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| Astronomy Lesson 1 :: Activity on the Black Lake  Making the long trek down from the Astronomy Tower to the Black Lake, you may be a bit surprised to see what looks like a large circular platform floating out about 50 yards into the water. While you can't make out exactly what they are at the moment because of the distance, you are able to see small colorful blobs in each of the four Hogwarts' house's colors. The water, which you may be accustomed to looking calm, appears a bit uneasy and laps up onto the shore with a bit more gusto than usual. Last edited by sweetpinkpixie; 05-16-2015 at 02:50 AM.. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 01:20 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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| Standing right in the middle of the platform, Airey beckond the class to come a little closer by waving his arms. Before he got into explaining things, he had a bit of a story to tell. It would be sort. Ish. "Alright everyone, gather around close," he instructed. "Now, my first fascination with the Moon came when I was about 8-years-old and I was on a family vacation to the beach. I built sandcastles with my one sister and we were have a jolly good time of it and broke for a snack break. When we came back, the tide came in and washed it all away. I was so distraught with this and not being able to finish the structure, that I poured myself into researching tides and at what time of day it would be best to build a sandcastle to ensure that I could not only finish it, but bask in the glory of my creation until I became bored of it." He gestured towards all the sandcastles "As you can see here, there are a number of sandcastles in the four house colors. How many are there? That number is all here in my head," he said as he tapped his noggin. "Your task is to encourage the 'tide' to come in and wash away the sandcastles of the houses other than the one you belong to." Unless there was a rebel or too again this term that wanted to betray their own house He cleared his throat and waved at something in the Black Lake that had appeared behind the students. "This is meant to abstractly simulate the Moon's pull on the Earth's oceans, in which YOU ALL act as the Moon. So, think like the Moon. Beeeee the Moon," he concluded with a triumphant salute. "If you are still struggling a bit with the spell work, there is no harm in asking someone for assistance and for them to cast it on you." Everyone got it? Everyone ready? HE WAS! "On my signal.....3...2...MAY THE BEST HOUSE WIN...1...ENGAGE!"  OOC: visual reference of what things look like! OOC: Here are some rules and more detailed instructions so hopefully there is no confusion. You can, of course, as questions OOC to me or IC to Professor Flamsteed |
| Old 05-13-2015, 01:42 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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| #1 ... 1 blue Everything about this was awesome. In fact, it was better than awesome... it was BEYOND WORDS! After dumping his bag on the shore, taking only himself in his brown and black wellingtons, with his wand as an ally, Zeke followed Professor Airey across the lake on the platform to the arena looking things, dotted with brightly coloured sandcastles. He could already tell this was going to be a competition, and he LOVED competitions... he thrived on them. Listening to the story and the instructions, Zeke gave his Head of House a nod and a salute and as the countdown fell to ENGAGE, he ran nearer to the outskirts of the platform, his wand in hand. Okay... OKAY... don't panic! He needed to do the spell! Aqua... traxi... what was the word? GRAVITA! "Aquatraxi Gravita," he recited as he tapped his wand to his head, all intent on becoming the moon, and being all moooooonly. At first nothing happened... and he neared a yellow sandcastle to see if it would work. Nothing, nada, zip. How odd. "Aquatraxi Gravita!" he tried again, repeating the tap on his head and FOCUSING EVERYTHING on the task at hand. Moving about a distance away from the edge of the platform, Zeke neared another castle, one that was blue this time and to his delight one of the smallish waves gravitated toward him, pulling.... pulling and SWALLOWING THE CASTLE! Success. He'd done it! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:09 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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| Post 1- Blue Follow Professor Suits! Adi was SUPER EXCITED to see what this activity would be. What was that floating out there floating in the water? And why were the waves of the Lake a tad rough? Hmmm. The boy did not have much time to wonder that before he noted the colourful stuff all in House colours. Of course! This was a small House competition! COOOOOOL! WAOOOAH! Was Flamsteed walking on water? An eyebrow arched, Adi continued to follow the man. Oh! Nah, he had not been. It was just a platform in the water. Wouldn't it have been awesome if they could have walked on the water? Hehe. Adi looked around at the sand castles as the astronaut spoke. He perked up when Bart the Giant Squid was mentioned. EEEEP! He would get to see the Squid again today? Where was Margo?! She was going to love this! Or maybe not since he got the feeling she was still afraid of the water though definitely not of the Squid anymore. Riiiiight. Bartholomew did not eat students, anyway... or so he had told Adi and Margo last term. Adi believed him, by the way. WHEEEE! Time to get going! "Aquatraxi Gravita!'' Firm tap on the head for the spell casting since there was that great chance that it had worn off during the trek to the Lake. Annnnnd the class had one over excited and READY Puffer! Hehe. LOOK OUT OTHER HOUSES! Adi took off along the gently rotating platform and randomly stopped behind a blue castle. He didn't really care which colour castle he stood behind, as long as it wasn't beautiful yellow. WAVEEESSS! Where art thou? Come have some FUN with this blue castle! Adi kept a look out... Oh! There was one! It was propelling itself towards him and the sand castle until... CRASH! The force of the wave sent the castle tumbling down, sending a spray of sand and water all over his footwear. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:14 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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| #2 ... 1 yellow With all the excitement he practically had a skip in his step and as he went to devour another sandcastle he enticed the water to come up and do it's thing with a sly finger curl. COME HERE WAVVVEEEE-TIDE-THING. He was getting quite close now, and with the slow rotation, he was feeling just ever so slightly disorientated. Not enough to fall though, thankfully. Water though... NEEDED to come up. NOW. He observed the small waves surrounding them, but noticed that none actually came up to meet the yellow castle that stood in front of him, and nor did it even threaten to wet his wellingtons. Boo. C'mob Squidddyyyyy... help a third year out, yeah? He didn't have the moon power anymore, he sucked. In an effort not to waste any more time, Zeke cast the spell on himself again. Wand tapping to the top of his head, he clearly recited the incantation, "Aquatraxi Gravita." Zeke had barely had time to take any more steps or to suggest to the wave to come up and meet him... when it did. SPPPLLLLAAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHHH. The smallish-modest wave crashed against the yellow castle in front of him, and then proceeded to crash against HIM. The water not only rose to his toes, but it reached a little higher still, and if he hadn't been so well balanced, it may have been a problem. As it was, he wouldn't be dying today... not just yet anyway. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:30 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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| #1 Red-1 Ilia happily followed onto the platform, very glad she had her monochromatically striped galoshes secure on her feet. She had a feeling that they would not leave class dry and that just made it all the more fun. The fact that there was a giant squid in the water churning waves for them, left her awestruck and excited. This place was crazy and she loved it! Alright, any castle that wasn't green. Competitions were fun and she was going to charge full throttle into this one. Time to give it a shot! "Aquatraxi Gravita!" She tapped her head a little too enthusiastically and rushed over to the nearest non-green castle. Standing behind the red castle she excitedly watched the waves. One was coming, one was coming! .............but it fell slightly short of her chosen castle. Maybe her spell wasn't strong enough? "Aquatraxi Gravita!" She tapped her head again and the impatient and ambitious streak struck her. She did it a few more times to make SURE that this castle was going down. She didn't quite pay enough attention to the waves though, and perhaps got a little too fervent with her casting. No sooner did she look to watch the wave , than did it take out her castle and soak her legs. There was a spray of sand and water that coated the rest of her. Oh well..........there would be showers later. Task accomplished, next castle! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:31 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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| #3 ... 1 blue, 1 green He'd survived the waves with some skill and dexterity, and so he continued about, enticing the waves to follow him. COME WITH HIM WAVES! FOLLOW HIM! HE WAS THE MOOOOOOOON! Ahem... or something like that. Zeke had a grin plastered to his face, because being out of doors and being active was always a good thing. A part of him even hoped that he WOULD get wet. There were a fair few red castles in this part of the arena platform thing... and he wanted to avoid washing those away, so quickly he retreated inward and away from the shore until those he wanted to keep were passed. Venturing closer out to the edge again, Zeke made to move toward another blue castle, but his feet in the wellingtons were clumsy, and he fell fact first to the sand. It wouldn't have been a bad thing under normal circumstances, but this sand HURT. He even landed on the side of a castle, not that he did ANY damage to that at all, but he was certain he'd taken a layer of skin off beneath his jumper. Whoops? OOOHHH WEELLLL... it was all in the name of sport, and Gryffindor. What's more, now that he was DOWN, the waves really truly did rise up to meet him, and meet him they did. He made sure to keep his mouth closed and his eyes shut, and thankfully the water only reached his legs, making his pants sopping wet. "Bah!" he gasped as he pushed himself up and started crawling a short distance before helping himself to his feet. Wand was fine, he was alive and... LOOKIT! TWO CASTLES WERE DROWNED THIS TIME! He beamed to himself, noticing that a blue and green castle were missing from where he had fallen. It had certainly not been him to have destroyed them, but it was his tide! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:39 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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| Post 2- 1 Green ONTO THE NEXT CASTLEEEE! For the fun and the heck of it, Adi took off after another castle a good distance from the blue one he had just demolished. Hehe. This was a workout, man and he was LOVING IT! Maybe he was loving it waaay too much for in his haste and enthusiasm, his right foot connected with the green castle he came to stand behind. Knocking into one shouldn't have been any biggie for his foot, right? WRONG! "OWOWOWOW!'' Adi grabbed his aching foot, hobbling precariously on the other one. WHAT DID FLAMSTEED DO TO THESE THINGS?! Gosh! It felt as though something heavy... like a steamroller had trampled over his foot. In his agonising moment, the Puffer failed to realise he had hopped a bit closer to the castle and there was a wave in transit. SPLASH! Water crashed down on it and even though this was a weaker wave, it was enough to get the job done. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:43 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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| #1 - 1 Red Zhenya was happily basking in the outdoors as they approached the lake. She almost missed it, but saw it in the nick of time. Professor Flamsteed walking on WATER. Wait no… not water. A platform. COOL! She followed him, looking down as she walked, and then realised she was on a different platform. She looked around and saw green, yellow, blue and red sand castles around the platform. That was also very cool! She walked up near Professor Flamsteed so she could hear what he was saying. The activity sounded very cool. Just be the moon and wash the other coloured houses away. Green must stay! Feeling excited, after the count down, she whipped her wand out, said "Aquatraxi Gravita," and tapped her head firmly. She wasn't sure what colour she was going for, but she was definitely avoiding the green ones. She stood behind one at random, just as the Giant Octopus must have caused a wave, because a few seconds later, the water was coming up and washing the red sand away. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:49 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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| post 1 - 1 Blue, 1 Yellow Echo was way to excited.. was this an actual lesson or was she dreaming. Smiling over at the professor she was glad that she had worn something more comfortable to class. Bending over she rolled up her pant legs to make sure her pants stayed dry, she took off her socks and shoes and made her way over to the area. "this sounds like its going to be fun" she said outloud to anyone who would hear her. The water was nice a calm and not to cold on her feet and she couldn't wait to get this started. Looking around all the other students were starting and she needed to make sure she knocked down some sand castles. Looking around she saw that there was one blue flag closest to her and she made up her mind on that being her first target. Echo moved over to the little sand castle and Tapped her wand and said " Aquatraxi Gravita" while after she did that she said "come over here water!!! help me wash away this castle... come on now" she was baby talking at the water hoping it would help and she was glad that it did. The water came rushing in and washed away the blue sand castle. Giggling she thanked the water for coming and turned her heard around to look for her next target and BINGO! she saw it, a lonely little yellow sand castle that no one had spotted yet, grinning Echo ran over to it and tapped and said the incantation while yet again asking very nicely for the water to come, she started to laugh out loud once the Yellow sand castle got washed away. "this is way to much fun" laughing as she made her way around the arena looking for her next target. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:50 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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| #1 - yellow (1), red (1) - whoops Natalia hopped up and down in the little spot that she was standing in while listening to the game instructions. She couldn't wait to get started! *HYPE* Alright, Professor Flamsteed. Great history lesson on your past but CAN WE PLEASE GET STARTED?! When the Giant Squid was mentioned, Natalia's attention shifted toward the front again. Learning about their 'little friend' Bartholomew would be able to assist them in this game, Natalia became aspired to actually meet the Giant Squid today! Ever since the curious fourth-year have heard stories and mentions of Hogwarts's iconic creature, she had been hoping to catch a glimpse of him, but the opportunity never came. TODAY WAS THE DAY! Yes! They could get started now. Walking toward the nearest cluster of sandcastles, Natalia hastily went to 'work'. BE THE MOOOOON. BEEEE THE MOON. I AM THE MOON. COME TO MEEEEE." "Aquatraxi Gravita!!" Natalia could already feel a force of energy rushing towards her from the waves. Yes yes! The tide was coming like a charging bull! It was an aggressive little bull hurdling towards the shore. Yes... it was going straight for the yellow castle that Natalia was aiming for. GOOD, GOOD...WAIT NO! "NO! Bad wave! LISTEN TO ME. I AM YOUR MOON." But it was already too late to do anything now. The wave of which the width was larger than Natalia had expected had already consumed two castles in close proximity to one another: the yellow one and the red one. "No, no, no, no! I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. WRONG CASTLE." Natalia hopped around angrily like a little child, not paying any attention to the environment around her. "Professor, can that one not count? PLEASE PLEASE!!" With cherries on top! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:51 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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| #4... 1 green After brushing himself off, Zeke hurried back into the fray to see what other castle he could ruin. HAHAHA, cause really it was fun, and even though this was a lesson about becoming a gravity pulling moon thing, he DID kinda wish he could just stomp on them all... apparently though, that wasn't a good idea. After roaming around and finding that his pull was no longer pulling, Zeke conducted the spell again. Head tap and, "Aquuuuuaaa...." uh uh uh.... FORGET IT! START AGAIN! NO ZAPPING THIS TIME PLEASE! It seemed to be safe, and before touching his wand to himself again, he reconsidered what the incantation to the spell was. It could be nasty business getting that wrong. Aqua-traxi... Grrrrrrr-avita! That was it! "Aquatraxi Gravita," he stated clearly, tapping his wand to the top of his head. Again he became mobile, seeking out his next target, and he got it! The waves he could see were moving with him as he made his way around the circular platform, rising and rearing and when he saw his target, perfect and fairly isolated from the reds, he went for it. Consequently, bye bye green castle. The wave receded, and it was then that he wondered if that was water he was feeling between his toes. HOW, had it gotten IN his boot? |
| Old 05-13-2015, 02:52 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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| #2 1 Red & 1 Yellow Rushing to the other side of the platform, Ilia saw two castles sitting fairly close to each other, a red one and a yellow one. If it wasn't green it was fair game! She stood between them and planted her feet firmly. While she did, in fact, want to swim with a giant squid, she didn't while there was a competition at hand. She wasn't sure if the spell was still intact, but she was riled up and impatient so she cast it again. "Aquatraxi Gravita!" She didn't figure there would be any harm in extra casting, besides that she tapped herself a bit too zealously. Oh well, suck it up buttercup , there was a battle to win! She grinned excitedly as the wave came in, crashing the sand down around her. This field would be pretty once it was totaled. They were making a giant sand art platform. No time to stand and admire though, more non-green castles awaited impending destruction. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:03 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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| Post 1 - 1 green As AJ followed Airey out on the grounds she noticed that there was something floating in the middle of the lake. What was that? As hard as she tried to squint, she just couldn't make sense of it. Oh well. It was going to be fun and she would be able to see any moment now, but being patient was not a strong suit of hers. All of a sudden Airey walked on water. Goodness, it was SUPER magical. Only he really wasn't because there was a platform, but it was still cool. As AJ listened to what they would be doing, she got even more pumped. SO MUCH FUN! It was too bad that it wasn't a little bit more physical, but there weren't going to be any complaints from her. None. Not being able to smash a sandcastle was a bummer, but that only meant that she would have to concentrate extra hard on her spellwork because the lions had to bring the win home. They just had to. AJ was going to be the best moon that anybody in this world had ever seen. People were starting and that meant that she was already behind. That just wasn't going to do. "Aquatraxi Gravita," she cried while tapping her head with her wand. This was the most concentration she had ever had in her life. All she was imagining was the little green sandcastle being washed away. AJ moved closer and right before her very eyes she heard a splash and one blue sandcastle was down. YES! Victory was hers. Also, it had worked for her on the first try which maybe proved that practice did make perfect. Only she wouldn't be putting too much stock into that in case she didn't feel like practicing the next time in a lesson. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:06 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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| Post 1 - Blue castle (and claim Nat too) He enthusiastically followed the Professor and the other students to the lake. Woot, if only the wizarding lessons in Kirin was as fun like this, maybe he wouldn't fail like what he'd done last year. Well, move on! It's Hogwarts, mate. You're not in Kirin anymore. Okay okay... Listening to the Flamsteed's instruction, the Korean boy just nodded. So, it's like a house competition huh? It would be fun. All he needed was concentration. He was confident enough that his Aquatraxi Gravita spell was good enough to destroy the castle. Hehehe. Ready, set, and.... GO! "Aquatraxi Gravita!" He tapped his wand to his head. Then... which castle he should destroy first? Hmm... There's a blue one nearby him. Concentrating, he watched the water destroy that poor little blue castle. Bye bye! Oh, but then his brown eyes watched his fellow housemate (Nat) destroyed the red one. Omoo.... "How could you do that? You destroy OUR castles!" He said to her. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:07 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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| post 2 - 1 red, 1 yellow WHYYYYY, it seemed like everyone was going after Green!!! her house! she wish she could distract them from washing away her green sand castles, but she was on a mission to wash away as many sand castles as she could. Sticking to the area she was already in she spotted a red one, Looking over at some of the Gryffindor's she noticed alot of them were taking out the green and so she thought it was best to get a red one. Running over to the castle she wiped her forehead with her sleeve because well this was totally a work out, she didn't have to go for a run later that was for sure. Tapping she said he spell again "Aquatraxi Gravita" and doing what she did before she spoke like a baby to get the water to come in, she knew it didnt help one bit but she was nervous and it helped her to think that it was working...... which it did, watching the water come in and wash away the Red sand castle she smiled while noticing that a yellow one was right beside it. Laughing she saw the water wash away the red castle and accidentally (or on purpose ) washed away a yellow one. "two birds one stone" she giggled. Time to hunt some more sand castles, as she started to jog around the area. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:08 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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| Post 1 - 1 Yellow As the reached the proper area outside Hady dropped her bag off to the side where everyone else had seemed to do the same. She walked slowly towards the platform kneeling down once to fix her wellingtons making sure they were all good and ready for this mission. Check and done. As she listened to the Professor explain everything it was very much clear this was going to be hectic but loads of fun! Taking in a deep breath the third year gave a small flick of her wrist closing her fingers around her wand as it snapped against her palm. It was time to get going. Firstly the charm. She wouldn't get far without that. With a light yet firm tap to her head with her wand Hady spoke clearly her voice filled with intent on what she needed, "Aquatraxi Gravita!" Walking at a set pace she avoided those running past and headed for a yellow castle just steps away. Come on wave follow me...follow she urged her eyes fixated on the water as it rose and fell against the shore. Why isn't it following her! Just as she was about to raise her wand and try the charm again a decent wave rose up and CRASHED with a smack over the yellow castle at her feet. YES! Who cares that her wellingtons were soaked as were the bottoms of her pants her target was taken out! |
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| Post 3- 1 Red, 1 Blue Soooo... Adi could not run off to the next castle as he wanted to so instead he hobbled over to he next sandcastle that was situated right next to the green one that had just been run down. Ignoring the stabbing pain still in his foot, he tapped his wand against his head. "Aquatraxi Gravita!'' Right! Time to BE the moon again! The Badger took a step closer to the castle to watch the POWERFUL looking wave zooming towards him. By powerful looking he meant strong but not that strong enough to knock him or any of his classmates over... although THAT would be fun. Hehe. SPLASH! SPLASH! WOAH! TWO castles were knocked over- a red AND blue one! COOOOOL! Casting that spell again since it had weakened with the last castle around really did help! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:15 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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| post 2, 1 green and 1 yellow One castle had down... Plenty to go! He was sooooooooo on fire! This activity was so much fun! Were all lessons in Hogwarts fun like this? He hoped so. Move on to the next castles! Which one should destroy first? He already got the blue one, so the next should be either green or yellow. Well, why not both, hehehe. Concentration, Jackson! Concentration. He closed his eyes, concentrated and hoped that the water could come and destroy the castle that he wanted Water water, come to me... As he opened his eyes, he watched the yellow and green castle were dissolved by the water. HAHAHA! HE WAS SOOOO ON FIRE NOW! |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:21 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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| Post 2 - 1 blue This was so much fun. AJ was running around like a crazy person, but she had to remain focused. The whole point was to WIN. AJ heard people crying out in pain a couple of times, but she wasn't aware of who was hurt because she was so in the zone. Her spell was surely still strong enough since she had just cast it and had success with taking about a green sandcastle not too long ago. Her eyes were set on a blue sandcastle. She would be fair in the castle demolishing unless someone went all attack mode on the red castles then it would be WAR. Running full speed she noticed that a wave was coming. Whee. This was going to work again. This wave wasn't nearly as big as the other one, but it looked like it was going to do the job. Come on... Come on. the wave had completely washed over the blue sandcastle. AJ fist bumped the air. She was on an amazing winning streak. |
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| Post 3 - Hady and 1 red Quote:
"How many have you done yet?" she was practically jumping up and down with all the excitement that was happening, and thats when she saw it. a tentacle. "WAHOOOOOO DID YOU SEE THAT!" she told the girl as Echo knew the professor said that the giant squid was going to help out but she's never seen him before.. "how big is that thing?" she said quitely as she moved alot closer to her new friend, kind of for safety purposes. | |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:36 PM | #22 (permalink) |
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| #3 1 Red & 1 Blue Ilia was rushing around the platform excitedly, looking for secure targets. Also known as castles that weren't too close to her green ones. She saw a red one and a blue one that looked good and she stood beside them. Come on waves! Come to mama! She put her hands on the red castle gently, to feel the texture and it was so ....rough. It didn't feel much like your typical sand castle, but more like a real castle. She pitied anyone that crashed into one of these and made a mental note not to do so herself. There we go, there was a nice wave. With a crash the red castle dissolved into colors across the platform. So pretty! Her other target did not get enough of a nudge though, so she decided that maybe she should cast the incantation again. "Aquatraxi Gravita!" She was just as enthusiastic as her past casts, but gentler with the tapping. Too much tapping of her noggin would not be a good thing. She leaned against the blue castle now, its turn to become color smears. "Come on waves!" She could tell that she had more pull after recasting , than she did for the red castle. A good rush of water came and demolished the castle beside her , spraying her legs and boots. She was pretty sure she had sand in her hair now and her feet had a bit of a squish as she rushed off to her next target. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:47 PM | #23 (permalink) |
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| Post 3 - 1 yellow & 1 green Waves, sandcastles and colors, oh my. Water and sand was everywhere and AJ could have sworn she saw a tentacle come up. Airey did mention Henry so there was no need to wonder what it was and waste precious time. It was pretty cool that so many people had managed to get the hang of the spell. Maybe she should be looking out for younger students that needed help. Two people knocking out castles were better than one. It was so crazy though that it was hard to tell. For now she was just going to keep doing what she was doing. It was working well for her so far. Wicked!!! Somebody had just took out two castles at the same time. AJ wanted in on that action. Deciding that it would be best to cast the spell on her one more time, she gave her head a nice tap. Ouch. This was the second time today that she got a bit rough with herself. "Aquatraxi Gravita." Now all she needed was two sandcastles to bite the dust. AJ spotted a yellow and green one close together and she zoned it. Her little feet took off and she was one with the waves. She WAS a moon. Soon the was a nice wave forming. It just kept getting bigger and bigger. This was awesome. Today must be her day. The wave was massive. Finally it washed over both of the castles and sprayed her all over. AJ didn't mind of course. That was two more castles down. WOOT! She wondered how close the score was so far. |
| Old 05-13-2015, 03:51 PM | #24 (permalink) |
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| Post 1 - 0 Green? Eden followed the class down towards the lake, bouncing with excitement. This was IT. THE GAME. Her eyes sparkled with excitement, and she had to stop herself from running around like a CRAZY person when she got out here...SIGH. Child at heart, always. She had brought her stuff, her backpack, and whatnot because she wanted to just go right to her next class after this. And woooow oh WOW. Was this a SETUP or what? Eden was beyond fascinated right now! The directions were easy enough to follow, too, and she had to refrain from making "Miraculous Airey" jokes as well. Heh. Anyways. ANYWAYS. Time for some SPELLWORK. Well, Eden had to get into position first and...wait for Airey to say "GO." Which, when he did, she had to make a quick decision about which set of castles to go far, and she picked GREEN. Because she was feeling NEGATIVELY towards a certain Slytherin right now. Ahem. She just couldn't get all tongue tied once they started. EDEN WANTED TO WIIIIIIN. She brandished her wand and..."Aquatraxi--Gravita--" but she wasn't as...clear in her wording, and she kind of stuttered through those words......and she wasn't surprised when...nothing happened. O_o |
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| #1 Red - 1 Henric was amazed with all the set up that Professor Flamsteed did for the activity, so amazed...that he was gawking the whole time. Wait...they were already starting?! But he was just starting to get used to the floating platform! Oh no....someone already get to their castle! No waaiit! Water came splashing everywhere around him.Poor Henric stood there, unable to move a step further. Alright...that was it! He saw Red castle right in front of him and he just had to go for it! He tapped his head with his wand and shouted,"Aquatraxi Gravita!" and aimed it to Gryffindors Castle.Heheh! Time for a lil swim,eh! He watched as the wave he cast wash away part of the sandcastle walls. |
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