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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

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WitchLight27 · 11-06-2011, 07:27 PM

Two Gryffindors and a Slytherin. Erin knew the two of them. She had lose points from here too and that was quite an embarrassment. Ravenclaw's the seond in house points and they didn't have the space to risk any more house points that were earned so hard by good students.

Erin raised her hand upon hearing Professor Schirmer's question, "Professor, looking from what you have done, your Patronus relayed the message to Professor Scabior and he came here right away. Also, even without the actual message, for example a friend or someone who knew your Patronus would know the person who's sending it."

Anna Banana · 11-06-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trick-or-Tegz

She let out a breath.

"Today's man activity will involve attempting the patronus charm -when I instruct it. A reminder for those of you who haven't been paying attention, if you even try to cast the spell without permission you will lose points." Would there ever be a nice lesson where she wouldn't have to take so much in the way of points?

"If you don't know how to cast a Patronus or haven't managed one yet, move nearer someone who can. It doesn't matter if they can do a corporeal patronus or not themselves, I just find it is easier to be inspired to work hard and focus on your own when you can see one in action!" Patronus stuff was exciting right?

"And I have an activity for those of you who can cast a corporeal patronus too." She waggled one finger at the students and her eyes twinkled.

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

ooc: remember, no casting yet! We'll start that from my next post In the meantime, the question is worth points, so give it a go with answering!

Smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk.

Sierra could just laugh in the face of Kurumi Hollingberry at the moment. She could, but she didn't, of course. For one, she'd lose points if she did so, and for two, Hollingberry had just scored herself five extra bonus points for playing Superhero. Blahh. Sierra could have shut those firsties up, too. A good langlock would have done the trick.

What are the benefits of communicating via Patronus? Well, apparently it summoned hot professors into the room. Heh. But, no. She'd come up with something a little less...detention-worthy. She raised her hand. "It's a good way to call for help or let others know there's a danger," she said. "Some situations just don't lend themselves to finding parchment, a quill, and an owl, and taking the time to write out a full message." Oh, and... "With a patronus, you can identify the caster, only..." She looked thoughtful for a moment then added, "...what happens if a person's been captured, and their kidnapper forces them to cast a patronus to summon others to danger?"

BanaBatGirl · 11-06-2011, 08:20 PM

Hmmm. Other than summoning whoever you wanted to the room, what could patronuses do?

"They can get messages out like, really really fast," Tori stated, throwing her hand up in the air. "Also, you instantly know who the message is from and you can trust that like, no one else sent that message. Pretty useful thingies I'd say."

The only thing with patronuses was.... "You'd just have to be ready to write the message down since they're verbal and only play like, one time." Yup.

Deezerz · 11-06-2011, 08:26 PM

Kennedy's face grew bright red when the professor awarded him five points for what he did. He had not expected that, but he sure liked it. Too bad his house lost points.

He thought about the question, but many of the ideas that popped into his head were just said by his classmates. Still, he raised his hand and said, "The benefits of communicating via Patronus is that it's the quickest way to communicate be it for a simple or emergency situation." He could think of few. "Like to remind your mom that there's no milk at home or to warn some one that there's a dark wizard at large." Things like that. "A Patronus is also a way to communicate without looking so suspicious," he said. Like for an undercover spy who didn't want to give away his identity.

PatInTheHat · 11-06-2011, 08:45 PM

Even though she could cast a corporeal patronus, Arya considered scooting closer to Evelyn, if only to mess with the girl. The only thing that stopped her was the fact that this was a lesson and that students would probably be surrounding her and the Head Girl.

She'd just mess with the she-snake later.

"It's possible, professor." She raised her hand after listening to other responses and finishing off her marshmallow sandwich. "That an early benefit of communicating via patronus is that it can help strengthen your casting ability. Casting a corporeal consistently at our age is hard enough without having to tack on a message. Sending messages via patronus is a fun way to help strengthen that skill, and maybe even make you better able to cast a corporeal when it's most needed. When your life depends on that patronus." Arya had paused in nomming her food to consider her response as it was given and a for a moment after. Probably wasn't in line of what the professor was expecting from them, but it was the first thing to pop into her mind when the question was poised.

The prefect went back to the food on her plate when she was finished, ears picking up on all the other responses while she ate.

FireboltAvis88 · 11-07-2011, 05:13 AM

Alyssa listened as the others gave their answers. She waited politely until everyone who had raised their hands had given their answers and once they were done, she raised her and answered,"Could one of the benefits be that since it is corporeal, it can go through walls and as such take short cuts that even an owl can't. So the message is sent faster. Plus a patronus is harder to intercept and of course one can't torture it to get the message since it's not alive. The Patronus knows to whom the message is intended for and won't reveal it to anyone else. An owl can be caught and the message can be taken from it." Alyssa hoped that she made sense and she did check to make sure that she wasn't repeating someone else's answer.

After she had given her answer, Alyssa slowly slid over closer to Arya, her House Prefect, because she said that she knew how to make a Patronus. Who else better to learn then from her fellow housemate.

Since they weren't supposed to be talking, Alyssa tugged on Arya's hand and pointed to herself and then to her, then nodded with a questioning gesture on her face to indicate that she would like to join her and whether it was okay.

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Jason Potter Weasley · 11-07-2011, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Trick-or-Tegz

"Non-corporeal is fine. It is the first step after all." Althea assured the girl.

"Oh excellent. You'll get more opportunity to practice today." She smiled at the Ravenclaw.

"Certainly." Althea listened. "Firstly, that is okay if you can't cast it yet. Just practice. I don't expect most of the class to manage, but its important to lay the ground work and know what you need in order to manage it." And for the next part, "Well you can't actually have more than one Patronus, at least not at one time, so you mean from reading about some spirit guardians, you're torn between a couple possibilities? All you can do is wait and see," She told him comfortingly. "I had no idea what my Patronus was going to be until I managed to cast it in corporeal form. It's quite exciting to find out for sure."

"Between corporeal and non-corporeal? As we discussed earlier, when a Patronus is corporeal, it takes an animal form, resembling a creature which is a representation of your personality. When it is non-corporeal it is a whispier, less substantial and formless result. My Patronus was corporeal, you'll see some non-corporeal patronuses in this lesson too."

"Excellent, you can demonstrate soon." Althea responded to the Head Girl.

"Great, thank you." She wasn't surprised actually.

"Okay, I'll be looking forward to seeing what you can do."

"5 points from you for attempting to use magic without permission."

"And five points from you for doing the same."

"Lovely, Mr. Kim. I'll be looking forward to seeing it."

"Five points to you Miss Hollingberry for attempting to regulate misbehaving students."

"Miss Parker, I'm done with your misbehaviour in my presence." She had been one of the students late to the first charms class of the year too. "Ten points from you for continuing to misbehave and disobey the rules."

"Thank you, Mr. Escalante for trying to regulate a classmate politely. Five points for you."

"Well maybe we'll find out what it is. And five points for you for helping to keep your classmates on task."

"A Lynx. That's neat." Althea nodded. She'd had to work hard at it too, there was no shame in that.

"Politely." Althea warned. It didn't help to start yelling.

"Miss Parker, that is enough. This is the third time you have blatantly disregarded the rules I have set for your learning environment. An additional ten points from you and you'll leave the classroom immediately and inform your head of house why you have lost yet more points for misconduct."

The prefect got a small, tight smile in acknowledgement.

"Too late for that." Professor Schirmer eyed the girl, waiting for her to leave.

"Oh, Professor Scabior." See wasn't she nice not calling him Dashbag in front of the kiddies? Althea smiled pleasantly, something she tended not to do in his direction so it might have been a touch alarming.

"Thank you for helping to demonstrate how very effecting the Patronus charm is for passing on a message, in this case my asking you to pop in and visit. Help yourself if you want something to eat or drink." Party food. Yay.

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She let out a breath.

"Today's man activity will involve attempting the patronus charm -when I instruct it. A reminder for those of you who haven't been paying attention, if you even try to cast the spell without permission you will lose points." Would there ever be a nice lesson where she wouldn't have to take so much in the way of points?

"If you don't know how to cast a Patronus or haven't managed one yet, move nearer someone who can. It doesn't matter if they can do a corporeal patronus or not themselves, I just find it is easier to be inspired to work hard and focus on your own when you can see one in action!" Patronus stuff was exciting right?

"And I have an activity for those of you who can cast a corporeal patronus too." She waggled one finger at the students and her eyes twinkled.

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

ooc: remember, no casting yet! We'll start that from my next post In the meantime, the question is worth points, so give it a go with answering!

" Thanks for helping me professor" Willaim smiled. " Sounds cool about getting my Patronus" Willaim said to the professor.

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Minerva moved closer to a fifth year Hufflepuff. "Do you mind if I sit next to you since the professor said younger students may want to move closer to older ones?" Minerva then raised her hand. The benefits would be if in danger you can call for help maybe like 911 in the muggle world."

William is really sad now. Minerva did not want to sit next to him, her boyfriend. Willaim must have lost her to another boy. At least Willaim will work on a really good grade now.

Bazinga · 11-07-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley

" Thanks for helping me professor" Willaim smiled. " Sounds cool about getting my Patronus" Willaim said to the professor.

William is really sad now. Minerva did not want to sit next to him, her boyfriend. Willaim must have lost her to another boy. At least Willaim will work on a really good grade now.

Minerva turned as she sat next to the older Hufflepuff and noticed William didn't follow her. She smiled at him and motioned for him to sit next to her. She mouthed "We are suppose to sit by older students" without saying a word so she wouldn't interrupt class. Then she raised her hand "Professor if we were faced with an enemy and we tried to use that to get up wouldn't they know what we were doing and could they stop it?" Minerva didn't know anything about this spell so she was curious.

slytherus · 11-07-2011, 01:09 PM

She listened carefully to Professor Schirmer's lecture with her back still against the wall. She didn't even bOther about the party food. Instead, with a serious expression, Aiden raised up her hand. "I think the Patronus Charm is very convenient than sending an owl. For instance, owls could've arrived late due to bad weather, but Patronus has no problem with it," she replied as she put her hand down slowly.

MadAlice · 11-07-2011, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

..."I've been able to cast a corporeal." she said, after raising her hand. Hence how she knew what hers was.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

"If you don't know how to cast a Patronus or haven't managed one yet, move nearer someone who can. It doesn't matter if they can do a corporeal patronus or not themselves, I just find it is easier to be inspired to work hard and focus on your own when you can see one in action!"

At the teacher's words, Violet moved carefully across the room until she was standing next to one of the students who had said she could cast a corporeal Patronus--a Slytherin, and the Head Girl, to boot! She must know what she's doing, so Violet decided to watch Evelyn carefully.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

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

Violet raised her hand--she couldn't cast a Patronus, but at least she could offer an opinion on a question.

"You might not always have access to other means of communication--an owl or the Floo--but as long as you have your wand, you could still cast a Patronus." If you could cast a Patronus, that is.

Jason Potter Weasley · 11-07-2011, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by anolan807

Minerva turned as she sat next to the older Hufflepuff and noticed William didn't follow her. She smiled at him and motioned for him to sit next to her. She mouthed "We are suppose to sit by older students" without saying a word so she wouldn't interrupt class. Then she raised her hand "Professor if we were faced with an enemy and we tried to use that to get up wouldn't they know what we were doing and could they stop it?" Minerva didn't know anything about this spell so she was curious.

William took a chair next to Minerva. Hopefully this older student can help them both. Will the older Hufflepuff want to help a Gryffindor?

FireboltAvis88 · 11-07-2011, 07:13 PM

Alyssa raised her hand looking first to see that she wasn't interrupting someone else who was about to give an answer to the Professor's question. She also hoped that by raising her hand, the Professor wouldn't get upset with her for raising a question when it was supposed to be answer time right now. But Alyssa was really interested to know what the answer to her question was.

So she asked,"Professor is there a specific distance that one can send a patronus? How far can one's patronus go? It looks like one doesn't need to keep eye contact with it, but does that mean that the Patronus may be able to travel to the other side of the world, if the message receipient happens to be there or does the strength of the Patronus wane over distance and time?" Alyssa hoped that she wasn't asking a stupid question.

hpluvr037 · 11-07-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley

William took a chair next to Minerva. Hopefully this older student can help them both. Will the older Hufflepuff want to help a Gryffindor?

Keefer chuckled to himself as he saw a second year sidle over next to the girl. It was pretty obvious there was something going on between them, dating or close to it. Ah, the firstie scramble he thought to himself. He never understood why 11- and 12-year-old students thought they needed to be in a relationship.

Rather than show his amusement outwardly, he merely nodded toward the newcomer in recognition and welcome. The more the merrier, I suppose!

Kaos.Doodles · 11-07-2011, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tegz

"Oh, Professor Scabior." See wasn't she nice not calling him Dashbag in front of the kiddies? Althea smiled pleasantly, something she tended not to do in his direction so it might have been a touch alarming.

"Thank you for helping to demonstrate how very effecting the Patronus charm is for passing on a message, in this case my asking you to pop in and visit. Help yourself if you want something to eat or drink." Party food. Yay.

Something bad was clearly going to happen. Maybe he was about to be attacked. Or perhaps Hogwarts was going to burst into flames. But clearly something bad was GOING to take place because Althea Schirmer just smiled at him.

And THAT was never a good sign.

"It's my pleasure." No not really "And..dure." Scabior said hesitantly before walking over to where the food was and pouring himself a drink. He wasn't going to drink it though. There were no doubts in his mind that Althea would try to poison him, even in front of the kids.

Wait...he was going to help her teach now? Great.

Jason Potter Weasley · 11-08-2011, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Keefer chuckled to himself as he saw a second year sidle over next to the girl. It was pretty obvious there was something going on between them, dating or close to it. Ah, the firstie scramble he thought to himself. He never understood why 11- and 12-year-old students thought they needed to be in a relationship.

Rather than show his amusement outwardly, he merely nodded toward the newcomer in recognition and welcome. The more the merrier, I suppose!

William smiled at the older boy.

Sherri · 11-08-2011, 02:11 AM

Witsy munched on some food quietly sitting towards the back of the room. She looked up hesitant because she knew she wasn't great at producing anything and ended up causing harm to herself... natural clutz. She charmed her quill to take notes, the only problem was that it commented on everything including people's smirk remarks, but anything to let her multitask.

She held out her wand from under the table and mumbled what would potentially produce her potronus

Hermione345 · 11-08-2011, 07:21 AM

Namitha could produce a non-corporeal patronus most of the time.She said 'I think the greatest advantage is that they speak in the voice of the one who casts it and are dark-proof'
Namitha was so excited about producing her patronus.But she had a doubt 'Professor, can really powerful wizards produce patronus without a wand??'

cezm_15 · 11-08-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Keefer chuckled to himself as he saw a second year sidle over next to the girl. It was pretty obvious there was something going on between them, dating or close to it. Ah, the firstie scramble he thought to himself. He never understood why 11- and 12-year-old students thought they needed to be in a relationship.

Rather than show his amusement outwardly, he merely nodded toward the newcomer in recognition and welcome. The more the merrier, I suppose!

Lillian was very interested on how to cast a patronus. But being a first year, she have no idea how she was going to do that. She notice some students were pairing up while others were in a group, so she looked around the room and tried to search for familiar faces. Her eyes landed on a fellow Hufflepuff. She made her way to him.

"Excuse me, do you mind if I join you?" she asked shyly. She turned a bit red when the guy looked at him and raised his brows. "Godric, he must have thought I'm crazy." she thought to herself.

hpluvr037 · 11-08-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cezm_15

Lillian was very interested on how to cast a patronus. But being a first year, she have no idea how she was going to do that. She notice some students were pairing up while others were in a group, so she looked around the room and tried to search for familiar faces. Her eyes landed on a fellow Hufflepuff. She made her way to him.

"Excuse me, do you mind if I join you?" she asked shyly. She turned a bit red when the guy looked at him and raised his brows. "Godric, he must have thought I'm crazy." she thought to herself.

Merlin, they just kept coming!

Apparently I'm approachable? he thought, bemused by the small flock he was collecting.

"No, not at all!" he replied enthusiastically, though quietly so as not to disrupt. He reached over and moved his things to make room for her.

FireboltAvis88 · 11-09-2011, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

Witsy munched on some food quietly sitting towards the back of the room. She looked up hesitant because she knew she wasn't great at producing anything and ended up causing harm to herself... natural clutz. She charmed her quill to take notes, the only problem was that it commented on everything including people's smirk remarks, but anything to let her multitask.

She held out her wand from under the table and mumbled what would potentially produce her potronus

Alyssa heard someone behind her mumbling what sounded like the spell words to producing a Patronus. "Oh No, I hope the Professor doesn't notice or hear her." Alyssa thought to herself. She didn't want to see the Gryffindor lose points for disobeying the Professor. So she turned her head to look at the older Lion student sitting behind her and tried to warn her by shaking her head. She hoped that the girl understood what she was trying to tell her.

cezm_15 · 11-09-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Merlin, they just kept coming!

Apparently I'm approachable? he thought, bemused by the small flock he was collecting.

"No, not at all!" he replied enthusiastically, though quietly so as not to disrupt. He reached over and moved his things to make room for her.

Lillian beamed a smile and thanked him. "Thank you!"

She placed her things and looked at the guy. "It was so nice of you, although perhaps, maybe you must have thought I'm such a helpless first year?" she giggled. "Well, no need to answer that. I know I am." she continued with a laugh. "But seriously though, thank you."

Sherri · 11-09-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa heard someone behind her mumbling what sounded like the spell words to producing a Patronus. "Oh No, I hope the Professor doesn't notice or hear her." Alyssa thought to herself. She didn't want to see the Gryffindor lose points for disobeying the Professor. So she turned her head to look at the older Lion student sitting behind her and tried to warn her by shaking her head. She hoped that the girl understood what she was trying to tell her.

Witsy saw a Hufflepuff shaking her head. Instantly, she felt like she was doing something wrong and looked towards the professor to make sure he didn't see her. Then, when she was pretty sure she was okay, she looked back at the younger student and mouthed, "Isn't this the point?" slightly confused.

FireboltAvis88 · 11-09-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

Witsy saw a Hufflepuff shaking her head. Instantly, she felt like she was doing something wrong and looked towards the professor to make sure he didn't see her. Then, when she was pretty sure she was okay, she looked back at the younger student and mouthed, "Isn't this the point?" slightly confused.

Alyssa looked to see whether the Professor was still facing the other way. She was hoping that the prefect next to her would have noticed her trying to tell the older Gryffindor student that Professor had already mentioned twice that they weren't supposed to try doing the charm yet, but Arya happened to be busy eating. "I wish that I knew how to do sign language,"Alyssa thought to herself. "If I get points deducted because I was trying to prevent her from losing points herself, I'm giving up being the nice girl."Alyssa sighed to herself. So Alyssa checked one more time to see whether the Professor was looking their way and when she saw that he wasn't, she quickly turned around, pointed to her wand, pointed to the girl, shook her head and mouthed "Not yet!".

"Okay, if she doesn't understand what I'm trying to tell her this time, I'm not going to try again. She's on her own."Alyssa thought to herself.

AlwaysSnapesGirl · 11-09-2011, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tegz

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

Benefits of sending a message through a Patronus? First, that was just really cool. Whenever Vashti managed to cast a corporeal one, that was definitely the next thing she'd start working on.

Her hand went up. "I'd say one of the benefits is that it's generally more convenient, especially depending on the distance between yourself and the person you want to send the message to. Sending a Patronus is easier if that person is fairly close to your location and you don't want or aren't able to walk there. Finding a parchment, quill, ink, and an owl to send it with is more tedious for sending a message only a short distance; it'd almost be better to just walk there yourself and talk to the person than go to all that trouble. A Patronus just needs a wand, which most people carry with them, so it doesn't take up as much of your time."

Sherri · 11-10-2011, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa looked to see whether the Professor was still facing the other way. She was hoping that the prefect next to her would have noticed her trying to tell the older Gryffindor student that Professor had already mentioned twice that they weren't supposed to try doing the charm yet, but Arya happened to be busy eating. "I wish that I knew how to do sign language,"Alyssa thought to herself. "If I get points deducted because I was trying to prevent her from losing points herself, I'm giving up being the nice girl."Alyssa sighed to herself. So Alyssa checked one more time to see whether the Professor was looking their way and when she saw that he wasn't, she quickly turned around, pointed to her wand, pointed to the girl, shook her head and mouthed "Not yet!".

"Okay, if she doesn't understand what I'm trying to tell her this time, I'm not going to try again. She's on her own."Alyssa thought to herself.

Witsy nodded, and mouth "thanks." She sighed. She was eager to get started. She placed her wand next to her books and took a sip of her drink.

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