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Term 53: September - December 2019 Term Fifty-Three: When In France (Sept 2099 - June 2100)

 
 
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Default Transfiguration Lesson 2

When you show up for this afternoon’s Transfiguration class on the second floor, you will find the door closed and a lesson already in session. It’s not your lesson though, so better not interrupt unless you want to get on the bad side of an angry Beauxbatons professor. The classroom has clearly been double-booked. Nightmare!!

But don’t worry, Barlow has charmed a large sign on the door for his students.

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HOGWARTS TRANSFIGURATION
Relocated to
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That’s right.

Unable to book a different classroom at such short notice, today’s lesson has been relocated to the palace dining chamber. It was this or the grounds and it was a tad bit chilly for that.

Luckily, the three, long dining tables have not yet been set for this evening’s dinner and Barlow is sat at the middle table waiting. “Everyone around this one, please,” he instructs when students gradually start filtering in. “Take a seat, take a seat!”

OOC: Hello, hello! Welcome to the dining chamber for the second RPed Transfig lesson of the term! You’ve got 24 hours to post your arrivals before we move on <3 Class has started!


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Greetings and Question 1
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While they got to work, Barlow moved up and down the benches to hire their handiwork. Some clearly had more of a creative streak than others - Claudine’s depiction of her entire household dining room was basically a work of art! Crikey!

Bernie had a masterpiece of her own it would seem, even if it was one that wasn’t quite on topic. As usual, in typical Barlow fashion, he was too distracted to see it. But if he HAD, he probably would’ve commented on the brilliant artistry.

Others had chosen to simply list the utensils - and that was absolutely A-OK! as well. Forks, spoons, plates, napkins… the same things were cropping up and he supposed that was to be expected.

Except Eiji’s. Eiji’s was an interesting one, and probably much to the Slytherin’s dismay, Barlow hung around behind him for a while. “I never could get the hang of chopsticks. All fingers and thumbs, you know.”

He then checked his watch and took a step back to address everyone. “If you haven’t done so already, you’ll all need to get your supplies out - textbooks, parchment, quills and inkwells!” But NOT for some theory work, as you would expect with such supplies. They had to work with what they had here in the dining room.

“Dinnertime is a couple of hours away and I bet Headmistress Desmarais would be DELIGHTED if we all set the table for her.” Or not. In all honesty, he wasn’t even sure if the french woman was capable of cracking a smile but they could absolutely try. She never seemed amused at anything HE had to say anyway. Either way, he didn’t have anything else planned so it would have to do.

“There’s a number of different incantations we’ll be requiring for this task,” he unholstered his wand from his battered belt and with a wave, large, orange letters appeared and shuffled around until four incantations floated mid-air at the head of the table.

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Quills into cutlery/utensils - Ferramenta Verto [Fer-RA-men-TA]
Parchment into napkins - Mappa Verto [MA-pa]
Inkwells into goblets - Calix Verto [CA-lix]
Textbooks into plates/bowls - Patella Verto [Pa-TEL-la]
He spent a good two minutes rummaging around in his own rucksack (because who was organised? not him) so that he could demonstrate. “Ferramenta Verto, will transfigure our item into our desired cutlery or utensils,” he lightly tapped his quill and the feathers shrunk back.. the spine widened and took on a shiny texture… and then came the prongs of a fork. “Et voilŕ!” He spent a moment demonstrating the other three spells and look, he was all ready for dinner!

“The wand movement is the same for all four spells, a light tap on the item you are transfiguring as you clearly state the incantation. Pronunciation is important, so practice a few times before you give it a go properly.” Wrong pronunciation and it simply wouldn’t work. “I say it every lesson, but just in case you need a reminder, REMEMBER, concentration is key. Always visualise the intended result CLEARLY in your mind as you cast the spell. If you don’t get it quite right the first time, you can use reverte to try again.” Were they all getting this? He hoped so. He had faith in his students but he REALLY didn’t want someone to accidentally transfigure the dining chamber table into an erumpent.

“You can set your place at the table the same way as in your lists and diagrams, or you can choose an alternative set up. If you have extra supplies floating around your backpacks, feel free to use them too.” Basically, there wasn’t any fixed plan because he hadn’t PLANNED ANYTHING.

But hey, time to get going!

“Off you pop!”


OOC: A bit later than I was expecting, but here’s the main activity! Thanks for bearing with me and Barlow, mwah! We’ve got until November 7th, Barlow will be floating around to help and answer questions, and may even have a little surprise in a bit
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So caught up in her own artwork that Claudine had pushed everything out of her mind, including Blake Ryan. That was, until Bernie dropped a slip of paper was dropped on her book. Claudine stared at it, the B & C trapped in a heart sticking out at her; she was not amused. Once she got past that (with some difficulty), there was her friend’s artistic talent to admire. “You’re pretty good at drawing,’’ she complimented, choosing to ignore the fact that this represented her and Blake as a couple. Claudine eyed Bernie’s evil grin and resorted to rolling her eyes. “Very mature, Bernie.’’ But her lips were twitching. Bernie was one of those that she couldn’t stay mad at.

A number of different incantations? Claudine felt slightly anxious hearing about that. It sounded like pressure to master all the spells. It was with fascination that she watched the words form before the class. Barlow began speaking again for what seemed like an eternity and Claudine hurried to make notes; no doubt they’d be asked to start practicing soon.

With a frown, Claudine raised her hand.Professor? Since it seems that we’ll be using our own stationery, does this mean that we’ll get them back by reverting them at the end of the lesson?” It was an important question. She did not have stationery to give away freely, least of all to the snooty French people.

But here she went, practicing each incantation as best as she could.
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The artistic work in question for Bernadette did not go unnoticed by Blake .. all though if he had to admit it he couldn't see exactly what it was, but it made Claudine look rather angry so it it already made Blake feel rather smug about it.

Deciding he could no longer be 'out of the loop' He picked up his books and moved over by the girls to see what Bernadette had drawn... shoving Claudine with his hip just a little. "Sorry, but budge up .. I need some space to practice." He added to her. He took a quick glance and saw what was on the paper .. and if possible turned an even darker shade of red than he ever has. "Was that necessary Bernadette?" He asked trying his best not keep it level and cool. "I mean I'm way out of Claudine's league." He added for good measure...

Then turning slightly to look at his book bag items and began to practice the spells in his mind, trying out the different incantations and getting prepared to cast, repeating them several times.

'Ferramenta Verto -Mappa Verto - Calix Verto - Patella Verto
Ferramenta Verto -Mappa Verto - Calix Verto - Patella Verto
Ferramenta Verto -Mappa Verto - Calix Verto - Patella Verto
Ferramenta Verto -Mappa Verto - Calix Verto - Patella Verto'
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One minute they we’re all listing down cutlery and utensils needed for when they ate meals in their homes with their families. The next minute Professor Barlow asked them to get all their supplies out for some needed spell practice. They were going to transfigure their stationary into napkins and the like to set the tables in preparation for dinner. Cole thought that Claudine asked a very valid question. He thought of one himself too. Raising his hand he called out "Professor Barlow, are we supposed to prepare the table for everyone or for just us, where we will sit?" It had been a bit fuzzy on that or he hadn’t understood or heard.

While he waited for an answer Cole kept busy by taking out his supplies and getting started on practising the incantations. He first tried the napkin spell by tapping his parchment and casting with a firm voice "Mappa Verto!" Only thing was that he forgot to visualise in his head what he wanted to transfigure the parchment into so it looked more like a sock than a fancy napkin on the first attempt.
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Blake was moving to sit closer to his friends, and that was fine by him... as long as they BEHAVED. He planned on keeping an eye on the trio, but now that the practical portion of the lesson was starting, he was likely to forget.

Both Claudine and Cole raised a good question, and it was one that OBVIOUSLY he had considered. Hah, not really. "It's fine, it's fine," he brushed it off casually, "remember, when we transfigure items they don't stay in that form forever. So you can set your place at the table. The spell will probably wear off in a few hours, I'll just pop down to the kitchens after dinner and make sure your belongings are returned to you." See? No big deal.

Except, he'd likely forget to do that too.
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Oops! She'd been caught spying and Cecelia smiled sheepishly, grateful Lucas wasn't the sort to get upset about such things. She tilted her own parchment so he could get a better look, more than happy to share. "I was thinking the same thing! Are your mum and dad good cooks?" And was he hungry, too? Cecelia was finding that she was getting really hungry.

Luckily Professor Barlow had an actual spell for them to practice, 'cause spells meant concentrating, and concentrating meant less time to think about her rumbling tummy. She got out ALL the things they needed, placing them down with some space between each item so when they changed, they'd have enough room. Then she decided to practice some pronunciation, since THAT was super important. Maybe she'd try the parchment first? That seemed like the easiest one.

"MA-pa Verto...MA-pa Verto...Mappa Verto...Mappa Verto...Mappa Verto..." Not too bad. The movement was even EASIER and the first year pictured a napkin in her head as she tapped the parchment, voice clear as she said, "Mappa Verto!" The parchment gave a wiggle and it DEFINITELY got thicker, but it didn't really LOOK much like a napkin. UH. "PSSST, what's the spell for turning it back again?" Lucas would know, wouldn't he?
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Claudine was suddenly bumped on the shoulder and she turned sharply to see who the wrongdoer was. It did nothing to improve her mood to see that it was Blake. She outright refused to move the slightest and resorted to glaring at her Housemate instead. “I might be but no one would want to go out with someone who constantly looks like an overripe tomato,’’ Claudine snapped in the boy's red face before turning her attention back to her work.

Instead, she threw a questioning gaze at Barlow. She didn’t trust him to get their stationery back safely. By observation, she had concluded that the man tended to be absentminded. “I’ll help if you like, Professor.’’ There was a habit that had been instilled in Claudine at a young age: take care of what was hers; be it a relationship she valued or some material possession. Hence, she always meticulously guarded her belongings. It was because of this she volunteered to help Barlow and for no other reason. And no, she didn't care about anyone else's.

Now she got to work. She found a quill, set it before her and held her wand in position. “Ferramenta Verto,’’ the Snakette commanded in a clear voice and tapping the quill once. Naturally, she concentrated as best as she could, picturing a fork. The quill remained in place on the table but slowly started to change. Silver emerged as the quill’s bottom half thickened and widened slightly.

Then everything stopped happening so that she was left with a half quill- half fork.

“Reverte.’’ Claudine was determined to master at least one of the spells before the lesson ended. It was with much reverting and practice that about ten minutes later, there was one silver fork sitting before her.

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"You don't know that ... maybe they have a thing for tomatoes." Blake added to Claudine's comment. Man this girl was something else, what did Bernadette seen in his a friend??? Blake surely didn't know.

But never mind those stupid girls, he was busy trying to practice.... of course Claudine and Bernadette made that rather difficult with their girl talk about how dates who and why ... jeepers.

So ATTEMPTING to focus he pulled out his parchment, and stared at it ... tried with all his might. "Mappa Verto" he said. His parchment didn't really have the texture of paper anymore, but it also wasn't really a napkin either.
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Avalon was slightly puzzled as to how this activity had anything to do with Transfiguration. It seemed like it was an exercise from etiquette class -- were they going to be discussing exactly how many different forks and spoons were required for a formal tablescape? At least it didn't require too much intense thought, though.

She certainly would not be drawing her family's typical dining arrangement. Drawing was not one of her strongest talents. While she enjoyed coloring and painting, sketching was always difficult for her. Thankfully, it seemed like several other students were sticking to written lists instead.

Mealtimes weren't anything special in the Sinclair household. They did try to have family dinners as often as possible, but it was a fairly casual setup. No fancy dessert spoons or salad forks. Just one of each utensil.

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Avalon's skepticism about the relevance of the lesson was resolved when Professor Barlow continued on. She had never transfigured things into cutlery or dinnerware before, but she supposed there was a first time for everything. Jotting down the incantations on her parchment, she practiced them a few times in her head. Then, she arranged her supplies neatly on the table in front of her.

Her eyes landed on her inkwell first, so she figured she would start with a goblet. Picturing a golden-colored goblet in her mind, she tapped the inkwell, saying, "Calix Verto." It shuddered a bit before slowly morphing into a goblet. But there was just one problem - the cup was still filled with ink. Sighing, she cast Reverto. She'd have to try again.
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In response to Blake’s comeback, Claudine wrinkled her nose in disgust. She was certain of one thing: whenever she saw tomatoes, she was sure to think of Blake. Yuck. From this point on, she would ignore him… unless, of course, he chose to do or say something stupid and she in turn had to put him in his rightful place.

Claudine usually walked with two inkwells in her bag and since one was already out and in use for this lesson, she decided to use that one. The spare was filled, anyway. “Calix Verto.’’ The young Snakette tapped lightly on the inkwell as she pictured a gold goblet. “Calix Verto.’’

It seemed this too, was going to take a while.
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And now it was Lucas's turn to do the peeking at notes, which he did once Cece tilted her parchment. Huh. They did have similar items, didn't they? Maybe he was lucky that the first year was so innocent and didn't think he had copied her or any of it. He'd had had enough of being blamed, thank you.

Right. Cece. Who was asking something.

Were his parents good cooks? "Well, I mean, yeah. Everyone loves their mum's food, right? I can't imagine trying anything else. " Though, there were days when he wished she made lasagne but she didn't. "Are your parents good cooks? Or are you the secret star in the kitchen?" And yes, he was getting hungry too.

When it was time to move on, the fourth year glanced up at Barlow and...... blinked. Again. The man was doing a really good job of taking him by surprise, wasn't he? But this time, he didn't know why they needed all their normal items until the Professor started talking about spells and making floaty letters appear in mid-air.

Oh.

Oh.

He bit his lip and glanced down at the items in front of him. He almost didn't want to? Especially not the textbook that he was sure his mum wouldn't be happy about if he ended up damaging it. There were ways to turn it back, yeah, but his anxiety almost didn't want to risk it. What if he set it on fire? What then??

Luckily, Cece was asking a question, which gave him the perfect excuse to not think about burning textbooks and upsetting his mother. What was the counter-spell? "Reverte! You're almost there, I'm sure you'll get it this time." Words that were partly for him too but she didn't need to know that.

While she worked on turning the parchment into napkins, he figured that the table needed some utensils so he chose to work on that, instead. "Ferramenta Verto. Fer-RA-men-TA Verto. Fer-RA-men-TA Verto!" It wasn't a tongue-twister but that didn't stop him from trying to....... enunciate? Yeah. That was the word. "Fer-RA-men-TA Verto! Ferramenta Verto! Ferramenta Verto!" Clearly. He was trying to speak clearly.

The wand movement was simple enough but visualising the utensils? That was..... harder than he thought it would be. Squeezing his eyes shut, Lucas tried to imagine the normal kind of utensils they always had: silver, long, easy to hold. The normal kind. The kind that everyone probably came across or had at home. Yeah.

"Ferramenta Verto!" he called, giving the quill a tap with his wand. Immediately, the quill gave a small twitch and started changing. It morphed itself into a long piece of cutlery that, yes, was made of metal, but had half the head of a spoon and the other half of two fork tines.

......... uh???

Picking it up, Lucas slowly gave it a look over, even turning it around to get a better look.

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"Well, I bet SOME mums aren't great cooks," Cecelia said thoughtfully, pushing some hair back from her face. "'Cause some kids are bad cooks and those kids grow up to be mums and maybe they never learn to cook better." Hey, that actually made a lot of sense! She grinned some, pleased with herself. "Mum is good at baking and I like it when dad cooks, 'cause he tries really hard at everything and that makes it taste extra good to me." 'Cause love, you know? It was the secret ingredient that made everything better. "I mostly help mix or measure. 'M not sure I'm allowed to use the stove on my own."

"Reverte, yeah! Hey, that's exactly what I was thinking." Maybe she was getting this magic thing after all. She smiled a little as she used the spell, changing her weirdly textured parchment back into a regular old piece of parchment so she could start again. "I think I might get it soon, too! Hey, and look at yours! That's quite neat. I think a half fork, half spoon is MUCH cooler than a plain old spoon or fork." He was an inventor!

Turning back to her parchment, she focused again on napkins. She used napkins a bunch, mostly because her mum insisted, but because they were useful, too! She knew how they felt and looked and she could picture one easily in her mind, so she tried to keep that image as she tapped the parchment and said, "Mappa Verto!"



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Mature? Good at drawing? Nooooooo no no no no... Bernie almost panicked for a moment that her drawing was being taken TOO seriously by Claudine, her only friend kinda here at Hogwarts, and she opened her mouth to tell her so, when....

Blake happened. Oh Lawd, he comin. He here. He's parking himself RIGHTNExtTOHER.

"Blaaaaaaaake," Bernie whinged a little, which was her usual response to his party pooping, "shhhshhshhhhh." She put a finger up, and was going to press it to his lips, when he suddenly claimed to be out of Claudine's league, and then she called him an overripe tomato...and he just went with it... it was too much. TOO MUCH FOR THIS FIRST YEAR.

Bernadette burst into a fit of giggles, laughing LOUDLY and for much longer than the comments called for. She couldn't help it; Blake had just like... FINALLY developed a sense of humor! It only took all year!

"TEEEEEEHEHEHEHE," the first year cackled, trying to bury her head in her journal to muffle the sound of her laughter. It didn't work, and of course she missed most of the professor's directions, but eventually her laughter died down and she was able to concentrate.

Mappa Verto. MA-pa VER-tow. That's what she was going to try; the parchment into napkins spell aka, the only one she'd heard properly. Bernie was focusing now on a scrap of parchment, her wand at the ready, when she had another idea, and popped her hand in the air for Barlow to see.

"What's the spell for turning something into a tomato?" the first year asked eagerly, not at all making eye contact with anyone in particular. "The Headmistress might appreciate us decorating for the meal with garnishes and stuff." It was brilliant, RIGHT??!
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"....... help with what, Miss Blake?" Yes, that meant you Claudine. And yes, that meant Barlow had already forgotten what it was he said he was planning on doing. He had a difficult time concentrating on more than one thing at the same time if that wasn't already obvious. He needed to make sure noone set anything on fire.

"Almost there Avalon," he commented lightly. Perhaps she'd visualised a FULL goblet to get that result.

And then --

"Do my eyes deceive me or is that --- it is! A spork!" Sort of, anyway? Had that been Lucas' intended result, because that was FANTASTIC! "Wonderful, Lucas! The spork, what an ingenious invention. Sublime!"

Oh, and Bernie had a question! What was all the fuss about tomatoes?? "Maybe we can cover garnishes next lesson, for now just the place setting items please!" And less of the giggles because he didn't want to get into tROUBLE please.
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Tippin was here just like the professor master had asked because Tippin was a good elf who always did his best.

The house-elf crept into the dining chamber, two large platters floating behind him.

“Snails like the professor man requested,” he squeaked, overgrown ears twitching nervously as he set the platters down on the table in front of the studentsies.

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There was a napkin. "Professor, I have a NAPKIN!" LUCAS, SHE HAD A NAPKIN! The first year waved it triumphantly, ignoring how flimsy said napkin ACTUALLY was. It certainly LOOKED like a napkin, and if you didn't eat anything TOO messy, it'd function like one, too! Cecelia Summers was PROUD.

...wait, snails?

"Hi, I just made myself a napkin!" The blonde said cheerfully to the house elf, looking between him and the professor. "You must've really liked snails to want to eat so many more." That much would probably make his tummy hurt for sure.

What was next? HM. Cecelia eyed her text book and smiled. She guess a plate was as good a next step as any. "Patella Verto... Patella Verto... Patella Verto ..."
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"Ah, perfect! Right on time!" Barlow exclaimed at Tippin's entrance. It seemed not many of them had quite managed plates just yet, but napkins would certainly come in handy. Lucky you, eh Cecelia?

"Oh deary me, no. They're not all for me, I couldn't possibly," he answered the Gryffindor first year with a grin. "They're for everyone of course!" Did everyone hear that? He raised his voice just in case.

"A treat for you all to enjoy! Help yourself, help yourself!" And the award for best professor goes to....
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Claudine shot Bernie a glare. She, of course, knew exactly why the Gryffindor was laughing. Had the Slytherin been comfortable with physical touch, she would have dug her elbow into her friend’s side. “None of this is funny,’’ she said pointedly. And then she gave Blake a very menacing look because this was all his fault. Yes, she would blame him. Colour her unamused when Bernie asked about transfiguring into a tomato. BERNIE! Cut it out. Professor, when are we going to be working on complete human transfiguration?’’ Here, she threw Blake a smug look. Yes… he would be her first subject.

“That’s Ms. Blaze, Professor. B-L-A-Z-E.’’ Honestly, the next time Claudine showed up to Transfiguration, she would be wearing a name tag. “I was referring to helping you with getting back our materials after dinner…’’ Ugh. She might as well forget it; she was going to make sure she got hers and Bernie’s materials back.

The Snakette doubted that she would be able to concentrate now due to all the shenanigans from Bernie, Blake and Barlow. Good golly, the 'B' Squad was going to drive her insane. Still, she tried to continue her practice. “Calix Verto.’’ A single tap along with some serious concentration and… nothing. Not a hint of a goblet from this inkwell.

Bernie, look a House elf.’’
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O.M.G. Barlow! He was STILL calling Claudine Ms. Blake! "BAHAHAHAHA!" another LOUD giggle escaped from behind Bernie's hands, which she had to throw up to cover her mouth. Why wasn't Claudine laughing, huh? Hehehehe. This was ALL funny, and she couldn't HELP laughing, o k a y!?

She sniggered yet again when Claudine asked about human transfiguration, but also put her head down and started tapping her parchment with her wand. "Mappa verto!" Nothing happened. "MAPPA VERTO!" Oooh, it quivered! Neat! She frowned a little at the professor's response to her garnish question, but with any luck, he'd tell Claudine how to transfigure Blake into a...

"SNAILS!" or, as her friend was pointing out, "AND HOUSE ELvES!?!" Yes, Claudine knew her obsession with elves. "OH MY GOSH, HI MISTER ELF!" she shouted, positively S H O U T E D at the poor thing. "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SNAILS!" She'd always wanted to slurp one, disgusting as they looked heh.
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Lucas actually paused what he was doing to glance sideways at Cece, his eyebrows raised slightly. "Very wise words, I have to say." Not something he expected to hear from a first year, that was for sure. "You know, I bet they still appreciate your help, even if you can't use the stove just yet." And he silently agreed but he wasn't going to tell her that.

As confused as he might've been about the...... uh, spork? he had made, he was even more confused at the reactions he was getting. Cece seemed to think it was cool?! Much cooler than a regular spoon or fork, according to her. "You think so?" he asked, turning it around again as he examined it further. It seemed....... useless? Yeah, useless.

But hey, he'd made something that was COOL. Maybe that meant that he was-

............

Uh??

Barlow was...... enthusiastic about this, wasn't he? It was enough to cause Lucas to stare, at a complete loss for words. Was this weird for the man or completely normal? The fourth year couldn't tell. All he knew was that this didn't...... really count as an invention - and not something he'd want to be known for - but, well, he wasn't going to tell Barlow that.

Yeah. Smiles. Awkward smiles. "Do you want it?" He could take it. Lucas really didn't want it.

In a true heroic fashion, Cece came with a distraction of her own. "You did it! We have a napkin now!" Which, according to some people, was as important as some of the other-

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WERE THOSE SNAILS?!

Ugh. The Gryffindor physically recoiled at the sight of the very large platters that the house elf was carrying. Oh Merlin. But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part came when the Professor said that the snails were for all of them. Oh no oh no oh no. He didn't want to. He really didn't want to try the snails. But he also didn't want to upset Barlow who seemed so enthusiastic about the snails.

Help?

Exchanging a look with the first year, Lucas....... chose to move on. Spells. He had spells to concentrate on. And since Cece was choosing to brave the textbooks - thank Merlin! - he was going to focus on the inkwells that he had to turn into goblets. What kind of goblets? He didn't know. He didn't really know what kind of goblets went with the spork they had for their, uh, table setting.

Frowning slightly, he closed his eyes and tried to imagine a goblet. Any goblet. Did it really matter? He didn't think so. Nothing went with the spork they had and he was sure that the goblet might turn out to be equally as weird. But if it was cool enough, maybe - just maybe - Cece might be impressed enough by it to not think he was lame.

What was the spell again? Calix Verto? "CA-lix Verto. CA-lix Verto. CA-lix Verto......"
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Tippin’s ears were still quivering. Lots of studentsies. And that one (Bernie) was very very loud. Too loud for Tippin and his giant ears. He took a step back and wriggled his hairy toes anxiously.“Little miss is most welcome. Tippin is hoping little miss enjoysies the snack he brings.”

“If there is nothing else professor man is needing, Tippin will be going,” he said to the professor man. “Tippin has lots to do.”

Lots and lots and lots.
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So they finally got to the spell-practicing portion of the lesson! Tina had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the mention of Headmistress Diaper-baby Desmarais. She sincerely doubted the woman would be delighted with anything the Hogwarts students did, but she was excited to learn a new spell regardless. It turned out that she’d correctly guessed that they’d be turning quills into spoons (and other utensils), but that was only part of the activity. Tina glanced at the orange letters that appeared over the head of the table, copying down the incantations in her notes. Four incantations… that seemed like a lot to practice at once, especially for the younger students. Not that Tina was complaining, of course!

Tina looked over her notes, debating which incantation she should practice first. Eventually she decided to start with the plate; that would make it much easier to see where everything else was supposed to go in relation. There was no need to remind her to practice the pronunciation first. This was the girl who’d been partially raised by two former charms professors, remember? That had been drilled into her since the moment she got her wand! “Pa-TEL-la Verto,” she mumbled under her breath. “Patella Verto, Patella Verto…” Now she just had to visualize how she wanted her place setting to look, and she decided she’d try to match the Beauxbatons place settings as closely as possible. For once in her life, she was glad she lived at Chateau Croyance because their place settings looked almost just like the ones here… only with different patterns on the dishes. Tina closed her eyes, trying to recall the exact size and pattern of the Beauxbatons plates. When she had the vision clear in her mind, she tapped her transfiguration textbook with her wand and said, “Patella Verto!” Before her eyes, her book became thinner and rounder until it took on the shape of a dinner plate. But did it look like the Beauxbatons plates? She scrutinized the pattern. It was pretty close… hopefully close enough to fool whoever sat here at dinner time!

Now she needed a soup bowl, a bread plate, and a dessert plate! She rummaged into her bag to pull out three more textbooks, making a mental note when Barlow said their belongings would change back and be returned to them. Good, because she’d need her textbooks to study for her NEWTs! She placed the books on the table in the relative locations that the dishes should go and tapped the one to the upper left of the dinner plate. “Patella Verto!” Soon there was a bread plate where the book had been. Tina repeated the process for the textbook directly above the dinner plate, turning it into a dessert plate, then turned her attention to the last remaining textbook. This one was going to be a little trickier, as it was going to be a soup bowl that needed to go on top of the dinner plate. She’d have to aim carefully to avoid hitting the dinner plate accidentally. There was no telling what a hit with a second spell might do to it! She carefully tapped the book and, visualizing the Beauxbatons china pattern, said, “Patella Verto!”

Tina couldn’t help but smile a little as she watched the textbook morph into a soup bowl. Now what was next? She decided to try the inkwell to goblet incantation next because you can’t have a complete place setting without a goblet, right? “CA-lix Verto,” she practiced to herself. “Calix Verto…” This incantation was a bit easier to say than the other one. She imagined a perfect crystal water goblet - because there was a difference between that and goblets for other types of beverages - and holding on to that image in her mind, she tapped her inkwell and said firmly, “Calix Verto!” She watched in triumph as her inkwell elongated and transformed into a water goblet just like the one she envisioned, but she couldn’t dwell on her success for long. She had two more incantations to practice and a table setting to finish!

So what should she do next, the napkin or the silverware? She picked the napkin because she only needed to do one of those, so it would probably go a lot faster than the utensils. “MA-pa Verto,” she said under her breath. “Mappa Verto…” Like the goblet incantation, this one wasn’t hard. Tina pulled out a spare piece of parchment and gently tapped it with her wand, imagining an immaculate white cloth napkin. “Mappa Verto!” she said, and within moments, there was a napkin in the parchment’s place. She folded it in half, setting it to the left of the dinner plate. Maybe it was the artist in her, or maybe nine years at Chateau Croyance had her used to fancy napkin folding, but something about the plainly-folded napkin was lacking.

Tina was about to ask Professor Barlow if she was allowed to fold it into a fancy shape, but she was distracted by shouting from one of the younger students. Her dark head whipped around in the direction of the noise. She’d been so focused on her work that she didn’t even notice the house elf or the plate of snails until just now! Despite living in France for most of her life, Tina wasn’t a big fan of escargots (snails), but it was awfully nice of Professor Barlow to offer them. It reminded her of one of her dads who had a thing for offering refreshments to his students! She’d take one - just one - so as not to refuse his generosity. “Thank you,” she said, nodding to the house elf as she took a snail from the plate. Then she looked up, giving the professor a rare smile. “And thank you too, Professor.”

Okay, snack time over! Back to work! Having finished her escargot, Tina turned her attention back to her spellwork. She had only one incantation left, Ferramenta Verto, and she was not looking forward to this one! Not because it seemed particularly harder than the others - she was confident she’d be able to cast it if she put her mind to it - but because she was going to have to perform it several times. Dinner fork and knife, fish fork and knife, soup spoon, dessert fork and spoon, butter knife… she doubted she’d have enough quills to do all of them. It wasn’t as if she carried an entire stationery shop in her bag! Oh well, she supposed she’d have to start with the most essential pieces and go from there.

Tina rummaged through her bag, looking for spare quills. Counting the one she already had laying on the table, she was able to find five - not anywhere near enough to complete her setting, but at least she could do the soup, dinner, and dessert utensils. But first, she had to practice the incantation! “Fer-RA-men-TA Verto,” she said. Compared to the other spells, this one was quite a mouthful! Still, it was nothing she couldn’t handle. “Ferramenta Verto, Ferramenta Verto, Ferramenta Verto…” Once she felt confident about the incantation, Tina tapped the nearest quill with her wand, imagining a dinner fork clearly in her mind’s eye, and said, “Ferramenta Verto!” The quill changed before her eyes, and she set it to the left of the dinner plate. She repeated the process for the other four quills she had, and by the time she finished, she had a dinner knife and soup spoon on the right side of her plate, as well as a dessert fork and spoon next to the corresponding plate.

Tina examined her work, and while she’d done each of the spells correctly (some of them multiple times), she still wasn't satisfied. There were pieces missing, and if she knew her former school as well as she thought she did, no one would want an incomplete place setting! But what could she do, unless… An idea occurred to her, and her hand shot up. Professor, is there an incantation to turn pens or pencils into cutlery if we run out of quills?” she asked.
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Gunnar sighed softly as he turned to his parchment to write out some details about family mealtimes. It felt very much like Professor Barlow forgot to complete his lesson plan for today and was just winging it. And honestly, Gunnar would rather quietly study spells and theory on his own than endure flighty discussion on seemingly unrelated topics. He valued structure, and it just seemed to be lacking today.

But he soon looked up from his notes about typical dishes in his family home and the usual table set up when it appeared that they'd be moving on to actual spellwork. Finally. Wait.... They had to actually set the tables under the guise of learning some transfiguration? Gunnar inwardly groaned. It seemed like they were just being put to work, even if he knew these spells could maybe one day be useful.

The sixth year jotted down the details for the spells in his notes first before actually trying out the spells. He had done similar spells to these before and figured he'd have no problem. But which to start with first? Barlow said they'd get their things returned, but who really knew. He'd rather not have to give up his textbook, but he could spare a piece of parchment.... though the cutlery and goblet spells would be more useful than a napkin, he thought.

He dug through his school bag until he found an extra quill, looking up when a house elf popped into the room. Snails? No thanks. They weren't going to be expected to eat these, were they? Because Gunnar had tried them before and he really wasn't a fan. An acquired taste he wasn't in a hurry to acquire.

Turning back to his spare quill, he pictured a fork in his mind before attempting the spell. "Ferramenta Verto!" he commanded confidently, his wand directing the quill into a fork. And a successful fork at that. Easy enough, but he wondered if he could turn it into a spoon, and then a knife as well.
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Despite appearances, Lucas’ spork was technically still his quill and so Barlow was going to have to politely decline his offer. Before he had the chance however, he was distracted by the rather loud tones of Bernadette O. Grantham. She had quite the pair of lungs on her for such a small person, didn’t she?

“I’m glad you’re excited at the prospect of snails, Bernie.” Honestly, he was surprised more of them weren’t yelling excitedly. “But indoor voices only please.” Tippin the house elf looked scared to death and what if Desmarais was prowling the hallways???

He took a moment to admire the handiwork of Tina and Gunnar. “Very good, very good. Excellent wand work from the pair of you.” And as for Tina’s question? “It doesn’t matter what item you are transfiguring, the incantation remains the same. A pen or a pencil into a piece of cutlery would be simpler than transfiguring say….. a poncho into a spoon. It’s already a similar size and shape you see.” Hence why he had chosen quills for that particular spell.

But enough of that.

“I know you’re all having a great time.” LOL. “But I’m afraid we’re going to have to wrap things up there. Feel free to help yourself to some more snacks.” Snails for EVERYONE! Oh, and speaking of snails. “For homework, I want you all to read chapter 6 of your textbooks - transfiguring invertebrates!”

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Holly wasn’t impressed. She was bored and she was getting hungry and she really really just wanted to go and study something that was useful. Twirling her wand between her fingers as she day-dreamed of her exam results and the GREAT scores she was going to get She hoped . Sighing, she looked around the room and noted that people were still drawing or writing out their lists. How did it take people that long? Why where they being so slow? Didn’t they see that they had more transfiguration to do.

………. The Professor did actually have some form of transfiguration planned for this lesson right?? He better have. Otherwise that would be more than an hour of her own time wasted that she would never get back. Ever.

Did he know how important her own time was? Especially leading up to her exams this year? They were her final markers for how she was going to do in her OWLs and she did not appreciate being taken on a wild thestral chase to get to the point. Since her equipment was already on the desk in front of her, she didn’t move as he started talking to them all - and, Holly REALLY hoped, that he was going to find that said point now. Really. Get on with it, Barlow.

Holly tried - she really did - to withhold the eye roll that happened as she watched the Professor. Firstly, she wasn’t a servant. She wasn’t going to be the one setting the table for the whole school, especially not for those French students who seemed 100% set on getting them kicked out of school. Didn’t the French know how important their education was? They weren’t able to get into their own school so why would they have been the ones to cause so much disruptions at Beauxbatons? They may not LIKE the French kids, but that didn’t mean that they would purposefully get themselves thrown out. Besides, that was just stupid - then where would they have taken their exams? Hmm?? That seemed like it would cause more problems that it would solve, which really… meant it was stupid and the French should have known better.

But. She was getting distracted. Pulling her attention back to the Professor, she blinked as she saw him SEARCHING for something. And not finding it. And searching more. Siggghhh. She rested her hand in her palm as she waited. And waited. At least she hadn’t missed anything with her daydreaming. Heh, or not that she knew of… She hoped she hadn’t anyway. Though, she didn’t think that it was likely she would miss anything in this class. So far, she hadn’t even raised her wand… Though, she might get to cast an accio or two if he wanted them to set the table. Stil… that wasn’t transfiguration, that was charms.

He had to have had a plan. Right??? There were at least charms floating in the air now… That gave her some form of … belief in him. Belief that this had all been planned out and that he knew what he was doing but… well…. Holly doubted it. She hoped she was wrong, but she doubted him. Sorry, Professor.

Dipping her quill into the ink, she wrote down the four pieces of spellwork that they would be working on and then listened (and watched) as the Professor made his quill turn into a fork. Well, she guessed that was at least handy if they were out and weren’t given cutlery … or if they went camping? Maybe. Holly wasn’t sure, but it definitely wasn’t the first time she had questioned just WHAT a spell would be useful for, so she didn’t think about it too much. It would be useful, or it wouldn’t be. No big deal.

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If they set their place properly, did they get to go? Holly was bored, and at this point she doubted even the fanciest of spellwork and wand waving would impress her or convince her to stay for even one minute longer than was absolutely necessary. Merlin, she needed sugar.

Either way, she set her eyes on her transfiguration textbook, figuring that regardless of the meal you were going to eat you needed a plate to enjoy it. Unless it was pizza like from that pizzeria in Glasgow in which case you ate it out of the dish while it was steaming hot. … but that thought was just making her even more hungry and wouldn’t help her concentration in the slightest. “Pa tel la ver to.” She murmured to herself, letting herself feel the spell in her mouth, as she rolled her wand between her fingers. “PaTELla verTO” The brunette said, visualising a bog-standard, white-china dinner plate in her head as she simply tapped the textbook in front of her.

She watched it transform, and snorted at herself as she looked at the china plate in front of her. A plate that had the design of the transfiguration book marked into the china. Well… She thought. It wasn’t exactly wrong, but that didn’t make it right either. Using reverte, she got the book back in front of her and attempted to transfigure the plate a second time, slightly smaller. The plate that sat on the dining table in front of her, was definitely large enough to be used for dinner even if it was slightly smaller than the first one she had tried to transfigure. She would take that though, she was happy with it. It would do.

Moving on. Let’s get this done, so she could leave.

Turning her ink into a goblet seemed harder still however, and it took four attempts before she even had a goblet in front of her - one with a stem and no bizzare shapes or extremities. Though, even with this attempt she wasn’t that impressed by the inky blackness of the goblet. What happened to the beautiful gold that she had pictured - the gold that oh so reminded her of the Hogwarts feasts. Feast’s that Beauxbatons simply couldn’t match effectively in Holly’s (biased) opinion. However, could she be bothered to transfigure it a fifth time just so that the goblet wasn’t inky black? No. No, she couldn’t. In fact, if anyone asked her she would tell them that she loved the black. It went really well with their robes. Yup.

Next, Holly rolled her shoulders before stretching into her bag to take out a second quill so that she had the two she would need. One would become a fork, the second would become a knife. Easy. Or so she hoped. Looking at her parchment again she murmured, “Ferramenta Verto” , a few times, testing how to say it and which syllables needed to be stressed so that the transfigurations would work. First time, one of these days her spellwork would work first time. She was sure of it. Oneday.

After a few minutes, the Slytherin was ready to try, so tapping her quill with her wand, while picturing a sharp knife, she said firmly; “Ferramenta Verto” . Then she watched the quill blunt and the feathers disappear. It became thicker, shiny and the top grew into a point where it had once been rounded and protected by the feathers. Blinking, Holly tried not to show her surprise - but really… She was pretty surprised at how well that transformation had gone considering how much she had struggled was still struggling with the goblet transfiguration. However, with pride in her chest and a grin on her lips, the girl touched the sharpened blade slightly before she was satisfied and moved on to the fork.

Again, the fork turned out to be easy to transfigure - perhaps she should have started with the cutlery and worked down the list… Maybe the Professor actually did know what he was doing, and had listed them in order of easiness… If that was the case, hopefully producing napkins wouldn’t take too long and she could run awayyyy for food. She was so hungry by now that her stomach was growling at her — but no. She wasn’t eating those snails. She would wait and have a salad at dinner time. Even if she was hungry.

Looking at the newly transfigured plate, complete with a knife and fork, Holly reached into her bag and took out a blank piece of parchment. She had been scribbling some notes on her original parchment, and it seemed stupid to use it incase she didn’t get it back. Not that she thought the school would keep their textbooks and quills - they were too expensive to keep. … Maybe she’d just take everything she had created or transfigured with her to her own seat tonight so that she knew she could turn it back. Though… would her book smell of food if it was actually used for dinner? Would her quills be sticky? Her bottle have less ink in it due to its being transfigured? Hmmm. She’d need to keep an eye out. If she did, Professor Barlow would be getting the bill for new ones.

She wouldn’t be using sticky quills. Especially if she didn’t know who it was that had used them in the first place. No. Thank. You.

Rolling her eyes and attempting to pull her concentration back into line, she started to work on transfiguring her parchment into a napkin — however the Professor called out for them all to finish up before she could get any further. In true Holly fashion, she wrapped all of her parchment up together and put it back into her bag without even a thought to trying it once, just to see if she could transfigure a napkin.

Nope, her mind was already on food - sweets preferably but chocolate would work in the meantime. Just, not snails. No. Snails weren’t good snacks.

Standing up, she looked at her plate, knife and fork and quickly put them into her own bookbag when the Professor wasn’t looking.

Sorry, French kids, I just don’t trust you. She thought as she moved away from the table so Professor Barlow wouldn’t notice the lack of things in front of her.

“Bye Professor!” She said, high-tailing it out of the room as he told them all their homework. Reading. Great. Sure. Done. At least she could do that somewhere warmer and more comfortable.
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