with delight at it following him. "YAY! THANK YOU!" Could he hug the other boy? Was that MANLY? No? Awww. Well... he'd just... um... "Chocolate frog card?" It was one of his extras, so he didn't mind SO much about giving it away.
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Agatha mustered all the concentration her intellect was capable of and held her wand firmly as she gave the top of her head a tap. "Aquatraxi Gravita." She made sure to pronounce every single syllable as well as she could because she did NOT want to lose a limb, thank you very much.
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Well?
The sixth year looked at the water balloon suspiciously and took a step closer to it. The wobbly pink esphere came towards her faster than she expected - because actually she was expecting the spell to not work at all - and, obviously, her first reaction to a rapidly approaching object was... to kick it. Hard. And so she did, making the balloon POP, splashing water not only all over herself, but probably over some other people around her too.
Hm.
Clearly no good would ever come from using silly water balloons in a lesson, would it? Morgana.
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Straightening up and exhaling a breath Hady flexed her fingers around her wand before gripping it firmly once more. Time to give this another go. Staring intently at the green water balloon for a brief moment she decided she was ready.
Taking several steps backwards to give herself some room she pointed her wand at the balloon sitting on the floor. "Aquatraxi Gravita!" She recited with clear intent and focus. This was going to work this time.
It was the moment of truth as she lowered her wand to her side once more.
One step forward and nothing.
Lifting her foot for another step forward and... her foot hovering in mid-air she froze watching as the water balloon wiggled slightly and then a bit more. Hady slowly set her foot down on the floor.
Splash!
The second her foot was down the balloon rolled towards her crashing into her foot and soaking her feet. Oh well no worries there at least it worked! Grinning slightly she glanced around to see how everyone else was doing.
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Balloon grabbing time. Now, AJ wasn't too picky when it came to colors especially because they were just practicing right now. Normally she wasn't that choosy either. AJ just didn't want a girly color, okay? That wasn't too much to ask.
The lion grabbed a couple because if the professor made his balloon pop she was sure this wasn't going to be easy for her. Spellwork usually wasn't her friend. That didn't mean that she wasn't going to try super hard though. It would be nice not to have to struggle.
Now that she was back in her area, she plopped her balloons on the floor and kicked them a short distance from where she stood. It was time to get this show on the road. "Aquatraxi Gravita!" With her right hand she tapped her head with her wand... maybe a little too roughly. Ouch. That was going to leave a mark.
AJ stared at the balloon. It wasn't doing anything. Shouldn't it be coming to her? Deciding that maybe it was too far away from her, AJ took a couple of steps towards the balloon. Nothing was happening. Did she pronounce the spell correctly?
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Agatha mustered all the concentration her intellect was capable of and held her wand firmly as she gave the top of her head a tap. "Aquatraxi Gravita." She made sure to pronounce every single syllable as well as she could because she did NOT want to lose a limb, thank you very much.
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Well?
The sixth year looked at the water balloon suspiciously and took a step closer to it. The wobbly pink esphere came towards her faster than she expected - because actually she was expecting the spell to not work at all - and, obviously, her first reaction to a rapidly approaching object was... to kick it. Hard. And so she did, making the balloon POP, splashing water not only all over herself, but probably over some other people around her too.
Hm.
Clearly no good would ever come from using silly water balloons in a lesson, would it? Morgana.
Adi was having another go with the spell and was SUPER PLEASED to report that he was having much success. Yaaaaay! He seemed to have improved vastly with his spell casting this term. But then again, who can tell? The term had just started. He was sure that he was going to be terrible at some or the other soon... like Transfiguration ones.
He had just finished getting the second balloon exploding on his big feet when there was MORE water splashing onto him O_O
"Oi! Watch where you're having those balloons popped,'' he said to the perpetrator. Oh! Agatha! "Ballerina wife Agatha! Hi! Since it was your balloon, I'll let this slide. No harm done.'' Hehe. No matter who's balloon it had been, he would not have minded.
Resisting the strong urge to stomp his foot, James just GLARED at his wand for BETRAYING him and not doing what he wanted. The other boy's words made him relax a little and look up. He supposed the professor HAD said that... SIGH. "Aqua. Traxi. Gra. Vita." Yes? He'd paused after every one, trying to make sure he was right. His little face screwed up with concentration as he spoke the words slowly again. "Aquatraxi. Gravita." Aww! He'd got it wrong again!
Pouting for a moment as Toby spoke, James listened and then nodded. Okay. He could do this. "Aquatraxia Gravita" UGH. "No... Aquatraxi Gravita" The little firstie STAAAARED at the balloon. "Aquatraxiiiii Graaaavitaaaaa." Was that a war cry? No? Well it was now. This was WAR. He was going to DESTROY this balloon. He imagined it rolling toward him helplessly and crying out to its brothers for help just before SMUSHING onto his wellies. Heh. His eyes lit up now and he stood up straight. "Aquatraxi Gravita." He cast confidently as he smacked himself on the head again with his wand.
He swayed a little as he rubbed his head afterward, but also realised the balloon had MOVED. Not a LOT, but it had MOVED. Tilting his head curiously, Jay took one step forward and then one back and squealed with delight at it following him. "YAY! THANK YOU!" Could he hug the other boy? Was that MANLY? No? Awww. Well... he'd just... um... "Chocolate frog card?" It was one of his extras, so he didn't mind SO much about giving it away.
Torie moved closer to Jay, he'd seen how upset he'd been with answering questions. But now he was trying not to laugh at Jay's attempts to do the spell. He'd not even attempted yet but had two water balloons to practice with now. He snorted at what sounded like a war cry and set one of the balloons close to him on the floor. Standing up he took his wand and said firmly 'Aquatraxi Gravita' and tapped himself on the head. Nothing, not a single thing happened. This was supposed to be easy! There wasn't even a flourishy wand movement!
He looked towards Jay and did it again 'Aquatraxi Gravita!' and tapped himself on the head again. As long as the wand didn't turn his hair pink again he'd be good. That had been embarrassing. He stepped away and still the balloon just sat there on the floor.
Adi was having another go with the spell and was SUPER PLEASED to report that he was having much success. Yaaaaay! He seemed to have improved vastly with his spell casting this term. But then again, who can tell? The term had just started. He was sure that he was going to be terrible at some or the other soon... like Transfiguration ones.
He had just finished getting the second balloon exploding on his big feet when there was MORE water splashing onto him O_O
"Oi! Watch where you're having those balloons popped,'' he said to the perpetrator. Oh! Agatha! "Ballerina wife Agatha! Hi! Since it was your balloon, I'll let this slide. No harm done.'' Hehe. No matter who's balloon it had been, he would not have minded.
Agatha whipped her head around to be able to GLARE at whoever was daring to talk like that to her. Before she could respond, the person was already apologis--
...That was no apology. Agatha narrowed her eyes at Aditya - of COURSE it would've been him >___> - and pursed her lips. She could retort to his silly obsession with calling her his wife, but instead, she waved her wand towards where the other balloons were and suddenly three of them zoomed his way.
Some good could come from having water balloons in a lesson after all.
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Wait a minute. The balloon WAS supposed to pop. Well, well, well. AJ needed to work on her listening skills. Honestly, she was just so excited to get the activity part that she kind of tuned out. AJ just figured that Airey had messed up. Everybody else around her was popping their balloons and seemed happy with it. Hmm... it was amazing what listening could do for you. Not that any harm was done because she had not been able to get her balloon to do anything at all as of yet.
"Aquatraxi Gravita!" This time she tapped the top of her head softer. Although, she manged to tap her head in the same exact spot, so it still hurt. You just can't have it all apparently. The balloon still was not doing anything and AJ had even closed the distance between them. GRRR. This was frustrating. Didn't her wand know that she was a fourth year now? Should she still be struggling this much?
It was going to work this time. The lion had a good feeling about it. "Aquatraxi Gravita." The balloon twitched. Come on baby... It was moving. It was doing exactly as Airey's balloon had done in his demonstration.
POP! Good thing she had on her special shoes. Although, she wouldn't have minded getting wet. AJ was just glad that spell had finally worked for her. YAY!
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