<div class="floatleft">(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x94/Shadowphile/Michaelteaches.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Michael Styx<br/><strong>Age:</strong>30<br/><strong>House:</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Ferret<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>An expensive suit<br/><strong>Date:</strong>September 2nd, 2018 .... Morning<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Akiko, Titus<br/><hr/><br/>"Technically it's called findling, although I've heard it called padding as well as pooling, Mr Andrews,"  Michael said.  "You could do the whole thing with a minor illusion but that's not what you're asking.  It was essentially a basic animation spell, with an additional tiny amount of magic added in and we're talking on the order of two or three percent.  Push it to five percent and you'd likely set the tablecloth on fire.  I can show you if you like, when you've got a free hour or so.  Be prepared to get frustrated, because it isn't as easy as it looks."<br/><br/>Michael's smile widened fractionally.  Michael Styx, at your service," he said with a bow.  "Potions master. How am I supposed to maintain my reputation as a hero, Mizuki-san, if I don't leap to your aid?  Besides, I used a lot of what I learned in the dueling club after I graduated.  Say what you will about Defense Against the Dark Arts, it's in dueling clubs where you really learn to defend yourself.  DADA teaches the spells but dueling teaches you to cast them quickly, accurately and while somebody else is trying to run you into a newt."