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With all the windows pried open you can see the dust and grime about the arena there's a warmth that creeps into the room. It's the first lesson of the school year and the Headmaster sincerely hopes you took his advice and got a good night's rest. If not...well...the lesson still begins at 8 sharp and you'd do well to get there before then.

To either wall, the training dummies are lined up. Above them, on both walls, in large print is a warning to stay away from the dummies until told otherwise. With the writing in red, Malachi was sure it was a fair enough warning. Anything that came from that and he'd sensibly argue the students were asking for it.

As for the Headmaster, he's stood in the centre of the arena waiting for the students to begin arriving. A small yawn escapes his lips. Merlin, he needed to get back into the school schedule. The summer had been too amazing.

There are no chairs set out--of course not, it's the arena--and nothing besides the bright red sign seems out of place.

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Trent watched...and watched, then watched some more as Grantham walked into the room...and ignored him. Didn't think she was in enough trouble already, did she? "Typically, you acknowledge the Professor when you enter, Grantham." He said, firmly but not forcefully bursting any bubble she must've floated in on. She called that hiding?

"I'll chalk it up to the haziness of the first day. You can make up for it during your detention tonight. 7. By the lake. Don't be late, I dislike waiting." She knew what she'd done to deserve it. The fact most others did not was just how he liked it.

Look, the man GOT it. She'd never been to Hogwarts before. It was all about the experience. He was a Gryffindor himself--but he had to punish her. If he didn't, others would think it was okay and it would never end. Sometimes, it was best to nip a disease before it became an epidemic.

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Was it time now? The glimpse over at the dusty clock told him as much so without another moment's hesitation, Malachi slammed the door shut with a flick of his wand. Woe be unto those that had decided to be late. They would find no access to his class and very likely a makeup lesson later in detention. Just great.

He'd think about that later, for now, the man turned to face his students once more. "Welcome to Defense Against the Dark Arts. For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, or don't remember, my name is Malachi Trent. Headmaster Trent is the generally accepted term of referral. I accept 'Professor' as well while we're in lessons. The door I've slammed shut is a normal occurrence. Show up to class late and there will be no class for you to show up to." They would soon come to realize how literal he was being with that. It wasn't all the time that they remained in one place during a lesson. "Don't be here when I take attendance and you'll find more troubles than whatever led you to be absent in the first place." As it so happened, while at school, lessons were not optional.

Shocker.

Now then, with that little matter of house keeping taken care of...a lighter note. "Given the reading I know you all tried to get in before heading to class like the tremendous students I know you all are," He'd sent a message to their noticeboards, a greeting for when they woke up. Only a page or two. Nothing they couldn't have gotten done over breakfast. "It's time to talk a little about dueling." Yay, school, summer's over. Fun. "First, why do you think it's banned at Hogwarts without the expressed permission and supervision of a professor and can you see the logic in such a decision?"

See? Easy. Sometimes, it was best to ease the students into the term...other times you led them into a dark swamp and hoped they survived...but he digressed.
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Claudine was very absorbed in her observation of the room. It was for this reason she did not see Bernie sneakily approach her. At the tap on her shoulder, she whirled around afraid that Blake had decided to annoy her today but she instantly brightened up when she saw who it was. “Hello, to you too, friend.’’ Because Bernie was the only person she considered a friend. “Um. Are you trying to avoid someone?” And there was Fiona, Cole and Rowan nearby. Claudine waved to them.

It was funny to her, as someone who tried to avoid other humans, since starting her Hogwarts journey, she seemed to attract them.

Anyway. The lesson was getting started and Claudine turned her attention fully to Trent, even though she had been distracted by her housemate, Curtis, who had arrived late. That guy was definitely looking for trouble.

Her hand went up without much thought to the question. “What most of them said. But mainly because things can go wrong.”


Ah, snap, the exploding kind. He'd seen her. Nothing got past him, eh? Was this why he was allowed to teach Defense and not the other professors? Did he have eyes in the back of his head?

"Y-yeah, I WAS trying to avoid the Headmaster," she started to mutter to her friend, but of course then it was class time and the Headmaster was embarrassing her by bringing up her detention and... ugh, they were learning???? ALREADY????

She frowned a bit. Duelling was banned at Hogwarts? That sucks. News to her, honestly. Did this mean she could have duelled someone last year, since they weren't technically at Hogwarts? WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY! But maybe, since he'd asked this question and all, Trent was considering removing the ban on duelling?? He'd asked if they saw the logic in this, and no, she did not.

Bernadette raised her hand to share this insight with the whole class.

"First off, sorry for not greeting you, Professor Headmaster Malachi Trent, sir." She did a small curtsey with her greeting and continued. "I thought you were busy with the other kids, you know, the elder ones who caused there to be a ban on duelling in the first place. It's always someone who causes a rule to be created, y'know? If not for rulebreakers testing the boundaries, though, I say, we'd not nearly have the magical progress we have today. But why have a rule against duelling anyway? It's a pain to enforce, and duelling can be SUCH a good way for us youth to practice our defensive and offensive spell work, plus I believe it is similar to the Muggle sport of boxing, and can therefore be an effective and elegant method to settling an argument. Just think, if we Hogwartians hadn't banned duelling, we could have settled that whole 'trial' nonsense last year with a few simple spells. No doubt you'd have beaten Beauxbatons' Headmistress in like, one round, sir. So really, I don't see the logic in this ban, especially not for those of us who have never ever even gotten to duel at all ever before, because there should be a first time for everything, and we, second years especially, should have the chance to give it a try. If not now, when? How will we ever learn to defend ourselves???!"

Was this just about duelling, or about the opportunity to ride the first year boats, which she had taken, justifiably, in her mind??? Who knew, really? Who can tell????
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Oh, dueling??!? That was a much better plan THIS year than it would have been last year, when Phoebe occasionally had nervous breakdowns mid-class at the reminder that she didn't know any spells. Or enough spells, at any rate. Now she knew a few, but imagine her up against one of those seventh years.

Certain death.

"There are a lot of rules in dueling, sir, and kids don't follow rules unless there's an adult there to make them do it. So if left to our own devices, some seventh year would accidentally murder a third year and you have to fill out all this paperwork on it, and my mum says that paperwork is the death of progress. Especially when someone dies unexpectedly." Something like that, anyway.
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Her cheeks blushed as she realized that the Headmaster heard her question to Lucas when Lucas himself fully ignored her or was it that he didn't hear her? No, she thought it was the first thing, she was really coming up a winner when she couldn't even get the attention of a fifth-year how on earth would she ever get noticed by her own year or who she really wanted to... a seventh year.

Thankfully she couldn't dwell on it long since they were starting and the headmaster gained her full attention with a duel, she was itching to duel and hoped that they would do it in class. She thought she could be pretty good at it now.

Giving her hand a raise she waited for her turn, "I think if you don't fully know spells or are inexperienced it is very dangerous to do them without the supervision of older students or professors. I mean older students could get out of hand especially if they have a competitive streak in them, getting caught up in the winning could send someone to the hosptial wing or worse. So we have the supervision so mistakes that are made aren't deadly and our competition side doesn't get the best of us."
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Before Rowan could even greet the headmaster, class had begun, aaaand he was immidiately called out for not saying hello. The second year was already blushing cuz of Bernadette, and his cheeks flushed all the more as Professor Trent let him know of his free pass. The badger gave a small nod. "Good morning, professor, I apologize, that wasn't very polite of me, and I really do mean that and hope you're having a good morning..." he trailed off awkwardly, deciding not to press on and let it go as he didn't want to take up any more time than he already had.

The class began with an interesting discussion question regarding dueling. Rowan glanced around him, listening to his fellow classmates answers all the while racking his brain for something to add that wasn't the ongoing answer of "it's dangerous."

He gently cleared his throat, slowly raising his hand. "Perhaps some students are more advanced than others... which could possibly make it unfair sometimes?" he suggested. "Especially without proper supervision, rules can be bent if it's certain it won't be seen...and since professors likely have more experience than us, it's good we are supervised by them since we are still new to it..." he added.
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Of course she knew the bubblehead charm was an option, but it would make her look SO stupid! People would probably have so much to say about it too and she didn’t need anyone to think that she couldn’t handle a little bit of dust. She did nod politely at Headmaster Trent’s suggestion, but for the moment she would go without one in hopes that the sneezing would subsist and that she could conquer the gross grime. Why hadn’t they thought of this before? It’s not like the professors weren’t aware that they were coming back to a castle that had been abandoned for an entire year. If anything, there had been plenty of time to prepare the castle before students arrived! Nina had THOUGHTS.

As it was, however, those thoughts had to take a backseat because it was time for their lesson and Nina was very particular about setting aside all potential distractions. Learning was very important, especially if she planned on receiving all O’s on her NEWTs at the end of seventh year. She did plan to receive all O’s, by the way. It was imperative.

The subject of dueling was an interesting one and Nina had mixed opinions on the matter. On one hand she ddi believe it to be a valuable skill. But on the other, she did not believe in violence and dueling for sport often led to horrible injuries and provided a space for people to be violent. She was curious to learn, however, and as such was careful to control her visceral reaction to the subject matter. This meant she had to try very, very hard not to make faces when her classmates offered ridiculous answers. This was especially difficult with the second year Hufflepuff (Flynn), who for some reason decided to speak for almost three entire minutes, only to be outdone by that other second year (Bernadette) who did not know how to make a concise point. Apparently. Didn’t they know that their arguments were more powerful if done without excessive rambling? ACHOO!

There were also answers such as her housemate’s (Curtis) which were so entirely far fetched that Nina couldn’t even believe what she had heard. Blown up first years? Absolutely ridiculous and entirely foolish. Had the boy no class? Like, ew! Gross! Nina did not want to think of that. Thank you very much. Most of the other, more sensible answers were all far too similar. She thought Kaiser’s to be one of the more intelligent ones, but otherwise did generally agree that unsupervised dueling could pose a potential threat to the safety of students, especially those who were not properly trained to engage in such an activity. She also thought that rules were necessary for everything. Rules were how people functioned in society. Achoo!!! Without rules, everything would be a free-for-all and nothing could truly last. The same applied within a school. As much as some seemed to take issue with it, it was important to have rules so that the school could function as it was meant to. If students were allowed to duel whenever they wanted, it would be so entirely distracting! School was a place of learning, not dueling. In her humble opinion, anyway.

And while she wanted to offer these thoughts, she remained quiet instead. Though with one glance over at the sixth year, it was quite evident that she was engaging in the conversation silently. Listening very fervently to each answer, despite how ridiculous they were.
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Curtis wasn't late, no, no. He was. He was just arriving after everybody else.. even though the door was shut by the time he arrived. Ahem. It was his first year at a boarding school far away from home so the whole getting up and making it to class on time... Yeah, that's a new habit to form up.

So when Curtis entered into the classroom, he smiled innocently to the Headmaster "Good morning." Oh no, fight the urge to yawn, fight it.... Nope, he was yawning. He did happen to walk in on the question though, something about dueling being banned. "...Because they don't want to clean up a blown up first year?" A tad morbid, but spells were serious business with what he read back home.


An ashen look crossed the Headmaster's face when the door was open. Magicked open very likely as he'd properly closed it when it slammed shut. It may have made the man even more angry than if the boy had just come and knocked.

The stunned look quickly passed to a passive yet patient one as the man waited for the inevitable.

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1.

Just as the boy got done offering his answers a set of five, pale, spindly arms with long bony fingers crawled out of the wooden structure. They rushed in, grabbing hold of him anywhere they could--the collar of his shirt, his arm, pant leg, his hair, it didn't matter. The arms latched on to him and gave a hard tug yanking him out of the room before the door slammed itself shut once more with a hollow echo of finality.

Perhaps the boy could consider knocking.


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Flynn was trying REALLY HARD not to yawn. His whole body was vibrating with the suppression of it, and it wasn't because he didn't like DADA either! But it was EARLY and everything had been so exciting and who could even SLEEP when it was your first night in the castle ever??? Even though you were a second year and it shouldn't have been your first night? But you were basically a first year all over again because it was all so NEW AND EXCITING?

Still, despite the yawns trying their best to escape, he was also excited for class and so he put his hand up right away, and then down again (because he actually needed a second to think about the question BEFORE he answered it), and then back up once more.

"Professor," Kale's dad, lol, "I think maybe some kids might have been mean or naughty and they got it banned and ruined it for the ones that aren't mean or naughty? I think it shouldn't be banned for everyone because then you can't practice as much because you have to wait for a professor to be watching you, so that means you can't get as GOOD maybe?" If he had to wait for supervision every time he wanted to practice dancing, he'd never get enough hours in. "Oh, what if it was more than just professors that got to supervise and stuff? You know, like.... seventh years and prefects maybe? That would be an okay compromise, I think." And then the yawn escaped. "Sorry, professor. I didn't mean to ya*crack*awn." ALSO he hadn't meant for his voice to crack but THAT wasn't something the almost thirteen year old could control either.


"Oh you sweet, summer child." Oh to be so young and optimistic about how things worked. This one...this one hadn't spent much time with the 7th Years had he? Sure, half were responsible--half was maybe a stretch from what he'd seen--but the other half were a walking disaster in the making. How did you justify only letting some students officiate? How did you differentiate someone who was a genuinely bad idea and one that just needed to be given responsibility to prove themselves? "They're still learning, just like you. Sure, they know more than you but it pays to have someone with years of practical and worldly experience when engaging in something that could go south quickly."

But that wasn't the main issue with the response. It was the childlike view of the world where you were either bad and naughty and hurt people or good and therefore never hurt people. "The mean and the naughty aren't the only ones plagued with misfortune. Even those with the best intentions could still accidentally and sometimes irreparably hurt their peers. Even the purest of intentions can go horribly wrong. It only takes one mishap. Hardly worth the risk when the dummies are available and not likely to care if they are disfigured. You see, you don't need another person to practice dueling and improve on your skills, not least of all while you're still trying to refine your own magic. It's an unnecessary risk."

The dummies were quite intuitive. Something they would all see in a moment.

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Sleep had happened for one Rylee Prichard but only thanks to the aid of a dreamless sleep potion. Nightmares had become a real thing for the seventh year otherwise but that wasn't the topic at hand here. No, the mornings routine had changed once she had woken up. While somethings had remained the same like a early morning shower, breakfast in the great hall and making sure she was fully prepared for her first lesson of the day and in a nice and tidy uniform. The usual run or jog around the grounds wasn't that anymore. This morning it had been a walk... a short one at that. Simply enough to acquire some fresh air and a little exercise before heading to the DADA room for her first lesson of her final year.

Of course her first lesson back here just HAD to be DADA. A lesson she enjoyed but now thanks to summer events had to be much more careful during. Rylee was in fact several minutes early and greeted the Headmaster with a light smile and 'hello' as she did to those around here. Gratefully the lesson got underway rather quickly and there was no real time for discussion with her peers.

Rylee raised her right hand. "Duelling can very quickly get out of hand even in a friendly match or when training. Someone can get hurt even if that wasn't the duelers intentions. Those not even participating in the duel could get hurt if they haven't taken the proper precautions." Accidents happen. She knew that all to well.


As it so happened, Prichard was there to add a bit more to what he'd just explained to Whitlock. The Headmaster nodded along.

"Precisely. Even a friendly match could end up a nightmare and without someone capable and competent on standby--a healer at the least--things could get messy, quickly."

His students were enthusiastic. For the most part, they seemed to like learning and were eager for more. Sometimes that eagerness could be the problem. Just took one spell.

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Cole got a smile out of Headmaster Trent so the year he'd wager was off to a good start. The usual dooms day speech about consequences if you we're late to class was given as expected. He respected their headmaster and knew that he wasn't saying this just to scare them.

Reading? They hadn't been required to do any special reading for this first lesson had they? Cole tried to recall their summer homework but nothing came to mind. He'd just have to use his grand fantasy he supposed if he didn't know an answer. They we're to no surprise considering the dummies going to be talking about dueling.

Raising his hand to answer Cole said with some sureness to his voice. "Dueling without supervision i think is banned because a duel between young witches and wizards can quickly get dangerous and often lead to both bad spell injuries and other accidents. The duelers might try to use spells they aren't mature or experienced enough to use for their age and that can get catastrophic consequences. With a professor on hand logically there'd be less risk of injuries and we'd train dueling in a way that is safe." Taking his hand down he now hoped they'd get to duel.


"A good point, Vance. It's no surprise to anyone that while at Hogwarts, you're here to learn and develop. In fact, you're in the process of learning and developing. Mastering spells takes time and practice. In the heat of a duel, a less experienced caster may remember that one "totally epic spell" and that's really all it would take for the serious injuries you've mentioned. With a Professor on hand, things can be addressed or stopped quickly. Help can be offered on spot."

While, by their actions, the Headmaster sometimes got the feeling his students thought they were invincible, it was in fact, not the case. A moment of focus lost, not enough practice beforehand and there would need to be a trip to St. Mungo's.

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She returned the smile and greeting to the girl who joined her. A green badge, that must mean she is a ... Slytherin prefect? It was nice of her to stand next to the awkward new kid on her first day of school. Jina jumped when she suddenly heard the door slam shut. Wow! She was usually punctual to class, but this really warned her that she should be on time to all lessons.

"Students who are not on good terms may take this chance to intentionally harm each other. I think it is a logical concern." She said after she raised her hand. She wondered if they were going to duel ... she was going to be terrible at it. Also she hoped the "blown up first year" that another student mentioned was only hypothetical and did not actually happen in the past.


"Yep. Also possible." Trent agreed. The man could suddenly and quite vividly remember his lesson on dark wizards where talk arose of Renaldi becoming a dark wizard because Rasting was seen talking to other girls. If there was one thing he'd learned in his time teaching--and indeed his own time as a teenager--that lot....didn't always stop to think things through.

It was the hormones. It was the new found freedom. It was all that exploration they were starting to do. It left some feeling a little too mighty and that didn't tend to end well. They were also still learning how to regulate their emotions and thought processes. It was a big job.

"There can sometimes be a tendency to act on impulse and that in itself is a recipe for disaster. If things get out of hand without anyone there to effectively step in, it could be ugly."

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Lessons had begun! Blake was excited to actually be at Hogwarts attending lessons in his home school!! What fun, after finding and seat he smiled at the professor. He listened intently to the replies to his fellow classmates .. and then listened to what Professor/headmaster had to say.

"Well dueling can lead to major injuries or even death, so probably not suggested by a bunch of unsupervised not adequately trained underage wizards and witches." Blake replied to the question at hand. There that sounded like a very mature answer ... after all Blake was very mature now that he was 12....


"Yes....absolutely...." The Headmaster agreed, all the time giving the boy a somewhat confused once over. "There aren't many better ways to say it than that but...Ryan...why are you sitting on the floor?"

He'd found it odd and even odder when the boy could no doubt see that literally no one else was sitting in this chair-less room and yet the boy had chosen to plop down and....get comfortable...?

"Up and at 'em. This isn't that kind of lesson."

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Oh. OH. "My name's Noah Mordaunt, Headmaster. I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself," he said with a toothy smile as he looked up at the man. He was, of course, chuffed to hear the Headmaster's approval regarding his appearance. He'd have to thank his dad for that. Hygiene, especially THE HAIR was super important. Yep! "Will do so, Headmaster!" he said, turning away from him for a bit to scope the arena again for the new arrivals.

Slowly but surely the other students arrived, and as they did, the excitement kept piling up inside Noah. At some point, his mind wandered over to his twin, Catherine, and couldn't help but worry about her. She can get really homesick, most especially now that mum or dad won't be there in an instant should she need a quick round of cuddles. They'd have to have special permission to enter school and all that pesky restrictions. He knew that much, and he understood why it's going to be hard for Catherine. As he turned to see if she's made it to class yet, a VERY familiar being hugged him and in an instant hugged her back! "CECE! It's finally happening! It's unfair you already have a headstart with magic, but STILL." he said beaming from ear to ear. "This Mordaunt is finally on board!" Bring on the misadventures! "Lovin' the dark circles by the way." BEAM. It does seem she didn't get to sleep too.

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"Have you seen Catherine?" Noah asked Cece as his eyes were glued on the door, "She can't possibly be late. It's not like her." And as if on cue, his twin arrived, and as expected she looked very miserable. She even FORGOT to greet the Headmaster and that made him turn his head towards the man, and then back to her. He was about to approach her when the Headmaster beat him to it. He'd love to butt in, but at this point, he'd rather have the adult deal with her so the Headmaster could see for himself what's going on...that is, if Catherine even decides to speak. And from a distance, he too saw Ewan, the Ravenclaw prefect. He was an interesting fellow from the feast last night, and he was looking forward to seeing him in action today. A 'sup?' nod was given to the 6' tall boy, and subtly gestured him towards one of his charges with his eyes. He met Catherine last night, so he was sure that he'd be able to keep an eye on her for the rest of the...well, term.






With the slam of the door, Noah straightened up from his spot and gave Cecelia a wiggle of his brows. They were finally starting! As his usual, the Gryffindor did his best to stay focused on what was being said, from his name, to his title-- which by the way the 11-year-old decided that he'd stick to calling him Headmaster. When did he ever get lessons from a Headmaster anyway? Never. So this too was a FIRST.

If he was going to be asked if he was able to retain anything from his readings last night, he'd be lying if he said yes. It was kind of hard to focus when one is excited to get in on the action, but he's got things done too last night, like learning basic spells like the wand lighting charm which was super easy. Even his five-year-old brother can do it, he was sure. Well, if he was going to be tested today like a pop quiz of some sort, he'd just wing it like the usual.

At the mention of dueling, Noah's ears immediately perked. He'd probably combust from within at the excitement. Were they going to duel already? Fingers and toes crossed! At the Headmaster's question, however, Noah was forced to scale down his excitement and tried to recall the rare times he'd seen his dad and grandpa spar. He asked all kinds of questions afterward of course, like...were they scared? Because they might hurt each other? And Merlin forbid, singe their precious hairs in the process?

Well so far, his classmates' answers were pretty much what his dad or grandfather would tell him. But what made a mark on him from his early years was something that his dad told him about dueling and spells in general. Noah raised his hand and spoke when gestured to speak, "Aside from getting the spells wrong, some are irreversible and permanent that makes it really dangerous, Headmaster...like death." he said as he lowered his hand, "So I suppose, supervision should be in place but aside from actual supervision one can advise too on how to properly use a spell to maximize its effect. I guess the logic behind it is to learn from it and not use it as a method to hurt someone or something intentionally." at least that was what he has witnessed in the Mordaunt household wherein it's all about class and grace and... yeah, the works of an old, traditional wizarding family.



Oooohhhh Merlin, he'd found a new precious bean!! "Yes, yes, very good. Mordaunt. Yes." What a treat, now he wouldn't have to wallow through the term wondering why the new batch of First Years contained no precious beans to replace the old ones.

He did give him an extra look though, just a warning that the lesson was starting and the talking was now to be directed at the lesson rather than his peers. There would be enough time for them to play catch up once class was over. Now was the time for learning.

"And you are correct. Some spells are irreversible. Add to that the suggestion of one of your classmates that students can be impulsive and you have the worst case scenario in an unsupervised situation. As to increasing spell efficacy, that all boils down to power and intent. The more you focus, the more you practice, the better and more effective any spell will be. That can be learned even outside of a dueling context." Educating the students was fine, but if they intended to do harm, that would only backfire, quickly.

SPOILER!!: Jones
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SPOILER!!: Replies to Stella, Cole and a mention of Minjae and Noah
Ewan couldn’t help but give a friendly wave and smile to Stella as she approached him, happy to see the fifth year Gryffindor. “Hey Stella making room for her now to stand next to him as they waited for the room to fill up. Subconsciously, he clocked the boy whom he’d met in Diagon Alley this summer. For a brief moment, he wondered if he’d ever found a gift for his man servant but that quickly died. He’d had no idea what to get him in Diagon Alley.

Smiling as he turned to the sound of his name, now imagining the boy trying to cook a meal as the surprise, he turned this time to yet another Gryffindor greeting, this time from Cole. “Hey Cole giving him a nod and smile as he walked past. The Gryffindors seemed to love him this term. Well, most anyway. It just goes to show that not all of them were obnoxious after all. Speaking of obnoxious, Noah was now nodding towards him. Despite them not getting off to the easiest of starts, he gave him a small nod back. He may not have appreciated the boys’ attitude yesterday he did greet him today so why not give him a chance. He’d soon prove himself, or not, today anyway.


With the lesson starting now, his eyes became fixed on the headmaster as he listened intently to him, ready to answer whatever question that was put in front of him. So, they’d be looking at duelling this term? Interesting first topic, sure to bring out the excitedness in some of the first years no doubt. Having already learned to duel through uh…first-hand experience in his previous years at Hogwarts, he was well versed in duelling and could answer this easily enough.

Putting his hand in the air until called upon, he replied “Duelling isn’t just about flinging spells at each other. There are a few things you need to do before a duel can begin” In all honesty, as much as Ewan liked sticking to the rules, if he was ever in the position where he had to duel to the death, he wouldn’t be bowing and showing his opponent any respect. He’d want to get the first shot in but, seeing as this most likely wasn’t what Headmaster Trent was looking for, he continued his answer “You need to bow as a sign of respect then separate from your opponent before counting down from three”. The if you considered what could go wrong with younger students who didn’t know what to do or which spells to use, it really could end badly, assuming that they obviously didn’t want to kill each other of course which, to be fair, seemed very unlikely anyway. Finishing off his answer now, he continued “As for the actual spell work, without supervision, you could do some serious damage to your fellow student unsupervised.” He’d heard stories of many a student lose their head and cast spells which have then done some serious damage. “When you consider this, having someone around who can advise you on the proper use of spells as well as to help anyone who has suffered a serious injury then becomes essential”. He’d covered all the basics there, right?


"Stick to the question asked, Jones. No need to jump ahead." He hadn't asked what was supposed to happen during a duel. That was meant to come later but the boy had already raced forward. It wasn't a trait that would serve him well during his exams. When asked a question, answering with another topic could have points deducted.

"But yes, having someone around in case things go wrong is always a solid plan. It ensures that everyone walks away relatively unscathed."

SPOILER!!: Kaiser
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Trent with the callout. Had to happen, really.

Kaiser made himself smile a little, shrugged, and did at least speak up. Direct question, and from a member of staff he had a lot of respect for; he wasn't very well going to ignore him. "Never too early, Headmaster Trent." It was a joke, see? He could still joke. You would never have guessed that that was what it was, from his tone and the way he then immediately slid back into angst mode, but he could totally joke. Ha. See?

As others arrived, and received greetings of their own, Kaiser stood by and eyed the dummies along the wall. Their presence wasn't much of a clue; he'd seen them used for all sorts of class activities. Perhaps that was why he kept eyeing them, in case they suddenly burst into life.

The sound of the slamming door brought Kaiser's attention back to Trent - the slam never surprised him these days, it was all part and parcel of Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons.

Anyway. Yes. Duelling. Easy question, really. Even Kaiser, who would have been content to sit back and say nothing until the spell-casting became necessary (non-verbals were... yeah, no), immediately thought of an answer that seemed worth sharing. It was sort of the same as what the others had said, but also... sort of not. He half-raised his hand, as was his custom.

"People can easily get carried away. They get frustrated, upset, angry. Emotional. They stop seeing sense, and start to try and really hurt each other, even if it started off as a harmless, fun duel, or nobody expected it to get so bad. People just get carried away." He lowered his hand again, right as he added. "Kids especially."

He may or may not have been speaking from... a wealth of experience. Not with duelling as such, but... yeah.


There...was an intentionally awkward half chuckle in response to the joke. Just enough to let Kaiser know the joke was received but little enough for him to know the man was CONCERNED. He worried. He always did. He liked his students--most times--believe it or not.

But class was no time to address what might end up being a personal issue so Malachi simply moved on...to the Slytherin hitting another nail on the head.

"You're absolutely correct. Might start out casual, friendly like... but tempers can be like a switch. Frustration can suddenly override reason. There could end up being a lot of "I didn't mean to" moments that could've otherwise been avoided."

Teens were impulsive and not always as emotionally developed as they needed to be for the situations they sometimes found themselves in.

SPOILER!!: Yoon
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Minjae waved his hand at Rowan after seeing him wave at him and he was about to walk to the second year and have a little chat before class started when the door slammed shut by magical means. Knowing that this was the cue that class started, the Hufflepuff stayed put and listened to the Headmaster.

As the topic of dueling started, Minjae listened carefully. Was he going to demonstrate a new spell? He was disappointed that the topic was about safety. "Too much paperwork for the staff and Board of Government when something bad or even fatal ought to happen to anyone dueling without supervision." he said with a shrug of his shoulders. Did that mean he had never had a duel between classes? of course! he was a good student!

Even he could hear the sarcasm in his head; Yes he had, and it was far more exciting than dueling with supervision.


......."True. Won't deny that." The paperwork involved would be insane. The investigations that would follow. The inquiry. No thanks.

"But let's go a step further. The parents and relatives of those that might end up seriously or fatally wounded. What do you say to them when they ask why no one had been watching these children left in our care? How do you console a woman whose baby is gone forever because two students got into it and didn't know when to end it? It's not worth it."

And uncomfortable besides.

SPOILER!!: Lindsay
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Naya was standing quietly, just watching as her classmates continued to arrive. Then she saw Cole who came and stood next to her. “Hi Cole” He looked to be as excited about the class as she was. “Oh yes. I am so ready. I wonder what we’ll be learning today.” Just then, the Headmaster called the class to order.

Naya turned her attention to the Headmaster. After hearing about his serious dislike of tardiness, she vowed to never let that happen. But then it was on to the lesson. Dueling, was that the topic of the day? At least that was what the first question was about. Naya listened as her classmates gave their answers. She agreed with them mostly, but tried to think of something new to add to the conversation.

Naya raised her hand and began to speak. ”I can understand the logic behind not allowing dueling without supervision. As everyone said, it could be dangerous for students who are not adequately prepared to be firing random spells at each other. Even if you are well practiced, thing could go wrong. A good reason to have a professor supervise is that they can give a student feedback as they duel. Corrections and suggestions can be made in real time and that is how students can learn and improve.”


"A refreshing twist, Lindsay." Yes, there was the talk of things being dangerous and getting out of hand but the Gryffindor had provided another layer to the answer that he hoped the others were paying attention to.

"With a professor present, you can do more learning than on your own. Having someone who knows what they're doing give you feedback you can work with makes the practice far more effective." Which went back to Whitlock's point about practicing to get better. Even then, it was better to have a Professor around.

SPOILER!!: Kim
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And a loud bang came from the door, guess this means class is officially starting.

Her heart skipped a bit- somewhat literally. She felt a slight drowsiness earlier. It was quiet and they were waiting for the class to start, she thought she was going to drift away and sleep with her eyes opened BUT not anymore. Jillian noticed the girl next to her reacted a bit from door slamming close, giving her a polite smile before focusing back at the headmaster when he spoke up.

Ah of course, Dueling questions. Not that she has a ton of experience with dueling outside of school. Nope, not really. But this question was important especially for the students. Jillian elevated her hand to answer "Because we need to have that sense of discipline to duel. Kids our age are quick to react or lose control which sometimes could lead to harmful effects" some of them pointed out 'dangerous'. "It needs supervision so there is control and guidance" she added while lowering her right hand afterwards.

That's why they have school and this class in particular, right? To teach them the ways to duel.


"Precisely, Kim." The students seemed to be getting the gist more or less. It meant he wouldn't have to spend much time on it after.

"In the absence of control and guidance, there needs to be someone who knows what's up. Someone who has the necessary experience and ability to control the situation."

That was why they couldn't have students watching students. They wouldn't necessarily be able to put a stop to something that blew up big...depending on the scenario.

SPOILER!!: Fairfield
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There were some surprisingly...or well not so surprisingly morbid answers the redhead was hearing. Eloise didn't know whether to be concerned or impressed. Especially the one about cleaning up blow up first years.

Yikes, not the image she wanted with Alex and Benji here this year.

Eloise was just going to sit back and listen mostly because she was no in the mood for talking right now


The Headmaster gave the Slytherin an unimpressed look. "You could make an attempt, Fairfield. All the question requires is a bit of thinking." Nothing tremendously difficult. Didn't even require their textbooks.

Tsk tsk.

SPOILER!!: Rose
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UH ......... who had the brilliant idea to schedule a lesson at 8am the morning after the feast? Sure it was her OWL year and Carsyn was mostly focused and ready to kick off the school year with a bang, but that didn't mean E A R L Y lessons. Irregardless she was here and she had even managed a few hours sleep when she heard that ickle second year from her sister's house suggesting .... what??? MORE RESPONSIBILITIES for prefects?? UM, um, does the kid even realize already what they have on their plates and he wants them to do more. Yea. No thanks.

"Probably cause the rule-makers at Hogwarts thinks we're a bunch of irresponsible hooligans who can't control ourselves." Carsyn finally settled on an answer after raising her hand. Truth be told, it was accurate for some of her peers. "But even if we aren't intentional with our spell casts, we're learning and sometimes we might read about a spell that sounds cool but can actually cause serious harm. Or sometimes, well, accidents happen."


"Well......yes....somewhat." But with good reason. He knew that he DID consider the students to be somewhat irresponsible hooligans. There were love potion mishaps ala Zoryn Spinnet, attacking the French Headmistress (regardless of feelings there), half the things Chosen ever did, RUNNING BLINDLY INTO MIST YOU WERE TOLD TO AVOID. The list went on. So yes, Malachi had reason to doubt the level of responsibility among his students.

"And you're right about that. Sometimes, while still learning, spells seem cool and without the right handle on it, that can be the start of a horrible end."

Not something he liked to think about.

SPOILER!!: Simpson
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Tom listened to the headmaster, so he didn't have to say headmaster, Sir, just one or the other, okay he could remember that. He listened again as the headmaster talked about the consequences of being late and Tom looked petrified the headmaster looked scary when he was speaking like that.

Tom listened to the question and then he raised her hands. "Is it because if everyone was duelling out of lesson then stuff could go wrong?" Like seriously could you imagine how bad it would be having so many students dueling. "So I take it the board of directors wants us to have a safe learning environment."


"In a sense, yes. The Board of Governors does want the students to be safe, but so do your professors here at Hogwarts. There are too many things that can go wrong in an unsupervised setting. Granted, things could go wrong with supervision, too, but at least then there will be someone present who can do a substantial amount more about it."

It was all a matter of who you wanted to be around should you suddenly find yourself with a hole blown through your arm making you cheddar cheese.

It was an easy enough answer.

SPOILER!!: Winklebleck
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The headmaster’s reply of ‘We’ve been gone for over a year’ was a statement just as obvious as her original remark about the dust. Well yeah, every corner of this castle looked like something out of a haunted house. Technically the school was haunted, actually, with all the ghosts here. Had the headmaster even ever found out what caused the mist that they had to escape from in the first place?

Why was dueling banned? The answer seemed rather obvious to Cordelia. ”Well, obviously it’s dangerous. But sometimes even the obvious things don’t become official written rules until somebody does something stupid to necessitate making it a formal rule. So, I bet someone had an unsupervised duel and blew up half the castle or irreversibly turned their opponent into a frog or something and that’s why duelling is banned.” It was just a question of how long ago that had happened, really.


"You might be right about that." He couldn't say for sure. The rule had been in place since he was going to Hogwarts making it something beyond his years but it was a logical conclusion. Some rules DID get made because someone decided to happen.

He could think of a few rules that came about that way actually.

"Sometimes a precedence needs to be set to avoid unfortunate fallouts in droves."

SPOILER!!: Rivers
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Charlie tried to smile at the little one comment from their headmaster, but honestly it made her feel like a smaller child than she was. But she figured it was better than a hey you or something until the poor headmaster could learn their names. She smiled and listened to the question. She felt herself wander off into deep though but then everyone else was starting to say the same thing over and over and over again.

Why couldn’t they just say same. Hearing everyone else’s answers felt like a long long waste of time. Waiting until she was called on she finally piped up, “I agree with what most people have said, it keeps us from doing something extra serious that could hurt someone. And even though we are learning, seriously deadly situations should be avoided if they can be.” She felt her curls bob as her head moved with her answer. She really hoped she didn’t sound sassy.


"Yes." The Headmaster affirmed. "As some of your classmates have mentioned, children and teenagers aren't always known for their level heads and clear thinking. In the absence of these, it helps to have supervision to avoid the potential issues that may arise. Consider it us looking out for you until you get to the point where you can look out for yourselves." Aka graduation.

Sometimes...even then things were a bit iffy but most of them settled enough by then.

SPOILER!!: Bellchant
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Isla had literally just noticed Charlie coming to stand by her, when the slamming of the classroom door startled her from any kind of response. Yikes. So instead of launching into a conversation, she just smiled at Charlie and Cole then turned her gaze toward Trent. Whoa. He seemed pretty strict about being in class and on time. Note taken, Trent. Note taken.

So first up for discussion was dueling. That wasn't much of a surprise seeing as this was Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The thought of dueling terrified Isla, mainly because she was worried she'd get in a situation where she wouldn't know what to do or how to get herself out. Experience mattered in a duel, and she had next to none.

Speaking of experience, that got to her to thinking about the Headmaster's question, and she raised her hand. "It's probably because we're not experienced enough to cast at another person without someone watching us," she said. They were still students. What would be the point of school if everybody showed up already knowing how to do everything? "I don't think we know our own limits yet, either." There were some powerful spells out there, and if somebody didn't know what they were doing, they could seriously hurt somebody else.


"Another good point, well done." It was another unique perspective he hoped the others were listening to. "Being young witches and wizards, your magic is still normalizing. Still developing, still needing to be learned and controlled. That's why you'll occasionally mess up on spells, making them not strong enough or way too strong for what's warranted. It's all a learning process and until the process is complete, it's just not a good idea to be casting on each other away from supervision."

SPOILER!!: Summers
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Cecelia liked that Noah got JUST as excited as she did about stuff 'cause it meant she wasn't getting all excited alone. That kind of feeling was MUCH better when it was shared, or so she thought. As for whether she'd seen Catherine yet or not, the small blonde shook her head. She hadn't and that was pretty strange since Catherine was the type to be early rather than late. She was about to suggest that maybe she'd gotten lost on her way to the arena when she spotted her. She didn't look very happy, did she know? It made some of Cecelia's happiness slip away and she wondered if she should go hug HER, too. She would've even had it not been for the headmaster, who seemed to notice Catherine's...what WAS she feeling? Cecelia would have to ask her later.

OH!

The door slamming made her jump AND giggle AND cup a hand over her mouth to stifle said giggle as she made eye contact with Noah. She hadn't expected that and suddenly she was feeling MUCH more awake than she had been a few moments before. Maybe that was the whole POINT of slamming the door in the first place. That Malachi Trent was a SUPER clever guy.

Dueling sounded like it was going to be REALLY fun and difficult and the added element of danger only made the Gryffindor more excited to try and master the act. As for why it was banned, well, Cecelia could think of all KINDS of reasons, most of which had already been said. HM..."Bet it's 'cause we have to prove that we're responsible enough to duel, well, responsibly...you know, follow the proper dueling etiquette and only use approved spells and stuff. Adults would HAVE to supervise for that to happen." She paused, stood up a bit taller, and then added, "Lucky you've got such a responsible lot this year, Headmaster. You'll have us dueling like professionals in NO time."



Ahhhhh, we see where you're going with that, Precious Bean #3.

"Yes....quite responsible....." Hardly. Well, some were but in his experience there were more of them that preferred not to be for whatever reason. A few certainly came to mind. "You're right, though. There is etiquette and rules that need to be followed. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, those rules may be forgotten or plainly tossed out the door. With supervision, that can be either prevented or ended as necessary."

Very good.

SPOILER!!: Mordaunt
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Catherine genuinely believed that if she stayed at the back as quietly as possible no one would notice her and hence she'd be left alone. There were so many students there, it should be easy.

But she was wrong, because the professor, the Headmaster himself, spoke directly to her, asking if everything was alright. Catherine felt her entire face go nearly as red as her eyes and felt a little lightheaded. Keeping her gaze down and fidgeting with clasping her hands in front of her, she quickly nodded, hoping he would move along and not continue to engage with her and consequently make everyone else stare.

As if on cue, right after the Headmaster had spoken about lateness, the door opened near her and someone walked in. He was much older, and Catherine thought that he was trying to make a point for some reason. She didn't like that one bit, because why would he even do that? What was he trying to prove? And more importantly, what would Headmaster Trent do to this boy?

His answer to the first question made her deadpan once again. Clean up a blown-up first year...? This was... bad. Catherine knew duelling could be very dangerous and it was obvious why unsupervised duels were banned at school. In fact they weren't just banned in schools, certain duels were banned other places too, even to adults. Had they ever heard of the International Ban on Duelling? It was a thing.

All of her classmates were mentioning the reasons that pop into her mind, and she particularly agreed with one older Gryffindor girl that said even friendly duels could get out of hand quickly, especially if done by young student who had poor control over their magic and emotions.

Too much paperwork? Now that had been something Catherine hadn't thought about, but it was probably true. She wondered what the Staff had to do that other term when two students died on Hogwarts grounds - yes, she did know about that even though mum tried to keep the information from them. The perks(?) of having talkative cousins. She bet it had been a lot of work in so many levels. So she strongly agreed with that Hufflepuff too.

...Why was everyone just repeating what others have said? Yes, it had already been mentioned that it could easily get out of hand, no need to keep saying that over and over. Did people get points for just speaking in lessons? Maybe that was why they just kept repeating the same answer. Kind of annoying, really. Though Catherine knew a few people who'd probably have a lot of points then, if all they had to do was talk.

That one Gryffindor who said that 'accidents happen', though. Seriously?? Catherine shot her an incredulous look because... seriously?? No, they didn't 'just happen'. They happened to clumsy, irresponsible people. Duelling accidents shouldn't happen, in fact Catherine had witnessed countless duels in which accidents didn't happen - not irreversible ones, at least, but hexes and jinxes hitting the target shouldn't count as 'accidents' in a duel because that was the sole purpose of them anyway -, and she knew for a fact that it hadn't been a fluke. There was such a thing as professional duellers and championships and people hardly ever died to her knowledge.

The ban was very likely just because they were kids and didn't know what they were doing. Just like adults also shouldn't randomly duel without knowing how to do it properly and safely. Or as safely as a duel could go, which was actually pretty safe, if those involved wanted it do be. Otherwise why would there ever have been be a duelling club at Hogwarts? It could be done properly.


Well.....at least she was alright. Malachi turned his gaze to her, waiting to see if she'd offer up a response. When none came, he moved on to the other student. Regardless of what she'd want him to believe, it was clear she hadn't been okay when she entered the room. For that reason, he would let this answer go by. Ease her into the lesson.

SPOILER!!: Blaze
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Claudine was very absorbed in her observation of the room. It was for this reason she did not see Bernie sneakily approach her. At the tap on her shoulder, she whirled around afraid that Blake had decided to annoy her today but she instantly brightened up when she saw who it was. “Hello, to you too, friend.’’ Because Bernie was the only person she considered a friend. “Um. Are you trying to avoid someone?” And there was Fiona, Cole and Rowan nearby. Claudine waved to them.

It was funny to her, as someone who tried to avoid other humans, since starting her Hogwarts journey, she seemed to attract them.

Anyway. The lesson was getting started and Claudine turned her attention fully to Trent, even though she had been distracted by her housemate, Curtis, who had arrived late. That guy was definitely looking for trouble.

Her hand went up without much thought to the question. “What most of them said. But mainly because things can go wrong.”


"Yes. In a nutshell. Things can go wrong." That was the gist of it, more or less. A LOT of things could go wrong and when there was no one in charge around to fix it then things progressively got worse and worse. It wasn't a cycle anyone should've wanted to find themselves in.

SPOILER!!: Rose
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The early hour of the DADA lesson hadn’t exactly been a problem for Carys, as she was usually awake rather early these days. It had meant postponing her morning run if she’d wanted breakfast before the lesson, but either way, she’d gotten to the classroom on time and slipped into her seat rather quietly, her only greeting a smile to both the headmaster and her friends before the lesson had begun, the door had been slammed shut and she’d settled in for the usual chaos that resulted from discussion.

Dueling. She’d read the required page before breakfast, between keeping an eye on the younger students and everything as she felt was necessary, and most of the answers that had been given were hardly surprising. Even her sister’s reaction to Flynn’s suggestion that prefects be given the ability to supervise duels was somewhat expected. Personally, she wouldn’t have minded had it not been OWL year and therefore there was studying to schedule in amongst the other things she always tried to do. Like painting and Quidditch, hopefully, and other voluntary exercise.

“Touching on some of the others’ thoughts, if dueling wasn’t banned, people might decide to use it for any disagreement they might feel with another student. And that would lead to a lot more work for the professors and whoever else is responsible for trying to keep things under control if students were just starting duels right and left?” Not to mention any accidental deaths or maiming or transfiguring that might occur. She didn’t particularly want to have to handle cleaning up after duels along with the other cleaning they already had to take care of given the state of the castle, and she figured prefects counted as those who’d need to do so.


Oh, so he'd been wrong. Ryan hadn't been the only one sitting on the floor, it seemed the hard surface was tempting even to the Hufflepuff Prefect. She he expected to know better as everyone else was standing in this chair-less arena. "Do get off the floor, Rose. It's not where the lesson will be taking place." The fact some just walked in and plopped down even in the absence of seats or their peers sitting was rather odd to him.

"You raise a good point. If it was allowed, it could quickly spiral out of control. Less talking, more fighting to settle matters." Entirely stunting their emotional intelligence while they all learned that your wand could solve all your problems--as long as you won.

"Anarchy."

SPOILER!!: Dakest
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’You’re in for a treat today.’

.......... Uh???

Eyebrows furrowed, Lucas STARED at Trent. A treat? Yeaaaaaah, he didn’t know what to make of that. See, this was Defence Against the Dark Arts. If it was Astronomy, he would’ve wasted no time in believing that he was in for a treat. But Defence? What were they doing that would be a treat for him and still be related to the subject?

The door slamming shut was enough to cause the Gryffindor to immediately jump out of his thoughts. Right. Lesson. And maybe he’ll find out what it is that Trent has planned for them because now that he mentioned it, Lucas couldn’t seem to let it go. He was anxious to know what it is they were-

DUELLING?!

Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no.

Maybe he should’ve known. Maybe he should’ve realised that this was the topic because of where the lesson was taking place and all the dummies that were there. Maybe he shouldn’t have been so surprised. But that wasn’t stopping the fifth year from staring around him, his green eyes slightly wider than they would be.

But there was a question, one that had gotten a lot of good answers and some....... well. Some that was doing nothing for his anxiety. Lucas chose not to say anything, mostly because he was deep in thought, especially after Carys’ answer. And because a part of him couldn’t help but think that the answer was obvious: duelling was dangerous, and that was why he was reluctant to take part.

Just saying, Trent.


Theeeere was the look he was waiting for. Worth it. Absolutely worth it, though truly, Dakest had nothing to worry about.

Except....

"...Calm down, Dakest. It'll be fine. Nothing that'll send you to the hospital wing." Nothing he did every sent them to the hospital wing, did the boy remember that? It would be fiiiiine.

Just something to get their blood pumping.

SPOILER!!: Grantham
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Ah, snap, the exploding kind. He'd seen her. Nothing got past him, eh? Was this why he was allowed to teach Defense and not the other professors? Did he have eyes in the back of his head?

"Y-yeah, I WAS trying to avoid the Headmaster," she started to mutter to her friend, but of course then it was class time and the Headmaster was embarrassing her by bringing up her detention and... ugh, they were learning???? ALREADY????

She frowned a bit. Duelling was banned at Hogwarts? That sucks. News to her, honestly. Did this mean she could have duelled someone last year, since they weren't technically at Hogwarts? WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY! But maybe, since he'd asked this question and all, Trent was considering removing the ban on duelling?? He'd asked if they saw the logic in this, and no, she did not.

Bernadette raised her hand to share this insight with the whole class.

"First off, sorry for not greeting you, Professor Headmaster Malachi Trent, sir." She did a small curtsey with her greeting and continued. "I thought you were busy with the other kids, you know, the elder ones who caused there to be a ban on duelling in the first place. It's always someone who causes a rule to be created, y'know? If not for rulebreakers testing the boundaries, though, I say, we'd not nearly have the magical progress we have today. But why have a rule against duelling anyway? It's a pain to enforce, and duelling can be SUCH a good way for us youth to practice our defensive and offensive spell work, plus I believe it is similar to the Muggle sport of boxing, and can therefore be an effective and elegant method to settling an argument. Just think, if we Hogwartians hadn't banned duelling, we could have settled that whole 'trial' nonsense last year with a few simple spells. No doubt you'd have beaten Beauxbatons' Headmistress in like, one round, sir. So really, I don't see the logic in this ban, especially not for those of us who have never ever even gotten to duel at all ever before, because there should be a first time for everything, and we, second years especially, should have the chance to give it a try. If not now, when? How will we ever learn to defend ourselves???!"

Was this just about duelling, or about the opportunity to ride the first year boats, which she had taken, justifiably, in her mind??? Who knew, really? Who can tell????


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There...was something wrong with her, he was sure.

The hair at the back of his neck prickled at the idea of dueling Desmarais last term. It wasn't because he thought he'd lose but rather, he was imagining how FAST they'd be KICKED OUT. Faster than that decoration debacle even. The shrill screams. The ranting. Merlin, spare him.

"You're response proves Rose right. Allow dueling and suddenly it's the only go to when things go wrong. It's a dandy idea until someone has to live the rest of their life with a fish head because someone didn't say the incantation right and was full of zeal while casting." And he didn't wanna sit through THAT conversation with the would be livid parents.

"If it's practice you want in the art of dueling, I am available and as I've told Whitlock, so are the dummies. They could likely whip you six ways from Sunday, but with practice, you could eventually beat one." His dummies were, afterall, intuitive. "So there's no need to cast at each other and risk maiming. Not while as your other classmates have pointed out, your magic is still developing and somewhat unpredictable." Even a friendly duel could go south quick.

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Oh, dueling??!? That was a much better plan THIS year than it would have been last year, when Phoebe occasionally had nervous breakdowns mid-class at the reminder that she didn't know any spells. Or enough spells, at any rate. Now she knew a few, but imagine her up against one of those seventh years.

Certain death.

"There are a lot of rules in dueling, sir, and kids don't follow rules unless there's an adult there to make them do it. So if left to our own devices, some seventh year would accidentally murder a third year and you have to fill out all this paperwork on it, and my mum says that paperwork is the death of progress. Especially when someone dies unexpectedly." Something like that, anyway.


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"......" His mouth opened then closed twice before he finally spoke. "Yes. I'd like to think 7th years would pick on others their own sizes, at least, but you're right it's a plausible outcome that would further spiral from there. While some are responsible, most students are keen to forget the rules once they've gotten heated enough and have no one there to rein them in. Good."

He'd just rather not think of his students actually murdering each other on or off his watch. He'd already seen enough paperwork to last him a lifetime.

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Her cheeks blushed as she realized that the Headmaster heard her question to Lucas when Lucas himself fully ignored her or was it that he didn't hear her? No, she thought it was the first thing, she was really coming up a winner when she couldn't even get the attention of a fifth-year how on earth would she ever get noticed by her own year or who she really wanted to... a seventh year.

Thankfully she couldn't dwell on it long since they were starting and the headmaster gained her full attention with a duel, she was itching to duel and hoped that they would do it in class. She thought she could be pretty good at it now.

Giving her hand a raise she waited for her turn, "I think if you don't fully know spells or are inexperienced it is very dangerous to do them without the supervision of older students or professors. I mean older students could get out of hand especially if they have a competitive streak in them, getting caught up in the winning could send someone to the hosptial wing or worse. So we have the supervision so mistakes that are made aren't deadly and our competition side doesn't get the best of us."


"Correct. You and James are right. Students tend to need someone there to remind them of and enforce the rules when they themselves forget them. Sometimes, we can get so wrapped up--especially if there's a competitive streak. That can get nasty and you'll want someone competent around if that ends up happening."

No one wanted to be involved in an accident, let alone when there was no one to help them after.

That was a recipe for irreparable damage.

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Before Rowan could even greet the headmaster, class had begun, aaaand he was immidiately called out for not saying hello. The second year was already blushing cuz of Bernadette, and his cheeks flushed all the more as Professor Trent let him know of his free pass. The badger gave a small nod. "Good morning, professor, I apologize, that wasn't very polite of me, and I really do mean that and hope you're having a good morning..." he trailed off awkwardly, deciding not to press on and let it go as he didn't want to take up any more time than he already had.

The class began with an interesting discussion question regarding dueling. Rowan glanced around him, listening to his fellow classmates answers all the while racking his brain for something to add that wasn't the ongoing answer of "it's dangerous."

He gently cleared his throat, slowly raising his hand. "Perhaps some students are more advanced than others... which could possibly make it unfair sometimes?" he suggested. "Especially without proper supervision, rules can be bent if it's certain it won't be seen...and since professors likely have more experience than us, it's good we are supervised by them since we are still new to it..." he added.


Malachi nodded, accepting the boy's apology. Good he'd had the sense to apologize. It did take some of the edge off the offense. "Let's just ensure it doesn't happen again, hmm?" It was an unnecessary fuss, one easily avoided.

As to his response, there was another nod.

"Rules can and incidentally do often times get bent when there's no one truly around to enforce them. In these cases, the worst things get is sometimes the less likely they are to seek help because of all the trouble they'll rightly fear getting into. It's not the sort of cycle you want to find yourself in."

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Of course she knew the bubblehead charm was an option, but it would make her look SO stupid! People would probably have so much to say about it too and she didn’t need anyone to think that she couldn’t handle a little bit of dust. She did nod politely at Headmaster Trent’s suggestion, but for the moment she would go without one in hopes that the sneezing would subsist and that she could conquer the gross grime. Why hadn’t they thought of this before? It’s not like the professors weren’t aware that they were coming back to a castle that had been abandoned for an entire year. If anything, there had been plenty of time to prepare the castle before students arrived! Nina had THOUGHTS.

As it was, however, those thoughts had to take a backseat because it was time for their lesson and Nina was very particular about setting aside all potential distractions. Learning was very important, especially if she planned on receiving all O’s on her NEWTs at the end of seventh year. She did plan to receive all O’s, by the way. It was imperative.

The subject of dueling was an interesting one and Nina had mixed opinions on the matter. On one hand she ddi believe it to be a valuable skill. But on the other, she did not believe in violence and dueling for sport often led to horrible injuries and provided a space for people to be violent. She was curious to learn, however, and as such was careful to control her visceral reaction to the subject matter. This meant she had to try very, very hard not to make faces when her classmates offered ridiculous answers. This was especially difficult with the second year Hufflepuff (Flynn), who for some reason decided to speak for almost three entire minutes, only to be outdone by that other second year (Bernadette) who did not know how to make a concise point. Apparently. Didn’t they know that their arguments were more powerful if done without excessive rambling? ACHOO!

There were also answers such as her housemate’s (Curtis) which were so entirely far fetched that Nina couldn’t even believe what she had heard. Blown up first years? Absolutely ridiculous and entirely foolish. Had the boy no class? Like, ew! Gross! Nina did not want to think of that. Thank you very much. Most of the other, more sensible answers were all far too similar. She thought Kaiser’s to be one of the more intelligent ones, but otherwise did generally agree that unsupervised dueling could pose a potential threat to the safety of students, especially those who were not properly trained to engage in such an activity. She also thought that rules were necessary for everything. Rules were how people functioned in society. Achoo!!! Without rules, everything would be a free-for-all and nothing could truly last. The same applied within a school. As much as some seemed to take issue with it, it was important to have rules so that the school could function as it was meant to. If students were allowed to duel whenever they wanted, it would be so entirely distracting! School was a place of learning, not dueling. In her humble opinion, anyway.

And while she wanted to offer these thoughts, she remained quiet instead. Though with one glance over at the sixth year, it was quite evident that she was engaging in the conversation silently. Listening very fervently to each answer, despite how ridiculous they were.


Each time he'd been listening to a student, his attention would suddenly turn back to the Slytherin and her sneezes. Was it possible to feel guilty because of a student's sneeze because Castillo was laying it on thick. He'd been tempted to cast the bubblehead charm on her himself but...Castillo was a fussy one....and he didn't think it was worth the fight it would inevitably cause so....he'd just....leave her to evacuating her nostrils in peace. Right.


The Headmaster looked to the solid, wooden door with passive indifference. The door had moments ago reopened and sucked the Slytherin boy back out before once again returning to its shut state . The boy who'd been late and had the audacity to open that door he'd magically closed. There was a strange mixture of both satisfaction and annoyance etched into the man's expression, though at the moment, he supposed the annoyance had won.

Calmly, Malachi turned to the rest of the students, knowing they too had witnessed the spiral of translucent hands grab their classmate. "Believe it or not, I've waited three years for someone to be brazen enough to ignore my warnings on punctuality then try to open a door I've closed. I must say, it worked as well as I thought it would and it made for a good, practical demonstration for the rest of you. It's one thing to tell you not to be on the wrong side of the door when it closes, and an entirely other thing to have you see for yourself." Pale and menacing hands reaching in to yank you back out without care or concern for where or what parts of you it grabbed.

One did not simply waltz into his class once he'd begun.

"Now then, I see most of you have a working concept of the fact that things can go horribly wrong in duels--a given--and that for that reason, it's better to have supervision. Competent supervision that's been around the block a few times and knows how and when to step in. Things can end badly. Usually for the one that lost, sometimes for the one that won, too. You're also not wrong about rules, many times they come about because of things that have already happened. Often times, they aren't enforced when unmonitored. Duels have rules; etiquette, too. Some go until your disarmed, some go until someone is dead. Regardless, everyone participating knows the rules going in." Jones has already briefly mentioned some of this.

And if you didn't know the rules, there was a good chance you shouldn't have been in that duel....

"So let's talk dueling rules etiquette. Do you know any? Could you think of any that should be added if they don't already exist to change dueling for the better in your opinion?" A two parter. They could choose to answer one, or both.

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Fiona wasn't too familiar with duelling except for a couple of factoids so she slowly raised her hand. "The two duellers have to face each other and bow. I suppose it is kind of like that Muggle sport called martial arts where the competitors do the same type of thing prior to combat."
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Whoa. Was the Headmaster awesome or what? Noah watched a set of boney hands drag a Slytherin boy out of the room with his mouth agape. It was an awesome thing to see because, magic. That only infused further excitement to learn as much as he could about spells and charms and...boy, being a wizard is SO COOL!

His astonishment was soon replaced by a toothy grin. He was quite impressed with himself, considering that he was running on NO sleep and that he could not, for the life of him, remember what he even read last night for today's lesson. He did find himself listening to the others, although most were just repeating what the others have said, he used the opportunity to drill into his head WHY there was such a rule. He finds rules boring, to be honest, but not at the expense of his life thank you very much. HE wasn't that stupid. He would have questioned such rules if it had been illogical or questionable. However, he found his fellow Gryffindor's answer to be intriguing. Bernie was it? But then again, he thought, what good would learning be if he ended up lifeless after an unsupervised duel, right?

And then dueling rules...well, Ewan did mention one already...and tried his very best to remember from observing his parents and grandparents when they spar. They were, most of the time, a treat to watch with all the controlled spells flying about, and blocked and dodged...until one falls down on the wooden floor exhausted that is. Noah raised his hand while the memory was still playing and answered when he was called, "I think it's a standard rule to not have any physical contact with one's opponent, Headmaster. I mean, it wouldn't be called dueling if they'd just end up knocking each others' teeth." he said shrugging and putting down his arm. As for the second question, well he's not really a fan of rules unless they make 100% sense to him. He thought it'd be best if he'd just let the others add their own ideas to it.
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To be fair, Minjae had never actually thought about the families so when the Headmaster elaborated on his answer, it really made him think for a moment. And the thought of having to tell one of them that their child had been injured or killed was definitely not pleasant. "I never thought about it like that..." he said honestly. To him, it was simple fun and the man had totally ruined it as now he thought about the parents. This was no fun, when were they actually going to duel?

As the door opened up, Minjae saw the guy with the lost tarantula but the moment he saw him, the next he was picked up by one of the dummies and quite literally kicked out of the room for being late.

He looked shocked for a second, just a second before he LAUGHED out loud. "Did you see that?!" he said to no one in particular. Now THAT was awesome and the type of content he came here for. "Is he okay though?" He asked and added a quick "Oh and one of the etiquette's is that only magic is allowed in a wizarding duel. So no physical contact" after raising his hand in the air.
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Jillian smiled at what the Headmaster replied to her answer. Quite satisfied with it too. Off to a great start for her first day of class. Hooray. Her smiled however instantly changed when she saw Curtis stepping in late for class. Of course. Professor Fuller-Thompsn is going to have a fun day ahead.

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She overheard Ewan said something that was related to the etiquette in duelling. She dug deeper into her thoughts to give a different answer. One that can be added to what was already said at least. "Wands are or should be held in a certain way" she said after raising her hand to share her answer.

Is counting one to three before saying the spell during a friendly duel counts as an etiquette? She can't be too sure with that one.
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Whoa! So Naya doubled down on her personal promise to never, ever be late for Defense Against the Dark Arts class. She had gotten the message after the first warning. Apparently, not everyone did. Did the Slytherin just get snatched out of the classroom by? ...she wasn’t quite sure exactly what that was. Way to make an example Headmaster.

And it was back to work, as the next question about dueling was presented. Rules. Of course there were rules. Magic was full of rules about everything. Anyway, it was answer time. Naya thought for a moment and then raised her hand. “Duels should be fair fights. Both opponents should assume the starting position and begin at the same time. No jumping the gun and starting early. The rules are important, but I think that in a matter of life and death, the rules probably go out the window.”
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Ohhh and that was yet another warning that she should arrive at class on time. This school was scary.

"I think they should make it a formal rule to not let anyone die ... at least, in friendly duels like at school." She said after raising her hand. It was odd that magical duels had so many rules of etiquette but they were allowed to kill and torture. Why show respect by bowing if you are going to murder your opponent in the next minute?
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Alessandro was mutely impressed by the display of magic that Trent conjured as ghostly hands yanked the unsuspecting student out of the room for being tardy. Frankly, at best, the seventh year considered Trent somewhat soft. He had seen him with his son, the practically feral second year Gryffindor, and that man did not seem like the type to inspire fear. Or order.

But perhaps he was wrong.

No. Likely not.

It was still an impressive show of magic, he would grant him.

The Huffepuff raised his hand and said, "Sir, after the initial bow of respect, isn't the only rule of a duel is that all combat must be magical in nature?" Plenty of people died in duels. They had studied enough of them in History of Magic to know that certain.
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Cole was delighted that Headmaster Trent liked his answer to the first question. He had even said that he had raised good points. What happened next to Curtis was a creepy and very visible show of what would happen if they turned up late to class. Poor guy, he thought silently. Hopefully the bony fingers didn't injure him too much since they had grabbed at him pretty brusquely in his eyes. Cole was going to make sure to always be early for DADA class from now on. He really didn't want to be treated to the same conequence.

A little shaken up by the demonstration Cole didn't immediatley raise his hand to answer the next question. He thought over his answer for moment before he raised his hand to say "I've heared that in some practice duels its etiquette for those dueling to agree to limits like not using particulary dangerous/advanced spells or unforgivable curses.”

"I also think if it's not already a dueling rule that we at school should never duel with the intent to severly injure or kill another peer." Cole finished off. It probably was a rule already but right now he couldn't recall reading about that in his textbook.
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Her mouth dropped open as the late boy was dragged out of the room by those things. Was the headmaster even allowed to have things physically touch the students like that? She wouldn’t allow that to happen to her. If any professor ever tried to have her physically dragged out of the room, Lorelai Stemp would be hearing about it.

The corners of Cordelia’s mouth twitched up into almost a smile as the headmaster actually agreed that her answer might be right. Yes, she was probably right. She should know, as she was the sort of person who caused new rules to be made. Still, she had expected the headmaster to dismiss her idea so it was a nice change to actually get something at least possibly right for once. Couldn’t get too excited over this, though. Didn’t want professors to start expecting more from her.

Now, what were the rules of dueling? Cordelia took a moment to mentally prepare her answer before raising her hand. ”The duel should be agreed upon by both parties before starting. Otherwise anyone and everyone could just go around hexing random people when they felt like it. As for the second question, I think people who lose a duel, assuming they are still alive, should have to wear a silly hat that says ‘loser’ on it for a week after the duel. A sort of public shaming tactic as a reminder that it was stupid of them to be involved in a duel in the first place.” The part about the silly hats was, of course, just something silly that happened to pop into her head. Cordelia didn’t expect anyone to take it too seriously.
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That whole situation with the Slytherin latecomer was watched by Kaiser as casually as he might have let his gaze follow someone who crossed the room to open a window. When it was over, and the boy had been unceremoniously ejected from the room, Kaiser looked again towards Trent.

So... yeah, the chuckle and the likely meaning behind it was not lost on Kaiser, and he might have mentally winced a bit. But this was neither the time nor the place to really get into anything, a fact for which Kaiser thanked his uncharacteristically lucky stars. He hated to see concern on people's faces over him. Or worry. Or pity. So, yes. Quite happy to be moving along.

To duelling etiquette. As kids started providing their answers, Kaiser stared at one of the dummies that lined the walls of the arena without really seeing it. Then, when he finally looked back at Trent again and raised his hand to speak, he wasn't providing an answer as such. "The etiquette... it applies to official duels only, yes? There does not seem to be much sense in following rules if someone is duelling to kill you and you are trying to not be killed."

Also, Kaiser was sure not to say so, but it was still so weird to think of rules and etiquette being applied to fights and stuff. For, you know, reasons.
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Oooohkay, he thought she wouldn't be able to beat a dummy. Duh, yeah she would. That's why they were called dummies, obviously, because they were dumb and easy to beat. Bernie rolled her eyes at the Headman but also piped up, "I'll take you up on that offer, sir." You know, for him to teach her how to fight people. She supported it.

Duelling etiquette though? Why were they even discussing this if they were only allowed go hard on dummies?

"You get a backup person, like, someone you can tag in if you DIE," Bernadette responded dramatically, hand raised and then clutched as though she were taking in her last breath. "Cos wizards do die from magic, sometimes, and someone has to take over in their stead to defend their honor. Duels are useful in that regard." She meant, that you could accidentally kill an enemy in the name of honor, but whatever.

Just think, if Trent had duelled Desmaris and she had died, then he could be running TWO schools. Or he could have given one to Nostredame, and he wouldn't have had to move all the way to Scotland, poor chap.
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Alexandre did not know much about duels, to be honest. Why would he? He had never dueled anyone. He wasn't sure if he'd really like it all that much. It seemed a bit... mean. He was already wondering if that's what they were going to be doing in this class. He didn't think he really wanted to. But there was no use thinking about that now when he had no idea if it would even happen. He tried to focus on the question instead. Had he missed one? He tuned back in to the conversation about etiquette.

He raised his hand. "I think you should shake hands at the end." He wasn't sure if that was a real thing that actually happened. Was that just quidditch? It was a sports thing to shake hands at the end of a match. It seemed like something one could reasonably expect from a duel too. So if it wasn't already standard he was going to propose it should be.
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Was that really a sign of a good leader? Someone who physically throws a student out of their class for being late? Honestly, he didn’t know. Maybe the Headmaster was on to something. Maybe physical actions were the way forward for the newly appointed Ravenclaw prefect? He’d have to give it a little more thought though.

And then there was his rebuttal to the answer that he had given to the question he had asked. Stick to the question. Had he not ‘stuck to the question’? Maybe it had been banned because people were not following correct duelling etiquette? Maybe their lack of understanding on how to duelling was leading to injuries which then lead to it being banned? With a small shake of his head, Ewan listened to Trent’s monologue, as if he were some kind of super villain, explaining his evil plan to the hero, waiting for the obvious question that was coming at the end.

When the question did eventually come, Ewan considered it for a moment before replying. He’d already mentioned most of the etiquette so there was little need to go there again and some of the other students had already mentioned some of it to. Like the headmaster had already said, there were rules in place before, so assuming that they agree on the severity of the duel beforehand, i.e. if it ends with disarming or death, there surely should be someone there to referee the duel, checking to make sure both wizards stick to the agreed rules. “Could there be an impartial referee on hand to watch, checking to make sure both duellists stick to the agreed outcome? If they both agree to the duel ending when one is disarmed and then someone loses their temper and ends up trying to kill the other, introducing someone who can be on hand to stop that and step in or administer some kind of consequence at the end if this happens could be a deterrent” Pausing for a moment before adding on at the end “This is similar to someone supervising the duel but not exactly the same as the referee would just be watching the duel where are the supervisor, someone like a teacher, could be watching, ready to give advice and tips at the end” Hopefully that explained what he meant. Sure, both were similar but having that extra person would surely make it safer and allow for better teaching?
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Blushing slightly .. Blake got up from the floor... he honestly hadn't thought about it ... just kinda plopped down .......... "Sorry Professor." He added ... okay ... way to make a fool of yourself in front of the Headmaster. If he could face palm himself and not look even more stupid he certainly would have.

Recovering to the best of his ability .... he listened intently for the next question. " Umm....." Blake had lost some of the confidence he had come in with ... "You're suppose to bow to each other before you cast a spell right?" There .. that seemed liked a reasonable answer.
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It all happened so fast. Curtis only got a look from the Headmaster before hands came after him. One by one they were holding him down. His mouth opened to yell out a spell. Ask for help. Something. ANYTHING to let people know what was happening. His mouth did gape open but it was quickly covered as another hand went over his own mouth. Preventing him from even breathing. This was CHILD ABUSE. Curtis thought as he was physically dragged out and the door snapped shut after he was thrown to the floor.

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Curtis got up slowly, already sore in the places he landed on. "How.. RUDE." Not that anyone could hear this as he was outside the classroom door when he muttered it. I was only a little late. It was the first day. Why was he so mean? The least he could get was a warning and then maaaybe after he ignored the warning he could get this kind of treatment. That was in Curtis' mind right then and there. They were out to get him all these adults. He knew it and they didn't deny it.

So what could he do? Kick? Scream? Cast a blasting charm? Nah, the door was probably fixed to absorb all of that. He had enough nerve to just leave and go back to his dorm.... and see his dad. Heh, like that scenario would play out to his advantage. This was UNFAIR. Curtis folded his arms and took a few moments before an idea hit him. He walked gingerly over to the door, rubbing his back to get rid of any sores before letting fall to his side. No, he wasn't going to show weakness. Instead, with a defiantly calm face, he went on a knocked on the door. Not gentle. Not angrily, but firm and evenly spaced.

Could he come back in? The least he could get was to know whether his answer to the first question was right or not.
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Holy Hippogriffs! Okay. Cecelia hadn't expected THAT to happen and she felt kind of bad for the Slytherin guy who got pulled from class like that. She was PRETTY sure it didn't feel nice being an example of what NOT to do and she made a mental note to NEVER. EVER. be late for Headmaster Trent's lessons if she could help it. She didn't want that to happen to her. No way.

What Cecelia DID like was that her answer had been right AND probably impressed the headmaster, which was CLEARLY in her best interest since she had a PAST now. First year had been ROUGH, okay? But look at her, clawing her way back from the rebellious reputation she liked to think she had and showing off how smart and eager and SMART she was. If this wasn't being on the right track, she wasn't sure what was.

"Headmaster, I think it'd be cool if there were rounds to duels, with snack breaks in-between rounds. We could eat healthy stuff like orange wedges and hydrate, too. That way we could get some energy back and go into the next round feeling refreshed and ready to rumble." Pretty GREAT thinking, right?

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Oh. He was back.

"Do we get the door, headmaster, or is he banished from the WHOLE class?"


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Claudine stared in shock as that… thing gabbed the latecomer and tugged him out of the room. So that was what happened when they came late to DADA. How humiliating; she was never going to be late without a valid reason. Her eyes moved to Trent. The man seemed unworried; obviously that was his way of throwing out the late ones if needed. And he had waited three years? Yeah, Claudine was going to stick to arriving early to classes, thanks.

She wished she had her writing materials to make some notes but alas… that was not to be for this lesson. Instead, she tried to memorise some of the more unique answers given before raising her hand. “All persons involved should agree on a common place for the duel to take place. One person might try to pick somewhere that works more in his favour.’’
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Catherine took a few steps back when all of a sudden creepy, pale hands came out of the door, grabbed the boy who was late and threw him out of the room.

Wide eyed, the girl stared at the closed door for a long few seconds and blinked twice. Had she not been feeling horrible because of her circumstances, a tiny little smirk would've creeped to her lips. As it was, this whole thing was just enough to lighten her mood ever so slightly, because that was interesting. It meant the school dealt with hooligans as they should be dealt with, and Catherine approved of that.

Looking at the Headmaster under a new light, she turned back around to face him and the rest of the class, taking another few ever so small steps away from the door just in case. Her eyes were still red and puffy, but her brow wasn't as downcast as she listened to the man's explanation of the door and his view on tardiness. Good. Very good.


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"You get a backup person, like, someone you can tag in if you DIE," Bernadette responded dramatically, hand raised and then clutched as though she were taking in her last breath. "Cos wizards do die from magic, sometimes, and someone has to take over in their stead to defend their honor. Duels are useful in that regard." She meant, that you could accidentally kill an enemy in the name of honor, but whatever.
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Tom watched as an older student was dragged out of the room, now this was scary, he then listened to the headmaster as he replied to all the questions, he listened as he asked another question and his hand went into the air. "Could we have a safe word to stop the duel?" Tom would love for that to happen in a duel.
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