 Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - ❄ Lunar Library Lurker ❄ - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror
They had moved onto the second spell of the day…Palus. Rajesh watched and listened as Professor Carton introduced it, demonstrating the spell on one of the pipe cleaners left behind on his desk. First they had planks and now they had poles. This time at least both incantation and wand movement appeared fairly simple and straightforward. “Palas…palas….palas….palas,” he practiced, working out the pronunciation until he was comfortable with it before picking up his wand once more in one hand and a pipe cleaner in his other and actually casting.
“Palas!” he spoke, his wand moving with a flick. Like the first spell, it had taken a few times with his visualizing what he had wanted to happen with his magic, but the Ravenclaw soon had a pole instead of a pipe cleaner. For good measure he thought to work second pipe cleaner so he had two to work with should they been needed but alas they were moving on to the third and final spell of the lesson and Raj set it aside.
Taque…turning objects into nails to connect everything all together. In this case the last item they had collected at the start of class…the buttons. He was certainly glad Professor Carton had put up the pronunciation for this one as it was a tad tricky. Ta-kay. With a flick of the wand just as before. “Taque…TaKay…Taque….TaKay…Taque…TaKay.” Over and over he worked his tongue around the word as he tried to get a feel for the incantation. Until he felt comfortable and took up his wand once more to practice it all together.
“Taque!” he cast, flicking at the button. No dice, the button remaining a button. “Taque!” he cast again, sounding a touch clearer in the incantation. Slight change. “TaKay!” he cast once more and voila! He had a nail. With a few more time he had a handful of them, definitely looking better as he went on.
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