23 Nov 2020, 20:48
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Henry smiled a bit at her comment before running a hand through his hair and saying " if you can recommend spells then you can come up with strategy which means you'll do amazing at your duel Robin," Henry smiled at her as he did want to help boost her confidence since to him that seemed easier than working on his anxiety at the moment.
Henry laughed a bit before wrapping his hands around her shoulders and rocking her a bit as he spoke " you won't be dead Robin, no real harm can happened to you. Duels have rules, regulations, and a moderator. You'll be fine, relax," Henry then let go of her before starting it fiddle with his wand again in the tips of his fingers.
Henry took a few steps away from her and prepared for the jinx but hearing her worries and concerns. Henry smiled at her and walked back to her before taking her hand and saying " you won't hurt me Logan, just breath and relax. You got this alright, just focus and breath then cast the spell. Trust me you got this alright," Henry squeezed her hand a bit before letting go and walking back a few steps and pocketing his wand in his jacket before be spoke " I believe in your Logan, you got this!
@Logan Baird
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
27 Nov 2020, 18:21
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Logan watched Henry carefully as he stepped away from her after consoling her. Of course he would not want to her be too nervous when she cast the spell at him. Slowly she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself. In her head she counted to ten and named four things she could hear around her. It was something she did before every one of her competitions so she was able to keep herself on track and calm. It normally helped her a lot.
"I can do this," she muttered to herself as she kept her eyes closed and calmed her breathing. If she was stressed out, the chances of her failing the spell were greater and it was more likely she would embarrass herself more than anything. She needed to make sure she did this right because if she wanted to keep her spot on the Hufflepuff dueling team, she was going to need to keep herself focused.
Opening her eyes Logan looked at Henry as she lifted her wand. "Flipendo," she called out as clearly as possible as she quickly did the wand movement for the jinx. She really hoped that she wouldn't hurt Henry as she wasn't sure what she would do if she did hurt the boy.
@Henry Knight
PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
27 Nov 2020, 22:39
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Henry smiled at Logan and gave her a thumbs up even when he noticed that she was nervous before bending his knees a bit and loosening up his body as he was preparing for the jinx.
Henry then heard the incantation for the knockback jinx from Logan and the sparks from it came flying through him and hit him straight on as he was threw backward and landed on his stomach, allowing his hair to fall over his eyes. Henry got himself up quickly and pushed the hair out of his eyes before jogging back to Logan with a smile upon his face.
When he was close enough toward Logan, he would give her a half hug before saying " wicked job Logan, if you cast like that at your duel then you'll do amazing and don't worry you can check on the others at the hospital wing," Henry would then let go of Logan before continuing " but I'm alright ok and are you looking at a career in healing Robin? You'll be amazing at it."
Henry then took his wand back at from his inside jacket pocket and fiddled with it in his hands as he thought for a while before he would say " dodging I think will be another important spell? Maybe the dancing jinx and disarming also seems important?" Henry looked at Logan as he thought for a bit before he would think of a frightening thought one that he would say " do you think anyone will cast the fire making charm Robin?"
@Logan Baird
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
27 Nov 2020, 23:41
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Logan had almost run to Henry when she saw she had managed to knock him to the ground. Luckily before she could move he was already up and headed towards her. In her mind, the Hufflepuff was just glad that the boy wasn't hurt as she wasn't sure she would be able to handle that. She listened to Henry carefully as he gently pulled her into a half hug, and she sighed. "Yes actually, I hope I could become a healer at St. Mungo's. My aunt always told me I was the one to patch the twins up whenever they managed to injure themselves."
The Hufflepuff could remember the times that the twins would come tumbling into the house with scrapes and bruises after doing something outside. Logan would always be the one to find all of the potions and salves they would need before sending them on their way again only to patch them up hours later. As Henry started to speak again, Logan continued to listen as she took a step or two away from him.
"I feel the fire-making spell could be used. I mean it could cause quite a bit of damage and it could actually take a while before the fire is even put out." She could just imagine having to put out the fire and then having to deal with the burns and smell of smoke that would linger afterwards. She could remember how awful she was at putting out the fire while she was practicing in first year. She shuddered at the thought of how she almost burnt herself multiple times before having to put the fire out with water instead.
@Henry Knight
PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
1 Dec 2020, 20:54
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@Logan BairdHenry smiled a bit when he listened to Logan and agreed with her as he started to picture her as a healer before thinking about his own career and how unsure he really was about it. Henry shock the thoughts away but not the anxiety as he spoke " so you already has practiced before Hogwarts, you'll be a bloody brilliant healer Robin," Henry then wrapped his arm around her and gave her a half hug type as he spoke " plus for extra practice if I ever get hurt, I'll let you bandage me up since it would be far better then going to the hospital wing," Henry wasn't the biggest fan of the hospital wing and for some reason whenever he was bus anxiety would rise.
Henry nodded and agreed with Logan, even through he hoped not many would use the spell since it could really cause some damage which allowed him to wonder if his partner would use it during their duel. Henry would then start to think of a few other spells both they could and couldn't use in their duels before he would say " what spells do you think would be the most used Robin? Maybe the knockback which you already got bloody amazingly,
what else should we practice?
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
1 Dec 2020, 22:26
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Logan shook her head with a giggle. "You and getting yourself hurt," she laughed a bit as she started to think of what Henry was going to do after graduation. It wasn't like they were being pressured into choosing something at this point, but having a slight idea of what they wanted to do would help them decided what classes they were going to take within the next few years. "How about we focus on just being children for now," she giggled a bit at her own thoughts as Henry started to speak again. Of course talking about her being a healer would not get her out of having to practice dueling again.
When Henry asked what other spells she thought might be used, she froze up slightly. She honestly could not think of any other spells that could be useful. She couldn't even remember the spells they had learned in class within the last month or so. She looked down at the ground as she rubbed the back of her head. "I honestly can't remember any other useful spells. I mean I can remember ones that are not going to be able to do anything, but useful ones are a no go." She didn't want to disappoint Henry, but she was awful at coming up with ideas last minute.
@Henry Knight
PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
2 Dec 2020, 17:17
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@Logan BairdHenry laughed a bit at Logan's comment and leaned his elbow on her shoulder a bit as they stood it was a perk of being taller then her, being able to lean on her while they talked. He still thought about what he would do while a part of him screamed to do something creatures there were other parts that wanted other things or thought he would be better at something else so he was left confused as Henry smiled toward Logan before replying " definitely, enjoy childhood while we can right Robin?"
Henry listened to Logan and nodded toward her as he wrapped his arms around the girl before saying " the knockback and disarming spells are probably the two most important ones or most used in a duel and you already have the kickback down," Henry then released the girl as he stood in front of her and bit his bottom lip as his eyes went across the air as if reading a book and his finger counted off something. He was recalling informations or in this case spells which is something he did often for studying so no doubt Logan seen him do it before as he did it for a couple minutes before stopping.
Henry have Logan a smile as he spoke " the wind jinx could be handy as well except that's a third year spell...." Henry smiled at Logan as he turned around and pointed his wand in midair as he got ready to cast the wind jinx, " Ventus," and wind came spiralling from his wand. When the spell finished Henry turned back to Logan and with a smile spoke " do you want to see the singing jinx as well? Or we can practice incendio, rictusempra, and obsuco?"
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
3 Dec 2020, 19:38
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Logan watched Henry carefully as he went over different spells he knew. He of course knew more than her, as she could barely pass the Charms class as it was, let alone learn spells a year in advance. She lowered her head a bit to avoid eye contact, when he gave her a smile. 'You can do this,' she thought to herself as she stressed over the fact that she was pretty much worthless when it came to charms. She couldn't remember anything and even when studying for class she had a difficult time remembering any of it.
She watched as Henry did the wind jinx and all she responded with was a nod of her head. "Cool, cool," she muttered as she turned away from the boy and cupped the back of her neck with her hands. Carefully she leant her head back as she took a deep breath to calm herself down. "How-how about we look-look at our Charms books to go over wand move-movements," Logan stuttered out. She could feel her heart beat increasing at the thought of not remembering any other spells and she not wanting to embarrass herself, she tried to avoid having to do them in the first place. Taking a shaky breath in, she looked over her shoulder at Henry, trying to make it seem like she was perfectly okay.
@Henry Knight
PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
4 Dec 2020, 17:36
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Smiling at Logan when she replied toward his wind jinx, Henry wanted to cast more and show her more. He always loved charms so it only made sense that the boy would read ahead and learn a few a year above him but he also knew that his best friend struggled with them and didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable or embarrassed if he started showing off in a way so Henry just nodded as he spoke " yeah, of course. I'll get the book for us to."
Instead of using the summoning charm, Henry placed his wand back inside his jacket pocket and jogged over to the side of the room where the charms book sat that he brought with him. He would grabbed it before walking back over to Logan and handing it to her as he spoke " what if we start with some defensive charms? So then if you need to bail out of trouble in a duel you'll, uh we would know what to do?" Henry would then tap his pants with his right hand as he counted off facts in his head and recalled information in his mind before he would speak again " not everyone is good at charms robin but your brilliant at potions and astronomy and loads of other things to you know!"
@Logan Baird
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
7 Dec 2020, 22:47
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Logan looked at Henry from behind her hair as she watched him walk back over to her and handed her the book. She sighed quietly as she looked down at the book in her hands and listened to Henry speak. Of course she didn't have to be good at Charms, but she would have to pass her Charms NEWT exams if she ever wanted to become a healer, and at this point that didn't seem like it was going to happen. Slowly nodding her head, Logan started to answer Henry. "Yeah, I guess we would need to know how to bail out." She muttered.
Logan walked over to a brighter spot on the floor and sat down, book in hand. She tried to remember what spells could be used as defensive as she flipped through the book slowly. Every once in a while she would stop and read over a page before continuing on. She would close her eyes every once in a while to try and remember the spell, only to huff in annoyance seconds later. After almost a minute she stopped on a page, "How about this one?" Logan questioned as she pointed out the section of the page that said FUMOS on it.
@Henry Knight
PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin