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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Roman Gellar
Slytherin Seventh Year
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Arden Toros
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SPOILER!!: Zhenya Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua  Oh, that really was sad. Zhenya made a mental note never to say Medusa was a hideous female again. She had been cursed like that in a heartbreaking way. Poor Medusa, destined to spend her life alone without friend, partner or foe.
Picking up a mug from the front, Zhenya returned to her desk and placed the mug on top of it. She looked at it for a few moments, imagining it as a tree. Okay... "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay, Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay, Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said a few times, practicing some more, and double jabbed her wand at it to practice the movement. Well surely that would do it?
"Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, and double jabbed her wand at the mug. The handle transformed into a wood-looking handle. OH COOL! She touched it, but it still felt ceramic, so she hadn't done it right. Perhaps if it felt like a tree it would have partially worked at transforming the structure of the mug. Well, the material. But never mind.
"Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said again, double jabbing the mug. Nothing happened this time. Ah... She cleared her throat, rolled her neck and rolled her shoulders back. Okay, focus Burton. She closed her eyes a few moments to try and picture the mug a tree again. She tried to picture it as the tree Apollo had just transformed. Opening her eyes she looked at the mug again.
"Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, double jabbing her wand at it. A leaf sprouted from the tree-looking handle. She had a giggle, and almost asked Apollo whether she could just keep it like this. It looked cool. But alas that was not the purpose of the spell.
Apollo had to applaud her effort and at least the mug was taking a different shape and stuff! It had even sprouted a leaf. “Well now! Look at that--it’s almost there--” he smiled.
SPOILER!!: Lux Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Apollo was giving her a thumbs up! That meant that Lux was saying the incantation correctly. Awesome. Now it was time for her to give the spell a go. Just for the fun of it she gave a few more jabs with her wand. One could never practice too much.
Turning her attention to the red ball on the desk in front of her, Lux focused really hard on what she wanted the tree to look like. Focus was really important when it came to spellwork and she wanted hers to look really pretty. Once she felt ready, she jabbed at it twice with her wand. Jab. Jab. “Immutare Arbore!” Right before her eyes, the ball slowly transfigured itself into a small tree with branches and leaves and everything.
"Apollo, look at my tree!!" She had done good. Did this mean that she got confetti too???
PLEASE.
Apollo aimed his wand riiiiight at Lux and BEAMED because she had DONE IT! He made it RAIN CONFETTI on the redheaded girl, laughing just a little at his own ridiculousness. Heh. “Great job!” he patted her shoulder as he walked by.
SPOILER!!: Adi Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 This little tree reminded him of the bonsai stuff they had done in Herbology a few years ago. But just look at his tiny treeee! Wasn't it so cool? IT WAS- ooooh! It was raining tiny coloured paper! 
CONFETTI!
Apollo was raining confetti on him! Stickers and now confetti?! Eeeep! He was SUPER COOL! "Teach me that spell, Apollo!'' Because confetti, yo! But look! Lux had a tree too! Shower her in confetti too so that the two Hufflepuffs could be Confetti Buddies!
Oh. The confetti spell. Apollo cleared his throat. “Perhaps I will. But I kind of like having some secrets…” he told the boy with a wink.
SPOILER!!: Nessa Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay Oh, this was all so fascinating! Nessa had been sitting quietly the whole time at the back of the room next to the BFF just listening and absorbing all the information. She knew that this was technically for the students, but she couldn't help to not find herself in attendance as she thought mythology was very interesting especially as it sometimes intertwined with history. As she listened and let the students take the lead on answering the questions, she thought a moment on Apollo's stories, finding the thought of being turned into a tree terrifying and kind of exciting all at the same time.
Ooh, and now for a little activity, they were going to create their own teensy trees! Eeep, how exciting! Nessa jumped up from her seat and got up to get two bouncy balls. She hoped that she was allowed to partake in the activity as well. Bouncy one of the balls as she walked back to her seat, she held the other in her hand until she reached Cassie and set it on her desk. "One for you too!"
Amidst various voices around her reciting the spell, Nessa took a quick look around the immediate vicinity to see little trees growing from balls and mugs. How cool! But she wanted to try too. Immutare Abore.. Immutare Abore.. She focused on the words and intent in her head a few times then jabbed her wand twice at her rubber ball. "Immutare Abore!" Slowly, the ball began to change its shape and material, lengthening out as it started to develop roots and branches. "Ohmygosh, look!" She glanced at Cassie. She needed to make a little tree too!
The other adult in here, Nessa, her nametag said? Apollo smiled when she got it. Well. Just because she was an adult didn’t mean SHE DIDN’T GET CONFETTI.
He pointed his wand at her and sprinkled a steady stream of confetti at her. HEH. He hoped she didn’t mind….she seemed good natured enough. “AWESOME!” he shot her a thumbs up. He was around an eight-year-old too much O_o
SPOILER!!: Yoongi Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Yoongi beamed at the man when he agreed to put the sticker on the edge of the desk instead of his face. And when he did after he had answered the question he nodded in appreciation. Writing down the last of the notes, Yoongi was ready to try the spell! Well…he should probably practise it first seeing as it was something he had never tried before.
“Im mue tar ay ar bor ay” he muttered while looking at the blackboard. “Im mue tar ay ar bor ay” “Immutare Abore” Got it. As the man did a little demonstration on the mug which transformed in to a mini tree, Yoongi gasped softly at the cute tree that appeared. “Will they change back in to their original form after a while?” he asked.
Grabbing his phoenix feathered wand , Yoongi jabbed his wand twice at a bouncy ball he had taken earlier and said “Immutare Arbore” the bouncy ball changed form , it was getting longer and he could see that it kind of started to resemble a tree.
The only problem was, was that the tree form still had the texture of the bouncy ball. Using “Finite” the Gryffindor tried again. He concentrated and jabbed his wand twice again. “Immutare Arbore” this time there were leaves on the bouncy ball but other than that it remained a bouncy ball. He sighed as he tried again.
“It’s okay, Yoongi--you’ll get it--and if you don’t, it’s perfectly okay. Magic isn’t always perfect, like everything else in life.” He tried to smile to let him know--IT WAS OKAY!
SPOILER!!: Zhenya Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Zhenya stared at her tree and leaf handled mug, trying to summon her witch powers to transform the whole mug into a little tree. She could do it, she could, that's what she had to tell herself. Obviously she had succeeded in transforming the handle into a ceramic, tree looking handle, so she could no doubt transform the whole mug. Whether it would be a proper mini tree or a ceramic mini tree was another question, but perhaps it would all just take some work.
"Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, jab-jabbing her wand at it. She watched as it started to transform into a mini tree. First the mug grew taller, the bottom quarter of it transforming into a little pot. Then the next half shrunk inwards, turning a brown colour and taking on the appearance of textured wood. Then the top quarter, and the handle, transformed into a mass, a tiny mass, of leaves and twigs. She held a finger out and tapped it against the tree, running her fingers gently over the top, and was pleased to feel that the leaves were real, and the tree wasn't ceramic. She had done it!
Oh look! The girl had gotten it! Apollo RUSHED over to Zhenya and shot confetti over her head. WHEEE. He was VERY proud of her! “Great job, Zhenya! It looks wonderful.” He loved seeing them succeed like this.
SPOILER!!: Thornton Quote:
Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe Well, at least Thornton hadn't missed the instructions for the practical. As he went forward to select a bouncy ball, several thoughts crossed his mind. The first was whether the tree, if he was successful, would revert at some point and leave a little ball buried in the dirt. The second was that he hoped a bouncy ball wouldn't be too small a target. And the third was that his spellwork would be much better - it was average now - if he still practiced on a regular basis.
He.. missed his study buddy.
Sitting in his chair, the third year set the ball very carefully on the surface of his desk, hoping it would not roll. Muttering the incantation to himself to practice the pronunciation, Thornton tried to visualize a tree.
Double jab. It was a double jab. The Ravenclaws held his wand and took a steadying breath. "Immutare Arbore!" jab jab.
Thornton looked at the place the bouncy ball had once sat. That was... sorta a tree. The misshapen red shape resembled a poorly cut topiary, if one wanted to be technical about it.
Apollo saw Thornton having trouble and just patted his shoulder. “It’s okay. It’s a great start, Thornton.” Apollo smiled and swept back to the front of the room, near the blackboard. Now they would begin...the second activity thing.
“Okay everyone! Stop practicing for now--if you haven’t gotten it--well--you’ll have to try again later.” He eyed the time on his watch. “We should be moving on to the second part of the seminar!” He BEAMED and watched as the chalk began to get ready to move, poised right next to him, close to touching the blackboard.
“The next myth we’ll be talking about is the story of Atalanta.” He paused, watching the chalk write her name on the board. “Now...Atalanta was a princess. She was always supposed to marry a very important man...but Atalanta was not an ordinary princess. She was tough--she could fight well and shoot an arrow better than any man--she won all of the competitions she ever entered--and so, Atalanta did not WANT to marry anymore.” He paused to let the chalk bullet point what he was saying.
“She and her father made a deal. She would race against all of her suitors...and if she won, she would behead the loser. If she lost, though….she had to marry the man who beat her. For each race, Atalanta won...for awhile.” He sighed a little. “She was the fastest mortal alive. Of course those boys didn’t stand a chance!” This story was such a contrast to Baucis and Philemon! “There was a man..named Hippomenes...who loved Atalanta, and who wanted to marry her. However, he was KNEW he wouldn’t win a race with her. So...he did what every other ancient Greek desperate lover did--he prayed to APHRODITE.” Gasp. Apollo did not like the goddess. ugh. Anyways. Continuing. “Aphrodite answered his prayers and gave Atalanta three shiny golden apples. They were shiny, but also...very attractive women.” Kind of similar to how the Trojan war started, with the golden apple of discord.
“So..during his race with Atalanta...our man Hippomenes would throw an apple….and Atalanta would get distracted, pick it up, and then keep running...Hippo did this THREE TIMES…..until...he crossed the finish line first...and. Well. They got married.” There was more to the story….but it was sad and he didn’t want to get into it right now. So. Yeah.
“Now...this story is a little different...what I want to focus on is the APPLES--” he gestured at that second table. “Can anyone tell me what kind of magic might be used in THAT?”
He waited for the smart answers he KNEW he would get. OOC: I ran a little late because RL. But I'll try to post a reply for this in...15 hours ish?
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Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin |