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While your everyday classroom would be set up with desks, chairs and maybe even an indication as to what the lesson was going to be about, this classroom was different. The chairs were gone, the desks had vanished and the only ‘new’ thing about this class were the two boxes sitting by Professor Hirsch’s desk. One box, sealed, was sitting on the floor by the desk and the other, open and empty, was sitting on the man's desk itself.
With the desks and chairs gone, the Defence Professor has placed comfortable mats and cushions around the room. Each cushion has a small name tag on it and every inch of the floor is covered with the same mats that can be found in the Defence Training Room, if anyone has had a peek in there. If you look up at the board, you'll find out exactly what it is you're meant to do with your name tags...
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Take a name tag and write down your name, house and year before sticking it on your chest.
... And no fake names, please. He'd know. He would.
Speaking of, Professor Hirsch himself can be found leaning against his desk, his arms crossed across his chest and his legs crossed at the ankles.
So come in, grab a cushion, and wait for the lesson to begin.
OOC: Please make sure you're familiar with Hirsch's rules as well as the SS site rules before posting. Class will continue in about 21 hours time (Saturday 16th at roughly 3-4pm GMT). Hope you have fun! ^^
OOC: Class has already started but you may still jump in if you want to! Please don't post your charrie arriving, simply pretend as though they were there the entire time.
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This was Juno's kind of class! Even though she had already learned all of this from her father who was one of the best Aurors in the business, she still loved practicing self defense and sparring.
Juno knew that Esme had a harder time with this kind of stuff. Esme didn't really train with their dad like Juno had so she knew she would need to be partners with her sister. So she quickly grabbed two sets of all the pads and 2 pairs of gloves, hustling over to her sister. "Essy, want to partner? I got all the pads and gloves and stuff? It would be way better than the dummies, for sure, if we did." She hopped her sister wouldn't mind being partners with her. Her sister had a lot more friends than she did and if she had wanted to work with a friend she would have totally understood.
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Austin's confidence wavered as the professor spoke. If he thought one dummy about to give a bear hug was hard, then this was going to be a nightmare. Instead of just a fatal blow to the neck or torso, he had to actually get away from a dummy. At this rate they were going to have to fight off each other. Which was worse than the dummies. A real person meant actually getting hurt. And the professor wouldn't let these things hurt them... right?
He wasn't so sure.
The teen was all about potions. Sure the wrong thing could mean an explosion. But the worst harm was the loss of eyebrows. A potion didn't reach out and try to break your wrist. Potions were safe. And as everyone lined up across from the dummies, Austin was wishing to be across from his cauldron.
He gulped and stood his ground, hoping to regain some of his confidence.
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Chloe totally understood why Liv had missed the lesson. She had barely understood what was going on either and, honestly, they weren't to blame. It was Hirsch's dumb, beautiful, amazing....dreamy face that did that. It drove minds blank with its perfection. The Ravenclaw was sympathetic to her friend's struggle. The struggle was real. So handsome. And real. And...and...she couldn't remember.
Ah yes! Self-defense. How was she ever going to manage getting any real lessons learned in this classroom? This year was going to be so hard and Chloe resented Hirsch. Not that much. She snuck a glance in his direction.
The second year offered her friend an easy smile, "Livy, just pull my wrist down. It'll bend it and then it'll lock." Up didn't do much. But down would do a whole lot. Or at least that was what Hirsch had said.
...and she was inclined to trust Hirsch.
Her blush was creeping down her neck now. Focus, Chloe. No boys/men were worth this level of distraction. Lies.
Well...if Olivia were being honest, Prince Erik was very beautiful...but not at the capacity that she'd lose focus...because beautiful things were just there to be appreciated. Anyway, losing focus was something she could do all her own. Kinda like a super power. 100% natural, thank you very much. No prompting required. HOWEVER, Liv did have the drive to learn anything that might help with dueling, though...she wasn't sure if getting physical would be allowed in a dueling arena. Sigh, she had LOADS to learn about the whole thing still.
IT WAS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN! GAHHHH!
"I don't wanna hurt your wrist." Wouldn't jerking it downward hurt? Trusting Chloe to not steer her wrong, though, she tried again; taking a step back and shaking out her hands before getting her friend to regrab her.
OKAY.
Step forward, check! Bend the elbow, check!...and jerk the hand down...check?
"Like this?"
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Kat was really starting up enjoy herself. Kicking, elbowing and jabbing the dummy. Epp. And Liv was singing Mulan. Well this class was exciting wasn't it? Kat raised her arm and punched the dummy square in the nose. Hehe. That felt good.
Awww. She wanted to beat up the dummy somemore. But class was moving on.
Then the Professor stopped and started talking. She listened, now this was really what she wanted you learn. In case boys tried to hold her hand or something. Watching and listening to the professor to see exactly what she Safety clothes? Check. Kat went over and got them on and now to find a partner because having a partner when be much better than playing with dummy. Dummies were not friends.
She needed a partner but was feeling a little shy to ask. Sigh. Yes Even as friendly abd out going as she was she got bitten by the shy bug every now and then.
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Daxton was still pummelling the dummy, pinning it to the floor and punching every last inch of it he could reach, over and over and over again. Had this been an actual threat of a situation, and he been facing an actual attacker, Daxton might have completely lost himself in the moment, as he took out his barely latent (read: always present, occasionally visible) anger on the dummy. As it was, he was totally aware he was still in a classroom, surrounded by other students, surrounded by threats, but the noise of the room barely bothered him for once, and he just kept punching.
Until the whistle. The shrill, piercing blast of the whistle that seemed to penetrate his ear drums and offended his oh-so-sensitive hearing. At once, Daxton stopped, slamming his palms over his ears to block out the noise that was now ringing through his head, his face screwed up in an expression of pain. For a long moment, he did not uncover his ears for fear that the whistle would sound again. Breathing heavily after the thrill that had been beating the dummy quite literally into the ground, he looked around for the culprit and saw... of course. Hirsch.
Another glare came from Daxton, as locked eyes onto the stupid professor and his stupid whistle. The anger that had been drawn out by the first activity was now directed entirely at Hirsch, this time for the added reason that he felt the need to assault Daxton's ear drums. Daxton himself missed most of what the professor was now saying, what with his ears firmly covered (he absolutely expected the man to blow that whistle again) and being half caught up in a fantasy of going over there, taking the whistle and chucking it right out of the window or into the nearest fire. Then, predictably, there it was again - another blast of the whistle - and Daxton was able to hear it even though his hands were pressed against either side of his head with considerable force.
He had missed the instructions, but the addition to the board and the actions of everyone else in the room meant that it was not difficult to deduce exactly what they were doing now. Daxton continued scowling at Hirsch for a moment, then looked down at the dummy he still had pinned to the floor, as it had started to move again. Finally, he removed his hands from his ears and, just because he could, gave the dummy one last full force punch to its temple. He had just started the climb up off of it when, as an afterthought, Daxton peeled the nametag from the front of his shirt and slapped it on the back of the dummy's head. Then he stood, gave it a good hard kick right where its ribs would have been (without shoes or socks, it should have hurt, but Daxton felt nothing), and left it there on the floor. Before doing anything else, Daxton reached into his pocket and pulled out his ear muffs, and quickly put them on to block out the worst of any more unbearable sounds; now he was not in the midst of beating his dummy to a pulp, the noise of the room was noticeable. Too noticeable. Discomfort flooded back to the Ravenclaw and the tenseness returned to his muscles.
A new dummy. He needed to take down a new dummy. From the looks of it, they were supposed to be wearing protective clothing, too, but Daxton hung back for a little longer, though kept an eye out for any dummy that looked as though it was coming for him. The adrenaline started pumping again, fuelled by anxiety, feeding the desire to fight.
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This was Juno's kind of class! Even though she had already learned all of this from her father who was one of the best Aurors in the business, she still loved practicing self defense and sparring.
Juno knew that Esme had a harder time with this kind of stuff. Esme didn't really train with their dad like Juno had so she knew she would need to be partners with her sister. So she quickly grabbed two sets of all the pads and 2 pairs of gloves, hustling over to her sister. "Essy, want to partner? I got all the pads and gloves and stuff? It would be way better than the dummies, for sure, if we did." She hopped her sister wouldn't mind being partners with her. Her sister had a lot more friends than she did and if she had wanted to work with a friend she would have totally understood.
They weren't going to continue attacking pressure points?
What a shame, though she supposed that they were continuing to do just that...in a sense.
Looking around the room, Esme wasn't sure if she should continue to work with a dummy, or work with her sister. What if she accidentally hurt Juno? Maybe the odds were higher that SHE'D be the one hurt, but still. There WAS a possibility.
Before she could think the matter over further, however, her twin had joined her. "Of course I will work with you." Shaking her head in amusement, she took the safety padding. First she covered her torso, then her head, shins, and hands.
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There were two sharp TOOTS sounding throughout the room, causing Ariadne to stop in place and look around the room. OHH, it was the professor! Funny little sound, that whistle was! He followed that by launching into a huge discussion about a wrist hold, which Ariadne actually listened to from start to finish. The dummy had always KILLED her (no, not really), so she wasn't going to wind up the weak one a second time around.
After that, Ariadne began to get dressed in the weird little get-up the professor had provided for them. Dear MERLIN, these were huge on her! She should have really looked for a smaller size, but everything was on her now! Maybe somebody knew a re-sizing charm or something like that. Now she had her choice--work with a dummy or another person. ANOTHER PERSON! There was no contest about that one! Those dummies were scary, and somebody else could deal with them!
"Does anyone want to partner up with me?" she asked. Someone? Anyone? ... Please?
Toot toot! And he was done with the dummy, which was no longer pursuing him anyway. After a victorious smile toward it, David made his way back to his mat. He quickly wrote down EVERYTHING the professor was passionately saying, determined to memorize it this time, and then began to look around the room for a partner.
He needed to practice with real people if he was ever going to learn to defend himself in the real world, after all. Also, the new dummies were downright creepy. Thankfully, a little voice caught his ear, and he trotted over to his friend Ariadne, picking up some silly gear along the way.
"Hey Ariadne," he greeted the Greingoth gleefully. "Wanna work together?"
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How fortunate that they were now talking about how to free themselves when Olly was, in fact, currently trapped. Admittedly not very tightly. It was not particularly hard to free himself. Olly shoved an elbow backward into the stomach of the dummy. When he had enough room to turn he karate chopped the neck. And the dummy released him! Olly leaped away. Take that, dummy.
But now it was time for more practice. He made his way to the front of the room and grabbed the equipment. It was weird. Like a large hug for his head. No that was weird. Olly waited until Ellery had gotten her stuff too, then made his way toward her. Of course they would be partnering up.
"Hey Ellery, think fast!" And he leaped toward her. He grabbed each of her arms in his and moved them behind her back. Like he was putting handcuffs on her.
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Toot toot! And he was done with the dummy, which was no longer pursuing him anyway. After a victorious smile toward it, David made his way back to his mat. He quickly wrote down EVERYTHING the professor was passionately saying, determined to memorize it this time, and then began to look around the room for a partner.
He needed to practice with real people if he was ever going to learn to defend himself in the real world, after all. Also, the new dummies were downright creepy. Thankfully, a little voice caught his ear, and he trotted over to his friend Ariadne, picking up some silly gear along the way.
"Hey Ariadne," he greeted the Greingoth gleefully. "Wanna work together?"
Ariadne wasn't one to let others get her down too much, but EVERYBODY and their brother and sister had either decided to work with the dummies, or they had already chosen other partners. Nobody had taken her up on her offer. UNTIL NOW! Ariadne beamed brightly when Davie approached her about teaming up. "Of course I do!" she said. She'd only talked to her new friend once since getting to Hogwarts, and even then it was the middle of an activity. Pairing up to duel one another was at least another chance to hang out! She really needed to start meeting up with friends OUTSIDE of class, too.
She glanced at all the gear the professor had given them and gestured to her own get-up. "Do you think I have this on the right way?" she asked. The whole thing seemed kind of Muggle-ish to her, and that was something she was SUPER unfamiliar with. She'd done a pretty good job, although the shin pads were a little high. "So how do you want to do this?" she asked him. "Do you want me to step back, and then you can try a pretend sneak attack?" Hopefully it would be PRETEND. Ariadne was still kind of doubting her abilities, and dueling against a second year probably put her in a vulnerable spot.
Well...if Olivia were being honest, Prince Erik was very beautiful...but not at the capacity that she'd lose focus...because beautiful things were just there to be appreciated. Anyway, losing focus was something she could do all her own. Kinda like a super power. 100% natural, thank you very much. No prompting required. HOWEVER, Liv did have the drive to learn anything that might help with dueling, though...she wasn't sure if getting physical would be allowed in a dueling arena. Sigh, she had LOADS to learn about the whole thing still.
IT WAS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN! GAHHHH!
"I don't wanna hurt your wrist." Wouldn't jerking it downward hurt? Trusting Chloe to not steer her wrong, though, she tried again; taking a step back and shaking out her hands before getting her friend to regrab her.
OKAY.
Step forward, check! Bend the elbow, check!...and jerk the hand down...check?
"Like this?"
Chloe's back jerked as Liv snapped her wrist down. The movement threw her off balance for a second until she regained her senses and realised she was still holding on to Liv's wrist. No one had gotten out of anything.
HUH. They were definitely doing this wrong. Maybe she should have listened more intently but she couldn't be blamed. Hirsch was the problem here. How could he teach them properly when he walked around looking like, well, a Hirsch?
The blonde stood up straight and kept a firm grip on Liv's wrist. Her eyes widened in confusion and she asked her friend, "What did we do wrong?" Chloe decided to take a peak around the room at what other people were doing and started to piece together what she had missed.
"I think," she began, "I think you're supposed to push your elbow down and take a step toward me. Cause then my hand will be upside down and you can just pull your hand free." Was that it? Was that right?
The dummies height was certainly brought down with the pop to the back of the knee. The heel punch to the sternum didn't hurt her situation either though. It needed one more strike though, the coup de gras. Ilia wasted no time between bringing her target low, then aiming a swift punch at its temple. Her middle knuckle stuck out just a little higher than the others to give an extra sharpness to her strike. She knew that she was not the strongest or largest person, but she made up for that with cunning, speed, and ferocity. Her target came down hard and fast, a confident smile on her face.
Her target was down and the next activity was up. She could pick a dummy to break away from, but somehow that didn't seem like it would as much as sparring practice with an opponent. It wasn't striking someone, so if anyone was touch her, it should naturally be her best / boy friend right? Now, where was her boy?
Kat was really starting up enjoy herself. Kicking, elbowing and jabbing the dummy. Epp. And Liv was singing Mulan. Well this class was exciting wasn't it? Kat raised her arm and punched the dummy square in the nose. Hehe. That felt good.
Awww. She wanted to beat up the dummy somemore. But class was moving on.
Then the Professor stopped and started talking. She listened, now this was really what she wanted you learn. In case boys tried to hold her hand or something. Watching and listening to the professor to see exactly what she Safety clothes? Check. Kat went over and got them on and now to find a partner because having a partner when be much better than playing with dummy. Dummies were not friends.
She needed a partner but was feeling a little shy to ask. Sigh. Yes Even as friendly abd out going as she was she got bitten by the shy bug every now and then.
After the slytherin finished the first task of the lesson, he heard the Professor move on and went onto the main activity. He nodded and knew he needed to wear pads. He got them on for his protection but he felt like he was going to play football. Most likely the goalie position. All he was missing was his helmet. Once he got his suit on, he began to look around for a partner. He found it logical to find a person than rather practicing on a dummy. He looked and looked till he found someone who didn't have a partner yet. He cleared his throat and approached the girl. She seemed to be his age.
"Hey do you want to be partners?" This activity was going to be interesting to say the least.
The FIRST thing he thought to do. HA, Zeke almost felt for the ickle, but at least he had guts, or something. The boy would live to battle another dummy. Zeke's face split into a grin though, because YES there was that whole 'cool' thing again, he was OOZING it that was for sure. See, why wasn't Maggie watching him?
"Practice," was the fifth years answer, "I train, you get better, think quicker, hit harder, strike faster." That was really all there was to it, that, and having ace mentors, the type trained to kill - or y'know, that sort of thing.
He watching amused as the first year took another swing at his assaulting dummy. Though he was more aware of his own opponent, slowly regaining movement. But yikes.... an elbow to the nether regions. Lovely. Did he see that? He most certainly did. "Remind me not to get on your bad side, kid," he indulged before turning in time to side-step his own dummy, delivering a swift kick to the back of its knees to send it crashing.
So it was the secret of practice. Well. There was something Cornelius didn't enjoy much. He liked things to work at once, but things like this, like combat, he didn't mind the practice. Cornelius nodded at all the points the guy made, retaining all of this information for later assessment--assessing things was his favorite, okay--that he would later execute.
Excuse you Professor Hirsch, but you had competition. This guy...he was just brilliant.
Why does everyone keep saying that? About not getting on his bad side. Cornelius' head was going to be the size of a blimp by the end of the term. Ehehe. Coming from mister cool guy over here his head probably inflated twice it's size already. He grinned. "The name's Cornelius. Cornelius Orion Baltazar." He was going to stop being a kid soon, so...yeah.
Attention back on the professor as he spoke, Cornelius was disappointed to learn the activity had ended. He was barely getting started. And his new buddy here was giving him some awesome butt-kicking advice. Although Hirsch was also throwing out some life lessons. Throw their whole weight behind it? Cornelius definitely did that. Didn't human brains weigh around eight pounds? He threw all eight pounds into that dummy's head. BUT WAIT. The lesson wasn't over. They were going to practice doing some more damage and that made the boy fist bump the air. Attentive once more, Cornelius hung to EVERY single word that came out of Hirsch's mouth. He nodded along, a small smile playing on his lips.
So they were going to practice getting out of a wrist grip. Okay. He could do that. How hard could it be? Rubbing his forehead where there was a sure bruise forming, Cornelius dropped his hand. No touchy the head, okay. Good thing for the protective gear. And LOOK they were Adidas. Professor had taste.
Moments later, clad in protective gear--because when an adult says to wear protective gear you wear it; Cornelius learned that the hard way--the boy punched his left hand into his right palm. Did the dummies like, evolve or something? They looked tougher. Glancing at his former sensei, he nodded at him (Zeke). "Thanks for the tips." Cornelius made a mental note to bug him later.
Now turning back to his dummy, he smirked. "Don't you know steroids are bad for you?" Because clearly his dummy was on steroids. "Dare you to come at--MAAAAAAAA!" IT WAS COMING AT HIM FASTER THAN A COW.
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Maybe some of her classmates were willing to try out moves on each other, but you had to be GENTLE with real people. Dummies, on the other hand, weren't people, and you didn't have to be nice to them. You could try out all sorts of interesting tactics on them and not worry about anyone crying.
So in spite of the fact that it probably made her a loner of sorts, Dot faced off against the dummy as it approached her again, this time with less confusion and a lot more aggression. "You know who isn't polite? Dummies like you."
Okay, one liners were not her strength. Instead, Dot took a shot at the dummy's face, aiming for the nose area with the heel of her palm. Boom. Take that, sucker.
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Ariadne wasn't one to let others get her down too much, but EVERYBODY and their brother and sister had either decided to work with the dummies, or they had already chosen other partners. Nobody had taken her up on her offer. UNTIL NOW! Ariadne beamed brightly when Davie approached her about teaming up. "Of course I do!" she said. She'd only talked to her new friend once since getting to Hogwarts, and even then it was the middle of an activity. Pairing up to duel one another was at least another chance to hang out! She really needed to start meeting up with friends OUTSIDE of class, too.
She glanced at all the gear the professor had given them and gestured to her own get-up. "Do you think I have this on the right way?" she asked. The whole thing seemed kind of Muggle-ish to her, and that was something she was SUPER unfamiliar with. She'd done a pretty good job, although the shin pads were a little high. "So how do you want to do this?" she asked him. "Do you want me to step back, and then you can try a pretend sneak attack?" Hopefully it would be PRETEND. Ariadne was still kind of doubting her abilities, and dueling against a second year probably put her in a vulnerable spot.
Yay! He had a partner. He was confident Ariadne would be a good partner, too. She'd given smart answers all class period.
He smiled at her question about all the padding, starting to hook his onto his midriff. "It looks okay," the Ravenclaw replied, "though your knee things," he gestured toward the shin guards, "might be up a bit high?" He didn't really know either, so he hurriedly strapped his stuff on so he wasn't holding her up. They probably didn't even need all this padding for a simple exercise. Now then, somebody had to grab the other, and he liked her idea of pretending. He had an idea already, in fact; an idea he hadn't gotten to try over the summer....
"Sure. You can be the girl who wanted to explore... hm, Knockturn Alley, and I'll be the scary Dark wizard who surprise-grabs you to sell you on the House Elf market." Even though she was a human. Whatever! That was probably a thing, right? Selling kids to replace old house elves? Well it was a thing for now, for their purposes.
To start them off right, Davie gave her the nod to go ahead and start pretending, shoving his hands into his pockets and scowling like all Dark wizards probably did, and taking a few roundabout paces away from her.
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Nothing could have prepared Austin for the rush when the dummy was coming towards him. It wasn't the dummy that scared him. It wasn't even the thought that the dummy could hurt him. What worried the boy the most, was that this was a plausible occurance. There were going to be times when he might be without his wand, and he needed to defend himself. Especially if he was going to protect his younger sister. What three year old needed help in self defence? None. But Austin was ready for anything.
With his sister on his mind, he regained his stance, his hands in front of him. And when the dummy grabbed onto his arm, he was ready.
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Strike to the face? Effective, but it didn't slow down her dummy for long. Probably meant that Dot's strike to the plain dummy face hadn't really hit his nose right on, but had glanced off or struck around the eyes. Sort of hard to know where one was striking when the dummy didn't have discernible features.
He was coming at her again, and Dot took a step back to find her bearings again. She could go for the solar plexus, although that was easier with an elbow strike and she didn't want to put her back to it. She could also go for his lower extremities, although that felt like dirty Quidditch to her.
Sigh. The dummy took another step toward her, arms coming up to wrap around her again, and Dot gave up trying to make sensible plans. She'd just fight like the dickens and hope neither of them died from it. A step back out of its reach, and then foot swept the dummy, bringing it down into a clumsy heap. NOW she could safely elbow it. In the face. Repeatedly. While shouting.
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It was like her karate club again, practicing the attack with bare hands and stuffs. Ava felt nostalgic and missed those days. It's great to be back practicing her karate skills again. Maybe she could get her black belt next summer, she'd already talk to her mom about this.
And now they're moving on to the main activity. The young lioness watched the Professor opened a box that filled by safety gears. Wow, they're getting serious, weren't they? Listening to his explanation about the main activity, the young lioness tried not to beam excitedly because... YES, THEY'RE GETTING SERIOUS WITH THIS DUMMY ATTACK AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED!!!
Also, they could partner up with fellow student instead of using a dummy.
Well, maybe she's gonna use the dummy. She didn't want to injure the student because of her advance karate technique. Putting on the safety gear, Ava picked a scary stupid dummy and started her practice.
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How fortunate that they were now talking about how to free themselves when Olly was, in fact, currently trapped. Admittedly not very tightly. It was not particularly hard to free himself. Olly shoved an elbow backward into the stomach of the dummy. When he had enough room to turn he karate chopped the neck. And the dummy released him! Olly leaped away. Take that, dummy.
But now it was time for more practice. He made his way to the front of the room and grabbed the equipment. It was weird. Like a large hug for his head. No that was weird. Olly waited until Ellery had gotten her stuff too, then made his way toward her. Of course they would be partnering up.
"Hey Ellery, think fast!" And he leaped toward her. He grabbed each of her arms in his and moved them behind her back. Like he was putting handcuffs on her.
Ellery was ECSTATIC. If she had found Hirsch's face anything more than perfectly symmetrical, she might've swooned. But 1. every other girl was doing just that and 2. she was too focused on putting her helmet thing on. So swooning would have to wait. First, she had to find a partner…Olly, of course, but where was he????
OH. "UNHAND ME, YOU KNAVE!!!!" She shouted in a medieval, pirate-y accent, then immediately stomped on his feet. She wasn't wearing heels, but her legs WERE very strong, so that was a plus.
If that didn't work, she was going to bend forward and fling him up over her shoulder. It's okay. He was invincible.
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They weren't going to continue attacking pressure points?
What a shame, though she supposed that they were continuing to do just that...in a sense.
Looking around the room, Esme wasn't sure if she should continue to work with a dummy, or work with her sister. What if she accidentally hurt Juno? Maybe the odds were higher that SHE'D be the one hurt, but still. There WAS a possibility.
Before she could think the matter over further, however, her twin had joined her. "Of course I will work with you." Shaking her head in amusement, she took the safety padding. First she covered her torso, then her head, shins, and hands.
She was good to go!
Juno smiled. She knew her sister wouldn't let her work alone. She quickly tossed all of the padding on. This was going to be fun for sure!
"Alright Essy. Do you remember anything dad taught us?" She asked skeptically, while punching her right hand into her left to get the glove on better, and then vice versa. Juno had a feeling she would have to help her sister out a lot but she wanted to see what she did remember.
"Do you want me to be the attacker first so that you can practice?" She asked patiently. She felt it would be best if Esme went first because Juno was more trained than her sister.
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Ellery was ECSTATIC. If she had found Hirsch's face anything more than perfectly symmetrical, she might've swooned. But 1. every other girl was doing just that and 2. she was too focused on putting her helmet thing on. So swooning would have to wait. First, she had to find a partner…Olly, of course, but where was he????
OH. "UNHAND ME, YOU KNAVE!!!!" She shouted in a medieval, pirate-y accent, then immediately stomped on his feet. She wasn't wearing heels, but her legs WERE very strong, so that was a plus.
If that didn't work, she was going to bend forward and fling him up over her shoulder. It's okay. He was invincible.
Not the feet! Almost every other part of his body was covered by the fancy protection gear provided by the professor. Except they had not been given special protective shoes. Olly was just wearing his normal shoes, which were not designed to stand up to an attack from an angry twelve year old. He jumped, but managed to hang on to one of her arms. Though he did drop the other.
"Never!" He exclaimed. What was she, a pirate? Or maybe a knight. And he was some sort of medieval bandit. Come to...steal something. That's what bandits did, right? He kept a firm (but not too firm) grip on one of her wrists and moved his other one forward to try and trap her more firmly. He only hoped that he had not hesitated too long and given Ellery enough time to escape.
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The dummy activity seemed to be over way too soon, although Brooklyn had only taken down one. She'd made sure to take it out of commission though. Nobody had said she couldn't take out her irritation after all, but as Professor Hirsch had spoken again, she'd begrudgingly turned to give him her attention. Another activity. Of course.
She was half-tempted to refuse the protective gear, too. It was ugly and she figured if anyone hurt her it gave her a reason to stay irritated. Although honestly, being hurt wasn't something she felt like dealing with, so protective gear it was. At least everyone else had to wear it too, and she was reserving her irritation for whoever dared make fun of her.
Now she just had to decide if she'd rather deal with the dummies again or work with someone. There were pros with either option, and if anyone asked, she didn't trust the newly charmed dummies not to have an iron grip. Something told her evil hugs weren't the only risk with those now.
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Yay! He had a partner. He was confident Ariadne would be a good partner, too. She'd given smart answers all class period.
He smiled at her question about all the padding, starting to hook his onto his midriff. "It looks okay," the Ravenclaw replied, "though your knee things," he gestured toward the shin guards, "might be up a bit high?" He didn't really know either, so he hurriedly strapped his stuff on so he wasn't holding her up. They probably didn't even need all this padding for a simple exercise. Now then, somebody had to grab the other, and he liked her idea of pretending. He had an idea already, in fact; an idea he hadn't gotten to try over the summer....
"Sure. You can be the girl who wanted to explore... hm, Knockturn Alley, and I'll be the scary Dark wizard who surprise-grabs you to sell you on the House Elf market." Even though she was a human. Whatever! That was probably a thing, right? Selling kids to replace old house elves? Well it was a thing for now, for their purposes.
To start them off right, Davie gave her the nod to go ahead and start pretending, shoving his hands into his pockets and scowling like all Dark wizards probably did, and taking a few roundabout paces away from her.
It looks okay? WHAT looks okay? Oh, right! Her padding! She shrugged, not really knowing what this stuff was supposed to look like. Taking Davie's word for it, Ariadne pushed down the shin pads below her knees. Okay, maybe that was right...or something. WHATEVER, because Davie had just proposed a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious idea! Ariadne shifted from left foot to right foot and back again. She just could NOT stand still! "DAVIE!" she called out. "That's an awesome idea!!!!" This was what you called 'caps lock excitement'!
OH, OH, OH! Davie was already in character! Ariadne JUMPED for no reason at all, and when she came back down, she was 'Super Innocent, Soon-to-be House Elf Girl'!
"Ohh, Diagon Alley is just SO EXCITING today! I can't wait to make exploding lemonade with that boy I just met at the fountain!" she began. She was just WAY too happy. If this was a movie, this would the point where the viewers would think to themselves, 'This one's a goner!' Ariadne kind of shifted her walk over toward Davie, where pretend Knockturn Alley was.
"Ohh, Daddy told me not to go near this place," she said aloud, "but what Daddy doesn't know won't hurt him!"
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Juno smiled. She knew her sister wouldn't let her work alone. She quickly tossed all of the padding on. This was going to be fun for sure!
"Alright Essy. Do you remember anything dad taught us?" She asked skeptically, while punching her right hand into her left to get the glove on better, and then vice versa. Juno had a feeling she would have to help her sister out a lot but she wanted to see what she did remember.
"Do you want me to be the attacker first so that you can practice?" She asked patiently. She felt it would be best if Esme went first because Juno was more trained than her sister.
Just because she was good to go didn't mean that she really WANTED to. As soon as her sister was wearing her gear, Esme knew that she was going to be going up against her. Yeah, this probably wasn't going to go well for her...
DID she even remember anything their dad had taught them?? "I don't knoow," she lamented. "I think I was too busy tie-dying all my clothes." Oops. Maybe she should have paid more attention. How was she supposed to know that she would be forced to engage in close combat? As far as she knew defense was waving your wand or calling your father for help.
"Could you please." She wasn't sure what she was supposed to do.
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Not the feet! Almost every other part of his body was covered by the fancy protection gear provided by the professor. Except they had not been given special protective shoes. Olly was just wearing his normal shoes, which were not designed to stand up to an attack from an angry twelve year old. He jumped, but managed to hang on to one of her arms. Though he did drop the other.
"Never!" He exclaimed. What was she, a pirate? Or maybe a knight. And he was some sort of medieval bandit. Come to...steal something. That's what bandits did, right? He kept a firm (but not too firm) grip on one of her wrists and moved his other one forward to try and trap her more firmly. He only hoped that he had not hesitated too long and given Ellery enough time to escape.
Okay, so that was semi-successful. Ellery definitely belonged to that cliched trope of female protagonists - omg I'm so strong because I have fourteen brothers - but Ellery did have two brothers and two dads, so…wrestling was a big thing in the Borzekowski-Thomas clan.
"Well then…you asked for it!!!!" A phrase she hated to utter, but she wasn't as quick in her brain as she was on her feet. She attempted the weird wrist thing that Hirsch taught them. She wasn't sure if it worked, so she gave him a light jab on the head.
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- but Ellery did have two brothers and two dads, so…wrestling was a big thing in the Borzekowski-Thomas clan.
