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Ayana watched with great pleasure (sorry) as the students suddenly sprung into fight or flight mode, and a glance at the clock told her that quite many of them might have that foot shaved off from their essay lengths. It seemed that in her excitement, she'd allowed the lesson to run on for a bit too long.
Stepping up to the board, she quickly wrote down her expectations for the holidays - mostly that they all return safe and sound and rested for the new year of learning, and opened the classroom door with a wave of her hand. "Happy holidays class! We'll be seeing a lot of number altering arithmancy work when we return." She'll be seeing them in 2099, and she sincerely hoped her little demonstration had at the very least sparked an interest in the subject.
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack  Where were her numbers? ”I didn’t have a chance to write them down,” she shrugged. She had lost any enthusiasm for the lesson after the whole debacle. Nina Castillo wanted to go back to the dormitory. TO CRY. Despite her tendency to feign disinterest whilst actually paying absolute attention to her Professor, Nina wasn’t faking it this time around. Her eyes still followed her Professor as she spoke, but they were almost looking at a point just past Professor Sissay.
…… Um.
She had only tuned in at the very end when she heard they may be getting wet. Nina wasn’t wearing waterproof mascara. And her hair looked incredibly nICE today. She did NOT want to leave the lesson a soaking mess. And to think, she had really admired Professor Sissay. But this? This was such a cruel way to end what was already the worst lesson of her entire life.
So naturally, Nina began SQUEALING as the demons began charging. And she immediately ran to the corner of the room, knocking down a desk to take cover behind it. She wanted no part in this game.
The biggest splasher heard the squeal, and made directly for it, stomping and dousing several students along its way. SPLISH SPLASH, ball of water to the face? YES!
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Originally Posted by Lislchen WHAT WAS HAPPENING!??!?!
Anahera had, admittedly, zoned out a little during the past ten minutes. It had got a bit too academic for her taste and she was going to blame her lack of concentration on the fact that it was still FREEZING in here (had Professor Sissay not read about how temperature could affect one's ability to focus? had she???). It was definitely impacting Anahera's brain.
Mhm, that.
Which was when she literally jumped in her seat slightly when all of a sudden the professor not only warmed up the classroom but had conjured up small balls of FIRE. With faces. And then there was water...with faces. And hands. And feet. And just...a lot was happening.
Instinctively, Anahera dove under her desk to get away from the water things. At least she was already holding her wand. From this lower vantage point, she cast a Glacius in the direction of the nearest water droplet she could see from down here. Hopefully that hadn't just been a student taking a sip of water and missing their mouth.
Sorry (not sorry) if that was the case.
The two smallest water humanoids danced around each with glee, flicking water! everywhere! they! could! YOU get water and YOU get water and YOU, under the table, you ALSO get wat- Uh oh
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Text Cut: Mini activity catchup
Tina felt a surge of respect for Professor Sissay when she told off that mouthy prefect (Archer). It was about time somebody took her down a peg! Exactly how did that one get a badge again? Was being loud a requirement for leadership in this school? Never mind, Tina had more important things to think about, like the activity for example.
Tina paid careful attention to Professor Sissay's explanation/ demonstration. At first things seemed pretty straightforward, but the second number revealing demonstration had her all confused. How were there two different number sequences for the same object? And if there were multiple number combinations for the same thing, how were they supposed to know which was the correct one? She was glad they weren't doing number analysis today… because how would that work with different number sequences for the same thing?
Tina shook her head to stop herself from going down the rabbit hole of overthinking. She needed to focus on what she knew, which in this case was the number revealing. It was a shame that the tomatoes and cucumbers weren't included in the items they were allowed to use for practice, as Tina had a more solid theory for those number sequences than for the other items'. Since that wasn't an option, she decided to practice on the waterfall instead. "Emfanizou Arithmou!" she said, aiming her wand at the waterfall.
A series of numbers emerged from the smoke at the tip of Tina's wand: 0995731. Whatever else happened this class, at least she could count on getting the wandwork right on the first try. She quickly jotted the number sequence down in her notes before it could disappear. So now she supposed she should check it again. She moved to an area on the opposite side of the waterfall and again cast, "Emfanizou Arithmou!" This time it was a completely different number sequence. 1795563… Tina hurriedly copied down the numbers, comparing the two sequences she had. Hmm… both had repeating numbers and contained 9, 5, and 3 - and there was a 9 and 5 in the same spot each time. That must mean something, right?
Tina was still wondering how one could analyze something with different number sequences when the lesson moved on. Oh, so the simple answer was you couldn't. That made sense… well, sort of. Tina had to admit she was rather curious about the variation of the number revealing charm and the way Arithmancers had found to shape the elements to their needs, but she was even more curious about the fire Professor Sissay had just cast. Why fire? She thought they were talking about water! Her eyes widened as the fire separated into balls and - were those fireballs smiling? Before she knew what was happening, there were droplets from the clouds and water from the waterfall and ice from the sculpture and balls of water with limbs forming - water demons. Wow, those things were creepy!
So the next activity was basically a water war, only with water demons instead of wands or squirters. Tina wasn't sure what to make of that. She was glad it wasn't number analysis, and she was skilled in wandwork so she could probably hold her own to the creepy critters. The problem was if she didn't hold her own, she'd be wet and embarrassed in front of everybody. The part about a foot off the essay went in one ear and out the other. Tina didn't care about having less homework; she was more concerned with not humiliating herself at the moment.
Tina needed a strategy - and fast! Otherwise, she was a sitting duck. Okay, Tina, think… she thought frantically. She had it! Alternate hitting the demons with everything she had and hiding. "Glacius!" she cried, aiming at the nearest demon. "Glacius! Glacius!" She may have thrown a Glacius Duo in there somewhere too, just in case the original version wasn't strong enough. Once she finished her initial barrage of spells, she cast a shield charm on herself. Would a shield charm even work to keep out water? She had no idea; she'd never tried it before. Just in case, she crouched behind her desk for cover, her eyes peering over the top to search for the demons. She wasn't about to let her guard down!
The tallest of the water formations, noting he could splish splash people's desks, set out to do just that! Oh another desk there! A ruined parchment, all wet! Droplets shot out of its head as it seemed to GIGGLE with GLEE. Oh another desk, but with a person! TWO prizes! JUST as it was about to step down on the desk, it- didn't :O THE STUDENT TRICKED HIM!
OOC: hey guys! This ran a little longer than I had planned for (telling dates is really hard, did you know?) Thank you to every single one of you who attended the lesson! You're all the best!
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