Eden beamed right now. "Brilliant, yes, Professor!" she said just as brightly back. ooooh he seemed to be in a great mood today. Well good.

And jogging in class. Nice. Eden didn't mind this. It was stimulating for the brain, wasn't it? She rolled her eyes at people who would INSIST on complaining about this...MERLIN. As she weaved in and out, the Ravenclaw ruffled her hair and thought for a minute. Obviously, they were sticky. That would be the first answer EVERYONE gave, though...she needed to think for a few more seconds--

Her hip slid against the corner of a desk--"Fudge--" she said sharply, but she just rubbed it with her palm and kept up with the pace of the class and raised her hand. "Um--well--spiderwebs are really hard to see most times, especially for the animals they're supposed to be catching, so--that makes it easier to entrap things, you know?"

Angel started to do what the Professor said, she loved a bit of exercise to waken up the day. She started to run around the room weaving in and out of the desk. Seriously if she knew the Professor was this keen on exercise she might ask him to join her one day in a room around Hogwarts.

Angel raised her hand as she answered the question. "Professor the spider makes the web so strong that it's hard for certain things to get out." Angel smiled.

Henric blinked at the ice pack on his desk and looked up at the professor. "Thanks professor...uhh...yeah..I will..."he muttered back before he put the icepack onto his forehead. Aahh..that felt better as he let the extreme cold dull the throbbing pain. He turned back to Adi who had just remarked upon his injury. He nodded back,"Yeah I'm fine mate..." He fell quiet once again when Benny came to sit by them. Guess he was pushed aside once again...oh well.Le sigh. He had more important things in mind right now though, first to find his missing pet toad.He missed Princess so much...

Guess it was partly his fault they wouldn't be ducking under tables and jumping onto desk. Not intentionally, he must say.With another sigh, he stood up and jogged with the rest of the class while still holding the ice-pack on his forehead. What was the question again? Sorry, he was busy juggling the ice-pack on his head and trying to avoid bumping into chairs or desks as he weaved through them. Spiders? Webs? Why was it all about them these days? Oh right...the school was infested with them.

"You're welcome," she replied to him, robotically. Could she just curl up right here and have a quick power nap? No? Okay...

She nodded, and looked up at the Professor, sighing. "I got a bit stuck on some Arithmancy equations, and then I had to finish revising over my," yawn, "'Scuse me, Potions notes. NEWTs will be the death of me." Of that she was almost certain.

Just keep your eyes on the prize, Burton.



Zhenya was glad to get up and do something physical, wake up a bit. Although a sleep was at the top, this was a close second. She rolled her shoulders a few times, then her neck, and then joined the line. She had a quick think about the spider webs, but a shudder than ran through her caused her to stop thinking about them. EW. Why the spiders? WHY was she living in a castle infested in the creature she was terrified of? She tried to answer that one though... "They are so effective because they are sticky and incredibly strong. Great at sticking food for them and strong enough so that the creature can't damage the web or get loose?"

The fifth year groaned as he heard that he looked like death. He knew he did, there was no need to say it out loud you know… He ran a hand through his hair, trying to style it down to look more presentable but it was no use. “two hours of sleep” he said as he held up two fingers “That’s what happened. And two hours of sleep yesterday and…I slept like a cute baby the day before that but the day before that was hell also and…”realising he was rambling, something he did when he was tired, he stopped talking with a last “if I fail my OWLS I’mma sue this place” no lie. “But no worries Sir, I won’t fall asleep, not in this class “ he loved Charms!

Then as the professor started the class, Yoongi grabbed a bottle of seaweed water mist spray out of his bag while listening to the question and sprayed it on his face. Ah~ much better~JOGGING?! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH. Maybe he could hide under his desk and spray his face with this mist and it looks like he ran? Brilliant plan! But he knew he could not execute it so the Gryffindor stood up and started to fast walk . No jogging for him.

“Webs are sticky so if a prey lands in to it, its stuck.The spider is a lazy predator cause all it does is sit there and wait for prey to fall in its trap…which is actually kind of smart..” he answered as he automatically looked to the front and therefore hit the corner of a desk with his knee and a bad word came out of his mouth when he felt the pain. But he wasn’t stopped. No way, as a Gryffindor he did not stop even when hurt. So he fast walked further with a bit of a limp in his pace now.

Can we sit noooow?!

Huh? What? Huh? HUH?

Oh.

Toby looked up from where he'd started fiddling around with a couple of quills and his parchment, and blinked at Quigley. "Me?" he replied, then broke into a sudden grin. "Oh yeah, I'm great. Top of the world. Fantabulous." Was that a word? That wasn't a word, but Toby didn't care. Maybe his answer was a little over the top as Toby was really just basically doing okay WITH ADDED EXAM STRESS and the like, but over the top was EXACTLY how Toby lived his live. He gave the man a salute. With both hands. At the same time... and kept talking. "Tip top. Ace. Walkin' on sunshine, woahhh." Ahem, uh... getting carried away. Right. Toby grinned again and motioned that he was zipping his lips and shutting up now.

After that, the Hufflepuff focused on the other students filing in, still FIDGETING like a WINNER in his seat, and bouncing his feet under the table. Merlin. He should have gone for a longer run this morning. LUCKILY THOUGH, they were soon getting started, which meant he could focus his energies on the LESSON, WOO.

WAIT. WAKER UPPER. THAT MEANT CHARGING AROUND THE ROOM, YESSSSSSS.

Toby was UP and OUT OF HIS SEAT right away at the instructions, barely even sparing a moment to start lining up before he was off, going weaving through the rows of desks. Problem was, while he LOVED to keep moving and was pretty graceful up on a broomstick, Toby was one of the clumsiest boys that walked this green earth when he had two feet on the ground. Desks were slammed into, hips were struck, feet collided with chair legs, but all in all he remained UPRIGHT, and that was what was important.

But answer. Yes. He had one of those, and so Toby raised his hand, even as he ran.

"Spider webs are EFFECTIVE because the spiders that MAKE THEM have positive spirits and a CAN-DO ATTITUDE." CRASH, dodge, run. Nailed it. "That's why they look so elaborate and kinda pretty." Because, in Toby's mind, that was the primary function of a spider's web.

#aesthetic

Agatha stared right back at the professor, serious expression in place because how dare he even look at her that way? So rude. Her eyes narrowed and she almost glared at him when the words came out of his mouth. Most pathetic greeting he's gotten in a while? Whatever. But, pshhh, his next sentence almost made Agatha laugh. Only it didn't. "No." She answered dryly. She had been polite enough to greet him in the first place! He should appreciate that. Besides, Quigley was a professor, but he couldn't tell her what to do and how to greet people. He wasn't her father.

And there he went, wanting them to run and answer questions at the same time. What kind of methodology was this?? It made no sense and Agatha didn't approve of it. Keeping fit, yes, but talking at the same time? No. So she did run, alright, but no answers were given.

How very nice of him to say. A smile played across her face. "Thanks, professor." And he was also very welcome. Maybe she could remember the whole apple thing for every class. Being awake for them all was simply asking too much. Sooo... don't get too comfortable with that.

Running. AJ loved running. She quickly got up and began to make her lap. Not wanting to be done too quickly, she ended up doing a light jog. The exercise really was clearing her head and it gave her a little time to think about the question.

"Because they make their webs soft like pillows to make their prey feel extra comfy before noming them." It was really nice of them if you asked her. That's why she loved her spiders. So considerate they were.

WHAT was that stare all about??? Yes. Bud. Noel's little bud. Griiin. That is all.

Noel should have known. The LAST time Quigley did this, Noel had tripped and hurt muscles in his body that he didn't even know existed. It was a pain and Noel was still holding a grudge. But - Benzi had noticed and had been annoying enough to make him run every morning and do stuff that he just wanted to whine about, so this time it wouldn't hurt as much. THAT still didn't mean he wasn't annoyed.

Dropping his bag on the seat, Noel got to running. Weaaaving in and out of the rows, and even though he was a little breathless after a while - it was not at all bad as it was the last time.

Okay question. Eh ... there was nothing effective about icky spider webs. But if they had to be technical about it ... "It's effective for them." Not us, first and foremost. "And it's brilliant because of it's adhesive properties"

Janelle smiled at the professor. She was happy to be in class, even though it was early. She couldn't help it if she was excited to add new charms to her repetiore. And then..........apparently everyone did not feel the same way. Janelle groaned as the class was given another wake up task to do. Fortunately, they did not have to climb the desks today. Running a lap. Janelle could live with that and she began to make a serpentine pattern between the desks.

Janelle tried to get the running over with quickly because she'd rather be sitting still when she raised her hand to answer the first question. Not even breathing hard, Janelle once again approached her desk. Then she put her hand up and started to answer the question.

"Spider webs are so effective because they have the element of surprise. No little bug is expecting to be trapped in the web. Maybe they think it's like a little insect jungle gym. They climb onto it and BAM, their caught. The stickiness is important too, like everyone else said."

Marsha grinned up at him as he took the ‘package’ from her and watched as his eyes lit up and his previous smile widened even further into a HUGE grin, that was almost the same as the chesire cat from that old muggle fairy-tale story that her aunt had read to her just before she had started hogwarts. ”You’re welcome! I remembered you mentioned liking green apples…?” Right? Hehe. She hoped, anyway.

OH. YAY.

Running! See, she knew that she loved Professor Maddox’s class for something.

Standing up, she got into the back of the queue as she raised her hand. ”Sir, although spiders webs are sticky due to the glue - they actually have some electricity running through the silk… that’s why flys get caught so easily as their wings create static which pulls at the cond-conduc… uh, the electric static in the web and it gets trapped.”

Oh, they were moving! Hehe. She followed the zig-zagging line around the classroom… though it was no means running… more like a light jog… the person in front of her just wasn’t going quick enough for that.

Ready for today's great adventure? What great adventure? She was not ready for anything more than note taking right now. Learning and note taking she could do. Extreme activities on the other hand were not things that she always made it through. Maybe it wasn't Professor Flamsteed's lessons that she should be worried about.

Running around the room. She could do that. In and out and in and out of the rows. When she got back to her desk, Penelope thought about Professor Quigley's first question. What makes spiders so effective at what they do? Spiders were everywhere, so there must be something that made them so successful. "Spiders have silk glands so they can build webs to catch their prey."

There was no mistaking the happy look that came of the professor when she'd put that green apple on his desk.

Oh yes. Hady noticed it and she smiled just a little bit more. She knew that the green apples were the very best and his favorite which was why she always happened to bring those ones with her. Luckily the kitchen isn't far from her common room and she didn't have to wander about much getting attacked by cobwebs just to get that apple.

Sitting at her desk which she had inspected before sitting she waited quietly for the lesson to begin. It wasn't long until it did and they were all being told to get up and jog through the rows of...desks. Now Hady didn't have any trouble with jogging it was those evil cobwebs that she had the problem with.

Glancing around the third year got to her feet and fell into line with her fellow friends. Keeping an even pace she carefully jogged behind the person before her watching out for those webs. All was going well until Quigley asked about spider webs causing Hady to shudder and chew her bottom lip, her eyes shifting about to look for the darn eight legged things she now disliked so much.

Skills of distraction? What?

Had she showed him said skills? Ohhhh! Was he talking about that one time in the kitchen? Beverly pursed her lips to keep from smirking. If she had wanted to distract him she would have ended up with the sandwich not the milk.

Beverly did not respond, but the smirk was evident in her eyes. She likes apples, Quigley.

Running. Really? She knew she needed to do more cardio, but a classroom was not the place. Besides she wasn't appropriately dressed, but whatever. A skirt wasn't enough reason for an excuse. Starting up the lap, she briefly glanced at Quigley, keeping an eye ahead of her as well.

Oh, she really loved apples now. And she was going to eat all of them.

Question. While running. She got this. Beverly raised her hand. "Besides the stickiness, it's probably the intricate ways it's spun and its elasticity." 'Cause they were stretchy.

Only one question had been asked but already this was one of the most interesting classes of Quigley's Cutty had seen yet. So much information he thought noting who did and who didn't bring apples this time. Oh, McGee. Trying too hard as usual. And since when was Atreyu taking potions (if he overheard right)? Everyone was taking them apparently. And speaking of potions, he needed to spend more time with his Hufflepuff mates. He'd been dying to see another one of Toby's sugar highs and he'd just got a shipment of sticky sour lollies in. Maybe Tobes could test them out for him for a death stick. Cutty thought this was fair and even despite the fact that both things were infinitely bad for Toby's health. Strange how once he was so protective of the Huff's health thinking that he'd get a slice of that lifestyle if Toby were successful at his Quidditch goals.


On to class, Cutty rose from his desk and began the lap as requested by the Charms Professor. Effective...at what they do. "Spiderwebs are effective also because of their non-breathable quality, meaning it's not a material that air can pass through. Although they are delicate, they are also durable due to their construction the angled gaps between each thread makes it easy for wind to pass through." Angles. It was all very mathematical.

Spider webs!

They were taking over the castle, and their inhabitants were feasting on any humans they could find. As if that wasn't enough, the students were now going to discuss them in class! What gives? Kate tried to relax. Maybe they were going to learn something useful that would help them get rid of the pests once and for all.

She tried to think about what made a spider's web so useful. Raising her hand, she said, "They're a sticky trap," she pointed out, "and they're designed so that once something other than the spider touches it, they get trapped and can't get out." She lowered her hand and added, "So I guess the stickiness is what makes them so effective."

Sophie Brown had kind of wished she'd saved the whole barrel for the end of the term because every class SINCE then... well, she felt BAD about not having a whole barrel. It wasn't like Quiggles had devoured the whole barrel of green apples already - or had he? - but now, bringing just one to class felt... embarrassing. Like she could've done MORE. But she'd given him her one apple and that was better than NO apple, wasn't it? At least Quiggles wasn't giving her too much of a hard time over not bringing a barrel every single time.

Yet, at least.

As class got started, Sophie wiggled in her chair attentively, always thrilled for another day of learning in Charms class because she was a giant nerd who adored this dork of a professor, and... they were going to JOG? Whyyy punish the whole class - really, Sophie thought it would've been MUCH more effective if Quiggles had called out those who looked sleepy and made THEM jog all on their own. That would've taught them a lesson about coming to class ill-prepared and maybe NEXT time they'd go to sleep earlier, hm? She had hardly had the energy anymore to go for her morning run, but SHE still did it, and to come to a class bright and early and do MORE exercise... Merlin, her muscles craved the comfort of her desk. But she didn't have a chooooice.

Regretfully, she got into the line and started jogging, weaving in and out of the desks, following the person in front of her at a safe distance in case they stopped for some reason. She didn't care much for running into anyone today, but she DID care for answering the man's question. GOOD QUESTION, PROFESSOR. Soph raised an eager hand as she ran because it seemed most proper and rambled with great enthusiasm for this topic, "It's not the web's silk itself that's sticky like a lotta people think, 'cause alotta webs AREN'T sticky, just the ones that the spiders are intending to use to catch their prey 'n stuff - they can spin different kinds, and they drop this like lil liquid gooey glue stuff on the webs that they wanna be sticky, and then the spiders can SEE the gluey ones and know to avoid those, so OTHER critters won't know whether it's gonna be sticky or not and trap 'em, but the spiders THEMSELVES'll know better than to get caught in them - so they're effective 'cause other things'll get caught in 'em, but they won't get caught up themselves. It's mega cool." Did he know?

Was it just him, or was Professor Q staring? It was kind of unsettling, though the man's face seemed to remain pretty neutral. It wasn't so much an intimidating stare as it was just an analyzing one. Like he was picking apart the Gryffindor's appearance and behavior, rather than trying to make him pee his pants like the Professor normally seemed to want. Though the unsettling thing was kind of happening anyways, so he was pretty relieved once he was allowed to go take a seat. Ahem.

Also thank Merlin for sitting. This was the best part of a morning lesson, Zander had decided. Because he couldn't stand any longer. He wanted to sleep again, please? Though the spiderweb war did wake him up a bit. But only a bit.

Ah the joys of sitting down and resting and-- .... JOGGING?

Again?????

Y'know, Zander wasn't normally one to speak out against physical exercise ever since he started sneaking time with his brother's gym equipment. But there was most definitely a difference between lifting weights at a reasonable time in the afternoon when you want to and being forced to run around a classroom before even Merlin himself has woken up. This was basically against every rule of child labor, he was sure. There were laws made against this stuff.

It was an absolute OUTRAGE. And Zander may have accidentally let out a groan at the very thought of it, but was quick to get up on his feet and begin jogging. The faster he got going with this, the sooner it would end. Or well, he was hoping. Man. And who in the name of Merlin has time to answer weirdly irrelevant questions about cobwebs when you're trying not to run into desks, thank you very much. Except of course Sophie Brown. She was absolutely brilliant. Always had an answer. Basically able to do ten million things at once. Basically a super hero. Zander left all the question answering to her, but couldn't help pausing in the middle of his jog just to admire her intelligence also just her in general but who's really paying attention ahem.

Anyways, were they done now?

At least there was one professor in the castle who was being happy despite the mess made by all the cobwebs and other annoyances lately. Not that there was many in the classroom to be a pain anyway. And then Benny supposed it was in response to all the apples he was getting from him and his classmates. If there was anything the Gryffindor had noticed about the man was him always being happy about apples. "Yep...I took it," he assured Adi about his potion. No sneezing happening this lesson...hopefully.

And then they were beginning the lesson.

Now who had been the ones who impressed upon the charms professor that they needed a wake up? Who? Benny reluctantly got back up from his seat that he had just gotten settled into to get about doing the lap they were instructed to do. Thank goodness for the small favor of not having to climb over desks this time, the Gryffindor guiding himself into the weaves they had to do instead.

As for the question, his classmates were doing a fair job answering for him, so he remained quiet, focusing on his running instead.

SPOILER!!: Maggie

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"Me of all people??" Maggie blinked, not entirely sure if that was a compliment or an insult. Or maybe it had merely been an observation. But why HER of all people? Was she special? Well, of course she was but you know. To the professor. But yeah maybe she should-

BUD??????

Maggie turned her head to stare at Noel for a moment. Like ???? Did she look like someone who'd appreciate being called 'bud'??? She didn't think so, which was why she thought the staring was appropriate. But she followed him anyway. Just out of habit. Because Quigley had suggested she go sit down too.

Actually he'd WARNED her not to stand there. For her own sake??



And once she'd sat down next to Noel they were told to get up again.

Trying very hard not to worry about Professor Quigley's warning, Maggie got off her chair and started running around the classroom. Behind the person in front of her. This was bound to wake up the sleepyheads too. But wait they were supposed to use their brain too. Ish.

"They're sticky?" WHY was everything related to cobwebs and spiders lately??

See? He knew that would get her away from the door. Might be he'd only been trying to scare her, might be he was telling the truth and she'd just saved herself an unpleasant experience. Only time could really give the answer to that one so Maddox would simply continue leaning against his desk watching the students over-exert themselves this early in the morning.

The first answer he received was short, sweet and to the point. The man had always been able to appreciate those. "Exactly. Sticky. You get stuck on one of those nasty buggers and it's damn near impossible to get yourself off after."

It was a wonder he'd escaped at all.

SPOILER!!: Adi

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Oh man! WHY was Quigley talking about spider webs? Adi didn't want to think about them much less talk about them. Immediately, he remembered the sticky, icky feeling of being caught in a set of them outside of his common room. Bleh.

He continued to go through the rows of desk, not really wanting to answer the question but at the same time he still wanted to. The Hufflepuff extended a hand up. "Uh, is it because they have some sort of substance in them that makes them all sticky?'' Whatever that substance was, he had no clue. As far as he was concerned, spider webs were just there to annoy people though the spiders would have their own personal reasons for setting them up.

One lap around the class was done, by the way. How about another one, Catman?

Maddox always enjoyed apples--unless they were not fresh--so the Hufflepuff had little to fear in that arena. The webs he was referring to on the other hand...those required serious caution. The man didn't like the size of many of them he'd seen around the place and could only imagine the size of whatever made them in the first place.

"The sticky nature is a very important component in the success of the webs, yes, thank you Mister Rehman."

Think about it, how useful would the web be if it didn't actually have the ability to catch anything?

SPOILER!!: Eden

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Eden beamed right now. "Brilliant, yes, Professor!" she said just as brightly back. ooooh he seemed to be in a great mood today. Well good.

And jogging in class. Nice. Eden didn't mind this. It was stimulating for the brain, wasn't it? She rolled her eyes at people who would INSIST on complaining about this...MERLIN. As she weaved in and out, the Ravenclaw ruffled her hair and thought for a minute. Obviously, they were sticky. That would be the first answer EVERYONE gave, though...she needed to think for a few more seconds--

Her hip slid against the corner of a desk--"Fudge--" she said sharply, but she just rubbed it with her palm and kept up with the pace of the class and raised her hand. "Um--well--spiderwebs are really hard to see most times, especially for the animals they're supposed to be catching, so--that makes it easier to entrap things, you know?"

The Charms Professor could have sworn that not asking them to be going over and under desks would have been the guarantee he needed to ensure no one hurt themself but Miss McGee was proving him wrong. The way she collided just now had even him wincing. Why in Merlin's beard did they like getting hurt so much????

"Yes, very much so. The limited visibility also plays a major part in the effectiveness of spider webs. Doesn't help when you've gone and walked right into a sticky wall of thin fibre because you literally never saw it coming.....are you alright Miss McGee?"

Bones still in order? Nothing shattered?

SPOILER!!: Angel

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Angel started to do what the Professor said, she loved a bit of exercise to waken up the day. She started to run around the room weaving in and out of the desk. Seriously if she knew the Professor was this keen on exercise she might ask him to join her one day in a room around Hogwarts.

Angel raised her hand as she answered the question. "Professor the spider makes the web so strong that it's hard for certain things to get out." Angel smiled.

"Why yes, an equally good point to be considered. Spiders don't just produce a flimsy piece of string that can be ripped through easily--sure we can rip through them depending on the size and thickness of the web but the intended prey usually cannot and that works in favour of the spider."

He liked the way the students were thinking and he liked even more the lack of questions as to what this might possibly have to do with the lesson. Perhaps they were finally learning to simply not question it but to take everything in strides as they came.

SPOILER!!: Henric

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Henric blinked at the ice pack on his desk and looked up at the professor. "Thanks professor...uhh...yeah..I will..."he muttered back before he put the icepack onto his forehead. Aahh..that felt better as he let the extreme cold dull the throbbing pain. He turned back to Adi who had just remarked upon his injury. He nodded back,"Yeah I'm fine mate..." He fell quiet once again when Benny came to sit by them. Guess he was pushed aside once again...oh well.Le sigh. He had more important things in mind right now though, first to find his missing pet toad.He missed Princess so much...

Guess it was partly his fault they wouldn't be ducking under tables and jumping onto desk. Not intentionally, he must say.With another sigh, he stood up and jogged with the rest of the class while still holding the ice-pack on his forehead. What was the question again? Sorry, he was busy juggling the ice-pack on his head and trying to avoid bumping into chairs or desks as he weaved through them. Spiders? Webs? Why was it all about them these days? Oh right...the school was infested with them.

Oh dear, it might have been the man's worst fear. The boy had hurt himself even worse than even Maddox could imagine and was now somehow verbally impaired. Perhaps it was his thinking process that was now hindered but whatever the case, the boy looked lost and was not responding to the question being asked.

This was serious stuff. What if he needed to alert the Healer? That would put a temporary stop to his class and the man didn't think he could be bothered with the interruption.

"Just hang in there, Mister Nicolei, you'll be just fine." No need to suffer serious injury. Not until the lesson was over and he was no longer under his watch.

SPOILER!!: Zhenya

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"You're welcome," she replied to him, robotically. Could she just curl up right here and have a quick power nap? No? Okay...

She nodded, and looked up at the Professor, sighing. "I got a bit stuck on some Arithmancy equations, and then I had to finish revising over my," yawn, "'Scuse me, Potions notes. NEWTs will be the death of me." Of that she was almost certain.

Just keep your eyes on the prize, Burton.



Zhenya was glad to get up and do something physical, wake up a bit. Although a sleep was at the top, this was a close second. She rolled her shoulders a few times, then her neck, and then joined the line. She had a quick think about the spider webs, but a shudder than ran through her caused her to stop thinking about them. EW. Why the spiders? WHY was she living in a castle infested in the creature she was terrified of? She tried to answer that one though... "They are so effective because they are sticky and incredibly strong. Great at sticking food for them and strong enough so that the creature can't damage the web or get loose?"

"Ouch." Being stuck on Arithmancy questions that forced you to stay awake. Numbers were never his thing so he could understand how painful this potentially was. Might have suggested she simply head to bed next time something like that happened but then it could easily be said he was telling her to shirk her homework so long as it wasn't his.

Granted that would have been exactly what he would have been implying but that didn't make it a good idea in the given circumstance so he would just move on to the response she offered.

"Precisely, sticky and strong; a dangerous combination right there. There's nothing more irritating--and concerning under the right conditions-- than something sticky and strong. That usually suggests a great difficulty with any form of escape."

SPOILER!!: Yoongi

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The fifth year groaned as he heard that he looked like death. He knew he did, there was no need to say it out loud you know… He ran a hand through his hair, trying to style it down to look more presentable but it was no use. “two hours of sleep” he said as he held up two fingers “That’s what happened. And two hours of sleep yesterday and…I slept like a cute baby the day before that but the day before that was hell also and…”realising he was rambling, something he did when he was tired, he stopped talking with a last “if I fail my OWLS I’mma sue this place” no lie. “But no worries Sir, I won’t fall asleep, not in this class “ he loved Charms!

Then as the professor started the class, Yoongi grabbed a bottle of seaweed water mist spray out of his bag while listening to the question and sprayed it on his face. Ah~ much better~JOGGING?! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH. Maybe he could hide under his desk and spray his face with this mist and it looks like he ran? Brilliant plan! But he knew he could not execute it so the Gryffindor stood up and started to fast walk . No jogging for him.

“Webs are sticky so if a prey lands in to it, its stuck.The spider is a lazy predator cause all it does is sit there and wait for prey to fall in its trap…which is actually kind of smart..” he answered as he automatically looked to the front and therefore hit the corner of a desk with his knee and a bad word came out of his mouth when he felt the pain. But he wasn’t stopped. No way, as a Gryffindor he did not stop even when hurt. So he fast walked further with a bit of a limp in his pace now.

Can we sit noooow?!

Uh...huh...

So basically the kid had gone through an exceptionally long way of saying that he wasn't sleeping as well as he should have. For his part the man nodded slowly, choosing not to question the boy's choice of words and HOW he knew he resembled anything remotely close to looking like an adorable baby when he slept. No questions, absolutely none.

The man smirked at the Gryffindor's comment about the spider being lazy then smart. "Absolutely nothing wrong with that Mister Hyland. The key is to work smart not hard. Reduce effort while optimizing results. I'd say the spider's got that down pat." Fact of life was that it was sometimes better to be lazy, it saved you a lot of effort in the long run and taught you the fastest and most effective ways of getting things done.

SPOILER!!: Toby

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Huh? What? Huh? HUH?

Oh.

Toby looked up from where he'd started fiddling around with a couple of quills and his parchment, and blinked at Quigley. "Me?" he replied, then broke into a sudden grin. "Oh yeah, I'm great. Top of the world. Fantabulous." Was that a word? That wasn't a word, but Toby didn't care. Maybe his answer was a little over the top as Toby was really just basically doing okay WITH ADDED EXAM STRESS and the like, but over the top was EXACTLY how Toby lived his live. He gave the man a salute. With both hands. At the same time... and kept talking. "Tip top. Ace. Walkin' on sunshine, woahhh." Ahem, uh... getting carried away. Right. Toby grinned again and motioned that he was zipping his lips and shutting up now.

After that, the Hufflepuff focused on the other students filing in, still FIDGETING like a WINNER in his seat, and bouncing his feet under the table. Merlin. He should have gone for a longer run this morning. LUCKILY THOUGH, they were soon getting started, which meant he could focus his energies on the LESSON, WOO.

WAIT. WAKER UPPER. THAT MEANT CHARGING AROUND THE ROOM, YESSSSSSS.

Toby was UP and OUT OF HIS SEAT right away at the instructions, barely even sparing a moment to start lining up before he was off, going weaving through the rows of desks. Problem was, while he LOVED to keep moving and was pretty graceful up on a broomstick, Toby was one of the clumsiest boys that walked this green earth when he had two feet on the ground. Desks were slammed into, hips were struck, feet collided with chair legs, but all in all he remained UPRIGHT, and that was what was important.

But answer. Yes. He had one of those, and so Toby raised his hand, even as he ran.

"Spider webs are EFFECTIVE because the spiders that MAKE THEM have positive spirits and a CAN-DO ATTITUDE." CRASH, dodge, run. Nailed it. "That's why they look so elaborate and kinda pretty." Because, in Toby's mind, that was the primary function of a spider's web.

#aesthetic

BLINK.

That....was a lot of different ways to assure the man he was fine, a lot of ways that brought him no closer to diagnosing the boy as normal. It had to be sugar, there was no other way. Either that or all the happy down in the Hufflepuff Common Room had seeped deeped into his head with no other way of coming out. "That's...fantastic to hear." If not somewhat disturbing given the choice of reasoning behind it.

Oh but then it got even more real and the man had to wonder if the boy was being serious or funny. Considering the response he'd given last term about pixie furniture, the man was forced toward the inclination that this 7th year was beyond a doubt very serious.

Welp. "If that's what you want to believe then yes, absolutely." You did not crush a Hufflepuff's dreams, even he knew that--within limits.

SPOILER!!: Agatha

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Agatha stared right back at the professor, serious expression in place because how dare he even look at her that way? So rude. Her eyes narrowed and she almost glared at him when the words came out of his mouth. Most pathetic greeting he's gotten in a while? Whatever. But, pshhh, his next sentence almost made Agatha laugh. Only it didn't. "No." She answered dryly. She had been polite enough to greet him in the first place! He should appreciate that. Besides, Quigley was a professor, but he couldn't tell her what to do and how to greet people. He wasn't her father.

And there he went, wanting them to run and answer questions at the same time. What kind of methodology was this?? It made no sense and Agatha didn't approve of it. Keeping fit, yes, but talking at the same time? No. So she did run, alright, but no answers were given.

There were a couple different ways that response could be interpreted and handled in a multitude of ways. The man could get angry, he could get annoyed, he could lock her in detention just so he wouldn't have to lecture her for her to get the point but honestly? That...all sounded like more effort than it was worth and eh....eh, he didn't wanna.

Maddox shrugged, decidedly unperturbed by the response he'd received from her. "That'll be another 4 laps from you, keep going Miss Hapgood." If neither of them was pretending there was no reason to be nice about it.

"Make them quick, it'll be easier now that all your classmates will be sitting." See that? She would have the WHOLE FLOOR to herself. Completely welcome.

SPOILER!!: Aubrey

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How very nice of him to say. A smile played across her face. "Thanks, professor." And he was also very welcome. Maybe she could remember the whole apple thing for every class. Being awake for them all was simply asking too much. Sooo... don't get too comfortable with that.

Running. AJ loved running. She quickly got up and began to make her lap. Not wanting to be done too quickly, she ended up doing a light jog. The exercise really was clearing her head and it gave her a little time to think about the question.

"Because they make their webs soft like pillows to make their prey feel extra comfy before noming them." It was really nice of them if you asked her. That's why she loved her spiders. So considerate they were.

...

.......

Well, if he hadn't demolished Tobias' reasoning there was really no need to blow the Fourth Year's out of the water. "I dunno if there was anything comfy about the web I was stuck in but sure, that could work. Lower them into a false sense of security than munch on them after the fact."

Pretty sure it didn't work like that but that wasn't the point of the lesson anyway so it didn't matter what he told her and what she believed

SPOILER!!: Noel

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WHAT was that stare all about??? Yes. Bud. Noel's little bud. Griiin. That is all.

Noel should have known. The LAST time Quigley did this, Noel had tripped and hurt muscles in his body that he didn't even know existed. It was a pain and Noel was still holding a grudge. But - Benzi had noticed and had been annoying enough to make him run every morning and do stuff that he just wanted to whine about, so this time it wouldn't hurt as much. THAT still didn't mean he wasn't annoyed.

Dropping his bag on the seat, Noel got to running. Weaaaving in and out of the rows, and even though he was a little breathless after a while - it was not at all bad as it was the last time.

Okay question. Eh ... there was nothing effective about icky spider webs. But if they had to be technical about it ... "It's effective for them." Not us, first and foremost. "And it's brilliant because of it's adhesive properties"

The grumbles and overall disgruntled looks? They didn't bother him. Nah. That was all a part of the waking up process and if some people had to groan and grumble and whine and makes faces then who was he to tell them otherwise? Don't ask him why a simple stretch of the spinal cord, tail flicking as if with static didn't work for everyone, it wasn't their fault they didn't have the luxury of cat naps.

"An excellent point to bring up, Mister Wallace, spider webs are effective for them." Much to his own dissatisfaction. "And I especially like the choice of words you just used." He continued, a now somewhat amused look plastered across his face.

They would all see why in a moment.

SPOILER!!: Janelle

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Janelle smiled at the professor. She was happy to be in class, even though it was early. She couldn't help it if she was excited to add new charms to her repetiore. And then..........apparently everyone did not feel the same way. Janelle groaned as the class was given another wake up task to do. Fortunately, they did not have to climb the desks today. Running a lap. Janelle could live with that and she began to make a serpentine pattern between the desks.

Janelle tried to get the running over with quickly because she'd rather be sitting still when she raised her hand to answer the first question. Not even breathing hard, Janelle once again approached her desk. Then she put her hand up and started to answer the question.

"Spider webs are so effective because they have the element of surprise. No little bug is expecting to be trapped in the web. Maybe they think it's like a little insect jungle gym. They climb onto it and BAM, their caught. The stickiness is important too, like everyone else said."

Aaaand another answer on the more creative side of life. Once again the man nodded and rolled with it. Naturally she wasn't right and he would like to think she knew this herself but if they didn't he wouldn't be telling them. Outside of the large webs spreading around the castle--that he was SURE--they all knew to avoid, this knowledge was inconsequential and he liked being amused...if not thrown through a loop with some of these answers.

"That's an interesting concept, I'll tell you that Miss Guidry. Don't suspect I've ever thought of it like that before. It does somewhat resembled a fun little area for scaling up and down."

You know, if insects ever thought of things that way....

SPOILER!!: Marsha

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Marsha grinned up at him as he took the ‘package’ from her and watched as his eyes lit up and his previous smile widened even further into a HUGE grin, that was almost the same as the chesire cat from that old muggle fairy-tale story that her aunt had read to her just before she had started hogwarts. ”You’re welcome! I remembered you mentioned liking green apples…?” Right? Hehe. She hoped, anyway.

OH. YAY.

Running! See, she knew that she loved Professor Maddox’s class for something.

Standing up, she got into the back of the queue as she raised her hand. ”Sir, although spiders webs are sticky due to the glue - they actually have some electricity running through the silk… that’s why flys get caught so easily as their wings create static which pulls at the cond-conduc… uh, the electric static in the web and it gets trapped.”

Oh, they were moving! Hehe. She followed the zig-zagging line around the classroom… though it was no means running… more like a light jog… the person in front of her just wasn’t going quick enough for that.

So this one was a case of students paying attention. He grinned widely at the First Year. "That's right, I did. Excellent Miss Hanover."

And just like with their conversation about turtles that left him overly informed, there she went giving information yet again that he wasn't sure he'd ever known or would ever need to know. Interesting stuff right there. "No kidding? Huh, that's fascinating, I had no idea." Mostly because he didn't spend his time gathering information on flies but oookaaaayyyy, no questions here.

The girl was free to spend her off time in any way she'd like and if that happened to be reading about what caught flies in webs then all the power to her. 'Least she wasn't trying to dive off Gryffindor Tower. Bunch of nutters.

SPOILER!!: Penelope

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Ready for today's great adventure? What great adventure? She was not ready for anything more than note taking right now. Learning and note taking she could do. Extreme activities on the other hand were not things that she always made it through. Maybe it wasn't Professor Flamsteed's lessons that she should be worried about.

Running around the room. She could do that. In and out and in and out of the rows. When she got back to her desk, Penelope thought about Professor Quigley's first question. What makes spiders so effective at what they do? Spiders were everywhere, so there must be something that made them so successful. "Spiders have silk glands so they can build webs to catch their prey."

"Good point to add Miss Wright. They have silk glands, these they use to make the webs and when they coat that stuff with whatever they've got going on for them then typically the prey will find it difficult to get some relief."

It was just one of those cases where it was 'better you than me'. Those things weren't the easiest to wiggle off of. The man was lucky that whatever had set the web he'd gotten stuck in had gone for a walk because it was NOT easy and had taken him a while to break free. You know things were bad when you could no longer freely walk the castle as a cat. It was a shame to be sure.

SPOILER!!: Hady

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There was no mistaking the happy look that came of the professor when she'd put that green apple on his desk.

Oh yes. Hady noticed it and she smiled just a little bit more. She knew that the green apples were the very best and his favorite which was why she always happened to bring those ones with her. Luckily the kitchen isn't far from her common room and she didn't have to wander about much getting attacked by cobwebs just to get that apple.

Sitting at her desk which she had inspected before sitting she waited quietly for the lesson to begin. It wasn't long until it did and they were all being told to get up and jog through the rows of...desks. Now Hady didn't have any trouble with jogging it was those evil cobwebs that she had the problem with.

Glancing around the third year got to her feet and fell into line with her fellow friends. Keeping an even pace she carefully jogged behind the person before her watching out for those webs. All was going well until Quigley asked about spider webs causing Hady to shudder and chew her bottom lip, her eyes shifting about to look for the darn eight legged things she now disliked so much.

Miss Lynch looked like she was actively waiting for a web of some sort to simply jump out at them while they were jogging. Had he been in another mood the night before when he set the lesson, it might have been the case but alas the man had chosen to go a different route so the Third Year was perfectly safe...safe being a relative term and all.

Maddox watched her finish the lap with the others before shifting his gaze to the next student who'd offered up a response.

SPOILER!!: Beverly

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Skills of distraction? What?

Had she showed him said skills? Ohhhh! Was he talking about that one time in the kitchen? Beverly pursed her lips to keep from smirking. If she had wanted to distract him she would have ended up with the sandwich not the milk.

Beverly did not respond, but the smirk was evident in her eyes. She likes apples, Quigley.

Running. Really? She knew she needed to do more cardio, but a classroom was not the place. Besides she wasn't appropriately dressed, but whatever. A skirt wasn't enough reason for an excuse. Starting up the lap, she briefly glanced at Quigley, keeping an eye ahead of her as well.

Oh, she really loved apples now. And she was going to eat all of them.

Question. While running. She got this. Beverly raised her hand. "Besides the stickiness, it's probably the intricate ways it's spun and its elasticity." 'Cause they were stretchy.

...

Maddox continued eyeing the girl warily, not sure he liked the look that crept onto her face. Naturally this put him on the defensive. The man had never been opposed to lightly hexing a student then increasing the severity as he saw fit. Her being a Slytherin Prefect it stood to reason that she'd be less likely to try anything unless she wanted the badge plucked faster than she could blink but you could just never be sure. Students did crazy things around this time of the year, spurred on by thoughts of the upcoming summer.

"The intricate design does increase the surface area it can stick too on the prey, yes. Harder to escape when every inch of you is covered in another part of the design." Design being used loosely here...no need to give Toby any other ideas on his own answer.

SPOILER!!: Cutty

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Only one question had been asked but already this was one of the most interesting classes of Quigley's Cutty had seen yet. So much information he thought noting who did and who didn't bring apples this time. Oh, McGee. Trying too hard as usual. And since when was Atreyu taking potions (if he overheard right)? Everyone was taking them apparently. And speaking of potions, he needed to spend more time with his Hufflepuff mates. He'd been dying to see another one of Toby's sugar highs and he'd just got a shipment of sticky sour lollies in. Maybe Tobes could test them out for him for a death stick. Cutty thought this was fair and even despite the fact that both things were infinitely bad for Toby's health. Strange how once he was so protective of the Huff's health thinking that he'd get a slice of that lifestyle if Toby were successful at his Quidditch goals.


On to class, Cutty rose from his desk and began the lap as requested by the Charms Professor. Effective...at what they do. "Spiderwebs are effective also because of their non-breathable quality, meaning it's not a material that air can pass through. Although they are delicate, they are also durable due to their construction the angled gaps between each thread makes it easy for wind to pass through." Angles. It was all very mathematical.

THAT was a good but frustrating point.

"Exactly. When you're stuck you're genuinely stuck. Those things are built to last. There's no breaking it apart to free yourself or ripping through it to become free. In fact most prey can become exhausted just trying to make the escape." Something he knew all too well for himself after this year. At the very least it was an interesting conversation starter, being caught in a giant spider's web on the job.

"It's durability definitely lends to its effectiveness."

SPOILER!!: Kate

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Spider webs!

They were taking over the castle, and their inhabitants were feasting on any humans they could find. As if that wasn't enough, the students were now going to discuss them in class! What gives? Kate tried to relax. Maybe they were going to learn something useful that would help them get rid of the pests once and for all.

She tried to think about what made a spider's web so useful. Raising her hand, she said, "They're a sticky trap," she pointed out, "and they're designed so that once something other than the spider touches it, they get trapped and can't get out." She lowered her hand and added, "So I guess the stickiness is what makes them so effective."

Oh wasn't that the truth? Spiders knew what they were doing. Making it so they could walk the same web that traps people, it was what kept them fed.

"Very good Miss Addison, the sticky nature of the web is what makes it such a nuisance. I don't recommend getting stuck on one, not around the castle and not given your current size." It had taken the Maddox stretching back into the form of a man before he was finally able to pull himself off the web he'd been attached to. There was no telling if the girl would have the same sort of strength when it came down to it.

"The fact the spider can still travel up and down that web is an added bonus only to them." Everyone else was, naturally, screwed.

SPOILER!!: Sophie

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Sophie Brown had kind of wished she'd saved the whole barrel for the end of the term because every class SINCE then... well, she felt BAD about not having a whole barrel. It wasn't like Quiggles had devoured the whole barrel of green apples already - or had he? - but now, bringing just one to class felt... embarrassing. Like she could've done MORE. But she'd given him her one apple and that was better than NO apple, wasn't it? At least Quiggles wasn't giving her too much of a hard time over not bringing a barrel every single time.

Yet, at least.

As class got started, Sophie wiggled in her chair attentively, always thrilled for another day of learning in Charms class because she was a giant nerd who adored this dork of a professor, and... they were going to JOG? Whyyy punish the whole class - really, Sophie thought it would've been MUCH more effective if Quiggles had called out those who looked sleepy and made THEM jog all on their own. That would've taught them a lesson about coming to class ill-prepared and maybe NEXT time they'd go to sleep earlier, hm? She had hardly had the energy anymore to go for her morning run, but SHE still did it, and to come to a class bright and early and do MORE exercise... Merlin, her muscles craved the comfort of her desk. But she didn't have a chooooice.

Regretfully, she got into the line and started jogging, weaving in and out of the desks, following the person in front of her at a safe distance in case they stopped for some reason. She didn't care much for running into anyone today, but she DID care for answering the man's question. GOOD QUESTION, PROFESSOR. Soph raised an eager hand as she ran because it seemed most proper and rambled with great enthusiasm for this topic, "It's not the web's silk itself that's sticky like a lotta people think, 'cause alotta webs AREN'T sticky, just the ones that the spiders are intending to use to catch their prey 'n stuff - they can spin different kinds, and they drop this like lil liquid gooey glue stuff on the webs that they wanna be sticky, and then the spiders can SEE the gluey ones and know to avoid those, so OTHER critters won't know whether it's gonna be sticky or not and trap 'em, but the spiders THEMSELVES'll know better than to get caught in them - so they're effective 'cause other things'll get caught in 'em, but they won't get caught up themselves. It's mega cool." Did he know?

...

......

Alright, who gave her the encyclopaedia and why? Maddox had been all sorts of pleased about the apple he'd gotten from her, even if it wasn't another barrel for him to get lost in but then she went into that entire spiel right there and for his part he could only stand there staring like she'd swallowed some database on....arachnids. By now he wouldn't put it pass her.

"....Mega cool indeed." The man surpressed the need to ensure that she was able to make and keep friends, something that might not have been so easy for someone of SUCH Ravenclaw status. "Actually very interesting, thank you Miss Brown."

Though he was no closer to knowing which webs were which and would have to keep avoiding them ALL.

SPOILER!!: Zander

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Was it just him, or was Professor Q staring? It was kind of unsettling, though the man's face seemed to remain pretty neutral. It wasn't so much an intimidating stare as it was just an analyzing one. Like he was picking apart the Gryffindor's appearance and behavior, rather than trying to make him pee his pants like the Professor normally seemed to want. Though the unsettling thing was kind of happening anyways, so he was pretty relieved once he was allowed to go take a seat. Ahem.

Also thank Merlin for sitting. This was the best part of a morning lesson, Zander had decided. Because he couldn't stand any longer. He wanted to sleep again, please? Though the spiderweb war did wake him up a bit. But only a bit.

Ah the joys of sitting down and resting and-- .... JOGGING?

Again?????

Y'know, Zander wasn't normally one to speak out against physical exercise ever since he started sneaking time with his brother's gym equipment. But there was most definitely a difference between lifting weights at a reasonable time in the afternoon when you want to and being forced to run around a classroom before even Merlin himself has woken up. This was basically against every rule of child labor, he was sure. There were laws made against this stuff.

It was an absolute OUTRAGE. And Zander may have accidentally let out a groan at the very thought of it, but was quick to get up on his feet and begin jogging. The faster he got going with this, the sooner it would end. Or well, he was hoping. Man. And who in the name of Merlin has time to answer weirdly irrelevant questions about cobwebs when you're trying not to run into desks, thank you very much. Except of course Sophie Brown. She was absolutely brilliant. Always had an answer. Basically able to do ten million things at once. Basically a super hero. Zander left all the question answering to her, but couldn't help pausing in the middle of his jog just to admire her intelligence also just her in general but who's really paying attention ahem.

Anyways, were they done now?

For all his trying to remain civil with the boy, he had to go and groan. Protesting a situation he knew there would be no letting up on. "Suck it up Adair, no one likes a whiner." Especially not one that had been in the vast minority when it had come to the protests in general. Maddox was actually surprised at the willingness of most...then Adair happened and the neutral expression had fallen to an unimpressed one that the boy would have noticed if he wasn't busy ogling Sophie Brown and nearly tripping up everyone else in the line because of.

What was he honestly going to do with this one? Didn't even have the courtesy of answering the question asked. Just when the man was starting to have some hope. There was always next term but it was all looking grim again.

How quickly outlooks changed when it came to this particular Gryffindor. Having faith was hard.

SPOILER!!: Benny

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At least there was one professor in the castle who was being happy despite the mess made by all the cobwebs and other annoyances lately. Not that there was many in the classroom to be a pain anyway. And then Benny supposed it was in response to all the apples he was getting from him and his classmates. If there was anything the Gryffindor had noticed about the man was him always being happy about apples. "Yep...I took it," he assured Adi about his potion. No sneezing happening this lesson...hopefully.

And then they were beginning the lesson.

Now who had been the ones who impressed upon the charms professor that they needed a wake up? Who? Benny reluctantly got back up from his seat that he had just gotten settled into to get about doing the lap they were instructed to do. Thank goodness for the small favor of not having to climb over desks this time, the Gryffindor guiding himself into the weaves they had to do instead.

As for the question, his classmates were doing a fair job answering for him, so he remained quiet, focusing on his running instead.

And another Gryffindor that had opted out of answering the question. Was it a matter of multi-tasking? Not wanting to run and talk at the same time? If he could, he would have offered assurances that they weren't likely to fall but how could he be so sure? Maddox had already seen that his students, when given the chance, were the least coordinated people he'd ever met and the man didn't want to push it.

Perhaps it was best to leave them be and just continue on with the lesson.




The man clapped his hand as the last of them came to a stop at the end of the lap. "Great work, everyone with the exception of Miss Hapgood who has earned herself another 4 laps may now have a seat." They LOOKED more awake now and that was the point. Annoyed he could deal with, so long as they were awake in their annoyance.

"I want us to go back to something Mister Wallace had said about the sticky way the webs work. It's what many of you stated but I like the word he used; adhesive. Why? Simply because it comes closest to the word 'Adhaero'." As he spoke it, the chalk got to work, rising up and scribbling the word on the board in such a way that they could all see without occupying too much space on the board. "Though we will not be learning this particular charm, it forms the basis for the one we will be learning today."

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Adhaero

There was a pause to let that sink in while he reached for the closer apple on his table. It was a crunch later before he continued.

"That being the case, I would like to know what you know of this spell. Textbooks are allowed." To help the younger ones out and all. "Anything you might know. Wand movement, what the spell does, how it might be useful or how it might prove to be a nuisance." So many options he expected a response from everyone.

Looking at you Adair.

OOC: Ahem, let's pretend I didn't fall asleep typing this thing up. You don't have to have your character answering all these, in fact just answering one or two would be enough for us. The class'll be moved again in roughly 18 hrs...roughly.

Adhaero. The sticking charm. "Adhaero is the sticking charm. It's useful for putting up posters, but you have to be careful not to stick body parts or clothes to the wall when doing so." That wasn't the charm that they would be learning today? What would they be learning? Penelope jotted down a few notes about adhaero and waited for the next question.

Henric nodded at the professor and gave him the thumbs up that he was alright. No need to go to the healers! Nope. The ice-pack helped a little. Besides, he had been through worst injuries before... this was nothing! *BUMP* His knee hit the corner of the table, he cursed silently to himself. Seriously!? Urgh...what was wrong with him today? Wake up, Henric...wake up! he thought annoyingly as he put the ice-pack on his knee next. Finally, the running stopped!!..Well, except for Hapgood...she had to run 4 more laps. He wondered why?...Harsh.

Now for the question,"Adhaero" and what was it used for? Mainly, he used this spell to stick posters on the walls or glue pieces of parchments together to form a notebook for himself. He raised up his hands and answered,"It is a spell we use to act as an adhesive for two materials to stick together,but try not to cast it on your hands though, it will hurt if you try to pull away forcefully," Yup. Coming from first 'hand' experience.

Angel listened to the Professor as he went on and on about spiders, where they going to try and get rid of the webs around Hogwarts with some sort of spell because if they were she'd just use incendio that would work best right.

Angel raised her hand as she tried to think of something to do with the spell. "It's revisable right, you can unstick something after awhile if you want to move the item you have stuck to somewhere else."

Janelle listened to the many different answers given by her classmates. She couldn't write notes because she was running. She did take mental notes though, to be added to her notebook later. I seemed that stickiness was the most common theme in their answers. Finally, they could stop running and Janelle returned to her seat.

Professor Quigley revealed some information on the spell Adhaero. Of course a question followed about the charm. Janelle was a little familiar with it, but she didn't really know anything that hadn't already been said. So......since this was an "open book test", she went to her textbook and began to search for some information about Adhaero. Hopefully she could find a good fact to share.

Whoa. He had actually been stuck in a web? "As a cat?" What? She couldn't help but to be curious. It was kind of a blow to think that the web wasn't extra comfy. It was the least the spiders could do. Her mind went to the spiders she had in a jar upstairs. They would be getting a talking to.

AJ had more of a question instead of an answer. "I know you can stick objects, but it can work on a human too, yeah?" Especially if the answer her sister gave was true. This could be dead useful.