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Post by zsazsa on Jul 13, 2006 12:27:11 GMT -5
The younger of the two Starbreezes was late to possibly the worst class to be late to. Raynor would have her head, but not before some sarcastic comment about her appearance for sure. The fourth year stumbled through the door, looking like something directly out of a Dr. Seuss children's book... just a bit more... mutated.
The first drawing factor was the enormous afro of rainbow colored hair, so large in fact that she had to squeeze it through the door. Which was of course, horribly contrasted with the mucky gray color that claimed her skin. And naturally, the look was completed with a long bushy cat tail, swishing side to side, mirroring the annoyed expression and twitching eye.
There was little doubt who had ambushed her on her way to class, and little doubt on whom the evidence of her revenge would be on. She stopped a few feet into class. The person at the front of the desk-less room was too tall to be Raynor for one thing, and the complete opposite gender for another. Then...
"Drew?"
Well, that settled it. The world had come to an end.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jul 13, 2006 12:53:11 GMT -5
{Jack: usually an organized free for all otherwise nothing would get done}
Drew was about to answer Pat when the younger Miss Starbreeze entered the room. Drew did his best to keep a straight face as he looked her over. No, there was no doubt in his mind whose handiwork that was. And most likely a payback from some makeover Zsa Zsa had perpetrated.
"I am SO glad Alhana got the looks in the family," he announced, grinning over at her.
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Post by roarbitz on Jul 13, 2006 13:05:20 GMT -5
Jack looked up to see who Drew was talking about and had to quickly stifle a laugh. A Gryffindor girl had just entered the classroom with an afro and a tail, not to mention it wasn't your normal afro or tail they seemed to be a variety of colors. She looked a bit annoyed about something and who could blame her he wouldn't want to look like that either. The question that Drew had asked earlier was completely driven out of his mind he was now just trying to keep his face as straight as possible.
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Post by zsazsa on Jul 13, 2006 13:10:53 GMT -5
The fluffy cat tail slashed out to one side as Zsa-Zsa fluffed her fruity afro, raising her chin in pride as she did so. You would think she was dressed for a Miss United States pageant then for the side-show at the circus.
"Vou 'ave to zay zat. Vou're 'er boyfriend," she huffed, continuing to fluff, though with how massive as it was on its own, such efforts were not needed. "Everyvne knowz I'm ze prettier vne."
That large trademark grin of hers claimed her expression and she sauntered towards the rest of the fourth years, trying not to bump anyone with her new found hair style and catch anyone with her tail. Raynor was MIA from the baby, so he was obviously teaching. After all, everyone knew he was Raynor's teacher's pet. So why not?
Just a good think there weren't chairs. Zsa-Zsa didn't know how she would manage sitting with her tail.
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Post by ienzo6 on Jul 13, 2006 13:11:04 GMT -5
Drew had been about to answer Pat's question when a distraction arrived in the form of an afroed, betailed, now-gray-skinned Gryffie girl. Although he couldn't remember her name, Pat recognized her as the younger Starbreeze sister; who wouldn't, especially after the scene they'd caused at the end-of-year feast. As she walked toward them, it looked as though she'd been hit with a taste of her own medicine. Pat tried and failed to surpress his grin, letting out some snickering. This was be interesting...
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 14, 2006 14:18:22 GMT -5
Talia turned and grinned as another student walked in. She wasn't going to be too rude though, and she gingerly stuck her hand in the air and waved at her. It wasn't meant to be rude, heck, Talia didn't even know who she was, but it would be interesting to get to know her... wouldn't it? Talia smiled, "Obviously she's the prettier one, I'm jealous." She said, in a good natured way. This was a side of Talia most people hadn't seen, but it was a side of her that Talia personally loved to show.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jul 16, 2006 0:34:38 GMT -5
"I have to say it 'cause it's true," Drew answered back, making a face at the younger Starbreeze before looking at the Huffle girl. "And Talia there is lucky I can't take points," he announced with tease in his voice.
"Okay, so yeah... Patronus..." Drew said, shaking the sidetrack off and getting back on topic. "Yeah, a defensive charms, used against dementors and lethifolds. Dementors especially feed off of misery and despair, so you're going to need an extremely powerful good memory to get a decent Patronus going."
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Post by Anna Becket on Jul 16, 2006 14:44:32 GMT -5
{I was out of town for a week, sorry!}
Anna quietly snuck into the classroom and quickly found a seat near the back. Of course she expected to see professor Raynor there but instead it was Drew. "Hold on...is Drew teaching our class?" she thought to herself. This could be interesting. Anyway, Anna turned up when Drew started talking about patronuses. Never hearing about them she just sat there and listened hoping they would get a chance to make a patronus or whatever it was called.
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Post by roarbitz on Jul 16, 2006 21:49:38 GMT -5
Jack listened as Drew, Talia, and Zsa-Zsa went back and forth about which one of the Starbreeze's were prettier. He thought that the conversation and retorts they all had were pretty funny and couldn't help but laughing a little. Then when Drew got class started again from being sidetracked he listened to him telling them about Patronus, some of which he knew and some of which was new to him. He noticed that a Gryffindor girl had snuck into the class and that she like everyone else, when they had first arrived, looked a little stunned to see Drew instead of Professor Raynor, but turned his attention back to Drew who was still telling them about Patronuses.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jul 18, 2006 1:50:36 GMT -5
Drew gave a long sigh as everyone just stared back at him. He wasn't sure if they understood, or if he was saying it right, or anything, so he did the only thing he could think of. He continued.
"Okay, so at first, all you guys are going to get is like a silvery misty blob," he told them. "But when you get a lot of practice and do it right, then you get what's called a Corporeal Patronus. It usually takes the form of an animal."
With this, he took a comfortable stance, pointed his wand at the back of the room and cast the spell. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" A strand of silver shot out from his wand, swirling quickly into a round ball. Within seconds, the ball had tumbled itself into a good sized bear, silver in color and misty in composition. Drew smiled as it lumbered towards him, snuffling at his hands before fading into nothingness.
Drew grinned at the class. "Corporeal Patronus," he stated with a shrug. "You need a powerful, good memory. Fix that in your mind, and point your wand as you say the incantation... Expecto Patronum. Got it?"
{This is an extremely difficult spell and my character has been working on it for two years. Keep in mind that if you try it, you will not get anything more than the shapeless mist.}
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 18, 2006 13:08:42 GMT -5
Talia watched as Drew did the spell. It was pretty cool, but it looked like it would take a while before anyone would be able to do it properly. She didn't like the fact of having to think of a happy memory... she couldn't really think of any from the top of her head. She sighed and waited for someone else to give it a shot, knowing that she didn't want to even try... even though it was needed. She looked around, wondering who'd start.
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Post by roarbitz on Jul 18, 2006 14:36:12 GMT -5
Jack watched as Drew produced a Corporeal Patronus. He thought that it was cool how the spell took a shape of a bear for Drew and how it would change into different animals depending on who was casting the spell. He wondered briefly what form his Patronus would take, but knew that he wouldn't get to see very soon because Drew had said it takes a lot of practice to produce one. He thought of a happy memory that he could use when he cast the spell and came to the decision to use the memory of skiing with his brother. He grabbed his wand, still thinking hard about the happy memory, and said, "EXPECTO PATRONUM." A silvery mist shot from the end of his wand, but no shape was distinguishable.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 18, 2006 15:34:46 GMT -5
Talia smiled when Jack cast his spell. "Nice." She said, bringing her knees up to her chest and rested her arms on them. She had no intention to try next, even though she wouldn't be first, but that didn't mean she had to be absoulutely quiet either... she had some input in every class, more or less. She wasn't surprised to just see a little silver mist, but it was still pretty good. She thought that maybe the memory wasn't happy enough.
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Post by ienzo6 on Jul 19, 2006 8:16:06 GMT -5
Pat looked on as Drew demonstrated the Patronus Charm for them all. He knew more than enough to know that Drew was quite skilled to have mastery over the charm; it was a tough piece of magic, after all. He also saw Jack's attempt at a Patronus: the 'misty blob' Drew had described.
Pat smirked, taking out his own wand. Drew had said he'd need a powerful good memory; those he had plenty of. An image of Krissy filled his head as he pointed his wand in front of him, saying the incantation, "Expecto Patronum!" Silver erupted from the tip of his wand, although it remained a shapeless mist. Pat cut off the charm, and the mist disappeared. He smirked again; the charm wasn't as easy as Drew had made it look, that much was certain.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jul 19, 2006 13:03:07 GMT -5
"Don't rush getting the good memory," Drew told them, glad they had actually produced a couple of weak patronuses. "You'll be able to get access to it faster, once you're comfortable with the spell. Right now, really take time to focus on that happy memmory and try and make it as strong as you can.""
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