Look Ma! No Hands! SOLO Closed

Attire: Usual school day attire: robes, shirt (buttons mismatched), tie (undone), kilt, neck ring, no shoes.

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9 January 2023

Experimentation with magic was fun. Colin had picked up on a few interesting facts from lessons that he wanted to continue working on. Using lumos to make a cup of tea had turned out brilliantly, and hadn't required him a whole lot of practice. Today's experiment would undoubtedly be more difficult.

Colin was going to try some wandless magic! He smirked --- if only! Everyone knew wandless magic, the ability to cast any spell without holding one's wand, was really advanced stuff. But once he learned that by second year he should be able to cast simple spells without it, Colin was determined to try.

He'd left the great hall early after lunch and made his way towards the abandonned toilets. He smiled, remembering how he'd met Quinn here last year. She was one of his first friends at Hoggys and now she was gone. Moved away. Colin looked around and wondered why this particular place was left to look like a war zone. Broken mirrors, broken commodes, dubious plumbing. He reminded himself to scourgify his feet after he left the place.

Colin held up his wand in the dimply lit place and said "Lumos!" He'd used that charm so many times during his nocturnal explorations of the castle that he felt pretty confident in what he was about to try. "Alright lad, let's give it a go!"

Laying his wand on the shelf under one of the windows, he slid his hand back just a third of an inch or so. "Lumos!" Colin said. Hmm. Colin's wand utterly failed to ignite. He let out a breath. He briefly wondered if his breath actually stank or not. Lucian was always saying it did. "Luci's a git. Concentrate lad!"

Again, Colin stretched his fingers out towards his wand, not touching it, but quite close. "Lumos!" he said again. "Yeep!" A few dull orange sparks shot from his wand! Hmm. Even Ava said his breath stank. Colin's brow furrowed. "Bloody hell, lad, concentrate! Anyway, they're just being difficult! Lumos!" Another gout of sparks shot from his wand. If this didn't work, at least he could set Luci's hair on fire!

"Alright lad, concentrate on someone other than mangefur!" He took a couple deep breaths and rested his hand on the shelf again. Of course! he thought; should have thought of this before! Colin closed his eyes and concentrated. "Lumos!" he said, almost gently. Colin saw a faint ruddy glow through his closed eyelids.

He opened his eyes. His wand was glowing nicely! A nice solid cast! He saw that his fingers were almost two whole inches away from his wand, too! "Whoa. Have to keep practicing that! Nox!"

Flushed with excitement, Colin charged from the toilet and skidded to a halt in the corridor. He remembered to cast scourgify on his feet before skipping along the corridor, thoughts of Clair still passing before his mind's eye. His heart soared --- he just had to concentrate properly, that was all! With a joyful smile, Colin skipped along the corridor towards his next adventure!

@Clair Fernandez | @Lucian Mornstern | @Ava Winchect