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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Norman A. Carton
Graduated

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Desiree Y. Marchand
Hufflepuff
Seventh Year

Ministry RPG Name:
Gaston A.L. Marchand
Minister's Office

Ministry RPG Name:
Normandie A. Carton
Law Enforcement
Default Question 2
Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll

SPOILER!!: Individual replies ^_^
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Charlie had busied himself getting his materials out for the lesson. By the time Will made an appearance, the Hufflepuff’s notebook, textbook and writing apparatus were out. He threw his younger friend a lazy grin and mounted back, “Hey, Will!’’ but in Swedish. William was one of the few persons he could actually converse with in the language. Then Keighley made her appearance, taking another seat beside him. All Char was missing now was one Dennis Walles, and he’d have been surrounded by the persons closest to him. “Hi, Keigh! Hi, Alfie!” Char noticed his roommate checking out the posters. “Some are rather spooky, don’t you think?”

Suddenly Carton was standing before them all. Human Carton, that is. Happy almost-Halloween to you too, Professor. While the man’s dog form seemed to have had nothing to do with Halloween, it did with disguising one’s appearance. “Another method is by changing one’s hair. The texture, the colour, even the style. I could take up a green mohawk, for example.’’ He looked over at Keighley, wondering what his girlfriend would think of that look.
Right off the bat, the students were off to a good start. Norman called on the first hand he saw, and Bergstrand’s answer earned an approving nod. “I believe you may be thinking of the spell Crinis Muto,” he replied. “Excellent example, Mr. Bergstrand.”

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Remy had, of course, been here all along. In fact, one of the very first to arrive at her absolute favourite class. She had been distracted by the Halloween themed posters and thought they were just positively awesome, and almost completely missed Professor Carton in his animagus form.

The first question was easy. She WAS going to choose her favourite form of appearance altering transfiguration, the hair changing spell, but someone - CHARLIE - got there first. Her smile faded, but thankfully Remy had back up answers. “The Multicorfors Spell, Professor.” She said simply. “It’s spell designed to change colour and style of the target, or your own, outfit. Perfect for making a quick disguise.”

She would be happy to demonstrate, of course.
Gaeltheos’s answer went in a slightly different but no less correct direction, and it likewise got a nod of approval. “Yes, changing one’s outfit can count as a disguise,” Norman said. “Very good, Miss Gaeltheos.”

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When she'd entered with the rest of the student, Vera had had to keep her head down and hurry to a seat when she'd noticed Carton in his dog form. Something told her that petting an animagi Professor was probably frowned upon and she wasn't looking to risk it and get into detention this early.

Thankfully she didn't have to contemplate going up and touching the dog anyways, as class began and there stood Carton in his fully human form - already encouraging them to think so early in the lesson. What did Hogwarts teachers have against jumping straight to lectures so she could zone out? But.. at least she had an answer. Hand shot up and she waited to be called on. "Canary creams are a type of transfiguration and a candy that can momentarily turn the person who eats it into a bird." Which was arguably useless, but there were other type of transfiguration spells she didn't know the names of that did much of the similar.
Well this took a turn! Norman blinked, slightly taken aback by Thanatos’s answer. While it was technically correct, he couldn’t think of a situation in which the one minute transformations the candy caused would be useful. Maybe the girl saw something he didn’t. Either way, he had to give her credit for thinking outside the box. “Yes,” he replied. “Can you think of a scenario where such a short transformation would be useful?” For the record, he wasn’t trying to burst her bubble; he was genuinely curious.

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Whispers in the corridors occasionally equated Mitsuki to having a Halloween aesthetic every day. While she was fond of the holiday, this was quite the narrowminded conclusion based on ignorance. It bothered her little (read: on occasionally quite a lot but the people who mattered did not draw such conclusions) but she did make a little effort to accentuate her style more so than she would usually. With some quick wand work, the fifth her had given herself a set of ram horns adorned with blue roses. The roses were, somewhat, in homage to the floral crown gift Peeves had bestowed upon her a couple of terms ago but mostly because she had acquired a certain fondness for them recently. She would have chosen daffodils, but they were a bit too vibrant a contract to her Ravenclaw robes. Should there be other festivities, and Mercer wished to attend, then she could make the appropriate changes.

She hadn't so much as flinched at Professor Carlton's reveal seeing as she had grown quite accustomed to professors seeming to wish to ensure that students knew about their ability and had simply settled into her seat to organize her things. She did fuss a little with her bangs, a simple attempt to fluff them somewhat, as the professor began the lesson and...well...she was quite literally a walking example of ways in which one could use transfiguration for cosmetic purposes. The same sort of result could be produced with a Dark charm too, however.

"Switching spells," she offered upon raising her hand. "One could switch a part of their body with that of a creature to alter their appearance." Or as a defensive measure if used on an opponent, which is what her mother's dueling technique had been so she had heard.
Rasting’s example - or examples, if one counted her horns - got a slight smile from Norman. “Yes! Excellent example, Miss Rasting,” he replied. “Out of curiosity, did you use a switching spell to create your horns?” Normally he wasn’t fussed by students’ fashion, but he could appreciate a skillful display of magic.

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An Animagus transformation was always fascinating to watch, no matter how many times she had seen it before. Becoming one was something Kayla had tossed around in her mind a few times, but never too seriously. However, it always became a more intriguing idea whenever she got to see it in person. Perhaps...

But she wouldn't let that thought distract her right now. She needed to suggest something else as an answer. "I suppose the Melofors Jinx could work," she said, after raising her hand. "Encasing your head in a pumpkin isn't particularly subtle, but it will cover up your face." Not particularly useful unless you were planning to hide in a pumpkin patch, or perhaps among autumn decorations in general. But it was an option, however narrow its use.
Here was another outside-the-box idea! Not necessarily the most practical one, but it was rather amusing to imagine someone wandering around with their head encased in a pumpkin. The thought may have gotten a slight smile from Norman. “As long as you stood still or could see out of the pumpkin, it might,” he replied. “Thank you, Miss Cloud.”

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How exciting, transfig- before Halloween. Folake filed in hidden amongst the older kids and greeted the big dog with a toothy grin. Clearly, their professor was having some Halloween fun -her mother would not approve and her father would goodnaturedly laugh it off but ultimately think the man was a bit of a show-off- and fitted herself neatly at the front of the class, unloading her quills (the favourite with ostrich feather and the backup, a flamingo pink), ink and her transfiguration notebook, a multicoloured thing chosen to represent the class.

She wanted to put her best foot forward for her first year and had been sitting at the front of every single class, often sneaking around her peers to get to prime spots before they could sit- resulting in them sitting on her lap in shock. Her tutors impressed upon her that making a good first impression was the most important thing for Hogwarts students and her father had hired the best British wizards to teach her what she needed to know about British culture.

Professor Carton asked his first question and Folake's quill went to work writing down his question and a few of the answers she thought best answered the question -some of her classmates didn't actually answer his question and were clearly showing off knowledge he didn't actually ask for. Yea, we get it, you're a seventh-year and still can't do as you're asked. Folake rolled her eyes, scratching the quill across the page. She would ignore those the professor didn't cosign. She was prone to taking unnecessary notes, often writing exactly what her professors said, word for word. She had the best notes in that regard.
Norman’s bluish-green eyes swept the room in search of more hands in the air, momentarily lingering on Otedola. He didn’t mind quiet as long as the students were paying attention, which he could tell the girl was if the notes were any indication.

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Scared? Brandon wasn't scared. He didn't get scared of things. Especially not posters...

It took Brandon a really long time to formulate his answer. Which was hard, because people said answers while he was thinking and then he had to come up with new answers. Eventually, he found one that he thought was good. "Horace Slughorn turned himself into an armchair to hide from death eaters. I don't understand how he got back." But it was definitely transfiguration. Perhaps a more depressing answer than some of the others... but it was transfiguration, so it worked.

Now Brandon was off in his own little world. He was thinking about death eaters, and then he was thinking about the war, and then he was thinking about other things that were his own business. He was a little zoned out.
Fox had raised an important point about transfiguring into inanimate objects. “Correct, Mr. Fox. And I’m glad you brought that up,” Norman said with a nod. “Slughorn would’ve had to retain enough human consciousness when he transfigured himself, so he’d be able to turn himself back.”

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Darn ... the Professor had mentioned animagus already - so there went that idea. It was really the best idea ... really. "I suppose you could transigure into things besides animals right? Like he said" She pointed at Brandon though she didn't know the boys name. "So you could transfigure into anything to hide."
Bixby’s answer was along the same lines as Fox’s and likewise got an approving nod. “You could,” Norman replied, “but you would need to have either enough consciousness to transfigure yourself back or a buddy to do it for you.”

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Damien had to give that one some thought. "Changing clothes, I suppose." Though he didn't actually know the spell to do it. "Oh! Could you transfigure something into a mask! Like for masquerade balls!" He did love those back at the encampment.
At first Norman thought Beta-Erikson’s answer was going to be a repeat of Gaeltheos’s, but he was pleasantly surprised when the boy mentioned transfiguring masks. Masquerade balls, on the other hand… those had been his late wife’s thing more than his own, but now was not the time to think about that! “You could,” he said, nodding. “Very good, Mr. Beta-Erikson.”


Seeing no more hands in the air, Norman took that as his cue to move on. “Good job, everyone,” he addressed the group. “You’ve provided some examples of disguises, which we can separate into five basic categories…” With a wave of his wand, the following list appeared on the board behind him:

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Changing physical characteristics (hair, eye color, height, etc.)
Changing outfits (Multicorfors, masks)
Switching spells (switching a characteristic with that of a creature)
Animal transformations (animagus, canary creams)
Inanimate object transformations
“For today, we’re going to focus on this one…” he continued. With another wave of his wand, a circle appeared around the top item on the list. Changing physical characteristics. We’ll be covering three spells to do just that, but before we get into the demonstration, here’s some questions to consider. What are some advantages and disadvantages to changing one’s physical characteristics with transfiguration? In which situations do you think this method of disguise would be useful? Which ones would one of the other options on this list be more effective?”

OOC: So sorry for the delay! Work & Peeves put me way behind schedule. For question 2, your student may answer any or all of the three questions Carton asked. You’ll have ABOUT 24 HOURS for this one.
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