SPOILER!!: Professor Glendower
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Originally Posted by
emjay 
The boy who had mentioned their very topic of discussion seemed to grow silent again. Nessa looked over at him as he seemed deep in thought and she gave him an encouraging smile. If he had nothing else to share, perhaps he was trying to get into the mind of someone who had been present there that day. He’d need that perspective.
Professor Glendower turned to the board and filled in a few spaces and gaps, making sure they had all the information they needed before they were to begin. "As you can see, we have our characters of the story, our scenes, and our basic plot. It's now time to begin and re-enact history!" She waved her wand at the back of the room, taking off the disillusionment charm on the boxes of costumes. "First, I need you all to decide which character you'd like to portray. Then, get into costume. They are charmed to fit right over your school uniform." There was a dragon costume, olde tyme beach outfits, and wizarding robes of the past. "Once you've done that, we are going to do some warm-up exercises. Watch very closely." Nessa took a step into the center of the room, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. "Close your eyes, start breathing deeply, focusing on relaxing each part of your body from the top of your head down to the tips of your toes." She took another deep breath. "While you are doing that, think about the character you have chosen to portray. What is his or her motivation? Use that to decide your interpretation.. be your character!"
OOC - For this part of the activity, please have your character choose a character from this moment in history to portray and put on the costume over his/her uniform. It's charmed to fit and look appropriate once on. If the main characters are gone or your character has some stage fright, feel free to choose a Muggle character, they are numerous. Then have your character do the breathing activity. You need at least two posts for this part. Nessa and I will be around to keep track of characters.
Wait. They were going to be putting on costumes and actually
physically acting it out? That sounded kind of like fun. Simon didn't mind the stage. He didn't have to be himself. He could be anyone else. He found that being someone else was much easier than being himself. As students had begun raising their hands to ask which character they could be, Simon thought about the remaining characters left over. He would've rather been a muggle or the dragon, but then, he saw that he could be the Minister. OOH! Yes. Yes. All of a sudden, he raised his hand high into the air. "
Could I please be the Minister of Magic?"
Then he picked up the old wizarding robes and put them on. Before he could worry about adjusting them to himself, they had already done the job themselves. Merlin. Magic was awesome. What was the next thing they had to do?
Right- breathing exercises were next.