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entrancelogs2016-10-02 04:18 pm
vampdetective) wrote in entrancelogs2016-10-02 04:18 pm
[OPEN] Wizard Duel
Who: Professor Angel, Professor Isabela & you!
Where: Dueling Hall & elsewhere!
When: Throughout the event.
Rating: Rate as needed!
Summary: Professors Angel and Isabela are here for all your duelling needs!
The Story:
DUELING CLASS
OFFICE HOURS
ELSEWHERE
((OOC: Please feel free to specify if you’d like one professor in particular or both!))
Where: Dueling Hall & elsewhere!
When: Throughout the event.
Rating: Rate as needed!
Summary: Professors Angel and Isabela are here for all your duelling needs!
The Story:
DUELING CLASS
[ Classes are held in the dueling classroom; one of the larger classrooms that can be found in the castle. There is a raised platform in the middle of the room, clearly marked to indicate where the duelists should stand. A large desk is off to the left on the platform centered between both duelists, where both professors can sit and watch and intervene if necessary. Isabela is usually perched on top of the table while Angel can usually be found standing in front of it, arms crossed.
Classes are broken up by year, first and second years focusing on simpler moves like disarming and shielding. The spells and techniques become more difficult and more advanced as the years progress, with students not only learning how to defend themselves, but also how to attack. There is a strong emphasis on not harming other students, and those students who are caught purposely violating that rule are dealt with swiftly by both professors. As is standard in wizard dueling, physical contact between duelists is also against the rules. ]
OFFICE HOURS
[Anyone seeking to speak to either Professor Angel or Professor Isabela will be able to find them in their shared office at various hours, sometimes together, sometimes separately. Whether you have a simple question or would like to schedule some extra practice, they’ll gladly make themselves available-- aside from whatever time they might spend in Hogsmeade over the weekend.
Students or other faculty visiting their office will notice a very stark contrast between the two halves: Isabela’s desk and the area surrounding are mostly bare, aside from a number of awards and two bottles of firewhiskey lined up on the shelves behind it. In spite of this, her space still manages to be disorderly, with quills and parchment spread out across the desk and on the floor immediately surrounding. Angel appears to have more physical belongings, with the shelves behind his desk filled with books from end-to-end, but everything on his side is neat and meticulously put in its proper place.]
ELSEWHERE
[Of course, most professors look forward to Hogsmeade weekends just as much as the students do. Both professors will be visiting the village, including taking up a table at the Three Broomsticks for the better part of late Sunday afternoon. They can also be found eating with their fellow faculty members in the Great Hall during mealtimes, and Angel is a frequent visitor to Hogwarts’ expansive library, not seeming to mind its ghostly caretaker in the least. Isabela can frequently be found out on the Quidditch pitch taking up residence in the stands as Professor Stark puts in extra time with his students.]
((OOC: Please feel free to specify if you’d like one professor in particular or both!))
dueling class - one or both as desired!
Still, he's a seventh year, about to move on into the wide, wide wizarding world, so he figures it'd be good to learn a thing or two about trying to defend himself.]
How, uh...likely is it for this to be a thing that happens outside Hogwarts? Just, you know, as a vague estimate?
no subject
[There are certainly a number of professions in the wizarding world that will never make use of it, while others will use it almost daily-- but there are other real-world applications.]
Even if you don't find yourself participating in many duels, practicing it is good for your reflexes. Teaches you to be able to think on your feet, cast spells as a reflex.
no subject
All right. Well, uh...I guess that makes sense. Can't say my DADA marks are all that high, though.
no subject
[Important, sure, but he's seen plenty of skilled students come through who weren't quite so strong academically.]
Have you thought about what you want to do when you leave school?
no subject
[ Isabela wanders over to their conversation, keeping an eye on the students who are currently dueling. She shoots Angel an amused look before turning her attention to Tim. ]
He's right though. Marks aren't everything, Is there a subject you are really interested in, over everything else?
no subject
I mean, that's what this is...for, right? Self-preservation?
[Presumably, anyway. He supposes there's a kind of ritual to dueling, but he doubts that most people are ones to go for that sort of ceremony in the real world.]
no subject
[There's an art to dueling, a certain finesse, but at its core, it's as important as DADA when it comes to self-defense.]
Knowing how to counter and disarm are both important when it comes to fending off an attacker. Everything else you've learned here builds on that concept, and it's important to remember that not everyone who brandishes a wand follows the rules.
no subject
no subject
[He's still drawing the words out skeptically, as if he can't quite believe that this is a thing he's agreed to learn, or will ever really need to learn, but hey - might as well, right?]
All right. So...how does this all...start?
[He feels a bit absurd standing there, wand held slackly in hand, bracing for an invisible impact.]
no subject
[Hold the wand with some purpose, at least.]
Get a good grip on your wand-- a real opponent won't give you fair warning, but as long as you're here, there's a little room for error until you're more confident.