Abel smiled as he was spoken to by a younger boy. He grinned at what he said, but ultimately shook his head. As a sixth year, there were still spells that he could not cast. The Patronus Charm being one of them. It was a complicated charm that one would only learn in Seventh year, and even then some couldn't cast a proper one that looked like an animal. His sister couldn't. He hoped he would be able to, but he would have to wait until the time came for such a lesson. "I'd like to see one too - but I'm a sixth year. You learn the Patronus Charm in seventh year, if you're able to, some just can't do it. But if we're lucky, maybe we could convince Professor Styx to show us one - or maybe a seventh year will join and can show us one once they learn. If not, then perhaps next year. This club is around to help out students with learning magic, so next year this year's sixth years will be able to bounce ideas off each other, and maybe we can get a patronus out of one of us." It was complicated, powerful magic, Abel knew this, and he also knew that not everyone was capable of performing a coherent spell, but hopefully the club could help with practice, and help students reach that sort of ability. If worse came to worse, maybe he could pluck up enough courage to nag Professor Styx about it, he assumed that he would be able to do so, as he was the DADA professor and presumably powerful enough to use the spell.
His attention was then taken by a Gryffindor girl, she appeared slightly older than the boy, but still younger than Abel. He nodded at her description of the room. He had hoped for a warm feeling when entering, to try and appeal to people. Not everyone liked the cold, darkness of a dungeon. "Thanks." He wasn't going to say how long it took him to set up. He didn't want to think about it. He had enlisted his dear friend Killua's help, but was not sure where his fellow Slytherin had gone. They were rarely apart, so Abel assumed Killy was with Aaren, or trying to be around Aaren. "Anyway, in this particular room there will be more theory stuff, however, if you noticed, the Dueling chamber has an arena. That was where proper duels were held, but for now we will be using it for some practice spells, so you will be partnering up. We can't do anything dangerous, however, unless Professor Kingsley is around. But I think a simple exchange of spells and such will be totally fine, just try not to break anything otherwise it's all on my head," he explained, chuckling at the end. "If dueling does start, first years will not be allowed to participate, however, they are perfectly allow to watch. It's not just a matter of age, but experience. There are not a lot of spells a first year can perform well enough in a dueling situation but they can learn a lot simply be watching." He then inclined his head to the food table. "And, as long as I get here before you, there will be food on that table. The kitchen's are nearby, so it's really simply to drop in and ask for some food to be made for everyone. I hope that, if I'm not the first in, I'll be greeted by food on the table because someone else has asked for it. The house elves are pretty accommodating and happy to help if you ask."
Abel looked over at the Slytherin, Dexter, and nodded. "Hello Dexter, good to meet you." Abel then waved at another, younger, Slytherin that entered. He remembered this boy better than the other, as he had seen him at the meeting, doing something the Sixth year thought no-one could. "Hey Avie - welcome!" He was then taken a little by surprise as he was hugged, before recognising the overly affectionate Hufflepuff he was now in the arms of. Kelsey. He patted her back awkwardly, not being a fan of physical touch. They were certainly friendly, but he never hung out with the prefect that much at all, maybe occasionally, but not often. He did consider her a friend, however, and rather liked her. "Hey Kelsey, thanks." Once released, he shrugged, and smiled. "I hadn't thought about it. Captain sounds like I'm running the Quidditch team, and Director is a little too artsy - Leader's good." Another familiar face showed herself after Kelsey skipped off. Francesca. He had only known the girl through the SDA, but that was all that was needed for him to remember her. He was good with faces. "Hello Franny, good to see you're back." The amount of students was really starting to climb upwards, as he was approached by another young face. He had to think for a moment, about the Muggle Studies professors. There was only one female Muggle Studies professor currently, Professor Hayes. He took the girl's hand in his own, and shook. "Professor Hayes? I took Muggle Studies in Third, but wasn't very good I'll admit. I ended up dropping it, but I know who she is. You're lucky." Abel's blue eyes then spotted a cupcake floating towards a young Gryffindor, who had seated herself before introducing herself. She may have been a little nervous or something, he wasn't sure, but he made an effort to try and lock eyes with her, and give her a reassuring smile none-the-less.
A Ravenclaw soon began addressing him, and Abel turned to face her. "Welcome Willow. The things we'll be practicing here are any spells you feel you need to brush up on. We already have quite a few members, which means that you should be able to find someone to practice all sorts of spells with. It's really an area to come together to try and educate each other on the ways of defence, and dueling etiquette, but I like to think of this place to also be a space where you can come to try and find someone to help you with a spell you're not too sure on, if you don't want to go to a professor - or you could find someone that is in the same situation, and you could go see a professor together." Hoping he answered her question, he moved onto greeting a young Hufflepuff girl. "Hello Maya!" This was really going quite quickly, and Killua still wasn't here. What was his friend doing? Soon enough, another, much younger Kelsey appeared, this time wearing Gryffindor robes. Since he didn't know Kelsey all too well, he had no idea that she had had another sibling. He knew of her brother, but not a little sister - who was also very affectionate, it seemed. "I assume you're Kelsey's sister," he replied, patting her head awkwardly, really wishing that Kelsey and her relatives would stop hugging him. Hopefully she didn't have a couple more siblings he didn't know about. "Anyway, thanks Roni, and welcome to the SDA!"
Abel then smiled at Tybalt, whom he knew because he was in the Grffindor's own club, Club Academia, and had been since last year, although he did not attend the meetings as much as he should have, since last year was not a good year for him at all. Everything had suffered after his attack, and that included his attendance at club activities. "Hello Ty, thank you. With regards to duels, I personally will not be encouraging first years to participate. They still need to learn proper aim and casting techniques, as well asbalance, all things important in a duel. Their spell usage is also a little limited. They will, however, be able to observe duels, and be taught how to duel, just without the spell casting. There's much more to a duel than just shouting out spells, something I'm sure you'd know. However, at the end of the day I will not stop anyone willing to have a go, as long as they stay within their year," he explained, tucking his hands into the pockets of his robes. "I honestly do hope that dueling can start up, but it really relies on the interest. I want students to be able to practice defending themselves, even if it's just against other students. Dueling must start somewhere and the best way for a student to defend themselves is if they can use things like Protego effectively, which can only be assured through using it against another person's spell." He then nodded slightly to let Tybalt know he had finished. He felt that he may have gone on a little, but he was passionate about students learning how to protect themselves, as he could knew all too well what it felt like to be helpless.
Out of Character: - Just mentioning that the reason my post has been edited, is that the sponsoring professor has changed from Professor Kingsley to Professor Styx, so if there's any inconsistency, just ignore it.
