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Ayden Diggory-Keighley (#07ad01)
Hufflepuff Second Year
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Levi Draguar (#062807)
Ravenclaw Third Year
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Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor Fifth Year
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Tiffany Rose
Slytherin Seventh Year
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Bailey Crawford (#bb04bc)
Hufflepuff Sixth Year
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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE  He eyed her annoyingly. Wasn't it enough that he had to ask for help? Wasn't all he was required of? But Ugh fine, Uncle Julien would probably prefer nice manners...if he was spying on them from afar. "please" he mumbled. "Thank you. I'm Tory" who the hell are you? No fair he couldn't ask her name first! He always asks first! He sat down on the floor still facing the glass cabinet. He listened to Tia as intently as his short attention span would allow him. "Sound it out. Al-oh-o-mo-ra...Al-oh-o-mo-ra...Alohomora." He did eventually look up at her to watch her flick her wand to. "Okay. Think I got it."
Torrance stood up and faced his Glass Cabinet down once more. He flicked his wand and spoke "Alohomora." It clicked and and he dove into the cabinet grabbing his box out and holding it to the air
DA-NA-NA-NAAAAAAA!
He set it down and looked at Tia once more. "Guess I gotta do the same basic stuff for locking it too then, huh?" He nodded at her. "Thanks Tia. I can take it from here." He sounded out the locking charm in his head Col-lo-por-tus....col-lo-por-tus.
Torrance flicked his wand at the Cabinet and spoke "Colloportus." He heard it click and dove at the cabinet again. This time it wouldn't open. SWEET! Look out Kate your Rival ain't to far behind you now! Tory. Good to know another name which hopefully she would remember; considering how many first years she saw sorted this year, it was going be a challenge. But she was Head Girl, so it felt only right that she should at least make an attempt at known the students.
Watching after she finished her explanations, she listened as he sounded out the incantation and then made an attempt, with SUCCESS!
Beaming, "well done and yes, same basic stuff for any charm. Sound it out, then pronounce it clearly with the wand movement." But good, good, he was a stubborn Gryffindor determined to figure the rest out on his own, so good on him. "No problem, let me know if you need anything else." You know, charms help or whatever. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl "Sam," she replied with a small smile, already starting to feel a bit better about the whole lack of a professor situation. At least this way she got to meet someone new. The Head Girl from her own house, no less.
She nodded at Tia's explanation. It wasn't that she didn't know what a wand was, or even what it could do - she'd seen plenty of people do magic - she was just little nervous about doing it herself, especially without being able to understand the instructions on the board properly. Had the Hat just set her up for a fall, putting her in Ravenclaw?
"Al-oh-oh-mo-wahh," she repeated, trying to mimic Tia's voice as best she could through her own accent. "Al-oh-oh-mo-rahh. Al-oh-o-mo-rah." The word felt awkward on her tongue. 'Open!' would be much simpler.
"Al-oh-o-mo-ra."
Was that it? She looked at Tia for some kind of sign if she was getting closer. "Could ya show me th'and flick?" Like, was it from the wrist or the arm? How big should it be? How tight should she hold her want to ensure she didn't drop it mid-flick? Sam. Alright then. She nodded and listened as the young ravenclaw tried to best pronounce the words, finally getting it right on the third or fourth try. Tough words, but Tia reckoned they had to be tough because it made magic more special to learn.
"Of course. Just hold your wand tight enough that you won't lose your grip on it, but you don't want to suffocate it either," she demonstrated with her own wand. "Give it a bit of a flick and concentrate on the lock opening, then add the pronunciation." With a careful flick of her wrist, she demonstrated on her small box that she'd already removed from cabinet, "Alohomora!" And watched as the box clicked unlock ... again. Quote:
Originally Posted by Stefan To achieve a strike, one must follow through.
Click.
Of course! His intention and spell were good alright, but he did forget about following through a spell. Spells will not work if it was lifted and assumed right after executing it, right? Jace’s theory made sense to him of course, but he needed to try it out again to prove his point.
“Alohomora.”
Jace held his breath and waited for the lock to open.
Click.
Tilting his head to the side, Jace reached out and pulled open the cabinet slowly...and retrieved a small box inside. Once out, he gently closed the cabinet again, and tried to lock it with a locking charm. “Colloportus.” The lock rattled in an odd way, making Jace step back away from the cabinet. Obviously, the locking charm didn’t work as it should.
Jace comically scratched the back of his head, wondering where he went wrong this time. And there was another first year, whom she recognized from the feast as needing assistance. At least he looked perplexed enough.
"Hey there," Tia smiled warmly over at him. "You look lost. What are you stuck on?" Like did he get the unlocking part down or was he totally lost?
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