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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.
Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Tina wasn't sure what to make of Professor Dopple, to be honest. She seemed nice enough, but for all she knew that niceness could be just an act… which wouldn't surprise her at all. Nobody was that unnaturally happy all the time! She listened to the professor, and… blink, blink. Did she just say let her know if they got too cold? No danger of that happening! Was Dopple really senile enough to confuse hot with cold or did Hogwarts have some dumb opposite day tradition nobody bothered to inform Tina about? Or… what if all that sweetness was hiding something evil and she was actually trying to make everyone as uncomfortable as possible? Given the stories Tina had heard about Hogwarts, *she wouldn't put it past her!
Tina was going to go with senile, based on Dopple's un-reaction to the attack of the clones happening right in front of her. How exactly did she get hired? Was she the headmaster's great-great grandmother or something? Or did the climate at Hogwarts scare off all the qualified charms experts? So, Hogwarts, not only did you break the last charms professor but you replaced him with a doddering old bat? she thought bitterly. Congratulations, you have invented a new kind of stupid…
Tina tried to refocus her attention on the lesson. So, still no explanation for the dead kneazle then…. it seemed safe to assume it wasn't a lesson aid at this point, unless… Did kneazles annoy Professor Dopple too? Was that what happened to it? Were they going to be learning some charm to get rid of pesky kneazles? Tina's mind was buzzing with so many questions, but for now she'd keep them to herself.
Speaking of questions, Tina still needed to answer the professor's! Let's see, something that annoyed her… she could think of about ten things off the top of her head, some of which were happening in this room right now, but there wasn't a charm to fix them. That, and she worried voicing her thoughts out loud would land her in hot water… though given the current climate, probably not. She'd overheard a lot of snarky answers from her classmates, some of which were pretty funny! Caolan and Ewan’s answers even got a small laugh from Tina - that she stifled by pretending to cough.
Other answers Tina thought were uncalled for, like the one that Slytherin girl (Skyler) gave, but that Gryffindor (Anna) already told her off for it so Tina didn't think it bore repeating. For her own answer, she decided to keep things simple and snark-free (for now). Her hand went up and after being called on, she said, “Professor, I can't stand breaking things, but when that happens, the mending charm, Reparo, comes in handy.”
Tina slumped back in her chair, dark eyes darting around the room at all the chaos. All the clones, senile professor, students sniping at the teacher and each other, that Hufflepuff guy (Derf) leaving and coming back, and now the headmaster was here! Merlin, how could things derail any further? Could they please just have a normal class where nothing goes wrong? This was all too much upheaval for her to process in one setting!
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Oh, man. Aaron felt sweat beading on the bad of his neck, threatening to run tracks down beneath his shirt. He really should've opted out of wearing his school sweater today. His cheeks were flushed from the heat, and his hair was in the early stages of sticking to his forehead. Sweetcheeks, this was uncomfortable.
As for the other happenings of the classroom, er? There was some confusion on the Max!front. Apparently that had been more than a prank? Aaron got the sense that someone was about to be in trouble when the Headmaster finally poked his head into the sweltering room. While the man was at it, could he maybe, pretty please, turn up the air? Actually, maybe he'd cast a charm on himself (since this was charms class).... Unfortunately, he didn't know the right bit of magic to use, and a freezing charm seemed like an accident waiting to happen. Especially to his partially scrambled brain.
...and he was beginning to itch. Gross.
It was difficult to focus, truthfully. And, actually, he wasn't that easy to annoy. Though, this heat was starting to get a small rise out of him.... "Nightmares can annoying." ..... as well as sweating. ACK.
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It was... almost a challenge to accept Professor Dopple's enthusiasm for life. Even Hanna's youngest sister wasn't that enthused about ice cream, her favourite food in the world. She told herself that it was perfectly fine for Professor Dopple to be excited, and happy. She was on the older side of life, and no doubt she'd been through things. Perhaps her enthusiasm would encourage her to let go of her own cynicism. Maybe. It was hard to be around the woman without feeling at least somewhat happy.
And there was no way any of them would get cold. No way. They weren't lizards. But she knew some of her older relatives needed it to be warmer, help to warm their joints and keep them moving. Perhaps Professor Dopple had stiff joints too?
She noticed the amount of MAX name tags in the classroom... and the number of Maxes. But what the heck!?
But really, what was going on? Something, surely. But what?
Turning her attention back to Professor Dopple, feeling most confused, she raised her hand. "It annoys me to have hair tickling my face, but there's a sticky charm I'm sure would work to get the hair off my face."
Hair on the face! Something Dolly hadn’t experienced in quite some time due to having shorter, old lady hair, but she remembered the days! ”Excellent. Quite annoying!”
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And that was all the confirmation the seventh year needed. That and her not even noticing the number of Maxtons in the room...and suddenly his heart sank into his stomach and he felt sick. Partly the thought of this whole polyjuice situation and partly because right now he actually MISSED those heinous black journals from last term. He could just pull it out right now, write about this, and then wait for the headmaster to see it. But no, instead he had to compromise his education a little - and it would be a LOT of compromising if he stayed - to leave his things behind and leave the classroom for a bit.
Hopefully...the woman wouldn't even notice.
"I'd actually like that, professor," he nodded. In response to the advanced lessons. He could use them, honestly, and despite circumstances it WAS kind of her to offer.
As to her question, well, his one upon arrival summed it all up well. Thing he wished he could fix with a simple charm? People transforming into others without their consent. Solution? Revelio. But Derf, shaky as he was, was not upset enough to start blasting spells at his classmates. He also didn't trust his aim when he was trying to fight some spiraling going on inside his head.
So, setting his things down by the desk he fully intended on sitting in once this was all dealt with, Derf quickly and quietly slipped out of the classroom and whispered to the nearest student that he just needed a bit of air, room felt stuffy. You know, in case Professor Dopple noticed and asked.
Or something.
Oh good, he did want private advanced lessons! Dolly loved to help out ambitious students! ”Lovely! Come visit me sometime after class and we can set some up!” And then she moved onto the next answer and didn’t even notice the boy slip out of the door.
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Originally Posted by Ginevra
Daisy was trying hard not to laugh at the abundance of Maxton's that were currently in the room. Then she noticed how peaky Derf looked. When he whispered to her that he needed fresh air, Daisy nodded and watched anxiously as he departed.
Daisy thought about Professor Dopple's question and soon raised her hand. "I tend to misplace items at times so using the Summoning Charm is handy so I don't have to waste time and effort looking for the lost items."
”Yes, misplacing things is quite a bother. I’m afraid I do it more and more these days.” Surely it didn’t have anything to do with being 99 years old...
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Originally Posted by griffin
Merlin, it was so hot in here Cordelia was sure that the insulin in her pump would go bad from the excessive heat. All health concerns aside, this much heat was terrible for everyone. How could anyone concentrate like this? This kind of heat was only meant for outdoors in the summer. Surely this woman was out of her mind suggesting to make it warmer in here. ”I’m actually finding it quite toasty in here.” You know, just to make sure the professor knew everyone was warm enough. Could that lady even hear anything? Cordelia was surprised the school let anyone that old teach classes, much less take them on as new hires. The school must have been really desperate to find a charms professor. What could possibly have brought this old lady out of retirement? Professor Dopple did seem nice though, despite everything else about her.
As for things that irritated her, a few things came to mind. ”I have type 1 diabetes and I wish my stupid pancreas would make its own insulin.” Alas, diabetes wasn’t the sort of thing that could be easily fixed with a charm. Stupid dead pancreas. Cordelia never let it stop her from doing anything, but everything would be so much easier if she didn’t have to be worried about her blood sugar every minute of the day. She barely remembered life without diabetes though. Moving on. What were they going to learn in class today? From the question the professor had asked, it sounded like they were probably learning some sort of basic but useful charm that could be used in everyday situations.
Ah, medical conditions. The bane of existence. ”That does sound rather bothersome, dear.” Hopefully she managed it well.
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Originally Posted by Samia
He had assumed things about this class far too quickly - because nope - it was certainly not going to be drag when 7 thousand Max were now in class. It was highly amusing. Even more so because their very very old professor was completely clueless.
Were they supposed to act just as clueless?
Yes.
As for her question? What did he find irritating?
"Mud on my shoes - especially after running in the morning"
”Oh, TRAGIC!” Dolly cried, totally not-sarcastically because she TOO despised getting mud on her shoes! She had many pair of loafers that she liked to keep clean!
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger
The enthusiasm was definitely…interesting. That and Stasya was fairly certain that the professor hadn’t noticed the fact that Max had apparently gained a lot of clones. Considering the revelation that the (formerly) fired professors had infiltrated the school with the use of Polyjuice Potion last term, she’d determined that the sight of so many Maxes had to be some sort of prank. Just, she wasn’t entirely sure who was the target. She felt like it was either the Slytherin prefect or the professor, but neither made sense. Especially when Professor Dopple hadn’t even acknowledged the oddness. Maybe it was just because she was maybe a bit odd herself, not that it was unexpected given the circumstances.
She really wasn’t concerned about feeling cold. Honestly, the opposite seemed more likely. She half-expected someone to suffer heatstroke or something, and she’d glanced in Derf’s direction with concern as he’d whispered something to Daisy before slipping out of the classroom. Hopefully it wasn’t too worrisome.
“Hot Air charms work if you get caught in a rainstorm unexpectedly. I also use heating charms a lot during the winter so I don’t get too cold,” she offered, applying herself to the second part of the question more so than the annoyance part. Lately her main annoyance had been all the rules last term and how half of them conflicted with the others anyway, not to mention the censorship of the mail that she figured was over with now. Most of the rules seemed to have disappeared too.
Since Dolly was old and frail, she quite liked hot air charms to keep herself warm. ”Yes indeed, those are quite helpful!”
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Originally Posted by Lottiepot
Err..
Was anyone else seeing this?
The fifteen-year-old blinked in the direction of the numerous Slytherin prefects entirely confused as to whether this was all part of the lesson plan or some weird practical joke. I mean, surely the professor would notice that something was amiss and it would result in punishment for those involved?
Nope. Apparently not.
The lesson progressed without a hitch and Caolan tried to listen without being distracted by the clones or the creepy cat/kneazle thing on the professors desk. The professor was old but surely she could see SOMETHING?! As for her question, now that was an easy one to answer. He raised his hand. “I’d like to be able to cool down quickly when its far too hot in a room”.
HINT HINT.
Boy wasn’t it warm in here?!
And the opposite was suggested by the next student - being able to cool down when it was too hot. Dolly laughed. ”Well, it’s a good thing we won’t have to worry about that until summer!” Was it just her, or was it getting chilly in there again?
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Originally Posted by 2111jen
Mirlin this woman was annoying! After taking her seat, Skyler listened to what the woman had to say. Afterwords, she raised her hand, her annoyance taking over her fear.
"How about a charm to tone down your annoying voice? Because frankly, you're treating us aaaallll like children," Skyler said moking the professor's voice.
"While we're at it, how about a cooling charm? It feels like we're being baked like chickens."
With the next student’s response, Dolly’s smile faded and her expression turned... perplexed. ”Well... you are children, my dear.”
Did she not know?
Moving on.
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Originally Posted by Tegz
Okay Derf wasn't joining her for some reason... in fact Bel watched him actually LEAVE the classroom, still entirely oblivious about what was going on in the Max department, so when Chloe sat down (which was welcome, and she got a smile from Bel), she was PUZZLED by the pointed look, and that she apparently had to do something? Wait what? Was the... head girl trying to... discipline her about something? What had she DONE? Did Chloe not like Bel's little origami (flameless) campfire?? "Do something about what?" Baffled. The Australian was baffled.
How lovely was this professor??? She kind of had grandma vibes, Bel thought. Which was nice because Bel's only living grandparent was veeeery far away, and veeeeeery muggle, so it was kind of tough sometimes not being able to share certain aspects of her life. Basically, whether Bel knew it or not, she was in the MARKET for a grandmother figure, so she was CHARMED by the charms professor and smiled happily, still not noticing a single thing about a single other thing, especially not the fact that there were multiple editions of her boyfriend currently in the room.
And actually it was a tough question for Bel. She wasn't easily annoyed to begin with, except by the fact that.... "Professor, I'm annoyed that simple and easy charms are annoyingly tough for me, but there isn't really a charm to make charms easier." She said, hand up.
Probably also she could do with a charm to increase her powers of observation, today anyway.
The next response made her laugh again. ”Ah, you are quite right! Perhaps someone will think of that charm next!”
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Originally Posted by Malachi
Malachi looks down at the desk while thinking, what annoys me? Then he looks up and answers. "When people constantly bug me just when I start reading."
”Reading is always an excellent distraction!” Though Dolly rather enjoyed the company of almost anyone.
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
Zoryn slumped into her chair, the way Max did when he was tired (which was all the time for some reason). If there was one downside here, it was that she had to wear trousers seeing as being a convincing Max would be much harder whilst wearing a skirt. And man, the heat was GETTING to her. She was sweating in all sorts of places that she had never sweat before. Because she was a BOY.
Still, Max 2.0, had a show to put on and so he looked around the classroom in all sorts of horror. Honestly, who was the real Max here? And why was (faith!)Max sitting next the other Max???
This was panning out SO much better than she thought it would. Honestly, the world kept blessing her and ultimately, even Zoryn knew she wasn’t deserving of it.
And yes, she did see EVERYONE’S reactions to the 5 Maxes and it was glorious. A large part of her wanted nothing more than to laugh, but even Zoryn!Max knew better than that. And so, instead of laughing, this Max S C O W L E D. In HORROR. Confusion. ASLKDFJA;DSFKLJASDF.
The best part was that Professor Dopple was too old to even notice. THIS WAS BRILLIANT.
“Soggy socks,” was her contribution because that’s something the real Max would say… Right???
BUT SHE WAS STILL LOOKING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL THE MAXES !!!! IN S H O C K.
Also, guess who didn't notice Derf leaving the room? This Max.
Soggy socks! ”Ah, yes! Quite uncomfortable, aren’t they?” she responded to one of the Maxes that she was unaware of.
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First things first, wearing shorts and a t-shirt in this room? Best decision he’d ever made because damn was it hot in here, even for him. Second, either the heat was making him hallucinate or he was seeing several Max’s. Was he? No. Really? No! Okay he was. Leaning to the person next to him, he whispered “Am I seeing things or is there several Max’s here?” gesturing to a few of them.
Hesitating for a second as the prehistoric dinosaur addressed the class, he couldn’t help but smirk a little. What was holding this woman together? Because spell-o-tape was pretty good but not this good. Okay. Okay. Something that he could easily change. Well, right now? He wouldn’t mind having some ice cream. Or a milkshake! Yes. Strawberry! “Uh, I’m a little warm so I guess it would be nice to have a milkshake right now. Maybe I could Accio one to me from the kitchens?” He knew that there would need to be one near but he could always ask a house elf to make one and then he could just summon one to him. Aha, now that would be the life!
Or….”How about for eye sight? I mean, if I had bad eye sight. Like you know, if I couldn’t see everything in front of me…” pausing for a second. He continued “I mean, I don’t know how to solve it but…it could really be relevant in life today. You know…because some people can’t see very well” At this point, he really did have to try his hardest not to break out laughing, instead settling on an innocent smile.
”Yes, sometimes I do hate wearing glasses.” Dolly had tried many a charm to try and fix her eyesight throughout the years, none of them being successful. Perhaps that’s why she couldn’t see very well anymore...
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
She...was offering to make it even more warm in here? Vita felt faint at the thought and it was official, behind that adorable old lady exterior, this woman was trying to kill them. Not a fan Actually, could she make a paper fan? She was fairly sure hot flashes were happening even though she was much too young for such things.
...
This woman's old age was rubbing off on her!
... ...Okay no, she was just a little loopy from lack of fresh air, that was it.
There was also the fact that their professor hadn't seemed to notice that one of her students had been cloned numerous times, another distraction taking away from this lesson and causing Vita to feel like she was hallucinating things. This was not how she expected class to go.
...what had the question even been again?
"Charms that aid with finding lost items are extremely useful and save you lots of trouble and annoyance."
Dolly also had a problem with misplacing things these days. Surely it was just because she had more THINGS to keep track of. Not the old age. Never. ”Yes, they certainly are!”
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Originally Posted by Tazzie
Riiight. Gee, she didn't know. If she he had the same face as about five of them there, how would a mere first year know she was talking to the one called Charlie...whose subconscious name was Max? But Harri nodded nonetheless, offering a small albeit confused smile. "It's okay to be embarrassed, Charlie. Don't worry about it." There. Wasn't she nice? "Um. I have a question though. Are those all your brothers?" She asked, glancing quickly at all the other person in the classroom who eerily looked like her him. She was CuRIOuS.
But Professor Dopple didn't seem to mind having quintuplets in her class. Maybe they really WERE brothers? ....How COOL!
And it was only in that small amount of time that Harri's attention had shifted. From being discombobulated at all the identical-looking older students to bouncing on her seat as she raised her hand to answer the very old woman's question. "Ugh, I really hate how I can't comprehend directions, Professor. North, south, east, west, I'm bad at them." She had a track record for being lost on numerous occasions. Her brother called her directionally challenged. Was there a charm for that? She didn't know. And if there was, she needed to learn it pronto.
It was a little distracting having some side conversations going on in the classroom, but Dolly couldn’t hear what they were about. But she appreciated that the girl gave an answer anyway. ”I reckon a good Point Me charm will help you out next time!” Had she tried that one before?
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"I appreciate it. Brain fart, you know...." Harri was the nicest. Charlie (who is not yet aware that she's a Max) offered up a sheepish smile in return to her compatriot's.
Brothers? Now Charlie was the confused one.... She didn't have ANY siblings, and even if she did, they weren't wizards, seeing as she was a muggleborn. She scratched the back of her neck -- both out of confusion and due to the fact that it was actually quite itchy -- and was shocked to not feel any hair (her normal hair was just past shoulder length). A pesky elf must've cut her hair in the middle of the night....
"You must be mistaken, Harri, coz I don't have any brothers... and even if I did, I'm a muggleborn, so they wouldn't be here...," she stated matter-of-factly, no rancor at all, as she genuinely had no idea that she was a he -- not just any he, but a Max Carden!he. She didn't even know a Max Carden (she did know a tree boy, on account of DADA, though).
Looking around, though, she did have one thing to say that might answer Harri: "It is weird how eerily similar some of the people in here look, though." She might have the same name as them now, but did she look like them?! Not a chance....
Well, if Professor Dopple wanted them to be nice and warm, she had certainly succeeded, as unaware Max!Charlie was sweating bullets. She was really nice, though, so the first year Ravenclaw didn't mind too much.
Brainstorming! Charlie could do that just fine. She thought for a good minute about what she (not a he!Max Carden at all) would want a simple charm to fix something mundane... and she had the perfect answer.
"Well, Professor, I hate it when I state my clothes with ink or food or anything like that... so a simple charm that could lift various stains would be fabulous," Charlie replied confidently, grinning at Professor Dopple.
She really liked Charms.
The side conversation continued and Dolly furrowed her brow a bit, creating even more wrinkles than before. ”Yes that would be helpful.... My dears, please quiet down your small talk! We’re here to learn!” What on earth could be more important than CHARMS???
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It really did not need to be any warmer in here. It was already pretty stifling. How were students meant to learn like this? It was making her feel a little sleepy. To be honest a nap was probably going to be much more worth her time than this little lesson would be. She knew that her past teachers didn't meet up to her expectations, and she did not have much hope for any of the teachers here. But she was going to give them a go anyway. Maybe she would be wrong, and actually learn something. But Melody was rarely wrong, and so, wasn't holding much hope at all. She waved her hand around a little, trying to fan herself. Hmm. Maybe she could do a cool air charm or something? It was charms after all.
Oh. Things that annoyed her. Did they have all day? Or maybe she could write an essay. There was a lot of things that annoyed her, and not a lot of charms that helped with the annoyances. "I wish that there was a charm to stop annoying idiotic peers from being so annoyingly idiotic..." Melody mused, a little smirk on her face as she raised her hand into the air. " The Muffliato Charm can be pretty useful though for some situations when annoyingly idiotic peers are present"
”Oh!” Dolly croaked with an APPALLED laugh. ”How very bold!” This young student was not afraid to tell her peers how annoying they were!
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Originally Posted by Kimothy
Drewett was always early to Charms class so he could have a nice seat at the side near the middle of the classroom. Except right now, he could feel himself sweating in his own uniform. He disliked feeling sticky, and Drewett would take sweating from exercise over this...and that was saying something. He didn't even like forced exercise. Last term was hell for him. Sitting in an awfully humid and closed room was a different story. He was almost tempted to take his name tag and use it as a fan.
Not to mention, he was quietly appalled by the number of male Slytherin prefects present. Like, the seventh year one...Mercy's adoptive brother, as Drewett recognised. The fourteen year old was gaping as more and more Max Cardens entered the classroom, and he was almost judging them. Almost. What were they doing? It was kind of funny, but also insane.
Drewett forced himself to look away when one of the Max Cardens--okay, this was both confusing and overwhelming--answered soggy socks. He didn't want to stare at the prefect, if that was really him. They all looked rather shocked. All. Of. Them. They've done their acting research, apparently. Drewett had even miss Dia's response about her pancreas, which would normally have elicited a look from him. And then the response of one of the new Stemp House residents, the female Mathews. Err...okay. "A charm t-to look for certain books or chapters p-pertaining the topic I want would be really useful...." There was a lot he wanted to learn, but the library was just filled with lots of books. On top of that, the books had chapters too.
Ah, yes. As someone who had read MANY a book, Dolly understood this greatly. ”Yes, I agree!”
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What was up with all these Max's? Seriously. It was slightly confusing but really it didn't even concern her. As long as her focus remained on the lesson all would be well. Unless the overly warm room got to her and she fainted but that wasn't all to likely, she liked warmth.
Charms was something she was good at and it got her attention right away. Hearing Derf as about advanced lessons or something made her perk up even more, wondering if that was something she could do as well. And transfiguration. Not that she needed help in the lessons but she wanted to get ahead in them. Anyhow that was a thought for later on. Right now what was something that annoyed her...
Uhhhh... Lifting her hand she gave her answer, "When I can't keep my attention on the task at hand." This was something that happened... A LOT. If she really truly didn't enjoy what she was doing it wasn't hard to distract her from it but than again even if it was something she loved doing, like making flower crowns she could still easily be distracted by thoughts or a butterfly even. "The Focus charm could always be used though to help clear my mind and keep my focus on what I need to do."
Focusing on the task at hand did seem hard to do sometimes, didn’t it. ”Excellent, my dear. A little calming tea wouldn’t hurt either!”
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And the worst part? The new Professor didn't even seem to acknowledge the bizarre situation. Didn't even bat one droopy old wrinkly eyelid. She'd just gone ahead and let a whole gang of Maxes come in and take a seat.
He knew he had an active imagination, but not THIS active. Surely not. He was LITERALLY sitting next to HIMSELF. The REAL Max Carden eyed his clone deskmate suspiciously. It was like looking into a mirror. And..... wow, his hair was looking pretty good actually.
BUT NO! THIS WAS WEIRD. WHY HIM!?!?!?!
Rubbing his eyes, Max tried to block out the intruders and instead turned his attention to the Professor. Concentrate, Max, this is aaaaaall just your imagination. Something that he found irritating......? Ummmm.
Hey, soggy socks was actually a good answer. Soggy socks were the WORST. He quickly raised a hand in the air.
"I agree with Max, Professor." Wait. "I mean... I agree with me.... I mean......"
His head hurt.
This boy’s answer, though... did he seem confused? Dolly tilted her head. ”Are you feeling alright, my boy?” Did he need to see the healer?
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
He wasn't sure whether or not he felt relieved that the headmaster had got hung up while on their way back to the classroom and therefore sent Derf on ahead so he wouldn't miss more of class, making it so he could slip back into the room and return to the seat he had left his things with quietly and mostly painlessly. Relief did come in the sheer fact that he had returned alone and therefore there was no dramatic entrance and no we for the time being. In fact, maybe the headmaster would do him a favor and not mention his name at all!
Taking his things out and arranging them on the desk, Derf ruffled his hair and maintained focus on his piece of parchment that he was not meticulously dating and writing the subject on. On, right. He also needed to do the whole name tag thing since he had not done that when class had begun. Shifting the tip of his quill from parchment to that, he wrote his name as neatly as he could...which was to say that it was not particularly neat.
Name tag done, the Hufflepuff promptly returned to the elaborate design that was the date on his piece of parchment. Just, you know, casually taking notes here and waiting for class to move on since...er...he did not feel like answering this particular question aloud.
And looking up and seeing all the multiple Maxtons made his stomach churn a bit. No offense to Maxton. The real Maxton.
Movement caught her attention, but Dolly remained clueless that the boy had actually left the room. Blame it on the poor vision.
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Originally Posted by natekka
Did she have doubts? Maybe. Did she have all the nervous energy? You betcha. But was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY. A million thoughts were racing around her head. The most frequent one being whether she was going to get detention for this? It was worth it if she did, though. She got to take Polyjuice potion and take part in a prank, two things she hadn’t done before. Well, obviously she had pranked her siblings – who hadn’t? But this? This was a big moment for Tessa. And the Professor didn’t even seem to care, she barely even nOTICED. Her outburst of ‘You, my boy!’ startled Tessa slightly, though. “Errr..” was her only reply. Yes? They had, technically, because she was Max. But also no because she was a…different Max?
It was soon clear who the real Max was. His reaction was undeniable, and Tessa mimicked it to the best of her ability, almost – almost – laughing, then turned her attention to the front. This was an educational lesson, after all. Oh, who was she kidding? All these Maxes were distracting to her. She did worry that she didn’t know Max well enough to pull this off, but it wasn’t actually that difficult when she was surrounded by other Maxes that she could imitate.
Oh, and, as if she didn’t have all the nervous energy already, this heat was uncomfortable.
Being a boy was……..strange, to say the least.
Actually, she was trying very hard not to think about the fact she was physically a boy.
Ew.
“Soggy socks,” she said, echoing Max and Max. A very serious problem, they were. Although the Hot-Air charm could probably sort them out. Heh. She could add that… but was it the Max thing to do? The others Maxes hadn’t so she didn’t either.
Tessa was also so preoccupied with the Max business that she didn’t really notice certain other people’s reactions to them. She didn’t even notice when Derf got up and left…and returned again.
”Soggy socks!” Dolly echoed with a clap of her hands, as if she had NEVER heard anyone else say it before. Wow!
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Kaira stared from one Max to another. She blinked and shook her head again as one Max agreed with another.
Why wasn't anyone saying anything? She looked from Max to the Professor and then to Max again. What was happening? Were they all brothers? But she didn't know of brothers that had the same name! It had to be polyjuice potion. Unless the boy in question had a gang of brothers who looked the same.
As she looked at the others, she felt that maybe they too were confused. She looked at the person nearest to her - the head boy - Derf
'Umm.. what's going on, exactly? Is pranking with potions..umm..regular? she asked, for the lack of a better word.
Oh, did she hear something else? Dolly peered around at the sound of a voice. ”What was that, my dear? This is charms class, not potions.” Had she heard correctly?
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Alessandro registered Gunnar’s question around the same moment he noticed there were duplicate Maxes all around the room. Al raised a very suspicious and exasperated eyebrow. Really, the potion negligence this term was starting to get out of hand. First, the love potion debacle at the opening feast. Now, an obvious slip-up with polyjuice?
This wouldn’t happen at Durmstrang.
Al finally replied, “I haven’t got the slightest clue.”
Then, the professor, the one that kept the room so hot it could melt the face off of some high society ladies, began the lesson with a flourish. And lipstick still on her teeth. Someone ought to tell her. She really was, in spite of the heat, a lovely old woman.
Alessandro raised his hand, “I don’t love wrinkles in my clothes.” Surely, that was a worthy irritant.
”Well, who does?!” Dolly replied to the boy with an overly cheerful laugh. ”Perhaps an anti-wrinkle charm would work on me too!”
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Her eyes were widening and if they could get any bigger they would have. How could you not notice there were four of the Slytherin prefect in the room. There were four perfectly prefect badged boys in this class...
*staring for a dramatic pause*
Trying to push that away she looked at the professor as she spoke and didn't seem to mind at all that it was so hot in here. How could she not realize? Happy when some commented about the heat because she thought maybe now she would cool down the room.
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More staring happened when she heard the girl being very rude to the professor, did she not realize how good they had it with some old sweet lady compared to last years crazy mean make you run until you puke professors? Merlin, please do not let this lady turn into a mean man or something.
Putting up her hand she hoped the others talking and herself answer could distract from the weirdness going on. "Ma'am feeding my pets at home, that could be one that would go so much faster if I could just use a charm."
Dolly knew all about feeding pets, having her Kneazle Rainbow for the last 45 years. ”Oh yes, I understand!”
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Did Indigo notice that there were approximately five of the same boy in this classroom? No he did not. See, Indigo didn't really pay attention to people. If it was not one of his friends, he simply looked past them most of the time. He didn't talk to people much either, so he wouldn't know if there was a set of, er... quintuplets at this school.
He stopped doodling when the professor started the lesson. He was a bit distracted right away. Man, she really was old. Right, okay, she was talking about things that were annoying. Indigo heard someone say that being too hot was kind of annoying, and that made him smirk a bit. Hear that, professor? But what annoyed him? He didn't get annoyed easily, but he also wasn't easily pleased. In his opinion most things were just pretty neutral. He thought about it and raised his hand. "It's pretty annoying when people try to talk to me when I'm busy." That wasn't necessarily something that a charm could fix, but the question had seemed like a one or the other kind of thing so he stood by his answer.
Dolly was never too busy to miss a good conversation, but apparently this student was! ”Good input, my dear.”
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What in the name of Merlin's most greying underpants was going on?
Oh yeah, Abra's attention was well and truly diverted from The Dead(?) Kneazle by... well... you saw. You all saw. HOW many Maxes did it take to cast a Lumos spell? Five, apparently.
As everyone else was staring, Abra didn't feel quite so bad for doing the same thing, even though staring was kind of rude. But... well... so many Maxes! Clearly a polyjuice incident, unless someone had managed some sort of cloning spell...
Oh. They were starting. With difficulty, Abra dragged his eyes from each of the Maxes and instead looked up at the professor, and tried to pay attention, though he did keep glancing around at the many copies of Maxton Carden as he did so.
Uhh... Annoying things. After thinking on it a little bit, he raised his hand and said, with a hint of uncertainty in his voice (aka his usual way of responding to a question in class), "It's really annoying when I've just gone to get something, and then as soon as I sit down again I realise I need something else. But there's the Summoning Charm for that. And also just getting back up to go get the thing."
.......... What was it about the Headmaster appearing that made Abra suddenly start feeling anxious and guilty, despite not having done anything wrong? Because that... that was happening. But also, he hadn't failed to notice that Derf had left the classroom, returned, and then suddenly the Head had decided to show up. Which... well... you know...
You know?
Dolly snapped her fingers. ”Oh, I hate that!” It seemed she forgot EVERYTHING these days!
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Professor Dopple seemed very enthusiastic and, well, it made Lucas smile. He hardly registered what she said about the room being too cold - which it really was NOT - and just smiled. Maybe this wouldn't be a bad lesson, yeah?
You know, apart from all the current...... weirdness.
Something that annoyed him? WELL. He wasn't sure if it was annoying but it was something he didn't like. Or stayed away from. Did that count? He hoped it did because it was the only answer he had right now.
"Uh....... see, I don't get annoyed by it but..... I don't really like loud sounds." Which, thinking about it, put him in a bad house. Thanks, Sorting Hat. "I guess a quieting charm would be the best solution to that."
Another thing he didn't like? Exercise. But there was nothing he could do about that so-
..............
The HEADMASTER was here?!
Lucas's eyes widened as he looked between the man and the, uh, many five versions of the Slytherin Prefect in the room. A part of him felt a little nervous as he sat there, gripping onto the edge of his chair a little too tightly, but another part of him was...... intrigued? Yeah. This was just a bit more interesting than the lesson right now.
Sorry, Dopple.
”Oh yes, a good silencing charm can fix a lot of problems!” Sometimes her kneazle meowed so loudly that she could hardly hear herself think!
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Patrick had answered the simple question she had asked wondering when someone would pipe up about the max situation. “I really dislike when my shoes come untied. Blasted things do it mid run all the time.” he was always tripping over his laces when he was running over the summer.
His classmates were contributing so much in the class it was as if his head was spinning round and round and round trying to keep up. Just as he was about to spin around once more he heard the headmaster come in. Oh boy this was going to be interesting.
Luckily, Dolly stopped wearing laceable shoes when she was 47, so she didn’t have to deal with that anymore, but she was young once too, you know! ”Yes, excellent!”
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Tad was sitting close enough to Ewan to hear his musings, "Yeah, I don't think he has that many brothers." Or any.. well, he didn't know anything about the older Slytherin but he knew something was off with that many look-a-likes. "Could be trouble." He had to see what would happen next.
Something annoying? Tad didn't think he got peeved easily... Oh no wait, there was some things.. He raised his hand and waited until it was his turn to speak, "Chores are annoying, I'd rather be doing something else useful.. so it would be nice if my bed could make itself or have clothes that could fold itself without having the elves do it or me doing it the muggle way." Anything to save some extra time would be good.
Hm? That's the Headmaster. Tad looked around to see the others reacting. Maybe he would take care of the weird situation.
Chores were quite annoying, weren’t they? ”Well, what are house elves for?!” Chores!
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"Um, I..." Chloe was trying to think about what she found annoying with her hand still in the air, plus try to figure out how to explain what was going on to Bel, when the Headmaster arrived. With Derf.
She found this part of leadership confusing. This seemed like a harmless prank and no one was bothered, but should she have run off to tell on people too? Was that the job? She didn't want to be the person pushing people off cliffs they didn't even know they were on, but Derf wouldn't do anything wrong.
But this felt very wrong, and she just gave him a puzzled look before returning to her half baked answer. "I'm bothered by mornings. They come far too early in the day and they keep happening. Like every day. It's terrible."
Another croaky laugh came from Dolly at the next student’s response. ”Mornings! Quite terrible, aren’t they?!”
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Torii always tried to be polite, but she was really annoyed by her new Charms professor. Why would Hogwarts hire somebody like this? Later on, she'd feel guilty for being so rude [even if it was only in her thoughts], but sitting here in class and hearing that high pitch voice made it hard to be appreciative.
Too cold? If anybody even mentioned the word cold, she was sure she'd have to hex them. It was SCORCHING in here, and she was even sure Dopple's cat had suffocated because of it. She tried to push all those thoughts to the back of her mind as the lesson got underway.
...
Seriously?!
The first question was asking them what annoyed them? That was almost too ironic. Having an idea that wouldn't get her into trouble, Torii raised her hand. "I hate waking up early," she said. "Say...before ten o'clock or so." Just as she lowered her hand, the Headmaster walked into the room.
Too many...Cardens? What was a Carden?
Another one who hated mornings! Dolly agreed. ”Perfect, yes!”
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Tina wasn't sure what to make of Professor Dopple, to be honest. She seemed nice enough, but for all she knew that niceness could be just an act… which wouldn't surprise her at all. Nobody was that unnaturally happy all the time! She listened to the professor, and… blink, blink. Did she just say let her know if they got too cold? No danger of that happening! Was Dopple really senile enough to confuse hot with cold or did Hogwarts have some dumb opposite day tradition nobody bothered to inform Tina about? Or… what if all that sweetness was hiding something evil and she was actually trying to make everyone as uncomfortable as possible? Given the stories Tina had heard about Hogwarts, *she wouldn't put it past her!
Tina was going to go with senile, based on Dopple's un-reaction to the attack of the clones happening right in front of her. How exactly did she get hired? Was she the headmaster's great-great grandmother or something? Or did the climate at Hogwarts scare off all the qualified charms experts? So, Hogwarts, not only did you break the last charms professor but you replaced him with a doddering old bat? she thought bitterly. Congratulations, you have invented a new kind of stupid…
Tina tried to refocus her attention on the lesson. So, still no explanation for the dead kneazle then…. it seemed safe to assume it wasn't a lesson aid at this point, unless… Did kneazles annoy Professor Dopple too? Was that what happened to it? Were they going to be learning some charm to get rid of pesky kneazles? Tina's mind was buzzing with so many questions, but for now she'd keep them to herself.
Speaking of questions, Tina still needed to answer the professor's! Let's see, something that annoyed her… she could think of about ten things off the top of her head, some of which were happening in this room right now, but there wasn't a charm to fix them. That, and she worried voicing her thoughts out loud would land her in hot water… though given the current climate, probably not. She'd overheard a lot of snarky answers from her classmates, some of which were pretty funny! Caolan and Ewan’s answers even got a small laugh from Tina - that she stifled by pretending to cough.
Other answers Tina thought were uncalled for, like the one that Slytherin girl (Skyler) gave, but that Gryffindor (Anna) already told her off for it so Tina didn't think it bore repeating. For her own answer, she decided to keep things simple and snark-free (for now). Her hand went up and after being called on, she said, “Professor, I can't stand breaking things, but when that happens, the mending charm, Reparo, comes in handy.”
Tina slumped back in her chair, dark eyes darting around the room at all the chaos. All the clones, senile professor, students sniping at the teacher and each other, that Hufflepuff guy (Derf) leaving and coming back, and now the headmaster was here! Merlin, how could things derail any further? Could they please just have a normal class where nothing goes wrong? This was all too much upheaval for her to process in one setting!
”Ah, yes the mending charm does come in quite handy.” Like for instance, when she fell down the stairs and broke her hip the other day.
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Oh, man. Aaron felt sweat beading on the bad of his neck, threatening to run tracks down beneath his shirt. He really should've opted out of wearing his school sweater today. His cheeks were flushed from the heat, and his hair was in the early stages of sticking to his forehead. Sweetcheeks, this was uncomfortable.
As for the other happenings of the classroom, er? There was some confusion on the Max!front. Apparently that had been more than a prank? Aaron got the sense that someone was about to be in trouble when the Headmaster finally poked his head into the sweltering room. While the man was at it, could he maybe, pretty please, turn up the air? Actually, maybe he'd cast a charm on himself (since this was charms class).... Unfortunately, he didn't know the right bit of magic to use, and a freezing charm seemed like an accident waiting to happen. Especially to his partially scrambled brain.
...and he was beginning to itch. Gross.
It was difficult to focus, truthfully. And, actually, he wasn't that easy to annoy. Though, this heat was starting to get a small rise out of him.... "Nightmares can annoying." ..... as well as sweating. ACK.
”Nightmares, yes, quite bothersome.” Like the nightmare she had every so often of all of her five dead husbands coming back to life. Yikes!
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”Quite annoying, indeed.” The Headmaster moved into the classroom, agreeing freely with the only student who’s response he’d heard. Russell? Rusnik? Rou-something? That Ravenclaw right there. He was getting better at names but a lot of them still escaped him.
Thankfully, he wasn’t here to play the name game...except he was. Merlin, the Head Boy hadn’t been kidding. One...two...three...four Tree Boys? None of them thought the one was ample? That the one covered everything? That the one gave enough lacadasical answers on his own?
And Dolly there continuing the lesson.....as if it was all normal....?
His arms folded as he shot each a disappointed look before turning to the elderly woman. “Dopple, don’t you think you’ve got 3 or 4 too many Cardens in your classroom?” He’d started there. Surely she’d noticed. Tell him some parts of her were still sharp. Perhaps this was part of the lesson, but then why would the Head Boy alert him if that was the case.
There were many things that didn’t add up in the moment.
The next student didn’t add any input, but just agreed with everyone else. Dolly was just about to move on to the next student, when she realized that the boy had been standing in the room instead of sitting! Well, how odd.
Oh. Wait.
Dolly squinted for a moment until the Headmaster’s face came into focus. ”Oh! Hello there, Mackathy,” she greeted with a pleasant smile once she realized who had come into her classroom. But the part about Cardens in her room perplexed her quite a bit. ”My dear, what is a ’Carden’?” she asked, her brows wrinkling up again.
But it was time to move on to the first activity of the class period! Dolly needed to get them started so they would get out of class on time. But there was just one question left for them to answer before they moved onto their first activity.
”Dear students, today we are going to talk about the most annoying thing of all -- hiccups! Tell me, what are some Muggle ways to get rid of hiccups? Many muggles have MANY different ways to try and get rid of the hiccups. Have you heard of any? Have you tried any? Tell me!” Perhaps the Headmaster would add his input as well! As long as he wasn’t stuck on these “Cardens” that she wasn’t sure about. Hmmm. A Carden? What on earth was that? Surely she wasn’t losing her mind.
OOC: Thanks for your awesome responses! For this next question, have your character reply with some of the ways we try to get rid of hiccups (no magic!) Feel free to use traditional ways or completely made up ways! The lesson will move on in about 24 hours.
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Daisy rolled her eyes at Professor Dopple's response to the Headmaster. If she couldn't comprehend the fact that there were multiple Maxtons then should she really be teaching at Hogwarts? If this lack of competency from the new Charms teacher affected Daisy's NEWT Charms grade next year for the worse, she wasn't going to be happy.
At the question about hiccups, Daisy raised her hand and replied, "I heard if you put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and swallow that it can help cure them. I have tried that and it has worked at times."
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On the one hand, Stas had caught the fact her answer had been accepted as brightly as the others, but by now she really wasn’t sure if that was a good thing. Maybe the heat was getting to the professor, or to the rest of them. Adding in the plethora or Max Cardens, it was all getting a bit too surreal to handle. She was trying to keep it together though. She needed to be a good example for the younger Gryffindors, after all. She was a prefect. That meant something, and she was still immensely grateful that they weren’t required to write down everyone’s transgressions for punishment purposes. Not that she’d ever really gotten on board with the notebooks last term, aside from her surreptitious one.
The important part was that she really wasn’t sure Professor Dopple was entirely sane anymore. At the very least, she was starting to wonder what the purpose of the nametags was when it was obvious the professor couldn’t see well at all. She hadn’t noticed Derf’s disappearance, nor obviously the head boy’s reappearance. Which Stasya had but stayed silent. Especially as he’d been followed not too much later by the headmaster an she was smart enough to connect the dots. Derf had gone to the headmaster, and she would’ve felt guilty for not doing the same if it hadn’t reminded her the tiniest bit of the situation last term. Not to mention she blinked at whatever the name Professor Dopple had called the headmaster by. It didn’t sound right at all. Nametags.
She’d raised her hand at the next question, though, even though it had brought even more questions into her head. Last she’d checked it was Charms class, not Muggle Studies, and the fact the headmaster’s question hadn’t really been answered bothered her too. She didn’t mention either thought, however. “Some people think holding their breath can stop a case of the hiccups, but I’m not sure how well that works,” she said instead.
Heat stroke was a thing, right?
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This class had gone to the dogs.. There were several clones, a clueless professor and now the Headmaster had become involved?! It was like some weird scene out of a movie and all Caolan could do was sit back in his chair and observe. He didn’t really care much about listening to the lesson anymore as he was too perplexed by what was happening around him. How the Professor had not noticed something was amiss was baffling despite how obviously old she was. I mean come on.. they were even giving the same answers as one another.
The not-so-subtle hint from Caolan had clearly passed straight over the professors head and he sighed inwardly in response. They wouldn’t have to wait until summer before they all passed out from overheating. His eyes moved back to the Kneazle as she responded to the rest of the students answers. It still hadn’t moved, had it? Poor thing.
The lesson seemed to move on to a subject that Caolan knew a little about which he was grateful for. At least he could muster up an answer without thinking too hard about it and without looking stupid. He raised his hand although he doubted whether Old Mother Hubbard could actually see him do so. “Some people like to bend over and drink from the opposite side of the glass.” he answered. How people could do that without spilling the whole glass of water over themselves was beyond him. There were a few associated with drinking water but he thought he’d leave them for the rest of his classmates. He didn’t really know which were Old Wives tales and which were fact anyway.
Speaking of water, the fifth-year was so parched from the heat in the classroom that he could’ve really done with a glass of water right now. Or two.
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And the headmaster was here now. Interesting. Did he randomly show up for classes? She hoped not. Oh. He was here because of the multiples of that one boy. Good. Maybe it would get sorted out now. She could tell from the reactions from her fellow students that this wasn't a normal situation. Hopefully it wouldn't disturb the class too much. She did actually want to learn something, if she could. And she did not appreciate getting disturbed in her lessons. It was good that she studied on her own outside of class, otherwise she probably wasn't going to be learning anything. But enough of thinking about this, she needed to think about the answer to the question, and not about the multiple Max Cardens.
Aah. Muggle ways of getting rid of hiccups. She knew this. She had attended a muggle primary school after all. She raised her hand (Which she found kind of weird) before she answered. "Some muggles think getting scared will get rid of hiccups. That's my favourite way of helping" She mused, with a little smirk on her lips.
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Blonder than life, head boy had snitched on the Maxes. Why wasn't he surprised?
Amused, and very unimpressed he watched as the professor continued being oblivious to the entire situation even when the headmaster walked in the classroom.
Hopefully the blondie was proud of himself.
Moving on, however, Zachary held his hand up before answering the question, "I have heard if you can manage to forget you have the hiccups, you can stop them" It sounded so dumb, but sometimes ignoring a problem can work wonders.
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Oh my god, she still hasn't noticed? Even after the Headmaster pointed it out himself? And she thought she was talking about Potions class?
One one hand, she was amused. But on the other hand, she felt sorry for this woman. She was amazingly sweet, but not so much with awareness of her surroundings.
As for the question: 'Drinking ice water helps..stimulates the vagus nerve..,' she said. Her dad was a doctor. Muggle doctor.
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Kaira looked around and saw one of the array of Maxes sitting next to her. (Waterloo)
'Umm..hi..Max?,' she said, tentatively. 'I suppose you're the real one..who did not orchestrate this?..You don't think you should speak up?,' she asked , gingerly, softly, so that the professor wouldn't notice. But there wasn't a big chance she'd notice, cos she hadn't noticed Derf slip out and slip in, nor had she noticed the parade of Maxes in the room.
The REAL one?
Orchestrate this!? So this WASN'T all in his head? He hadn't drifted off to sleep or died in the heat. Was this little girl IN ON it?
Before he had a chance to respond or question her further though, Headmaster Trent had slipped into the room. Obviously, he'd been waaaaaay too distracted with other things - YOU KNOW LIKE THE WHOLE CLONE THING - to notice that Derf had been the one to go fetch him.
Honestly?????? He wasn't sure if this made the whole thing better or worse.
He was swaying towards worse. He didn't like attention. He was more than happy blending in and going unnoticed, quite the opposite of what was going on now with old Dopple yabbering away up there and asking what a Carden was.
A Carden? NOT HIM. Never heard of one.
THIS Max Carden ducked his head and shrunk as looooooow in his chair as physically possible, probably looking like the most guilty Max Carden out of ALL the Max Cardens in the vicinity.
Nothing to see here.
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The REAL one?
Orchestrate this!? So this WASN'T all in his head? He hadn't drifted off to sleep or died in the heat. Was this little girl IN ON it?
Before he had a chance to respond or question her further though, Headmaster Trent had slipped into the room. Obviously, he'd been waaaaaay too distracted with other things - YOU KNOW LIKE THE WHOLE CLONE THING - to notice that Derf had been the one to go fetch him.
Honestly?????? He wasn't sure if this made the whole thing better or worse.
He was swaying towards worse. He didn't like attention. He was more than happy blending in and going unnoticed, quite the opposite of what was going on now with old Dopple yabbering away up there and asking what a Carden was.
A Carden? NOT HIM. Never heard of one.
THIS Max Carden ducked his head and shrunk as looooooow in his chair as physically possible, probably looking like the most guilty Max Carden out of ALL the Max Cardens in the vicinity.
Nothing to see here.
The boy was staring. Had she offended him? Or maybe thought she was in on it.
She offered him her bottle, filled with water. 'In case you're wondering..no I am not in on it..want some water?,' she asked.
But then, the boy ducked his head and bent low, so she presumed he didn't wanna be annoyed. Maybe she should stop talking.
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Uh...huh? Harri tilted her head at her seatmate, Charlie!Max, in question, her brows furrowed. She He didn't have any brothers and...she he thought there were about five of the same identical person here? Why doesn't she he try looking in the mirror then? See if that answered her his question. Harri was about to ask her him if she was dumb, crazy or both but Professor Dopple beat her to it. RIGHT. They were here to learn.
So far what she was learning was that Hogwarts was not ordinary. Nope, nope. A Professor with a dead pet, quintuplets were present (with one of them beside her and not even aware she he was a quintuplet?), a Point Me charm existed (she NEEDED to learn it), the Headmaster was there (Hellooo, Headmaster!), and this Charms class was discussing about hiccups!
Oh, how FUN!
Hand up. "My grandma just lets me drink water when I feel a hiccup coming, Professor. She says it drooowns down the hiccup." It was effective too. Mostly.
Mary had stayed gladly silent during the last question. She had not known what any charms were. The only subjects she had studied before were potions, herbology, and transfiguration. She wished she had at least skimmed the charms book.
She noticed the headmaster come into the room and watched as he brought up something about the Max's. She glanced around, almost giggling. She had been sitting so near the front the she missed this.
A question she could answer! It was a muggle question. She silently raised her hand and when called upon said, "My mom used to tell me to tense up my stomach and drink multiple sips of water. It kinda worked."
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Uh oh.
The arrival of the headmaster stole Vita's attention and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable being in the same room as the Max imposters. This certainly didn't make the rest of them guilty by association, did it? Because she'd put money on the fact that a bunch of those Max faces were really Gryffindors-they seemed the type to enjoy this type of prank-and she didn't know many Gryffindors at all! Okay, she didn't know that many people in general, but still.
The fact that Professor Dopple didn't even stop the lesson for the man, though... Did she answer her question, did she not? What was the respectful thing to do here?
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Sloooowly she raised her hand, looking between their headmaster and professor, and then she offered, "It's like Zachary said. I've heard if you distract a person by asking a very random question, it'll take their mind off it and end the hiccups. Like asking what someone's middle name is, for example." Hey, maybe that's how they could weed out the fake ones.
At the question about muggles he sits up straighter while answering. "There are so many ways, you can hold your breath, bite a lemon, gargle water, lie on the floor and take deep breaths, pull your tongue, tose are some I’ve tried at least." After he’s done talking he curls up back on the desk, honestly enjoying the heat from the room.
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At the question about muggles he sits up straighter while answering. "There are so many ways, you can hold your breath, bite a lemon, gargle water, lie on the floor and take deep breaths, pull your tongue, tose are some I’ve tried at least." After he’s done talking he curls up back on the desk, honestly enjoying the heat from the room.
Kaira smiled at Malachi. The term 'muggle' seemed to have brought the boy to life.
And he looked rather comfortable with the heat. She was surprised!
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The headmaster was here. Faith had stupidly thought that the fact that she didn't take Defense Against the Dark Arts at NEWT level would mean that she wouldn't need to deal with headmasters but that didn't seem at all to be the case. And she was really not a fan of this situation. Or of Derf, right now. In fact, now that she thought about it, she hadn't been a fan of Derf ever since he got his prefect's badge.
Which probably had less to do with his badge (because she was friends with lots of people with badges! Like Max, who she was now pretending to be) and more to do with the fact that every time fun was had, he did something like this. Tattled.
You know what's more annoying than a hiccup? A tattletale.
She stared blankly at the door, and then back down at her name plate, and then almost sighed. No, Max Carden wouldn't sigh. But what would he do? Well, for the moment, Faith looked confused -- which was a very Max Carden look, so they were probably good to go for the next few minutes or so.
Faith turned to look at the Max Carden next to her, already shrinking in his seat. "What are you doing?" she whispered, eyes wide. Wasn't the plan to run to the bathroom? Or was it too late for that? She wasn't going to run if nobody else was running.
Maybe if they all stunned the headmaster they'd be able to get away!
For now, though, should she slide under the table like the Max next to her? Or would that give her away? AND WHAT WAS THIS CHILD NEXT TO HER DOING TALKING ABOUT CONSPIRACIES? Did she not comprehend the idea of fun? Nobody was getting hurt -- the potion would only last an hour. What could possibly go wrong?
Also, was anyone else sweating or was she just nervous?
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Circe... Hogwarts was making a fool out of Charlie!Max....
She gave up on trying to befriend Harri and resolved to try again another day without saying anything else. That would surely just make things worse (it had been a long -- or short, depending on how you think of it -- morning, as she could hardly sleep and rolled out of bed not too long ago, not even stopping to look in a mirror before class).
Her -- or his -- cheeks burned red in light of Professor Dopple's response to the small (or large, since it was quite important) talk. "Sorry, Professor Dopple...," she murmured, her lips effectively sealed after the utterance of those words. She might not even attempt to answer further questions... though that would probably make her (him) look even worse.
Muggle cures for hiccups... perfect. Charlie!Max made a conscious effort to sit up straight, feeling a little bit better about everything in light of the simple question. She rose her hand, responding with "Well, my mum always had me put a drop of vinegar or sugar on my tongue. That is supposed to help."
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Abra was looking. First between Derf and the headmaster, quite a few times actually, and then between the headmaster and the Maxes, and then between the headmaster and the professor. He was still... trying to get his head around the fact that it had almost certainly been Derf who had fetched Trent, and exactly what he thought about that. Abra wouldn't have done it, but he supposed, with Derf being Head Boy and all, he felt he had some kind of... obligation? Maybe.
On the other hand, this was clearly a polyjuice thing, and Abra could also see how having Polyjuice Potion floating around the castle could be dangerous if there were people who happened upon it and wanted to use it for more nefarious purposes. Because such people did exist. Though they'd probably find their own way to make the potion, but still. Then there was that whole invasion of privacy thing. But this - this situation right here in this room - didn't seem malicious.
Whatever. WHatEvER. This was not Abra's moral dilemma. Maybe it should have been, but he hadn't realised until someone else had already acted on it. Chewing on the inside of his lip, he decided to just... focus on the lesson, as that was what they were all there for. And he wanted to prove that the professor was still managing to keep her students on task, even if she couldn't see the many Maxes.
He raised his hand. "Uh, I once heard if you tell yourself to hiccough, like focus on it and try to make it happen, sometimes you stop. But I've also heard that some muggles can get them for years, and I bet they tried all these things and they never worked." Magic was a whole different story though.
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Calming tea could be helpful if she liked tea, lately however she preferred coffee. Frappes to be more precise. Maybe she would give that tea thing a try though one of these days. Actually could she get some of that tea right now? It was getting awfully hard to focus in here with each passing minute.
Not only was it getting warmer the longer she sat in this sauna of a room but all the Max's agreeing about 'soggy socks' was very confusing. As nice as Dopple was did she really not take notice to all the Carden's? There was five of them! A professor that couldn't see what was going on... while that could be good at times it could also be very very bad. So bad that... wait... was that the Headmaster?! Uh-oh. Someone was likely going to be in trouble. Or maybe several somebodies?
Anyhow... Rylee tried to return all her attention back onto the Professor. Hiccups. Right. Okay. How to get rid of hiccups the muggle way. "I heard that biting into a lemon could help," she answered rising her hand. It wasn't something she herself had ever tried though.
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The next student didn’t add any input, but just agreed with everyone else. Dolly was just about to move on to the next student, when she realized that the boy had been standing in the room instead of sitting! Well, how odd.
Oh. Wait.
Dolly squinted for a moment until the Headmaster’s face came into focus. ”Oh! Hello there, Mackathy,” she greeted with a pleasant smile once she realized who had come into her classroom. But the part about Cardens in her room perplexed her quite a bit. ”My dear, what is a ’Carden’?” she asked, her brows wrinkling up again.
But it was time to move on to the first activity of the class period! Dolly needed to get them started so they would get out of class on time. But there was just one question left for them to answer before they moved onto their first activity.
”Dear students, today we are going to talk about the most annoying thing of all -- hiccups! Tell me, what are some Muggle ways to get rid of hiccups? Many muggles have MANY different ways to try and get rid of the hiccups. Have you heard of any? Have you tried any? Tell me!” Perhaps the Headmaster would add his input as well! As long as he wasn’t stuck on these “Cardens” that she wasn’t sure about. Hmmm. A Carden? What on earth was that? Surely she wasn’t losing her mind.
OOC: Thanks for your awesome responses! For this next question, have your character reply with some of the ways we try to get rid of hiccups (no magic!) Feel free to use traditional ways or completely made up ways! The lesson will move on in about 24 hours.
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Mark had come in, greeted the Professor, wrote his name, then (thanks to the intensely heated room) dozed off. Merlin it was Hot in here! He missed something too...The class had already started!! sluggishly Mark sat up from his desk and wiped some sweat from his forehead. He removed his School sweater vest and rolled up his sleeves trying to let some air in. But it was only hot air. He just felt so off now.
AND THE HEADMASTER WAS IN HERE! He didn't see him doze off did he?!
He caught the Old Professor next question...about Hiccups? What was going on? Mark felt very lost.
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Oh, the headmaster agreed with his answer. Wait - the headmaster? Was this going to be a joint DADA and Charms lesson? He supposed that could be possible. But then the headmaster spoke again, asking about there being too many Cardens. What did that even mean? Indigo glanced around the room, and this time noticed several copies of one person. And he was pretty sure there was only supposed to be one. Oh, so that's what he was talking about. More fun with potions. Indigo wondered if the person responsible for this was the same person who had been responsible for the love potion.
The professor seemed to be ignoring the situation so Indigo decided it also was not important, at least for the time being. He turned his attention back to the question being asked. Hiccups? Indigo raised his hand. "I've heard that holding your breath is supposed to help. But whenever I've tried it I just continue to have the hiccups but I'm also lightheaded." From the lack of breathing.
This entire lesson was like one, slow-moving train wreck. And it only proceeded to get more ridiculous and unbelievable when the Headmaster arrived on the scene. Because their sweet, if absent-minded, professor somehow didn't even seem to notice that she had a Polyjuice issue on her hands. Oh Merlin. These were the adults that were in charge of their education and safety.
So, Alessandro figured, the adults could be left to figure out the mess on their own and he could focus on the lesson. Which was apparently hiccups.
He didn't really know any muggle solutions to hiccups. His father had a tonic he brewed in the house whenever he had hiccups growing up.
At first Igor thought Max had a twin than a triplet and after that it got out of hand and he knew something funny was going on. Not that Professor Dopple was noticing or even thinking it was a problem at all. Which at that point Igor was fine with it since it was amusing and back to class he goes.
Or so he thought because while he didn't answer Dopple's question he was watching the Max's and now the Headmaster was in here. So guess it was something bad or why would he be here.
Or was Dopple really ok?....because right now everything was point to her having some kind of problem and not a problem with hiccups...which was really random.
He was just saying.
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Charms. The second class Kaitlyn had in her schedule. She wasn’t sure what the differences were between Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms. I mean they both had to waved the wand to cast a spell. Well, she would find out really soon. Going to the classroom, she found herself to be a little bit worried. Her father promised the school was absolutely safe and people there were very friendly. It was kinda different in the DADA class as she couldn’t know if she was going to die finish her work.
The room started to be filled with students and she found something hilarious. There were more students with the same faces. Identical twin? Triplets? Okay, more than three now. This was getting weird to be honest. After writing KAITLYN SUNWOO, she folded the paper in half.
The appearance of the Headmaster was definitely a surprise to her. What was going on? This was definitely Charms class, not DADA class. He pointed out for the professor the huge problem in the class, which meant her eyes were still good. She started to think there was something happened to her eyes as the professor started the lesson even when there were too many Cardens. The lesson started with a very simple question followed by the question about hiccups. ”Drinking water and trying to forget it are my solution when I get hiccups”
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