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It was a BRIGHT and SHINY, WONDERFUL, MARVELOUS, SPECTACULAR, DELICIOUS day. The sun was out (even though it was cold) and the charms classroom was about 500 degrees, just like old Dolly Dopple liked it. Nice and roasty toasty.
After opening the door to the classroom, Dolly stood at the front of the classroom, fingers eagerly twiddling in front of her chest, an excited wrinkly smile on her face. The classroom was set up like a normal classroom with a few colourful ribbon streamers draping across the ceiling to give some flare. On the corner of the table in front of Dolly sat a scraggly, patchy-furred kneazle that looked mostly dead. Was it actually dead? Did it just blink? No, it had to be dead...
On each of the desks sit a small cup of clear, unscented liquid and a piece of paper. On the board, a simple set of instructions is written in wiggly, unkempt handwriting:
Write your name in BIG letters on your paper and fold it in half to make a table tent.
Aaaaand it was gone. Pheeeww, Kaira let out a HUGE sigh of relief! All was well again. She had never appreciated lack of hiccups before and if anything, it made her extremely thankful for the times she had no hiccups.
She tapped his nose with her wand and said the incantation : 'Singultus Fixus' And waited.
Malachi waits for a moment before nodding at Kaira. "Thanks."
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Originally Posted by Malachi
Malachi waits for a moment before nodding at Kaira. "Thanks."
Kaira let out another sigh of relief.'Thanks..you too..and first Charms class was extra memorable, I have got to say..,' she said. 'Boy..isn't it hot in here? I feel like toasted bread!!,' she said, fanning to cool herself.
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Originally Posted by littledhampir
Since this was a spell Indigo hadn't done before, it would probably be for the best to give the movement a few tries before doing the spell. He kept being tempted to actually tap her nose. That seemed like what he should be doing but no, apparently that would be bad and he didn't want to do any lasting harm to Vita.
"Okay, ready?" He moved his wand in a little tap, just above her nose but not touching. "Singultus Fixus." And he waited. Did it work? Were they gone? Hiccups sometimes paused for a bit and made you think they were gone without really disappearing. So he wanted to make sure that wasn't what was happening here. But now that he had done it for her it was only fair that he let her do the charm on him. Indigo eyed the cup he was still holding and downed it quickly.
*Hiccup* "Your turn."
The almost nose tap definitely made Vita flinch and she felt her cheeks grow a little pink. Were they gone? Well, she waited...and waited...and smiled. "Hey, nice job. It worked." Good thing, too, as Indigo's hiccups probably would've made saying the incantation a bit harder.
Singultus Fixus.
She said it quietly to herself a few times, getting the words to flow, before raising her wand. With a quick little tap above his nose, the sixth year said clearly, "Singultus fixus."
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Charlie's tears had HICCUP slowed down at that point, leaving her eyes puffy and cheeks tear-stained.... Otherwise, she was pretty HICCUP okay.
Save for the HICCUP hiccups, of course... but there was a spell for that, apparently! She followed along with Professor Dopple as she demonstrated the wand movement and incantation for the HICCUP hiccups spell. Just a little tap on the metaphorical nose, huh? Easy enough. She mimed holding her wand with her right hand -- her wand hand, mind you -- and stuck her pointer finger out, tapping it on the air a few times. Along HICCUP with these movements, she mouthed the incantation: sin-GUL-tuss FIX-uss, sin-GUL-tuss FIX-uss, sin-GUL-tuss FIX-uss....
Easy HICCUP enough. Charlie pulled her wand out of her satchel, situating it in her wand hand. She then settled in for a moment before attempting the spell. Circe forbid she made any horrible mistakes.
Holding said wand AWAY from her, she mimed the nose tap again, saying "Singultus Fixus!" quite strongly.
...was she supposed to point it HICCUP in her direction?
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*HICCUP!*
Well that answered her previous silent question. The charm hadn't worked the first time. No problem. That's what happened when you kept hiccuping while trying to cast a charm. *HICCUP*
Rylee was going to get it to work though. There would be no giving up. Not even if she had the hiccups. Especially not then. Reciting the charm a couple of times in her head again just to get a better feel for them she was ready to give it a go out loud once more.
*HICCUP*
Clearing her throat a throat she raised her wand. Flexing her fingers around the cool smooth wood she gripped it loosely but also firmly. "Singultus Fixus!" she cast clearly giving the air in front of her a quick little tap.
Now to wait. Where the hiccups gone? Nothing so far...
Still nothing. Yes! Yes, it appears she had done it! Rylee grinned widely to herself sliding her wand back into it's holster on her wrist. Gosh it felt great not to be hiccuping anymore!
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After some practice, Jackson was trying to get the words out but his hiccups seemed to be getting worse. "Si.. *cup!* Singultus Fig-*cup!*" MERLIN! This was way more annoying than normal hiccups. "SINGULTUS FIXUS!" he yelled.
... HICCUP!
Seriously what would he have to do to get rid of these?? He looked around the room, a bit frustrated if he was being honest, and spoke out to the room at large. "CAN SOMEONE HELP ME *HICCUP* WITH THESE?!" Anyone? Anyone?
This was when he wished he could perform nonverbal magic better.
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Originally Posted by Dokimoto
After some practice, Jackson was trying to get the words out but his hiccups seemed to be getting worse. "Si.. *cup!* Singultus Fig-*cup!*" MERLIN! This was way more annoying than normal hiccups. "SINGULTUS FIXUS!" he yelled.
... HICCUP!
Seriously what would he have to do to get rid of these?? He looked around the room, a bit frustrated if he was being honest, and spoke out to the room at large. "CAN SOMEONE HELP ME *HICCUP* WITH THESE?!" Anyone? Anyone?
This was when he wished he could perform nonverbal magic better.
No sooner had she gotten rid of her own hiccups had she heard someone calling out for help. Rylee leaped to her feet without a moments thought and made her way over to the Prefect she knew pretty well. "Hey, Jackson!" Cue the typical Rylee smile and full on cheerfulness.
"I can help you," she pulled her wand out of its holster once more. Now that she knew how to preform the charm and successful cast it upon herself there was no doubt in her mind that she could help out her friend. "Ready?" Waiting until she got a confirmation from him first that he was indeed ready she lifted her want up and gave a quick tap in front of Jackson's face by his nose BUT not touching him at all while clearing stating, "Singultus Fixus!"
Lowering her wand to her side and stepping back she watched her friend closely. "Better?" Had it worked?
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Now that her hiccups were cured, she had one question - 'Professor..if I may ask..umm..,' she hesitated. Her curiosity had gotten her into trouble before. Will the professor be mad? She decided to risk it.
'If I may ask..umm..well..umm..why have we..umm..written our names on those pieces of paper..?' she asked, quite reluctantly.
No sooner had she gotten rid of her own hiccups had she heard someone calling out for help. Rylee leaped to her feet without a moments thought and made her way over to the Prefect she knew pretty well. "Hey, Jackson!" Cue the typical Rylee smile and full on cheerfulness.
"I can help you," she pulled her wand out of its holster once more. Now that she knew how to preform the charm and successful cast it upon herself there was no doubt in her mind that she could help out her friend. "Ready?" Waiting until she got a confirmation from him first that he was indeed ready she lifted her want up and gave a quick tap in front of Jackson's face by his nose BUT not touching him at all while clearing stating, "Singultus Fixus!"
Lowering her wand to her side and stepping back she watched her friend closely. "Better?" Had it worked?
Jackson considered himself lucky that it was a friend of his that offered. She seemed to have done a good job of getting rid of her own, so he stood as still as he could and let her work her magic (heh heh). "Work your magic," he offered dramatically, closing his eyes.
Hic...
Hic...
...
...
Jackson opened his eyes and looked at Rylee with wider eyes.
This was starting to get pretty painful. Like, physically painful. As in, Abra's diaphragm was hurting, not that he had any idea of what his diaphragm was or what it was called. But, you know, pain.
"HIC."
Luckily, he was finally all set to be rid of them once and for all, now that he'd been armed with all the components of the spell he needed to do just that. Still hiccoughing , Abra turned his wand to face himself (and tried very hard not to put his eye out with one of the violent jerks of his body), and focused very, very hard on imagining himself hiccough free.
"Singultus F- HIC." Okay. No, don't like that. "Sing- HIC." ...... Really? All that practice was pretty much perfect, and now this? "S- HIC."
... Unreal. UnreeeeEEEAAAALLLLL.
Getting just a little frustrated now, Abra turned his wand determinedly on himself once more and tried again, rushing through the incantation quickly before the hiccoughs could interfere, and almost-tapping himself on the nose with his wand. "Singultusfixus."
So.......... did it work?
"HIC."
Okay. Maybe rushing the incantation was no good. And he'd forgotten to focus on the intent too, so... time to try again.
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Chloe tried a few more of the remedies but nothing was working, which was weird since her mother used some on them and they worked just fine. Why wasn't it working today? If she would have really thought about it, she would have realized why, but everything in that class had distracted her from really thinking about what was going on. Her body was just finally cooling down from the oven the classroom had been and then all the very good looking slytherin prefects that were there, who could really think about hiccups at that point?
So when the first year said about magical hiccups Chloe almost facepalmed herself. What a waste of time trying to get them the muggle way she thought. Giving the woman a little glare at wasting their valuable learning time she listened for the directions on how to really get rid of them.
"Singultus *hiccup* Singultus Fixus, *hiccup* Singultus *hiccup* Fixus, Singultus Fix *hiccup* Getting annoyed with her own hiccups she stopped practicing. It was no use anyway, how was it going to work if they couldn't even say it from hiccuping.
Her eyes moved around to see if anyone needed a partner to help get rid of these dumb things, "Does anyone *hiccup* want to *hiccup* work with *hiccup* me?
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
The almost nose tap definitely made Vita flinch and she felt her cheeks grow a little pink. Were they gone? Well, she waited...and waited...and smiled. "Hey, nice job. It worked." Good thing, too, as Indigo's hiccups probably would've made saying the incantation a bit harder.
Singultus Fixus.
She said it quietly to herself a few times, getting the words to flow, before raising her wand. With a quick little tap above his nose, the sixth year said clearly, "Singultus fixus."
...was he good?
Indigo was pleased to see that Vita's hiccups went away on the first try. Trying to do the spell again probably would have been harder now that he actually had the hiccups. That seemed to be a downfall of this spell. He supposed it might be easier to do it nonverbally. That might be interesting to try, except Indigo wasn't very good at nonverbal spells. The theory was interesting, but he always had a bit more trouble putting it into practice. It was something to file away to consider later, though.
Luckily, Indigo didn't have the hiccups for very long. He stayed still to allow Vita to perform the spell on him and... silence. It worked. He smiled at her. "Nice job. I guess we're both just great at this." And then he held his fist up for a fist bump.
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Spiders were darling things and not remotely frightening to Chloe, but she was willing to put on a show for Hanna's sake. At the sight of the clever little parchment 'spider', Chloe shrieked and grinned and grasped her chest. OH HEAVENS OH DEAR OH NO. "Oh, I think maybe that... HIC. Not quite. But good effort."
They were moving on quickly, then, and Chloe gave the professor her full attention. Cute little lady, if not a little unusual. And a dead useful spell, if they were being fair. Perhaps hiccups weren't the most annoying thing in the world to Chloe, but they were well up on the list of annoyances, plus knowing a spell like this meant that Chloe could relieve people of their own annoyances and pain should the opportunity arise.
She turned to young Hanna again and pitched the spider back in the girl's direction. "You can practice on me. Singultus fixus, and all that."
Hanna laughed at Chloe's reaction to the parchment spider, but wasn't at all surprised to hear the HIC of failure to frighten her. "Maybe next time," she said, still smiling, although she thought probably not.
The paper hit her on the forehead and shocked her a bit. Not expecting it. See, to be scared you couldn't be expecting it. Being that it wasn't an actual spider, and it was only parchment, there was no harm done besides a wake up of her heart.
"Y-you're sure?" Swallow. Well.. she was only ever going to cast a spell towards someones face with their permission. Or non-verbal permission, in the classroom and all. "Okay." She cleared her throat, raised her wand carefully up towards Chloe's nose, begging Merlin she wouldn't decide to sneeze and poke her own eye on Hanna's wand... disaster. "Singultus fixus," she said, giving a very quick tap towards Chloe's nose.
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…. Well that hadn’t worked.
To state the obv-*HIC*-ious. They were starting to *HIC* really hurt now. Merlin.
*HIC* Proffessor Dopple was mean. Why couldn’t they have practiced the *HIC* charm and then drank the potion? *HIC* Ow.
“Singultu-*HIC*” She sighed and tried again, her wand poised to tap the “nose” in front of her if she did manage to get the whole Charm out without hiccuping. “Sing-*HIC*. Argh!!” She said, frustrated as she *HIC*’d a second time in close succession. “Singultus Fixux!”*HIC* Tapping the air at the same time as she hiccup’ed she waited to see if she’d managed of if she would indeed still need to try.
…………………………………
Ten seconds and no hiccup… but she’d managed to get to 23 seconds before… so she kept counting and held her breath as she counted 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 …. And when she got to 30 seconds, she slowly tried to relax as she rubbed the middle of her chest, where the pain was sitting from the long bout of hiccups. Ouch.
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Jackson considered himself lucky that it was a friend of his that offered. She seemed to have done a good job of getting rid of her own, so he stood as still as he could and let her work her magic (heh heh). "Work your magic," he offered dramatically, closing his eyes.
Hic...
Hic...
...
...
Jackson opened his eyes and looked at Rylee with wider eyes.
"YES. Thank you!!" and went in to give her a hug.
YES! She was victorious!
Rylee smiled brightly up at Jackson. "You're welcome, Jackson." Accepting his hug she kept it brief as they were in the classroom and she didn't want them to get in trouble or anything, she still had some of the rules from last term playing through her head.
Stepping back the ginger haired lioness took a quick look around the room as she made her way back to her own desk. "Would anyone else like some assistance?" Should anyone be having any trouble still she wouldn't mind helping them out. Surely the hiccups must be getting on everyone's nerves by now.
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Well, it didn't seem like anyone needed or wanted Chloe's help or even to work with her, so she just turned back to her table a bit disappointed and a little self-conscious that maybe people just didn't want to work with her in fear she'd get it wrong. Looking down at her notes she tried to think about the spell and how to make sure she said it without the hiccups getting in the way.
She knew she was going to have issues but she would do this.
*hiccup* *hiccup*
She hated these things and she wanted rid of them quick. Her eyes shut as she really really concentrated before she lifted her wand and did the movement, "Singultus Fixux" tapping at her nose without touching it.
*hiccup*
Nope, didn't work!
She sighed before doing it all over again. "Singultus Fixux' Her wand moved closer to her nose, but still not touching it with a tapping motion.
She waited and waited with nothing happening. A smile grew on her face.
Torii laughed. Well, she started to laugh, and the hiccuped again, and she finished her laugh. "It's Presley Victoria," she said. "Torii's just a nickname." Neither one of their attempts worked, which was kind of annoying for two different reasons. One, she hated having the hiccups, and two, this had nothing to do with Charms.
She nodded when he suggested pressing his tongue to the roof of his mouth. "...and I'm going to...," she said, thinking this one over. "I'm going to turn a cartwheel!" She'd seen another girl do a few not only a second or two ago, and now she wanted to try it. She stood up, moved to an area of the room where she didn't think she'd hit anybody, and then she cartwheeled.
"Heyyy....," she said, coming back to Gunnar. "I think my hiccups are gone!" She doubted seriously it was because of the cartwheels, though. It was probably because enough time had passed by for the hiccups to naturally go away. I mean, that was bound to happen at some point, right?
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Oh, this was so wonderful! Oddly enough, the sound of children hiccuping was music to her ears! But only because it meant they were about to learn a very useful spell that would serve them for the rest of their lives. They could thank her later.
As the activity began and students began attempting to remedy their hiccups in ways that really would not work, Dolly wandered around the room, hands clasped in front of her chest, an eager, wrinkly smile plastered on her old face. She did notice those were weren't participating (she wasn't THAT blind), but she was giving them the benefit of the doubt. She knew that not everyone enjoyed participating in class activities. But it was their loss!
She was passing by one young girl who thought to ask her for sugar. Oh, how funny! She must not have been paying attention! Silly. "Nope!" Dolly replied cheerfully before moving on.
Later on, she was nearing another student as they addressed her. Ah, now she must have been a Ravenclaw! Quite the thinker - putting two and two together! Dolly clapped her hands together. "You're absolutely right!"
So, yes, they were trying in vain.
How fun!
After Dolly had made it around the classroom, she returned to the front of the room and stood by her dead kneazle. Really, it HAD to be dead. Wait, did its tail just twitch???
"Excellent job, everyone! I appreciate ALL of your participation in the mini activity. As you have probably discovered, all of these silly muggle tricks don't work! Especially not on magically induced hiccups, like -- uhhh, that girl-" she pointed to the smart Ravenclaw (Sangeetha) who had figured it out, because, honestly - was she going to learn any of their names? Probs not. "just figured out. An extra 10 points to Ravenclaw!"
Oh, it felt good to award points! How exciting.
"Now, since you all still have the hiccups, we are going to learn the handy little spell that will get rid of them." Waving her wand at the chalkboard, the list of muggle tricks disappeared and a new spell appeared in its place, in the same, wiggly, terribly old-lady hand writing.
singultus fixus (sin - GUL - tuss - FIX - uss)
"Singultus fixus!" Dolly said, as an example of how to pronounce it. "Now, for our last activity I want you all to practice the incantation and wand movement and then help someone else get rid of their hiccups. Of course, if you wish to work alone, that's just fine. Now -- the wand movement!" Dolly lifted her wand and then did the quickest little tap in the air. "It's quite simple, just lift your wand and pretend like you are going to tap the person on the nose. Just a quick little tap. But don't actually touch them - that could be quite dangerous." Maybe. Perhaps. Who knew.
Dolly tucked her wand away again. "Alright everyone! Get to work! Practice your spells and get rid of those hiccups!" Oh, weren't they so glad for her help?!
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...say what?
So Torii had just spent the last half of class basically doing nothing at all? Well, she had been doing something, but it had amounted to nothing, and that was kind of the same thing. Then there was the fact that she'd still managed to cure her hiccups, although now she had no idea how.
*hiccup* ...
Oh.
Or not. She cast Gunnar a sideways glance then sighed. "So basically," she said to him, "we were fooled." Dopple had won that round. Oddly enough. "I kind of feel like we should have seen that one coming..." Whatever. She had a spell to learn.
"Singultus Fixus," she said out loud. "Sin-gul-tuss fix-uss." Sounded right at least.
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"Singultus Fixus," Torii said again, still getting a feel for the spell. The wand movement wasn't that difficult either. Torii practicing tapping the air as she said the incantation. "Singultus Fixus," she said, pairing it with a tap. Seeing as the tapping part was really just a piece of cake, Torii turned back to her partner.
"Okay, I think I have it now. Want me to see if I can get rid of your hiccups?" she asked Gunnar. Oh, and...she'd love for him to get rid of hers, too. Which brought her to wonder, exactly how did this work if you were all by yourself and needed a cure for magically induced hiccups? She imagined trying to tap yourself on the nose with your own wand wasn't very easy.
"How are you coming along with the spell? Think you can get rid of mine?" she asked.
*hiccup*
Okay, Presley Victoria did make much more sense than Torii Victoria, and Gunnar nodded as he pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth, still trying to keep from hiccuping. But all he managed were uncomfortable hiccups behind his closed mouth and with his tongue in an odd position.
Uhh... cartwheels? Gunnar wasn't so sure he wanted to try that himself and he gave Torii sort of a skeptical look before she went off to try that muggle remedy. And he definitely wasn't so sure that he could manage one half as well as Torii could.
"Did..HICCUPdid it?" Wow. Maybe Gunnar would have to attempt a cartwheel after all if they cured Torii's hiccups, and he really didn't want to become that sort of public spectacle. But just as he took a deep breath and stood, Professor Dopple needed their attention again.
"....oh," he said after she spoke and he sat down just as another hiccup emerged from his mouth. "That figures," he added to Torii, as she realized the same thing. HICCUP. "What a waste of time." Or had there been a point? Other than to be Dopple's entertainment for the day? He wasn't so sure. But at least he didn't have to attempt a cartwheel now.
And now they would be able to finally get rid of these annoying hiccups with magic. Singultus Fixus. Sure, Gunnar could say it in his head, but he could barely get a couple words out without hiccuping. He wasn't so sure he could cast the spell properly. "Sin..HICCUPgultus Fixus. Singultus HICCUPFixus." He at least attempted it as he practiced the simple wand movement, while Torii did the same. How would he get rid of anyone's hiccups like this?
"Maybe you should..HICCUPtry to get rid of mineHICCUP first," he suggested to the girl next to him. It seemed like she was having a slightly easier time speaking the words. Maybe if she could get rid of his, then he'd be free to speak the incantation to get rid of hers.
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Oh- *HIC!* - no! Oh no oh no oh no!
They had to cast a spell? While having the HICCUPS?!
He didn't know how long he stood there, staring at the board in front of him and the spell that was written on it, but it was a bit of time because when he looked around, everyone was...... moving?? Casting spells? But..... H- *HIC!* - HOW?!
It looked like the main answer was working in pairs which was helping people to cast the spell on each other. But most people were already in pairs and the - *HIC!* - last thing he wanted to do was try and find someone who was also looking for a par - *HIC!* - partner. It was.... awkward and he didn't want that.
Lucas bit down on his lip and glanced down at the wand in his hand. He lifted it up in the air, a little slower than he - *HIC!* - he would've because, uh, this was supposed to be aimed at his face?! And he didn't..... he wasn't..... it was weird, okay?! Maybe he should've worked with someone else, instead.
Luckily for him, the wand movement was simple. A tap in the air near his no - *HIC!* - nose but not touching his nose because that could be dangerous and he wasn't going to risk any of that. ...... *HIC!* He moved his wand closer and closer to his face, following the tip with his eyes, and gave it a small tap! in the air. Was that it? He tried again in ca-
Ow!
He scrunched up his nose and gave it a small rub with his free hand. Yeah, okay, maybe he should move on to the harder part which was the - *HIC!* - incantation. Singultus Fixus? Sin-GU - *HIC!* - GUL-tuss FIX-uss. See? That was the problem! Hiccups! It made this a lot harder than he would've liked.
The second year took a deep breath and held his wand up to his nose. "Sin..... gultus Fixussssss......." Ta- *HIC!* Well, that didn't work. "Singu-" *HIC!* "Sin-" *HIC!* "SINGULTU-" *HIC!*
Sigh.
There was only one thing for it. Lucas took another deep breath and scrunched up his face again, this time to hold in air and not because his nose had been hit. He...... didn't know how long he was holding it for, and maybe should've timed it, but it was too late for that now. When it felt like it'd been enough, he let the breath out and tried again. "Singultus Fixus!" TAP!
This needed to be over, like, ten minutes ago. Magical hiccoughs were something else, or at least Abra's were, and he was soOoOoOOOO READY to be rid of them. He'd still been having trouble getting a word in edgeways what with the hiccoughs going on and on and ON, which was just so typical, as it hadn't even been a problem when he had been practicing the incantation.
Actually, Abra was starting to get very a little bit annoyed, and had to consciously tell himself to chill oUT before casting the spell. Last thing he wanted was to set his eyebrows alight in a fit of temper or something, right?
The hiccoughs seemed to come in waves - frequently, and then not so frequently - so Abra had spent the last few minutes waiting to see if they would ease off slightly, waiting for the correct moment to pounce. When he thought he'd found said moment, he waited for what would hopefully be the final hiccough, before casting the spell again.
"HIC. Singultus Fixus!" With a slightly frantic tapping motion that stopped just short of his own nose, Abra focused as hard as he could on the mental image of himself hiccough free, and then waited.
And waited...
... aaaaaand..... waited......
And... they were gone? They were GONE!
Finally, finally he could breathe easy. Literally, actually.
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Indigo was pleased to see that Vita's hiccups went away on the first try. Trying to do the spell again probably would have been harder now that he actually had the hiccups. That seemed to be a downfall of this spell. He supposed it might be easier to do it nonverbally. That might be interesting to try, except Indigo wasn't very good at nonverbal spells. The theory was interesting, but he always had a bit more trouble putting it into practice. It was something to file away to consider later, though.
Luckily, Indigo didn't have the hiccups for very long. He stayed still to allow Vita to perform the spell on him and... silence. It worked. He smiled at her. "Nice job. I guess we're both just great at this." And then he held his fist up for a fist bump.
"Born hiccup healers, it seems." Vita smiled too, holding out her hand. "It was a pleasure doing business with you." She was extremely relieved to be rid of the annoying magical hiccups and the spell going right had given her mood a bit of a boost, which was nice.
Glancing over her shoulder, she couldn't help but check to see if the headmaster had seen their successful spell casting. Pretty good, right?
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Tina rolled her eyes as Dopple confirmed the fact that all these muggle hiccup cures were essentially worthless, just as she'd suspected all along - or at least she would've rolled her eyes had the headmaster not been in the room. So they'd just wasted a huge chunk of class time on an activity that wasn't going to help anyone… great. Couldn't that time have been put to better use say, teaching the students another charm? Preferably one that they would use in their everyday lives. Merlin, this class was a joke!
Tina blinked confusedly when the professor referred to one of her younger housemates (Kaira) as “that girl”. Honestly, what was the point of us making name tags if you can't be bothered to read them?! her mind screamed, but her voice remained silent. The only thing stopping her from giving the old bat a piece of her mind was her fear of the headmaster, which fortunately, outweighed her disdain for Professor Dopple's teaching style.
Whatever, at least they were learning a spell now… though Tina wasn't sure how effective it would be if they couldn't stop hiccuping long enough to say the incantation. And what exactly would happen if they did actually touch someone's nose while casting? Not that she would try it to find out, but she was curious. Never mind, she supposed she go to the library and find the answer later, as she doubted she'd get a straight answer if she asked.
Okay, practice time! Tina unholstered her wand and made a couple of quick taps in the air, just like she saw Professor Dopple do. That was simple enough… it was the incantation part that worried her. “Sin- GUL-tuss *HIC*- suss,” she mumbled under her breath. “Sin-*HIC* *HIC*” See? This was exactly what she thought might happen! How was she supposed to cast the spell when she couldn't get the incantation out?
Deciding she had the pronunciation down as well as she could with a bad case of magically-induced hiccups, Tina moved on to combining the two parts. “Singul*HICCUP* fixus,” she said, tapping her wand near - but not on her - nose. Did that work? She waited until… *HICCUP* *HICCUP*
Apparently it didn't. Maybe she could try saying the spell faster. “Singultus fi*HICCUP*!” That didn't work either! Tina let out a frustrated sigh; she was about ready to give up! Come on, Tina! Focus, she told herself sternly. She thought of the two charms experts in her life. What would they say? Probably to focus on the intent more than the incantation…
A look of intense concentration crossed Tina's face as she lifted her wand again, visualizing herself hiccup free. She wanted those stupid hiccups gone now and gone for good! “Singultus fixus!” she said firmly, tapping the air near her nose. She waited, half expecting more hiccups, but none came. Hey, it worked that time! Looked like third time's the charm (literally)!
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Now that her hiccups were cured, she had one question - 'Professor..if I may ask..umm..,' she hesitated. Her curiosity had gotten her into trouble before. Will the professor be mad? She decided to risk it.
'If I may ask..umm..well..umm..why have we..umm..written our names on those pieces of paper..?' she asked, quite reluctantly.
Delighted as ever, Dolly wandered the room again as her lovely, wonderful, darling students practiced their spells and worked in aggravation to get rid of their hiccups. After all these years she had found that people didn't really work as hard unless they were trying to fix something that was really quite bothering them. She had been right, hadn't she?
As she traveled through the room, she came across a student with a question. Why did they write their names on a piece of paper? Taken aback by the simpleness of the question, Dolly backtracked to the beginning of the lesson when she wrote the instructions. Then she looked down at the girl's paper... and couldn't even read what it said due to her poor eyesight (and her glasses were rather dirty, too). Then she laughed.
"Ha-HA! I suppose it was for no reason at all!" How fun!
Returning to the front of the classroom, Dolly clapped her hands and gathered the attention of the classroom with her warbly old voice. "Alright, alright! Wonderful job, everyone, WONDERFUL job! You have all done very well in class today! Now, we're all out of time, so pack up!"
Scurrying away, Dolly ran (walked) to the door before the students could leave. "On your way out, I want you to tell me ONE spell that you simply could NOT live without. And-" she held her fist out, "Give me a fist bump. Oh, and if you still have the hiccups - don't worry, they'll wear off in a few hours. Have a WONDERFUL day!!!!!"
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It took a few more times, but Valencia finally managed the wand movement without poking herself in the face. Now that that was done... she repeated the spell to herself several times and attempted to boost her confidence. (She was pretty sure confidence helped with spells.)
"Singultus fixus." she said after a wand aim. She waited a few seconds. *HICCUP*
Welp. That didn't work, but at least they were way less aggressive and painful. She figured she just needed to concentrate and try again? Maybe it was just one of those things that went down in increments...?
After several more attempts, and the hiccups coming with less frequency, she stopped as the class was being dismissed. At least what was left over wouldn't be intrusive.
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For no reason at all? Wow, okay.
But, what about the people that still had hiccups? Wasn't she gonna cure them?
As adorable as the professor seemed, Kaira was half-amused, half-exasperated. 'I suppose I cannot do without cooling charms..,' she said. Take the hint, madam! For classes in the future!
She knew what fist bumps ARE? Surprising cos she was ANCIENT. Kaira was pleasantly surprised. She gave the woman a fist bump and said : 'Thanks for the lesson, ma'am,' and left.
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No sooner had she slid back into her seat than they were being told the lesson was over. Dopple sure did have some good timing right there! Rylee silently gathered up all her things and put them into her bag which she slung over her shoulder while rising to her feet.
One spell she could not live without? Just one. Uhhh... well that was certainly not an easy question. There was so many she used quite often. Like when she tended to her flowers and made her flower crowns, sometimes charms were used to help with the process though she very much enjoyed creating them all by hand. Anyhow...
"I really like the Unbreakable Charm," Rylee settled on that one quickly. So many times it had come in handy and was likely one of the very reasons she was still wearing a bracelet that had been given to her for her birthday a few years ago. "This was a nice lesson, professor, have a great day!" Aaww lookit Dopple wanting a fist bump! Rylee giggled. lightly giving the women a fist bump before heading out of the room.
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