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BanaBatGirl · 01-07-2016, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

"I look forward to it," Callum replied brightly. That meant Davie wanted to talk to him more and he now had someone to sit with at dinner tonight. The day was certainly looking brighter already, and Callum felt more and more at ease, even as they stepped back inside the room he had not wanted to return to any time soon.

Following Davie over to the cabinets, Callum removed his wand from its holster, holding it in both hands and twirling it in his grip nonchalantly as he watched and listened to Davie's demonstration and instructions. He nodded along - yes, he knew what the spell was, but the additional tips Davie had were quite helpful, and Callum watched with a slight squint as Davie made it look very easy to unlock his cabinet. "That was brilliant," Callum applauded genuinely, a smile crinkling the corners of his eyes.

Now he just had to replicate that. No big deal.

He gave a nod to Davie's encouragement, facing his own cabinet, and giving it a good, hard look. He tried to emulate what Davie had said he did and imagine the lock itself opening. When he had a good mental image of what he wanted to do, Callum raised his wand confidently, copied Davie's small swish first, then gave the lock a tap with the tip as he spoke, "Alohomora!"

Quite to his surprise, the lock clicked open, and Callum's eyes widened slightly as he turned to give Davie an incredulous look. "I got it!" Right there, on the first try! Could have only been because Davie had explained it so well and made it much easier for Callum to copy his success, but he also turned the incredulous look to his wand, too. Oh, how he thanked his sweet wand of sycamore and griffin claw core for not making him look like a complete incompetent fool in front of David Truebridge.

At least for now.

Cool. He had a dinner buddy then! Guess he wasn't going to finish the last chapter of Holidays with Hags tonight, but it could be good for him to NOT read during one meal.

Callum thought his spell work was brilliant! Aw, yay! "Thank you," Davie accepted the compliment with a genuine smile of his own. There was no telling what boat they'd be in later on in room like.... seven, but for now he knew all the spells!

He watched as Callum completed the spell, perfectly well on his first try, and then applauded the boy just as he had been applauded. "Excellent! I knew you'd be a natural!" Davie reached into his own cabinet then, and pulled his box to the edge so it was right in front of him. Much easier to cast on this way.

"Since your first try worked so well, you should do Alohomora again on the box!" The excited second year suggested, even though it wasn't the exact order of things on the board. This way though, the firstie would start to feel confident with wandwork before learning a second spell. "You've got this, Callum." David again demonstrated Alohomora by swishing and tapping his box, grinning with glee to himself as it brilliantly clicked open. So easy. So fun.

01-07-2016, 08:45 PM	#182 (permalink)
BanaBatGirl Banshee Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gotham Posts: 51,216 Hogwarts RPG Name: TBD Gryffindor Hogwarts RPG Name: Zara H. Bunbury-Foster Slytherin Fifth Year	Professor Pink \| Mrs. Bruce Wayne \| I'm on a Goat \| Glitterpuff \| Dumbledore's Defense Squad \| BHB Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny "I look forward to it," Callum replied brightly. That meant Davie wanted to talk to him more and he now had someone to sit with at dinner tonight. The day was certainly looking brighter already, and Callum felt more and more at ease, even as they stepped back inside the room he had not wanted to return to any time soon. Following Davie over to the cabinets, Callum removed his wand from its holster, holding it in both hands and twirling it in his grip nonchalantly as he watched and listened to Davie's demonstration and instructions. He nodded along - yes, he knew what the spell was, but the additional tips Davie had were quite helpful, and Callum watched with a slight squint as Davie made it look very easy to unlock his cabinet. "That was brilliant," Callum applauded genuinely, a smile crinkling the corners of his eyes. Now he just had to replicate that. No big deal. He gave a nod to Davie's encouragement, facing his own cabinet, and giving it a good, hard look. He tried to emulate what Davie had said he did and imagine the lock itself opening. When he had a good mental image of what he wanted to do, Callum raised his wand confidently, copied Davie's small swish first, then gave the lock a tap with the tip as he spoke, "*Alohomora!" Quite to his surprise, the lock clicked open, and Callum's eyes widened slightly as he turned to give Davie an incredulous look. "I got it!" Right there, on the first try! Could have only been because Davie had explained it so well and made it much easier for Callum to copy his success, but he also turned the incredulous look to his wand, too. Oh, how he thanked his sweet wand of sycamore and griffin claw core for not making him look like a complete incompetent fool in front of David Truebridge. At least for now. Cool. He had a dinner buddy then! Guess he wasn't going to finish the last chapter of Holidays with Hags* tonight, but it could be good for him to NOT read during one meal. Callum thought his spell work was brilliant! Aw, yay! "Thank you," Davie accepted the compliment with a genuine smile of his own. There was no telling what boat they'd be in later on in room like.... seven, but for now he knew all the spells! He watched as Callum completed the spell, perfectly well on his first try, and then applauded the boy just as he had been applauded. "Excellent! I knew you'd be a natural!" Davie reached into his own cabinet then, and pulled his box to the edge so it was right in front of him. Much easier to cast on this way. "Since your first try worked so well, you should do Alohomora again on the box!" The excited second year suggested, even though it wasn't the exact order of things on the board. This way though, the firstie would start to feel confident with wandwork before learning a second spell. "You've got this, Callum." David again demonstrated Alohomora by swishing and tapping his box, grinning with glee to himself as it brilliantly clicked open. So easy. So fun. __________________ yeah, there's one thing about me that you should know________________________________ __________________________________________that I can't help from speaking my mind