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MadMadamMalfoy · 03-11-2021, 05:01 PM

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Text Cut: Sinclair

Right off the bat, Miss Sinclair brought up an important point. “Well said, Miss Sinclair,” Norman replied, nodding. Really, he didn’t think he could have worded that better himself! “The more complex the structure, the harder it is to conjure.”

Text Cut: Summers

Norman knew it was only a matter of time before the subject of hybrids came up. Miss Summers’s answer also earned an approving nod. “Exactly, Miss Summers!” he said. “Which is why it’s important to take conjuration seriously, know your spell and know your intentions.”

Text Cut: Blaze

Norman’s lips curled into a slight smile. What was it with the kids and sharks today? Was it International Shark Appreciation Day or something? He must’ve missed the memo. Never mind. “That’s true, Miss Blaze,” he said. “By the same logic, you could also conjure a larger creature than intended - say you wanted to conjure a rat but wound up with a giant rodent monster - which is why it’s important to have a clear picture in mind before conjuring.”

Text Cut: Donovan

Speaking of visualization, Miss Donovan’s answer earned an emphatic nod. “Yes!” Norman replied. “As with all branches of transfiguration, visualization is key. The more difficult the branch, the more important it becomes.”

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Text Cut: Cambridge

Believe it or not, Norman found it actually helpful to know his students’ interests. Students were more likely to stay engaged when they cared about the subject. He returned Miss Cambridge’s smile with a slight one of his own… a smile that came dangerously close to becoming a laugh at the thought of a chair with eyes. But there would be no breaking into giggles in front of the students today (or ever)! Some children were more sensitive than others and could interpret it the wrong way, and more importantly, laughter could draw attention from Rosier’s minions. “True on all counts, Miss Cambridge,” he said. “One would have to be very distracted to conjure a chair with eyes!”

Text Cut: K. James

Speaking of distractions, Norman noticed the younger Miss James looking around the area, Usually he wouldn’t think much of it. If the students didn’t want to pay attention, that was their choice, one which their grades would reflect. As long as they weren’t disturbing others, he wouldn’t waste time and energy scolding them. He was a firm believer in picking one’s battles, but he also knew that a distracted student was vulnerable to intervention from the hooded horrors. “Eyes to the front please, Miss James,” he said, his tone firm but not unkind.

Again with the sharks? Okay, he was definitely going to have to do a shark-related lesson sometime! “Not today,” he replied. “But I will consider that for another lesson.”

Text Cut: P. James

What was that choked back noise? Norman couldn’t tell if it was supposed to be a laugh or a sob. Whatever it was, it got a confused eyebrow raise from him, but he would overlook it as long as it didn’t happen again. Instead, he focused on Miss James’s answer to the question. “You imagine correctly, Miss James,” he replied, nodding. “When conjuring animals, it’s important to maintain concentration even after casting the spell not only to keep the creature intact, but to make it do what you want.”

Text Cut: Connolly

Norman was unsurprised to hear Miss Connolly offer yet another example of a large, aggressive magical creature as her answer to the first question. That answer earned the girl an approving nod and words of praise, just like the other students received, Her answer to the second question started out along the same lines as Miss Sinclair and Miss Summers’s, but just when he thought her answer would stay along those lines, she said something new. “Correct on all counts, Miss Connolly,” he replied. “Snakes are one of the simplest creatures to conjure.” But he’d come back to that in a minute.

Norman’s blue-green eyes swept the areas in search of both more hands in the air and signs of Rosier’s minions watching. Upon seeing neither, he spoke to the class as a whole, “Clearly you have a basic understanding of what makes conjuration, and particularly animal conjuration, difficult, but just to recap…” He waved his wand at the blackboard, and the following points appeared on the board behind him as he said them. “Creatures have a more complex structure than objects, which means more that could go wrong or be left off. Visualization and concentration are vital to bring and keep the creature in existence and to make it do your bidding. Without that, incomplete conjurations and mutant hybrid creatures can result.”

He paused to give the students time to take notes before continuing, “As Miss Connolly mentioned, snakes are one of the simplest types of creatures to conjure. The other type, and the one we’ll be focusing on today, is birds.”

Norman drew his wand, prepared to demonstrate the spell in question. “To conjure birds, we use the incantation Avis. The wand movement looks a bit like a stick figure drawing of a bird, like so…” He demonstrated the wand movement but didn’t cast the spell yet. There was one more thing the students needed to know before he did. “When cast, this spell will emit smoke and a loud blast. Don’t be alarmed - this is normal!”

Only after giving the class ample warning did he make the bird-shaped wand movement and cast, “Avis!” With a loud BANG and a puff of smoke, a flock of birds - blue with cranberry red chests, which some observant students might recognize as the Ilvermorny school colors - shot out of the tip of Norman’s wand. They chirped, flying above the students’ heads and perched in the trees along the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

“Now, take a few minutes to practice the incantation and wand movement, and visualize the kind of bird you’d like to conjure. Think about its size, color, and body proportions. When you have your concept in mind, come to the front to get a birdcage -” With a flick of his wand, he levitated the boxes out from behind the board, and he opened them up to reveal several bird cages inside. “-and fill it with as many conjured birds as you can before time runs out. You may work by yourself or with a partner, your choice. You have fifteen minutes starting… NOW!”

OOC: Thanks for sticking with me! We’ve reached the mini activity. To receive full credit, your character needs to:

1. Practice the incantation and wand movement for the spell Avis.

2. Visualize a type of bird to conjure (The more detailed the description, the better!)

3. Collect a bird cage

4. Attempt to fill the cage with conjured birds. Working in pairs/groups is allowed, but each person must attempt the spell. (You are allowed to RP the outcome of your spells. Spell attempts DO NOT have to be successful to receive credit)

You’ll have AT LEAST 60 HOURS for the mini activity. As always, feel free to PM me with any questions.

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MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod MO & DMLE Chizpurfle Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 10,903 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name: Gaston A.L. Marchand Minister's Office Ministry RPG Name: Normandie A. Carton Law Enforcement	Mini Activity Instructions Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll SPOILER!!: Individual Replies ^_^ Text Cut: Sinclair Quote: Originally Posted by Fireheart Hopefully they wouldn't have to conjure the animals they mentioned in their responses. Conjuration was difficult as it was, let alone having to conjure a thestral. Those things were enormous and comple—far beyond Avalon's magical ability. She figured they'd probably be practicing with smaller creatures first. Maybe a snail or something. Weren't invertebrates easier to work with? She recalled that from an earlier lesson. "Creatures have a lot more working parts than most inanimate objects," she said after raising her hand. "Internal organs, complex bodily systems, fur, feathers, and what not. So there's more that you could miss out on when you're conjuring it." Avalon wasn't totally sure that her answer was correct, but it seemed probable. Sort of like splinching when it came to apparition. There were so many appendages to think about, it would be far too easy to leave a finger or toe behind. Right off the bat, Miss Sinclair brought up an important point. “Well said, Miss Sinclair,” Norman replied, nodding. Really, he didn’t think he could have worded that better himself! “The more complex the structure, the harder it is to conjure.” Text Cut: Summers Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow This lesson was going to be challening if they were going to conjure creatures today and Cece had trouble focusing under the best of conditions. Being able to conjure a creature with everything going on in her mind lately was, well, it seemed like an impossible task. She'd try, though. She always did that much. "Because of all the things Avalon mentioned, it's easy for an attempt at conjuring a creature to go wrong. You could end up with missing parts or even some kind of hybrid type creation..." She'd prefer the hybrid mistake option, obviously. Norman knew it was only a matter of time before the subject of hybrids came up. Miss Summers’s answer also earned an approving nod. “Exactly, Miss Summers!” he said. “Which is why it’s important to take conjuration seriously, know your spell and know your intentions.” Text Cut: Blaze Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Nearly everyone chosen huge animals, Claudine observed. But the reasonings behind the choices were intriguing. To each student their own reasonings, she thought. Anyway. Moving on. Conjuration was the focus of today’s lesson? Oh no. That was one of the more difficult branches of Transfiguration {as mentioned by Carton after she’d thought of it}, and for this particular fifth year. Avalon and Cecelia had pretty much voiced what Claudine thought but was there more that the Snakette could add? Her hand went up a few minutes later. “You can conjure a smaller animal than you intended. Maybe you wanted to conjure a huge shark but wind up conjuring a baby shark.’’ ~~do-do-do-do-do-do.~~ Norman’s lips curled into a slight smile. What was it with the kids and sharks today? Was it International Shark Appreciation Day or something? He must’ve missed the memo. Never mind. “That’s true, Miss Blaze,” he said. “By the same logic, you could also conjure a larger creature than intended - say you wanted to conjure a rat but wound up with a giant rodent monster - which is why it’s important to have a clear picture in mind before conjuring.” Text Cut: Donovan Quote: Originally Posted by Kolyander If her earlier smile wasn't noticed, the smile that now tugged at her lips most certainly should be. Having Carton's praise for her answer did wonders for her little self. How could anyone be against having a Nundo on their side? She didn't see any disadvantages to it. Well... except for the fact that it could kill an entire town with its breath and the chances of controlling it on her own were slim to none. Other that that though, she was all for it. Now her besties answer, that was a good one. Dahlia gently squeezed his hand since he still had hold of hers and flashed him a quick grin. "Ooooh, I like that. We would make an excellent fighting duo." The words were whispered only loudly enough for him to hear her. Conjuring creatures?! Wicked! Is that what they would be doing today?! Lia shifted on the bench all of her attention on Carton. She raised her hand. "Well umm... don't you need to be able to fully visualize what it is you're conjuring? If you're not entirely sure of it's looks or size you can end up with something totally different than your intentions." It sounded plausible to her. Speaking of visualization, Miss Donovan’s answer earned an emphatic nod. “Yes!” Norman replied. “As with all branches of transfiguration, visualization is key. The more difficult the branch, the more important it becomes.” [ Text Cut: Cambridge Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo There was a genuine smile now spread across the Gryffindor's face, one of the few that showed her she still remembered what those were like. It was entirely because the Professor had promised to consider making dragons for another class. Now, Emm didn't expect Professor Carton to redo his entire curriculum on her whim, but it was nice to know sometimes your opinions still mattered. It wasn't often that she felt that way anymore. "Professor, Professor! One fun fact about what Avalon and Cece are saying is if you're not careful and don't concentrate enough or you bite off more than you can chew THEN you could have some half formed, weird looking mutant thing and you'll have to live with the fact you made that thing for the rest of your life." Probably. She didn't ever wanna make a half formed funny looking thing with ten eyes and 6 legs. Uh...that was just gonna be a no from her, thanks. "Whereas if you mess up a chair, it's no big deal. It's not gonna be squealing or squinting at you begging to be vanished--unless you're THAT bad at Transfiguration...then maybe your chair will have eyes." Gross. Believe it or not, Norman found it actually helpful to know his students’ interests. Students were more likely to stay engaged when they cared about the subject. He returned Miss Cambridge’s smile with a slight one of his own… a smile that came dangerously close to becoming a laugh at the thought of a chair with eyes. But there would be no breaking into giggles in front of the students today (or ever)! Some children were more sensitive than others and could interpret it the wrong way, and more importantly, laughter could draw attention from Rosier’s minions. “True on all counts, Miss Cambridge,” he said. “One would have to be very distracted to conjure a chair with eyes!” Text Cut: K. James Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Paying attention was so hard, especially when she didn't care much for the topic of the lesson. Conjuration was one of the most difficult branches of transfiguration. That's what Professor Carton said and it made Kinsay want to shut off immediately. She couldn't even do the regular branches of transfiguration. So the hardest kinds? Forget it. She wasn't going to try and fail in front of everyone. She simply wouldn't. Add to this the general lack of motivation that came from being... so sad all the time and, well, paying attention was just about a herculean task now. So once again, Kizzy found herself looking around their outdoor space - finding it to be far more interesting than the lesson itself. She wished she could go hide among the trees, they'd keep her safe. She was sure of it. Unfortunately, entertaining such thoughts caused her to entirely miss the question that their professor posed, but once Claudine mentioned conjuring baby sharks, Kinsay somewhat resubscribed to the lesson. *"Can we conjure baby sharks today, Professor? ..... Please?"* Could they have just one nice thing before they were shut back into their ~~box~~ Room? One good thing? Please? Speaking of distractions, Norman noticed the younger Miss James looking around the area, Usually he wouldn’t think much of it. If the students didn’t want to pay attention, that was their choice, one which their grades would reflect. As long as they weren’t disturbing others, he wouldn’t waste time and energy scolding them. He was a firm believer in picking one’s battles, but he also knew that a distracted student was vulnerable to intervention from the hooded horrors. “Eyes to the front please, Miss James,” he said, his tone firm but not unkind. Again with the sharks? Okay, he was definitely going to have to do a shark-related lesson sometime! “Not today,” he replied. “But I will consider that for another lesson.” Text Cut: P. James Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin KIZZY. Why was she so obsessed with those SHARKS? Phoebe choked back a laugh that might be a sob, but luckily it was mostly swallowed. Leave it to Kizzy to continue to be adorable in the face of all odds. Phoebe raised her hand. "I imagine keeping a conjured animal intact requires a lot of concentration and focus, which would be super hard to do if you were also fighting." Maybe? Was that a thing? What was that choked back noise? Norman couldn’t tell if it was supposed to be a laugh or a sob. Whatever it was, it got a confused eyebrow raise from him, but he would overlook it as long as it didn’t happen again. Instead, he focused on Miss James’s answer to the question. “You imagine correctly, Miss James,” he replied, nodding. “When conjuring animals, it’s important to maintain concentration even after casting the spell not only to keep the creature intact, but to make it do what you want.” Text Cut: Connolly Quote: Originally Posted by Nordic Witch SPOILER!!: Question 1 catch up Bella's mood dropped a little when Apollo didn’t show up, but atleast many of her housemates like Claudine, Tadhg and Fiona were there. Busying herself with getting her supplies out for the lesson helped to distract her thoughts from how things were at the moment. Was learning magic supposed to be like this? Had her parents lied to her when they had said that being at Hogwarts had been amazing for them? Bella focused on Professor Carton as he began the lesson. Yes, they knew who this unnamed enemy was. They were the cause of all the badness at school and not being able to write home. Anyways could they use both magical and muggle animals? Not wanting to anger anyone she chose a magical beast. Raising her hand the first year said. “I’d choose a chimera because they can both be a fierce and dangerous attacker or defender depending on the situation with their lion heads and dragon tails.” It was cool that nobody chose the same creature as someone else Bella thought to herself silently. The topic for today’s lesson was apparently conjuration, yikes that was advanced magic. Did Professor Carton really expect her to be able to conjure something into an animal and get it right as a first year? Trying not to panic Bella focused on answering the second question by raising her hand to answer, but unsure if she was right with her thinking. "Um, it’s harder to conjure an animal because it’s a living creature with vital organs that it needs. If an animal conjuration goes bad you could end up potentially injuring the animal if you mess up, and it doesn’t get a nose or only three legs instead of four. I think that a snake is easier to conjure than a dragon because it has only has a few organs." Norman was unsurprised to hear Miss Connolly offer yet another example of a large, aggressive magical creature as her answer to the first question. That answer earned the girl an approving nod and words of praise, just like the other students received, Her answer to the second question started out along the same lines as Miss Sinclair and Miss Summers’s, but just when he thought her answer would stay along those lines, she said something new. “Correct on all counts, Miss Connolly,” he replied. “Snakes are one of the simplest creatures to conjure.” But he’d come back to that in a minute. Norman’s blue-green eyes swept the areas in search of both more hands in the air and signs of Rosier’s minions watching. Upon seeing neither, he spoke to the class as a whole, *“Clearly you have a basic understanding of what makes conjuration, and particularly animal* conjuration, difficult, but just to recap…” He waved his wand at the blackboard, and the following points appeared on the board behind him as he said them. “Creatures have a more complex structure than objects, which means more that could go wrong or be left off. Visualization and concentration are vital to bring and keep the creature in existence and to make it do your bidding. Without that, incomplete conjurations and mutant hybrid creatures can result.” He paused to give the students time to take notes before continuing, “As Miss Connolly mentioned, snakes are one of the simplest types of creatures to conjure. The other type, and the one we’ll be focusing on today, is birds.”** Norman drew his wand, prepared to demonstrate the spell in question. “To conjure birds, we use the incantation Avis. The wand movement looks a bit like a stick figure drawing of a bird, like so…” He demonstrated the wand movement but didn’t cast the spell yet. There was one more thing the students needed to know before he did. “When cast, this spell will emit smoke and a loud blast. Don’t be alarmed - this is normal!” Only after giving the class ample warning did he make the bird-shaped wand movement and cast, *“Avis!”* With a loud BANG and a puff of smoke, a flock of birds - blue with cranberry red chests, which some observant students might recognize as the Ilvermorny school colors - shot out of the tip of Norman’s wand. They chirped, flying above the students’ heads and perched in the trees along the edge of the Forbidden Forest. “Now, take a few minutes to practice the incantation and wand movement, and visualize the kind of bird you’d like to conjure. Think about its size, color, and body proportions. When you have your concept in mind, come to the front to get a birdcage -” With a flick of his wand, he levitated the boxes out from behind the board, and he opened them up to reveal several bird cages inside. “-and fill it with as many conjured birds as you can before time runs out. You may work by yourself or with a partner, your choice. You have fifteen minutes starting… NOW!” OOC: Thanks for sticking with me! We’ve reached the mini activity. To receive full credit, your character needs to: 1. Practice the incantation and wand movement for the spell Avis. 2. Visualize a type of bird to conjure (The more detailed the description, the better!) 3. Collect a bird cage 4. Attempt to fill the cage with conjured birds. Working in pairs/groups is allowed, but each person must attempt the spell. (You are allowed to RP the outcome of your spells. Spell attempts DO NOT have to be successful to receive credit) You’ll have AT LEAST 60 HOURS for the mini activity. As always, feel free to PM me with any questions. __________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...