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PATRONUS STUDY SESSION

At the request of Olivia Sanchez, over the next two weeks, Ms. Lilywhite will be running open sessions helping students to cast the Patronus charm. The cafeteria is cleared for an hour every weekday after dinner, and any student is welcome to drop in to learn. As senior DADA students, Casper Kim and Mackenzie Prince are on hand to assist Ms. Lilywhite in guiding the lessons.

HOW THIS WORKS

Lessons take place after dinner for an hour every week day, except Wednesdays for D&F. Students are not required to attend every session. Because these sessions take place over 2 weeks, if your character is successful you can choose when they finally cast the charm.

If your character attends these sessions or takes DADA, they will at least learn what their patronus will be and will get a partial formation. The mods will roll to see if your character can cast a successful full-bodied patronus.

Occlumency students are presumed to already be well-versed with this spell, as it requires emotional control and self-awareness, which are invaluable skills in Occlumency, especially if you plan on becoming an Auror. Unless you choose otherwise, all Occlumency students automatically succeed, or can already cast the charm.
Occlumency students: Automatic success.
Seniors in DADA: 75% success.
Seniors not in DADA: 50% success.
Juniors in DADA: 65% success.
Juniors not in DADA: 40% success.
Sophomores in DADA: 55% success.
Sophomores not in DADA: 30% success.

If your character has been in Duelling & Fencing since at least last month (i.e. they're currently on the roster, you may not just sign up your character for D&F today to get the bonus), they'll earn a 10% bonus to their roll.

You can check if your character failed or succeeded last year by looking at this post.

If your character fails, you may ask for a reroll in the dropbox after waiting one week, but you must also link to a conversation or scene with evidence they sought tutoring from a DADA Student in their year or above, or an Occlumency student.
- They'll gain +15% to their roll if they seek tutoring from Casper or Mackenzie, who received instructions from Ms. Lilywhite on techniques to help others master this complex charm.

You may not claim your character can already cast a patronus unless they succeeded during last year's event or are in Occlumency. This applies to new characters as well as returning ones.

Fill out this form if your character takes Occlumency or attends the extra study sessions:

Name:
Year: Sophomore/Junior/Senior
Patronus Form: It can change from the last time we asked you either in memes or on your app, but this will be your official “canon” answer. Please try to commit to this decision.
Why?: What does this animal mean, or why is it significant to them?
Their happy memory: What memory finally worked for them?
Their attempt: Any other notes on how it went for them? Did they already succeed last year?
Are they in DADA, Occlumency or D&F?: This contributes to the likelihood of their success.

» PARTICIPANTS: Post your characters' participation forms here.

» ANYTHING ELSE: This is a space if you'd like to play out any scenes related to the study sessions.

» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: Spencer Sweet
Year: Junior
Patronus Form: Lammergeier, aka bearded vulture
Why?: A flashy trash bird for my flashy trash boy. Lammergeier are large vultures that look super badass, but they're actually not especially hostile. As would be expected from a vulture, they're strictly scavengers, although they mostly eat bones and marrow. That bright red color is... not natural. Like Spencer, these birds get a dye job. Lammergeier rub red dirt into their feathers to color themselves and look more intimidating. The brighter the color, the more status. They mate for life, and will sometimes settle into a polyamorous bond with two other vultures. Vultures also symbolize renewal, loyalty, tolerance, unconventionality, and imperviousness.
Their happy memory: Spencer has... a lot of memories to go through. The most likely to work is when he and Ruby took first at a junior championship.
Their attempt: It's very likely that if Spencer fails, it's because he has too many memories and ends up sitting and going through every single one of his options, frozen by indecision.
Are they in DADA, Occlumency or D&F?: DADA and he's in not-for-credit Occlumency tutoring.

Spencer successfully casts a full bodied Patronus!

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