Seren watched as the students continued to practice the incantion and the wand movement... seperately of course.
SPOILER!!: Student Responses
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sarahb 
Isabelle thought that this lesson was fun and interesting. Carefully taking her wand she practiced jabbing it. Jab jab jab. She was afraid she would accidently spear the toadstool and was afraid that the results would be bad. Then Isabelle got a question. Raising her hand she asked, "Are the results extremely disasterous if you do the wand movement wrong?"
Seren blinked, how could you stuff up a jab?
"Well so long as you don't poke something or spear it... then it can't be too disastrous." Quote:
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Bubbles Kennedy looked up at the professor. He knew what it was. He was paying attention after all. "I um, I was actually talking to myself," he said as his cheeks turned red. Yep, Escalante had the tendency of reassuring himself...out loud.
Gosh, that was embarassing.
Oh! They were going to do the jab movement. Ever since Kennedy learned that one in Charms he's liked it. Jab.Jab.Jab. He took out his wand and began jabbing the air, not too hard, he didn't want to jab any of his classmates.
JAB.JAB.JAB
Oh... that was normal. It was. She did it all the time.
"Very well, continue," she said smiling.
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Domino DarkHeart domino pulls his wand out and starts to jab hopefully im doing this right viro torpeo viro torpeo as i look at prof bentley
Seren eyed the Slytherin boy, his wand in hand, and using the incantation at the same time?! Thank Merlin there wasn't anyone or anything in his way.
"Minus five points from Slytherin.... when practicing we do not use the inacantation and wand movement at the same time, unless instructed to do so." Quote:
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Jessiqua Zhenya did as she was told.
She grabbed her wand and jabbed it a few times. She kept looking up at Professor Bentley to make sure she was doing it right.
"Professor Bentley, Is this correct?" she asked.
Seren smiled brightly,
" Very good." Quote:
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James_Potter William placed his parchment and quill in his bag and also retrieved his dragon-hide gloves. After placing them on, he gripped his wand, ready to perform the spell. After practicing the incantation, Viro Torpeo, a few times, he was prepared to perform the wand movements. He began making quick jab movements with his wand, while remaining taciturn as they weren't supposed to be performing the spell yet. He wondered if something so small as a toadstool would have even smaller fangs, and whether they would cause too much harm. Feeling it was better to ask Professor Bentley and not find out the hard way, he readjusted his dragon-hide gloves and lowered his wand. But the inevitable happened.
"Professor, just how powerful are these fa-ACHOO!"
William went into yet another one of his sneezing fits. There must have been something he was allergic to in the greenhouse. He toppled over, for his eyes watered so badly he could not see, thus tripping himself over the hem of his robes. His glasses went askew, and he cough and spluttered as his sneezing turned into a violent cough. How powerful was an achoo? what was a ... OOHHH ACHOO! Seren's eyes widened as the boy wen t into a sneezing fit. Oh Merlin.
"Up, up, come on," she said gently helping the boy up by the elbow.
"You're alright dear."
"Alergies... should be taken care of before soming to class. I suggest you take a trip to the Hospital Wing or to the Potions Mistress, you need to have this looked at." She sighed.
"But if you think you can handle it, then you can wait till the end of the lesson."... or was that just not going to work?
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tomewitch Professor Bentley instructed them to get their wands for they will practice the proper wand movement for the spell which was a
jab.Pulling out her Birch wand from her pocket, she immediately practiced the correct movement. Thrust. Thrust. Thrust.
Okay. Now, she must be ready for their harvest session. Maybe.
"Errr...Professor, am I doing the wand movement right ?" she decided to ask. She was just unsure, it was best to have certainties. But nevertheless, she was very excited for their harvesting.
Seren observed as the girl practiced the wand movement in front of her.
"Yes, yes, very good," she said nodding in approval.
“Ok now I understand you haven’t practiced the spell yet... but you will be doing this on the toadstools.” Yes... first time’s a charm? She hoped sp. She didn’t want them to suddenly become Blaze Again Buttons.
“Remember to speak very clearly, and calmly... don’t rush it.” Pause.
“You will know that they’re numb when they no longer have control of their actions... so they’ll be a little... all over the place, and slower than usual.” Seren took a few strides toward one of the Biting toadstools, pulling on her dragon hide gloves as she went.
“Viro Torpeo,” she said jabbing her wand in the ‘stools direction. Of course it had the desired effect. Seren wiggled her finger around the toadstools cap, as it squirmed around trying to get its teeth around her glove and failing. It seemed to be a little groggy.
“Now as I’ve already mentioned we will be harvesting the fangs so that they may be kept in the potions stores cupboard for later use.”
She positioned herself behind the toadstool, facing the class. Demonstration time.
“Start by getting a firm grip on the toadstools cap, be careful not to get too close to the teeth. ... And don’t grasp the cap too tightly, or you’ll risk damaging the plant.... “ she demonstrated by placing her hand on the top of the cap and holding it in place.
“Do not... under any circumstances use a Freezing Charm, otherwise the fangs won’t come out cleanly and you’ll run the risk of them not growing back.”
She gazed around at the students’ faces to make sure they understood.
“ Then you need to get a good grip on the fang... one at a time... and yank in a downward direction.” Gripping one of the fangs, Seren did just that. With a sharp, clean yank, the fang came out. The toadstool didn’t protest... much.
“Try to do this in one swift movement, it’s the quickest and the most efficient way to get them out... otherwise you’ll be pulling a little while.” Either way, they would get them out. Eventually.
She held it up for the class to see. Quickly she repeated the process, then held up the second fang to show the students.
“Once you have successfully harvested both fangs from your Biting Toadstool, please place it in this jar.”
Seren held up a fairly big jar and placed it on a spare stool beside the blackboard.
With a flick of her wand, the instructions appeared on the board.
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Harvesting Biting Toadstool fangs:
1) Ensure the toadstool is numb, and cannot feel pain. (You will know it is numb when it doesn’t appear to be in control of its movements.)
2) Get a firm hold of the cap – but not too firm.
3) With your other hand grasp hold of one of the fangs, and yank!
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the next fang.
Then place the fangs in the jar.
Thank you.
“Right, make sure you have your gloves on. If for some reason you forgot to bring them with you... or have misplaced them, you will find spares in the cupboard by the greenhouse door. Please return them at the end of class if you borrow them.”
And without further ado, Seren stepped aside, motioning for the students to approach a Biting Toadstool. Let the fun begin!
“Once you have completed the activity you may return to your seat.”
OOC: PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING
For this mini-activity you need to post a total of 3 times to be eligible for maximum participation points. This part of the activity will be open for approx 18hours, or longer, depending.
Post 1: Perform the Numbing Charm, and make sure it worked- you don’t have to get it right the first time.
Post 2: Harvest the first fang. Follow the process.
Post 3: Harvest the second fang and deposit them into the jar.
Please Indicate in the title section of your post – or at the top of you post, what the number of that post is. E.g. Post 1 ... Post 2... Post 3 (you get the drift)
DO NOT DOUBLE POST, thank you! (: