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Transfiguration Lesson 2: Gotta Catch Them All! At exactly ten to two as per usual Professor Stewart was waiting for her students to arrive sporting her usual bright smile. Thankfully it's a gorgeous day outside with the sun shinning bright and a slight breeze to ruffle your hair since the day's lesson is being held out by the lake! You did remember to wear comfortable clothing and sneakers, didn't you? Professor Stewart is waiting patiently beside a large blackboard that reads... Quote:
Sure enough right beside the large blackboard was a stack of different colored mats to choose from should you not want to sit in the grass. On the other side of Professor Stewart are many small travel sized tanks each housing a toad. So come on up and collect your favorite one and go take a seat. If you were one to be looking around you should've also taken notice to the four large tanks that were on the grounds. One at each corner of the perimeter. What might those be for? Lesson Progression! Greetings and First Question Replies and mini activity Replies and another question Replies and main activity Final question OOC: ***NOTE! Also I just realized in this post that I made an error when I posted the lesson on the noticeboards... Not only should they all be wearing comfortable clothing but clothing they don't mind getting dirty! You may edit your first post if you like or just add that bit into your next post or even act like your kid forgot! It's completely up to you! I'm really sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused. |
Zelena made her way to the lesson, enjoying the feel of the sun on her skin. She noticed the assortment of mats, small tanks with a toad in each one of them and four large tanks. This made her quite curious. She smiled at Professor Stewart and greeted her with a "Hello, Professor. How are you?" Zelena grabbed a green mat from the pile. The jeans she was wearing hadn't been worn before and she also was going to show her house pride. She picked a small tank and made her way back to her mat which she had placed not far from the blackboard but making sure that she was not in the way of any of the small tanks |
Early again? If Janelle wasn't careful, this might become a habit. The Ravenclaw arrived for Transfiguration class to find she was one of the first ones there. Not a problem. She had enjoyed her slow walk to the lake. Now she could have a few moments to enjoy the outdoors in relative peace and quiet. "Good Morning Professor", Janelle said cheerfully. Reading the blackboard, Janelle proceeded to follow the instructions. She had no problem sitting in the grass, but since mats were offered, she reached down and chose a blue one. Picking out a prime spot in the grass, Janelle deposited her mat there. Then she went over to the tanks. She peeked inside and smiled. Toads. Would they be transfiguring them? And into what?, she wondered. Looking into a number of tanks, Janelle found the toad that seemed right for her. She lifted the tank and carried it back to her mat. After gently placing tithe tank next to her mat, she sat down. She'd take this time before class to get to know hr toad. |
"Hello Professor." The third year was cheerful and it showed. Something about the warmth of the sun on her face and the promise of summer soon approaching. Fresh air helped, too. Didn't it always? More classes should be held outside. After selecting a tank with a rather small toad inside, Junia took a seat in the grass. "You're not really a prince, are you?" The brunette carefully removed the creature so that she could get a better look at him. She wasn't going to kiss him or anything to find out, but she was curious. She supposed he was pretty handsome as far as toads went. The toad seemed to agree, as he sat rather still in her palm, large eyes staring back up at her as if to say yes, yes I am. "Look, I'm sorry in advance for whatever we're going to turn you into. Let's just both get through this without any major setbacks. Deal?" The toad moved suddenly, making a jump for it. She was faster, though. Thank you Quidditch reflexes. "I'll take that as a no. Rude." She set the toad back into his tank and shook her head. Nope, definitely not a prince. |
Leon was excited about today's lesson! Any lesson that was held out by the lake was okay with him! He was wearing comfortable clothes and now he was glad for his t-shirt.. He smiled at Professor Stewart as she arrived.. "Good afternoon Professor! How are you today?" He asked her as he picked out a green mat and then picked a toad and moved to sit down.. He wondered curiously what they would be doing.. Changing frogs into fish? |
Ah. A class where he had to use his wand.. Rooney wasn't thrilled, but he knew that Professor Stewart wouldn't be angry if it got too much for him and he had to leave. He didn't know, actually. He just thought. She seemed nice enough in that sense. And he'd just come up with some excuse that needed him to go to the Hospital Wing, in all honesty. Get Healer Reed to knock him out for a few more days. That'd be cool. Sure, the sun was out and all, but this was Scotland and it was not THAT warm. So Rooney still had on a jumper and tracksuit bottoms. Seriously, did people not realise that they would freeze to death if a breeze picked up?! Weather knowledge, guys!! "Good afternoon, Professor." Nice to see you. Wonderful location choice. Blah blah blah. He had a gooood look at the offerings and chose a smaller toad. The underdog. Probably because no one else would pick it. And the he grabbed a mat and went to sit down. This wasn't going to be any form of toad yoga, right? No thanks. |
You know what? You know WHAT? Matt was not happy. He was NOT up for this lesson at ALL, not because he disliked Transfiguration, but because... WHY the location? Why? WHY? Nothing would convince him that that would be a useful lesson. What was the point of it being held near the lake if being so close to it wouldn't be a feature in the lesson? Yeah, he was sure they'd be expected to do SOMETHING in or by the lake eventually. No. Matt was not amused. And that could clearly be seen in his somewhat pale face. He chose to sit as far as possible from the lake as he could. "Accio mat." He said and stretched out his hand to grab the object and it zoomed towards him. He'd be all the way over here, thank you very much! The professor did get a wave, though. Hello... FROM At least the weather was nice. "Accio tank." |
After taking some kids to another class, she headed to the ground for Transfiguration. It was one of her favorite classes, but Noelle was in no mode to smile. She read the board and grabbed a mat, giving Professor Stewart her best smile (which wasn't that great to be honest), and heading to find a seat in the grass. She glanced around and had missed the part where she was supposed to grab a tank. Sighing, Noelle got back up when she should have took a page from the book of Matt and accioed the tank. Nonetheless, she was back at her matt with a tank in less than a minute. She glanced at it curiously for a second before getting her wand out and waiting for class to begin. |
Hah! A lesson outside?! This promised to be good! REALLY GOOD because, who didn’t liked it to have a lesson outside and to not being forced to sit silent in a boring classroom? “Hello professor!” She beamed happily while smiling brightly. Looking around her next she spotted the large tanks standing around them and… A LOT smaller ones next to the blackboard. Reading what was written there she nodded to herself, knowing that it would be useless to ask WHY they needed to use a toad. She suspected that she needed to practice on it but… Who knew? Taking a red colored mat and a tank with a toad she walked over to where the others were seated and sat down herself too. |
Lakeside classes is just awesome ok? Well any class held outdoors is always a win for this Curly Top, and with a spring in his step he greeted the Transfirguration maven a cheerful "'Afternoon Professor Stewart!" And then he caught sight of the toads. "Toads!" he exclaimed happily as he went near the tanks that held them. "I didnt know we be needing toads today Professor, I actually have my own-- Quark-- and he's chillin at the dorms right now. Should I use him instead?" Its the reason why he has him right? Bring an animal to Hogwarts and among the sea of cats and owls, he picked a toad. |
Juno walked quickly toward the lake where Transfigurations was being held today. She was so excited to be able to wear normal clothes and go outside, without having to escort students and get back in as quickly as possible. It was a wonderful feeling. She saw a small group of students and their professor just by the lake. As soon as she got to them she smiled and waved at the professor, "Hello Professor Stewart! Hope your having a great day!" She read the black board, grabbed a purple mat and a toad tank. When she saw Leon, she headed in his direction. Setting the tank down in the grass, she set up her purple mat next to his green one, and then sat down. She grabbed the toad tank and then took her book bag off, setting it behind her. "Hey, Lee!" She said with a smile and a nudge, trying out a new nickname for him today. She kinda liked it. |
Any lesson were she didn't have to wear her school robes was one that she was likely to already going to like. Mostly because or in most of her four years here comfortable clothes one hundred percent of the time means. FUN. With it being transfiguration it was highly likely to be true. Also afternoon lesson, she could also always enjoy those too. She headed toward the lake, and NOT a classroom. Everyone should do a lesson outside at least once when it started getting nice outside again. It was such a beautiful day outside. Giving the professor a big grin as she joined the others. "Hello Professor. How are you today?" She happened to see the board, just before finding a spot. She needed a mat and tank. She grabbed both of those before finding a spot. What were they going to do today? |
Etta was really glad they were having an outdoor class. She made her way down to the lake, enjoying the gentle warmth of the sun on her face. Beautiful weather. She smiled at the professor and greeted her politely with a smile. "Hello, professor. Hope you're doing well." .. but her smile faded a little when she eyed the tanks. Why a toad, though? Hmm. Selecting a tank in random, she picked it up and headed over to a spot somewhere close to Junia. "Hey." Etta smiled at her before setting the tank down and plopping down on the grass. She observed the toad for a moment or two. "It looks rather adorable, doesn't it?" |
hai Junia we sit next to you hai & Matt's tank ^___^ He was laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate! Sort of. He was trying NOT to be late and SPRINTING down from the castle because he had GOOFED and sat in the Transfiguration classroom for a solid 15 minutes before remembering the change of location. OOPS! "HIPROFESS-SS-SOR!" he chirped as he grabbed a tank and flopped down on a mat next to an older Slytherin who was whispering sweet nothings to her toad. "OH NEAT! Mine's-s-s a Natterjack! What's yours-s?" Standing up again to peer into his tank and take his toad out, Derf was completely HELPLESS to the tank flying through the air after being summon by a Gryffindor and TWACK...smacked riiiiiiiiiiight in the head and down went the Hufflepuff with an unceremonious YELP. |
SPOILER!!: Individual Replies! With the arrival of the last student Camilla glanced around the area once checking for any stragglers. Not seeing any she turned her full attention onto those sitting down before her. "Good afternoon everyone! With the weather warming up and the sun out shinning today I thought today would be the perfect day to get outside and have some fun." Nothing was better then fresh air and sunshine while learning expect maybe having a bit of fun while doing it. "I bet you're all rather curious about what we're doing today so I won't waste to much time with getting things moving along. Why do you all think I asked you to wear comfortable clothing and things you wouldn't mind getting dirty? What might we be doing with the toads?" This was a very open question leaving room for guesses of all types. She was simply curious as to what they thought they might be doing. OOC: The students are welcome to answer one or both questions! This is the time for their imaginations to explore the possible options on what they might be doing today! I'll be moving on again in about 24 hours! ***SMALL NOTE! Also I just realized in this post that I made an error when I posted the lesson on the noticeboards... Not only should they all be wearing comfortable clothing but clothing they don't mind getting dirty! You may edit your first post if you like or just add that bit into your next post or even act like your kid forgot! It's completely up to you! I'm really sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused. |
"I'm fine, thanks, Professor," Zelena answered. She didn't mind the idea of getting dirty and when Professor Stewart asked what the students thought the lesson might be she quickly raised her hand. "Maybe we're turning toads into tadpoles," Zelena replied thinking that it sounded silly but she really didn't care. |
James certainly did not want to get dirty. Couldn't they just stick to the comfortable classroom...where he didn't have to deal with mud puddles and wet grass on the ground? The sun was too bright, it made him involuntarily squint his eyes a lot. He didn't like it. James couldn't help but gave a small exasperated sigh before quietly moved himself under the shade of a tree. Yes...finally he could see much better now. Eh, toads? Interesting. What were they going to do with them? He shrugged. He had no idea. It wasn't like they expecting a prince or a princess suddenly appearing in front of their eyes once they kissed the ugly toads, right? Ridiculous. |
Olly didn't mind getting dirty. Clothes were washable. He wasn't even sitting on a mat because he liked the way the grass felt on his skin. He wanted to lay down, but that probably wouldn't be acceptably. Instead he sat quietly, running his hands over the grass and looking down at his caged toad. They were probably going to be transfiguring the toads, considering this was a transfiguration class. After a moment Olly decided to name his toad Alfred. He wasn't sure exactly why, but it felt like a fitting name. Why were they going to get dirty? What were they going to do with the toads? Olly had absolutely no idea. Why were they supposed to guess what they were doing in class before they actually did it? He heard someone suggest they might be turning the toads into tadpoles, but that didn't seem like something that would get them dirty. "Are we transfiguring ourselves into toads?" Probably not because that sounded very very hard, but it was sort of an amusing thought. |
Natalia had come in quietly before class had started, gotten her things, and sat quietly now. She looked at the toad and back up to the professor. What would they be doing with the toad? Well if it was turning them into princes she could have it back. Natalia already had her prince charming. He had been proving that through this difficult time. She chewed her lip as the other's spoke not really sure what to say for an answer. Her brain wasn't working as sharply as she would have liked, but she was blaming the NEWTs on top of everything else. Finally raising her hand she quietly spoke, "Could we be transfiguring it into furniture?" |
What could they be doing with the toads? Kane had no idea. He always felt bad when he had to transfigure animals - did it hurt? He imagined it HAD to, right? Poor toads. They were going to be getting dirty, but what did that have to do with toads? The only thing he could think of that was dirty that you could do on a nice, spring day was gardening... He raised his hand. "Um, transfiguring the toads into gardening tools?" he suggested. That sounded even stupider when he said it aloud... |
Henry could certainly appreciate an outdoor class, especially for one that was normally held inside. Outside was pretty much his favorite place to be and he was starting to feel really cooped up in the common room, having being there more than usual anymore. And he stretched out on his mat a bit, leaning back as he glanced up at the professor when she started class. Oh... no offense, professor, but he didn't really want to play a guessing game. Not when there was really nothing to go on. Obviously, they'd be transfiguring their toads into something as this was Transfiguration class, but it could be literally anything. There weren't any clues that he saw, so he didn't want to just make a random guess. Instead, he occupied himself by peering into the tank he had chosen at the pudgy little toad inside, wondering just what a transfiguration experience was like for animals. |
Leon smiled warmly as he spotted his girlfriend coming towards him and he chuckled softly as he heard her nickname for him.. "Hey Jun Bug.. " He replied with a nickname of his own, grinning at her as he nudged her back.. He liked Lee! That was a fun one.. He turned his attention to the Professor as she started class and started to ask questions.. hmm why has she asked them to wear comfortable clothes that they could get dirty.. It was obvious they were transforming the toads into something.. But what? He listened to the responses.. furniture? Really? He shook his head and thought for a moment before raising his hand. "Because whatever we are doing requires us to have full range of movement and since we are near the lake.. we could be getting muddy.." That was all his brain had for the moment.. |
Harriet didn't mind getting muddy or dirty. She did not mind at all. She was an artist and to be honest she spent most of her time being dirty. So she really wasn't fazed about being or getting dirty in this lesson. To be honest it actually made her pretty excited about whatever they were going to do in the lesson. She actually really didn't have a clue what they would be doing. But she could try and give a good guess anyway. The blonde thought for a few minutes before she raised her hand into the air. "Could we be doing something near the water? So we might get wet?" Which would mean they could get dirty. |
+Derf! Oops. "MY BAD!" He shouted to the small Hufflepuff boy who had basically faceplanted the ground thanks to Matt's flying tank. He had both hands up to soften the arrival of the object and he decided to keep standing for that lesson. Further away from everything and everyone. Thing was, he could hardly hear the professor now. "WHAAAT?" He yelled all the way from where he was, more for the sake of being loud, noisy and possibly obnoxious than because he wanted to hear the lesson. He didn't care THAT much about lessons, really. Especially if they revolved around the lake. |
Carlton felt very comfortable the lesson was being held outside. He felt more free, it was just easier to breathe outside than in the castle these days. He also loved animals. But transfiguring them into objects? He looked down the tank and watched the toad sit there, staring up at him. Soulful eyes. Could it be...? "Professor... He looks like our neighbour Bertie." Something about the eyes, ya know? "Is it him? I mean- Are they people? Are we turning them back into people?" In all honesty, he liked Bertie better as a toad than a human but he didn't voice this out loud just in case it really WAS him. |
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The Slytherin squeaked and flailed and moved closer to the younger boy, just to make sure he wasn't dead or anything. That happened sometimes at this school, did he know? He seemed alive enough, though. Plus the professor had witnessed the unfortunate turn of events, so she was off the hook. Mostly. She definitely hadn't caused it, so that was a plus. Err... What was the question again? Oh. Yeah. She had no idea what they'd get up to, but she really hoped she wouldn't be turning into a toad. "Is there any way we can transfigure the toad into an ice pack for the kid here?" Because okay, still feeling a bit bad for him. Did Etta see that? |
SPOILER!!: Junia "Defiant?" Etta repeated, slightly amused. She turned to look at her toad, tilting her head a little to the side. "Hmm.. Mine seems to look quite comfortable. I wonder what we are going to be doing, though.." SPOILER!!: Junia O_O Derf! What on earth, even? She quickly moved a little closer to him, making sure that he was okay. Okay, phew. The relief that had washed all over her face turned into one of annoyance, thinking he needed a stern talk talking to, one of these days. So reckless. Even IF it wasn't technically his fault but still. "We can try a healing spell. An Episkey, maybe?" She replied to Junia before turning to look at Derf. WAS HE OKAY? Talk, Derf. Also, the professor's question. Etta wasn't sure why they had to guess. But she was bad at guessing.. and even if she did, it was the wrong answer most of the time. So what was the point? Um. "I don't know, professor." She simply said, raising a hand. |
What were they going to do with the toads in the jars?? Noelle looked over at Olly and scooted over closer to him with her jar. She gave him a weak smile before turning back to Professor Stewart. Transfiguring a toad would have been the obvious guess but they were wearing comfortable clothing plus clothing that they could get dirty... that seemed too easy. "My guess would be transfiguring the frogs. But that seems too easy." She said with half a grin. What else could it be though? |
Rooney was very taken by his toad right now and wondered why he had never wanted to have one for his school pet. They didn't seem to be as much trouble as Pomegranate was. Maybe he'd have to switch out the cat for a toad next year. That was...if he decided to come back next year. There was an offer that he would be stupid to turn down for the second time, but honestly...his mother was insisting he stayed in education. He raised his hand. "Well, Professor, we're outside. You're either sick of seeing us wearing ties, or we're going to be dealing with water and dirt and getting filthy." Or she was going to throw something over them. He wasn't sure which he preferred. |
Yeah, she was certainly curious about all that Professor Stewart had mentioned, her gaze falling to the tank before her and the toad within. Likely said toad wasn’t going to remain a toad for the entirety of the lesson was Cass’s first thought to the questions, the clothes part being rather obvious as well. “Because we’re likely going to be doing something messy, perhaps in the lake, and need to move around more easily than we might be able to in our uniforms.” Skirts weren’t really conducive to active activities. Especially messy ones. "And the toads...the toads are our transfiguration medium." What the would be transfiguring. Not unlike a rat into a water goblet. |
Sure, they were apparently going to be getting dirty during the lesson, but Rula still wanted to sit on a mat instead of the grass today, so that's what she was doing. And she was also leaving her toad in its tank for now. She wasn't afraid of or grossed out by them or anything, but why should she touch one when she didn't have to yet? And now the lesson was starting! And...what was a good guess for what they might be doing today? Hmm... Rula looked around, eyes on the lake and then turning to each student as they spoke, trying to figure out her own guess. Finally, she raised a hand. "Maybe we're going to transfigure the toads and the tanks into a small boat? So we can go out on the lake?" Probably not, now that she thought about it, because that didn't sound like something that would be messy. But oh well, just a guess! |
Juno crinkled her nose up in a grin at the new nickname...she actually really liked it. Jun Bug! It was just so cute! But before she could blink class was being started so she turned her attention to the professor....no matter how badly she wanted to stare at Leon instead. Juno listened to everyone's ideas. They all sounded like fun and very possible activities that they could be doing. Juno raised her hand and when called on replied, "Well, working with toads isn't particularly easy. I am sure we are going to get messy and dirty and we will be moving around a lot...especially if our toads get loose. So it is better that we are wearing comfortable clothes that we don't mind getting dirty than our school robes that really need to stay neat and tidy." Yep. That was her answer. No idea what they were going to be doing with the toads though... |
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All of these things were present and accounted for, so she was pretty well happy about being in class (or technically OUT of class) today. Her toad she kept in its little tank because honestly, she didn't want to freak it out or start it secreting anything out of fear or self-preservation. It didn't need any unnecessary human contact - especially since she wasn't sure exactly what she would be expected to do to it today. Char looked around and noticed the four large tanks, wondering what they were to do with anything. So far anything she could come up with didn't seem relevant to those tanks that was for sure. She put her hand up. "Are we learning to conjure something that the toads will eat so that we can coax them into one of those four tanks, maybe one is there for each house, by leaving a trail of things toads like?" With the winning house being the one that gets the most toads in the tank? Well, at least she was trying to work the tanks into her answer. |
Ow...ow ow ow oooooooow.... Rubning the back of his head Derf glanced around and heard the voice of the Gryffindor who had summoned the tank say something. An apology he assumed...but his ears were ringing a little too much to reeeeeally know for sure. And yes pretty Slytherin girl, he was alive. Thank you for the concern. Oh hello Etta HI! "I'M OKAY!" he assured everyone, including the professor. Although going to see the Healer may not be SO bad since the man had DOGS and he could maybe play with the dogs while holding an ice pack to the back of his head..but there were TOADS here and, no offense fury friends, this Hufflepuff preferred their company. But now came a topic that...Derf had feared. Using creatures as a medium for magic...and he already did NOT like it. He was not very skilled with a wand so what happened if he...you know...made his toad go KABOOM?! HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH HIMSELF! So he was going to protest if that was the case. Yup. "Oh! I like Charlotte's-s-s ans-s-swer!" he chirped in response to the question, still rubbing the back of his head and feeling the bump forming there. "Can we do that?!" |
SPOILER!!: Individual Replies! As each student gave their guess of what the lesson might have in store for them everything appeared on the board beside her. All it took was a wave of her wand for this to happen. The students didn't need to write any of this down just yet but she wanted them all to be able to see what each other had said. "Amazing answers everyone! I would like you all to focus on a few details for me though before we get to our first little task of the lesson. Mud. Water. Those things make our little toad friends slippery. Not to mention they can jump all over the place. If our toads got loose and were hopping all about we would need to get a hold of them which might not be so easy here outside where it's an open area." She paused taking a moment to let them all think about that before continuing. Was anyone catching on yet? "Rather then trying to catch them with your hands it would be much easier to capture them in a small cage. Which is what we will be learning right now. It's fairly simple and easy to do. The incantation is Incarcolvo and the wand movement is just a jab of your wand at whatever it is you're aiming to catch. If done correctly a mesh-like net will burst from your wand tip and around your target. On contact with the ground the netting will transform into a proper cage which you can easily pick up carry." Did that make sense? Professor Stewart waved her wand on the board making the words appear.. Quote:
"For the next couple of minutes I would like you all to give it a try on your toad friends. Remember it's pronounced In-car-col-VO." She would be walking around in case anyone needed help. OOC: Here's the mini activity! It's a fairly simple spell so the students shouldn't have much trouble with it. Feel free to have them mess it up or be unable to cast it though! Only one post is required for this but you may post more if you like! I will be moving on within 24 hours! |
Mini activity! Ohh so they were going to be making cages hmm? Well that made things a bit easier! Cause quite frankly, the seventh year wasn't looking forward to chasing down a toad in the mud.. He was a big guy.. toads were small and cages would make them better to handle! The wand motion seemed pretty simple, just a simple jab at the target.. so he only practiced that a few times! Didn't need to go overboard on a simple things.. Next he tried out the Incantation itself.. "Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo..In-car-col-VO, In-car-col-VO!" He rolled the word around on his tongue, making sure he got it correct.. Now it was time to put them together. He closed his eyes for a moment, centering himself before opening them and then jabbing his wand at his toad and saying "Incarcolvo! " Sure enough... a netting shot out from his wand and encapsulated his toad, turning into a small perfect cage as it touched the ground.. Chinese Fireballs that was cool! |
*catching up* x3 Oh oh oh oh oh he can use his own pet toad? "Quark is all that and would be cool with this Professor!" he replied excitedly and was already zooming back to the castle. He couldnt quite accio Quark to him unless he wants to drag the rest of his pets in that makeshift menagerie he created. .... And finally he's back. Just in time for the Professor to start with the discussion. Honestly he wasnt quite sure what they were really using the toads for and as for the casual wear-- well heck he felt this is what they should wear everyday for school. So he stayed quiet for that question, besides Quark was getting excited seeing the Lake so close by now, and he had to make sure his toad wouldnt escape. Ok time to do some spell practice "Incarcolvo....". |
Olly understood the concept, but he had a lot of questions. He raised his hand before starting to practice. "Professor, how does the net know how big to be? If I tried to trap Noelle, for example, could it tell the size of what is being captured and be larger if it had to? Also, I was wondering how this is transfiguration?" It was probably pretty simple but Olly was just wondering at the moment. Didn't transfiguration involve changing one thing into another? This seemed more like just confusing something from nothing. Was that transfiguration too? Okay he was ready to start practicing now. What was the incantation again? Incarcolvo? There were a lot of different sounds in it. Olly said it aloud a few times to make sure he could say it properly. He wanted to practice without the frog so Alfred wouldn't just hop away, but he realized he wasn't sure if that would work. Olly raised his hand again. "Will the net still make a cage even if we're not trying to capture anything?" It sort of related to his earlier question too. If it did work, how would it know how big too be if there was nothing to put inside it. |
New spell alert! She was going to learn a new spell! That was amazing! Hattie loved the learn new spells. It was half the reason she was at school of course. There would be no point being at school if she didn't want to learn lesson. Obviously she was going to try and not get eaten by some monsters, but she was also pretty excited about learning new spells too. Hattie listened intently, wanting to get all the information she could. She didn't like failing too much, so wanted to make sure that she knew everything about the spell before she started trying to cast it. First of all she practiced jabbing her wand in front of her, wanting to make sure that they got the wand movement right. That was the right thing to do. Because she wouldn't get the spell right if she didn't have the wand movement right. She spend a few minutes doing that, and that was good. She was pretty confident that she could do the wand movement. Now onto the incantation. She spent the next few minutes repeating the incantation. "Incarcolvo" She said, and then repeated it a few times. It felt a little weird in her mouth, but after a few attempts she was pretty sure she could do the spell. Or at least that she was saying it right anyway. She repeated it a few more times, just to make sure that she was saying it right. Hattie now stepped forward, and tried to put the incantation and the wand movement together. She spied her toad, jabbed her wand in it's direction, and then said "Incarcolvo" And nothing. "Oh." Well that sucked. She shook her head, composing herself. And repeated it, jabbing her wand a little hard. And... "Yaaay" It had worked. But now. How did she undo it? Surely it wasn't very nice to keep her toad in the netting. Maybe she should work on that now.... |
As she sat quietly and listened Natalia let her hand go down to the frog and touch it. She felt a bit sorry for it all caged up like this, but she couldn't help but feel like the frog right now. She felt enclosed in a cage with people just staring. Her mind went to other places she'd rather be and places with people that actually seemed to care and seemed to think she was doing a good job. She wondered what Joe was doing and Diar, then she started wondering what Roman was doing. She sighed and looked out at the grounds while the class continued. Soon she heard the professor again and turned her eyes back on the woman as she spoke about what they were doing for the day. So they were going to put a cage around them. How appropriate it seemed. Moving her wand out of it's holster Natalia did the movement, "Incarcolvo" Easy enough the net came out. |
Were they practicing on the toads now or just practicing the spell?? Because Olly made a good point. How did the net know which size to grow if they didn't have anything to catch? Maybe it was like the expandable tents she's seen at wizarding games. Looks small on the outside but once you get in, has lots of room. Noelle was going to try it nonetheless. Pointing her wand at Olly first because he'd used the example of pointing her in a net. She gave him a teasing wink before turning her wand at her tank. "Incarcolvo" She said strongly and watched the net come from her wand. |
Her guess hadn't been right, but she'd expected that. Ah well. They were moving onto the actual spell now! That was nice actually. Rula scribbled down the notes quickly, then pulled out her wand to practice. "In-car-col-vo. In-car-col-vo. Incarcolvo." It was a little tricky at first, but once you got the hang of it, it wasn't too bad. She repeated it a few more times before she decided to move on to the actual casting. No need to focus on practicing the movement beforehand - a jab of the wand wasn't too hard, thankfully. The main difficulty was in the incantation and concentration parts. She picked up her toad and set him gently on the ground. "Incarcolvo," she said, quickly jabbing her wand when the toad hopped forward. Nothing appeared. Rula had to repeat this a few more times, at first unsuccessful and then partially unsuccessful as a bit of rope came out of her wand but not in net form. Then she finally had to pause to grab the escaping toad and set him closer to her again. "Stay, please." She eyed him, and he stared up at her... Now! "Incarcolvo!" Jab! The mesh net appeared, neatly capturing the toad, before turning into a cage. Yay! |
Oh, this could be fun! Making cages appear out of nothing was interesting that was for sure. Juno took a deep breath and closed her eyes, as she usually did when practicing new spells. She took her wand and practiced the jabbing motion a few times. There were many spells that you had to jab with so this she didn't practice as much. When she felt she was ready, she set her wand in her lap, and began saying the incantation over and over again, "Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo." As she said it she moved her hand as if she was holding the wand. This helped her memorize the wand movement that belonged to the spell. When she felt she was ready, she opened her eyes, and opened the lid to her toad's tank. With a quick jab of her wand, she said, "Incarcolvo!" A small netting instantly came out of her wand and trapped the little toad. She watched as the netting turned into a cage. Magic was so cool. |
This is a catch up post / sitting next to Rula. Levi had been there the WHOLE time, ignoring his chosen toad (???) and looking like he was very much focused on the lesson at hand. In reality, however, he'd only been half listening as he just stared at Professor Stewart, who was looking particularly pretty today. So. Business, as usual. His one complaint was possibly that the woman had advised them to wear clothes they'd be okay getting dirty. Or rather, his one complaint was at himself for even listening as, presently, the boy was sporting the same beat up jeans he'd used for Professor Myer's vineyard field trip. Except that now, of course, the jeans were sporting permanent grape stains all over, which was just. Fabulous. Sarcasm implied. As he slowly began to re-acquire some autonomy over his ability to actually focus in class, Levi became aware that his classmates were not only participating in class but also seemed to be practicing some kind of spell. Inca--what? He blinked, realizing he'd appropriated the mat next to the Slytherin girl from the library research whatever (he was trying not to think about that) whose name he'd either never learned or had forgotten. Typical. The boy scratched his chin as he tried to be subtle about watching her work. And listening to how she said the spell. Then looked around to see the rest. Incarcolvo. So... a cage for the toads? Or, he supposed, potentially for anything. Maybe. "Stay right where you are." He instructed quite sternly at his toad, wagging his index finger at it. Levi plucked it out, made a face at its skin texture against his palm. Miraculously, the toad did not move after Levi set it on the ground. He jabbed his wand at it. "Incarcolvo!" The toad blinked, and Levi frowned. "I said--" He took a deep breath, once again jabbing the wand at it, "Incarcolvo!" It worked, right as the toad became bored enough and seemed ready to make a run for it. "Professor Stewart," Levi called, raising his hand (and wand) and watching the toad just in case the spell decided to stop working. He'd run after it if he had to. He actually had some questions. Or rather, one question. For now. "Does the spell only work on animals or can it be used on human beings, too?" |
SPOILER!!: Individual Replies! After making another round through the grass to see how everyone was doing Professor Stewart returned to the front. "Amazing job everyone! To remove the cage all you have to do is cast a simple 'Finite'. Or you can wait for the spell to wear off." It was really that easy. "Go ahead and do that now if you like or you may leave your toad in the cage for now." "Before we move onto our main activity there's something missing. We need more toads." Hint hint. Professor Stewart looked at all her students before her. "Who can tell me how we can fix this problem? What transfiguration spell can we use to create more toads?" She was sure that most of the could already. "Tell me the name of the spell, what it does and if you like go ahead and give it a try on your toad." Yep, another mini activity before the real activity. Only this activity was attached to questions they all should know the answer too. There was a small smirk playing across the professors face indicating that she was asking this particular question for a good reason. OOC: Here we go guys! So there's a few questions here along with a small activity. You can have the kids answer the questions and try out the spell or just have them answer the questions or do the spell itself! It's up to you. Those that do the spell can fail, can make more then one copy :wink: or whatever else you like! I'll be moving on again in about 24ish hours! :D |
Wait, did the professor mean the doubling charm? Maybe! Char put her hand up. "Geminio? Or the doubling charm. Though, some of the copied toads probably wouldn't last very long... or even like.... work very well. Depending if people know the charm or not yet." And honestly.... she wasn't so sure she'd be able to do that good of a job at it. Like she knew the charm and could cast it and everything, but what if half way through the activity the copied toad just disappeared or something? Oh and she had better actually practice this cage thing. Phew. Got a bit sidetracked by her toad there. |
catching up! <3 Junia was still mildly concerned about the small Hufflepuff, mostly because she was fairly certain he was friends with Abey and Abey would be crushed if a friend were to get hurt badly. The thought of a crushed Abey just didn't sit well with her, you know? "If you start feeling dizzy or nauseous, let me know. I'll go with you to the healer." See? She was being helpful. "Also, aim away from me if you think you'll throw up." ...Mostly helpful, anyway. She'd done that when she'd hit her head during a duel and it had been gross. ... The spell they'd be using seemed easy enough and the Slytherin figured her toad would cooperate now that it wasn't going to be transformed into something. "See, this will actually be fun for you. You get to be free." If only for a moment. Really depended on how good she was at this making a net thing. "Incarcolvo...Incarcolvo...In-car-col-vo...Incarcolvo." Mouthful, that was. Yikes. She said it fast, she said it slow, she said it while clapping out the syllables. She wanted to be comfortable with the way it rolled off her tongue before moving on and eventually, she was. Letting her toad free, the brunette trained her wand and said clearly, "Incarcolvo!" Ugh, not fast enough. "Work with me here, okay? Please?" The toad was still moving, probably as fast and as far from her as possible. They really didn't seem to be a good match. "Incarcolvo!" ...Merlin. "Toad, I said, Incarcolvo!" HAH! Got him! The thirteen year old skipped over to the little cage and peered inside, a smile in place. That was-- Oh, they were moving on. ... More toads? Junia eyed her own for a moment, wondering if having more of him around would be wise. Hm... "I was thinking of the doubling charm, too. Just like Charlotte said." Wasn't that spell rather tricky and couldn't you make lots of copies or just one, depending on what you wanted? |
Okay, so Brent still hadn't caught a toad, which wasn't a good thing seeing as the rest of the lesson apparently replied on him having one. He had the incantation and wand movement down pat. He just needed to get close enough to a toad to actually have a chance. Brent scurried around until he finally came upon a loose toad that hadn't been caught. "Incarcolvo!" he shouted at it, giving a jab of his wand. It hopped away, causing the fourth year to hurry after it. He caught up with it quickly and gave another jab of his wand. "Incarcolvo!" he said again. This time, it worked. The mesh-like net burst from his wand and closed itself around the toad. When Brent spotted the little cage, he picked it up. So...about that next question. "I'm thinking Geminio, too," he said, raising his hand. So was that what he needed to cast now? |
Noelle got a praise from Professor Stewart and smiled. But she was also taking notes on what she said to Olly. So it could be used for larger items. Or people... or things. Hmmmm.... Noelle looked up from her notes to listen to what Professor Stewart was saying about doubling the frogs. Charlotte was the first to answer. Yep. That would have been the spell that Noelle went with too. Others were answering too. Noelle nodded at their answers because they were the same as Charlottes. Instead of following suit, Noelle just nodded and kept quiet. |
Ah…conjuring. They would be conjuring spells, cages, around their little amphibian friends. Cassie had to admit she was grateful for the professor planning ahead and making it easier to catch the toads in the cage’s grasps. She’d had more than enough experience in trying to catch toads or frogs to know they would have had a much harder time practicing the spell. After several minutes of trying out the spell, the Ravenclaw had finally managed to catch the toad in the new cage within the tank. And then she waited…waited until she was aware of how to reverse it. Finite…nice and simple. Then she didn’t have to wait to move on or try again. “Finite,” she cast, the cage fading away and her toad friend free to hop around again. As for the issue about needing more toads…Cass had to think on the spell options. The doubling charm or Gemino curse others were saying made sense but wasn’t it considered more dark magic? |
*catching up* Skylar was listening, as the Professor started the lesson without wasting any time and asked them why she asked them to wear comfortable clothes that they wouldn't mind getting dirty. As if that wasn't obvious? She wanted them to be comfortable, because it was proven that when one was comfortable, they performed better. Actually, Sky didn't know that for a fact, but it sounded plausible. But Sky didn't raise her hand and offer up that suggestion, instead she merely jotted down a few notes of things her peers had said. Time to practice, again Professor Stewart wasted little time, which was a good thing. More time for practical knowledge which was what they were here for; ah, conjuring cages! That was kind of cool, though the incantation sounded a bit like a tongue twister.... "Incarvolvo, Incarvolvo... Incarvolvo" she whispered a few times under her breath, not realizing she was mispronouncing the word slightly. She was ordinarily rather adroit in figuring out she was mispronouncing something; especially once she got to putting the incantation and wand movement to use and figuring out why it didn't work. But before she could practice, the Professor asked another question, about how to make more toads. Reproduction, but that took time, didn't it? Though Charlotte's answer was definitely the more correct one. "The doubling charm, yes," she agreed nonchalantly, interrupting her incantation practice focus. |
Having focused on taking notes and then practicing the spell, Rula hadn't paid a lot of attention to who was sitting around her until the boy next to her - who turned out to be the Gryffindor guy from the library research group - asked an interesting question. And, at that memory of the library, an idea struck her. The professor then sort of confirmed her idea with her answer. Of course, someone needed to be very advanced with the spell to accomplish it, but could the monster from the portal be trapped by this spell? Considering all the discussion that had gone on with the library group, with the poltergeists and a portal in other places and the monster possibly not always having been a monster...could they trap it in a cage with this spell, and then it could be studied by the Ministry or whoever could figure out what exactly it was? Maybe. Maybe not. It was only an idea. Didn't seem like the kind of thing to bring up here either, so she mentally filed it away for another time and focused on the lesson again. So Geminio was what they were going to be using next? Duplicating a lot of toads? Hmm, interesting. |
Juno wanted to wait and see how long it took the charm to wear off. She was just interested in things like that. It wasn't hurting the toad at all. He was safe in the cage. Juno listened to the question asked and absolutely agreed with everyone else's answers. Nodding her head, she raised her hand and said, "I also agree the doubling charm, Geminio, would be best to create more toads." She looked down at her toad, it was still in it's little cage. Interesting...so very interesting. |
So far everyone was saying the doubling charm but no one was trying it.. Leon wasn't even sure if that was the charm they would be using, but the Ravenclaw couldn't think of another one that would work.. Lest they were going for the rare human to road spell and quite honestly.. He would prefer to stay a human.. He kept silent, everyone else was saying the same thing.. no need to repeat it. |
Catch-up! SPOILER!!: Mini-activity! Carlton let out a little sigh of relief when professor Stewart assured him the toad wasn't his neighbor. He'd get into a lot of trouble trying to catch his neighbor with a net. He practiced the incantation a few times out loud. But as soon as the professor told them to start the activity he got stressed. He didn't want to be the last student standing. "Out you go, little toad." He murmured as he gently tilted the tank so it could hop out. There was a quick moment of peace between the toad and the young boy before the toad that reminded him of his neighbor decided to break the peace. In one swift movement it was off, running from captivity as fast as it could. "Hey- WAIT!" Carlton reached for his wand and aimed it at the hopping toad. "Incarcolvo!" Yeah, nothing happened. The young boy sprinted after it. "Incarcolvo, incarcolvo, INCARCOLVO!" A net shot out of his wand and landed somewhere in the distance. Carlton ran towards it and peered inside the cage only to see- ... A rock. He'd captured a rock. Where was Bertie the toad?! Carlton picked up the cage and looked around him on the ground in search for the animal but without any luck. Bertie had officially slipped away from him. "I lost Bertie, professor." He said, slightly out of breath as he held up his cage. "I captured a rock." SPOILER!!: 2nd mini-activity! Carlton listened to the other students mentioning the doubling charm as he looked at his little rock inside the cage. He wondered briefly where Bertie the Toad had run off to... He hoped he was enjoying the summer sunshine somewhere. In the meantime, Carlton waited for the cage to release the rock inside and for the lesson to continue. |
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N E A T! This was going to be an incredibly useful spell to have in his creature arsenal! Not that he disliked using his hands to catch and collect creatures though. He was a bit more of hands on person BUT!!!!! Wand out, Derf was EAGER to give this one go...but just not on his toad. Because what if he ended up conjuring something not a net or cage...or it was too small and squished his toad? Nah, he was going to practice on...HIS TEXTBOOK! "Incarcolvo...Incarcolvo...Incarcolvo...Incarcolvo. .." he chanted as he rummaged through his enchanted suitcase for it. Moving his other textbooks...and a spare pillow from his bed...and some jars of dirt...and, oh, well...no one needed to know he had that...and his fireseed from Herbology, Derf finally found his Transfiguration textbook and set it on the ground with a GRIN at his toad. Feeling strangely confident with this spell, Derf flourished his wand at his book, "Incarcolvo!" In the next instant, however, Derf found himself not in the presence of an caged textbook. Rather than go AROUND the book...the net and accompanying cage had gone right THROUGH it. Well...half of it. Um.... So he had a half caged book. Hold flaming salamanders thank GOODNESS he hadn't tried this out on the toad first. Quote:
MAGIC ON THE TOAD? The first year glanced nervously at his failed attempt at a CAGE and protectively reached into his tank for his toad. Nope. Not...nope. Silent protesting was happening over here. How would he get more toads? Well...he would just go find them. And then catch them with his bare hands because this cage thing was just not happening. |
Nat had been practicing while they were doing so. She had gotten the spell pretty easy so she started working on trying it nonverbally. That had been her practice since the beginning of term. She was finding the nonverbal a little more challenging which was causing her mind to really focus. Something that she welcomed greatly at the moment. So with her focus on her wand and the spell she practiced and practiced until her concentration was taken by the professor's voice once again. Turning her eyes to the woman she sat quietly. Everyone kept saying the doubling charm, but they were in transfiguration so wouldn't it be that they would be transfiguring something into toads? Nat was curious at this and wondered if there was a transfiguration spell that could do this. She assumed the charm was correct though since it was the only thing she could really think of that would make more toads. "We could just go to the lake and search for more." It wasn't a spell, but it was a safe way of finding more toads. It was the only thing she really could think of that could help get more. |
SPOILER!!: Individual Replies! Interesting. This was very interesting. Professor Stewart was rather surprised that not even one of the students had given the spell a try. "All of you that answered Gemino are correct. Gemino, the duplication charm. Nicely done everyone. The thing with Gemino is it's all about focus and intent as well as your own abilities to cast it. One copy can be made at a time or many many copies can be made. The time in which a copy lasts can also be greatly affected. For example should a first or second year cast it chances are they may not be able to and should they mange it," she paused for a breath before continuing, "the copy probably won't be exact or last very long at all. Probably only seconds." Once more she looked around a small grin forming on her lips. "Maybe a third or fourth year would have better luck. They might very well end up with many many more copies if their attention was lacking. Some of the copies could last minutes or even hours." "Now if I was to give it a try...," Camilla removed a toad from one of the cages behind her and set it down on the grass. Taking out her wand she flicked it in the direction of the toad, "Gemino!" one exact copy of the toad appeared beside the other. "That would happen. This one won't last very long at all as it wasn't intended to." Sure enough the copy disappeared. "If I wanted to though this could very well happen," once more the women flicked her wand at the toad casting, "Gemino!" Rather then one copy the toad seemed to keep multiplying. It wasn't long before these toads took off hopping about the area. "If anyone would like to give it a try, you may do so right now but it's not required as we'll be moving on to the ACTIVITY!" Were they all excited yet? They should be. Camilla took a look around. "If everyone could gather their things away and bring it all up here by me along with the mats you were sitting on please we'll get started." She waited a moment until everyone had done that. "Go ahead and remove your toads and set them down on the grass now. The cages can be put aside." Another minute or so was given for this. Lifting her wand then Camilla gave it a wave lifting a previous transfiguration spell that had been placed earlier. The surrounding area was no filled with knee-high patches of grass, different sized puddles of water, patches or dirt/mud. There was flowers and lily pads in the puddles and many more toads hopping, laying about. Lets not forget the four very large tanks. One set up in each corner now glowing a different color to represent each house (red, blue, yellow or green). "For the rest of the lesson we will be catching toads! I want you to use the Incarcolvo spell! You will be working together with your houses to get as many toads as you can into your houses tank. This might sound simple but it won't be...not all of these are real toads. Copies are everywhere and can disappear at anytime. House points will be awarded at the end of the lesson!" "Does everyone understand?" It was fairly simple rule wise. Capture the toads and put them into the house colored tanks. "On the count of three... One. Two. Three!" Go! Go! Go! OOC: It's time for the Main Activity! The rules are very simple. Capture a toad (no more then two in a cage please!) using Incarcolvo OR their hands if they really want to and put it into your Houses glowing tank! There is copies of toads that will disappear so go ahead and let that happen! There's puddles or water, flowers, grass and dirt all over the place so many chances to get muddy or lose/find a toad! Work with your housemates too! I'd like to see at least 3 labeled posts (house and whether or not the toad made it into a tank!) Professor Stewart will be around and she might even help/or hinder the progress! |
Post 1: SLYTHERIN TANK-1 TOAD CAUGHT Holy. toads. Junia's eyes widened slightly as Professor Stewart made many, many, many copies of a toad. Merlin's beard, that was impressive. Also excessive. She decided against trying the spell on her own toad, as how many defiant toads did you really want around during an activity like this? Plus, she was starting to fear that she would end up stepping on the poor things while running around trying to catch them and that-it made her stomach flip-flop. It didn't help that the tall grass and puddles of muddy water where now all over the place. Should've worn her wellies. Taking her small toad out of its cage, the third year held him in her palm for a moment. "Be fast out there and stick to open areas where people can see you. You don't want to get squished." She paused and then added, "And if you're going to get caught, try to be caught by a Slytherin, okay?" Like, that wasn't too much to ask, right? She set the tiny creature free and then readied her wand. Game on. Deciding that hanging around the patches of dirt might be her best bet, Junia crouched down and made herself very still. Any sudden movements would surely scare the toads more and she wanted to catch one off guard. That was her plan, anyway. So even when her classmates passed her by, getting mud onto her soft trousers, the thirteen year old didn't make a peep. She simply wrinkled her nose and willed herself to concentrate. ...And all her waiting and concentrating seemed to pay off. A rather large and slightly intimidating toad hopped right in her path, causing Junia to hold her breath for a moment as she trained her wand. EEP! ""Incarcolvo!" The sound of her voice made the toad jump, but it was too little, too late. Her net closed around the creature, hardening into a cage. It was a victory. A small one, but one nonetheless. She hurried over to her team's large green tank to deposit the toad, hoping it wouldn't disappear before she got it there. Seemed luck was on her side this time as it didn't, not yet. One down...many, many, many toads to go. |
Post 1- Ravenclaw Tank - 1 toad caught! Chinese Fireballs... That was a whole lot of toads hopping around everywhere! Leon blinked his grey eyes as he looked around..And they had to catch them and put them in tanks? Leon would actually much rather help out the Hufflepuffs, cause of Juno. Even though there were a lot of Ravenclaws around, sometimes he felt like there were only three or four of them. Ahh well.. Leon released his frog from his cage and watched it go hopping away, trying to keep a mental note of where the frog was! He moved to the front of the class and put his mat away as he was instructed, and then as the Professor spoke and said GO! He started to head out into the swamp like thing and look around for a frog! Ohh! There was one! Hopping through a puddle! Leon grinned and got out his wand and said "Incarcolvo! " Yessss!! Froggie was hisssss!! Leon picked up the caged toad and then headed over to his teams tank and dropped it in.. One! |
Post 1 - Slytherin - 1 Toad Olly could try the duplication spell, or he could just go have fun with the main activity. The second option sounded much better so that's what he was going to do. It was a competition, which he always liked because he was very competitive. Sorry Noelle, but this is where they must part ways. He jumped up and headed into the tall grass and murky swamp. For now Olly was just heading toward the Slytherin tank. He figured he'd probably run into a few toads along the way. They were all over. Sure enough, one almost jumped right over his feet. Olly's first instinct was not to use his wand, but to reach down and grab it. Unfortunately, as soon as his fingers closed around the toad's body it disappeared. Dang it, just a duplicate. No matter, he was sure he'd be able to find another one around somewhere. He crouched in the grass and listened quietly. Come on toads, come out come out wherever you are. Olly looked around, and eventually caught sight of a toad hopping a few feet to his right. He aimed his wand. "Incarcolvo." The net shot out of his wand and made a cage around the toad. Olly waited a few seconds to see if it would disappear and was pleased that this one seemed to be real. Olly grabbed the cage and turned back toward the Slytherin tank. He hurried that way and deposited the toad. That made two total now, but there would be a lot more than that if Olly had anything to do with it. He turned and hurried back into the grass to look for more toads. |
Post 1 - NO Toads caught :'( Of course it was the duplication charm; it wasn't as if there were many more options that Skylar could think of in terms of rapid duplication of toads or anything really. And it wasn't required for them to practice it, so for now, Skylar just left that incantation alone, figuring she would have plenty more time to practice it down the road in her education. Time to catch some toads with a cage, as that was the main point to the activity, not learning to master duplication spell. "Incarvolvo!" Skylar said clearly, as she practiced... but as she said it, well there was nothing except for the toads hopping out of the way. And a pebble rolled her way? Just coincidence, probably. Huh? Listening to some older students nearby and watching as they deposited toads into their house tanks, she trying to focus on what she had been saying. She hadn't THOUGHT she was saying it wrong, but when nothing happened, she really tried listening to what her classmates were saying. |
Post 2: SLYTHERIN-SORRY, NO TOAD No sooner had Junia returned to her hunt than she found herself tripped up by a toad. The third year had been minding her own business mostly, avoiding a rather large puddle in her path, when a toad hopped RIGHT where she was going to step. It all seemed to move in slow motion from that point on, the thirteen year old giving a SQUEAK and then stutter stepping on to some wet, slippery mud. Her shoe slid and she lost her balance, arms windmilling in the air as a last-ditch effort to balance herself. It didn't work, though. It was like the slug pit from the beginning of the year all OVER again! Down she went in a rather ungraceful manner, onto her side and right in the mud. Another toad had joined them at this point and Junia felt the creature hop onto her leg. She wrinkled her nose and reached out to grab it with her hand but just as she closed her hand around it, it disappeared. ...REALLY?! UGH. UGGGGGH. |
Post 1 Noelle watched as the professor made copies of the toad. Wow. That was neat. She'd have to try that out. Oh? They could?? Noelle grabbed her wand and tried out the spell. Only.. the toad was a little deformed... and it disappeared seconds after it was conjured. She tried again. This time with more confidence. The copy of the toad was still different.. but it wasnt bad. And it stayed a little longer. Oh yay! Activity time! Noelle got up and left Olly's side to go put her things over to the side and then take the tank over as well. She wasted no time in casting her net again. "Incarcolvo." She said with confidence. Hirsch taught her confidence was key. She picked up her toad that was now safely in a cage. Heading back over to her tank, she dropped the toad in. |
Post 2 - 1 for the Slytherin Tank! Realizing her error and feeling slightly embarrassed by her mispronunciation, Skylar said it correctly a few times under her breath, to try and enunciate it correctly. "Incarcolvo. Incarcolvo. Incarcolvo." She could do this. How hard could it be to catch some toads and deposit it into the tank? Treading carefully through the muddy grass, the third year paused, took a deep breath, before confidently saying "Incarcolvo" and hoping for the best. Except all that was in the cage THIS time was just grass.... NOT a toad. Scrunching up her face in determination to do SOMETHING, she thought quick and flicked her wand in haste, "impediamenta!" And as the jinx was supposed to do, it slowed the toad down just enough for her to reach down and pick it up with her bare hands and deposit it into the Slytherin tank. Okay, so it wasn't a transfiguration spell, but she HAD caught a toad, which was part of the activity, wasn't it? To catch toads? |
Post 1 :: Slytherin // toad captured Cool. He had the right answer AND a toad in a cage. The lesson was starting to look up for Brent. Which was probably a good thing, though, because apparently the lesson was moving on to the main part. He watched in fascination as the professor first copied one toad then pretty much produced an army of them. His eyed widened as the professor invited EVERYBODY to do the same. Duuuuuuude. Do you know how many toads that would be?! Brent followed all the instructions then suddenly found himself standing right smack in the middle of a toad habitat. Pretty cool stuff. He then set about the task of catching all the toads he possibly could. This was pretty important, because the end of the year was coming upon them, and apparently they were getting house points for this. This could easily help Slytherin WIN! Wand in hand, he took off after the toads. Finding one, he jabbed his wand forward. "Incarcolvo!" he shouted out. The mesh net shot from his wand and surrounded the toad. AWESOME! That was one toad down and about 40 million to go it seemed. |
Gryffindor has a toad. Levi had been taking turns between staring Professor Stewart and taking notes when he realized they were giving permission to cast the duplicating spell. Which he did for quite a while, with varying degrees of success; it was much more difficult to duplicate lasting toads than just Charm notes for Blaise Bellaire. He supposed it had something to do with toads being living things, and all. Anyway, some of them had disappeared within seconds. Others had lasted for over a minute and then a couple just happily hopped away. He had no delusions about his duplicates being permanent, but he had to see the positives. Focus on those. Otherwise he'd give himself a stress induced rash because if he failed at THIS then what did that MEAN for his future Transfiguration OWL marks? Anyway. Levi began casting "Incarcolvo!" all over the place because surely at least one of the frogs would fall. Which, one did. Happily the boy, headed over to his toad and shoved it in the Gryffindor tank. |
Post 2 :: Slytherin // no toad Brent was on a roll! Well, he had only caught one toad, but he wasn't toad-less, so to him, that was on a roll! He ran after a second toad with a newfound energy rush from catching that first toad. He was going to get another...and another...and another, and then maybe it would help Slytherin would win this thing, and it'd probably secure that house cup! His first year here, and his house might win that cup! "Incarcolvo!" he called out, jabbing his wand at a second toad. He was so sure he'd catch it, that he almost dashed forward to pick it up just as it hopped away. "WAIT...WHAT?" he called after it. It couldn't just get away. Frowning, he took off after it, mud slinging up on his pants as he did so. "Incarcolvo!" he called again, but with no such luck. Okay, now the toad had made him mad. "INCARCOLVO!" he said, jabbing forward. Still NO TOAD. Okay, this was ridiculous. |
The looks on her students faces as more and more toads appeared around them was...priceless. That was exactly what she was going for. Toads were EVERYWHERE! Hopping across kids feet, landing in puddles, hiding in mud and dirt. Professor Stewart was walking around not at all bothered by the mud that was splashing up on her pants as students and hops went passed her. Oddly enough the women appeared to be somewhat in her element as she looked around. "Amazing job so everyone! It looks to me as if Slytherin is in the lead...will it remain this way or will one of the other houses take over?!" Quote:
OOC: From now until the end of the activity I will be making random posts! Keep your eye for them to see what's going to happen! You have about 30ish hours left for the activity! |
Post 2 - Slytherin - 1 Toad Olly was approaching another toad when it disappeared just like the first one. Dang it! He looked up and noticed that there were way fewer roads than there had been just a minute ago. Had they all been caught? We're the other teams that quick? A quick glance at each of the tanks revealed that no, the other toads had not been snatched up by the other teams. He was also delighted to find that Slytherin seemed to be in the lead at the moment. Olly was determined to help them maintain that lead. He changed directions and crept through the mud quietly. It wasn't long before he spotted another unsuspecting toad. "Incarcolvo!" The net shot out of his wand and quickly formed a cage around the toad. Olly picked it up triumphantly and added it to the Slytherin tank. |
Post 1 and Slytherin with a toad. This was going to be interesting. Natalia couldn't even help but smile a bit. She was kind of looking forward to this little game. It was just what she was needing to help get her mind off of other things. Getting up and taking her things to where she was told she watched as everyone started and the toads all started hoping away. Where they disappearing? That was interesting and Nat went off looking for one. Was there a way to tell the difference? She started to study the toads a bit trying to see if there was anyway to determine if you could make out which was real and which was fake. At this moment she really couldn't see a difference so it was just a go after whatever one was closer. ""Incarcolvo!" Her wand movement went as told and the net went shooting out towards the toad. A cage moving around it she smiled. [b] "Well hello there. I'm going to say you are the real deal now aren't you. She took him and put him with the other Slytherin toads. |
Post 3 - another 1 for the slytherin tank (after a failed attempt lol) Skylar had been frolicking around in the mud, rather enjoying the feel of the squishiness beneath her shoes and not caring - for once - about the mud that was getting splashed on her trousers. Her gray-blue eyes surveyed the scene for toads hiding about and for ones she might be able to capture. She was determined to use the cage spell at least once with great effect, rather than using other spells in her arsenal. Focus, Skylar, focus. Closing her eyes, she felt mud splatter up on her, which must have been from someone else walking by her. Her eyes flung open as she glanced around to see who might have just rudely ran through splattering mud - or worse, someone was FLINGING mud and wanted to start a mud fight?? Whatever the case, not cool, and just made the third year want to see Slytherin tank with MORE toads than the other houses. "Incarcolvo!" she cast, as her wand jabbed towards an unsuspecting toad. The cage worked perfectly, only there was no toad, because someone was definitely playing a trick on her, as the toad suddenly disappeared. Strange. And wait, there was another one that disappeared? And another? And another? Were these the charmed duplicated toads? Or was someone just THAT good at snatching toads right before her gaze. A quick glance at the four house tanks told her no; they were just disappearing from the opportunity to be caught. Scrunching her face up in more determination now to keep the Slytherin lead, Skylar called out "Incarcolvo!" on another toad that seemed to have taken a liking to a leaf. The cage flew from her wand and around the toad. Hah! She knew she could do at least one. Now to carry it over to the Slytherin tank. |
1 : Ravenclaw // one tanked toad Working with members of his house was something that Rooney both enjoyed and disliked. Team work, he loved. Having to maybe communicate, he did not. Luckily, this task didn't require too much of the chatting between members of his house and so he could just power on through the activity how he needed to. Through the gross grass and all. Lucky that he had paid attention to the class instructions and worn clothes that he was okay with completely ruining. Perhaps something light and easy would help him get to terms with using this new wand of his. The first toad he lunged after disappeared just as he got near it, which made him groan in annoyance. Rooney had initially wanted to use his hands just out of new habit, but having the toad literally just disappear in front of him just sparked his NEED to do well. Maybe it was a good thing... Maybe it was the thing he needed. Getting up, he crept up carefully on the next toad he saw and pointed his wand. "Incarcolvo!" As instructed, the wand did as told and a net closed around the toad so Rooney was able to add it to the Ravenclaw tank and be on his merry way. Really merry because a spell had actually worked with this new wand. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! |
Post 2 - Ravenclaw Tank - One toad! After getting his first toad in the tank, Leon turned around to find another one when.. Chinese Fireballs! They were disappearing! He started to move through the watery land trying to find a road that would actually stay but.. every single animal he pointed his wand at.. Vanished! The seventh year sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he looked around, his grey eyes scanning to find a frog that wasn't going to up and pull a disappearing act on him! Finally the tall boy found a toad that was seeming to stick around for now, and he moved through the tall grass to get it..waiting for it to stop hopping just long enough.. there! He waved his wand and said "Incarcolvo! " Netting burst from his wand and then formed a cage around the toad.. Phew! Leon picked up the cage and then slogged through the swamp type land towards his tank.. He set the frog in and nodded.. Two.. Okay next? |
post 1 - Hufflepuff one toad Henry felt some sort of sense of relief when they were told that they wouldn't be actually transfiguring the toads into anything. But he wasn't sure why. Because they certainly didn't feel anything or get hurt when they were transformed, right? He didn't think so at least, but he didn't dwell on that though for long. He did get distracted playing with the toad once he had practice the spell a few times and took him out of the tank. His little toad didn't seem to want to hop to anywhere once he was on the ground, just preferring to chill where he was. Henry thought he could relate to the little guy. He felt like that sometimes, especially lately. But at any rate, even though he did want to join in on his activity, his toad was making it a little too easy to be captured. He kind of prompted the toad's back end with his wand to get him going a little bit before he could try to capture him... or any other toad. It seemed like there weren't as many toads left once the Hufflepuff finally got into the game. Did everyone really catch that many or... hey, wait, did that toad just disappear? Must have been a duplicated one. Henry looked for another that he could capture. Ah, there was another. Henry took off after a hopping toad and pointed his wand. "Incarcolvo!" A netted cage sprang from his wand and around the little toad. Success! Or... not, as the toad promptly disappeared. Okay, that was slightly frustrating, but he looked around for another toad that hopefully was real this time. Henry looked suspiciously at one hopping towards a rather muddy patch of the grounds. Would this one disappear? Only one way to find out. "Incarcolvo!" Another netted cage captured this toad and Henry walked over to pick it up. So far, so good. "Why don't you join some of your friends?" Henry grinned at the little toad as he carried it over to the Hufflepuff tank. He figured the toad would rather be out and free to hop around than be caged up, but he at least tried to put a positive spin on things. |
#QuickOne #PhonePost #CatchUp ||into the Gryffindor tank Say whuuuut they're allowed to clone toads? "Quark I can make you a twin!" the Curly Top grinned as he pulled a few duplicating charms over his pet toad. At the start of it most of those just looked like toad ghosties, but after a while he managed to get a few that actually looked like Quark and didn't vanish into thin air. But NOW they get to catch these toads. Like Bulbasaur and him making like Ash Ketchum! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! He should go start with "Quark!" His own toad was getting away! "Incarcolvo!" he cast at the toad he thinks is Quark, and the netting sprang out from his wand. "I gotcha hahaha--whu? The toad dissappeared! Nuts this was gonna be a lot harder than he expected. There were lots of toads hopping around, but he was really just concerned over his own pet. He spotted another toad with familiar markings, sneaking it's way towards the lake. Ok for sure this is Quark. "Incarcolvo! Nailed it! He grabbed his pet and added it into the Gryffindor tank. Safe and sound for now at least. |
Post 4 - Slytherin / no toad :'( After successfully casting the cage over a toad, and since she still had time to catch more, Skylar set her gaze on more toads that had not yet disappeared or been claimed by another house. Just as she was about to go all stealth on one though, it was snatched up by Henry. Frowning at the older Hufflepuff, she sighed, "Just cause you're older doesn't mean you should get first dibs." Okay, so it probably did. His magic was stronger, after all, wasn't it? And besides, Slytherin's tank still had more toads, so she shouldn't complain. Nonetheless, the third year wandered off and away in search of more toads .... over to a less crowded area of the room and there was one little guy hiding! "Hi there," she cooed, hoping to coax it into cooperating. "Incarcolvo!" A netted cage sprang from her wand, but the toad didn't seem to want to cooperate as it hopped away just in the nick of time. "Hey wait. Come back!" Skylar called, treading through the mud puddles after it. |
Post 3 :: Slytherin // snagging one of the few toads remaining XD Okay, Brent was officially annoyed. The NERVE of these toads! He had run after three or four of them but not had the first second of luck. What made it worse, the toads seemed to be disappearing right before his very eyes. Once he'd lay his eyes on one, it would disappear before he even had time to point his wand forward. FREAKIN' TOADS. Brent was determined to get one, even though it seemed there were very, very few left. He darted off in another direction, having just spotted a group of them ahead. "INCARCOLVO!" he called out, jabbing his wand forward. He held his breath as the mesh net shot from his wand. To his surprise, it engulfed the toad and captured it in a little cage. "YES!" he cheered. |
2 : Ravenclaw // no toad After a successful first go when it actually counted, Rooney was what would be considered smug. Maybe a little too smug. As he delved back in on the toad hunt, Rooney had his wand at the ready to shoot a net or find another way to grab the toad and boost up the numbers in the Ravenclaw tank. As per usual, they were behind the other overeager students. "Incarcolvo!" He cast at a toad that crossed his path, but as soon as the net was close enough.......the toad was GONE. And the net had actually ended up around his feet and Rooney went flat down into a nearby puddle. Bugger. |
post 2: Gryffindor Toad Captured! Oh it was game on. Noelle kept hearing shouts of glee as several Slytherins got toads and put them in that tank. Nope! The competitive side of Noelle woke up and despite her mood, she began grinning. Picking up speed, she pointed her wand again at a rather nasty looking toad. "Incarcolvo!!" She grinned triumphantly as the toad was captured. Taking it, she placed it in the Gryffindor tank. |
Post 2, no toad So the first toad seemed to be a bit easier. She was hoping this one would be easy as well. Watching them hop around Nat walked as close as she could to a few and did the wand movement, "Incarcolvo" The toads scattered and all she got was grass. Well boo on them she scoffed and started to make another move for another toad she had seen jump towards the left. "Incarcolvo" The netting came out again and this time it went around the frog. She was going to pick it up when she looked down and it was gone. Where did it go? Ugh she had caught one of the duplicates that decided just at that moment it was going to vanish. Well played toads, well played. |
The female transfiguration professor couldn't help but laugh under her breath as toads began to disappear. It made the activity all the more comical really and by the shouts, running about and she wasn't positive but she thought laughter, the students seemed to be having fun. With her hand in her hand Camilla aimed it at a toad silently cast, "Incarcolvo," effectively caging the animal. This was done a handful of times as she walked around slouching through the mud. Would anyone be interested in the help and take one of the now caged toads or would they continue to capture them on their own? Hmm...what else could the professor do to add to this little game of 'catch me if you can?' OOC: Professor Stewart has caged 5 toads! Have the students pick one up or ignore them! |
Post 4 :: Slytherin // accepting one of the five toads Brent was pretty proud of himself now. He had this toad-capturing business down pat! He continued to race around, though, not wanting to miss a single second of capturing a toad. This was kind of like a sport to him, since there really weren't many of those here. ...and now the professor was getting into the game, too! Brent watched as the woman expertly made her way around and captured one toad after another until five were captured. MERLIN! If this was a real game, she just won! "Awesome job, Professor! You giving those away by chance?" he asked. "If so, mind handing one over to Slytherin?" It was a long shot, but who knew what she was up to. |
Post 1 - 1 toad for Puffs! And possibly another *Sorry late post. I was out of town* Juno noticed that a lot of the toads were starting to disappear. This was going to be very interesting. Juno came up on a toad, it hadn't disappeared yet, so hopefully it wouldn't or wasn't going to and was a real toad and not a copy. "Incarvolvo!" She said with a jab at her target. The toad was immediately surrounded but netting that soon turned into a cage. With a WOOT and an air punch, Juno headed off to the Puff house Tank. One down...a few more to go. Then she saw that the professor had caught some toads. A younger Slytherin boy took one off of her hands. Juno rushed over to the professor. "Oh, Can Hufflepuff have one too, please?" She asked overhearing the boys question. She was sure they were up for grabs. |
Brent and Juno What was this? Camilla had gotten so into toad capturing she had hardly heard the compliment. "Oh, why thank you, Mr Westwood." It was all about the timing and focus really. The more they practiced the better they would get at it. "Be my guest. Anyone else that wants one is welcome to take one. That goes for Hufflepuff as well, Miss Darcy." It was basically first come first serve right now. She would give everyone a few more minutes before deciding what else should be done. |
3 : Ravenclaw // OMG GIMME A TOAD, PROFESSAHHHHH Rooney Bronwyn was only just getting himself up out of the pool of water when he watched Professor Stewart BOSS a whole handful of toads. "Wickeeeeedddddddddddd." Despite the soaked through clothes he had one, he for SURE squelched his way over there waggling his arms. ME ME ME ME ME. "ProfeSSAHHHH. Can Ravenclaw have TWO?" You know..Because he had two hands? And it wasn't like she had said there was a limit to one. Because five toads meant that if all houses got one...one house would have to have two. Four tanks, five toads. It made logical sense. And to make sure that he was potentially going to get his way, he crouched and took one in one hand and tentatively reached for a second. ?????????????/ |
Post 3: SLYTHERIN-Grabbing 5th caged toad (?) Junia was muddy and damp and grumpy, but class wasn't over and she had to keep at it despite her current condition. Every step she took made her trainers squish and she belatedly realized she should've made them waterproof before starting this activity. UGH. WHY DID YOU ALWAYS THINK OF THE IMPORTANT STUFF AFTER THE FACT?! All the sighs. But wait, what was THIS? The professor had caged toads FOR them? Um, YES, THANK YOU! SQUISH. SQUISH. SQUISH. SQUISH. "I'll be taking one, too!" |
Post 5! Claiming #5 of the professors caught toads for Snakes :D Skylar was roaming around looking for more easy shots and trying to not get discouraged by the dwindling number of toads hopping around, when she caught sight of the professor participating and capturing a handful of toads herself. The third year couldn't help but stare in awe for a moment, before she realized this was her game so obviously she would be able to do the task. But it was just so effortless and .... she was giving them out?? She noted as Brent and Juno each claimed one, Sky hurried over herself. "Nice job, Professor. Mind if I have another one for Slytherin?" Skylar asked politely as she picked one of the remaining caged toads up from the grassy ground. It want as if she hadn't caught her own, but hey, free toads for her house, how could she resist? |
Post 5 :: Slytherin // another toad for the snakes "Cool! Thanks, Professor!" he said with a grin. He collected one of the toads, while also fighting off the urge to literally collect all five. He didn't think the professor would have so nice of a response that time. Better stay on her good side! Brent ventured off again, still in awe of how many toads were disappearing. Seriously, though. They were either capturing them at a really fast rate, or the toads were literally vanishing. Spotting another small group of toads, Brent hurried over to them and jabbed his wand forward. "INCARCOLVO!" he said. The mesh net dashed from his wand and surrounded a toad. He was getting really good at this, but at the rate the toads were disappearing, there would seriously be none left to catch soon. |
no toad...just worms ^_____^ Eventually...yeah. Derf was QUITE keen on learning this particular spell...but considering he had yet to perform it properly on his own textbook he was not too interested in experimenting now that they were on to the main activity. He was quite good at catching them with his bare hands...so that was what he would do. He was not about to risk the life of a living creature for the sake of his own magical advancement, it just was not worth it! So while the professor was using a charm - Derf had really rather been hoping they were going to learn a spell to turn mud balls or rocks into toads because THAT would have been neat - the first year made his way over to a patch of dirt and removed his wand. "Aguamenti," he whispered, making it rain lightly over the ground in hopes of luring some worms to the surface for bait. Why DID worms do that? It was one of life's great mysteries still. It was essential that worms live in a moist environment...but that did not really explain MUCH. He was personally team migration purposes when it came to the subject, however. Grinning eagerly as a few popped their head out of the moist soil, Derf plucked them from the dirt and clutched them in his hand - he rather enjoyed the wiggly feeling of them against his palm. Oops...he had missed the chance to nab a free caged toad from the professor...oh well...he could still manage to catch SOMETHING with the worms in his hands, surely. Finding a spot a bit away from all the chaos, but still very much within hopping distance, Derf squatted down and held his hands palms up and open against the ground with the worms wiggling about. Staying veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery still..he waited... Here toady toady toady... |
Catching another Toad for Slytherin After that trick that the toad pulled vanishing Natalia was determined not to be caught off guard again. She was going to make sure it was a real toad this time even if she didn't know how to truly make sure it was a real toad. She walked around watching the professor a bit. That was nice of her to cage some toads for students. Her eyes caught one hoping away alone and Nat just watched it. Rea or not real? She crept closer as it stopped and stood still. Are you a real toad? She was going to have to watch it a little longer, but then she didn't want someone else to take it. So doing the wand movement she did a nonverbal Incarvolvo. The net came out and caged the toad. Score a real one! She went and placed it in the tank with the others. |
Post three - Ravenclaw Tank - One toad caught. Leon looked over at the Professor as she gave out toads.. But he was too late to get over there sadly.. so it looked as though he would have to do his own toad hunting.. The seventh year started to looked around to see if there were any toads near him, but sadly it didn't seem like there were at all. He started to slowly look around the swampy area, he moved his foot around the puddles and pushed through the grass, hoping his movements would disturb a toad and send it hopping.. No luck.. Were they all gone? Leon sighed and ran a hand through his dark hair.. he had only gotten two for his team.. surely he should have been able to catch more, yeah? He started to walk towards the Ravenclaw tank and lo and behold.. There was a toad hopping just behind it! Haha!! "Incarcolvo! " He said as the net sprang forth and caught the little guy in a cage! He picked it up and put it in the Ravenclaw cage.. There.. not to shabby.. |
Post 2 - 1 teacher caught toad 1 Juno caught :) "Thank you, Professor!" Juno called out as she took off with a toad to the Puff tank. She quickly put it safely inside of the tank, hoping to find at least one more hopping freely. Juno moved around, stamping in puddles hoping to get a toad to hop out. It seemed as though all the toads were gone. And then she heard a croak. She turned around looking down at her feet, and sure enough there it was, hanging out on a lily pad. "Incarcolvo!" Juno called out and jabbed her wand at the toad. Instantly, netting flew from her wand and wrapped itself around the toad, then turned into a cage. She quickly picked it up and ran to the Puff tank, placing it inside. Could she get another one?? |
Post 1 - no toad for Slytherin Ah, so this was where the messiness was going to happen. Made sense. Rula gathered her things and the mat and set them to the side as instructed, then she turned around...and watched, looking for an unsuspecting toad to catch. Like that one over by that mud puddle. She crept over there carefully, trying not to scare it. It seemed pretty content, or just oblivious, because it didn't move an inch. And finally, once she was close enough... "Incarcolvo!" There. That was easy. The toad was trapped in the net, which then turned into a cage- And the toad disappeared. Oh. Well. Crud. "Finite." The cage disappeared, and Rula searched around for another target. Hopefully a real toad this time. |
Post 6 :: Slytherin // missed toad Brent was probably loving this a little too much. He was still attributing it to the lack of sports at this school. Call it the athlete in him, but he was loving the thrill of the chase and the competition to see which house can get the most toads. Speaking of which, he saw a few toads up ahead that were literally just begging to be caught! Actually...not really begging, but they were out in the open and just sitting there, so he saw that as begging. Heh. Brent stormed forward. His pointed wand actually startling a few of the toads, but he didn't care. He just needed to capture one! He gained in on them and eyed the one he wanted to capture. It was HIS, he only had to cast and cage. When he got close enough, he jabbed forward. "IN-...." Wait, what? He paused and just blinked. The toad...had disappeared... before his very eyes. WHUUUUT. |
Post 3 - No toad for Hufflepuff :( Juno searched, searched, searched but could not find another toad. All the duplicates seemed to have disappeared and all the real toads seemed to be caught. Juno decided to head back towards the professor. On her walk back, she stepped into a particularly muddy puddle, and out popped a toad. She gasped, and without thinking, quickly sent a non-verbal \'Incarcolvo\' at the toad. The netting automatically shot out and caught the toad before it hit the ground, turning into a cage. Juno squealed with delight, but when she went to grab the cage...the toad was gone. She sighed and stamped her foot with anger. "Finite." She said frustratedly, waving her wand. The cage disappeared, and she continued to head towards the rest of the class. Stupid disappearing toads! |
Post 2 - no toad Stepping around the mud as much as she could, Rula looked around for another toad, but either they were really good at hiding, or most of the toads had been caught or had disappeared. Either way, she was having trouble finding any, and that was sad. Had she really missed out on all of them or- Aha! One hopped out of the tall grass over there. "Incarcolvo!" The net shot out of her wand - and the toad hopped away just in time. And continued hopping. "Hey! Get back here!" She walked quickly after it, trying to aim her wand at it, but with the constant hopping, it was difficult. And with her focus on her wand, she stumbled a bit when her foot slid in a mud puddle, splashing mud all over her leg. Merlin. Sure, she was wearing clothes that she didn\'t mind getting dirty, but that still didn\'t mean getting dirty was a lot of fun. Plus, now that toad had gotten away, probably hiding somewhere again. She\'d find it though, somehow. She was determined. |
Ah, see free cages toads always did the trick. It had barely taken a moment before the students realized what Camilla was doing and came over. "Be my guest and take them! If there\'s a toad in a cage created either by yourself or me then you may take!" Hopefully everyone had clearly heard that statement. Just so no one was taking the toads from anyone else she was perfectly fine with helping everyone out. There was just one other thing that needed to be told right now... "There\'s only five more minutes left to the activity everyone! You\'re all doing amazing let\'s see how many more toads we all can capture!" The time sure did fly by when one was running around through the mud and grass capturing toads. "This will be the last time I\'ll be doing this before the end of the activity!," Professor Stewart called out once more just in case anyone wanted a caged toad. Continuing on her path around the area she jabbed her wand in the direction of a toad that was sitting on a lily pad in a small area of water, "Incarcolvo!." This was done just like before capturing a few toads....they were getting harder and fewer in between to find now. Quote:
OOC: OMG! You are all amazing and these posts are so much fun to read! As Cami said there is only 5 minutes left to this activity! The activity will finish in about 6ish hours! :D |
Toad for Gryffindor Who\'d ever thought toad chasing can take a lot outta ya eh? Maybe when he was 5 years old he can do this all day-- which he did once upon a time, but now he can already feel the weariness of chasing slimy amphibians through the muck and the detritus. "Incarcolvo!" he whipped the spell at the rocks just outlining the shore. Out sprang the netting. Did he catch it??? Apparently not, because a second later he saw the toad hopping away! "Hey come back here!" he called out, giving chase to the croaker. "Incarcolvo! Incarcolvo!" He was tossing out the spell in almost every beat of the toad\'s hopping. But this was a wily one and it dodged his nets at every turn. He stopped to catch his breath. He had to be smart about this. The more he gives chase the faster these toads move. They knew he was coming after them. So what if.... they didnt know? He straightened up and looked around. It was chaotic around here, what with everybody trying to catch \'em all. So he walked around, tiptoeing mostly peeking around corners and hidden niches, being as sneaky as these slimy hoppers-- -- oh look theres one over there! The Curly Top crept around, pretty much from behind the small crevice by the tree. He cant see now, but if he aimed right this croaker wont have anywhere to hop to-- "--Incarcolvo!" BAM! Got one finally! "Into the tank you go!" |
1 for Gryffindor It wasn\'t that Charlotte hadn\'t been paying attention, okay? She had SOME idea of what was going on, because as everyone knew, she was definitely into the really active types of lessons like this one. It was just that she\'d gotten behind before because of toad gazing and now she was just taking a moment to actually practice the spell. Conjuring wasn\'t all that simple for her, even if she\'d improved greatly via dueling. It usually took a few goes. "Incarcolvo. Incarcolvo. Incarcolvo!" It didn\'t exactly flow off the tongue, did it? At any rate, with a jab of her wand she put some intent behind it. "Incarcolvo!" And sure enough a net-like thing sprung from her wand..... only.... it didn\'t form into a cage. Just stayed a droopy net. Well. She vanished that one and started over, still not casting on a toad though. "Incarcolvo!" She pictured it going from net to cage, and this time it absolutely worked. Great! So where was this game thing going? Who was winning? Didn\'t matter! Gryffindor time! RAWR. Charlotte darted into the fray. There were far less toads now, which was fine by her, made it more of a challenge! THERE WAS ONE. She DIVED across the mucky grass, pointing her wand as the toad tried to spring away. "Incarcolvo!" She shouted with determination. The net sprung out..... right into the toad\'s trajectory... and.... CAUGHT. CAGED. TOAD IN A CAGE. .... and MUD ON HER FACE! Char didn\'t care though. She got up, fetched the cage, and ran over to the Gryffindor tank, emptying the toad into the tank and then banishing the cage. Okay. NEXT! |
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