Fifth Years, Lesson Three

James had arranged his classroom a little differently in order to perform the demonstration required for the lesson that day. The desks has been pushed to the side and cushions had been laid out on the floor in front of his desk with enough for one per student. As they began to enter the classroom in droves he turned his attention to them, "Come in, everyone take a seat we're mixing things up today," So far they had been reviewing old concepts in preparation for their exams but today they would be learning something new and that required a demonstration, something he hoped they would enjoy even if it wasn't the most practical of spells.

"Today we will be learning the Gemino curse," James said once he had closed the classroom door and leaned against his desk. "This curse is slightly different to what you've learned about so far as it does not directly cause harm to a person or an object, when the spell is cast on an object it will duplicate when touched, the copies of the item are however useless," He paused before continuing. "It might not seem that useful to you however it is often used as a security measure for high value items in Gringotts, items duplicating endlessly in a confined space will certainly have consequences for anyone foolish enough to attempt a break in. This spell should not be confused with Geminio which duplicates the targeted object as Geminio is not a curse, and it makes a double in appearance, and any magical effects it contains will not be duplicated. The doubling charm has the same name, yet, how to make it into a curse is a special case." James took out his wand and from his desk took a plate which held a single cookie on it. He cast the Gemino curse on it and touched it so it duplicated and passed the plate to the first student. "As you can see after casting the curse and touching the cookie it duplicated, I want you each to touch the cookie and watch as it duplicated and pass the plate on once you've seen it," James stood with his wand ready in case things got out of hand, but he had made sure the demonstration would be entirely safe. One by one new cookies emerged and by the time the plate made its way back to him it was full. He tapped his wand on the cookie to stop it duplicating and set the plate on his desk.

"I think that's enough for one day, I'll let you go and enjoy your free time before your next class, don't say I never give you anything, and speaking of, for homework please write an essay about the curse we covered today and why it's dangerous due next lesson, class dismissed,"

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RP the lesson. Do the homework for extra credit. First poster feel free to have your character be the first person to be handed the plate.

 

[Apolline Fontaine]

Apolline walked into the defence against the dark arts classroom and took a spot near the front of the room - as she tended to always do. The professor got started and she nodded along, she knew the gemino curse, not personally of course, but she knew it, had seen it been used before, had talked about it before. Apolline listened along and took some notes from what the professor was saying about the curse, making sure that she got down what the professor was saying on it, and making sure that she didn’t miss the important things about it. Eventually the lesson was wrapped up and Apolline packed up her things and left the room.

 

[Kyousuke Kurosawa]

Kyousuke took his usual seat near the front and waited for the lesson to begin. Kyousuke had read about the gemino curse already, but wondered if the professor would tell them any new information not found in the textbooks. Doing the curse on cookies seemed a bit banal, but Kyousuke supposed it didn't matter what object you used. He took a cookie and handed it to the next student, watching as it duplicated. He took note of the homework and once the lesson ended, went off to finish it.

Spoiler: Homework

The gemino curse is a curse that multiplies an object whenever it is touched. While this sounds inoffensive, it is often used in Gringotts to deter thieves. In this situation the accumulating objects can end up smothering the thieves due to their infinite duplication.

 

[Morrie Ayre]

Morrie preferred to sit at the back of the classroom, away from the nerds. She took out her textbook and listened to the information about the Geminio curse. She wondered if the name came from Gemini which she had read a little about from writing horoscopes and was the twin sign. She shrugged, taking down a couple of notes before a cookie was passed to her and multiplied. Pretty underwhelming because the cookie wasn't actually edible. She passed it on and waited for the lesson to end so she could leave.

 

[Aroha Blenheim]

Aroha noted that the front was where the nerds sat, and the back was - well, Morrie. Aroha shrugged and took a seat in the middle. The curse they were studying was a bit underwhelming. Aroha got the point of it, but it wasn't something she could throw at someone mid-duel. Not unless she wanted to duplicate her opponent's clothes or something. She picked up a cookie, watched it copy into another one, and placed it back on the plate. Simple enough. The lesson didn't last much longer and Aroha now had a craving for cookies.

 

[Violet Owens-Rosemary]

The third week had come around fairly quickly and Violet had already been assigned so much homework from her professors. She didn’t like this as she didn’t think she was learning very much from it anyway. It annoyed her that the stress was already getting to her, especially with it also being her OWL year. Sighing a little, the prefect packed her backpack full of her belongings and headed to her classes.

Violet entered the Defence Against The Dark Arts classroom and took a seat within the room. The professor started the class quickly, announcing to the class the name of the next spell they would be learning. It sounded like a great protective spell, however Violet didn't think she'd ever need it in her everyday life as she imagined it could perhaps get quite out of hand if not dealt with appropriately. The teen waited for her turn to touch the cookie on the plate. She wondered if the duplicate cookies would still taste the same, especially since the professor told them all that any magical object would not have its magical effect on the duplicate. As the class came to an end, Violet headed straight to her next one.

 

[Ever Delaney]

Ever did not see the point of lectures in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Although she had admitted that she didn't hate this class, this professor was not helping this case. He was making her dislike it every time her wand stayed in her pockets and her hands that were meant for sewing were only used to take notes and collect ink blots. Ever let out a frustrated sigh even more as she entered the classroom. The desks were gone. Not only did that limit her ability to be in the front, to be in front of not only the class but the students that she knew she was better than. But this also made her sit on the ghastly floors.

Ever approached a pillow and wiped her finger across it as if to inspect it for dirt. She did not get any, but made a face in disgust as if she had found a hair in her food. She rolled her eyes and sat down on the pillow, making sure that as little of her actually touched the floors. This already was a bad start to a lesson that would even get worse.

She turned her attention to the professor. The Gemino curse was the task for the day, but as it seemed they would not even be performing it. Weren't they fifth years now? God this school treated them like children. Ever was unimpressed as she touched a cookie on the platter and it multiplied. She couldn't even eat it. She didn't seem the point of not casting the curse herself. She passed the cookies on, thankful that the professor didn't have anything else "fun" planned for the rest of the lesson. Making a mental note of the homework, Ever stood up, dusted herself off dramatically, before leaving the classroom.