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SPOILER!!: greetings+question1

SPOILER!!: claudine
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 View Post
Claudine paused to blink a few times the moment she stepped into the room. Had it not been for Professor Barlow standing there, she would have turned right around and marched through the school in an attempt to find the right classroom. Pulling herself together, she moved in. “Hello, Professor,’’ was the quiet greeting. She gazed around at the semi-circle of mirrors. What did this mean? was the question to herself as she moved towards a mirror far away from the front of the room.

Were they going to be transfiguring some part of themselves? It was a possibility, Claudine decided as she studied her reflection. What she saw looking back at her was a dark haired, dark eyed eleven year old with a serious look on her face.

Perfect.


Aha, first student to arrive!

Barlow sent a welcoming smile in the first year’s direction. “Hello Claudia!” He was still getting to grips with the names of all the new faces, okay.


SPOILER!!: cecelia
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow View Post
This. was. COOL.

Admittedly, Cecelia thought MOST things were cool that involved being able to practice her magic, but the mirrors in place of seating was new and different and made her VERY curious, which was a good thing indeed.

"Hello Professor," The small blonde said cheerfully, moving past on her way to claim a mirror. Once she'd found one, she grinned at her reflection, taking the opportunity to smooth her hair. It was looking especially shiny today and she couldn't help but think that her dad would be REAL proud that'd she'd mastered all her hair care products.


And here was another one whose name had completely slipped his mind.

“Hello to you too, welcome to class Miss ---” Nope, no clue.


SPOILER!!: dorian
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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi View Post
Dorian gave the professor a nod of his head and a "Hello, Professor" and as he entered the classroom, he was immediately reminded of one of the rooms he had found while he had been mapping in his notebook while exploring. And he had not liked that room at all. It was especially an odd place for a place like Beauxbaton where everything seemed to be perfect. But as part of his exploring, he had written down quite a lot about that room in his notebook.

"Hey Claudine" he greeted the little first year Slytherin as he stood at the mirror next to hers and checked his reflection looking back at him. Were they going to transfigure themselves? Or maybe their clothes? Whichever it was, he was curious now. Also, was THAT a new zit on his forehead?!


“Dorian,” Barlow greeted with a nod. At last, a name he actually knew. “Oooh, that’s a biggun.” The zit. Yes, he’d noticed and yes, he had zero tact.

SPOILER!!: kaiser
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Originally Posted by Felixir View Post
It was the last lesson of the last day of a very long week, and every part of Kaiser's brain was telling him to skip this one, that it wouldn't matter if he didn't show up. But for some, completely unknown reason, here he was.

He was running a hand over his face as he entered the classroom, so he didn't immediately notice the mirrors, but he did hear the professor's instruction. At that point, Kaiser stopped dead in his tracks, uncovered his face, and looked at the classroom set-up.

Yeah, definitely should have skipped.

Grumbling to himself in a sort of mash-up of German and Italian, and not troubling to do so quietly, Kaiser reluctantly headed to a mirror and stood with his back to it, facing the entering students instead. Look at himself? No thanks.

Belatedly, in a fairly obvious afterthought, he mumbled an, "Afternoon," to Barlow.


What did all the grumbling mean? He had no idea, but it seemed the boy wasn’t keen on being here. Come to think of it, this particular one always seemed to have that whole brooding thing going on. Must’ve been a Slytherin thing.

“Afternoon to you too, Mister---”
Kaiser? Mister Kaiser? Uhh. “I’m afraid the mirrors aren’t just here for decoration, you will need to turn around when the practical starts.” But for now, he was okay.


SPOILER!!: nettie
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom View Post
While most students were probably itching to get on with the last lesson of the day, Nettie was excited and not in a rush at all. Transfiguration had really grown on her, easily becoming her favorite lesson. In fact, she was really thinking about possibly studying Transfiguration once she got out of here. True, she was only a 5th year, but you had to plan for these things. It was just the Gladin way. You always were planning ahead.

"Hello Professor!" she piped up as she entered the classroom with a smile. OOOOH mirrors?! Interesting. She tried to think about all the spells she'd read about in her studies and if any of them involved mirrors, but couldn't think of anything right now off the top of her head...so she headed to a mirror near the front of the class, dropping her back and immediately checking out her hair to make sure it was still looking perfect.

Spoiler alert - it was. Hehe.


In stark comparison to the boy who entered before her, this one seemed full of cheer! Barlow quickly returned her smile. “Hello hello, Trinetta! Hope you’re well.”



SPOILER!!: bernadette
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl View Post
"It's Fridaaaaaaaaaay, Friday, gotta get down on Friday...." Bernadette was singing to herself as she skipped into Transfiguration class. Oooooh, what was this? A HALL OF MIRRORS?! It was neat enough to cause the first year to stare at everyone and their reflections with her mouth agape, so at least her song stopped and she had a moment to greet the professor. "Hiya, sir!"

Then she skipped into the circle of mirrors and continued singing.

"Everybody's looking forward to the weekend, weekend..." She selected a mirror for herself and seemed to forget her song, making funny faces at herself instead.


He actually didn’t mind the singing. In fact, he bobbed his head along for a short moment while it lasted. “What wonderful lyrics.” Had she written it herself? What poetry.

SPOILER!!: lucas
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone View Post
While he was looking forward to Friday evening and enjoying a weekend to himself, Lucas was still looking forward to this Transfiguration class. It wasn't really his favourite subject, and he had a LOT to improve on, but Barlow was great enough. It was why the man received a wider smile from the fourth year, along with a "Hey, Professor," when he entered the class-

............

Oh. Uhhhhh.

He paused. Mirrors? Mirrors they had to stand in front of? For the LESSON?!

This didn't sound like his idea of fun.

But he couldn't stay standing by the door so he reluctantly moved over to a spare mirror. He stepped up to it and just..... looked. An odd, uncomfortable feeling started to settle in the pits of his stomach but he was going to ignore it. Maybe he could work on playing with his curly hair, instead. He picked one out and twirled it around his finger before trying to smooth it into the rest of his hair.


“Wotcha Lucas!” He watched curiously as the young Gryffindor found himself a spot to stand. “No need to look so frightened, promise.” Or was there?

SPOILER!!: elisa
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Originally Posted by Charely Potter View Post
It was a fairly long week for Elisa, who had NEWT studies up to her ear already. Knowing she could have the weekend to have some leisure time before working on homework was nice. She went into Transfiguration class in a calmer mood than ever. "Hello Professor." She greeted. That's when she noticed the mirrors before her around the room.

Well, this was definitely the right class since the professor was here and all. But still, what were they going to do with the mirrors today? Elisa went on over to a mirror nearest the entrance upfront. Staring at her reflection she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary right away. Out of habit, she ran her hands through her already straight hair.


“How do you do, Elisa? Welcome, welcome.” At least she didn’t appear taken aback or frightened by the mirror in front of her.

SPOILER!!: phoebe
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Originally Posted by Cassirin View Post
Transfiguration was hard, and Phoebe James hated the fact that she couldn't drop it for a few more years. If ever, actually, since she needed the class to become an Auror like her mother. Maybe she should run away and join the circus. Or take up Quidditch like her dad, although he'd be super disappointed if she did poorly in school.

It was with some lesser degree of enthusiasm that she took a spot in front of one of the mirrors near Cece. "Hullo, Professor. Hullo, Cece-friend."


There seemed to be an alarmingly overabundance of extra small children in class this afternoon and Barlow nodded at the next one who entered. “Hello Fiona!” This one was Fiona, yes?

SPOILER!!: tavie
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Originally Posted by PatInTheHat View Post
Having classes all day everyday was exhausting, and frankly Tavie was nearly done with it all. She BARELY made it to the end of the week with all the demands that had been thrust upon her with this whole ‘secondary school’ thing.

She did question why so much was demanded of her, but quietly to herself and not yet aloud. No, when she entered her last class of the day she was smiling because it was the last one. And then she was free! ”Heya, Professor. You look nice today.” She wiggled her fingers at him and took up the spot beside Fifi.

”I think we all look lovely today.” She admired first herself in the mirror and then her friends. They all were so pretty.


ANOTHER ONE.

So many tiny people.

Barlow adjusted his bow tie, orange today, and gave the young Ravenclaw a thumbs up. “Afternoon! Thank you, thank you.” Funny she should mention everyone looking nice today….. Would everyone still look lovely by the end of the lesson though? Heh.


SPOILER!!: fiona
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Originally Posted by Ginevra View Post
Fiona entered the classroom with a slightly puzzled expression on her face. "Hey, Professor!" she greeted with a small wave. She didn't like the idea of standing in front of a mirror but she obeyed Professor Barlow's instructions and stood in front of one of the mirrors. Fiona looked at herself with a rather bored expression on her face. She saw that some students liked seeing themselves in the mirror which caused her to roll her eyes.


The young Slytherin appeared to be bored now, but hopefully that wouldn’t be the case when the lesson truly kicked off. “Welcome to class, Phoebe.”

Uhh.


SPOILER!!: carys
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger View Post
Normally, Carys would have been happy that it was the end of the week and that meant a free weekend to do whatever she felt like, but considering one of her usual choices as to weekend activities had been taken away from her rather rudely, she was treating Friday as just another day. Even if there was still the remaining excitement over the art studio here at Beauxbatons, she knew she couldn’t stay in there forever. There was still the matter of figuring out exactly how she could keep her chaser skills from getting rusty. Somehow.

As such, she’d been rather distracted upon entering the classroom set aside from their Transfiguration lessons. Until she heard Professor Barlow’s greeting to them and she found herself blinking in surprise. Mirrors? Maybe it meant some sort of transfiguration of their own features. She’d always wondered what she’d look like with a different hair color or something. Maybe blonde like her mum?

“Good afternoon, Professor Barlow,” she said, glancing over at the professor again once she’d chosen a mirror. Actually, it might’ve been a bit of looking at his reflection in the mirror, but she’d still given him a smile. It wasn’t his fault Quidditch had been taken away from them, after all.


It may come as a surprise to many, but he was also a bit miffed by the lack of Quidditch. He wasn’t much of a player, in fact putting him on a broom was a hazard to anyone within range but he was an avid spectator.

“Good afternoon Carys.” Or was this one Carsyn? It was a 50/50 gamble, he never could tell.


SPOILER!!: tina
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy View Post
It had been a long week, so Tina was looking forward to the weekend, even more so than usual. In a few hours, she'd get a well-deserved break from her Studies, but first, she had to make it through transfiguration. Oh well, she could've had it much worse as far as lessons go. She was glad her last lesson of the week was one of the few where she liked both the subject and the professor who taught it. Between that and it being the last class before the weekend, Tina was in an unusually cheery mood as she entered the classroom. "Hello, Professor Barlow," she greeted, giving him a small smile.

Tina didn't even bat an eye at the semi circle of mirrors. She was used to weird classroom setups by now. This was a Hogwarts class, after all… even if they were technically at Beauxbatons. Instead of looking at the gangly dark-haired girl in the mirror, Tina focused her attention on trying to guess how the mirrors were going to be used. Would they be transfiguring themselves? She had to admit that possibility made her more than a little nervous, despite her aptitude for transfiguration. Maybe they'd be doing something else… she hoped. Maybe something with glass? For one fleeting moment, that idea reminded her of a transfiguration lesson from a couple of terms ago. They weren't doing Prima Forma again, were they?


“Tina, welcome!” Barlow returned her wave and watched as she took up a spot by one of the mirrors. He’d noticed that she seemed to have a natural flair for the art of Transfiguration and he was keen to see how she’d fare in today’s lesson.

SPOILER!!: missa
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Originally Posted by Samia View Post
Why were all the teachers opting for no desk classes?

Was it going to be thing from now on?

No, despite it being ALMOST the weekend - Missa Renaldi was in a weird mood, and all the cherry faces were not helping matters. Nonetheless, she forced a smile at Professor Barlow and uttered a small 'hello' before finding herself in front of a mirror.

This. was. not. good.

Feeling weirdly self conscious, the fifth year TRIED not to stare at her reflection all too much - and instead looked around. Noticing that Nettie was right next to her, the brunette passed her a smile, before adding, "you look very chirpy today"


There was an unusual amount of kids who seemed to have an aversion to mirrors and here was another one. “They’re just normal, mundane mirrors. They won’t bite.” He’d been on the receiving end of a biting mirror before and it wasn’t pleasant.

SPOILER!!: eiji
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie View Post
Transfiguration.

Rebecca excelled at it. He personally could do without it.

There was a family legacy to it that he did not particularly enjoy. Unwanted expectations that he too excel at it as his mum had done. Ignoring that there was also a Potions legacy from his dad that he had no problem living up to, of course. That was different and he would argue until he was out of breath that it was.

Because it WAS. End of story.

Stepping into the room, Eiji tried not to groan too audibly at all the mirrors and lack of desks. He could only assume that they were going to be doing appearance altering spellwork most likely. That...or they were transfiguring the mirrors into something. Personally, he was hoping for the latter. The first option hit a bit too close to home and he did not particularly want to deal.

And because he had a lot on his mind...he wasn't so sure about standing beside Missa (and Trinetta by extension) despite that being all he wanted to do. And he was going to avoid Phoebe because she knew too much about his mum and also Rebecca, what they both were capable of. His mum much more so than his little sister. Cecelia too. And then there was a girl singing about it being Friday and some other rubbish.

Options...were scarce.

Save for maybe Kaiser so...Eiji moved with some reluctance over towards the other Slytherin and stood in front of the mirror beside him.

Oh. Yeah. Sorry, professor. He had sort of forgotten to acknowledge you in any way. Thoughts were more than a bit scattered at the moment. But if anyone asked...it was OWL studies getting to him, the stress of doing all that while here at Beaxbatons with an entire library in French that was all but useless to him since he couldn't read any of it. Stress. Yeah. All that.


There seemed to be a strong divide among students today, he noted. There were those who were sing-songy chirpy cheerful and seemingly raring to go, then there were those who looked like they’d rather be anywhere but here. Young Mister Rasting appeared to fit into the latter.

It was definitely a Slytherin thing.


SPOILER!!: blake
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Originally Posted by love-for-HP View Post
Dear Merlin were those mirrors?? Why was it every class that Blake stepped into turned out to be more strange than the last. Mirrors, targets, plants he'd never seen before... ugh ... will anything about school ever start to feel normal??

But doing as he was told he placed his bag on the floor next to him and 'claimed' his mirror for today's lesson. He wondered what they would be doing??? Probably trying to change their hair color or something. An older student had told him they do that sometimes.


Mirrors were actually rather tame in the grand scheme of things. And this is exactly what Barlow would’ve said had the youngster voiced his thoughts out loud. “Hello and welcome! That’s it find yourself a spot…” Good, good.

SPOILER!!: alessandro
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Originally Posted by pundantic View Post
Alessandro frowned as he walked down the corridor to Transfiguration, after the events of the last two weeks. It was not good to be back. In fact, if possible, he loathed Beauxbatons more than he did at the start of the term. The French and their delicate dispositions. Trent. Jove.

The Hufflepuff smoothed out his features into something impassive and nodded at Professor Barlow, "Hello, sir."

Alessandro did not dawdle. He propped himself in front of a nearby mirror and awaited instructions.


“Alessandro,” Barlow greeted with a nod of his head. Was he going to have to keep an extra eye on this one? He didn’t want any fighting in his classroom. With all the mirrors that would be disastrous. He wasn’t particularly superstitious but…. well, he was a little stitious and it would be hundreds of years of bad luck if they were all to break.




He waited an extra few minutes for any late stragglers but when noone else arrived, Barlow promptly closed the door. Class was officially underway.

“Now let’s crack on! I know many of you are probably wondering what’s going on and why are all the mirrors here,” he started, moving around the semi-circle. “But before we get started on that, I want you to take a moment to reflect….” GET IT? REFLECT? HAH. He was hilarious. “..... take a moment to reflect and tell me, in your opinion, what is the difference between placing a charm on something and transfiguring something?”


OOC: THANKS GUYS, class has now officially started so you know the drill, post your kiddo arriving late and face the IC consequences. Otherwise, just RP as if they’ve been here all along. Question 1 is up and we’ll move on in another 24 hours or so, much love.
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