Professor Skies
June 03, 2017 12:43 AM
Advanced class - take a walk on the wild side by Professor Skies
“Good afternoon,” Professor Skies greeted the advanced class. She had given out the syllabus at the start of the term, as well as reminding them last week that this class was coming up. She imagined that some of them were excited about what they were due to study today, and others were dreading it - although, she had made it clear that the practical would be optional. The subject of human transfiguration was only ever included as an essay question, usually surrounding ethics, or the training process to be an animagus, but Selina knew there were many students who were curious to give the practical element a go too. There were also numerous career paths where it was a handy skill, for example in concealment and disguise, which was necessary in being an Auror. And, for all students, it was a test of their abilities, a chance to stretch themselves.“As we discussed last week, today’s lesson will be the optional practical on human transfiguration. If you do not wish to take part, you may continue working on your essays.” The essays, on the ethics of human transfiguration and the laws in place surrounding it, were due the following Friday.
“For those who do want to try, I would recommend starting with fingernails, which can be turned into talons using the incantation Verto Unguem. Fingernails are easy to get a good line of sight on and not really near anything important like your eyes or your brain. Though, for anyone who does feel weirded out about messing with their nails, you can try hair to fur instead - the spell is on page 37 of your text books. It’s not very likely that you’ll do anything to mess yourselves up, unless you directly target something important.
“You may begin.”
OOC - Credit for the spell goes to the Umlands’ author, who invented it the first time we did this class. Her reasoning can be found here. If anyone would like to come up with the hair to fur spell, it is encouraged - as advanced students, you should be more than capable of contributing in detail to the class, and thus you are more actively encouraged than ever to make up theory as well as elements of the practical, such as the incantations. Posts will be marked on length, creativity, realism and relevance, and must be a minimum of 200 words.
Subthreads: An attempt to humanize. by Kelsey Atwater, Crotalus
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June 16, 2017 7:10 PM
An attempt to humanize. by Kelsey Atwater, Crotalus
Just as last year, Kelsey had enjoyed midterm immensely what with all the balls and parties. She was a natural at those things and there was nothing wrong with enjoying what one was good at. Especially when one's talents were something so important to their future. For example, her younger sister's talents seemed to be focused on all things water. Kelsey didn't see how that would help Natalie get a husband, beyond the fact that she supposed swimming was a decent way to stay in shape.Other than that, she felt the second year needed to overall follow her example more. Natalie, after all, was already at a disadvantage based on her Sorting so she needed to work hard to overcome it. What good pureblood man,would want to marry someone from a house associated with adventure and just generally bad behavior, she thought, conveniently forgetting that both Scarlett and Arabella had indeed found mates. Possibly the Bianchis and the Bennetts were attracted to the fact that both girls bore the last name Brockert.
Anyway, adventurous was not a desirable quality in a proper young lady. Nor was daring. Ladies were supposed to be elegant and few Pecaris made the cut. There was the legendary Sara Raines, of course, but Kelsey wasn't entirely sure that the Sorting Potion hadn't been tampered with that year. After all, Ryan was in that class and Kelsey sort of thought her cousin was more Teppenpaw than Crotalus.
She herself had spent time among prospective suitors, knowing she could afford to be picky. The thing was, even though the sixth had so many options, there was....someone she wanted above all others and while certainly if that didn't work out, Kelsey wouldn't be left wanting. Well, she supposed she actually would, yearning for whom she really wanted, but she wouldn't end up a spinster. The idea of her being a spinster was unimaginably ridiculous.
Still, to have someone you wanted and having to settle for someone else was just dreadful. Kelsey's heart truly went out to Savannah who'd lost everything. She couldn't imagine being in such a position. Or at the very least, she tried very much not to. It wasn't as if Savannah was unlikely to find a suitor, it was just that she was pining after Aiden yet, as if he'd died. At one point the Crotalus would have felt like her cousin should just move on, but now that there was actually someone she wanted, she understood where Savannah was coming from. Besides, the older girl seemed so sad, and to see her twin have everything now while she was left out in the cold must have been all the worse. Kelsey's own sister wasn't a good comparison based on the age difference, but she couldn't imagine losing everything just as things came together for Kira.
This, though, was not about pride, not Savannah's and certainly not her own since the situation had technically nothing to do with Kelsey. It was just that she'd known how much the Teppenpaw had cared for Aiden and probably still did. Just as she was interested in who she was in interested in. And she would likely be very disappointed if she didn't marry said person. Even though there were probably men of better status who probably would be happy to marry her and that was where Kelsey's focus should be, not the frivolities of actual affection. Emotions were silly, but they were there.
Actually now was not the time to think about such things period. Now Kelsey was in Transfiguration and as far as she was concerned, even though she certainly was not going to be having a career, but she felt that it was important for society ladies to be intelligent, capable of carrying on a conversation. Plus, her mother had been a Brockert so being good at Transfiguration was a point of pride.
And that meant trying the human transfiguration exercise. Kelsey had never had any desire to be an animagus and had, in fact, been made by Arabella to sign a pact years and years ago before she truly understood-even though of course, she pretended to understand perfectly-not to become one so it could be Ryan's special thing. How magically or legally binding it was was up for debate since it had been written up by a teenager.
Still, her pride still was there. The sixth year found talons an unattractive look for her perfectly manicured nails but she had to give it a try. " Verto Unguem. " Kelsey said as she tried to picture the talons of an eagle. Her nails began to grow, and now they were all different lengths. Some were still human and perfect as before. Some were human but long. Her left pinky was one huge long perfect talon. It was a seriously gross look even though she delighted in perfection.
Honestly, there had been no need for Arabella to make her sign any sort of pact, Kelsey had no intention of changing her appearance in this manner!
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