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Class: Psychology

Nov 16, 2009 15:08

Name(s): Shalice Tilman-Sinclair, open to years three and up!
Location: Psychology classroom
Week: 45
Time: Monday
Rating: Up to PG-13, depending on who joins.

( Every time it rains you're here in my head like the sun coming out. )

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Year Seven: Advanced Psychology and Mental Magics sisterpsyche November 17 2009, 00:56:33 UTC

Shalice smiled a hello as each student walked through the door. When everyone was seated, she turned off the lights, and then cast a charm to shroud the room in darkness. In the pitch black, she could hear her students murmuring to themselves. "What I want you to do today," she said, "is work on your wordless casting." She took out her wand, and with a swish and a flick, the end lit like the moon, casting a bright white glow around the room. "You'll be trying for a Lumos," she said. "I'll be walking around checking on your progress, and if I hear any talking that isn't someone asking me a question, I'll take points ( ... )

Re: Year Seven: Advanced Psychology and Mental Magics abovetwinsuns November 17 2009, 17:49:11 UTC

Jaina gave nothing but a grim nod at Professor Tilman-Sinclair's instructions as she pulled out her wand and stared at it for a few moments. Wandless casting was something that she struggled with occasionally, as she wasn't used to having to deal with obstacles that only existed internally. She was a pragmatic person, and having to visualize and conceptualize magic as a moving, living force inside of her sometimes presented her problems.

However, she was also a stubborn jackass when the occasion called for it, so she was prepared to see this problem through to the solution no matter how much strain it put on her mentally.

She inhaled slowly, closing her eyes and trying to find the source of magical concentration within her. She felt it, bright and hot like a fire in the center of her mind. The only problem was getting it to move. She rolled her shoulders, extending her arm and pointing her wand outward. She felt a small tug, as the energy moved from her head slowly to the tips of her fingers and then onwards ( ... )

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Re: Year Seven: Advanced Psychology and Mental Magics as_bells_toll November 23 2009, 20:43:04 UTC

Wordless casting. An interesting venture to be sure, and one she was most eager to learn. Having to speak a spell at every turn was a weakness, one easily manipulated in a duel. Certainly it was a skill she would need should she take up the reins of her family's work after school.

She turned her gaze around the room, noting that Galatea had already achieved a nice steady glow while others like Jaina were still giving it an attempt.

She nodded once and closed her eyes. She slowed her breathing and relaxed, calling to mind the symbols and patterns for light that she had learned long ago. She could feel the energy from them, and she held to it, pushing it outward and to a focused point at the tip of her wand. She took a peek, saw her wand flicker once and then extinguish completely. Once more then.

sisterpsyche November 23 2009, 21:44:56 UTC

Feeling a slight eruption of frustration from Jaina's direction, Shalice tried very hard not to smile her amusement. It was just so very similar to what she remembered of her own feelings when first trying to learn wandless magic that she couldn't help it.

"It may help to pay attention to your heartbeat, and with each beat, imagine ripples on the surface of a lake," she said, recalling something Aurora had told her. "Follow the ripples as they go outward. Feel them in your fingers and let them flow down your wand." She continued up and down the rows of desks, speaking softly as she went. "Keep light in your mind as the form you want the ripples to take."

Passing Galatea's desk, she leaned down to look at the light at the end of the girl's wand. "Very good," she said. "Five points to Ravenclaw." And down the row until she passed Sabriel, whose wand flickered and then burnt out. "And five to you," she said. Then next to Jaina. "I can feel the power move. You're very close. Just keep the image of light in your mind and you'll have it

abovetwinsuns November 24 2009, 21:36:12 UTC

Jaina scowled as she watched Galatea make the end of her wand light up brilliantly with seemingly no effort. But almost as quickly as the feelings of frustration bubbled up within her, she shoved them back down. Letting her attitude get the better of her was something that she had quickly learned to avoid, especially in matters such as schoolwork ( ... )

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