Drake O'Leary
September 15, 2006 1:17 AM
Lesson One - First and Second Years by Drake O'Leary
Before the first and second year students arrived, Drake placed a single piece of parchment on each student's desk. Each of which stated one of four colors - red, blue, yellow, and green. Once finished, a wave of his wand caused the word to vanish from each paper.As students entered the classroom, Drake announced, "Do not touch the parchement on your desk, as it serves a purpose for this lesson."
He strode to the front of the room, his black robes flowing out causing his form to look more impressive than it actually was. Once there, he turned suddenly to face the students, his robes whipping around with him.
After the students were seated, he started his lecture, "Each of the pieces of parchment contains a word. This is a two part lesson. First, you must master the spell to make the word appear. After doing so, you must find the other students that have the same word. This will be your group for the next lesson."
"To reveal the ink, we use the spell Aparecium. To do so, flick your wand like so," Drake lectured with a twist of his wrist, "while stating firmly 'Aparecio.' This spell will serve the basis for more advanced magic used to reveal hidden magic, which can be quite dangerous. Begin."
OOC: You can have any color that you want, but please try to vary. I don't want to see everyone having red for example. Have fun!
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A firm believer in looking at the end result alone by Michael Tallow with O'Leary, Eavan Valentine, Saul Pierce
Sounds like far too much effort. by Elly Eriksson with Briony O'Leary, Elly, Echo Elms
The dreaded G-word. by Adam Brockert with Echo Elms, Ginger Silverstein, Gray
Gray? Blue? Yeah, sure... by Grail Markner with Ginger Silverstein, Gray, Echo Elms
I am very sorry for not posting....and being late by Guenther Heindrich
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Adam Brockert
September 17, 2006 4:40 PM
The dreaded G-word. by Adam Brockert
Defense was the scariest class that Adam had and Professor O'Leary was the scariest teacher. The only class and teacher who scared him more were flying and Coach Fox, however, he no longer took that class and would have nothing to do with either ever again.Adam could see the necessity of Defense. While there was no way he'd ever be an Auror or hunt down dangerous creature,he needed to protect himself from them in an emergency. Though he'd probably end up panicking in taking off in that situation anyway, even if he was way more afraid of people than creatures. Adam would far rather have been mauled to death than have to live with someone tormenting him.
He took a seat in the back, where Professor O'Leary wouldn't take notice of him, and neither would his classmates. Adam's anxiety increased about a billion times over when the professor stated that this (fairly harmless) lesson would be followed up by one involving groups . Groups were even more terrifying than partners. Adam wasn't even sure he was capable of group work. He feared he'd panic with that many people around them and have an attack again. Then people would laugh at him. And besides, what if he ended up in a group with people who were really mean to him? Adam shuddered at the thought. It wasn't as though people like him were well liked at Sonora. And it would be a lot of people in the group too, since there were only four groups total, and he figured the groups would be fairly even.
Unenthusiastically, he waved his wand over the paper, saying the spell. The first few times, Adam didn't get any result. He could handle that, he didn't expect to get it right away.
Finally, on the fifth try, Adam could faintly make out four letters. The word had barely flickered on the paper, but he knew that only one of the colors named had four letters in it. Adam was in the blue group. Hopefully either Ginger or Pepper or both would be in the same one.He wasn't sure he could make it alone. He really didn't think he could handle it.
Adam turned back to the parchment and began trying to make the words appear completely. Obviously, he wasn't going to get up and look for other members of the blue group. That would involve going up and speaking to his classmates, who might tease him for one reason or another. And with his luck, Adam would get stuck working with the worst possible people.
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Echo Elms
September 28, 2006 10:54 PM
I got blue, too. by Echo Elms
The parchment on the desk was Echo's first clue that things were going to be a little different today. He shuffled through his bookbag and pulled out his notebook and pen and waited. Professor O'Leary was quickly becoming his favorite teacher. There was something about him that inspired Echo to sit up straight and pay attention when he spoke. Maybe it was that he reminded him a little of Leonardo Idoya, but more so, and he was, therefore, terrified of the man. Still, terror and respect went together somehow he didn't understand and DADA was his best class. He took it very seriously.Today's lecture was mad crazy short. He had only a few words of notes in his notebook: Ah-pair-ah-see-oh - color on paper - groups by color.
He pulled his wand out of its brown suade bag Elly had made for it over the holiday, and watched the other kids for a couple minutes. The girl a few desks over got it when she moved her wand like so. He practiced it.
"Aparacio," he said, trying to imitate Professor O'Leary's pronunciation. He said it again, and twitched the wand. The third try was the charm.
"Blue" was scrawled across his sheet.
The people he saw were reds, and Caedence was yellow (thank goodness it wasn't blue). Echo got up and started wandering from desk to desk glancing at peoples' sheets and holding his up and waving it questioningly. He stuck to the outsides of the class: the people on the sides, the people in front or in back. If he had to, he'd tackle the middle but the desks got more dense there and he might accidently trip over a bag or brush against someone's elbow or shoulder. He'd already had a recent accidental bump with someone this week in Astronomy. Creepy stuff.
Before he got there, though, there was one more kid in the back to check with. He really hoped the kid was a blue -- he was already getting the ticklers just thinking about going up the middle row -- but then kid was one of the second years. Maybe he wouldn't like working with a firstie. He walked over and waved his parchment at him uncertainly even though he could already see the other kid's paper said blue.
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Adam B.
September 30, 2006 6:25 PM
Oh, uh...all right. by Adam B.
Adam had been sitting there, nervously, waiting for someone to come up and ask him what group he was in. He wasn't really looking forward to it, but at least he was prepared. He just hoped he didn't have to group with anyone really mean, like that Aladren guy, the other Geoff, who'd aimed bludgers at Kaylie during last year's quidditch game. Sometimes, Adam really wished his sister wouldn't play. She could get seriously hurt. Same with Ginger and Pepper. He didn't want them to get hurt either. They were his friends and he'd hate to see anything happen to them. Ginger's roommate and that Tallow boy scared him too. More than the average person did. Adam also hoped that either Ginger or Pepper would be with him. He didn't feel at all at ease around anyone else. He'd probably need one of them to get through this particular lesson without having one of his attacks, since he knew the odds of himself being in with a large group of people were pretty high.So far though, nobody had come to speak to him. And that was fine, of course. Talking to people made Adam's stomach get all queasy. He never knew what to say and everything he did say sounded moronic. Adam was pretty sure everyone hated him.
Now, however, there was a first-year boy speaking to him and waving around a paper which contained the same four letter word as his own. Adam thrust his trembling hands under the desk so the boy wouldn't see. "Um, yea. I-I have blue too." He looked quickly at the boy, who'd introduced himself as Echo. Adam noticed a Pecari patch on his robes. Pecaris were, by definition, bouncy and loud and active and well the polar opposite of what Adam himself was. Stuff he found intimidating. Then again, Ginger was a Pecari and he liked her. Plus, he certainly didn't want to judge someone by their house reputation as he certainly wouldn't want to be judged by his. "I'm Adam." He introduced himself, thinking please be nice, please don't hurt me. \n\n
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Oh, uh...all right.
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Echo Elms
October 01, 2006 12:12 AM
Other blues? by Echo Elms
The older kid's name was Adam. Echo tried to think if he'd known that or not as he pulled up a chair. He liked the way Adam stuck his hands under the desk as though to say, "I'm not going to try to shake your hand." He doubted the guy did it to be nice, but it was comforting anyway. Adam's robe identified him as a Crotalus, and Echo never quite knew what to expect from the Crotali. If one house could host both Leonardo Idoya and Josh Santoro, then houses didn't mean much of anything.While he was on the subject, he glanced around for Leonardo and let his gaze slide right over him so it didn't look like he was looking at him. He and the Idoya with the mismatched eyes had managed to avoid noticably noticing each other since that awful awkward breakfast near the very beginning of the year -- a pattern Echo had every intention of sticking to.
He didn't look at Adam directly either. The guy seemed to radiate discomfort, making Echo the outgoing and confident one in this group -- that was enough to make him uncomfortable too. The guy looked like Echo felt the first day in Cascade Hall when Meredith spilt pumpkin juice all over him when he was trying to be invisible.
He kicked the legs of his chair absently, thinking maybe he'd come a ways since then. Invisibility wasn't something he sought anymore. He settled for not sticking out.
Adam, though. Maybe he should say something? Elly would. She'd be talking and smiling like she does with everyone. That wasn't really Echo's thing. Maybe Adam was really cool, maybe he wasn't. Either way, he didn't say much. That was points in Echo's book.
"So, you, um, you think there's more blues out there?" he asked, not really expecting an answer. Grinning suddenly, Echo imagined Saul jumping up and singing out, "We got the Blues" to the entire class. Saul would have actually done it, too, even in Professor O'Leary's class. That kid was a riot -- he also happened to be Echo's potions lab partner. Echo found him sitting in comparative quiet with the green group. No fun. Saul would have enjoyed the Blues.
"That kid, Saul," Echo added, "He's my lab partner in Potions. If he got blue, he'd be all seranading us by now." He didn't believe he actually managed to say that much outloud without it having to do with the class. And to a second year! He might have swelled with pride if he wasn't so worried about how his comment would be recieved. He glanced at Adam to see if he was crazy off base or if the guy had a sense of humor. Maybe didn't appreciate Saul's antics, or he just plain wouldn't get it. "You know, like, the Blues," he added, just to make sure. His grin slipped a little as he contemplated that maybe he was completely out of line for a firstie.\n\n
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Ginger Silverstein
October 01, 2006 8:00 PM
Over here. by Ginger Silverstein
OOC: This is continuing from me and Gray's post, but we gotta have the group form together at some point if we want to get this show on the road. :)BIC: Ginger could tell that Gray was starting to relax a little bit. Perhaps the next time she talked to her she would losen up a little bit. That is, if Gray ever wanted to talk to Ginger again outside of class, she seemed to be a nice person to hang out with. Ginger wanted to hang out with some of the fourth year Pecaris, but she could never catch them at the right time. The twins were always busy or out and about, and she never saw Mia or Steven around for some reason.
She shrugged when Gray asked who else was blue. She of course wasn't going to know that until she managed to see them.
Ginger looked around when Gray mentioned that she saw two boys talking about blue. One of them was one of the Pecari firsties that she actually thought was bearible, and the other one was her friend Adam. The scared little shy Crotali who had a panic attack at the begining of the year. Ginger honestly had no idea how Adam got into Crotalus. She smiled at Gray, "One of those boys is my friend, I'll go check and see. I'll que you over if I find out that they are in the blue group."
She got up, and walked over to Adam's table. "Hey there," she said with a nervous smile. "I was just wondering what color you got," she gave Adam a reasurring smile.
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Adam B.
October 05, 2006 12:06 AM
Relief by Adam B.
Adam managed a tiny nervous smile. Echo seemed...harmless enough. Though one could never be too sure. "Well, um, there probably have to be more blues. There are only four groups, so it's unlikely that it would be just the two of us." If only it could be! The fewer people around him, paying attention to him, the less he'd have to feel nervous about."I uh, don't really know what the blues are." Adam admitted, after Echo told him about Saul. He vaguely knew of both the boy and his family, who were performers. He thought Saul had a brother or cousin something in Pecari too. Adam had heard of another Pierce around. Saul seemed to attract far more attention than either his relative or that Adam himself would want and was more than happy to let it all be on his yearmate. However, Adam didn't find Saul especially hostile and feared him only slightly more than the average person because of his loud nature
Adam looked down at his desk, feeling like everything he said was just so dumb. Echo was probably going to hate him like most of the rest of the school did and think he was a huge freak. "Is it a muggle thing?". His voice had no disdain to it, merely curiosity. Like lots of purebloods, he really didn't know much about muggle stuff.
Another familiar voice reached them. Ginger! Adam looked up at her, smiling nervously and replied "We've got blue, you? This is Echo." He added.
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Relief
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Echo Elms
October 05, 2006 4:51 PM
More blues! by Echo Elms
Not humorless, just muggleness-less. Not knowing about the Blues was a possibility Echo hadn't thought of, but he shouldn't have been so caught off-guard by it. After all, a lot of the other kids had no clue when it came to muggle stuff -- but then, wizards had music too. Didn't they have the Blues?"Uh, it's like a type of music. It's got a, later," he cut himself off because there was a girl coming toward them. Danger: Older female. Name unknown. Possibly Pecari. He tried to look sort of less dorky -- but that would probably require a major haircut and a nose job. For all Echo rather liked his crooked bumpy nose (courtesy of his new not-exactly-a-friend-but-no-longer-an-enemy, Brandon, who beat him up in the third grade), it just didn't make him look particularly suave.
Not that he was trying to be suave. Not being thought of as "that dumb firstie, why do we have to work with him?" would suit him just fine. Adam seemed more comfortable with this girl than he was with him, so -- considering Echo didn't think of himself as a threat -- then that probably meant this girl was a-okay. Still, he wasn't taking any chances. Adam might not be a-okay either. It might be a clique thing.
"Hey," he said brightly (but not too brightly) when Adam introduced him. That was it, just "hey." He was going for "not locker-stuffing material." He'd heard all about muggle locker stuffing traditions while he was home was very glad Sonora had a fortunate lack of lockers. He half smiled too, just for good measure, and let Adam do the talking.\n\n
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Gray
October 05, 2006 5:53 PM
And... joining in by Gray
After seeing Ginger walk over to the two boys and stay, Gray realized she was right in hearing. The two boys were blue as well. This meant Gray actually had to summon up strength to walk over to the three, and join the group she was put in. Great, two other people she didn't know. They also had the possibility of being that annoying Pecari that Ginger wasn't. Great. Not only could one of them be an extremely annoying Pecari, Gray also remembered she didn't have much luck talking to boys outside of August, Gary, and Leo (and even with them she had some problems). She shoved her hands into her pockets and touched the note. All the sudden, Alice was in her head. Great, now a dose of insaneness to go along with that shy."You are never going to get a boyfriend, I'll bet. They'll all run and hide each time you utter the language you speak when you talk to them," she could tell her head-Alice was trying to impress the other two. And hard, rom her earlier quietness while Chali and Libby raged.
She found herself looking right at Ginger, instead of the other two boys. When the older boy (Adam?) finished introductions, Gray spoke softly. "So... they're blue too?" she asked, trying hard not to look at either boy. Not going to look at them out of fear of what her sisters would say when they saw her reactions (saw!? She was referring it to seeing, she was going crazy!). She heard Chali and Libby making rude statements to her in the back of her head, and Alice following along half-heartedly. She really needed this to stop. Speak! Look at them and speak!
So she did turn, and look. And oh, what should happen but her hearing Libby whisper to Chali, "Oh, she's going to make the hugest fool of herself," and she was nervous again. She was glad she wasn't shaking from before, at least. Say your name, now. She had to, to drown out the three in her head. "Gray Markner. Aladren." She had murmered it so quietly, she wasn't even sure the two heard her. She looked to Ginger for help.\n\n
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Echo Elms
October 07, 2006 11:22 AM
we're all together now by Echo Elms
What a strange group of people, Echo thought. In all his time at Sonora, just about everyone Echo met was pretty confident and people-oriented. Now, here he was, in a group with Adam and Gray who were sort of the opposite of confident. Echo had gotten used to being the only awkward member of a bunch and he almost wanted to exaggerate his weirdness just to make the dynamic more of what he was used to -- which was rediculous when he considered just how hard he worked at trying to fit in.He slid his seat over towards Adam to make room for the other blues (and lots of elbow room for him), and hooked his feet around his chairlegs.
"I'm Echo, Pecari," he introduced himself to Gray and immediately began looking for some imaginary item in his bookbag just in case she was a hand-shaker. He found a pencil and an eraser and decided that was a good enough thing to pull out even though he already had a ballpoint on the edge of Adam's table. He'd need to pick that up at some point. Right now, he'd have to reach around someone to get it. "And this is Adam, he's in, um, Crotulus. And you said you're Gray, right, and she's Ginger." Reviewing is good for the name-remembering muscles. He went around the circle one more time. "Adam, Ginger, Gray, Echo. Okay, so, um, now what?"
Right, so, self. You don't talk half this much to Elly and Mer. But someone needed to take some charge of the group and the others didn't seem to be stepping up. He couldn't just sit there and listen to awkwardness, could he? Not when they had a purpose. So much for not being a stupid firstie, his geeky side was definitely going to take over in about two second. Was his face turning colors? He looked for Professor O'Leary in the crowd and he seemed like maybe he was thinking about saying something. That would be really good right now.
OOC: We can probably move up above and get this show on the road.\n\n
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