Professor O'Leary
April 28, 2007 8:14 PM
Second/Third Years: Lesson Two by Professor O'Leary
Upon entering the classroom, each student would find on their desk a bowl, about the size one would use for soup or cereal, filled with water in addition to a glass container with three small black spiders. Today, they would be learning one of Drake's favorite spells, not that anyone needed to know that, but it was nonetheless for it was associated with fond memories.At the front of the room, where Drake stood, was a rather large vessel of water measuring five feet by five feet, but shallow at a height of about two feet. Undoubtedly, a little odd, but then he was a little odd. Then, again, when most people found you to be rather asocial, and in extreme cases rumored to be a vampire, the title of normal didn't stick.
Of course, the rumors weren't completely unfounded for Drake had the stereotypical appearance of one. He was fairly tall and extraordinarily gaunt with blood-red crimson hair and liked to wear dark flowing robes that swished when he moved. The saving grace was that his skin wasn't deathly pale. If it were, he might have been worried about himself.
He couldn't completely blame it on his appearance for he had
undoubtedly flamed the rumors with his stalking in the shadows, a fondness, which now lacked any punch. He supposed most had realized that for the most part he was all bark and no bite...at least in the classroom. As such, Drake stayed in plain site, leaning on his desk, a comfortable without being vulnerable position.
While he could perform some level of wandless magic, he preferred his wand, always hidden in his sleeve, for it allowed for spells to be at their most powerful, and this stance proved to be best for quickly maneuvering into a defensive or an offensive position. One could never be to careful, even if the school was heavily protected. Then, again, most of it was probably his paranoia due to previous experiences talking.
Staying perfectly still this way, Drake waited until the last student had arrived before beginning class in his deep baritone voice that echoed off of the chamber walls, "Good afternoon, class." Standard greeting, before, "Today, you will be learning the Glacius spell, which is used to freeze enemies and can be used on water, as well." The important part there was enemies. Why they were learning the spell in this class. "On each desk there is a container of spiders to practice on. For those, who feel this is unethical," slight sneer, "there is also a bowl of water in order to practice on. Repeat after me, Glacius," pronouncing as Gla-c-us. The wand now in his hand and pointed at the enormous container, "Your wand movement should reflect, as such, and firmly state," with a slight jerk of the arm and a semi-circle, shouted, "Glacius!"
The water now turned to ice, creating a small ice skating rink. The sport was a secret passion of Drake's, which was shared by his daughter
"Now, then, if performed properly, the spider should be frozen solidly, or if you are working with the water, a solid mass of ice. The more skilled one becomes, the larger the amount of enemies or water that can be frozen in addition to how long it will last," he lectured while stepping on the block and skating around slightly to demonstrate before stepping back down. "You may come up here to view or test out the homemade rink in small groups. For anyone not doing this, you should be attempting the spell on your spiders or bowl of water in front of you. Begin."\r\n\r\nOOC: Have fun, because creativity counts! Ten sentence minimum.\r\n\r\n
Subthreads: A real dilemma by Saul Pierce with Briony, Elly Eriksson
Spiders! Rock. On. by Matt and Josh Santoro with Meredith Lail, Matt and Josh
Trying to blend in. by Adam Brockert with Morgaine Carey
Skating! by Eavan Valentine with Amber Carey, Eavan
A bit evil (and a bit late putting up) by Caedence Redoak with Echo Elms, Caedene
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Caedence Redoak
May 30, 2007 10:38 PM
A bit evil (and a bit late putting up) by Caedence Redoak
Caedence was looking forward to Drake O’Leary’s class. He was the most interesting teacher, even if he tried to appear tougher than he was. He always had new and cool spells to learn, and his class was always fun. She had dressed simply under her robes; a black t-shirt and jeans shorts. For a change of pace, she wore white flip-flops. She wasn’t really in a good mood, as she hadn’t for the most part since midterm, but Aaron McKindy’s prying, paired with Kamiya’s and Elly’s set her nerves on edge and her temper shortened.She sat in the middle row, near the left side. She was surprised to see a bowl of water and a jar with spiders in it. She grinned wickedly. Would they be trying to learn how to breath underwater? In that case, she’d just let the spiders die. She looked up as Professor O’Leary began to speak.
So they’d be freezing the spiders! Even better! She hoped to get better at this spell, using it on people. This was going to be great! She smirked at the bowl of water, mimicking the teacher’s wand movements. The ice froze on the surface, but the freeze didn’t make it to the bottom. Oh well, she didn’t have to get it right away. That’s why she practiced on something that didn’t move. “Glacius“ she said firmly. She heard a slight sound, like the water was squeezing all its molecules together, and the bowl froze completely. She poked it with her new wand, hard, but it didn’t chip or crack. Cool!
She turned to the jar of spiders. Her face lit in an evil grin as she unscrewed the lid, removing a struggling arachnid. It scampered off as soon as she let it go, but with a quick spell, it froze on the desk. She wondered if it was dead…
She repeated the process with another spider, watching with a sort of sick glee as it curled up in a frozen lump. She looked towards the last one. Her face lit in a predatory grin. “Hello, little friend…” she said, “I think I’ll try and frost the glass with you in it, what do you think?” She looked at the bowl, with a slight annoyance; it was already melting. “Glacius“ She said, almost lazily. The spider too succumbed to the spell. She laughed at it, the sound a cold noise. She refreshed the spell on the first spider before placing them all back in the jar.
She turned to the person next to her, “So, how are you doing?” She asked tilting her head to one side. \n
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Echo Elms
June 02, 2007 7:57 PM
If you didn't scare me before... (also a bit late) by Echo Elms
When Echo arrived he had two options for a seat. He could sit in the center of the room towards the front--and have to trip over and bump elbows with everyone on his way to the seat--or he could sit off to the side with Caedence Redoak.Right, so it wasn't a real choice.
Echo generally tried not to have much to do with Caedence. It wasn't that he didn't like her; it was just that she was so unpredictable. Elly and Meredith he could trust to always be nice to him. Caedence... well, sometimes she was nice but most of the time she was in a mood. Is she felt like it, she'd try to make him squirm.
And it was going to be one of those days. He could tell by the awful look she was giving the spiders.
"Hey," he greeted her hesitantly when he sat down. He reminded himself that Caedence was one of his novellers and that meant they had some sort of bond... or something. At least... at least she wouldn't try to hug him or anything weird. Caedence was predictably contact-free. That was something.
Echo took out his hipster reading glasses (he was wearing his regular glasses -- new over midterms) and textbook and studiously opened up to the most recent homework assignment just in case. He didn't end up needing any of that, though, since Professor O'Leary only did a demonstration.
"Glacius," he repeated to himself. He wasn't sure about the ethicalness, as O'Leary put it, of freezing spiders. He opted for the bowl of water. After a couple of attempts, he had the bowl mostly frozen, but Caedence was... um... opening her jar of spiders with a meniacal glee. Echo pretended not to see that.
He also pretended not to see her freeze a swift moving spider on the desk. He was facing forward, but she had his complete attention. His eyes flicked in her direction and he couldn't tear them away as she froze all the spiders in her jar, one of them multiple times. It was like... something out of a Tim Burton film. Disturbing, surreal.
“So, how are you doing?” she asked him, probably catching him watching her. Well, for starters, he had dropped his wand and it was rolling toward the edge of the desk. He stopped it with a jerky movement.
"Uh," he said. At first it was like a flashback to first year with the not being able to talk right, "I'm, uh, it's almost froze...en. Practically? I mean... You're scary, you know that, right? You're all like with the sitting there with the freezing and the laughing. That's like, it's crazy weirdo scary. I'm mean, like whoa. I'm sitting here watching you and I'm just freakin out. Freakin. Out."
Was it bad to tell the crazy scary girl that she's scary? With Caedence, you could never tell. She might even take it as a compliment.
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Caedence
June 02, 2007 11:08 PM
But did, so no worries! ^^ by Caedence
Caedence turned to the person who turned out next to her. Echo? You’d think the kid would avoid her like the plague with how twitchy he was around normal people! But he was sitting next to her. And he was babbling."Uh," he said. At first it was like a flashback to first year with the not being able to talk right, "I'm, uh, it's almost froze...en. Practically? I mean... You're scary, you know that, right? You're all like with the sitting there with the freezing and the laughing. That's like, it's crazy weirdo scary. I'm mean, like whoa. I'm sitting here watching you and I'm just freakin out. Freakin. Out."
Caedence couldn’t help but let a smile grace her face. Need she repeat the part about ‘twitchy’? Man, if the kid had only caught me on a worse day… she thought wistfully. She had been annoyingly tame over the past year. Hitting a classmate wouldn’t be too bad an idea. As it was, all her rage had been used on the helpless spiders. She resisted re-freezing one.
“Thank you Echo, I try hard,” She said with a mock bow. “No need to be so… well, twitchy. I’m on a good day… no I’m not, but I won’t kill you. Spiders work oh so much better. And they don’t scream. Just don’t get on any of my nerves, huh?” She tilted her head to one side, resisting the urge to glare. It was fun to mess with Echo. She recalled her first conversation with Elly, once volunteering to be a lookout for them while they went and got into trouble.
The bowl was still melting. “Echo, you know it might be easier to try the spell on my ice. It isn’t all froze up, but it’s halfway.” She pushed the bowl over to him. She tapped the jar of spiders in front of her, stopping herself from chuckling at their predicament. “It would help not to let the wand run away,” she added, with a smirk noticing how it was stopped at the edge of the table.
“Oh and I already have a novel idea for your club. I think this year I might make the word mark. I hope so at least. Will Elly be joining this year? I missed the first meeting. Who all is in it? Is it a small group?” She didn’t know why, but writing was fun, and she was glad Echo had a club up for it.\n
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But did, so no worries! ^^
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Echo Elms
June 03, 2007 9:46 AM
Woohoo! by Echo Elms
“Thank you Echo, I try hard,” She said with a mock bow. “No need to be so… well, twitchy. I’m on a good day… no I’m not, but I won’t kill you. Spiders work oh so much better. And they don’t scream. Just don’t get on any of my nerves, huh?”Well, she took it as sort of a compliment. A backhanded compliment. Or something. Her promise not to kill him if he wasn't annoying was less than reassuring. And twitchy? You bet he was twitchy. Anyone would be twitchy sitting next to her when she got her mad evil on. Whatever was behind the smile she gave him was something he did not want to know about. And then she started being nice in her Caedencey sort of way -- nice but edgey all at the same time which could be nice or could be mean and he wasn't sure which one it was. He pretended it was nice and accepted her bowl warily. It still had a spider frozen to the top of it.
"Thanks," he said. Man, she was right about the twitchy. His brain was darting around some wigged out caged creature, and his hand and arm muscles spazzed out when he moved them. He pressed his fingertips of his left hand against the desk and picked up his wand with the right.
“Oh and I already have a novel idea for your club," Caedence said. He put the wand back down -- no way was he going to be able to concentrate on the spell right now anyway. She continued, "I think this year I might make the word mark. I hope so at least. Will Elly be joining this year? I missed the first meeting. Who all is in it? Is it a small group?”
Echo nodded, "Yeah, Elly's was there. Uh... we had a lot of people: Saul was there; Zack Dill; Stephen Baxter is thinking about it. Um. Hyana. Gwen Carey. Oliver. Amber Carey. And Hikaru. Brett. Lot's of people this year. We'll start on February 1st and we'll be writing all day in Labryrinth Gardens." He was so psyched about it. And just this morning he'd gotten word back that the House Elves would provide a plate of cookies for his kickoff event. That was awesome.
"I haven't come up with a plot yet. It's weird, last year I knew exactly what I was doing by now; this year I don't have a clue." He abruptly remembered about his very useful novelling spell and went digging through his bag for an extra copy. When he found he, he slid it onto Caedence's side of the desk.
"This," he declared, "is a wordcount spell. You can use it to enchant your notebook into displaying your wordcount on the cover so you don't have count all the time." He was so proud of this find. He hadn't even been looking for it when he stumbled across it in the library back in October. It was intended for papers where a certain wordcount was necessary and then he had found variations on it in another book, including a wordcount for a journal. Having Novelled last year, he was sure Caedence would appreciate how useful this spell was going to be come February. Assuming she didn't freeze another student before then and get herself expelled.
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Woohoo!
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Caedence
June 07, 2007 6:55 PM
And I keep the surprises going by Caedence
OOC: Just to let you know, Echo, all three spiders are in the jar…BIC: Caedence smirked. Well, this was going to be a good year then. Last year, it was just her, Saul, Zach and Echo. This year it was like a paragraph of people. She had hoped as much. After all, it wasn’t too awful fun if no one wanted to do it. She gave the spell a quick look over. Hmm… that would be useful. She had no idea the number of times she had lost count on her words. It was frustrating, to say the least. So, needless to say, she wasn’t sure how far she got, but just that she didn’t make the count. This year, she would.
“Well, Echo, you could do like… an autobiography of yourself and, like, mix it up so it’s more of a fiction.” She left out that she did just that last year. “I was planning on something like, oh I don’t know… just something about a girl pretending to be a witch, but she’s a muggle, or a girl trying to be a guy….” she sighed. Okay, so she had two completely different plots, but ideas for each. It would work out.
“Listen, Echo, when you get the spell, I dunno…” she shrugged, “Wanna go over there and ice skate? It looks like fun, I guess. If you like that stuff..” She also conveniently left out the part where she’s never ice skated in her life. Ever. She hoped Echo knew how, since she offered for them to go ice skate.\n
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And I keep the surprises going
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Echo Elms
June 08, 2007 12:54 PM
Shocked and amazed by Echo Elms
OOC: I guess I got confuzzled about that part. Ah well...BIC:
Echo blinked at Caedence. He was trying to keep up but Caedence defied the keeping up thing thusly:
Beginning of lesson
Observation: Caedence is scary.
Evidence: Maniacal laughter; Torturing spiders; threatening classmates (namely: me).
Now
Observation: Caedence is friendly.
Evidence: Interest in Novelling Fury!; Offering plot suggestions; Inviting me to ice skate.
This was exactly why he tried to avoid her. He'd swear the girl had to have some kind of multi-personality thing going on, except that it was all Caedance all the time--just Nice!Caedence and Scary!Caedence.
So, did he want to go ice skating after? Well, you didn't turn down nice Caedence or you got mean Caedence. "Okay," he said. He'd done lots of skating since ice hockey was a big thing in the winter back home -- of course, usually he was wearing snowpants so it didn't hurt when he fell, but he should be okay.
"Glacius," he tried again. The ice in his bowl froze over to sport a nice thick layer of ice at the top. "Glacius," he tried again. The water turned nice opaque and when he picked it up nothing sloshed. Solid enough. He'd have to try the spell a couple more times on his own time (when he could focus for real), but he was pretty sure that was the best he was going to do with Caedence right there.
"Okay, let's go."
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Shocked and amazed
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Caedene
June 14, 2007 9:07 PM
Not so graceful... by Caedene
OOC: S’okay, but you made me get a stitch in my side from laugher….BIC: Caedence watched Echo try his spell. Well, it sorta froze over solidly. At least it didn’t move around or anything. Maybe Echo was one of those guys that couldn’t do a spell in front of everyone. Or maybe she just made him nervous? She had a habit of doing that. On the plus side? Her mood improved about 200% by messing with his mind. It always put her in a good mood.
“Well, good enough,” She murmured. Okay, let’s go Caedence nodded. She motioned for him to follow and waited until the ice was clear before carefully getting on. She promptly slid and landed hard on her butt. “Ow…” she muttered, trying to get up again. She slipped several more times before finally getting to her feet. She stood stock still, not wanting to fall again.
“How do you do this stupid thing?” She growled, glaring at the ice under her feet, as if that would help her stay level. She tried to take a step forward on the ice, but found herself tripping again. She barely regained balance and straightened up again. She frowned at Echo, not at all liking her inability to skate. \n
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Not so graceful...
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