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ArianaBlack · 06-24-2021, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Dahlia really didn't mind helping clean up. In fact she was rather enjoying herself. There was something about organizing things that she found somewhat calming at times. Helping to separate the stuffies with the stuffies. Orange items went to Apollo. Cars, trains and planes all went together. Everything had a place.

Ooooh, they were moving on now? Darn. She had been enjoying herself and they still hadn't located the markers yet. As Professor Schmoe spoke about gadgets and gizmos, Lia couldn't help but find herself humming a tune very very softly under her breath to herself. Then they were told to find something and explain what they thought it was. So when she spotted a lone fork, YES a FORK lying around it sent the formerly humming twelve year old into a near fit of hysterical giggles.

Lia couldn't help but pick it up along with what looked to be a toy dinosaur with its back missing but it was actually a taco holder! The only reason she knew this was because she herself had one when she was little and now her nieces and nephews had them. Returning to her desk and sitting down with the items she raised her hand and waited to be called on. She gave only her answer about the taco holding dino and not the fork which was known as a Dinglehopper to Scuttle and Ariel in one of her favorite movies. She had been so tempted to joke about it buuuuut she wasnt sure Schmoe would like that during his lesson.

When Tadhg handed her the orange pencil case she smiled at him. Opening it she saw only pencils inside. Well they could keep looking later.

"Spilling something on our shirt," Lia replied when she was called on. "We can fix that easily but they would be stuck with a messy shirt for the day."

Bless her. The help was very much appreciated. Schmoe much appreciation. Heh.

Er. AnYwAy.

"Quite true! There are, er, there are on the go stain removers, but er... Perhaps there might be more effective tools for navigating this problem, eh?" Hint hint hint. Aka. If she wanted to use this as inspiration for the next bit of class, it was a wonderful idea to go off of. Schmoe approved.

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Originally Posted by natethegreat

Kayne smiled and laughed at Ash's comment about the stuffed animal that he had thrown. Some people just didn't have as quick of a reaction time as himself apparently, but that was fine. It's not like it was a hard object that could have caused harm, or even worse...accidentally breaking something. Now that would have most likely landed him in detention.

Once again, Kayne found himself smirking as the Professor's question gave himself another opportunity to riff off of the incident that had just previously occurred. Also, he was grateful for Schmoe giving the lost points back. He nodded as a gesture of thanks, and with a hand raised, the boy stated "Well I think a prime example of that is what I tried to do." A sly smile starting to cross Kayne's face. He continued by adding "Us wizards and witches can easily attempt to find a lost object or grab one that's far away via the use of the summoning. Whereas muggles would have to go find the objects themselves, just like how we did a second ago." Even though Kayne had somewhat of an obsession with himself, the boy still wasn't afraid to joke about mistakes that he made to make light of the situations.

Yes, let's not break anything today. Please. It had already been a long day, no need to make it any more difficult.

"This is, er, this is an excellent example," he bobbed his head as he thought it through. "It does save a lot of time to, er, just summon things." As they showcased just moments ago. Perhaps Kayne wanted to keep his answer in mind for the activity?

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Misa raised her hand. "Healing wounds!" she offered. "Muggles have to deal with the time it takes for the body to heal from like... a paper cut or a broken arm. We've got spells for those."

Which was one of the things she'd always choose magic over doing it herself. Cooking and baking she'd keep magic out of.

"That is... true, yes, though... Er. I think I might categorize wounds as a little more than just an inconvenience... Without magic, I er. I suppose." Perhaps with magic, it could be considered an inconvenience though. It just. Er. It wasn't exactly what he had in mind. BUT he appreciated the creativity. Could always count on the Ravenclaws for that!

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Originally Posted by astrocat

"Fine," Ash sighed. "As long as you promise to grade our work with glitter pens." Schmoe should be more excited about sparkly glitter pens. If he didn't want them, could she keep them? Or give them to her friends? That would be cool. No? Okay.

Inconveniences? How inconvenient could these inconveniences be?

"Injures!" Her favorite subject, or at least the one she brought up the most. "To add on to what Misa said, wizards can just fix broken bones and big cuts pretty fast, but muggles can't. That doesn't mean they're not good at fixing it though. They have all sorts of medicines and inventions that are designed to help. Like tourniquets." And Ash could talk about this ALL DAY if she had the option. Did anybody here know what a tourniquet is? They would soon! And band-aids, and casts, and x-rays. And all the best ways to fix minor injuries. They were going to learn ALL THE THINGS! When Ash had the motivation to tell them. HA HA HA HA HA.

"I, er, I will think about it," he smiled. And y'know what? He'd do it too. Maybe some glittered marks on their assignments would break up some of that monotony that could be schoolwork, eh? Schmoe didn't see anything wrong with it.

"That is, yes, that is quite true, Ms. Fox!" As always, he was very proud of the contribution that muggleborn students made in their class. Hopefully the others were listening closely. "Though, er, perhaps injuries are a little more than just an inconvenience.." Which was what he had tried to suggest in addressing Misa's answer too.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

Oops, Schmoe seemed just as startled as she was about the object… that apparently could also cut pizzas? Huh… that seemed pretty smart, to be honest. Remy was pleased the Professor took it away from her.

She raised her hand quickly after the second question. She WAS going to mention the same answer that Kayne had used, the summoning of objects. But not wanting to elaborate the Slytherin’s answer, she went with something else. “My sister sometimes uses magic to finish the housework.” Remy smiled. “Cleaning, tidying, washing the dishes.” It was always impressive to see a kitchen all by itself.

"Housework!" Finneas raised his left index finger into the air! A PRIME example, this was! "It, er, it does make a thorough clean much easier. A flick of the wrist, eh?" Thank Merlin for kitchen cleaning tools. Oooft. There was nothing a Swiffer couldn't do.

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Seeing the thumbs up from Professor Schmoe, Heath couldn't help but feel a bit pleased with himself. He acknowledged the gesture with a polite nod. So… were they supposed to keep cleaning or could they stop now that they'd found the markers? Unsure what to do, he placed the egg separator neatly on a shelf in the storage cupboard and looked to the front, awaiting further instruction.

He considered the question carefully, his mind buzzing with muggle inconveniences that he could use as answers. But which one should he give? Eyes landing on the egg separator once more, his thought turned to cooking. "Would waiting for one's food be considered an inconvenience?" he said after raising his hand. "We have spells to heat our food to the perfect temperature instantly, but muggles must wait for it to cook." Was that answer too out there? He felt like it was. Yeah, he was just gonna… keep quiet now.

"Yes, that does count, one hundred and ten percent, Mr. Jones," he replied with a firm bob of the head. "Muggle microwaves can help with that, er, in only a matter of seconds! .... Depending on the quality of the microwave, of course." Some of them were like dinosaurs.

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Originally Posted by Watson

Size of a carton? She changed the imaginary shape of the object with her hands to mimic said object. More rectangular less square and boxy but very orange.

Well that should be pretty easy to find, right?

Uhhhhh… five minutes later she wanted to take that thought back. She wished it were metal…. Well. It wasn’t as simple as she had anticipated! But Schmoe was schmoeing them on with the class.

Next she eyed the objects that the Professor pointed to and they were certainly an eclectic menagerie of things. Being muggleborn herself, she was very familiar with all the objects except the one that was like a cone. Was it a hat or an elaborate mask? She blinked, trying her best to understand it. Nothing came to mind.

Schmoe’s next question gave her pause. What can a magic spell do to solve some annoying Muggle inconveniences? She tried to think of things her parents and grandparents always asked her to find. “Well muggles have to get up to find a remote if they placed it in the wrong place. A wizard or witch can simply cast the summoning charm and it will come to them. Left your soda over at the kitchen bench- oh just wait! We have a solution. No need to get up from your cosy movie watching position!”

"Excellent example, Ms. Nam," he grinned. She was quite good at painting a picture too. The sales pitch would come in handy for their next ... activity. But, er, spoilers. They'd get to those in a moment.

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Originally Posted by MadAlice

"Lifting heavy things," Violet said, vividly remembering lugging those suitcases up and down the stairs of Muggle hotels, usually in the dead of night when her father was trying to sneak out without paying his bill. "and making a space bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. Those little Muggle tents are really that small, inside and out."

Finneas nodded along as Ms. Blackthorne offered her answer. "Both great examples. Er. Having an extension charm sure comes in handy when needing to pack for travels." This was mighty true.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

There certainly were a lot of weird contraptions here. Claudine could tell that, much like her, a fair few of her classmates had ventured guesses as to what said contraptions might be used for. Naturally Schmoe sorted them all out. She looked blankly at the thingy she was holding. So that’s what it was used for. Claudine nodded her understanding at Schmoe.

Muggle inconveniences… there were quite a few and Claudine listened to a few as she thought of one of her own. She raised her hand to be called upon and when she was, Claudine said, “To fix inanimate objects. If something breaks, we can use Reparo but Muggles would sometimes have to throw out that object. Especially if it’s damaged beyond repair.’’

Finneas offered Ms. Blaze a twitchy smile. "Er. Yes. That does happen quite a bit. Thankfully some repairs can make use of glue, but. Er. Not all. Especially when there is quite a significant amount." She made good points all around.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Nem was fine and content back at their original table, having done their part with collecting and returning the fidget spinners, ready to sit the rest of this one out. Nothing personal to Finneas Schmoe, it was just that Nem's interest waned with every passing second, no matter where they were or what they were doing, and they didn't have much to work with in the first place. Best for their professors to have no further expectations than for them to just turn up, sit quietly, and leave at the very end of the lesson. At least the Headsman had no grounds to have them make up all their missed classes - unnecessarily, mind you, and wasting their time in the process.

Suffice it to say, Nem didn't move or speak when the time came to start exploring the muggle gadgets and tools, only watched the others dispassionately and idly tried to work out if they'd have cared about any of this last week, last month, last year, or maybe the year before. Impossible to say.

Propping their chin up in one hand, and tracing triangles on the desk with the index finger of the other, Nem maintained their silence as the class continued. They could think of several things, actually, numerous annoying inconveniences that could be solved with simple spells, approximately half of which they knew were best left unsaid right now. For instance, if there was a hypothetical individual who wanted to study thestrals, it would be annoyingly inconvenient if they couldn't actually see them. One simple spell - quick flash of green light - and the problem was solved, and maybe that hypothetical individual would have all sorts of doors opened for them, even without factoring the thestrals in. It was almost immaterial in this context, because though muggles could see the creatures if they met that major requirement, most didn't know about them, let alone covet the chance to study them.

Would have been a valid answer all the same.

And. Er. Y'know what?

Finneas was fine and content with them there too. As long as they were showing up to classes, that er. That was ... good enough for the moment being. It was a big ask of the Upsteads in general, it seemed.

And silence sat more comfortably for Finneas than that............ alternative answer would have. So. Er. Yes. AnYwAy. It was for the best. #blessed.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

Her Lego Eiffel tower was coming along beautifully. It's been a while since the redhead has gotten her hands on some of these.

Thinking about Schmoe's question, Serena's mind took a trip down memory lane. She was as pureblood as old pureblood families came. She lived by pureblood standards and traditions, even some practiced by ancestors from centuries ago (which were secret), but she was also raised in muggle standards and traditions. Her godfather came from a mixed home, and so, Serena grew up in both worlds. Yet, she honored her pureblood heritage.

Her eyes skimmed the items around her and she recognized 80% of them. The weird headphones-mouth thing. She had no idea what that was, but assumed it was to hear your own breath.

As for annoying inconveniences, she had plenty of examples. Pleeeeeeeenty of them. "Accidental fires," she shared, hoping to catch Lisa's eyes. She knew this story because it was the first one Serena ever shared with her. "For example, if someone is making pancakes and something catches fire, a wizard can quickly put it out on the spot."

Finneas was a fan of the lego towers. Perhaps next lesson they could, er, they could take a break from the curriculum and spend a day building lego cities. Wouldn't that be fun?

But, er, anyway. He was curious to hear what Serena had to say and her answer certainly did not disappoint. "Fire extinguishers do take a lot longer than a flick of the wand, I must, er, I must agree with you there!"

Finneas made his way to center ~~stage~~ classroom, bumbling about and trying not to trip over any of the fallen items... that were still occupying so much space. He'd, er, he'd really have to do a deep clean after the lesson, it seemed. But, er, aNyWaY. He was very impressed by the depth of everyone's answers, and tried to smile properly to indicate as much.

"Now, er, keeping these inconveniences in mind, I'd like us all to put on our ~ thinking caps ~ today, as we step into the shoes of muggle inventors!" How exciting did this sound? He paused for all the cheering, which would obviously take place. Yes. Woo. Go class! "I'd like you all to start by deciding on a muggle inconvenience and, er, from there, you can brainstorm a new invention that could help with it. You can, er, you can design a poster or come up with a skit for the purpose of, er, explaining the invention to the class later."

He paused to look around the room. "Feel free to go back to your desks to do this, I'll, er, I'll have some poster board on my desk! And oh! Don't forget to give your invention a name and a design!"

OOC: hihi! For the main activity, Schmoe is asking your kiddos to think of a muggle inconvenience and create an invention that could help fix it! Students need to either a) make a poster or b) brainstorm a little skit about the invention. Be sure to give the invention a name!

We'll be moving on in 48 hours to do sales pitches!

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ArianaBlack Assistant Forum Manager Quibbler & Newbie Mod DMLE & DMT Ashwinder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: #6e5f57 \|#ff5470 Posts: 13,677 Hogwarts RPG Name: Alfie Adair Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Laini Gracae-Ryans Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name: Tomasz Łaska Law Enforcement x10 x1	doesn't proofread tweets \| #wrongaboutcereal \| #siriusly? \| emo to the extremo SPOILER!!: Repliiiiiies Quote: Originally Posted by Kolyander Dahlia really didn't mind helping clean up. In fact she was rather enjoying herself. There was something about organizing things that she found somewhat calming at times. Helping to separate the stuffies with the stuffies. Orange items went to Apollo. Cars, trains and planes all went together. Everything had a place. Ooooh, they were moving on now? Darn. She had been enjoying herself and they still hadn't located the markers yet. As Professor Schmoe spoke about gadgets and gizmos, Lia couldn't help but find herself humming a tune very very softly under her breath to herself. Then they were told to find something and explain what they thought it was. So when she spotted a lone fork, YES a FORK lying around it sent the formerly humming twelve year old into a near fit of hysterical giggles. Lia couldn't help but pick it up along with what looked to be a toy dinosaur with its back missing but it was actually a taco holder! The only reason she knew this was because she herself had one when she was little and now her nieces and nephews had them. Returning to her desk and sitting down with the items she raised her hand and waited to be called on. She gave only her answer about the taco holding dino and not the fork which was known as a Dinglehopper to Scuttle and Ariel in one of her favorite movies. She had been so tempted to joke about it buuuuut she wasnt sure Schmoe would like that during his lesson. When Tadhg handed her the orange pencil case she smiled at him. Opening it she saw only pencils inside. Well they could keep looking later. "Spilling something on our shirt," Lia replied when she was called on. "We can fix that easily but they would be stuck with a messy shirt for the day." Bless her. The help was very much appreciated. Schmoe much appreciation. Heh. Er. AnYwAy. "Quite true! There are, er, there are on the go stain removers, but er... Perhaps there might be more effective tools for navigating this problem, eh?" Hint hint hint. Aka. If she wanted to use this as inspiration for the next bit of class, it was a wonderful idea to go off of. Schmoe approved. Quote: Originally Posted by natethegreat Kayne smiled and laughed at Ash's comment about the stuffed animal that he had thrown. Some people just didn't have as quick of a reaction time as himself apparently, but that was fine. It's not like it was a hard object that could have caused harm, or even worse...accidentally breaking something. Now that would have most likely landed him in detention. Once again, Kayne found himself smirking as the Professor's question gave himself another opportunity to riff off of the incident that had just previously occurred. Also, he was grateful for Schmoe giving the lost points back. He nodded as a gesture of thanks, and with a hand raised, the boy stated "Well I think a prime example of that is what I tried to do." A sly smile starting to cross Kayne's face. He continued by adding "Us wizards and witches can easily attempt to find a lost object or grab one that's far away via the use of the summoning. Whereas muggles would have to go find the objects themselves, just like how we did a second ago." Even though Kayne had somewhat of an obsession with himself, the boy still wasn't afraid to joke about mistakes that he made to make light of the situations. Yes, let's not break anything today. Please. It had already been a long day, no need to make it any more difficult. "This is, er, this is an excellent example," he bobbed his head as he thought it through. "It does save a lot of time to, er, just summon things." As they showcased just moments ago. Perhaps Kayne wanted to keep his answer in mind for the activity? Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Misa raised her hand. "Healing wounds!" she offered. "Muggles have to deal with the time it takes for the body to heal from like... a paper cut or a broken arm. We've got spells for those." Which was one of the things she'd always choose magic over doing it herself. Cooking and baking she'd keep magic out of. "That is... true, yes, though... Er. I think I might categorize wounds as a little more than just an inconvenience... Without magic, I er. I suppose." Perhaps with magic, it could be considered an inconvenience though. It just. Er. It wasn't exactly what he had in mind. BUT he appreciated the creativity. Could always count on the Ravenclaws for that! Quote: Originally Posted by astrocat "Fine," Ash sighed. "As long as you promise to grade our work with glitter pens." Schmoe should be more excited about sparkly glitter pens. If he didn't want them, could she keep them? Or give them to her friends? That would be cool. No? Okay. Inconveniences? How inconvenient could these inconveniences be? "Injures!" Her favorite subject, or at least the one she brought up the most. "To add on to what Misa said, wizards can just fix broken bones and big cuts pretty fast, but muggles can't. That doesn't mean they're not good at fixing it though. They have all sorts of medicines and inventions that are designed to help. Like tourniquets." And Ash could talk about this ALL DAY if she had the option. Did anybody here know what a tourniquet is? They would soon! And band-aids, and casts, and x-rays. And all the best ways to fix minor injuries. They were going to learn ALL THE THINGS! When Ash had the motivation to tell them. HA HA HA HA HA. "I, er, I will think about it," he smiled. And y'know what? He'd do it too. Maybe some glittered marks on their assignments would break up some of that monotony that could be schoolwork, eh? Schmoe didn't see anything wrong with it. "That is, yes, that is quite true, Ms. Fox!" As always, he was very proud of the contribution that muggleborn students made in their class. Hopefully the others were listening closely. "Though, er, perhaps injuries are a little more than just an inconvenience.." Which was what he had tried to suggest in addressing Misa's answer too. Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily Oops, Schmoe seemed just as startled as she was about the object… that apparently could also cut pizzas? Huh… that seemed pretty smart, to be honest. Remy was pleased the Professor took it away from her. She raised her hand quickly after the second question. She WAS going to mention the same answer that Kayne had used, the summoning of objects. But not wanting to elaborate the Slytherin’s answer, she went with something else. “My sister sometimes uses magic to finish the housework.” Remy smiled. “Cleaning, tidying, washing the dishes.” It was always impressive to see a kitchen all by itself. "Housework!" Finneas raised his left index finger into the air! A PRIME example, this was! "It, er, it does make a thorough clean much easier. A flick of the wrist, eh?" Thank Merlin for kitchen cleaning tools. Oooft. There was nothing a Swiffer couldn't do. Quote: Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Seeing the thumbs up from Professor Schmoe, Heath couldn't help but feel a bit pleased with himself. He acknowledged the gesture with a polite nod. So… were they supposed to keep cleaning or could they stop now that they'd found the markers? Unsure what to do, he placed the egg separator neatly on a shelf in the storage cupboard and looked to the front, awaiting further instruction. He considered the question carefully, his mind buzzing with muggle inconveniences that he could use as answers. But which one should he give? Eyes landing on the egg separator once more, his thought turned to cooking. "Would waiting for one's food be considered an inconvenience?" he said after raising his hand. "We have spells to heat our food to the perfect temperature instantly, but muggles must wait for it to cook." Was that answer too out there? He felt like it was. Yeah, he was just gonna… keep quiet now. "Yes, that does count, one hundred and ten percent, Mr. Jones," he replied with a firm bob of the head. "Muggle microwaves can help with that, er, in only a matter of seconds! .... Depending on the quality of the microwave, of course." Some of them were like dinosaurs. Quote: Originally Posted by Watson Size of a carton? She changed the imaginary shape of the object with her hands to mimic said object. More rectangular less square and boxy but very orange. Well that should be pretty easy to find, right? Uhhhhh… five minutes later she wanted to take that thought back. She wished it were metal…. Well. It wasn’t as simple as she had anticipated! But Schmoe was schmoeing them on with the class. Next she eyed the objects that the Professor pointed to and they were certainly an eclectic menagerie of things. Being muggleborn herself, she was very familiar with all the objects except the one that was like a cone. Was it a hat or an elaborate mask? She blinked, trying her best to understand it. Nothing came to mind. Schmoe’s next question gave her pause. What can a magic spell do to solve some annoying Muggle inconveniences? She tried to think of things her parents and grandparents always asked her to find. “Well muggles have to get up to find a remote if they placed it in the wrong place. A wizard or witch can simply cast the summoning charm and it will come to them. Left your soda over at the kitchen bench- oh just wait! We have a solution. No need to get up from your cosy movie watching position!” "Excellent example, Ms. Nam," he grinned. She was quite good at painting a picture too. The sales pitch would come in handy for their next ... activity. But, er, spoilers. They'd get to those in a moment. Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice "Lifting heavy things," Violet said, vividly remembering lugging those suitcases up and down the stairs of Muggle hotels, usually in the dead of night when her father was trying to sneak out without paying his bill. "and making a space bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. Those little Muggle tents are really that small, inside and out." Finneas nodded along as Ms. Blackthorne offered her answer. "Both great examples. Er. Having an extension charm sure comes in handy when needing to pack for travels." This was mighty true. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 There certainly were a lot of weird contraptions here. Claudine could tell that, much like her, a fair few of her classmates had ventured guesses as to what said contraptions might be used for. Naturally Schmoe sorted them all out. She looked blankly at the thingy she was holding. So that’s what it was used for. Claudine nodded her understanding at Schmoe. Muggle inconveniences… there were quite a few and Claudine listened to a few as she thought of one of her own. She raised her hand to be called upon and when she was, Claudine said, “To fix inanimate objects. If something breaks, we can use Reparo but Muggles would sometimes have to throw out that object. Especially if it’s damaged beyond repair.’’ Finneas offered Ms. Blaze a twitchy smile. "Er. Yes. That does happen quite a bit. Thankfully some repairs can make use of glue, but. Er. Not all. Especially when there is quite a significant amount." She made good points all around. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Nem was fine and content back at their original table, having done their part with collecting and returning the fidget spinners, ready to sit the rest of this one out. Nothing personal to Finneas Schmoe, it was just that Nem's interest waned with every passing second, no matter where they were or what they were doing, and they didn't have much to work with in the first place. Best for their professors to have no further expectations than for them to just turn up, sit quietly, and leave at the very end of the lesson. At least the Headsman had no grounds to have them make up all their missed classes - unnecessarily, mind you, and wasting their time in the process. Suffice it to say, Nem didn't move or speak when the time came to start exploring the muggle gadgets and tools, only watched the others dispassionately and idly tried to work out if they'd have cared about any of this last week, last month, last year, or maybe the year before. Impossible to say. Propping their chin up in one hand, and tracing triangles on the desk with the index finger of the other, Nem maintained their silence as the class continued. They could think of several things, actually, numerous annoying inconveniences that could be solved with simple spells, approximately half of which they knew were best left unsaid right now. For instance, if there was a hypothetical individual who wanted to study thestrals, it would be annoyingly inconvenient if they couldn't actually see them. One simple spell - quick flash of green light - and the problem was solved, and maybe that hypothetical individual would have all sorts of doors opened for them, even without factoring the thestrals in. It was almost immaterial in this context, because though muggles could see the creatures if they met that major requirement, most didn't know about them, let alone covet the chance to study them. Would have been a valid answer all the same. And. Er. Y'know what? Finneas was fine and content with them there too. As long as they were showing up to classes, that er. That was ... good enough for the moment being. It was a big ask of the Upsteads in general, it seemed. And silence sat more comfortably for Finneas than that............ alternative answer would have. So. Er. Yes. AnYwAy. It was for the best. #blessed. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz Her Lego Eiffel tower was coming along beautifully. It's been a while since the redhead has gotten her hands on some of these. Thinking about Schmoe's question, Serena's mind took a trip down memory lane. She was as pureblood as old pureblood families came. She lived by pureblood standards and traditions, even some practiced by ancestors from centuries ago (which were secret), but she was also raised in muggle standards and traditions. Her godfather came from a mixed home, and so, Serena grew up in both worlds. Yet, she honored her pureblood heritage. Her eyes skimmed the items around her and she recognized 80% of them. The weird headphones-mouth thing. She had no idea what that was, but assumed it was to hear your own breath. As for annoying inconveniences, she had plenty of examples. Pleeeeeeeenty of them. "Accidental fires," she shared, hoping to catch Lisa's eyes. She knew this story because it was the first one Serena ever shared with her. "For example, if someone is making pancakes and something catches fire, a wizard can quickly put it out on the spot." Finneas was a fan of the lego towers. Perhaps next lesson they could, er, they could take a break from the curriculum and spend a day building lego cities. Wouldn't that be fun? But, er, anyway. He was curious to hear what Serena had to say and her answer certainly did not disappoint. "Fire extinguishers do take a lot longer than a flick of the wand, I must, er, I must agree with you there!" Finneas made his way to center ~~stage~~ classroom, bumbling about and trying not to trip over any of the fallen items... that were still occupying so much space. He'd, er, he'd really have to do a deep clean after the lesson, it seemed. But, er, aNyWaY. He was very impressed by the depth of everyone's answers, and tried to smile properly to indicate as much. "Now, er, keeping these inconveniences in mind, I'd like us all to put on our ~ thinking caps ~ today, as we step into the shoes of muggle inventors!" How exciting did this sound? He paused for all the cheering, which would obviously take place. Yes. Woo. Go class! "I'd like you all to start by deciding on a muggle inconvenience and, er, from there, you can brainstorm a new invention that could help with it. You can, er, you can design a poster or come up with a skit for the purpose of, er, explaining the invention to the class later." He paused to look around the room. "Feel free to go back to your desks to do this, I'll, er, I'll have some poster board on my desk! And oh! Don't forget to give your invention a name and a design!" OOC: hihi! For the main activity, Schmoe is asking your kiddos to think of a muggle inconvenience and create an invention that could help fix it! Students need to either a) make a poster or b) brainstorm a little skit about the invention. Be sure to give the invention a name! We'll be moving on in 48 hours to do sales pitches! __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Lemon!