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Mirali · 01-17-2016, 07:21 PM

SPOILER!!: Finally piping up

Ailsa had been quiet during the class so far but a question demanded an answer. She'd liked Katherine's answer quite a lot; it made good sense and the answer really did depend on the exact situation.

"Professor?" she started, "How can we answer without knowing more about the situation? We can't tell you how we'd use our surroundings without knowing what those surroundings are. We can't tell you how we'd use our body or mind against someone unless we know more about that person." The girl paused thoughtfully. "If you want a very general answer, I'd say that most places have some dust or dirt or something that I could throw into my attacker's eyes to disorient them a bit and then, if the setting allowed it, I'd run. I'm fairly fast and I'm small, so I could probably find some place that I could get into but my attacker couldn't. From there I could just out wait them."

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Mirali Dugbog Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: GMT-8 Posts: 105 Hogwarts RPG Name: Runa Luijendijk Second Year	SPOILER!!: Finally piping up Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone Oh, will you look at the time? It was time to get this lesson started! So, with a flick of his wand, Roderik made the door shut itself with a small SNAP! Anyone who was late was going to miss out. Their loss, frankly. Standing up properly, he smiled around at the class before launching with his speech, "Hello one, hello all, and welcome to Defence Against the Dark Arts. I'm Professor Roderik Hirsch and, as most of you should know by now," Unless you were living under a rock. "I'm going to be your new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor." "Before I launch into the main gist of the lesson, I'd like to mention one thing first." At this, Hirsch paused, mainly for dramatic effect. His eyes landed on Ava and he gave her a smile - was she listening? - before continuing, "I've been approached by a few students about, as I understand, a Dueling Club that was running last year. After some consideration and planning, I'm pleased to announce that the club will continue this year as well. All those interested in the club, look out for a sign up sheet after this lesson is over." Was that an exciting enough introduction to the lesson? "Moving ON, I want to ask all of you something." Another dramatic pause and another smirk. *"Picture this: you're stuck somewhere, anywhere, and you don't have your wand on you. You're in danger* and you need to find your way out of it by using your body, your mind and your surroundings."** Interesting thought, wasn't it? "In fact, imagine that you're about to be attacked........ by another human, say. They could be bigger, tougher, whatever you imagine them to be. I want to know............ what would you do to try and defend yourself against this person? How would you put your body, mind and surroundings to use?" Be careful how you answer this, kids. Ailsa had been quiet during the class so far but a question demanded an answer. She'd liked Katherine's answer quite a lot; it made good sense and the answer really did depend on the exact situation. "Professor?" she started, "How can we answer without knowing more about the situation? We can't tell you how we'd use our surroundings without knowing what those surroundings are. We can't tell you how we'd use our body or mind against someone unless we know more about that person." The girl paused thoughtfully. "If you want a very general answer, I'd say that most places have some dust or dirt or something that I could throw into my attacker's eyes to disorient them a bit and then, if the setting allowed it, I'd run. I'm fairly fast and I'm small, so I could probably find some place that I could get into but my attacker couldn't. From there I could just out wait them." __________________