Drake O'Leary
January 30, 2007 1:39 AM
Third/Fourth Years: Lesson One by Drake O'Leary
Drake sat at his desk in a most unusual position. He was leaning back with his feet up on the desk. He appeared to be sleeping, but he could see the students from beneath his lashes. Today's lessons was one of his favorites.He waited to see what each student did with the box placed on their desk. There was no lock on the box, but if the student tried to open it, they would be unsuccessful. After a few had tried, Drake got up from his desk and went to the front of his desk.
"As some of you have undoubtedly noticed from trying to open the box, you can't," Drake stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "This is because the Anti-Intruder Jinx has been placed on each box, which brings me to today's lesson. The Anti-Intruder Jinx is exactly as its name states, it keeps out intruders. Now, I'm going to show prove to you that the box on my desk is unprotected before I demonstrate the spell."
Drake called on one of the students to come up and try opening the box, knowing it would be easy to open. Once it was proven that the box was indeed unprotected, Drake asked the student to stay in front of the room.
Continuing his lecture, Drake warned, "Pay close attention."
Performing the wand movement and incantation, he ensured that the box was now protected.
He turned to the student he had asked to stay, "Try opening the box again."
This time the box would not open, but when Drake tried to open it, it did.
"If performed properly, the Anti-Intruder Jinx should allow the spell caster to open the box," he said, right before lifting the spell from each of the students' boxes. "Each box should have the spell removed, so that you can try the Jinx. You may begin."
OOC: Remember at least ten sentences. Have fun and be creative.
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Subthreads: Why me? by Adam Brockert with Professor O'Leary, Guenther Heindrich
Boxes and Fear by Saul Pierce with Briony O'Leary, Briony
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Adam Brockert
February 13, 2007 11:11 PM
Why me? by Adam Brockert
After last year's incident, Defense was the last place Adam wanted to go. First of all, like any class, as they got older, there was more chance of being exposed to powerful dark magic and difficulty. Adam hadn't even been able to handle an enchanted malevolent pumpkin, so he very much doubted his abilities to deal with anything worse.There was also the fact that Professor O'Leary didn't like him. Not that Adam blamed the man. There was nothing to like. Adam was unappealing in every way. Plus, they might have to work in groups again. The very thought made him want to wretch.
He crept into the back as usual and the lesson began.
"This is because the Anti-Intruder Jinx has been placed on each box, which brings me to today's lesson. The Anti-Intruder Jinx is exactly as its name states, it keeps out intruders. Now, I'm going to show prove to you that the box on my desk is unprotected before I demonstrate the spell."
The professor proceded to call a student and Adam froze up. The student Professor O'Leary had called on was him .
Adam got up, knees quaking. He wondered why, of everyone, he had been chosen. Professor O'Leary must want him to be humiliated. The only reason he'd even stood up was that he was pretty sure that if he hadn't came when the professor called, he'd be in worse trouble. Though, Adam reflected, a detention might be preferable to being the center of attention. However, being yelled at in front of everyone was not . Plus they might laugh at him for not going up there. Even though that when he got up there, they were probably going to do that anyway. Either way, Adam couldn't win.
He approached Professor O'Leary, still shaking, hopefully not real noticably to his classmates. Adam couldn't help but feel a bit relieved when all he had to do was open a box. He did so, not looking at either the class or the professor.
Adam was rewarded for not screwing this up by...being asked to stay there. As Professor O'Leary went on, he could feel his classmates' eyes on him. Even though they should be paying attention, he knew they could see him too. The thought made his stomach knot up and sweat poured down his forehead.
"Try opening the box again."
He did as he was instructed and it wouldn't open until Professor O'Leary did it.
"Each box should have the spell removed, so that you can try the Jinx. You may begin."
"May I go back to my seat now?" Adam inquired quietly. He didn't know how much more of being up here he could take before passing out. He was shaking and sweating and thought he was going to lose it at any moment.
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Professor O'Leary
March 06, 2007 7:32 PM
Because you were the first I noticed by Professor O'Leary
Finishing his lecture, Drake had nearly forgotten that Mr. Brockert was still standing in front of the room until the small voice chimed up."May I go back to my seat now?"
Drake nodded in response with a wave of the hand. He assumed that the student would have taken his seat at the end of the lecture rather than continuing to stand there. Being fairly perceptive, one had to be to be a professor of DADA, it always surprised him how jumpy the boy was, as though someone was out to get him at that very moment. Not that Drake didn't encourage some level of paranoia, it kept you on your feet. Unfortunately, the boy was wound so tight that he would probably end up hurting himself in the event of an attack rather than the enemy.
He was curious as to what caused such behavior. He knew Mr. Brockert's sister from his fifth year classes. She appeared to be friendly towards other students and well-liked. On occassion, she even raised her hand to answer questions in lecture. Though, he felt she didn't perform to her abilities. She tended to maintain an average grade in his class, and while he didn't think she would ever be a high-achiever in the class, he felt she could be in the above average category.\n\n
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Guenther Heindrich
March 21, 2007 4:00 PM
Re: Because you were the first I noticed by Guenther Heindrich
Guenther stared at the box. He was going to get this right! He was a third year now and he should be able to do these things by now. Taking out his wand, he said the spell and made the wand movements. Nothing really amazing happened, but how could he tell if it worked?He looked up at the front of the classroom to see what other people were doing and saw that Briony, the girl that he had met in COMC that morning, was swapping boxes with a boy that he thought was named Saul (though he had no idea of the boys last name). Hmmm....who should he swap with?
The desk next to him was empty, though someone clearly was supposed to be sitting there. He around the classroom and realized that it was the only available seat open and that Adam was still up at the front of the classroom.
Why was he still at the front? He couldn't figure it out. He just hoped that Adam got back to his seat soon so that they could swap boxes.\n\n
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Adam B.
March 25, 2007 9:57 PM
I didn't think you were around. by Adam B.
Sighing inaudibly with relief, Adam crept nervously back to his seat, purposely trying not attract attention. He'd had more than enough for one day. Every second up front had been excrutiating. All those eyes on him. Adam shuddered involuntarily as he approached his chair and sat down.He glanced from the box to his wand. He didn't have the best track record lately. Everytime Adam tried to do something it went horribly wrong. Last year there was the thing with the pumpkin and then there was the thing with his ear in Charms. With my luck, Adam thought glumly, I'll probably set the room on fire. Not only would that possibly kill people-something Adam didn't want to do. He wasn't Lily - but it would attract way too much attention.
Adam gazed around the room and spotted Briony talking to Saul Pierce. Now he knew Briony probably wouldn't like him. Saul was the most popular guy in class, if she was friends with someone popular she wouldn't like Adam very much. He sighed. The popular guys always were friends with the pretty girls. Not that he was interested in Briony per se. It was just that he thought she was attractive. Besides, Adam didn't dare get interested in anyone in particular. Nobody would ever like him back and he'd just be disappointed and hurt and feel worse about himself than before. Girls wanted people like Saul or that guy Kaylie was with. Not some weirdo like him. Adam didn't think he had a single good quality.
Suddenly, he realized that Gunther wanted his attention. He blinked twice, the usual deer in the headlights look came to his face. Adam couldn't think of what to say to him. Simply saying hello sounded too stupid. Asking what Gunther wanted would have made him sound rude. Saying nothing and ignoring his classmate might make him look stuck-up. "Um..." He looked anxiously at the Aladren, hoping he'd say something instead.\n\n
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