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DADA 1 - Now You See Me, Now You Don't Now You See Me, Now You Don't http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/...psthmzb8cb.jpg Please remember that all DADA Classroom rules and SS site rules apply. It's early morning, but not so early that one wouldn't have had time to get breakfast, do their hair in a somewhat neat fashion and maybe scrub their teeth with a finger and some mint. The beauty of the early morning lessons, besides groggy children with half muddled greetings, is the golden light that streams in from the large windows lining either side of the training hall, the far end of which is serving as the classroom for today's lesson. At the far end, as seems to be custom with the DADA Professor, the floor is bare. No stools, desks or chairs are in sight. Instead, the plain stone beckons welcome to those who would like to stand or sit. Lying is not recommended, one might find themselves promptly stepped on, or possibly used as a pillow. On the wall, however, one decoration has been spared. A series of black chalkboards have been hung on small pegs, one for each and every student. One above the lot of them reads 'Grab a board, a piece of chalk and take a seat'. Beside this interesting display stands the Professor, or at least, half of him. From the waist up, he appears as he normally does. Casually dressed for whatever activity is planned. From the waist down, however, there is nothing but air and the stone of the wall and the floor. For all appearances, it looks like the Professor has lost his bottom half, and seems quite content and comfortable with the matter. Indeed, he supports a smug smirk, with his hands clasped easily behind his back, ready to greet each and every student that comes in. Find a chalkboard, chalk and a piece of floor. The lesson will begin shortly. --------------------- Class Progression:
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His face a bit puffy because he had had a midnight snack before going to bed, Yoongi still entered the Defence training hall with a good mood. He was excited for this class , one of his favourites …not as much as Charms though… While entering the room, the first thing the Gryffindor noticed that there were no desks, stools or even chairs in the area and his excitement grew even more. That meant they had a practical lesson right?! As he walked further, he did not notice the chalkboards hanging on the wall but the Professor. Or at least, half of him. Now, anyone who knew him would know that he was easily startled or freaked out but not this time, he basically ran to the man and as he stood in front of him , gasped loudly, looked down and his eyes twinkled." If that is what I think it is and if I think that that is what we’ll be learning today than I am SO PSYCHED for this lesson! oh ..also Hi~ "No really! If it was the disillusionment charm they were going to learn then he would be so excited! Cause it was the spell he had written down that he had wanted to learn more about the most. So, Pleeeeeease let it be so! He would make him a cake if it is yes! Eventhough he can’t bake anything… Oh right, chalkboard. Still with a grin on his face, the Gryffindor grabbed what he needed to take and waited, wide eyed , thinking 'please let it be that, please let it be that' the whole time. |
Entering the DADA classroom, Penelope looked around. The room seemed empty except for one wall. Was she the first one here? Where was the professor? She walked over to where the chalkboards were hanging and grabbed a chalkboard and a piece of chalk. Professor Dakest was here. "Good morning, Professor Dakest." The apparently missing lower half of his body got a suspicious look, but she wasn't going to ask about that yet. Disillusionment charm, maybe? Penelope found a spot in the middle of the room and sat down on the floor. Looked like it would be an interesting lesson. |
Ilia did her best to be early for Defense Against the Dark Arts, it was one of her favorite classes after CoMC after all. Also, he didn't require them to wear robes generally....The one muggle-like thing that she did was wearing jeans when she could. So this morning she most certainly did. Jeans, a black long sleeve and hiking boots, best to be prepared in Professor Dakest's class. The beautiful golden sunlight shined in across the clean and empty space, a thing of silent beauty as she looked into the classroom. Only the professor was there, smirking .....with half of his body 'not there'. This class, was going to be good. Upon seeing his state, she wasn't unsettled at all and actually, gave him the biggest smile she had given any professor yet this year. "Good Morning, Professor." She bowed respectfully , bright eyed and bushy tail, ready to go as they say. She procured a chalkboard and chalk, as she watched Yoongi's antics. The Gryffindor boy was certainly 'interesting' at times. She stood an acceptable distance away from the professor and sat, crossed legged on the floor. Waiting patiently, she contemplated if she would be in trouble for turning her chalk green? |
Although she was injured, it didn't mean that she had to skip the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. So far she had enjoyed the lesson and Professor Dakest was great and cool too. The healer had put a splint on her left shoulder and hopefully it would get better soon. After she had some breakfast, the Gryffindor girl climbed up to the first floor where the classroom had located. Entering the classroom, she noticed the Professor was... half of him? Blink blink... "Good morning, Profesor and... Are you okay?" She asked the ex-auror. Was he got sliced or... NO WAY. It must be a trick that related to their lessons today. And also, a chalk and blackboard? That reminded her of her muggle primary school. she grabbed a board and a chalk and... How was she supposed to write things with this since she injured her shoulder? Oh, sucks. |
Mornings didn't bother Olly. He generally tended to wake up early, and so he had plenty of time to eat and prepare himself for the first lesson of the day. It also meant that he was not all groggy or half asleep from just waking up. Defense Against the Dark Arts was a pretty cool class, and one of the few he actually looked forward to. Also, it was nice that it was not too many staircases away from his dorm. Having to walk up all of the stairs in Hogwarts was not his idea of a good time, and it would make this class not as fun if it was too far away. Blink. Blink. "Er, missing something, professor?" How could a fully grown man lose his legs though? It seemed like something that would be hard to misplace. Oliver stood in the doorway for a moment, staring at the professor with a look of clear confusion on his face. After a moment he kept walking, grabbing a chalkboard and some chalk, and stood leaning against a wall. |
It’s one of those core subjects that he needed to excel in, and ace in his upcoming NEWTs. So without much thought, Ethan arrived in the training hall earlier than everyone else as expected. He’d been preparing for this lesson since last night, even went to bed early, so the muddled greeting that the professor might be expecting from him won’t be heard. Instead, a cheerful one came out of his mouth as soon as he stepped inside the training salle. “GREETINGS PROFES—” What in the world?! You don’t welcome students with your other half missing! Ethan stood by the entrance, perplexed with what he saw, but then was relieved to see the pleasant expression on the Professor’s face. At least he’s not bothered by it, and not in pain. Take two. Clearing his throat, “GREETINGS, Professor Dakest-- …or should I say Professor Dakest 0.5?” Ethan gave the professor a sup nod, and glanced at, what should be his legs and feet, then back to the professor. “Disillusionment charm, I suppose?” he asked and at the same time half assumed. With a quick look around the room, he found the wall full of small blackboards, and the instruction hanging above the lot. The Slytherin got himself one, a piece of chalk, and walked over a spot near the windows where he could get some sunlight. It was almost winter season, so yes, he’d take advantage of the heat of the sun while it lasted. |
It was so early, gosh! But early morning lessons were the best! And best of all? They didn't have to wear robes to the lesson. Wide awake and with a full stomach, Adi bounded into the room. He was all set for whatever Dakest tossed their way today. Yep! BRING IT ON! "Good morning-'' Eh... Where did half of the man go? :blink: It took him only a second or two to pull himself together. Disillusionment Charm was at work, perhaps? "Professor! Did you know that half of you is missing?" Hehe. Rhetorical question. After giving the man a grin, he turned his attention to the board... no, boardS. Okay, soooo board, chalk and floor! Adi grabbed the two before shuffling over to Ilia, in the process waving to Yoongi, Ava, Penelope and Ethan. "Heyyy, Ilia,'' he greeted as he flopped down cross legged beside her. |
He didn't want to go to anymore classes. Blaise Bellaire had only just started his Hogwarts career and he was already done. So done. His wand didn't work; his magic didn't work and every lesson he'd been to so far required these two factors to be fixed. Trouble was, he didn't know HOW to fix them, consequently the boy walked into the lesson with a long face and his quick quotes quill and notepad floating along ahead of him. First thing he noticed, there were no desks or chairs. Second thing, he needed to grab a little chalkboard and chalk. Third thing, there was only half a Professor here. How did THAT happen? Blaise stared openly in awe, wondering if they would be able to do that too but then he remember how his magic was no good and his face just fell all over again. "Hello Professor. It's neat how you cut yourself in half like that." Even though he'd never be able to do the same with his own wand. The boy flopped to the ground with a look similar to that of a child who'd been handed candy then had it snatched away right after. He wanted to cut himself in half too but no doubt his wand would never let him--or worse, it would do it wrong and get him killed. |
Norah had woken up early for this one, mmhmm. There were certain things that had to be done before a DADA class, namely looking in the mirror for five hundred billion years just to make sure her cheeks were NOT going to go red. Prefect's orders. It wasn't allowed. Her cheeks hadn't done a very good job with it in all the other DADA classes this term, but it this was her lesson. She'd practiced, okay? Practice made...something close to perfect than she was at this point. The perfection part of the prefect deal was still decidedly out of reach, but that was likely true for everybody except for Sophie Brown who was probably perfect from the second she was born. When she stepped into the classroom, her eyes went directly to Professor Dakest, her eyebrows went directly upwards, and the corners of her mouth went directly into their smiling position. Where did the bottom half of him GO? "Good morning professor." Her greeting had a tendency to be soft and mumbled in this particular class, and today was no exception. There was no blushing, at least, so that was a cause for celebration all in itself. Apparently having an invisible bottom half didn't make it any easier to not be in in awe of him, which was completely unfair. Maybe he could make his face invisible next time. That would be a shame, though. She finally noticed that there were no chairs and desks set up, so she retrieved a board before choosing a place on the floor. Alright. Cool. Hopefully this wouldn't be as embarrassing as the patronuses had been. |
No food in her belly, and absolutely no brushing of her hair happened. It was, however, in a pony tail which helped with the fly away hairs a bit. Eye buggers were present, and most likely some drool stains around her mouth. Maybe the whole 'being alert' thing was a fluke last term, or maybe she still wasn't quite in the swing of things yet. Whatever the reason, AJ was here physically, but that was about it. Walking into the room, AJ spotted the professor, and pointed at his missing half. It took too much effort to actually say what she was thinking. A mumbled "morning," did escape from her barely opened lips. People. Hi, people. AJ did a sort of sleep walk over to the boyfriend. Head nod for the hufflepuff prefect. Sup? Oh crap. She needed things. A few 'out of body experience' steps later and she was back in her original position with a chalkboard and chalk. She couldn't get too comfortable because sleep would probably overtake her once more. |
It didn't matter to Hady how early in the morning this lesson was taking place for she was more then wide awake. Her face as well as the rest of her completely clean, hair brushed but left down flowing nicely down her back and around her shoulders, teeth brushed as well. She'd even had time for breakfast of course though it wasn't exactly breakfast food if chocolate frogs and a charmed glass of orange changed into coffee counted for much. Entering the DADA room all she really noticed was the lack of desks and chairs at first. Well alrighty then nothing wrong with that. Doing a quick sweep of the room with her bright hazel eyes she nodded at a few of her friends before spotting Professor Dakest or well um half of him off to the side. Nothing seemed to concern her anymore, if the man didn't appear bothered by the lack of his lower half then neither would she. However she couldn't help but hope this had something to do with what they'd be learning today. "Morning Professor," she greeted warmly with a small smirk and a simple nod of her head. Greeting down she wandered across the room to the selection of mini black boards and picked one up off the wall along with a piece of chalk. With the items needed in her hand she found a clear spot where no one was standing and sat herself down on the floor, bag resting at her feet, chalkboard resting on her lap and fingers drumming quietly to a beat she couldn't seem to get out of her head. |
Austin walked into the room tired as ever. He wasn't a morning person. Why did professors have to make classes so early? They knew students wouldn't be fully awake, right? Well this fourth year wasn't. He almost fell asleep in his french toast this morning. He did, however, end up pouring syrup all over his hand. It was a very odd morning indeed. Looking around, he found that a few students were sitting on the floor with chalkboards. Upon further looking around he found that there were chalkboards hanging up on the far wall. He promptly grabbed one, and some chalk, and found an empty spot to sit. Looking up, wanting to greet the professor, he realized that the man was only half there. He was very confused indeed. "Um... Morning professor?" |
Normally these early morning classes drove Cinna nuts. It wasn't the having to get up so early part. It was the I'm on the seventh floor abs I'm supposed to make it down to the great hall eat breakfast before this early morning class? There was not enough hours in the day. But surprisingly this morning she had gotten up in time to go for a run, eat breakfast, and go up the the owlery to send off some letters. She did this all before it was time to head down to class. Amazing! She wasn't even tired. She was awfully wide eyed and brushy tailed this morning. If she had been heading to Moxleys lesson this morning instead she could have stuck the super big smiley face to her clothes. Instead she was heading to defense against the dark arts. Heading on into the classroom she noticed no desk. No desk? Hmmmm sitting in the floor. So these other slackers couldn't fall asleep, right? Great idea Dakest. Slackers shouldn't have the chance to slack. Anyway... The seventh year nodded and smiled at the professor as she passed, "Good morning, Professor Dakest." Hmmmm. Half of him was missing. She actually wasn't sure how to react to this. If she wasn't as awake as she was she probably would have thought she was seeing things. Then she went over to the chalk boards took one off of the peg and I piece of chalk and found a seat.... Or a spot in the floor next to no one she was at a perfect spot next to no one. She was completely happy with this for now. |
DADA. One of the class that she was looking forward too. Not because the Professor has a nice face. A VERY nice face. Nope. Not at all. But she was not really a fan of morning classes. She's just not a morning person. The Gryffindor had to drag herself from her comfy dorm ALL the way to the DADA classroom in the first floor. But she did get a chance to get some breakfast first. That's a plus. When she entered the classroom, the first thing she noticed was the Professor or more like half of him. But he still looked very handsome. Ahem. "Good morning, Professor." Candice grabbed one of those chalk board and a chalk of course before she found a perfect spot on the floor to sit on. |
Dante liked this class. Though he just likes DADA anyway So it probably would not have mattered the Professor. Sorry Dakest. So he was not really surprised when he walked in and saw no desks. He was use to Professors being crazy with the rooms by now. "Good to see you Professor...well at least half of you anyway" Now that was certainly interesting and Dante had no idea how he did it. How they be learning how to do that today or something like that. That would be awesome. Dante took a board and a piece of chalk and looked for a empty spot to sit down. He was not going to stand unless ordered too. Though no lying down. That could be disastrous. Though imagine all the things a fourteen year could do if he became invisible. Just imagine. |
Zander Adair was tired. Zander Adair was sleep deprived. Zander Adair was feeling all sorts of pressure. And yet somehow, Zander Adair managed to get himself out of bed this morning with time to grab a quick bite at breakfast and still make it to class on time. Man. Zander Adair had this down to a science. The science of waking up at the very last possible minute and still surviving Hogwarts. They should start a club for that. Zander could be president. The Gryffindor was still tired as he walked into the classroom. Though he still noticed the note on the wall. Grabbing a board and a piece of chalk he went to-- Uh. Blink. Blink. Blink. He stopped cold in his path, rubbing his eyes a bit. Okay, was he so sleepy that he was only seeing half of Professor Dakest this morning? This had never been a sideeffect... "Uh, good morning, Sir," he blinked a few more times before walking to find a piece of floor to sit at. Man. That was strange. Where did his legs go? |
Paulina didn't like mornings, yet she somehow managed to drag herself out of bed and look at least somewhat decent. At least her appearance was up to class standards, and that was the important thing. Entering the classroom she didn't even blink as she saw half of the Professor missing. Why not? Wasn't as if strange things weren't happening in every lesson. It was almost normal to her now. "Morning Professor." At least he hadn't added any bizarre rules lately - at least from what she'd seen. Anything could happen. Waving to people, Paulina grabbed a chalkboard and piece of chalk before finding a place to sit. |
Oh early morning class. The only blessing was they hadn't had astro the night before. But alas no and Benny was only moving a little slower this morning as he entered the classroom. The sight of the half-professor was a mild surprise but the Gryffindor wasn't concerned. Disallusionment charms...quite common when one deals with dragons as he had over the summer. Not to mention what Adi had cast in their own adventures. "Good morning professor," he greeted politely as he went to retrieve a chalkboard and chalk and then to find a seat. "Hey," he greeted Adi and a quite sleepy AJ almost about to sit be them when he spotted Paulina off by herself. Deciding to be friendly, Benny moved closer to her. "Morning," he greeted as he sat down. |
Oooh, DADA time. Davie loved DADA, even when it was early in the morning. He trotted into class and happily picked up his chalkboard and chalk, as instructed. It was then that he noticed the professor, and.... noticed that half of him was missing. It took Davie a minute of staring and thinking to figure that one out. See, he was probably just partially visible. Surely Professor Dakest knew how to apparate and disapparate properly, so he hadn't splinched his bottom half. He hadn't messed up a spell, and then decided to hold a class. That didn't make sense. So this was a deliberate bit of magic, and it probably had something to do with what they were going to learn today, and Davie didn't need to waste the professor's time asking him about it. He greeted the man, finally, with a sharp nod of respect, taking his chalkboard over to the corner to sit down. |
It was time for Defense Against the Dark Arts and Janelle was curious about what the class might be learning today. She entered the room, ready to enthusiastically greet the professor. "Good Morning Profes......sor" Oh......there was only half of the professor to greet. He was bottomless. Now that was different. Janelle wondered if he using an invisibility cloak around his bottom half. Now she was definitely intrigued. Seeing the written instructions, Janelle grabbed a blackboard and chalk. She waved to Adi and Cinna, then she found an nice empty spot on the floor and sat down. From there, she could see everyone as they arrived for class. People watching was always a good way to pass the time. |
Evie could occasionally be persuaded to be a morning person. Especially when that morning was started off with Dakest teaching DADA. She had her breakfast, of course, and had gotten dressed and ready and went on her way to the classroom, excited to see what they would be learning that morning. "Good morning... Professor." Half of the professor, she noted as she walked through the door. Interesting, but not really a surprise. More of an invitation to be even more excited about what they would learn today. Without question, Evie followed the directions on the board and obtained a board and a piece of chalk and found a place to sit as she waited for the rest of her classmates to show up. |
Defense Against the Dark Arts. This class was the one Colt was most interested to attend. He had some knowledge from Dumstrang of course but he wanted to know how this Hogwarts teacher handled this subject. He didn't really sleep well last night due to some excitement. He did manage to eat something for breakfast though and felt a little better. He was still scrubbing the sleepies out of his eyes when he entered the room. He noticed others beat him here though which was to be expected. As he looked to the front of the room, he noticed the Professor.....half of him was missing????? He blinked not once, not twice but three times to make sure no joke was being played on him. He furrowed his brows in confusion and tilted his head. "Good morning Professorr?" He was still even more confused yet fascinated he managed to do that. He shook his head and remembered to introduce himself, "Im Colt. Colt Winchester." Then he saw he needed to take a piece of chalk and a chalkboard and went back to his seat. He wondered what they were gonna do with this stuff. |
Mornings weren't a problem, as Sophie Brown made a habit of going for an early morning run with the sunrise every morning, but this particular morning, when she'd first woken up, it looked like a lack of sleep was taking its toll on the Ravenclaw. She'd used some Not-So-Sleeping Beauty and Dry Eyes from Madame Primpernelles to combat the dark, sleepy circles under her eyes and her dry, tired eyes themselves, so one might not have known she seemed to be especially exhausted today. But she was, especially after her run she took anyway, and only the trained eye would've still been able to see those traces of exhaustion in her complexion and demeanor. But it was DEFENSE time, so that at least helped a little in providing her with the pick-me-up she needed. It was always fun to see Dakest, and-- That smug smirk was the first thing she noticed, followed closely by his missing bottom half. He was ridiculous, did he know? He was like an excited little kid bursting at the seams, like he had a BIG secret to tell, but his secret wasn't a secret at all because everyone could see him. Nerd. "You are... something else, sir," was her choice of greeting, an amused smile accompanying her words as she caught sight of the instructions about the chalk and retrieved her own board and piece of chalk to accompany it. Turning back to survey the class and her options of where to sit... Sophie hesitated. There was Zander, which was the obvious choice, and Penelope, Ilia, Ethan, Norah, Cinna, Davie, Janelle... and, of course, Evangeline Shacklebolt. Defense Against the Dark Arts class used to make her think of Mo, but ever since last term, it felt like her class with Evie, as she and Evie had bonded with Dakest together at the very start of the term. Dakest was like a bond that held them together... or used to, until everything unraveled at the seams at the beginning of THIS term. Still... Sophie threw an apprehensive look at Dakest, then at Evie, then at Dakest again, as if silently conveying her thought process of... If I sit with her and she gets mean again like I told you, you'll take care of it, right? Not that she couldn't handle herself, except that... she couldn't handle herself. Not this. She'd never had to deal with someone hating her before and going out of their way to be mean to her. This was a new experience for Sophie Brown and she hated it, but... what... better way to try to work this through than with Dakest there to supervise? Dakest wouldn't tolerate Evie being rude to her in the way she had been in charms class, so... Before she could stop her feet, they were already taking her over to her dormmate, and Sophie sat down cross-legged beside Evie, her board in her lap, and gave the Head Babe an uncertain smile. "Know y'hate me now, but this class feels like ours 'n it'd feel wrong to sit somewhere else. My uncool isn't contagious," or whatever, "you're not gonna catch it." Humoring her, all right? Just because Evie hated her, it didn't mean Sophie wanted to stop being friends with her. She just... wanted to work it out. But could they? |
Text Cut: Sophie Brown's novel of a post She was people watching, as she did on occasion. It was a common thing for her to do, especially in class when she was surrounded by other students in other houses. It intrigued her to see how to interacted with each other. As for herself, Evie didn't have any friends in the class yet. Her eyes moved over to the Head Girl when she entered the room and she sat up straighter and diverted her attention to her chalk board. Watching Sophie in her peripheral vision, Evie randomly drew little doodles on her board as she waited for class to begin, fully expecting Sophie to ignore her, as she was ignoring Sophie, and sit with her boyfriend. But, as she saw in her peripheral vision, the head girl did the opposite and sat by her instead. Evie sat silently and avoided eye contact, keeping all focus on the chalkboard on her lap that she was currently doodling flowers onto. Pff, look at her. Such a perfect role model. Evie was the one being mean and Sophie was the one the one trying to fix things. Evie let Sophie's sentence hang for a silent moment. Her eyes looked up and around at their classmates who were in their own little world. Evie had been mean to Sophie in charms class and Sophie had spat right back at her... but now she was humoring her? Being nice? Trying to connect with her again? Evie's eyes landed on Dakest. Her attitude in this class was significantly different than it was in Charms the other day. Evie felt the need to impress Dakest in every way. She wanted to be an auror; she had to prove she was worth it. And that meant not being a snot to Sophie, which was going to be HARD because she just SAT by her. Was Sophie trying to prove the same thing to Dakest too? "I don't hate you," was all she said, returning her eyes to her chalk board. Funny how that was the first thing she assumed. |
THIS WAS IT!! The class she had been WAITING for. HA. Uncle Professor Dimples was the MAN. Bounding into his classroom she GRINNED wide and held the little flower out toward him. SHE HAD PICKED IT JUST FOR HIM. Mhm. "GOOD MORNING UNC... PROFESSOR DAKEST!" Yes, she was excited and being loud, WHAT OF IT?! Spinning around to face the class she let her eyes scan the crowd briefly. Hmmm. Well everyone actually looked like they were BUSY in one form or another, so she just went to retrieve her chalkboard and stand quietly.... Though the standing was more of a bounce. And her energy PROBABLY RADIATED. Oh hey Sophie Brown and Davie TRUEBRIDGE. They got waves, but she REALLY wanted to concentrate on this particular class, so she stayed away... for now. |
Milo was VERY eager for the Defense lesson this morning. This, besides Charms, was most likely the place to learn the spells he would use most often. He had already pulled his wand out on the moving staircases on his trip from Ravenclaw Tower fully expecting to come bursting into some action first step into the training hall classroom but that wasn't the case. When the first year entered the room, he found it almost empty apart from the students who had already filed in. His face facing a tad, he stuffed his wand back into his pocket and walked over to the others. They were to grab a chalkboard and something to write with, okay, oh and there was the Professor. "Good morning, uh...." He stopped, chalkboard in hand and stare at the man--more precisely half of the man for he didn't have anything below his waist and appeared to be floating. Surely he hadn't run into the same mistake or similar to the History of Magic Professor from a long time ago that he'd read about waking up and leaving his body behind and going on to teach as a ghost. Could you do that but with just limbs and continue to LIVE? Soo strange. But it wasn't polite to stare and besides the Professor hadn't seemed too worried about it so Milo shouldn't be either. "Good morning Professor." He quickly took a seat. |
Defence Against the Dark Arts sounded like it was going to be a BRILLIANT lesson. Full of ACTION and EPICNESS, like one of those action-packed movies but with magic involved. At least, those were the high hopes Phillip had for this subject. So naturally, the boy was VERY enthusiastic about this one lesson here and had even rushed through his breakfast to get here! Yes, that's right, RUSHED BREAKFAST. But he was here soon enough, in this empty classroom that had nowhere to sit, a bunch of chalkboards and........ ............... BLINK. STARE. BLINK. Uh. Wide eyed, the first year STARED at the Professor. Or, well, HALF of him because the bottom half was GONE! POOF! Not believing his eyes, Phillip even walked around the man slowly, to get a good look of the disappearing act. To be honest, the Slytherin had half a mind to poke the bottom half of the professor's body just to see if it was invisible or if their professor was a weird torso!man who defended himself against the dark arts by, well, scaring them. What? It could be true. "Good morning, Professor," he said, staring a bit more before slowly making his way to grab a chalkboard and take a seat on the floor. This should be interesting, right? |
A disheveled looking Daxton made his way into the training hall, looking very much like he had just rolled out of bed with his shabby third-hand uniform (no robes, he hated robes), bare feet (shoes were uncomfortable, and as socks were 'up to personal preference' he had foregone those too), and messy, unbrushed hair (who cared about making it look nice? not Daxton). As a matter of fact, he had just woken up. The first year was still not used to sleeping in a dormitory with the other boys, and never got much sleep at all while they were in there. Once everyone had left for breakfast, he had taken the opportunity to sleep as long as he could before heading straight to Defence Against the Dark Arts. Nonetheless, he looked as alert as ever; so tired he was wired, it worked quite well for him. The cool stone of the floor on his feet felt strangely comforting as Daxton crossed the training hall to where everyone was gathered, pulling his earmuffs (which he generally wore while traversing the corridors, because loud) down off of his ears and hanging them around his neck. He took a moment to look around at everyone, gaze lingering on... half of Dakest, his expression unchanging. At least until he focused on the chalkboards that were hung up, of course, and at last read the sign that said to take one. Daxton visibly cringed at the thought, gritting his teeth hard. Chalk on chalkboards. No. No no no no no. It was as if people in this place were intentionally inflicting things on him that were complete sensory hell. Giving a little shiver, Daxton opted not to get a chalkboard for himself. He had his notebook and pen with him, so if they needed to write things down, he would use that. Nobody was making him touch a piece of chalk. Nobody. With that thought quite firmly fixed in his mind, Daxton went and found himself a space right at the edge of the group of people, as far back as he could by the wall at the side of the room, where nobody could sit behind him and he could keep an eye on everyone else. He sat cross-legged, back against the wall, lay his notebook on his knee and got his pen (no quill, those things were aesthetically pleasing but impractical and unpleasant to write with) from his pocket, then sat and watched everyone, the Professor (half of him, at least) included. |
Henric was feeling a little out of sorts today. Reoccurring bad dreams had been keeping him awake for most nights, Henric couldn't help but yawn as he entered the classroom. Not only that, he got one bloody disgusting acne on the side of his cheek! ONE! Urgh. After he finished all his classes, he would head straight up to bed to catch up on his sleep. "Good mornin-..."Henric greeted halfway. His eyebrows raised,where Professor's Dakest other half of his body went to? Disillusionment charm? "Good morning professor, pretty neat disappearing act you got there,"Henric smiled. He grabbed the chalkboard and chalk like the rest of the students did and went to find his bestie so he could sit with her. He noticed little Ava on the side and gave her a wave too."Hi Ava, hope you're feeling better...how is your shoulder?"he asked, concerned. He still felt guilty, it was his fault she got that injury in the first place. "Morning llia,"he grinned and sat beside her. He felt a a little better seeing her here. Oh...not to forget the Hufflepuff prefect, Adi, and his Gryffindor bestfriend, Benny."Hey guys, morning to you too." Yup...Henric was just not feeling it today. |
You could tip Dot over with a sugar quill. This was the weirdest day ever. Not just because the professor was missing his legs and still managed to be ridiculously pleasing on the eyes, but because Sophie was sitting with the Mean Girl like they were friends. What if Sophie was gonna become a mean girl? Maybe it was contagious! Dot inched her way into a seat, giving her ickle Ravenclaw QuietOne a long look before opting to sit a few seats back and over. Give the baby Claw his space, especially since he wasn't aware that he'd been adopted. "Good morning, Professor. You have no legs." Helpful Dot was helpful. |
DADA time!! Pewpewpewpewpew!! That was the sound of Kyroh's obvious spells that were going to hit every target when he completely blasted through this lesson. Yeah, he was clearly more than awake, and had been for some time now. Entering the classroom, he immediately glanced up at the chalkboard. He wanted them to sit.....on the floor? Man, where were the yoga mats when you needed them? "Hullo Sir!" Grabbing a chalkboard and a piece of chalk, Kyroh glanced around, looking for the BEST place to sit. Or really just someone to sit beside. Dot really wasn't looking at him, so maybe she didn't want him to sit beside her? It was alright, if she wanted space or whatever, so surprisingly Kyroh wan't that upset. He looked around a little bit more, and his eyes landed RIGHT on a sort of familiar face. Sort of, as in, one of the first people he had met at Hogwarts, but she looked different. Older obviously since the last time he had seen her, because he was older too Wandering over, Kyroh beamed and sat down beside the Gryffindor. "Hi Candice!!!" His voice lowered slightly, "Do you remember me?" If she didn't it was alright. But he still considered her a friend y'know?? How could he NOT? |
When the first student appeared in the doorway to the training hall, Sabel had to refrain from rubbing his hands together with a grinning glee. He was curious as to what the reactions of his class would be. Kids always proved interesting in the most unpredictable of ways. Perhaps this morning would turn out to be an extra interesting one. SPOILER!!: Individual Greeting Replies It seemed that all who would be joining them here today, were in fact here in one capacity or another and they were due to start. No need to make the students wait any longer on such an early morning lesson. With a flick of his wand, Sabel shut the doors to the training hall and turned his attention on the gathered lot. An amused grin held onto his expression as his gaze roamed over the group. "I have to say, I'm impressed at the stride which most of you took to my current state. Either this is a common sight for some of you, or Hogwarts has done a fine job in desensitizing you to the strange." Good or bad? They could decide. He looked down at himself briefly. "Thank you, to those of you who expressed concern. I am in fact, as most of you seem to have come to the conclusion of already, quite alright." Maybe a bit wonky in the head too, but that was besides the point. "I imagine you all have some sort of idea as to what I have done to myself, and what you will later be doing to yourselves as well." Cue the devious grin that might as well have belonged to any one of the students now present. "But first, before we can go and start loosing ourselves, we must develop a basis of knowledge. That, and I have an announcement." Moving to the center of the classroom, Sabel clasped his hands behind his back. "For those of you that may be interested, Hogwarts will be hosting a dueling club this year. It is open to all students, from all houses and years. The Club will consist of Meetings and a Tournament, of which the winner will be granted a reward, which I will not disclose at this time. The first meeting will be November 13. For those wishing to join the club, you can pick up a permission form after class. Please have it to me before November 13. If you have questions about the club, please retain them until the end of the lesson." Now, to business. Releasing his hands, Sabel took a seat in front of the group in front of the group. He could only imagine what a strange sight he must make. "Now, back to the matter at hand. To start us off, I would like each of you to write on your chalkboards two things. The first, what spell or means might be used to create this state of invisiblity." A gesture to his non-existent bottom half. "The second, what means might be used to detect a state of invisibility. Keep in mind that while there are specific spells to accomplish both of these tasks in a direct manner, there are also indirect ways which can be just as, if not more, useful." His gaze roamed around the room. "Do not be afraid to be creative or out-of-box thinkers. Keep in mind the lesson you are in, and the situations in which you may need to apply these two spells when you are coming up with your answers." Turning slightly, Sabel motioned to where all the pegs were on the wall. "When you are done, hang your chalkboard back on the wall and we will discuss some of the answers." OOC: First mini-mini assignment! For this your charrie needs to on the boards the two things which have been asked (a way to create invisibility and a way to detect invisibility). Creative answers are encouraged :) Class will move on in approximately 20-24 hours from this post (sorry, work the whole day, otherwise it would be sooner) :) If you are just joining, please feel free to jump right in as if your charrie has been here the whole time! Thank you for your brilliant greetings. I really enjoyed reading them all <3 |
‘I imagine you all have some sort of idea as to what I have done to myself, and what you will later be doing to yourselves as well.’ As Professor Dakest had said that, it had taken every ounce of self-control in her body for Brooklyn not to roll her eyes. There wasn’t any blood or anything, so she felt it was obvious what he’d done. Or, obvious he’d use done of two methods, but she figured one could be eliminated rather quickly. People didn’t usually wear cloaks around their legs after all. Only their legs. That meant it had to be the other, although she’d watched him for a few more seconds quietly before she picked up her chalkboard. Just to make absolutely sure nothing really strange was going on. Quote:
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Better half of him indeed. He can just imagine the upset girls if the professor did the reverse. Althoughin his own opinion, it would've been more fun to just...learn from a pair of legs, yeah? He did fall victim to the Professor's...lesson/prank alright, but that was enough to jump start his day, and be extra attentive. He's just thankful that he was doing it in broad daylight, because it would've been a different story if it was done in the evening. Good one, professor. Well done! It was kind of hard to concentrate when their teacher sat on the floor with them. The sight was pretty disorienting in a way. Well, he ought to know what the professor did to himself by now, sure, but Ethan's gears started to churn, wondering if it was the Disillusionment Charm, the Invisibility Spell, or the Concealment Charm. The seventh year ruled out the invisibility spell, because he knew it won't last as long as a disillusionment charm. The Concealment charm was eliminated too because...well, Dakest isn't hiding something with magical properties down there, right? RIGHT. So, yes, Disillusionment Charm it is. Picking up his chalk, he wrote down his answer, and as soon as he was done, stood up and hung the board back at the wall. Quote:
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After smiling at the Professor, Paulina turned her attention to Benny who had joined her. "Hello," she said with a smile. She was glad that he was sitting with her and she was glad that he seemed to be in better spirits after what happened in Astronomy. Opening her mouth to ask him how he was, she immediately stopped as Professor Dakest started speaking. It was good to hear that he was okay even though she had figured he was. Not as if the man appeared to be in distress or anything. More interesting than that though, was the announcement of a Dueling Club. Even though she wasn't particularly a fan of dueling, participating would really help her when it came to the Charms and DADA NEWTs. Probably a good idea to sign up. For the moment, however, she needed to focus on the lesson at hand. Biting her lip, she wrote her thoughts down on the chalk board: Quote:
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Dora giggled at his bow and momentarily thought about poking his dimple, but class and all... had to BEHAVE. So just giggles it was! Pink did look dashing on the Professor, she thought, as he slipped the flower into his button hole. Hehehhee. WELLL okay. Dora knew a few things... she had studied her text for the class and well, her Dad was... pretty free about answering her questions most days. Picking up her chalk she began to write" Quote:
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Jet looked into the blank chalkboard for a while. 'Think outside the box', he had basically said. Her first thoughts went straight to the Disillusionment and the Human-Presence Revealing Charms. However, that was not thinking outside the box at all, but those were probably the most effective ways of doing what had been asked. After thinking for a few minutes, Jet quickly wrote down her ideas. Quote:
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catching up Barefooted, Sabbath had entered the DADA classroom. He’d greeted Professor Dakest who was standing in the centre of room receiving his students. Sabbath cricked his eyebrow, 'Well, this gives a whole new meaning to turning up to class legless!' He joked to himself when he saw that lower half of the professor was missing. However, he actually did find it quite an impressive feat and he realised he could probably learn a lot from Professor Dakest. Sabbath was keen to start learning. He grabbed a chalkboard, sat down and started addressing the Professors first set task: Quote:
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You knowwww Charlotte had (as always) intended to go sit with Davie (OF COURSE! BFF) but she had SEEN PRINCE DAXTON being all suspicious and going and sitting on his lonely only, so when she had come in, she'd skipped right on over with a chalkboard tucked neatly under her arm, done a little twirl (a bit like a cat or a dog turning around on the spot before making itself comfortable) and dramatically flopped on the floor next to him. As for PROFESSOR Sabel, Char waved cheerfully, impish smile on her face, and apparently took no particular notice of his missing bottom half, though ACTUALLY she was considering throwing a bit of paper or something to see if it bounced off his legs or went right through, because that would change things, if he was now just half of a Dakest. It would frighten Emma pretty bad, she was sure. HOWEVER, despite flights of fancy that immediately occurred (SHEWOULDGOONAMISSIONTORESTOREPROFESSORSABEL'SLEGS !), Char wasn't stupid, and immediately guessed what the situation was, and therefore because it was actually kind of mundane to her mind, she turned her attention to Daxton. .... and crossed her eyes and poked out her tongue and then smiled REAL big before writing on the chalkboard: 'did the assassins steal your shoes?' Also, she had a BURNING question for Professor Sabel though okay? One that proved she had read the rules for herself and everything. ......... ..... WHY WAS CHOCOLATE FORBIDDEN TWICE? Did it mean that there would be NO dementors in here ever? OR did it mean he had his own emergency chocolate stash for dealing with the aftermath of dark creature exposure??? Super important things to know, okay? But Char didn't quite get to open her mouth when he started talking and started the class and stuff. OH DUELING CLUB? YEAH! YEAHHH!!! It was too MUCH! Too much excitement! OH MERLIN! :x3::x3::x3: HOW could he announce THAT and expect anyone She could defeat ALL of Daxton's assassins with the powers that she would CLEARLY develop in dueling club! EEEEE! :x3::x3::x3: |
Daxton blinked at Dakest as the half-a-man stood before him. Or rather, he blinked at the chalk and chalkboard that were being held out to him, feeling an awful shiver run through him that he tried his best to repress. Just thinking about writing with those made him go all tense, but the longer Dakest stood there, the more likely people would look in this direction, and Daxton could think of little else less appealing. In the end, figuring that taking the writing instruments did not mean he would use them, he reached out and took the chalkboard, and held out his hand for the chalk to be dropped into. But before it could make contact with his skin, Daxton quickly moved his hand out of the way, so it fell to the floor and snapped in half instantly. On the one hand, that was satisfying, but on the other, Daxton now had two gross pieces of chalk in the immediate vicinity. ... No, three. Because Char was here, chalkboard and chalk in hand, and sitting right beside him for some inexplicable reason. Daxton barely had time to register this before she began scrawling on her chalkboard, setting his teeth on edge with the horrible sound. Quick as he could, Daxton covered his ears with his hands to avoid the highly unpleasant sound; only when he was absolutely sure she had stopped did he uncover them again, shaking his head 'no' at the message she had written him. There was not much time for conversation, however (though the topic of assassins was one that he absolutely needed to cover with Char at some point), as the lesson soon began. Daxton paid close attention, though it may have looked more like he was staring off into space. There was mention of a Duelling Club again, which piqued his interest for all the wrong reasons, and then there came the first set of instructions. Instructions Daxton was not going to follow, because he was not touching that chalk, and he was not writing on a chalkboard, and- His chain of thought was interrupted by what felt to him like the most painful screeching sound, piercing his eardrums and penetrating his skull and making his brain rattle in his head. It made him sick to his stomach, and somehow even just the sound was remniscient of the feel of the stuff, which made it all the worse. Daxton pushed his chalkboard off of his lap and covered his ears once more, clamping his hands down as hard as he could, desperate to avoid the noise and momentarily, in his panic, forgetting the earmuffs that still hung about his neck. It only strengthened his resolve. Not touching it not touching it not touching it. |
SPOILER!!: Daxton Char wasn't actually COMPLETELY clueless, it turned out. Even while she was bouncing on the spot and having AMAZING FANTASIES about how BOSS she would be at dueling, Char still managed to notice a thing or two, including Daxton's obvious distaste for chalk sounds. Come to think of it..... it wasn't just chalk that he got all weird about was it? Tilting her head to one side and eyeing him thoughtfully, Char noted the earmuffs about his neck, and quite helpfully reached over and lifted them up over his ears, being surprisingly conscientious about not touching him. Was that better? She scrawled a quick message on her chalkboard and held it in front of him to read (because obviously with earmuffs he couldn't hear her). Quote:
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Asking her? Oh, it must be because of the splint on her shoulder. The professor didn't need to know that this injury was caused by an older student cast a fail levitating charm on her... and she's the one who insisted to do it. "I'm good, sir." Ava nodded at him. She just slightly waved to Adi when he waved at her. And also, Henric was here too. Maybe he still felt guilty about her shoulder because he was the one who made her fell. "It's getting better." The firstie said to him. No need to worry about her, she's healing pretty fast! ---------------- Duelling club, ohmygosh! Ava was soooooooo excited to join! Once the class over, she's gonna run to the owlery and asked her mother if she could give write a permission letter for her. And their first task for this class was.... writing. Okay, this was just an activity, not a test. She was panic and blurted out at Charms before when Professor Baxter asked to write a paragraph too at her class. Okay then, the problem was she couldn't write properly since her left shoulder was injured and she is left-handed. But she tried to write first. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Charrr He had just been about to squeeze his eyes shut for good measure, when a movement out of the corner of his eye made Daxton glad that he had not already done so. This way, he was prepared for Char to... do whatever it was she was doing. He tensed up and got ready to retaliate, fully expecting her to touch him, but the next thing he knew, he felt the unfamiliar fabric of his earmuffs close over the tops of his hands. Daxton was completely nonplussed. She hadn't touched him at all. In fact, her actions worked completely in his favour. He blinked, then slid his hands out from under his earmuffs so they covered his ears on their own and blocked out the noise, and looked up at Char's chalkboard to read her message. For a moment, he stalled. As a general rule, Daxton did not accept help, not not like to admit that he needed help (because he never needed help). But then, he had been looking forward to Defence Against the Dark Arts classes for a good long while, and he actually wanted to participate. For a few moments, he struggled with the internal dilemma, staring at one of the little snails Char had drawn. Finally, with his expression still as impassive as ever, he gave a single nod of his head and picked up his notebook and wrote his answer. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Adi <3 Ilia muttered the Colovaria charm quietly at her chalk to change it green as she sat and waited. She doubted the professor would care and it would look better that way, in her personal opinion. It didn't take long for more students to file in and soon she heard a familiar voice as he flopped down beside her. Beaming a big ol' grin to him she bowed her head in greeting. "Good Morning , Adi." She then nodded her head towards the professor rather than pointing to emphasize her point. "Are you excited for today?" The half there professor had to have something good up his sleeve.....it was him. SPOILER!!: Henric <3 More people shuffled in , but no one tried to sit next to her. Everyone seemed to have the idea of trying to sit alone as best they could, she didn't blame them honestly and was glad she didn't have people that she did not know well sitting too close to her. She probably still needed to work on her issues with her personal bubble but...oh well. Not to fear though, because Henric moseyed his tall mess of sleepy Puff self over to her. She smiled brightly up at him and moved her bag aside so he could sit beside her. "Good Morning Sleepyhead." She reached up to ruffle the back of his hair. SPOILER!!: Nearly there Professor She was bright and bubbly after the half there professor greeted her back and she was eager to hear what he had to say this morning. After greeting her boys, her attention went straight back to the man before her. If she had a tail , it would have been twitching with excitement , despite the outwardly calm demeanor she held. When he spoke of reactions to his current state, she half wondered if she should have feigned some surprise on his behalf? Her family was pretty strange and Hogwarts was very strange, strange was just too normal in her world to get upset about it. Did he just say DUELING CLUB!? Her pretty little head whipped in the direction of the sign up forms so fast she could have given herself whiplash. She was ABSOLUTELY getting one of those. Although.......her parents *coughcoughmother* was going to be an obstacle. Give her a chance......or just send it straight to daddy and beg? Choices.....ones that would be dealt with later...... Alright, back to her little chalk board....A way to become invisible and a way to detect invisibility. Hmmm......what had her father told her about that again? She picked up her newly green chalk and began to write with a small smile. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Daxy Well okay see? That worked really good! Charlotte took PRINCE Daxton's chalkboard and wrote out the answer he'd done on his notebook, and even left off (most) of the snails. Only one, a little one, at the very end. Once she was done with that, she placed it in front of him, gave him a VERY ENTHUSIASTIC double thumbs up, and picked her own chalkboard up again. ...... what was the question again? Oh yeah! Tongue poking out just a bit, Charlotte wrote her answer in the space that was left, it not having had occurred to her to erase what she'd written, she simply crossed it out so that there was essentially a scribbly border around her lengthy answer (with which, she provided diagrams, so there wasn't a single bit of space left by the time she was done). Quote:
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A few blinks later, AJ felt a tiny bit more aware of her surroundings. At least enough so that she could process the professor was indeed talking to her, and a response was probably necessary. At the very least it would be polite to speak back. She rubbed her eyes and flicked away an eye booger that escaped on to her hand. "More sleep." You would think she was a cave man. Eventually she would wake up... Benny arrived... or maybe not? "Hi--" she managed to squeak out before he decided on sitting over there with another girl. If AJ had been fully awake this would have been highly suspicious. For now though, she could only focus on one problem at a time, and that one problem was staying awake. Priorities! The lesson was starting which meant that she needed to wake up. Not one, but TWO questions were being asked and all at once. Wasn't there a rule about this? It was too early for mess. "Think, Valentine," she thought to herself. Wait a minute. Did he say a dueling club? AJ's eyes brightened and her ears perked up. She was all about that life. It would be better to ask her dad to sign the permission slip because her mom wasn't always so understanding when it came to "violence" as she liked to refer to it. Picking up her chalk she began to scribble things down in a sort of legible fashion. Quote:
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................... Ilia and her bows. Ever the polite man child, he returned the bow with his head. "You bet I am! What about you?'' It was super nice to see that she wasn't sleepy. Early risers, FTW! Adi happily watched the other students file in. Great Hippogriffs! So many sleepy ones! Included in that bunch was AJ, of course. He just smiled and shook his head when she entered the room, looking beautiful as ever. Yep, even with the hair and the sleepy face, she thought she was the most beautiful girl in the class. No, in the world. "Morning!'' She a huge grin. "Come on, Sleeping Beauty! Wake up!'' Benny didn't seem to be that sleepy. "Hi.'' Squint, squint. Sitting with Paulina today, are we? Okay. If it weren't for the fact that AJ was on one side of him and Ilia on the other, Adi would be a sulky Hufflepuff. LOL. Oh, heeeeey, Janelle! Hey, Henny. Why not cheery, chum? ................... But no more concern could be expressed over Henric right now. Wait... waaaah? They would be doing the invisibility to themselves later? COOOOOL! And as for the Dueling Club... DOUBLE COOL! Adi would definitely be picking up a permission slip! Okaaaay, so they were supposed to write what may have caused the invisibility? Adi knew very well it may be the Disillusionment Charm but everyone would go with that answer, yes? Why not separate himself from the crowd a bit? Dakest did say that they could be creative. Adi wrote on his board: SPOILER!!: Adi's board! All done, the Puffer jumped up to hang his board. Oh! AJ wanted him to hang hers too? How could he say no to her? Not to his baby. "Yup but you owe me,'' he kidded. Both of their boards in hand, he hung them up. Holy Griffs! Looking at their boards after he sat again, Adi noticed something... the couple almost had written the same answers! How awesome was that? |
SPOILER!!: gryffinchar Daxton saw that, Charlotte Kettleburn. That snail. And he had not drawn a snail in his notebook so there really should not have been one on his chalkboard. He said nothing about it though (obviously), and simply read through the transcription to make sure everything was present and correct. Aside from the fact that her handwriting was nowhere near as neat as his meticulous printing, everything seemed fine. Giving a vague half-nod, Daxton left Char to it and pushed himself up to his feet. He gave the class a wide berth, tiptoeing across the stone floor, before hanging his chalkboard up with the others and returning back to his spot. He had decided to leave the snail drawing alone, even if only because he did not want to touch the surface of the chalkboard at all. Reclaiming his space on the floor by the wall, Daxton sat himself back down and eyed the two broken pieces of chalk that still remained there beside him. Well, that simply would not do. He used the end of his wand to flick them a short way away, not being the slightest bit sneaky about the matter, before slipping his wand back up his sleeve. Daxton glanced at Char, then directed his attention back to Dakest so he knew when it would be time to try uncovering his ears again. |
Deuling club. WICKED. She'd be picking up one of those permission forms, uh huh. The even more wicked thing was that they were talking about INVISIBILITY though, 'cause there were even more cool things she could do with that. So many jokes and surprises and extra desserts! This was going to be her kind of spell, she could already tell. Rolling the chalk over in her fingers, Norah bent over her board. Quote:
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From her chosen spot sat on the floor Hady had to lift her head a bit to be able to see Professor Dakest when he began the days lesson. Not that she minded at all since sitting was better then standing around at the moment. Her fingers stopped drumming against her knee as she fell silent so she could focus on what was said. As the lesson began and the first question was asked the fourth year found her mind wandering about a little as she thought of the answer and tried hard not to focus on the mentioned Dueling Club of which she'd be grabbing a permission slip for later! Mentally scolding herself to focus she picked up her chalk and jotted down her answer while ideally twirling a lock of hair around her finger. SPOILER!!: Hady's Chalkboard There done. Getting to her feet she crossed the room and hung the chalkboard back up on it's peg on the wall and left the chalk behind with it before returning to her spot on the floor and sitting down once again. |
SPOILER!!: Kyroh before class Bored. She was bored. She hoped the Professor going to start the lesson soon or she might dozed off. To entertain herself, the Gryffindor tapped her perfectly manicured fingers on her chalkboard. She was busy entertaining herself when someone decided to sit on the floor next to her. Her attention was diverted toward the Ravenclaw. Huh? Ravenclaw? She didn't know anyone from Ravenclaw. Oh wait. That freckles face. "Kyroh?" He looked different. Taller. More mature. And did she already mention taller? And she already answered his question right? Because she already said his name and all. SPOILER!!: Ze Professor Finally! The lesson started. Dueling Club? That's sound fun. Maybe she should join that? He said its open for everyone right? Okay. Ohh. Question already. That's easy peasy. She knew the answer to both question. She picked up her chalk and started write down her answer on her chalkboard. Quote:
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Yes, Davie WAS looking contemplative this morning. He was contemplating how obvious it would be if the professor had just cast a Disillusionment Charm on his legs, and how difficult doing the legs alone would be since the spell involved something like cracking an egg over ones head. Anyway, he had a different theory for what the professor had done to make himself invisible. Quote:
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After his momentary freak out over the duelling club announcement Snorting at the firsties and eyeing the countless disillusionment answers, Benzi took a couple minutes to think of his answer before quickly writing it down in somewhat readable handwriting. He quickly dismissed his original idea of setting the place on fire because, while effective, Dakest probably wouldn't like that answer. Hmm. Quote:
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Angel was lost, she was totally lost... Why couldn't this be anything to do with the Patronus charm, she had been study out of the book for ages. Which reminded her she had to go by his office. She thought she knew the best memory to get a Patronus out and she wanted to try it but she knew she'd have to ask the Professor if she could. Angel was more bothered about that than answering the questions since she had no clue how to answer them, in the end she thought a guess would be as good as anything. Quote:
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Look at the Professor with the Puns. This was very amusing to Dante. But what grabbed his attention more was about this Dueling Club. He had heard the Headmaster mention it at the Feast but was preoccupied with other people at that time. So this was very enlightening. He was definitely signing up for this. Oh right on to questions time. Though a little different since he guesses he had to write it down. Well, forgive him Dakest for his handing is terrible chicken scratch. It was true. Quote:
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Gwen tried to come up with an answer that she hadn't heard yet. Yes, invisible pants were a likely idea, and the charm was definitely the obvious answer. Hmm, but what about....a potion! As a young student in America, she had been taught to create potions. Well, it wasn't exactly creating them, because they never did anything-you would have to be Severus Snape to actually invent potions--but she had always loved the idea of potions, especially ones that only worked on a certain part of the body. |
Oh good...Benny had gotten a polite greeting and a smile in return to his own and his presence. That was a good sign, especially on that confirmed he hadn't taken the wrong choice by opting to sit by her rather than next to Adi and AJ. The latter having their own group together. WIth that, Professor Dakest was about to begin, grabbing their attention for the start of the lesson. The seventh year made a mental note at the mention of the dueling club that had been previously brought up at the feast. Or so he had thought. Maybe it would help him study. Plus...he kinda missed dueling with Adi and co. Alright, so there was something in particular that the professor wanted on the chalkboard. Benny could manage that. He numbered two spots, one and two, before thinking on the answers that he could think of for each question. The Gryffindor didn't want to do too simple or like anyone else, but that was all that was coming to mind at the moment. Quote:
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Really, nothing at Hogwarts seem to surprise her anymore. Professor with no bottom half. Pshhhh that was no big deal. At least she could take a jib at what they would be learning about today. Disillusionment apparently. Right the chalk boards, she figured that they would be writing on them at some point in the lesson. She didn't expect it too be the very first thing okay. She listened to professor Dakest. Two questions, two answers. Okay brain think. Quote:
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short post. Henric chuckled a little.Yeah, he couldn't agree more on llia's greeting back at him.Sleepyhead he was indeed.He grinned sheepishly as she ruffled his hair."Yeah...I thought I was going to be late today,llia." Thank merlin he wasn't. Even Adi cast a concerned look towards him too but class was starting now.Henric returned his attention back to the front of the class again. Henric had the answer for the first one...a disillusionment charm had been cast upon the lower-half of his professor's body. He also had read about the human revealing spell before. SPOILER!!: Henric's Chalk Board |
Professor Man say WHAT?! A tournament. There was going to be a tournament. On DUELLING. The thought of having to try and convince his mum to let him take part didn't even cross the Slytherin's mind. His mind was too focused on the DUELLING and the TOURNAMENT parts to think of minor details. This sounded like it was going to be E P I C! And not something he could get someone else to find out FOR him so he was DEFINITELY going to go. Oh, they were getting started. And with questions and writing already. Uh. How was Phillip meant to know how Dakest managed to turn himself invisible? Maybe the guy was one of those people that could turn themselves into an animal anytime they wanted and he wanted to be a chameleon -- why a CHAMELEON, Phillip didn't know -- and THEN he only transformed HALF of his body -- stupid, really -- and camouflaged it against the background. It sounded like a plan, didn't it? But something told him that that wasn't it so he put his brain back into thinking mode. Hmmm...... invisibility cloak? He glanced over at Dakest and tapped his chin. Probably not. This man wouldn't go around wearing a long invisibility skirt, would he? No. But then? ............ Quote:
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Okay…invisibility…Ellery LOVED THIS. Okay, she was already imagining ALL THE HIJINKS SHE AND OLLY COULD GET UP TO WHILE INVISIBLE. MERLIN'S PANTS. Or, in the case of the professor, lack of pants. She could see other girls mostly, though maybe a couple boys, admiring the professor's face. Ellery scrutinized it. It was pretty symmetrical-looking, at least from her vantage point, but it wasn't very attractive. Maybe she was just looking at him weird. She did think, though, that professors needed to stop thinking everyone knew spells and stuff. Yeah, her daddies were both magical, but she didn't PAY ATTENTION to them all the time, geez louise. She took a wild guess. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Sabbie! Noele had already been seated and staring at the She almost didnt feel Sabbath or Sabbie as she now liked to call him, sit close to her. But she snapped out of it as she heard his chuckle. Tearing her eyes from the SPOILER!!: CinnaBoo! noelle didnt realize Cinna was close to her either. Her hero!! Beaming, she wiggled her fingers at the seventh year. Her eyes couldnt stay away from the professor long because they instantly snapped back to him. She sighed happily at the sight of him. Her future husband.... ahem... Oh right... He was speaking. Even his voice was amazing! Another happy sigh. Future husband could talk to her any day. All day in fact. Chalk board! Noelle had grabbed one of those. She had no idea what to write on it however... she didnt know the first thing about how he was making his bottom half disappear... WAIT his bottom half was gone? Noelle hadnt even noticed. She was too busy looking at her husband's ... future husband's face. Scribbling on the chalkboard, she wanted to impress him, but honestly, she knew nothing. Quote:
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Did he want to learn that spell? Blaise's face lit up again and there was a whole bunch of enthusiastic nodding...before he was pulled right back down again by the reminder of his defective wand. "I mean...I would like to be able to do that but it's not currently possible." The most positive statement he'd tried since finding out his wand was a bust. The boy should have known from all the way back when it attacked in the wand shop that this would be a rocky relationship but did the boy listen? No. He'd just wanted a wand really badly and now he was stuck with THIS one. Would his mum get him another? He would try owling her later, probably with a long story about having broken the current one and a whole bunch of sweet words to remind her about her adorable 11 year old on the other side of the parchment. It was the only way. For now though, he would focus on the lesson and the Professor talking about a dueling club he couldn't join because of his defective wand then the charm he'd obviously cast on himself. Only question was...HOW was Blaise meant to know any of that? Was there more than one spell that could make you invisible? How did you ...un...invisible yourself after? At first the boy tried leaning over to peek at someone else's chalkboard then he tried signalling for his quill to copy whatever it saw from someone else's chalkboard but both proved futile so with a huff, he turned to his own once more. Hmm. The Professor said they didn't HAVE to be textbook responses, yeah? So.... Quote:
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When class was beginning he heard the Professor's comment about what's amiss? I mean he just stood there perplexed. Did he not know his bottom half was missing!? He just shook his head and went back to his seat. Unlessss he had some form of disillusionment charm on him. Yeah we will go with that. He heard there was going to be a dueling club. Man that sounded cool! Sign him up! He was totally gonna mail this to his mother. Hopefully she will let him do it. She knew he loved to do combat training like his father. He needed it before November 13th? That sounded reasonable. He made a mental note. Now onto the main focus of the lesson. He had his chalkboard ready and was prepared for the questions. He heard the first one, what spell or means might be used to create this state of invisibility. Colt thought about it before putting it on his chalkboard because knowing him he would mess up and it would look horrible. Wait a minute he thought about it a second ago. He snapped his fingers and wrote it down oh his parchment. Now onto the second question. He reread his first answer and thought it looked good to him. The second one got him to think a bit. He reread it a couple of times, what means might be used to detect a state of invisibility? He began to think of ways to detect your invisibility. He thought of a logical way and began to write it down... Quote:
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Kate raised her eyebrows at mention of the dueling club. It was something she would consider, but she wasn't sure if she would go through with it just yet. She would take a form, but she would talk to a few others about it later. Maybe Colt, Janelle, Caleb, or...somebody like Kittridge or Tanner. It sounded kind of fun, although, she was second-guessing herself about her skills. Kate listened to the questions then began to write. She supposed writing 'I have no idea' was out of the question... I think you have some kind of invisibility cloak draped around you. I know there's really only ONE of those out there, and I don't think it's here at Hogwarts, but I'm thinking you know a way around that. I think cloaks are resistant to spells, so I would think you would have to cast on where you believe the actual person to be at and not at the cloak itself. You could cast spells to amplify the sound of their breathing or the sound of their footsteps. Kate re-read her work, nodding along as she agreed with what she'd written before. Sounded good to her! |
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When class began and the professor made his big announcement, Janelle was excited. A dueling club sounded very cool and she couldn't wait for the first meeting. While she was busy daydreaming about all that would entail, they were given an assignment. Two questions to answer. Janelle really had to give them some thought. After a moment, Janelle picked up her chalk and begain to write on her chalkboard. As she thought about the first question, she decided to go with her first guess. Quote:
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Dot grinned broadly at the professor's greeting, because they were super chill and got along well... and then she wasn't grinning anymore but was turning around from her seat on the floor to find Kyroh. Who had NOT sat with her... probably because she was distracting... but was instead sitting next to a very pretty girl that Dot didn't know. So. WHAT DID IT MEAN? She gnawed her lip and tried to focus on the chalkboard, which was very challenging because she wanted to write out a list of possible reasons Kyroh hadn't sat with her but had sat with another PRETTY GIRL PERSON. Not the lesson, unfortunately. Not the point at all. Quote:
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Text Cut: Eves Sophie squinted sideways at Evie, very visibly confused by her dormmate's words. She didn't hate her? "Actions speak louder than words," she murmured, just as Dakest begun class, and Sophie straightened her spine slightly, trying to look attentive to the man who was being very, very cool and nerdy at the same time. A dueling club, though? That was actually kind of wicked. The interest sparkled in Sophie Brown's deep chestnut eyes, and she gave a nod of understanding and approval to him. You could BET she was going after one of those forms after class, absolutely. No doubt about it. He wanted them to write things, though, then place them back on a peg? That meant he wouldn't know what she wrote, so... heh. That left some room to push the envelope a bit and take some creative liberties. There were a couple really obvious things that came to mind regarding what he could've used to create his half state of invisibility, and the same for what could be used to detect it. Text Cut: Chalkboard With a disinterested shrug, Soph hung up her chalkboard on the wall with the rest then returned to sit back down, hoping that Evie would RETURN to sit there with her and not decide to sit somewhere else. |
The Dueling Club sounded really cool but there was no way Milo was ready for that. He didn't do well talking to new people let alone trying to hex and jinx them (with spells he didn't even know yet). He looked around the room though as the other students, particularly the older ones, fidgeted excitedly. He'd not be dueling but he'd certainly watch. The chalkboards were being put to work now. They were to think about how one would make themselves invisible like the Professor had and how to detect someone who is invisible. Hmmmm. Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Candice "Yeah!" SHE REMEMBERED HIM! Kyroh beamed, and reached out and gave her a quick hug. He would have said more but this was class time. Therefore time to focus. He wasn't shocked at all by the Professor's lack of a second half. Last year GIANT spiders had attacked the school. So...... why would he be startled by no feet? His ears did perk up though as Professor Dakest mentioned a duelling club. A duelling club that had it's first meeting the ay before his birthday! That was a sign right? Maddie and Dima would sign up for sure! So of course he had to! Plus his mum would probably be so excited about it. Anwyays, onto the lesson. State of invisibility. What spell? He didn't know of any potions. But there were invisibility cloaks obviously, and there was the Disillusionment Charm, but that wasn't really being invisible. Just blending in super well with your environment.Hm.... when HE thought of instability one thing came to mind form his mum. Quickly Kyroh wrote the answer down. Quote:
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Okay. Zander was definitely seeing things. WHERE DID PROFESSOR DAKEST’S HANDS GO??? He could’ve sworn they were just there a second ago and MAN. Zander was mega confused. Though one look at his Professor’s natural smile was enough to send him in a spiral of doubt. Uh. Blink. Blink. Blink. Merlin. He really was sleep deprived. ”Yeah, uh maybe…” He rubbed his eyes again, blinking all the way to where he decided to take a seat . As he sat he watched the door, waiting for Sophie Brown to come in and oh…? Wait a minute. She was going to sit by EVIE? The SAME Evie that was being horrible to her since the very start of the term? Zander didn’t like where this was going. In fact, he hadn’t taken his eyes off the pair since Sophie decided to sit down there. But he was… Trying to be casual about it. Ahem. But literally if Evie said one more horrible thing. It was all over and he’d probably lose his cool. Zander needed someone to take things out on anyways… :whistle: But soon enough the lesson started and Dakest STILL didn’t have legs. Interesting. Dueling club though? Zander made a mental note to go pick up one of those permission slips after class. But first he’d want to see if anyone else was doing it. Didn’t want to end up dueling firsties the whole time, y’know? Anyways, now there were actual questions and it was time to get settled for class mode and so bring it on, Professor. SPOILER!!: chalkboard And he walked that up. |
Text Cut: Sophie Actions speak louder than words. Yes, they did. Evie couldn't disagree with that and, luckily, didn't have to, because class was starting. Saved by the Dakest. Evie was clearing her chalkboard with her wand when he started class. She immediately perked up when he mentioned the dueling club and mentally took notes on everything he said. A grand reward... First meeting November 13th... Permission slip. Got it. Her father supported her desire to be an auror, so the permission slip would be an easy thing to acquire and get back to Dakest. And if she did well (which she KNEW she would), it would help her get into the YATI program next year... It took a lot of focus to steer her excited brain away from the dueling club information. Evie's eyes focused back on Dakest, whose torso was now floating just a few inches above the ground. An interesting sight to behold. Evie took a moment to wonder what sort of charm or enchantment he had used to conceal his lower half and then wrote her best guess on her chalkboard. Text Cut: Chalkboard Once she was finished, Evie brought her board over and hung it on one of the pegs. On her way back to her seat, she hesitated briefly, considering sitting somewhere else so as not to get distracted by Sophie and their current... row. But instead, Evie returned to her seat beside the Head Girl. She wasn't one to avoid confrontation. |
So, this was going mightily well already. Where he thought that perhaps the announcement of the dueling club, the presence of his invisible legs (or lack-thereof) and the immediate silent assignment would garner some chatter and conversation among the group, he was abruptly surprised to find that it was silent. Silent save for the scratching of chalk on chalkboards and the patter of feet. Here and there was a word or two, but that was about it. It all made him rather.....cautious. Either something was up, and they were all plotting together, or they simply weren't as awake as they seemed. He began deliberating ways in which he could get them all a bit more uppity, when the first chalkboard came up. Turning halfway, Sabel pulled out his wand and began sorting them. Like went with like, and were combined into single boards, words mixing and melding and sorting themselves under and around one another. The final effect would be one big chalkboard, with each and every student answer on it, sorted into groups of the 'same'. SPOILER!!: Some Individual Responses :) SPOILER!!: Grouped Answers :) Once the last chalkboard was merged with the now big one, Sabel considered it for a long moment. A few flicks of his wand, and a piece of chalk was scribbling a concise list down below the grouping of answers. Quote:
"All in all, you've come up with quite a comprehensive list. Indeed the most common would be the disillusionment charm, otherwise known as the chameleon charm, concealing an object with an invisibility charm or using a spell to alter the perception of those around you." Stretching out his legs, Sabel pulled up one pant leg, which revealed skin beneath. "While you are right, an invisibility cloaks are hard to come by, it is not impossible to charm one's own clothing to get a similar effect. You may have to use the bedazzling hex, which helps strengthen a chameleon charm, to get the desired effect but it certainly is easier on the coin purse." Because really, who had money to afford an invisibility cloak, let alone find one? Making use of what you had in a pinch was a skill, but a very useful one to have. "Depending on how you want to hide yourself, someone else, or an object, you may use one or a combination of the methods that you have suggested. Keep in mind, that the method you use will depend on the situation and the mobility which you need. If, for instance, you were trying to run and hide, sticking an extended sac over your legs may not be the best option. Unless you are good at sac races." With a grin, Sabel let the pant-leg drop and abruptly got to his feet. He didn't bother cancelling out the effect of the charm just yet. His wand flicked at the board, and another list popped up. Quote:
With that, Sabel pointed his wand at himself and drew the shield form of the termination spell. "Finite." And there it was, his lower half was back. Good as new. Maybe even better. It looked a bit strange though, for some reason. Perhaps too long without it, and his eyes had adjusted already. "Keep in mind that when you are looking to detect something, or someone, you have to decide if you want them to notice you detecting them. For instance, while humonos revelio is perhaps the most reliable spell to use, subjects of its casting have described being able to feel the spell, like a presence moving over them in a wave." Shaking himself, Sabel glanced between the board and the class. "Now, as you may have noticed, most of these spells are charms, and this is in fact, a Defense class. So, tell me how exactly these two concepts, both concealing and revealing, could be of use in the Defense Against the Dark Arts." OOC: Howdy all again! Thanks for a great lesson thus far! We are moving onto the next question, so again if you haven't had a chance to post yet, please just feel free to jump right into the thick of things. Pretty simple here. Provide an illustration/example of where the spells/methods discussed could be applied to DADA scenarios. Please limit your answer to one (max 2 examples). As always, feel free to be creative ^_^ Class will move along in 20-24 hours. ^_^ Thanks for being awesome! :D |
Janelle smiled inwardly, glad to know that she had been on the right track with her answers. She scribbled furiously, trying to copy down all of the important information that had been written on the board and noting various comments made by her classmates. When the class was charged with answering another question, she paused a moment to think about the possiblilties. Raising her hand, Janelle tried to put her thoughts into words. "Concealing yourself could be useful if you were trying to get away from someone or something dangerous. It could buy you time and allow you to escape." Taking a breath, Janelle launched into her thoughts about the second part of the question. "Revealing.......well you would have a better chance of defeating or at least neutralizing your opponent if you could see them and knew what you were up against." |
Ooh, more notes. Davie enjoyed taking notes, and plus the professor had said no one had invented invisible trousers yet. Bingo. He was on his way to a lifetime of invented fame and fortune. Once the notes were done, Davie raised his hand. "You could conceal yourself if you were trying to sneak past your enemy, say, a horde of kidnapping acromantula, and you didn't want to be detected. But revealing, well, you'd want to reveal yourself when you got ready to rescue your hostage friends which had been taken by the acromantula." Such a real-life example, wasn't it. Davie blinked up at the professor innocently. "I also know that sometimes professors and threats like to hide in the corners of seemingly empty classrooms here at Hogwarts, so we need be on our toes and use the detection spells so they don't get mad that we didn't find them in their grown up game of hide and go seek." |
Well if it gets non-good, you be sure to let me know. Alright?" The Gryffindor nodded at the Professor man. "Aye, Professor." And hopefully it wouldn't be. Maybe it was such a risky decision to attend DADA while she's still in recovery from her dislocated shoulder. But skipping this lesson? Pfffftt... NO WAY. Even if the sky was falling down, Ava would never missed DADA class. Concealing and revealing as a defense against the dark arts? Ooohhh!! She put on her hand on the air. "I think we can use concealing to hide ourselves from something dangerous? Like... from our enemy?" But it sounded like chicken, hiding. "And revealing like.... revealing a curse?" Did that sound right? |
Sabbath’s eyes drifted upwards and he rested his chin on his hand as he contemplated the Professors next question. The answer was glaringly obvious, was it not? “These spells would be best utilised in a lovers tryst, he blurted. "I mean, just imagine the ease of window escapes and curfew avoidance." "Aaand", he continued "when it comes to defence against the dark arts, well, they'd sure be useful for circumventing angry fathers or jilted boyfriends!” Sabbath shook his head and grinned ‘Gosh, the possibilities!’. He was liking this class more and more. |
Hehe..there was booby traps written on the board. Oh it was funny even though it shouldn't be. So mature, Dante. It just sort of happens you thinking of puns and then all of a sudden booby traps in there on the board. Though Dante guessed he should move on and answer the question. But since everyone was doing a much better job at answering it than him. He guessed he did not have to. Plus what he wanted to say was already said. He had other uses for being invisible. Just not for the DADA purposes. |
Should she be taking down notes? That's mainly what was running through her head in the time it took her to sit herself back down on the floor and when Professor Dakest began speaking once more. Now that she didn't have that little chalkboard on her lap she felt oddly unproductive. Reaching into her backpack that was resting at her feet she pulled out a sheet of parchment, a notepad (to lean on) and her quill. While listening silently Hady listed down each thing that was said in her neat script that way she was sure not to forget anything. Taking a pause from her note taking her hand went into that air, "A concealment charm can come in handy for many reasons. From something as terrible as having to flee a dangerous situation to as carefree as hiding from a friend while playing a joke. While a reveling charm works well when you're looking for something you can't find or to make sure nothings going to jump out at you." Like a Professor hiding in what appears to be an empty classroom. Constant vigilance. |
A small grin slowly graced Ethan’s face when the professor asked the second question. He’s got the perfect example for it because Mordred told him things from last term’s rescue. Of course he had to bug his older cousin day and out to give him information about the operation, and surely, he wasn’t disappointed when everything was revealed to him, especially the time when the older Mordaunt used the Disillusionment Charm. Ethan slightly wiggled his bum as he continued to sit on the floor, raised his hand to give his answer, but that certain kid, the former Headmistress’ son was it? Yeah, that smart Ravenclaw over there had beat him to it. Maybe his mother told him things too? The Slytherin tried to hide his grin, and instead, acknowledged the first year’s answer. “What he said, professor.” Nod nod. Well, he’s got nothing more to add so he lowered his hand down, and instead, busied himself to take down some serious notes. |
Hehe. Adi's answer made the Professor laugh. He grinned at the man. "I'll keep that in mind.'' It was good to know he could be entertaining and learn a thing or two at the same time. Aha. So it was the pants of Dakest that really had the spell working on it. Cool! Then notes on the board happened. The Hufflepuff wasted no time in grabbing his quill and book to make careful notes.All of this would come in useful for NEWTS. Yessers. Oh, looky! Dakest's lower half of his body had returned! And now for that question. Adi raised a hand. ''We can always use concealing as defense if we need to hide from someone or something and revealing to see if there is anything dark around something you're working with. Like maybe dark creatures someone had charmed to remain hidden.'' Eyes on you, Dakest. The Puff had been genuinely interested to know if the man had met any dark creatures over the summer, you know. But then secrets had to be kept. Yup. |
She was almost completely awake at this point. Almost. This discussion was getting interesting, and maybe AJ misunderstood the question, but she couldn't help but wonder why everybody was only talking about the two main spells. You could say so much about the others ones, and that was what AJ was going to do. Even if that wasn't what he was technically asking because that's what her sleepy brain was telling her to do. Not to mention that everybody else had pretty much covered the basics, and AJ had to agree with the kid that would use if for curfew avoidance. Her hand was in the air. "I think the amplifying voice spell would be useful in defense because you can confuse your attacker. Maybe even scare him. Once second could make a world of difference." What the actual name of that spell was, she had no clue. |
O____________O SWEET MERLIN THAT WAS A LOT TO TAKE NOTE OF. Zander's eyes opened up HUGE after one look over at the board. This would take forever. His hand would be cramping for YEARAS, he was sure. Or maybe he was being dramatic.... One could never really tell. But either way, the Gryffindor wasted no time grabbing hold of his quill and starting to take note of every single thing written on the board. It was clear, however, that as he continued writing the quality of his hand writing was slowly declining... But his notes look legible... Sort of. And if not, maybe he could ask to look at Damien's notes later or something. Or even Sophie's. Sophie took FANTASTIC notes. He knew that much, at least. As for the question, it was a fairly easy one... But he was still taking down some notes and multitasking was hard. So he was going to stick to notes for right now. Plus, by the time he finished scribbling everything down, there'd probably be even MORE to write down too. Never ending cycle. A shame really. |
Caleb really HADN'T been all that thrown off by the half-invisible professor. Hogwarts really HAD desensitized him to the weird, he believed. After all, it was amazing these days if you could just survive the school year - half invisible man? Not even a twitch of surprise, really. But OOOOOOH this sounded like it was going to be a FUN class! And DUELLING CLUB! That was always fun too! He hadn't really gotten too involved in extracurricular activities since Quidditch had been cancelled years ago, so he should probably try and do SOMETHING at school this term before he was gone for good. He raised his hand to answer the question. "You can use it to sneak into places you don't belong. Like the Restricted section of the library," he said. Not that HE would ever do it. But you know, if you NEEDED to. |
Daxton had watched the rearranging and melding of the chalkboards with mild interest, wondering what kind of magic that display was... what spell was being used. Not that he would likely have any need for such a spell in the near future, but he was curious all the same as it was not a kind of magic he had yet read about. It was not long before Dakest's lips started moving again, and Daxton reasonably deduced that he was back to addressing the class. He did not, however, remove the earmuffs just yet. First, the Ravenclaw cast a scrutinising eye around the classroom, looking for anyone still with chalk and/or chalkboard, who might still be making that terrible scraping noise with them. Only when he was absolutely certain he was safe did he uncover his ears again. Some of the relayed information had therefore been missed, which was endlessly frustrating, but in this instance Daxton prioritised protecting himself and his senses over hearing the entire lecture on a topic he may well be able to find in a book. It had been important. It had been necessary. Unsurprisingly, Daxton offered no answers to the Professor's question, and instead sat silently, looking between Dakest and the board a couple of times, and then again at Char, and then down at his notebook. Unwilling and unable he may be when it came to verbally providing a response, Daxton was not incapable of thinking up an answer, or of writing it down for his own benefit. He picked up his perfectly non-magical ball-point pen again, and wrote down what he might have said if he could. If he wanted to. SPOILER!!: Notebook Looking up again from his notebook, Daxton went back to observing the room at large, before a thought occurred to him. Were there more invisible people here in the training hall? Dakest had just demonstrated how possible invisibility was; if he could do that to his legs, what was stopping anyone else from lingering in the room, fully invisible. Daxton looked around the room again, as though he might see or otherwise sense someone of the sort, but found nothing, not that he really expected to. Daxton's eyes found Dakest again, and this time he stared at the man for a good long while, thinking, thinking... |
Why? A question he often found himself asking while his quill hustled to catch every word of the response. This time he was the one giving the response and he didn't think even his quick quotes quill could make it sound cool enough. There was nothing cool about a wand that worked against you. "My wand's defective, Sir. It does what it wants and doesn't listen to me." Only half true; it seemed to have been doing okay in Astronomy class...'cept it never shot anything in the direction he told it to but then Charms happened and he...it....yeah. His wand needed to go back to the drawing board. Blaise leaned forward resting his elbows on either crossed leg as he listened with avid interest to everything the Professor was saying. At the risk of having his notes completely skewed, the boy let his quill take down the important stuff so he could pay his FULL attention. There were ways around using magic to get desire results. There was hope for him being a wizard yet! "Well, the way I see it, lots of things are stronger than you and better at magic than you so sometimes fighting back isn't an option and concealing could save your butt." Fast retreat and all that. "And if something was being extra super sneaky to try and get'cha, you could blow its cover--not that that'll help if it's stronger and smarter and faster and actually has magic that works but yeah..." He got the idea. |
SPOILER!!: Kyroh Oh no! Didn't she ever told him back in first year that she didn't like hug? Even a quick one? Maybe the Ravenclaw forgot. Its been a while after all. Sow when Kyroh hugged her, she just stood there like a statue. Maybe she should tell him again about the hugging thing after class, yeah? She knew the answer for the first two questions. It wasn't that hard. And Kyroh And looked at that note on the board. It would took her forever to copy that. Candice was almost finished copying the notes, when she heard the Professor asked next question. Ohh. She knew the answer for that question but first she needed to finish her notes. The Gryffindor raised her hand in the air after she finished with her notes. "Revealing charm can be used when you're lost in the middle of the woods and you see this creepy house where you can take shelter for the night but your instinct tell you that there's something fishy about the place." |
Colt saw all of the notes the Professor was writing on the board. Man that was a lot. He was just in awe of how many suggestions his classmates said. No way in bloody merlin was he gonna be able to copy all of that down. He just tried to remember it and possibly the activity would help him out more. Now onto the question at hand. He heard Professor Dakest ask how concealing and revealing, could be of use in the Defense Against the Dark Arts. He smirked and knew some ideas because his teacher asked him this concept in Durmstrang. He began to form his thoughts before he said them out loud. He thought of an obvious one, you could use concealing for revenge. You could dig up dirt on one of your enemies or you could sneak into your siblings room and steal something of theirs. Hey it is just fair. He wish he could do that to his cousins. He tried to think of a revealing example and couldn't think of one but his other classmates were doing a better job so he went with theirs. He raised his hand to answer, "Profesor you could use the concealing for revenge. I mean if you wanna dig up dirt on someone you can become invisible and sneak into their personal belongings OR you could sneak into your siblings room and steal their stuff." It was something he would do. "For revealing aspect I will go with what Hady said." |
So they were going to learn the disillusionment charm?! Yoongi was nearly crying with happiness. Finally they were going to learn a spell he had wanted to learn for so long now. But because he had been so excited, he had only been thinking about the possibilities he could have when using that spell in daily life and been spacing out that he had forgotten to write down on his blackboard. Oops? When the Professor revealed his lower half again and asked them to come up with scenarios in which they could use the spell and how to reveal it , he began to think. Well, obviously they had used the charm during the search and rescue mission to keep hidden from the acromantulas last year but to say that answer would be stealing ideas didn’t it? So he thought some more and then raised his hand in the air. “Imagine a city terrorised by a vampire and to keep it away you could hang garlic around the city but with using the charm they would be invisible to the dark creature and so they wouldn’t know where they are and would run for their not lives!” griiiiiiin. Oh he was so smart. |
Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "Professor how about when the end of the world is about to happen and we need to defend ourselves from everyone else?" Angel had no idea what would happened then. "I'm sure there would be mass panic, kaos and destruction." Angel never wanted to see it but she was sure she had come close last year. |
A weird combination of relieved and unnerved that Evie returned to sit by her, Sophie tried to forget that Evie was there for the time being as she reviewed the different bullet points on the board, absorbing them with ease. They were all kind of common sense, things she would easily recall on an exam or something, so she wasn't taking notes. Nope, all in the ol' noggin. His question was weird, though, and Sophie squinted. Surely he was trying to just get their gears turning and make them think about stuff, but his question was SO SIMPLE. More common sense things, and Sophie was unsurprised that plenty of people had things to offer up. Obviously concealing was useful to keep oneself safe and hidden, whereas revealing was also good to keep oneself safe and aware of surroundings. Pretty much everything the others had already alluded to, so... Sophie kept her hand down, but still tried to look at least mildly interested in what the others had to say so Dakest didn't think she wasn't paying attention. She was, of course. Just had nothing constructive to offer to the table that others hadn't already said. |
It was as if the world had suddenly gone silent at the Professor's words. A pindrop silent. Because the man had said THINGS and Phillip was NOT used to that. He was used to getting his way, being cheeky and not getting told off for it and now........... MERLIN. He shut his mouth -- how long had THAT been open?? -- and took a large gulp. "Noted, Professor," he said, looking him dead in the eyes and giving him a nod of his head. He was a ROMALOTTI and while he might not have a point to prove, he was not going to back down. Luckily for him, the lesson moved ON and he started taking some notes on what was written on the board. His favourite answer? Jedi. He even made a small point of drawing a lightsaber next to that answer just for the sake of it. AHAHAHA, why didn't HE think of that one? Professor was asking how they could use this in a Defence situation, wasn't he? Phillip tapped his chin in thought. "If you want to fight with a DARK DARK FORCE, being invisible gives you the upper hand. You're more likely to kick some serious butt if you're invisible." Granted that the other person didn't use the revealing charm. |
Her classmates had come up with some really interesting ideas for attaining and detecting invisibility. Paulina had to admit that she was pretty impressed by it. Quickly she took note of everything that Professor Dakest had put on the board. Were they going to become invisible for the class activity? If so, she thought that would be pretty cool so long as she didn't end up with paint thrown on her or was subjected to any of the other detection methods. Some of them seemed rather unpleasant - even her own suggestion. As for the next question...her classmates were covering it pretty well. Paulina remained silent as she listened to what they had to say. |
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Reagan was writing notes, basically. Professor Dakest had provided a board full of them, and with her hand flying back and forth to get all the information down, she'd almost missed the next question. To be honest, Rea wasn't too sure what she felt about Defensive magic. In the case of protecting defenseless creatures, she could see their uses...but they weren't usually implemented for those reasons. Mmm, something else to make a 'pet project' of. ...and she supposed using them for the protection of humans was good, too. Just not as important as witches and wizards had magic to protect themselves with, where more creatures did not. See the difference? ...Wait, what had the question been? Raising her hand, Reagan beamed at the Defense Professor, all personal feelings about the subject aside. "Concealment Charms can be used in the protection of magical creatures; to guard them against predators and the like. Also, I think it's our responsibility to protect those that could not protect themselves." Mhm, like from people who'd hope to EAT them...or use their hides for their own selfish preservation. Witches and wizards, pls. "...and I think Revealing spells could be used in the reverse. If magical folk were hoping to sneak up on these poor, defenseless animals, they could be OUSTED with the same magic that they'd concealed themselves with." Nailed it. |
She was back in her At his question, she raised her hand. "Concealing yourself is a great way to throw off an opponent in a duel and trick them. If they can't see you, they can't tell where your spells and hexes will be coming from." That was a smart move in anyone's book. |
Was she drooling? Noelle had to physically check because .... Merlin. Luckily, she wasn't. She would have to keep her eyes down. Notes! Noelle started scribbling what he was saying to keep from the distraction of his voice. She was pretty sure he was the professor that had helped when she had accidentally broke Tom's wrist. How had she not notice how..... pretty he was? Concentrate on the lesson Noelle. Concentrating, she tried to remember how to do the wand movement. It was a lot of information. Then he was asking questions and Noelle couldn't think. She did hear Sabbie's answer though and giggled. Nudging him, she shook her head. Silly. Noelle didn't answer though. She didn't know what to say. |
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For now. Being invisible was going to be very distracting and it was unlikely she'd stay melancholy for long. "You have to be aware of your surroundings and any approaching foes, sir, even if they're invisible. Being able to reveal the invisible is a pretty handy way to remove that one extra obstacle in their attack. Or... yeah." |
Cinna was semi-proud of herself so far in this class. She had done pretty well. That in it's self was saying a lot. Anyway she didn't notice that Noelle was sitting beside her. She have the first year a smile. For whatever reason this first had really taken up with her. She didn't mind she liked her and all of these cute little firstie. Wait, was Noelle drooling? Haha. This was going to be another Zander and Bentley thing was it? And yes, Zander Adair Cinna still remembers who your first crush was. Staring at the ex professors portrait. Drooling over her. Hehe. Anyway back to the questions, and she had answers. Or at least she thought she had. Everyone else had said or said something similar to what she wanted to say so she set quietly and continued to listen. No sense on repeating what was already said. |
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