Well, that settles it, really. Sherlock opens up the tome, flips through pages to dog-eared entries, to the things he'd thought to try as he'd sifted through the words.
“I thought of a few to try, no idea if any of them will work; have to get the gestures right, besides. Takes trial and error. So.”
He pulls two pilfered goblets from his bag, worn and dented, and moves to set them in the middle of the floor. A murmured aguamenti and the careful direction of his wand fills them neatly with water, and then...
Then it's to work.
“To turn in a circle is circumroto,” he says, voice quiet and distracted as he looks down at his book, dragging his finger down the page. “Circumrota in the imperative. And a cup in singular accusative is calicem; that bit's easy, shouldn't need changing.” Though maybe the nominative... no. They're commanding magic, not the cup.
“Anyhow, that should be good enough to start, I think. Just have to concentrate on what we want. And get the gesture right.” And not blow anything up, ideally.
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“I thought of a few to try, no idea if any of them will work; have to get the gestures right, besides. Takes trial and error. So.”
He pulls two pilfered goblets from his bag, worn and dented, and moves to set them in the middle of the floor. A murmured aguamenti and the careful direction of his wand fills them neatly with water, and then...
Then it's to work.
“To turn in a circle is circumroto,” he says, voice quiet and distracted as he looks down at his book, dragging his finger down the page. “Circumrota in the imperative. And a cup in singular accusative is calicem; that bit's easy, shouldn't need changing.” Though maybe the nominative... no. They're commanding magic, not the cup.
“Anyhow, that should be good enough to start, I think. Just have to concentrate on what we want. And get the gesture right.” And not blow anything up, ideally.