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|  The Eye of Sauron | Zan-y | Snake Charmer
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Originally Posted by Ameh  Raiden half-raised his hand, quite automatically, before realising something and frowning. The hand very nearly went back down.
"...test it out how, exactly, sir?" he asked hesitantly. He trusted Truebs and would always volunteer for anything in his classes and stuff, but...
Hmmm. "With thumbtacks." Truebridge answered gravely. Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianna Malfoy "Well I fell quite heavy Professor. Does that mean I have the spell on?" Dianna asked. "Usually so. The more you practice, the less heavy you will feel." Truebrdge answered Dianna. Quote:
Originally Posted by Pink Ninja Lexi continued her twist and flick and FINALLY she flicked and HELD ONTO HER WAND. YUSH! Trying again, just to be sure it worked then toooo. Lexi fought the urge to jump up and down and shout, instead she began reapeating the incantation over and over. "Loricatus, Loricatus, Loricatus, she kind of chanted quietly to herself. Steeling herself she did the wand movement a bit more quickly than she had been practicing and it worked too. WIN!
Taking a deep breath she did the wand movement and said, "Loricatus" Immediately she felt heavier... not so heavy that she couldn't move... but heavier. Raising her hand she said, "Professor am I supposed to feel, like, heavy. I can move... but I feel heavier." "Precisely. Are you ready to test it out?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian And so, he continued to practice.
Twirling, flicking, Loricatus!
Ooooooh, his arm and upper arm felt...well, he certainly felt something there. The spell WAS working, apparently. But when Professor Truebridge spoke, he lost focus, and the heaviness was all gone.
A volunteer. Hmmm. Well, that depends, exactly how he could prove that the spell had worked? "Well, I could...volunteer" he said, after raising his hand, and then frowing because the heaviness was now back...did it come and go? Or he thought it had gone away when in fact it didn't? "Excellent, you certainly can test it out." Quote:
Originally Posted by individual Bahahaha!
He was joking right? It really depended on what kind of 'testing out' he was going to do on them.
Frowning, she looked back down at her arm, for a moment having forgotten that she already did the spell. But one twitch of her hand confirmed the fact that it was still there. Was it good enough? ACK! She didn't know!
"I'll try professor." she mumbled, moving her arm around to see if the armor thing was going to disappear. Aw wait, there it went...
"Good." Truebridge acknowledged. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lily-Luna Just when Kate managed to do the wand movements in the correct way, she started practicing the full incantation.
"Loricatus...Loricatus...Loricatus!...I feel the same..we are supposed to feel heavier, donīt we?" She thought, after several failed attempts of casting the armour. "Why I get always everything wrong?" *snif snif*
A few minutes later...
"Stop the weeping Kate! Back to work" With renewed energies, she started over and practiced the movements with the incantation again and again and again, ītill she felt heavier.
"I did it!" She said, with a big jump in the place, "Professor, look! I could do it!"
"I will volunteer too". She added, seeing other students offering their help. "Good, I knew you could. Practice makes perfect and you certainly may test it out." Quote:
Originally Posted by Celandine Fun.
Celandine might have been the only person to manage the wand movement in one go, but she had learned a few spells with a similar wand movement in the past, and in general this sort of thing did come easy to her. So of course:
"Loricatus!" She twisted and flicked and then looked at her arm with interest. Felt sort of like she was wearing an extra layer of clothing, like a thick wooly jacket.
"Professor," Cela's hand went up, slowish. She examined it for a minute and waved it around. It didn't actually slow her down once she was aware of it. "The wand movement, even if you did it non verbally, might be a bit of a give away that you've cast this spell on yourself right? So an attack could be adjusted to be something like a knockback or a blaster, something that wouldn't be negated by this spell. Oh and I'll test mine out." Totally. "Thats right. As it is with any wand movement, if you recognise them you can certainly identify or at least narrow down what the possible spells might be. Of course it only gives you a split second to react, but often that split second is enough to sway the duel. It is certainly something to keep in mind. Excellent point." Truebridge answered. Quote:
Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie Oh. "Right, professor." Gold tried the wand movement again, found that she wasn't dropping her wand or messing it up, and then re-tried it. Well. She could carry it out, now.
She cast the spell, then. "Loricatus!" It wasn't actually a hassle, once you had the hang of the wand-movement -- and it didn't actually feel heavy, like Gold had somewhat thought it might. Mostly like she had worn more clothing than she ought to have. Gold swooshed her arm around, checking out how much she could move it. The spell wasn't really a hindrance.
She raised a hand. "I would like to test it out, professor."
She cast Finite to nullify the effects of the spell, and then tried it again. The wand movement felt all natural, now. Gold didn't have to force herself to execute it, anymore. It let itself happen, and that made it feel more like a spell she would be likely to use, in a duel. One she didn't have to force herself to cast, something that felt comfortable.
Like last year's jeans, and worn-out combat boots, and all those other awesome, old things life has to offer.
"Great, I'd like you to test it out too." Truebridge answered.
He withdrew a matchbox from his pocket and opened it to reveal several small brass thumbtacks.
"Everyone who wants to test it out, take a thumbtack and try to stick yourself with it. If you were successful, and indeed you may feel a bit heavy, or like you are wearing an extra layer of clothing, perhaps a thick jacket or something, then you are likely to be successful. Of course you can't test with a thumbtack every time you cast it, but it is a good way to learn how to judge it and of course to get used to the feel of the armour spell." Truebridge explained.
"If you have the loricatus spell in place -only test on your arm for now please- when you attempt to stick yourself, you will feel a pressure, and some sensation, but the tack will not break your skin. If you press too hard you might end up with a bruise though so keep that in mind and don't overdo it. If you are squeamish, try simply scratching your arm with the point of the thumbtack, even try it on your unarmoured arm, so you can compare the sensation."
ooc: Even if it doesn't work for your character, its only a thumbtack so nobody better be dying or bleeding to death while I'm not around. In about 12 hours we'll wrap up.
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