Professor Levy
December 07, 2011 4:24 PM
Intermediate Lesson I: Third, Fourth, and Fifth Years by Professor Levy
“Good afternoon, class!” Erika called out, as the students entered the room. A large smile was plastered on her face. She was in an unusually good mood. It must have been the mood swings taking place. “Today, we’re going to do a magic show!” There was no doubt that many would have thought there kick butt and take no prisoners defense against the dark arts professor had lost her mind. Maybe. Though, it might have just been the pregnancy that had gotten her back in touch with her creative side. She was already thinking of what it was going to be like with the baby, the things she wanted to do, how they might decorate the baby room. She was a big fan of yellow for it, because it was a nice color for a boy or a girl. She was really hoping for one of each for their little family, but there was no doubt that she wanted the baby Torra was carrying to have her eyes.Pushing the baby thoughts aside, she concentrated on her class. “We are going to be using Disillusionment Charms for our magic show today. The spells are as follows.” With a wave of her wand, the charm spells appeared on the board.
Disillusionment Charms
Acclaro Prastigiae – reveal an illusion
Creo Prastigiae – create an illusion
“As the name obviously suggests, they are used to create and reveal illusions. We will be working with objects, but if the magic is advanced enough, they can be used on a person as well. Sometimes, they are used to allow the person to blend into the environment, and sometimes, derivatives can be used like glamour. The spells aren’t the best to use given other options like polyjuice potion, but can be used in a pinch. All of this, you will learn in more detail if you choose to go into a Defense Against the Dark Arts field such as Auror or Investigations.” She hoped that anyone that was interested would look for an university with a strong program, such as she had done. She felt she had learned more than she would have attending anywhere that wasn’t known for such.
“Creo Prastigiae works by casting an illusion over the object, which makes it blend in with its surroundings. To perform the charm, wave your wand as so,” she said, as she flourished her wand towards her desk, “and state firmly Creo Prastigiae. With this, her desk seemingly seemed disappeared. “Now a limitation to the spell is that the object is obviously still there so even though it can’t be seen, it can still be found.” As an example, she took a book from one of her shelves and placed it on her desk. It seemed as though it were just floating in air.
“To reverse the effects, wave your wand like so,” she did another complicated wand movement, “and state firmly Acclaro Prastigiae.” With this, the desk reappeared, the book still on top. “Ta-da!” She smiled at the class. “All right, then, I want everyone to divide up into groups of two or three. You will practice working with the spells. Once you feel comfortable with the spells, I want you to use the spells to create a magic act that each group will perform. You may use other spells that you have learned so long as you both of the disillusionment charms somewhere in your act. Also, there are props in this trunk,” she pointed to one near to her desk,” that you may use. Please begin.”
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Sam Bauer, Crotalus
December 29, 2011 7:34 PM
Fun times. by Sam Bauer, Crotalus
If there was one thing that could be said for Professor Levy, it was that she was intense. Sam did not know what she had been through, only that it was probably responsible for that limp, but she could convey a sense of Big, Spooky, Dangerous World like nobody’s business. How much this had succeeded in making students be cautious instead of putting dreams of glory into a lot of heads was, of course, anyone’s guess, but it was good, anyway. And it couldn’t be denied, Sam, at least, had learned.In some ways, he wasn’t emblematic of his House. The major one was that he by no means thought of himself as a respectable member of society, it would be a very weird day indeed where he would be referred to as such in the wizarding world. Not that he really wanted to be, by the standards of some Crotali and seemingly about half of Aladren, and even the more sedate definition of respectability involved way too much boredom and worrying about what the neighbors thought of his sweater-vest for his taste, but there it was. He was, however, still Crotalus enough to feel a certain affinity for certainties, and something like Professor Levy smiling and seeming genuinely, in a normal way, happy was a little disconcerting. He just hoped it didn’t mess with his ability to learn, since the day’s spells sounded interesting and useful, even if he didn’t see a real reason why Nic would be going through his stuff and didn’t anticipate having roommates again after school.
The weirdness continued into the lesson. Magic show. He could see Professor McKindy going in for that, or Professor Crosby, or maybe even Professor Fawcett, in a weird kind of way, but…Professor Levy? It was kind of hurting his brain. He wasn’t sure what to think of that.
Since his opinion had not been asked for and it was probably, therefore, safe to assume that it wasn’t desired, though, he didn’t comment on it and instead went to looking for a partner. Which turned out to be not the smartest thing to do, since, in looking for someone, he nearly walked into someone else. “Whoa – sorry about that,” he said, nearly tripping before taking a step back. “Wasn’t paying attention. It happens to the best of us, right?” At least, that was one of his foundational assumptions about life.
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