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Waterloo · 06-05-2019, 12:49 AM

SPOILER!!: question 1 replies!

SPOILER!!: indigo

“Yes, yes, yes!” Barlow chimed up, exuding aaaaall the enthusiasm. “Making small objects appear or disappear right before an audience’s very eyes. It’s usually performed in close quarters and if it’s executed well, close up magic can be very effective. Thank you, Indigo.”

SPOILER!!: cassidy

“Ah, yes!” Barlow clapped his hands together. Was it obvious this was a subject he was passionate about? Because it was. Very much so. “Magicians really do seem to have a thing for pulling things out of hats, huh?” Stay tuned, ahem.

SPOILER!!: dorian

His attention quickly turned to the next student with a hand in the air. Dorian. The ever so slight hint of a frown made its way to Barlow’s expression. Looked like they had a cynic over here, should’ve known it’d be one of the students clad in blue and bronze.

“You’re not wrong Mr Katharos, they are illusions but I, for one, don’t think that makes it any less magic, do you?”

But yes, yes. The conjuration of flowers. Barlow nodded.

SPOILER!!: archer

The twinkle returned to his eyes at Archer’s response. Now THAT was more like it. “Escapology! Yes! Extremely dangerous and definitely not for the faint of heart. Did you know Harry Houdini was in fact, a wizard?” Barlow was convinced as much anyway. He was such a fanboy he’d even named his favourite cat after the legendary escape artist. His Houdini was fat oaf who usually needed help escaping the tight spots he often found himself stuck in though.

He also made a mental note to seek out more information regarding this rumoured Auror….

SPOILER!!: patrick

“Right you are, Paddy! Yes they do! Another one that’s not for the faint of heart.” SEE? Were they hearing this? Attention PLEASE. Muggle magic was cool. “It’s not a pretty sight when it goes wrong, believe me.”

SPOILER!!: kam

“Right, not only are there examples of vanishing small objects such as coins or jewellery, some advanced magicians are able to make much, MUCH larger objects disappear. Quite the sight to behold, it is! Thank you, Miss Keighley.”

SPOILER!!: tina

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Transfiguration was still one of Tina's favorite subjects, though she missed Professor Darlington's predictable, no-nonsense teaching style. Even so, she was here on time and ready to learn, despite the early hour. She'd said good morning to the professor upon her arrival, then proceeded to her usual seat in one of the middle rows, neatly arranging her supplies on her desk. She was relieved to see the perfectly normal classroom setup. Hopefully this would be a nice, straightforward, low-key lesson!

She almost chuckled at the professor's opening remarks. Well, that much was true! She did wish she was anywhere but here, preferably back home in France… but that had more to do with her dislike of Hogwarts in general than the upcoming holidays. She did have to admit she was curious about what Barlow had planned, though there was no need to worry about keeping her awake. She'd prepared for the early lesson with a good night's sleep and an extra cup of coffee with breakfast, and besides, sleeping in class wasn't her style.

Blink, blink. All Tina could do was stare at Professor Barlow's coin-behind-the-ear trick, unsure what to make of it or the mention of muggle magic. She had no idea where he was going with this! She could only hope that it was going somewhere, not just a random tangent. She considered the question for a minute. An example soon popped into her mind, but she wasn't sure they could call it "magic" since it mostly relied on sleight of hand and deception.

Nonetheless, she decided to give it a go and raised her hand. "There's a trick that supposedly involves making a person disappear," Tina said after being called on. "There are a few methods non-mag - I mean muggles, use to do this; one of which involves a volunteer stepping into a large box. On the surface, it looks a bit like a vanishing cabinet, but it functions very differently. There's a hidden door at the back of the box which the volunteer hides behind as the magician says the magic words, creating the illusion of disappearance…."

Was she talking too much? Probably. She stared at the floor, embarassed. She was just going to keep quiet now.

“Ahhhh, yes!” Barlow BEAMED. Not only had she provided a great example but it seemed she knew a thing or two about the method behind it too. “So we’ve heard about making objects disappear but you’re right, there are some magicians out there that are able to make actual living, breathing PEOPLE disappear. Thank you, Tina.”

SPOILER!!: lucas

It was one of the most common types of magic, so he was a little bit surprised that it had taken so long for someone to mention the classic playing card trick. Not that that was a bad thing, because ALL the examples so far had been fantastic.

Still, he clapped his hands excitedly at Lucas’ answer. “There’s a lot of tricks that can be performed with a single deck of cards but you’re right, most of them involve a volunteer picking a card and the magician correctly guessing which card it was. Maybe you'll get to give it a go yourself.” Hint hint hint.

SPOILER!!: analiese

Not only did Analiese have an example, she was able to PERFORM said example.

……… Barlow watched, impressed at the sight before him. “Does this mean you’re always carrying around an egg Miss Allanach-Senchuri?” Interesting.

But again, who was he to judge? His robes were often stuffed full of random props. In fact, check his pockets right now and you could probably find a rubber chicken.

SPOILER!!: eniola

She was doing a top notch job at going unnoticed. Not that Barlow wasn’t paying attention it was just --- No, he definitely wasn’t paying much attention. He was far too distracted by the students piping up with examples to keep note of the ones who were quiet. For now at least, anyway.

Guess who was suddenly, miraculously feeling wide awake now? Yeah, this bloke. “Great answers from all of you,” Barlow encouraged, absently ruffling his hair and by doing so, accidentally worsening matters atop his head. “Seems like you’ve all got the jist of it and have at least some basic knowledge about muggle magic tricks and that’s going to come in handy for what we’ve got coming up next.”

Remember that whole standard, boring classroom setup thing? Not strictly true.

With a quick flourish of his wand, Barlow lifted the disillusionment charm that had been placed on an unsuspecting table pushed up against the wall on one side of the classroom. On the table there were props aplenty. Playing cards, rope, metal rings, feathers, ping pong balls, cups, coins…… there were more than enough to go around.

“I spotted a few of you got your wands out ready for the lesson,” he started again, practically bouncing on the balls of his feet. “But for now, wands are banned, alright? I don’t want to see any of you cheating, that’ll take the fun out of it.” Brown eyes lingered on certain individuals. He’d temporarily confiscate wands if he absolutely had to. “Go grab yourselves a prop or two and have a play around. I want you all to have a go and see if you can perform magic the good old fashioned muggle way and while you’re doing that, think about or discuss amongst yourselves how you think Transfiguration could be used to make these tricks easier…… or more exciting!”

This was still a Transfiguration lesson after all.

OOC: Time to get creative! You’ve got about 72 for this mini activity section of the lesson. Just joining? Feel free to jump right in or post a catch up, it’s up to you! Any questions, give me or Barlow a shout! <3

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Waterloo Occamy Join Date: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 63,511 Hogwarts RPG Name: Cora Dredworth Sixth Year x1	connoisseur of comfort ❅ Crayola's Wibby Mrs Alex Turner ❅ Netflix and meow SPOILER!!: question 1 replies! SPOILER!!: indigo Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir Was Nina alright? Indigo had thought there was something a little off about her, and he was really getting that vibe today. Especially as she seemed to look right past him until she'd already sat down next to him, and only then acknowledged his presence. He did smile back of course and decided not to say anything. For now. Maybe he'd talk to her after class, just to make sure everything was okay. Had those mean dormmates of hers done something? Did he need to retaliate? That was a problem for later, though, because now it was time for Transfiguration. The subject of muggle magic was interesting. Indigo did know a fair bit about that, actually. Well, he didn't know how it happened really, but he knew about it. He'd basically grown up on the streets of Paris, so he'd seen his fair share of street performers, some of them doing muggle magic. He raised his hand. "There's tricks where they put something in something else, like... a coin in a cup, and make the coin disappear." “Yes, yes, yes!” Barlow chimed up, exuding aaaaall the enthusiasm. “Making small objects appear or disappear right before an audience’s very eyes. It’s usually performed in close quarters and if it’s executed well, close up magic can be very effective. Thank you, Indigo.” SPOILER!!: cassidy Quote: Originally Posted by GrapehSarah Cassidy nodded along about the early and chilly part. She was holding back a yawn at this very moment. It would be far too rude to yawn in class. Especially since she was sitting front and center. It would definitely not go unnoticed and she couldn't have that. No she was going to smile and be happy for her favorite class. Ooooo muggle magic. She was always fascinated by muggle things. She quickly raised her hand. "Sometimes they pull things out of their hats like rabbits or flowers." She didn't know how they did it without actual magic but she knew that they did. She had never seen it done in person. “Ah, yes!” Barlow clapped his hands together. Was it obvious this was a subject he was passionate about? Because it was. Very much so. “Magicians really do seem to have a thing for pulling things out of hats, huh?” Stay tuned, ahem. SPOILER!!: dorian Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi He had developed a couple of pet peeves over the sixteen years he had lived like; hearing someone eat or walking behind someone who walks really slow, and apparently, neck cracking was added to the list. Looking appaled at the loud sound of the crack, Dorian opened his mouth to tell him to stop but quickly catched himself and closed it again. Wouldn't be wise to tell a professor what to do right? Instead, he focussed his attention to the window, looking outside at the snowy weather as he waited for class to begin. When it did, the Ravenclaw looked back to the front and raised an eyebrow as the professor pulled a coin from behind his ear and called it magic before they could even answer the question. "Should it really be called magic though? Aren't they just illusions?" he asked after raising his hand. "Illusions to trick the muggle's mind in to believing that that kind of magic is real" Anyway "I know of this old trick where the "magician" " he air quoted with his fingers "has a black stick they call a wand and "magically" make a bouquet of flowers appear" wait....did that mean that the orchideous charm was inspired by a muggle "magic" trick? His attention quickly turned to the next student with a hand in the air. Dorian. The ever so slight hint of a frown made its way to Barlow’s expression. Looked like they had a cynic over here, should’ve known it’d be one of the students clad in blue and bronze. “You’re not wrong Mr Katharos, they are illusions but I, for one, don’t think that makes it any less magic, do you?” But yes, yes. The conjuration of flowers. Barlow nodded. SPOILER!!: archer Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Mmmmm.....she was going to have to disagree with the professor on that one. Full body stretches (you know, the ones where you raise your arms and stretch from there) worked better. But, her still slightly groggy mind didn't fill like getting into that now. "Some magician's, and lucky people in general, can escape from bindings like rope and handcuffs," Archer piped up. Not that she'd ever tried it herself. *"One magician by the name of Harry Houdini could even escape from straitjackets.....while underwater. And some say that he even died* while doing one of his little tricks." Sort of crazy to put yourself through that just for kicks and a few dollars, but whatever. The underwater straitjacket thing, not dying. Although, that sucked too. "Which, he kind of did if you think about it, because he was trying to prove that he could withstand repeated punches to the stomach, which resulted in his appendix bursting and he didn't get to the hospital in time." Yeah, not a great thing to ignore, people. "Which reminds me, there's an current Auror that's rumored to be able to escape ropes and handcuffs too....."** Or was he training to be one...? She couldn't really remember, nor did she know if it was really true. People could and did makeup things all the time, after all. The twinkle returned to his eyes at Archer’s response. Now THAT was more like it. “Escapology! Yes! Extremely dangerous and definitely not for the faint of heart. Did you know Harry Houdini was in fact, a wizard?” Barlow was convinced as much anyway. He was such a fanboy he’d even named his favourite cat after the legendary escape artist. His Houdini was fat oaf who usually needed help escaping the tight spots he often found himself stuck in though. He also made a mental note to seek out more information regarding this rumoured Auror…. SPOILER!!: patrick Quote: Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick listened to the other students answers as he watched the professor around the room. He was very confused by why they were talking about muggle magic instead of actual magic. Shaking his head and writing down what they were doing that day he thought over what he wanted to say. Raising his hand he had finally gotten to his answer and was ready to say it, "They really like to do the sawing the lady in half." It still gave him hives to watch that happen. He crossed his arms over his chest trying to pull in some warmth since it was a bit chilly. “Right you are, Paddy! Yes they do! Another one that’s not for the faint of heart.” SEE? Were they hearing this? Attention PLEASE. Muggle magic was cool. “It’s not a pretty sight when it goes wrong, believe me.” SPOILER!!: kam Quote: Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Kam was sitting at her desk, leaning on her arm as Professor Barlow started to speak, her blue eyes flicked up to him and then she sat up fully as he pulled a galleon out of his ear! O_O Okay, but that was kinda cool, even if it was Muggle Magic? She wasn’t sure exactly what she knew about muffle magic, she knew they pulled rabbits out of hats and sawed people in half, but other people had already mentioned that. She raised her hand and then spoke “I think I’ve seen where they’ve made a whole muggle boat or airplane disappear. ” She thought at least. Or was that wizards? “Right, not only are there examples of vanishing small objects such as coins or jewellery, some advanced magicians are able to make much, MUCH larger objects disappear. Quite the sight to behold, it is! Thank you, Miss Keighley.” SPOILER!!: tina Quote: Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Transfiguration was still one of Tina's favorite subjects, though she missed Professor Darlington's predictable, no-nonsense teaching style. Even so, she was here on time and ready to learn, despite the early hour. She'd said good morning to the professor upon her arrival, then proceeded to her usual seat in one of the middle rows, neatly arranging her supplies on her desk. She was relieved to see the perfectly normal classroom setup. Hopefully this would be a nice, straightforward, low-key lesson! She almost chuckled at the professor's opening remarks. Well, that much was true! She did wish she was anywhere but here, preferably back home in France… but that had more to do with her dislike of Hogwarts in general than the upcoming holidays. She did have to admit she was curious about what Barlow had planned, though there was no need to worry about keeping her awake. She'd prepared for the early lesson with a good night's sleep and an extra cup of coffee with breakfast, and besides, sleeping in class wasn't her style. Blink, blink. All Tina could do was stare at Professor Barlow's coin-behind-the-ear trick, unsure what to make of it or the mention of muggle magic. She had no idea where he was going with this! She could only hope that it was going somewhere, not just a random tangent. She considered the question for a minute. An example soon popped into her mind, but she wasn't sure they could call it "magic" since it mostly relied on sleight of hand and deception. Nonetheless, she decided to give it a go and raised her hand. "There's a trick that supposedly involves making a person disappear," Tina said after being called on. "There are a few methods non-mag - I mean muggles, use to do this; one of which involves a volunteer stepping into a large box. On the surface, it looks a bit like a vanishing cabinet, but it functions very differently. There's a hidden door at the back of the box which the volunteer hides behind as the magician says the magic words, creating the illusion of disappearance…." Was she talking too much? Probably. She stared at the floor, embarassed. She was just going to keep quiet now. “Ahhhh, yes!” Barlow BEAMED. Not only had she provided a great example but it seemed she knew a thing or two about the method behind it too. “So we’ve heard about making objects disappear but you’re right, there are some magicians out there that are able to make actual living, breathing PEOPLE disappear. Thank you, Tina.” SPOILER!!: lucas Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone Lucas physically beamed at Barlow's greeting and offered him a two-finger salute of his own. Hello. Hey. He definitely wasn't cool enough to salute - that was all Józef Kowalski - but the professor didn't need to know tha- GASP. Did he just.....? Lucas blinked several times, almost trying to make sure he didn't just imagine the man pulling a coin? from behind his ear? out of NOWHERE? That was impressive. Naturally, he had some questions about all of.... that. He wasn't just doing regular magic without a wand, right? Because that was impossible. ...... Right? Yeah. He had questions. But first, he had a question to answer. He sat back slightly, a small frown forming on his face as he looked around the room. Forms of muggle magic? Did he know any? He'd only ever focused on magic magic so forms of muggle magic wasn't something he knew a lot about. Or something he focused on. Or- Oh! "Uh, Professor? What about the cards trick?" Pause. "You know, the one where someone pulls out a card and puts it back in the desk. Then the, uh, magician tries to pull out the card that they had?" It wasn't as impressive sounding as some of the others but he was sure he'd seen it before. It was one of the most common types of magic, so he was a little bit surprised that it had taken so long for someone to mention the classic playing card trick. Not that that was a bad thing, because ALL the examples so far had been fantastic. Still, he clapped his hands excitedly at Lucas’ answer. “There’s a lot of tricks that can be performed with a single deck of cards but you’re right, most of them involve a volunteer picking a card and the magician correctly guessing which card it was. Maybe you'll get to give it a go yourself.” Hint hint hint. SPOILER!!: analiese Quote: Originally Posted by SneakySeverusSnape "Oh hi, Avalon!" Analiese smiled at Avalon as she sat down next to her. When Professor Barlow asked a question, Analiese's hand shot into the air. "I don't know the name of this trick, but this is how you do it." She ripped of a miniscule piece of paper from her sketchbook, which she was holding, and wrote the word 'egg' on it. Then she covered it with her hand and when she removed her hand... Voila! It was an egg!* Oh wait. Now there was an egg on her desk. * This is an actual trick, I didn't make it up. Not only did Analiese have an example, she was able to PERFORM said example. ……… Barlow watched, impressed at the sight before him. “Does this mean you’re always carrying around an egg Miss Allanach-Senchuri?” Interesting. But again, who was he to judge? His robes were often stuffed full of random props. In fact, check his pockets right now and you could probably find a rubber chicken. SPOILER!!: eniola Quote: Originally Posted by gritandgrace Eniola purposely avoided eye contact with the Professor with this question. She knew what could happen when muggles and wizards alike weren't careful with magic. It was quite an off-putting subject for her all together. She didn't like it. No, not one bit. I wonder if I could fake sick to get out of this. Eni thought to herself. Best wait and see how the rest of class goes, wouldn't want a bad rep with the Professor or Healer Beryl. She instead took interest in her nails and the desk. It couldn't be that hard to go unnoticed in a class this size. She was doing a top notch job at going unnoticed. Not that Barlow wasn’t paying attention it was just --- No, he definitely wasn’t paying much attention. He was far too distracted by the students piping up with examples to keep note of the ones who were quiet. For now at least, anyway. Guess who was suddenly, miraculously feeling wide awake now? Yeah, this bloke. “Great answers from all of you,” Barlow encouraged, absently ruffling his hair and by doing so, accidentally worsening matters atop his head. “Seems like you’ve all got the jist of it and have at least some basic knowledge about muggle magic tricks and that’s going to come in handy for what we’ve got coming up next.” Remember that whole standard, boring classroom setup thing? Not strictly true. With a quick flourish of his wand, Barlow lifted the disillusionment charm that had been placed on an unsuspecting table pushed up against the wall on one side of the classroom. On the table there were props aplenty. Playing cards, rope, metal rings, feathers, ping pong balls, cups, coins…… there were more than enough to go around. “I spotted a few of you got your wands out ready for the lesson,” he started again, practically bouncing on the balls of his feet. “But for now, wands are banned, alright? I don’t want to see any of you cheating, that’ll take the fun out of it.” Brown eyes lingered on certain individuals. He’d temporarily confiscate wands if he absolutely had to. “Go grab yourselves a prop or two and have a play around. I want you all to have a go and see if you can perform magic the good old fashioned muggle way and while you’re doing that, think about or discuss amongst yourselves how you think Transfiguration could be used to make these tricks easier…… or more exciting!” This was still a Transfiguration lesson after all. OOC: Time to get creative! You’ve got about 72 for this mini activity section of the lesson. Just joining? Feel free to jump right in or post a catch up, it’s up to you! Any questions, give me or Barlow a shout! <3 __________________ _____________Take part in our Higgledy Piggledy House Cup!