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TeafortheSoul · 10-20-2011, 12:31 PM

The first floor was... certainly busier in a different way than Professor Schirmer's own usual haunt of the third level. Less injured children she supposed, and more Dash. She wondered if the professors of the first floor were more social as a result and made up her mind to befriend the healer. Third floor solidarity.

The classroom she'd chosen for the defense lesson had been one of her favourites as a student, and the tall blonde woman was a little bit dismayed to see how dusty and unused it was. Really, Hogwarts was it so hard to keep yourself clean? Even with elves that were off doing goodness knew what? A few quick charms and minutes later the room was sparkling.

Literally.

Unlike most of the Defense rooms, this one featured bright windows that allowed the light to stream in, diffused with colours and generally giving the room a bright and happy feel. The view looked out over the lake. There were no desks or chairs in the room and even the professor took a seat on the ground, waiting there with her feet tucked up comfortably beneath her for the students to arrive. She had a stack of books next to her and looked serene, if a bit distant.

When it was time, she charmed the doors to open, and greeted the students as they begin to file in.

ooc: ~~the lesson will begin approximately 7.5 hours from the time of this post I'm simply opening it now so you can post arriving if you want to.~~ The lesson has begun! Please act as if you were here all along if you haven't yet posted, latecomers will likely lose points. Please remember to follow Professor Schirmer's rules which can be found here.

SPOILER!!: the room looks something like this

Questions:
What do you know, or think you know, about the Patronus Charm?

Discuss amongst yourselves some famous witches and wizards and their known Patronus forms. Given what we know about them; their achievements, their experiences, what do you think their Patronus form indicates about their personalities?

For those of you who can cast a Corporeal Patronus and know what form it takes, see if you can match up how it fits your personality. Younger students, you can work with students who do have a known Spirit Guardian, or you can look up mine, which is a Dove, or Headmaster Tate's which is a Mountain Goat, or that of another adult you know, even some of the historical figures we were discussing.

"I want you to think of your happiest memory. Something strong enough that you can focus on it easily, maybe something that makes you smile. It doesn't have to be relating to love. If you have more than one, lucky you! You can experiment to see which is best. You don't have to share it if you don't want to, but feel free to put your hand up and share if you do.

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Levitation party activity! Click here for instructions. Read the post carefully and please take note of your classmates posts following this one too. Worth ten points!

edit: Activity still running, only please focus on the third part, AKA testing out your happy memory with a levitation potion.

The party is still going, you can help yourself to food or drink while we wait for a guest fetched via a patronus message. In the meantime the professor wants to know who can cast a patronus already and whether its corporeal or non-corporeal.

PLEASE be realistic with your character's abilities. The patronus charm is ADVANCED magic and little firsties should NOT be able to manage it. For the purposes of this class please pay attention to the following:

6th & 7th years: May be able to cast a corporeal or non-corporeal patronus, depending on character's skill level and experience. May learn how to do one or the other during the lesson.

5th years: May be able to cast non-corporeal patronus, depending on character's skill level and experience, very FEW and RARELY may a 5th year manage a corporeal patronus. May learn how to do one or the other during the lesson.

4th years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, very FEW and RARELY may a 4th year manage a non-corporeal patronus. May learn a non-corporeal patronus during the lesson.

3rd years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, may learn a non-corporeal patronus during the lesson. But its okay for them NOT to learn how yet too.

1st & 2nd years: Depending on character's skill level and experience, may learn an UNSTABLE non-corporeal patronus during the lesson. This means they might manage a slight whisp, but otherwise should NOT be able to cast a patronus. Its okay for them NOT to learn how yet too.

When we get to the spell casting aspect of the lesson, please note that anyone not being realistic may have their post edited or deleted, which I don't WANT to do but we're not all Harry Potter! For reference, Althea learned hers in 6th year non-corporeally, and managed a corporeal patronus in 7th year. Remember, just because your character might not be able to do it yet, it doesn't mean they never will!

~~As you saw, Professor Scabior came because I sent him a Patronus message. What do you think are the benefits of communicating via Patronus?~~

"Alright are you all ready to give it a go? Stand up if you are and make sure you give each other a bit of space. Wands out. The incantation is Expecto Patronum. Ecks-PEK-toh pa-TRO-num. You simply need to point your wand and focus really hard on that strong happy memory. Practice the incantation a few times to get the hang of it and then you may start. Those of you who can already manage it, please do encourage the younger ones and let them see how you do it. I have an activity for you too, that we'll start in a little while!"

Please note, I'm waiting to get an all clear regarding the recent Malware threat on SS before continuing, not because of any risk, rather because several people may be staying away right now and I'd rather be sure nobody is left at a disadvantage because they don't feel safe accessing the site. Expect that the lesson will continue on sunday. Everything is all clear

Sorry for any trouble.

The latest instructions can be found in this post.

Jason Potter Weasley · 10-26-2011, 06:33 AM

William had taken enough of the potion. He remebered happy times not only with his dad, but his mom and the whole family. William floated above everyone, but slow and weightlesness. Wiliam seemed to be floating in the air.

SilverTiger · 10-26-2011, 06:50 AM

Text Cut: Anna/Sierra

Stella hadn't exactly thought she would have startled the younger Slytherin, but she blinked slightly as the girl had spun around in response to her comment before giving her a smile as it was verifed she'd gotten the girl's name correct. Observation had worked again, and she hadn't made a fool of herself. Plus, Sierra hadn't just walked away. And she nodded as it seemed the other girl didn't quite see how she'd help. "I was thinking we could just duplicate the next group. That way they could get placed around the room quicker, since we wouldn't have to take the time to gather the streamers together every time," she explained, using her wand to inflate a few more balloons before sticking them on the corner of the nearby table. There seemed to be enough of the balloons floating around the room itself, so decorating the tables was just as good an idea.

By then, Sierra had moved on to placing plates and other itensils onto the table, and Stella shifted gears. There was definitely a quicker way of moving the plates around. "Locomotor plate," she murmured, pointing her wand into the box and moving another plate into place on the table, before going back to her balloon decorating. And swagging some streamers across the front of the tables holding the food, just to add that much more color to the proceedings. Things were quickly getting covered by glitter, streamers, balloons and other decorations, but somehow it was all looking appropriate. Not stupid or garish, which made her happy. This many people decorating could have gone bad quickly, but then, Professor Schirmer probably had set things up that ther was no way they could mess the party up.

Kimothy · 10-26-2011, 06:51 AM

Katrina was done with her tasks. Now for the potion. She got one and drank it.

Concentrate, Katrina, concentrate, Katrina remembered everything. Her mother's face. her hug. Her everything...

She opened her eyes again...

"I'M FLYING!" she said. It worked! Time to go down.

BURP!

Eww... then she was down. THIS WAS FUN!

Granger1814 · 10-26-2011, 06:59 AM

Her memory continued....her mother had made a speech about how Kourtney had encouraged her through her therapy and made it possible for her to dance again. She had only been seven at the time, but she could remember how hard it had been for her mother at that time, the constant struggle to work through the pain just to make that simple step.

As her thoughts turned towards sad memories, she felt herself dip a little. Uh-oh, she didn't want that!

She turned her thoughts back to her mother's speech and the loud applause that had followed it. Her mother had hugged her tightly and the two had danced together for a bit before they both walked off the stage. At that, Kourtney's heart felt lifted and she hovered a little higher in the air. It was so cool!!

And...and...she felt like dancing! Dancing in the air! She twisted her hips from side to side and did a kind slow motion wave. Now how cool would it be to have the entire class dancing?! "Hey, hey Kurumi!" She was continuing to float; though was moving closer to the prefect in the process. "Look! Air dancing!"

sweetpinkpixie · 10-26-2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Granger1814

And...and...she felt like dancing! Dancing in the air! She twisted her hips from side to side and did a kind slow motion wave. Now how cool would it be to have the entire class dancing?! "Hey, hey Kurumi!" She was continuing to float; though was moving closer to the prefect in the process. "Look! Air dancing!"

Kurumi was glad that she was focused this time, no hiccups, because it clearly meant that she was in much better control of where she was gliding and floating. Focusing on too many happy memories wouldn't help her produce a patronus. It required just one solid memory. If one were able to combine a bunch of memories to produce a patronus, did that mean that it could potentially come out to look like a chimera? Kurumi shivered at the thought, which hadn't been a good idea because the shiver made her spin like a slow moving top in the air.

Thankfully, she floated towards someone and it prevented her from floating too far off course. "Kourtney, hey," she chirped as her feet dangled in the air. Kurumi closed her eyes for a moment, focusing on another memory to experiment with, trying her best to push Jonathan out of her mind and her thoughts went to her brothers and everything they had ever done for her. It was a small gesture, but she could remember an instance when she had fallen, skinned a knee, and Ryunosuke had come to put a band aid on it, taken her small six-year-old hand and telling her that he would always be there to pick her up.

Kurumi began floating a little higher up in the air as the memory filled her.

Bazinga · 10-26-2011, 10:38 AM

Minerva then went over to the tables and started placing the table clothes onto an empty one. Once the table cloth was on she started stacking plates and napkins in order. This was something she loved to do. Planning parties was something she was good at!

RandomRaven · 10-26-2011, 10:39 AM

After Raven drank the potion, she thought about her best memory. Yeah, her 5th birthday party at Charlotte's mansion. Suddenly she felt that she didn't tough the floor. Yeah, Raven could levitate now!!!

*YAY!!!!*

hpluvr037 · 10-26-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Kennedy had more empty balloons in his hand when a guy spoke to him. "Sure, the more balloons the better," he grinned. He blew air into a few more balloons and stopped when he felt light headed.

No more for him.

"Ready," Kennedy said. The guy had a pile of balloons by him. He took one of them and placed the sticking charm on and levitated it to the ceiling. "Wingardium Leviosa," he. He turned back at his classmate and said, "I'm Kennedy, by the way." Yep, before he forgot to introduce himself.

Still feeling a bit overexcited from the potion, Keefer practically yelled his reply. "And I'm Keefer!"

Woah, tone it down there, buddy.

"Nice to meet you. Did you see me floating up by the ceiling? It was totally awesome!!" ~~Calming down failure.~~

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 11:41 AM

Harvey then decided that he was ready to take the potion. So he took a bottle and looked at it scared wondering what it must taste like. But he drank it anyways, it tasted weird but it was ok. So he thought about what memory he wanted to choose, he thought about it long and hard. He decided to choose the memory of when he first came to Hogwarts, so he closed his eyes shut and let the memory fill him up inside, suddenly it felt like he was floating. He opened his eyes to cheer his success when he realised he was still on the ground. He tried again to float away using this memory but once again he was unsuccessful. He tried a third time hoping to prove him lucky, but no luck there either. He in the end came to the conclusion that he would have choose a different memory.

pundantic · 10-26-2011, 11:43 AM

Selina lifted the potion to her lips and right before she swallowed she gestured a cheers to the air. Then she took a sip and thought really hard about her happy thought. It came in flashes. A little one year old waddling over to the toy broom... her climbing aboard the broom... her whizzing about on the broom... all of the laughing that little girl did whilst on the broom. That was true magic. The magic that Danielle had. For once, when Selina thought about her sister, she felt happy. She felt relieved. She felt like she was flying.

Then she looked down and saw that she was indeed a hovering over the ground. That made her happy. Danielle was going to live on forever in a good setting... in her memories.

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 11:55 AM

Harvey had been unsuccessful with the first memory, so he decided to choose the next memory which was when he kissed Ronnie for the first time after finding out how much she loved him. So he took another sip of the potion and closed his eyes and let the memory bubble up inside him. He suddenly had the feeling of weighlessness. He opened his eyes to see that he was floating an inch or so off the ground but not going any higher. *BURP* He burped to bring him back down. He tried the same memory again but concentrated on it more, he closed his eyes and let it fill his inside and concentrating hard on this memory. He once again had the feeling of weightlessness and opened his eyes to find that he was still not floating very high, but he was still only an inch or so off the ground. He knew that this was not his happiest memory and that he would have to choose one where he had been his most happiest.

Bazinga · 10-26-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

Harvey then decided that he was ready to take the potion. So he took a bottle and looked at it scared wondering what it must taste like. But he drank it anyways, it tasted weird but it was ok. So he thought about what memory he wanted to choose, he thought about it long and hard. He decided to choose the memory of when he first came to Hogwarts, so he closed his eyes shut and let the memory fill him up inside, suddenly it felt like he was floating. He opened his eyes to cheer his success when he realised he was still on the ground. He tried again to float away using this memory but once again he was unsuccessful. He tried a third time hoping to prove him lucky, but no luck there either. He in the end came to the conclusion that he would have choose a different memory.

Minerva saw Harvey take the potion close his eyes, but never leave the ground. "Harvey it's ok try something else." Minerva called out to him. She saw the William had floated pretty high, but she didn't want to interrupt his progress. She went to the front and took a bottle. WELL here goes nothing she thought. Minerva drank some of the potion it felt strange going down her throat. She thought about that first hockey game with her dad. Her feet lifted off the floor, but not by much. She was going to have to do better. Looking around the room to see if everyone else was having better luck.

jesifur · 10-26-2011, 11:57 AM

Jesifur was in her happy memory floating a few feet from the floor. Someone had bumped into her and now she seemed to be listing aimlessly to the left. All was still happy and she was wrapped in a warm thought. She felt as if the memory and the potion made a happy cocoon around her in which no harm could come to her. She thought it would be a bit scary with her feet off the ground, but this floating thing felt so right.

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 12:06 PM

Text Cut: Minnie

Suddenly he heard Minnie telling him to try another memory. He suddenly knew which memory would get him higher than any other student in this room "Yes, I guess you are right. There IS one memory that I havent tried yet. I am sure it will work much better than others I have been choosing so far" he said to her smiling. He took a step back away from her and took another sip of his potion. He closed his eyes and thought of the first time that he had kissed Minnie after finding out they liked each other. He let this memory fill every ounce of his body, he then felt like he was now floating higher and higher. He opened his eyes to see that he was now way above the ground and he could see many of his classmates attempting to float higher. He looked down at Minnie and knew this was his happiest memory *BURP* he came down to the ground again. He again thought of the same memory and let it fill his insides and closed his eyes. He felt he was floating, he opened his eyes to find that he was again up slightly above some of his classmates heads *BURP* he came down again. He was so happy to finally realise what his happiest moment was. He had never realised it before, but this class made him realise it. But he also realised nothing could come of him realising that this was the happiest moment in his life so far. He smiled at Minnie not wanting her to know what he was thinking.

Bazinga · 10-26-2011, 12:08 PM

Looking up at everyone floating a new more recent memory hit her. She smiled big and all of the sudden she felt the ceiling getting closer. It had worked, it had worked she couldn't believe she was up in the air.

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by anolan807

Looking up at everyone floating a new more recent memory hit her. She smiled big and all of the sudden she felt the ceiling getting closer. It had worked, it had worked she couldn't believe she was up in the air.

Harvey watched as Minnie floated higher and higher into the air. He again thought of his memory and floated high, he then pushed himself through the air towards her "Well done you did it! Well done I am so glad for you" he told her smiling broadly.

Bazinga · 10-26-2011, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

Harvey watched as Minnie floated higher and higher into the air. He again thought of his memory and floated high, he then pushed himself through the air towards her "Well done you did it! Well done I am so glad for you" he told her smiling broadly.

Floating around she looked at Harvey. "Thanks Harvey I just had to find the right memory I guess." Minerva looked around afraid to bump into anyone. She really didn't want to burp, but not liking flying so much she wanted her feet on the floor as soon as possible. So she gave a small burp and went down a little bit.

tiffyteddy · 10-26-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MadAlice

Violet noticed another first year standing on a ladder and hanging balloons by hand. She hesitated for a moment, because she didn't want to seem bossy by interfering (her governess was always telling her to stop being so bossy or no one would like her), but she couldn't help wondering if she needed any help. Violet didn't know as many spells as the older students, but she did know the one to make things rise in the air. Or maybe this girl just liked climbing ladders--Violet could understand that sort of thing. But she decided she ought to work on her social skills anyway, so, standing at the bottom of the ladder, she called up, "Hey, do you want any help? I know a spell that will make those float up there--or I could just hand you balloons, if you prefer to do it that way."

Tiffany turned around as she heard someone calling her just after she had finished with her balloons. "That's alright. I have just hung them all and I am going to fill the table with food and drinks, I guess. Maybe we could do it together. Besides, I would love to know about those spells even if I am not using it,"she replied cheerfully. She was glad that there was someone willing to give her a helping hand. She grinned as she thought of that.

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by anolan807

Floating around she looked at Harvey. "Thanks Harvey I just had to find the right memory I guess." Minerva looked around afraid to bump into anyone. She really didn't want to burp, but not liking flying so much she wanted her feet on the floor as soon as possible. So she gave a small burp and went down a little bit.

He watched as Minnie gave a small burp and floated back down to the ground, but he decided to float around a little more. After a while he started feeling a bit sick, so he *BURP* floated back down to the ground. He walked over to a wall and stood there inhaling and exhaling to stop him hurling. He gave another burp which made him feel much better.

jesifur · 10-26-2011, 12:48 PM

Jesifur was still listing slowly to the left a few feet off the ground. She was wrapped in a cocoon of happiness and warmth. Her cheeks began to hurt from smiling so much. She was reliving the experience of being handed her wand for the first time. Such a great and thrilling memory. It was at that exact moment when her hand met her wand that she knew, Anything was possible from here on. She was not a muggle, not a squib, but a real witch. And now with a wand.

BUMP.

Jesifur barely noticed as she drifted towards the wall. She hit the wall with a small bump and began drifting in the other direction. Almost in the same instant she opened her mouth and...

BELCH.

She burped and fell gently to the ground. She was still smiling from the memory and then began laughing as she became aware of all the other students drifting around the room. She hadn't realized how silly they all had looked smiling and floating around, but from her view on the floor she saw the whole ridiculous scene. Still laughing she stood up and smoothed her clothes. She grabbed the edge of the nearest table to steady herself and desperately tried to stop laughing.

tiffyteddy · 10-26-2011, 12:51 PM

Tiffany headed to the table where the food and drinks were on. She took some of them and put them on the table for the party following. It was a lot time-consuming if she did all the things all with her hands. However she had no other choice. Hopefully she would finish the preparation as fast as she could.

Schroyers · 10-26-2011, 12:52 PM

Maxwell burped to get himself down and as he reached the floor he closed his eyes again and this time thought about his birthday when he spoke to his mother and saw the firebolt his grandparents got him that would be waiting for him this summer. He focused thought of nothing but that moment and went one and a half feet off the ground. Maxwell's eyes didn't open until he was already in the air, his entire body jumped at the surprise...but he knew he could still be happier so he burped his way down again.

Bazinga · 10-26-2011, 01:10 PM

Minerva was back on the ground, but was feeling very happy and started giggling. This lesson was very interesting.

MadAlice · 10-26-2011, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan and Emma<3

Tiffany turned around as she heard someone calling her just after she had finished with her balloons. "That's alright. I have just hung them all and I am going to fill the table with food and drinks, I guess. Maybe we could do it together. Besides, I would love to know about those spells even if I am not using it,"she replied cheerfully. She was glad that there was someone willing to give her a helping hand. She grinned as she thought of that.

"Well, I don't know a lot of spells either," replied Violet, "but I do know this one pretty well--it levitates things in the air. You just take your wand and swish and flick and say: 'Leviosa!'" Violet demonstrated on a pile of cookies, which rose up into the air and then sailed over to the table under Violet's guiding wand.

DarkStorm · 10-26-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by anolan807

Minerva was back on the ground, but was feeling very happy and started giggling. This lesson was very interesting.

He was happy to see that Minnie was happy and laughing. He again decided to go up into the air, so he thought of his happy memory and he floated back into the air and floated around the classroom having fun

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