THIS WAS IT!! The class she had been WAITING for. HA. Uncle Professor Dimples was the MAN. Bounding into his classroom she GRINNED wide and held the little flower out toward him. SHE HAD PICKED IT JUST FOR HIM. Mhm.

"GOOD MORNING UNC... PROFESSOR DAKEST!" Yes, she was excited and being loud, WHAT OF IT?! Spinning around to face the class she let her eyes scan the crowd briefly. Hmmm. Well everyone actually looked like they were BUSY in one form or another, so she just went to retrieve her chalkboard and stand quietly....


Though the standing was more of a bounce. And her energy PROBABLY RADIATED. Oh hey Sophie Brown and Davie TRUEBRIDGE. They got waves, but she REALLY wanted to concentrate on this particular class, so she stayed away... for now.

Milo was VERY eager for the Defense lesson this morning. This, besides Charms, was most likely the place to learn the spells he would use most often. He had already pulled his wand out on the moving staircases on his trip from Ravenclaw Tower fully expecting to come bursting into some action first step into the training hall classroom but that wasn't the case. When the first year entered the room, he found it almost empty apart from the students who had already filed in.

His face facing a tad, he stuffed his wand back into his pocket and walked over to the others. They were to grab a chalkboard and something to write with, okay, oh and there was the Professor.

"Good morning, uh...." He stopped, chalkboard in hand and stare at the man--more precisely half of the man for he didn't have anything below his waist and appeared to be floating. Surely he hadn't run into the same mistake or similar to the History of Magic Professor from a long time ago that he'd read about waking up and leaving his body behind and going on to teach as a ghost. Could you do that but with just limbs and continue to LIVE?

Soo strange. But it wasn't polite to stare and besides the Professor hadn't seemed too worried about it so Milo shouldn't be either. "Good morning Professor."

He quickly took a seat.

Defence Against the Dark Arts sounded like it was going to be a BRILLIANT lesson. Full of ACTION and EPICNESS, like one of those action-packed movies but with magic involved.

At least, those were the high hopes Phillip had for this subject.

So naturally, the boy was VERY enthusiastic about this one lesson here and had even rushed through his breakfast to get here! Yes, that's right, RUSHED BREAKFAST. But he was here soon enough, in this empty classroom that had nowhere to sit, a bunch of chalkboards and........

............... BLINK.

STARE.

BLINK.

Uh. Wide eyed, the first year STARED at the Professor. Or, well, HALF of him because the bottom half was GONE! POOF! Not believing his eyes, Phillip even walked around the man slowly, to get a good look of the disappearing act. To be honest, the Slytherin had half a mind to poke the bottom half of the professor's body just to see if it was invisible or if their professor was a weird torso!man who defended himself against the dark arts by, well, scaring them.

What? It could be true.

"Good morning, Professor," he said, staring a bit more before slowly making his way to grab a chalkboard and take a seat on the floor. This should be interesting, right?

A disheveled looking Daxton made his way into the training hall, looking very much like he had just rolled out of bed with his shabby third-hand uniform (no robes, he hated robes), bare feet (shoes were uncomfortable, and as socks were 'up to personal preference' he had foregone those too), and messy, unbrushed hair (who cared about making it look nice? not Daxton). As a matter of fact, he had just woken up. The first year was still not used to sleeping in a dormitory with the other boys, and never got much sleep at all while they were in there. Once everyone had left for breakfast, he had taken the opportunity to sleep as long as he could before heading straight to Defence Against the Dark Arts. Nonetheless, he looked as alert as ever; so tired he was wired, it worked quite well for him.

The cool stone of the floor on his feet felt strangely comforting as Daxton crossed the training hall to where everyone was gathered, pulling his earmuffs (which he generally wore while traversing the corridors, because loud) down off of his ears and hanging them around his neck. He took a moment to look around at everyone, gaze lingering on... half of Dakest, his expression unchanging. At least until he focused on the chalkboards that were hung up, of course, and at last read the sign that said to take one. Daxton visibly cringed at the thought, gritting his teeth hard. Chalk on chalkboards. No. No no no no no. It was as if people in this place were intentionally inflicting things on him that were complete sensory hell.

Giving a little shiver, Daxton opted not to get a chalkboard for himself. He had his notebook and pen with him, so if they needed to write things down, he would use that. Nobody was making him touch a piece of chalk. Nobody.

With that thought quite firmly fixed in his mind, Daxton went and found himself a space right at the edge of the group of people, as far back as he could by the wall at the side of the room, where nobody could sit behind him and he could keep an eye on everyone else. He sat cross-legged, back against the wall, lay his notebook on his knee and got his pen (no quill, those things were aesthetically pleasing but impractical and unpleasant to write with) from his pocket, then sat and watched everyone, the Professor (half of him, at least) included.

Henric was feeling a little out of sorts today. Reoccurring bad dreams had been keeping him awake for most nights, Henric couldn't help but yawn as he entered the classroom. Not only that, he got one bloody disgusting acne on the side of his cheek! ONE! Urgh. After he finished all his classes, he would head straight up to bed to catch up on his sleep.

"Good mornin-..."Henric greeted halfway. His eyebrows raised,where Professor's Dakest other half of his body went to? Disillusionment charm? "Good morning professor, pretty neat disappearing act you got there,"Henric smiled.

He grabbed the chalkboard and chalk like the rest of the students did and went to find his bestie so he could sit with her. He noticed little Ava on the side and gave her a wave too."Hi Ava, hope you're feeling better...how is your shoulder?"he asked, concerned. He still felt guilty, it was his fault she got that injury in the first place.

"Morning llia,"he grinned and sat beside her. He felt a a little better seeing her here. Oh...not to forget the Hufflepuff prefect, Adi, and his Gryffindor bestfriend, Benny."Hey guys, morning to you too." Yup...Henric was just not feeling it today.

You could tip Dot over with a sugar quill. This was the weirdest day ever. Not just because the professor was missing his legs and still managed to be ridiculously pleasing on the eyes, but because Sophie was sitting with the Mean Girl like they were friends.

What if Sophie was gonna become a mean girl? Maybe it was contagious!

Dot inched her way into a seat, giving her ickle Ravenclaw QuietOne a long look before opting to sit a few seats back and over. Give the baby Claw his space, especially since he wasn't aware that he'd been adopted. "Good morning, Professor. You have no legs." Helpful Dot was helpful.

DADA time!! Pewpewpewpewpew!! That was the sound of Kyroh's obvious spells that were going to hit every target when he completely blasted through this lesson. Yeah, he was clearly more than awake, and had been for some time now. Entering the classroom, he immediately glanced up at the chalkboard.

He wanted them to sit.....on the floor?

Man, where were the yoga mats when you needed them? "Hullo Sir!"

Grabbing a chalkboard and a piece of chalk, Kyroh glanced around, looking for the BEST place to sit. Or really just someone to sit beside. Dot really wasn't looking at him, so maybe she didn't want him to sit beside her? It was alright, if she wanted space or whatever, so surprisingly Kyroh wan't that upset. He looked around a little bit more, and his eyes landed RIGHT on a sort of familiar face.

Sort of, as in, one of the first people he had met at Hogwarts, but she looked different. Older obviously since the last time he had seen her, because he was older too Wandering over, Kyroh beamed and sat down beside the Gryffindor. "Hi Candice!!!" His voice lowered slightly, "Do you remember me?" If she didn't it was alright. But he still considered her a friend y'know?? How could he NOT?

When the first student appeared in the doorway to the training hall, Sabel had to refrain from rubbing his hands together with a grinning glee. He was curious as to what the reactions of his class would be. Kids always proved interesting in the most unpredictable of ways. Perhaps this morning would turn out to be an extra interesting one.



It seemed that all who would be joining them here today, were in fact here in one capacity or another and they were due to start. No need to make the students wait any longer on such an early morning lesson.

With a flick of his wand, Sabel shut the doors to the training hall and turned his attention on the gathered lot. An amused grin held onto his expression as his gaze roamed over the group.

"I have to say, I'm impressed at the stride which most of you took to my current state. Either this is a common sight for some of you, or Hogwarts has done a fine job in desensitizing you to the strange." Good or bad? They could decide.

He looked down at himself briefly. "Thank you, to those of you who expressed concern. I am in fact, as most of you seem to have come to the conclusion of already, quite alright."

Maybe a bit wonky in the head too, but that was besides the point.

"I imagine you all have some sort of idea as to what I have done to myself, and what you will later be doing to yourselves as well." Cue the devious grin that might as well have belonged to any one of the students now present. "But first, before we can go and start loosing ourselves, we must develop a basis of knowledge. That, and I have an announcement."

Moving to the center of the classroom, Sabel clasped his hands behind his back. "For those of you that may be interested, Hogwarts will be hosting a dueling club this year. It is open to all students, from all houses and years. The Club will consist of Meetings and a Tournament, of which the winner will be granted a reward, which I will not disclose at this time. The first meeting will be November 13. For those wishing to join the club, you can pick up a permission form after class. Please have it to me before November 13. If you have questions about the club, please retain them until the end of the lesson."

Now, to business.

Releasing his hands, Sabel took a seat in front of the group in front of the group. He could only imagine what a strange sight he must make. "Now, back to the matter at hand. To start us off, I would like each of you to write on your chalkboards two things. The first, what spell or means might be used to create this state of invisiblity." A gesture to his non-existent bottom half. "The second, what means might be used to detect a state of invisibility. Keep in mind that while there are specific spells to accomplish both of these tasks in a direct manner, there are also indirect ways which can be just as, if not more, useful."

His gaze roamed around the room. "Do not be afraid to be creative or out-of-box thinkers. Keep in mind the lesson you are in, and the situations in which you may need to apply these two spells when you are coming up with your answers."

Turning slightly, Sabel motioned to where all the pegs were on the wall. "When you are done, hang your chalkboard back on the wall and we will discuss some of the answers."


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OOC: First mini-mini assignment! For this your charrie needs to on the boards the two things which have been asked (a way to create invisibility and a way to detect invisibility). Creative answers are encouraged

Class will move on in approximately 20-24 hours from this post (sorry, work the whole day, otherwise it would be sooner)

If you are just joining, please feel free to jump right in as if your charrie has been here the whole time!

Thank you for your brilliant greetings. I really enjoyed reading them all <3

‘I imagine you all have some sort of idea as to what I have done to myself, and what you will later be doing to yourselves as well.’

As Professor Dakest had said that, it had taken every ounce of self-control in her body for Brooklyn not to roll her eyes. There wasn’t any blood or anything, so she felt it was obvious what he’d done. Or, obvious he’d use done of two methods, but she figured one could be eliminated rather quickly. People didn’t usually wear cloaks around their legs after all. Only their legs. That meant it had to be the other, although she’d watched him for a few more seconds quietly before she picked up her chalkboard. Just to make absolutely sure nothing really strange was going on.

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I’d guess you used a Disillusionment charm, as that can make body parts, people or anything disappear. Although an Invisibility cloak could work too, but it’s harder to really stay invisible.
One way to detect something invisible would be throwing paint or flour or anything that might stick to it at it. Or Homenum Revelio.

There. She’d sort of been creative, and the chalkboard got hung back on the peg she’d taken it from. Creative in as much as she felt like it. Either way, she figured they were all going to be turning themselves invisible before long. It would be interesting, anyhow.

Better half of him indeed. He can just imagine the upset girls if the professor did the reverse. Althoughin his own opinion, it would've been more fun to just...learn from a pair of legs, yeah?

He did fall victim to the Professor's...lesson/prank alright, but that was enough to jump start his day, and be extra attentive. He's just thankful that he was doing it in broad daylight, because it would've been a different story if it was done in the evening. Good one, professor. Well done!

It was kind of hard to concentrate when their teacher sat on the floor with them. The sight was pretty disorienting in a way. Well, he ought to know what the professor did to himself by now, sure, but Ethan's gears started to churn, wondering if it was the Disillusionment Charm, the Invisibility Spell, or the Concealment Charm. The seventh year ruled out the invisibility spell, because he knew it won't last as long as a disillusionment charm. The Concealment charm was eliminated too because...well, Dakest isn't hiding something with magical properties down there, right? RIGHT. So, yes, Disillusionment Charm it is.

Picking up his chalk, he wrote down his answer, and as soon as he was done, stood up and hung the board back at the wall.

After smiling at the Professor, Paulina turned her attention to Benny who had joined her. "Hello," she said with a smile. She was glad that he was sitting with her and she was glad that he seemed to be in better spirits after what happened in Astronomy. Opening her mouth to ask him how he was, she immediately stopped as Professor Dakest started speaking.

It was good to hear that he was okay even though she had figured he was. Not as if the man appeared to be in distress or anything. More interesting than that though, was the announcement of a Dueling Club. Even though she wasn't particularly a fan of dueling, participating would really help her when it came to the Charms and DADA NEWTs. Probably a good idea to sign up.

For the moment, however, she needed to focus on the lesson at hand. Biting her lip, she wrote her thoughts down on the chalk board:

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I think the Disillusionment Charm is a good way to achieve this type of invisibility because it would be harder to do so with an Invisibility Cloak.

Setting up booby traps is a good way to detect invisibility - especially something like a net because then you could see the form of the invisible person.

Shrugging at her answers, Paulina got up and returned her chalk board to its peg before taking her seat again.

Dora giggled at his bow and momentarily thought about poking his dimple, but class and all... had to BEHAVE. So just giggles it was! Pink did look dashing on the Professor, she thought, as he slipped the flower into his button hole. Hehehhee.

WELLL okay. Dora knew a few things... she had studied her text for the class and well, her Dad was... pretty free about answering her questions most days. Picking up her chalk she began to write"

She stopped writing once she realized... she had begun to wrote down random thoughts... oh well. It was all pretty VALID, right? Sure it was. Hehe.

Jet looked into the blank chalkboard for a while. 'Think outside the box', he had basically said. Her first thoughts went straight to the Disillusionment and the Human-Presence Revealing Charms. However, that was not thinking outside the box at all, but those were probably the most effective ways of doing what had been asked.

After thinking for a few minutes, Jet quickly wrote down her ideas.

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Invisibility Spell

Magical artifacts, such as a magical eye.

She got up and placed the chalkboard where it was meant to be and walked back to where she was previously.

Barefooted, Sabbath had entered the DADA classroom. He’d greeted Professor Dakest who was standing in the centre of room receiving his students. Sabbath cricked his eyebrow, 'Well, this gives a whole new meaning to turning up to class legless!' He joked to himself when he saw that lower half of the professor was missing. However, he actually did find it quite an impressive feat and he realised he could probably learn a lot from Professor Dakest.

Sabbath was keen to start learning. He grabbed a chalkboard, sat down and started addressing the Professors first set task:

Sabbath crossed the room, hung up his chalkboard and returned to his spot.

You knowwww Charlotte had (as always) intended to go sit with Davie (OF COURSE! BFF) but she had SEEN PRINCE DAXTON being all suspicious and going and sitting on his lonely only, so when she had come in, she'd skipped right on over with a chalkboard tucked neatly under her arm, done a little twirl (a bit like a cat or a dog turning around on the spot before making itself comfortable) and dramatically flopped on the floor next to him.

As for PROFESSOR Sabel, Char waved cheerfully, impish smile on her face, and apparently took no particular notice of his missing bottom half, though ACTUALLY she was considering throwing a bit of paper or something to see if it bounced off his legs or went right through, because that would change things, if he was now just half of a Dakest. It would frighten Emma pretty bad, she was sure. HOWEVER, despite flights of fancy that immediately occurred (SHEWOULDGOONAMISSIONTORESTOREPROFESSORSABEL'SLEGS !), Char wasn't stupid, and immediately guessed what the situation was, and therefore because it was actually kind of mundane to her mind, she turned her attention to Daxton.

.... and crossed her eyes and poked out her tongue and then smiled REAL big before writing on the chalkboard: 'did the assassins steal your shoes?'

Also, she had a BURNING question for Professor Sabel though okay? One that proved she had read the rules for herself and everything.

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..... WHY WAS CHOCOLATE FORBIDDEN TWICE? Did it mean that there would be NO dementors in here ever? OR did it mean he had his own emergency chocolate stash for dealing with the aftermath of dark creature exposure???

Super important things to know, okay? But Char didn't quite get to open her mouth when he started talking and started the class and stuff. OH DUELING CLUB? YEAH! YEAHHH!!! It was too MUCH! Too much excitement! OH MERLIN!

HOW could he announce THAT and expect anyone her to do any work now?

She could defeat ALL of Daxton's assassins with the powers that she would CLEARLY develop in dueling club! EEEEE!

Daxton blinked at Dakest as the half-a-man stood before him. Or rather, he blinked at the chalk and chalkboard that were being held out to him, feeling an awful shiver run through him that he tried his best to repress. Just thinking about writing with those made him go all tense, but the longer Dakest stood there, the more likely people would look in this direction, and Daxton could think of little else less appealing. In the end, figuring that taking the writing instruments did not mean he would use them, he reached out and took the chalkboard, and held out his hand for the chalk to be dropped into.

But before it could make contact with his skin, Daxton quickly moved his hand out of the way, so it fell to the floor and snapped in half instantly. On the one hand, that was satisfying, but on the other, Daxton now had two gross pieces of chalk in the immediate vicinity.

... No, three. Because Char was here, chalkboard and chalk in hand, and sitting right beside him for some inexplicable reason. Daxton barely had time to register this before she began scrawling on her chalkboard, setting his teeth on edge with the horrible sound. Quick as he could, Daxton covered his ears with his hands to avoid the highly unpleasant sound; only when he was absolutely sure she had stopped did he uncover them again, shaking his head 'no' at the message she had written him.

There was not much time for conversation, however (though the topic of assassins was one that he absolutely needed to cover with Char at some point), as the lesson soon began. Daxton paid close attention, though it may have looked more like he was staring off into space. There was mention of a Duelling Club again, which piqued his interest for all the wrong reasons, and then there came the first set of instructions. Instructions Daxton was not going to follow, because he was not touching that chalk, and he was not writing on a chalkboard, and-

His chain of thought was interrupted by what felt to him like the most painful screeching sound, piercing his eardrums and penetrating his skull and making his brain rattle in his head. It made him sick to his stomach, and somehow even just the sound was remniscient of the feel of the stuff, which made it all the worse. Daxton pushed his chalkboard off of his lap and covered his ears once more, clamping his hands down as hard as he could, desperate to avoid the noise and momentarily, in his panic, forgetting the earmuffs that still hung about his neck.

It only strengthened his resolve. Not touching it not touching it not touching it.

Char wasn't actually COMPLETELY clueless, it turned out. Even while she was bouncing on the spot and having AMAZING FANTASIES about how BOSS she would be at dueling, Char still managed to notice a thing or two, including Daxton's obvious distaste for chalk sounds. Come to think of it..... it wasn't just chalk that he got all weird about was it? Tilting her head to one side and eyeing him thoughtfully, Char noted the earmuffs about his neck, and quite helpfully reached over and lifted them up over his ears, being surprisingly conscientious about not touching him.

Was that better?

She scrawled a quick message on her chalkboard and held it in front of him to read (because obviously with earmuffs he couldn't hear her).

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You can write what you want for the answer on your notebook! And then I can write it on your chalk board for you if you want?

Aaaaand she dotted every dot with a snail <3.

Asking her? Oh, it must be because of the splint on her shoulder. The professor didn't need to know that this injury was caused by an older student cast a fail levitating charm on her... and she's the one who insisted to do it. "I'm good, sir." Ava nodded at him. She just slightly waved to Adi when he waved at her. And also, Henric was here too. Maybe he still felt guilty about her shoulder because he was the one who made her fell. "It's getting better." The firstie said to him. No need to worry about her, she's healing pretty fast!


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Duelling club, ohmygosh! Ava was soooooooo excited to join! Once the class over, she's gonna run to the owlery and asked her mother if she could give write a permission letter for her. And their first task for this class was.... writing. Okay, this was just an activity, not a test. She was panic and blurted out at Charms before when Professor Baxter asked to write a paragraph too at her class. Okay then, the problem was she couldn't write properly since her left shoulder was injured and she is left-handed. But she tried to write first.

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Disillusionment charm can be used to make something invisible. Like, hiding the chocolate frogs and all the sweets from your twin brother.

To detect it, maybe we can use a magic spray or fake-eye?

Yup. That's enough. Thankfully she could still write although her handwriting was quite messy because of this injury.

He had just been about to squeeze his eyes shut for good measure, when a movement out of the corner of his eye made Daxton glad that he had not already done so. This way, he was prepared for Char to... do whatever it was she was doing. He tensed up and got ready to retaliate, fully expecting her to touch him, but the next thing he knew, he felt the unfamiliar fabric of his earmuffs close over the tops of his hands.

Daxton was completely nonplussed. She hadn't touched him at all. In fact, her actions worked completely in his favour. He blinked, then slid his hands out from under his earmuffs so they covered his ears on their own and blocked out the noise, and looked up at Char's chalkboard to read her message.

For a moment, he stalled. As a general rule, Daxton did not accept help, not not like to admit that he needed help (because he never needed help). But then, he had been looking forward to Defence Against the Dark Arts classes for a good long while, and he actually wanted to participate. For a few moments, he struggled with the internal dilemma, staring at one of the little snails Char had drawn. Finally, with his expression still as impassive as ever, he gave a single nod of his head and picked up his notebook and wrote his answer.

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The Disillusionment Charm can be used to make a person invisible or close to it. A person could also use mirrors to create an illusion of invisibility. Alternatively, camouflage is also possible.

Homenum Revelio reveals an invisible human, just as it reveals a non-invisible, hidden human. As well as revealing the invisible person, you can also rely on your other senses to detect them without magic.

Daxton did not dot any dots with snails, or any other animal, vegetable or mineral. Just small, neatly printed words in biro on paper. When he was done, he held out the notebook so Char could read it, and nudged his chalkboard across to her.

Ilia muttered the Colovaria charm quietly at her chalk to change it green as she sat and waited. She doubted the professor would care and it would look better that way, in her personal opinion. It didn't take long for more students to file in and soon she heard a familiar voice as he flopped down beside her. Beaming a big ol' grin to him she bowed her head in greeting. "Good Morning , Adi." She then nodded her head towards the professor rather than pointing to emphasize her point. "Are you excited for today?" The half there professor had to have something good up his sleeve.....it was him.




More people shuffled in , but no one tried to sit next to her. Everyone seemed to have the idea of trying to sit alone as best they could, she didn't blame them honestly and was glad she didn't have people that she did not know well sitting too close to her. She probably still needed to work on her issues with her personal bubble but...oh well. Not to fear though, because Henric moseyed his tall mess of sleepy Puff self over to her. She smiled brightly up at him and moved her bag aside so he could sit beside her. "Good Morning Sleepyhead." She reached up to ruffle the back of his hair.



She was bright and bubbly after the half there professor greeted her back and she was eager to hear what he had to say this morning. After greeting her boys, her attention went straight back to the man before her. If she had a tail , it would have been twitching with excitement , despite the outwardly calm demeanor she held. When he spoke of reactions to his current state, she half wondered if she should have feigned some surprise on his behalf? Her family was pretty strange and Hogwarts was very strange, strange was just too normal in her world to get upset about it.

Did he just say DUELING CLUB!? Her pretty little head whipped in the direction of the sign up forms so fast she could have given herself whiplash. She was ABSOLUTELY getting one of those. Although.......her parents *coughcoughmother* was going to be an obstacle. Give her a chance......or just send it straight to daddy and beg? Choices.....ones that would be dealt with later......

Alright, back to her little chalk board....A way to become invisible and a way to detect invisibility. Hmmm......what had her father told her about that again? She picked up her newly green chalk and began to write with a small smile.

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Originally Posted by Ilia's Chalkboard

One way to become invisible would be to use an invisibility potion. It is probably less versatile than a cloak or charm, but it is also something that will not falter under lack of concentration and you would not need to worry about keeping it on you whilst running.

One way to detect invisibility that might be more broadly useful, would be the use of a Probity Probe. They detect concealment spells or hidden magical objects when waved about, so perhaps it would be more enlightening than a charm such as Homenum Revelio.

Well okay see? That worked really good! Charlotte took PRINCE Daxton's chalkboard and wrote out the answer he'd done on his notebook, and even left off (most) of the snails. Only one, a little one, at the very end.

Once she was done with that, she placed it in front of him, gave him a VERY ENTHUSIASTIC double thumbs up, and picked her own chalkboard up again.

...... what was the question again? Oh yeah!

Tongue poking out just a bit, Charlotte wrote her answer in the space that was left, it not having had occurred to her to erase what she'd written, she simply crossed it out so that there was essentially a scribbly border around her lengthy answer (with which, she provided diagrams, so there wasn't a single bit of space left by the time she was done).

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You could make someone THINK someone or something is invisible, even if they AREN'T, like put a glamour on just that one person that you want not to see a thing, or use one of those complicated MIND SPELLS to make them think they are seeing (or not seeing) something, or HYPNOTIZE THEM like you can do with chickens! (*insert here a diagram of a chicken being hypnotized, and an arrow pointing to a patch where there was nothing, because that was meant to be the bit that the chicken couldn't see*)

You could probably throw a little scrap of paper or something else at where the thing that you think is there that you can't see (like your legs), and if it bounces off the nothing, then there's actually a something! Or you could use a potion probably! Or even water maybe you could throw that! Because it would still drip and make puddles or footprints and that would give the invisible thing away! (*and insert two helpful pictures, one of screwed up paper balls being tossed at invisible legs, and one of drippy wet footprints*)

By the time she was done, it was quite a feat to be able to decipher everything on her chalkboard, there was a LOT going on (including little snails dotting her i's), one needed to give it time to SINK in.

A few blinks later, AJ felt a tiny bit more aware of her surroundings. At least enough so that she could process the professor was indeed talking to her, and a response was probably necessary. At the very least it would be polite to speak back. She rubbed her eyes and flicked away an eye booger that escaped on to her hand. "More sleep." You would think she was a cave man. Eventually she would wake up...

Benny arrived... or maybe not? "Hi--" she managed to squeak out before he decided on sitting over there with another girl. If AJ had been fully awake this would have been highly suspicious. For now though, she could only focus on one problem at a time, and that one problem was staying awake. Priorities!

The lesson was starting which meant that she needed to wake up. Not one, but TWO questions were being asked and all at once. Wasn't there a rule about this? It was too early for mess. "Think, Valentine," she thought to herself. Wait a minute. Did he say a dueling club? AJ's eyes brightened and her ears perked up. She was all about that life. It would be better to ask her dad to sign the permission slip because her mom wasn't always so understanding when it came to "violence" as she liked to refer to it.

Picking up her chalk she began to scribble things down in a sort of legible fashion.

Hopefully that all made sense. She was waking up, but it was a process. Now she needed to put her chalkboard up. "Pssst... can you put mine up with yours? Pretty please!" she asked of Adi.

The Man Crush Dakest had a good sense of humour. Yes, he did! Adi slapped his forehead. "Come to think of it, I did see someone's lower half trying to get into the KITCHEN. But having no hands, it couldn't tickle the pear... so it was just slumped there dejectedly against the wall.'' Hahaaa.
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Ilia and her bows. Ever the polite man child, he returned the bow with his head. "You bet I am! What about you?'' It was super nice to see that she wasn't sleepy. Early risers, FTW!

Adi happily watched the other students file in. Great Hippogriffs! So many sleepy ones! Included in that bunch was AJ, of course. He just smiled and shook his head when she entered the room, looking beautiful as ever. Yep, even with the hair and the sleepy face, she thought she was the most beautiful girl in the class. No, in the world. "Morning!'' She a huge grin. "Come on, Sleeping Beauty! Wake up!''

Benny didn't seem to be that sleepy. "Hi.'' Squint, squint. Sitting with Paulina today, are we? Okay. If it weren't for the fact that AJ was on one side of him and Ilia on the other, Adi would be a sulky Hufflepuff. LOL. Oh, heeeeey, Janelle! Hey, Henny. Why not cheery, chum?
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But no more concern could be expressed over Henric right now. Wait... waaaah? They would be doing the invisibility to themselves later? COOOOOL! And as for the Dueling Club... DOUBLE COOL! Adi would definitely be picking up a permission slip!

Okaaaay, so they were supposed to write what may have caused the invisibility? Adi knew very well it may be the Disillusionment Charm but everyone would go with that answer, yes? Why not separate himself from the crowd a bit? Dakest did say that they could be creative. Adi wrote on his board:



All done, the Puffer jumped up to hang his board. Oh! AJ wanted him to hang hers too? How could he say no to her? Not to his baby. "Yup but you owe me,'' he kidded. Both of their boards in hand, he hung them up. Holy Griffs! Looking at their boards after he sat again, Adi noticed something... the couple almost had written the same answers! How awesome was that?

Daxton saw that, Charlotte Kettleburn. That snail. And he had not drawn a snail in his notebook so there really should not have been one on his chalkboard. He said nothing about it though (obviously), and simply read through the transcription to make sure everything was present and correct. Aside from the fact that her handwriting was nowhere near as neat as his meticulous printing, everything seemed fine.

Giving a vague half-nod, Daxton left Char to it and pushed himself up to his feet. He gave the class a wide berth, tiptoeing across the stone floor, before hanging his chalkboard up with the others and returning back to his spot. He had decided to leave the snail drawing alone, even if only because he did not want to touch the surface of the chalkboard at all.

Reclaiming his space on the floor by the wall, Daxton sat himself back down and eyed the two broken pieces of chalk that still remained there beside him. Well, that simply would not do. He used the end of his wand to flick them a short way away, not being the slightest bit sneaky about the matter, before slipping his wand back up his sleeve. Daxton glanced at Char, then directed his attention back to Dakest so he knew when it would be time to try uncovering his ears again.

Deuling club. WICKED. She'd be picking up one of those permission forms, uh huh. The even more wicked thing was that they were talking about INVISIBILITY though, 'cause there were even more cool things she could do with that. So many jokes and surprises and extra desserts! This was going to be her kind of spell, she could already tell.

Rolling the chalk over in her fingers, Norah bent over her board.

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I'm not really sure what exact spell is used for this, but I don't think it's a vanishing spell because those are really hard. Plus if his legs had been vanished he wouldn't be able to stand. So I'm not really sure what the invisibility one is. Maybe it's the disollusionment disallusionment disillusionment kind of charm and we just can't tell because we haven't done an up-close inspection. Or maybe his pants turn his legs invisible because they're like invisibility cloak pants! That'd be super cool. And I bet we can tell if something invisible is there by poking all the empty spaces in the room. That'd take a long time, though, so maybe by listening really hard, or a spell but I don't know what spell.

BOOM. There was no telling if her answers were right at all, but at least she had something. But now there was nothing to do but sit. And stare. And try to avoid looking at Professor Dakest's face.