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Ayden Diggory-Keighley (#07ad01)
Hufflepuff Second Year
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Levi Draguar (#062807)
Ravenclaw Third Year
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Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor Fifth Year
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Tiffany Rose
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Bailey Crawford (#bb04bc)
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Originally Posted by ToujoursPur  Cael took a deep breath and walked up to the box. The Professor had said he needed to use his wand, but obviously a simple unlocking charm wasn't what she was looking for. This was Arithmancy after all, not charms.
Erm, how to go about this? Cael thought 79 seemed like a decent number. He figured the box must be sealed with magic and since 7 meant magic and 9 meant ending, it seemed that 'ending magic' would be a good place to start.
The Professor had said not to touch the box so... with a standard swish and flick he shouted, "79!" at the box.
He felt silly, but at least he'd tried. Watching as another student stepped up to the plate in attempt to open the box, Fina watched as he too tried tracing a number. But what was different was he added a swish and flick, followed by shouting the number.
Curious. She thought something would happen. But as he didn't do a spell, for 79 was not a spell, nothing happened. Again. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Ira watched as Kurumi tried to open the box. She traced something in the air like some number...Ira didn't get it. But the professor praised her effort.
Now Ira felt that it was her turn to try. Whats wrong with trying at least? Unlocking spell would be too easy. There must be some other way. She supposed she could just break the box into two-three parts.
So, she walked to the front in front of the box and took deep breath to calm herself.
Then, "Diffindo" and waited with trepidation... Another student made an effort, although this one tried a spell. None had tried the unlocking spell just yet, but the splitting spell. That one was unique and she had to give the girl credit. Almost as if the box was deciding on if it would react, the box hesitated and then the spell seemed to rebound with a freezing charm sent back to the girl.
"Oh no worries!" Hadley exclaimed. "She'll be okay." In about 30 seconds. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa watched as first the Prefect Kurumi could open the box. If the box could be opened, she was the best person who would be able to do it. But she had failed
"Darn it!! That goes our best chance of getting free Hazelnut chocolates!!,"Alyssa thought to herself. "I knew that the Professor had done something to it. We know that we need our wand to get it open. Hmmm...I wonder what could it be.
Alyssa stepped up to the box and thought. "I could use the Cistem Aperio spell, which Sirius has used many of times to open boxes which were sealed closed or I could do something else. The Professor keeps mentioning the double zeroes. I wonder is that the solution. A zero means great transformational change."
Alyssa took out her wand and pointed it at the box. Waving the wand (movement to signify the number 8) and drawing 2 circles around the box to signify the 2 zeroes she said, "OPEN!!
She grinned over at the Professor. "For free Hazelnut Chocolates, it's worth a try". Open? Did the girl think this was Muggle Magic? Needless to say, Fina felt oddly amused and comforted by the bluntness the girl had attempted to open the box.
And needless to say, since 'open' wasn't a spell, nothing happened. Quote:
Originally Posted by EW_FAN  Harvey went up in front of the class really nervous. He turned around to see all the his classmates eyes on him, he gave a small smile and turned back to the box in question. He had seen Kurumi trace a number on it and decided to do the same, remembering what the professor said about the numbers before, he then traced....
zero....eight....zero.....two over the box and then "Alohamora!" he said pointing at the box, and then he waited to see if it worked. Ah. Finally someone had been so brave as to attempt the spell she thought they would try at first; the classic unlocking spell. But alas, as had happened with the Gryffindor girl, the box rebounded the spell in the form of a freezing charm. Good that the box still worked.
"Oh dear. He will be okay though." Less than a minute; no need to panic folks! Quote:
Originally Posted by jesifur Jesifur was nervous and watched her classmates try and open the box. When it was her turn she stepped up to the box and drew her wand. First she took her wand and tapped the lid twice, to represent she was a human and wanted to collaborate with the box. Next she took her wand and traced the number five on top of the lid, suggesting to the box that Jesifur wanted to change it, to free the chocolates. Lastly she traced the number eight on the top indicating she had the authority to open such a box. She stood back to see what would happen, and hoped she was right. She could practically taste those chocolates. The moment the girl's wand seemed to touch the lid of the box, there was a reaction, which seemed to initiate that freezing charm of the Hufflepuff. Clearly, even touching the lid with the appropriate numbers wasn't good enough.
But again, it was only a temporary freezing charm. *** And now, Hadley guessed, it was time to move on with more teaching. "This here," Fina pointed at the box. "Is an example of a cursed object. For anyone who has interest in becoming a curse breaker, this lesson here will introduce you to some of the more basics involved." But if they chose to further their studies in curse breaking, they would learn much more in-depth about the subject. "Many curses are designed to react to certain spells. But there are two questions that remain; how to identify what curse an object has and how do you break or bypass the object's curse?"
"Alohomora or diffindo, as you saw, caused a reaction from the curse on this box. While tracing the numbers in the air was a very good idea, there's an easier way to figure out what curse has been placed on this box." And from there, they can figure out using number characteristics, what it means. "The spell on this box is actually rather simple and straight-forward, but you will never see it in real cursed objects. It's a form of impedimenta designed just for educating."
Pausing to let this sink in, she decided to demonstrate it on herself. "Now then, just so you can see what I'm talking about..." Fina flicked her wand and cast 'Alohamora', only to be hit with the freezing spell as three students before her had been. But after a few moments, she awoke. "Alright then, now I think it's time to figure out exactly how we can decipher what spell is on a cursed object." Bringing her and down, then up, and finally flicking it, she said "Arithmos Revelio". Then, a large number in orange appeared to float above the box:
2808052749
"This number here is the numerical representation of the spell impedimenta specificalis hominum. Everything we need to know about the spell and how it works is contained ... in this number." Of course. Because it really was all in the numbers! "Notice any particularly interesting groupings in the number?"
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