 Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - ❄ Lunar Library Lurker ❄ - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror
Professor Gert watched as each of the students began to try their hand at the spell without too much trouble. The woman slowly and absently pacing from one side of the bleachers to the other as the words echoed through the area and the wands eventually came out. The incantation could be tricky with so many syllables and having the right emphasis on each, but she was glad to see they were getting the hang of it. If one thought about it the shape of the spell matched with the words. Three syllables in Arresto making the first peak of the M and the three syllables of Momentum matching with the second peak of the M.
“Very guid…” she mused in encouragement. Her attention drawn closer to Mr. Fox as he called out for her, Celeste thought on what she had seen him doing to figure out what he needed help on. The incantation had sounded correct so the issue wasn’t that. “At ease, Mr. Fox,” trying to relax as his tone seemed annoyed at himself. “Perhaps yer putting a bit too much curve in the lines of the letter,” she suggested. It wasn’t a bunch of straight lines nor overly round in the strokes, but a happy medium between the two.
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Giving them all a little more time to practice, soon enough Celeste was asking for their attention once more. “Noo if ye all wuid follow me,” she instructed, moving from the stands of the practice pitch towards the archway that led into the main quidditch pitch. “We’ll hev a little fun wit our activity.”
As Professor Gert led them through onto the pitch, it becomes clearer that the lights that you may have seen earlier weren’t just a trick of the light of the setting sun. That and there were a lot more of them within the oval of the quidditch pitch. It was almost as if they were strung on wires from one end to the other in both directions but alas magic holds them in place. And magic that has them give off just enough light to keep the growing shadows away but not to blind anyone.
“The lines of light might look like just fur keeping us from being in the dark, but they hold another purpose as well. If ye remembered what Ms. Rhodes had mentioned earlier and I had confirmed, each planet and celestial body has a different gravitational pull on people and objects. Each quarter of th’quidditch pitch has been magicked tae represent th’ surface of a different place.” It had been quite a challenge but nothing it seemed magic couldn’t handle to get it to as close as possible.
“ From least gravity to Triton, a moon of Saturn at 12 times less gravity as Earth.” She thought the Disney lovers of the group might enough that choice. “Nah to be confused wit Titan, a moon of Saturn, that has 7 times less gravity. Then there’s Mars which has 2 times less gravity. An finally Neptune itself that has 2 times MORE gravity than Earth.” Clear emphasis on the more. “I’ll let ye have the fun of figuring out which one is which.” They would feel it the minute they crossed from one field to another with their steps. Triton and Neptune should be the easiest on either side of the spectrum.
Motioning to a collection of muggle balls the size of basketballs, she was ready for the last bit. “Wit a partner, I’d like ye to take turns tossing the balls to see the gravitational pull. An’ then try to challenge the pull by casting the Slowing Charm on yer ball as its drops. Ye have until the end of the’class period.”
ooc: So, this is our main activity. As there isn’t guaranteed enough players to partner up, feel free to be creative and pretend you have a partner if you want. This will be open to Thursday night at least so have fun. Celeste is around for help or anything else.
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