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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6
| ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls As they offered ways - some were very creative indeed - the blackboard updated itself with the answers Cosgrach approved of. Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackboard How can you stop someone taking your hair or another body part to add to a potion?
Attacking your attacker first
Not having enemies
Only letting your friends touch your hair
Making sure your friends are still your friends
Protective clothing (hats, full-body clothes, hairnet etc)
Going bald (Spell: calvorio)
Disillusionment spells on the susceptible body parts to trick the attacker
Protective enchantments (eg. Repello Inimicum)
The Capillum lotion Text Cut: Some personal replies Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni "The most logical course of action, if one was paranoid enough, would be to decide to go bald." Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon "There's a curse for that, hair-loss. Calvorio." "Good thinking," he said, even though Dima looked like he thought it was a joke. "There are hair growing potions anyway, so no big aesthetic deal." Especially if your life was concerned. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir "Professor... WHY would someone try to poison us anyway? Or anyone? People don't DO that," he said, really quite convinced. Pshhh. Poor confused Culloden. "You mean, like, on accident, don't you?" Cosgrach wasn't sure if that 'us' referred to Toby himself or was a general word. Either case... "They may, if . . . it benefits them," he said softly. They sadly did still poison people, so Cosgrach had to prepare his class. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel raised her hand as the Professor spoke, how did you stop someone from taking your hair. "It's simple Professor you ask them nicely and if that doesn't work you use the body-binding curse." Angel thought that would stop them moving and then if she felt like it she might take their hair though she wouldn't let the professor know that. "I . . . highly doubt asking people nicely will work," he said to her and to several others who suggested more or less the same. If these people could be persuaded so easily, they would never have tried to take body parts in the first place. Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny "Well... realistically, y'can't. I mean... I know Headmistress Truebridge taught us about having 'constant vigilance' last term, but there's literally no way you can realistically keep someone from standing in a group with you or something and stealing a piece of your hair from behind. There just isn't. There's ways to try to be as careful as possible... and to MAYBE catch them after they've done so, but just bein' honest, there's no guarantee. If someone really wants your hair that badly, they're gonna get it one way or another, y'know? Whether it means Imperioing your friend into retrieving one or casting a full-body bind curse on you and taking it by force or what - it's just something we've all gotta be cautious of and see as a real possibility. I guess... don't make enemies and lay low and don't give anyone a reason to target you for that kinda reason in the first place, that's my advice to keep it from happening. Y'just can't realistically prepare for that kinda thing, right? Unless y'wanna live your life as a paranoid worrier." Cosgrach thought what she said for a moment... "I don't agree," he said at last, "you can go bald like Gabe suggested, and wear the right clothes. Not to mention there is a lotion just for that." Which he'd mention in a moment. "I mean, these sound extreme, but they'd work."
Although, he wasn't outright dismissing her theory. Of course a good . . . hunter would always get his prey. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Janelle knew that another question had to be coming soon and she was not disappointed. When it was asked, she raised her hand. There has to be some kind of spell that can repel hair stealers, doesn't there? I mean other than that, you'd just have to wear a lot of hats. That wouldn't really be practical though." That was just creepy. Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia Upon the next question, Noel's hand went up again: "A spell to keep your hair stuck to your head?" THAT spell can possibly work with other body parts as well, yes? Lets brainstorm again, professor.[/color] "There isn't a spell specifically for it, although Kate suggested a good one that can be used also for that," he pointed at the blackboard, "but there is a lotion . . ." he said, made a gesture that indicated he liked their answer, and turned to the class in case people missed what they had suggested. "I liked your answers," he said, "most of you know how to protect yourself. It's nice." He smiled for the first time that day despite all the cobwebs. It really was good to know they would be able to protect themselves. "You know the other ways," he said as he gestured at the blackboard, "you can pick the one that suits you most. What might be new to you is the Capillum lotion, or quite literally, Hair Potion." He hoped they had never heard it before, because it was a paranoid's work. Students aged 11-18 shouldn't be that... scared of an attack. "It's a lotion specifically for hair loss - any hair on your body. It's rather easy to brew, and it's created specifically for this purpose: you can apply it on the hairy skin and even though you'll still lose hair normally, it'll stick to your skin and it won't fall down - though it also won't bother you at all. It's also resistant to someone else's pulling - the only way to get rid of that hair is waiting for the lotion to wear off. It's effective for a full day." He brought out a vial containing a white liquid from his pocket and held it for everyone to see.
He didn't go into more detail because he still wanted to believe they didn't have such problems, so he put the vial on his desk and asked the last question before the fun activity. "Lastly, what safety precautions can we take while experimenting, apart from the standard ones like wearing protective clothes, always minding cleanliness and the like? I'm more interested in spells and that sort of things, you see. Any ideas?" OOC: I'll post 24 hours later. You can be creative with the answers. |