Professor Skies
July 24, 2015 6:01 AM
Advanced class - now you see it... by Professor Skies
Selina glared at the blackboard as she entered the room. It was over a week since it had had the horrible message scrawled onto it before the advanced class but she was still irritated that her space had been violated in such a way. At first, she had felt a little hint of victoriousness when she’d seen the medium. There were spells that could tell you the last person to write with something. Much to her vexation though, the Charm suggested that no one had used the chalk except her. She had quickly searched her memory for any missing time but was relieved to find that she could account for her whereabouts for the entire morning, and so was quite clearly not possessed. She didn’t know what to make of the spell though. She supposed the perpetrator had used their own chalk, all too aware of how they might otherwise be traced.
The only remaining clue was the messiness of the writing. All students had been asked to write out a sample sentence containing a few of the keywords from the message (in theory to avoid repeating the actual gossip, although she was sure most people must know what it had said) in their non-writing hand. However, with the original message erased, all she had to go on was that the majoirty of (mostly) left-handed writing was predictably wobbly and uncontrolled. She had kept the samples, to check against future messages, but she wasn’t sure it was going to be very useful.
The student body had also been assured that anyone wishing to speak to their Head of House, or an adult they trusted, about the issues raised in the messages would not be presumed of being guilty. The secrets were becoming more and more personal, and she didn’t want the affected students to keep bottling things up, afraid of being blamed if they tried to discuss their problems. Since that though, it had been business as usual in how she had treated her students.
“Good afternoon,” she greeted the advanced class. “Today, we are going to continue vanishing objects. Please take either an apple or a potted plant, depending on your level of confidence.” By now the students were familiar with the >evanesco incantation, which was used for all vanishment. That was the easy part… Forcing something to simply not exist, at least not for now, not in this dimension, was a tricky concept to get one’s head around. The students had been over a number of different theories - for some, knowing the whys and wherefores helped - and visualisation strategies in the past weeks. Students had been encouraged to try them all, making notes on how effective they found each, and were now using their preferred ideas to work through increasingly complex materials. For the seventh years, who had covered the strategies last year, it was useful revision, as questions on different strategies often came up in the exams.
“You may discuss your work quietly, please begin.”
OOC - 200 words minimum with points for realism, creativity, relevance and length. Feel free to make up strategies and theories.
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