DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS -- SEVENTH YEARS

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calex had a feeling this was going to be a messy lesson and more than one student was going to end up needing glass pulled from them. but that went with the territory of teaching them to use magic without using their wands. they had started the teaching at the end of last year he believed and now he was going to teach them how to start mastering the ability to use it, hone their skills so that over the course of the year they could learn to use it defensively in a duel. he had a table set up at the front of the class, along it were about a hundred small glass spheres that were catching the light and sending it through the room. there were no desks or chairs today since they were going to be doing hands on work and in the center of the room was a bigger sphere, hovering just above head height. that was going to be what calex demonstrated what he wanted them to do was. he was going to let them cast their spells without wands today but if they wanted to attempt it without speaking he'd let them. he glanced back at the spheres and looked at his watch, seeing that there wasn't all that much time left till the students were due to arrive.

we'll be posting a total of three times each, after the first round of posting calex will explain what he wants them to do (float a glass sphere into the air, spin it once and then lower it back down) and then you will have two posts in which your character will attempt it twice, whether or not they succeed in their attempt will be up to you. the thread will finish with a post from calex dismissing them from class.
posting order as follows, if the person before you hasn't posted in 3 days skip them!

@jill7
@gaius
@jamie
@mathieu
@selby
@rosaria
Irina Rose Krum
@lestrange
@ranger
@scorp
@vi
@al
@lucian
@ruse
@cecelia
grey xavier slater
@lucy
Ondina Nell Weasley
@annelise
Rozalina Antonina Nightshade
@dom
@roxanne
@ktmccartney
@susanvictoria
@janae

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@jaeger
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Ian strolled into his Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, his Slytherin robes billowing behind him. He nodded to his Professor in a hello, and glanced around. No chairs...no desks...just, balls? Glass ones. Ian ran through a few things in his mind, curious as to what Professor Jakebson was going to make them attempt, but he stayed quiet all the same. He knew he would explain as soon as everyone got there; speaking of, Ian was the only one who was currently in the room. Weird...students were usually extremely excited for this class, and to see no one here yet was unusual.

Thankfully he had taken his medication that morning. Being known as the 'Bipolar kid' was not a great feeling, especially when he did miss a dosage and he was completely off the rest of the day. Footsteps brought him out of his thoughts, and he saw Rosaria and smiled at her. They had a nice talk not too long ago over breakfast, and he considered her a friend at the least.

(SUZIE EDIT: @gaius   due 30th)

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Gaius was next to class, showing up partly out of breath after having to shepherd first years to their own classes and then getting stopped on the way back. This Heady Boy business was turning into more trouble than it was worth. Luckily, he was a Quidditch player, so he was at least in pretty good shape. It only took him a minute to even his breathing out, and then he walked through the door.

To his surprise, he’d still managed to be early, second to the party after Ian Gallagher (Gaius didn’t know much about Ian, but he knew Raven didn’t like him, which was points in the guy’s favor). The Ravenclaw then took notice of the glass balls arrayed on a table in the front of the classroom, along with the extra-large one in the center of the room.

Well, this would be interesting. Any class where he couldn’t guess the point of the equipment always was.

@jamie

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Jamie was cold. The castle was drafty, which was to be expected, but she hadn't felt cold this bone-deep since April. She couldn't fix it by layering on more clothing, and had gotten more than a few peculiar looks as she walked down the corridor on a relatively pleasant September day with a fur cloak wrapped around her shoulders like it was the middle of the winter. It was the kind of chill that normally only occurred when dementors were around, and Jamie couldn't figure out why it seemed to be chasing her. She hadn't done anything horribly wrong, other than her argument with Elias, and she had made her peace with that a long time ago. Foreboding was hanging over her like a cloud, and it showed when she slunk into the Defense Against the Dark Arts room rather than walked in with her normal cheery demeanor. The only other students there were two boys, a Slytherin and a Ravenclaw. She recognized the Ravenclaw boy - he was a player for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team - but not the Slytherin. It was of no matter, since she saw no reason to greet either of them. She pulled her cloak more tightly around her shoulders, burrowing her nose into the fur-lined collar while she waited for the professor to tell them what the day's lesson was about.

@mathieu due the skipped, @selby skipped, @rosaria skipped, Irina Rose Krum due the 23rd

[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina walked into the classroom and gave a polite smile to the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Jakebson. She went and stood next to Jamie Greyback and gave her friend a smile. “Are you alright?” she asked quietly; the girl looked like she was near frozen. While waiting for her response, Rina looked to the front of the classroom where a multitude of glass spheres were sitting on the desk. She wasn’t really sure what the lesson would be today; in her last year of NEWT coursework, she knew that Wandless Magic had been prominent in their studies. Perhaps more studying on the subject would be happening today.

@lestrange  skipped @ranger skipped @scorp skipped @vi due the 8th

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Loïc sauntered down the hall and into the classroom. Why he continued taking this elementary course, Merlin only knows. Amusement, perhaps. Such a shame he wasn't around for the Carrow siblings. Dark arts was much more useful than defensives. Besides, by the time they saw him coming, these chumps wouldn't even have time to cast any defensives. He smiled to himself and walked towards the back of the classroom, leaning on the stone walls.

Catching sight of the table, Loïc snorted to himself. Nonverbals, really? That was the best this dungheap could come up with? He had been practicing nonverbals since 4th year. Funny how motivating the cruciatus curse can be. He crossed his arms and scowled in disapproval. Clearly he would have been better off having a lie in.

Tag: @cecelia due the 22nd

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Defense Against the Dark Arts. It had once been the class that Cecelia had loved the most, but after what had happened with Braelynn, she wasn't so sure. She was worried about what was going to happen if they ever talked about the Unforgivable Curses. Cecelia had had one of those curses cast on her, and she didn't know what she was going to do. She was already cracking at the edges, and she was worried that her professors were going to start to notice that something was wrong. Professor Zhu, who Cecelia spent the most time with, seemed to realize that Cecelia wasn't alright, but the Charms professor hadn't said anything to her yet, so Cecelia didn't know what was going on with that.

Entering the Defense Against the Dark Arts room, Cecelia looked around, hoping to see someone she could talk to. There was Irina Krum, who was in her house, but they weren't actually that close. Cecelia nodded at her, but then stood against the wall, alone.

grey xavier slater due the 22nd

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Ondina Nell Weasley due the 10th

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@annelise due the 15th

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Anna walked into the defense against the dark arts class with a smile. She loved this class. It was challenging and hard for sure, but it always gave her something to work on, something that she could feel proud of once she'd succeeded with it. She looked around at the way the room was set up and tried to figure out what they'd be doing, but she really had no idea. The only thing she did think was that it was going to be hands-on, because there were no desks. 

Anna saw Irina and Jamie standing together so she went over to join them. She looked at Jamie for a second, curiously. The girl seemed cold or something. She wasn't sick, was she? "You look a little cold there, Jamie," Anna teased with a small smile, nodding at Irina as she did so. The two of them were close, so she didn't feel like a greeting was necessary. She looked around the room, surprised that more students weren't there already. 

Then she saw Cecilia standing by the wall, all by herself. "Cecilia," she called in a semi-whisper, "Come on over here and join us." She smiled, not sure if the girl would actually come, but wanting her to feel invited and welcome all the same. Anna was never one to leave anyone out, if she could help it. 

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade (due the 15th)

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@roxanne due the 27th