Target Practice (S3E16)

Target Practice is the sixteenth episode of the third season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on August 10, 2021.

## Synopsis

Hermione joins SWOFF at the dessert parlour. She eats some cheesecake. She says that she's been wanting to meet them for a while. She tells them that she's been doing research on the wand curse herself. Alex asks if she had a special library. She says it's the Ministry's library. Alex asks if he could visit. She says if he becomes a Ministry employee, he can. She says there may be a way to end the curse on their wands. Alex asks if he had to choose between the two wands. Hermione says there's no rule against having two wands, but says that using both wands at the same time could cause trouble. She refers Alex to Magical Mishaps #7, whose title Alex correctly identifies as *The Wonders of Wands and What Could Go Wrong*. Alex remembers that using both wands could result in destructive harmonization, and feedback can be lethal. Alex and Hermione bond over reading. Rosie snuck out a pea soup from the Leaky Cauldron. Clem gets up to get another cup of coffee. Hermione looks disapprovingly at Harry for allowing Clem to drink coffee and comments on whether she should be drinking it. Harry lets them know that there are several Aurors around the school and Hogsmeade who are helping with the investigation about the tower explosion. Clem mentions that SWOFF members are specific targets. Harry says he has been investigating them particularly and says this is part of the reason they're out tonight: to figure out the reasons why people might target them specifically. Clem has a theory: SWOFF is good at exposing bad things; maybe someone is planning a bad thing and is trying to take out SWOFF preemptively. Olive brings up Ashley Indigo, seeing her in the Restricted Section, and then she mentions the rune under their SWOFF table in the Great Hall. Hermione asks what it looked like. Olive gives her the paper she drew the rune on. Hermione thinks it's a really old rune - like back in the days when Hogwarts was founded. Hermione explains that it's like a Confundus spell, but different. Masie wonders if it was Roger who did it with good intentions. Olive thinks it's an adult since the Great Hall tables are enchanted. They wonder whether the wand curse and the rune are connected or not (done by the same person or not). They wonder why the clock tower was targeted specifically. Hermione explains that the wand curse was specific. The wands were set up to activate at a specific occurrence and to avoid being detected by Masie and Alex. Alex tells them about Barney getting hurt and also brings up Gail as a suspect. Hermione brings up the Room of Requirement. Lily says she showed SWOFF already. Hermione proposes that Harry give SWOFF special instruction. Olive gets on board right away. Harry is hesitant but agrees to it. Olive proposes to leave right now and have their first lesson right away. Hermione agrees. Alex mentions to Ron that he'd be willing to test a prototype of the allipop if Ron ends up making it. Ron says he might need help with that. Ron gets roped into helping Harry teach SWOFF. Hermione encourages Alex to focus on school, and if he does well, she could even write a recommendation for him so he could work at the Ministry and get into the Ministry's special library. Hermione says she expects a lot from all of SWOFF. Clem starts feeling the effects of coffee. She feels exhausted and off guard. Hermione has to leave to do some more work. Harry and Ron lead the way out of the dessert parlour onto the streets of London. Clem is so tired, she walks into the street, but Olive grabs her. They journey back to Hogwarts via the Floo Network. They arrive at The Three Broomsticks. They see Professor Longbottom with a woman. Olive thinks he's on a date. Rosie starts singing in an attempt to provide appropriate background music for what they think is a date. Everyone stares at Rosie. Harry and Neville talk. Neville says it's not allowed to travel via the Floo Network after curfew. Harry says the Headmistress says it's okay. Harry also says hi to Hannah, Professor Longbottom's wife. Olive gives Clem a pat on the back and asks if she's okay. Clem says yes, and Olive can tell that Clem is feeling relief, resolution, closure, and a little petty. Neville expresses concern for Ron, who is in disguise. Rosie takes over and names disguised Ron as Charles Dickens VIII, and Alex adds "of Canterbury". Rosie leaves a dead leaf on their table. They head back to Hogwarts. It's around 8:30pm or 9:00pm. Curfew is 10pm. As they're walking back, Harry asks what the last class they have tomorrow. The Ravenclaws have double Charms, the Gryffindors have Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the Hufflepuffs have Care of Magical Creatures. Harry says they'll do a short lesson tonight and then another tomorrow. Harry says he has to check with the Headmistress first. Olive asks if they could get notes signed just in case a prefect asks them what they're doing out past curfew. Ron asks Harry about the Marauder's Map. Harry says he gave it to someone else. Alex says he saw James Sirius Potter with an old piece of parchment and suspects that it's the map. Suddenly, Harry and Ron draw out their wands. Someone is approaches on a broom and lands. Her hair is pulled back into a ponytail. It's an Auror. There's some tension between her and Harry. She tells them that there's been an incident and that the Headmistress would like to see him. Harry tells them to go where they were planning to go. The woman asks who the disguised Ron is. Harry says he's his assistant. Harry rushes off with the woman. SWOFF follows disguised Ron into the school to the Room of Requirement. Ron opens the room for everyone. It's sparse with a padded floor and wooden human dummies with a target on their chest and mock wands in their hands. Olive notices that he thought of it so fast. Ron says it was what they used before as Dumbledore's Army. Olive asked if they used what they learned. Ron says yes and says that was the time when they developed their signature spells. Harry's was Expelliarmus, Hermione's was the shield charm, and Ron's was maybe Stupefy. Olive asks what they should practice first. Ron hesitates. Alex suggests that they show Ron what they can do first. Alex goes first, but before casting a spell, he talks to his new wand and says he trusts it and that they're going to do great. Alex casts Glacius. It temporarily freezes the wooden dummy. Masie applauds furiously. Rosie takes a yoga pose and casts Badgering. The wooden dummy partially turns into a wooden badger. Olive gives her a congratulatory hug. Ron thinks it's a duck. Olive suggests taking it back to the common room. Ron says that they probably couldn't do that, so Rosie draws a picture of it instead. Lily casts Expelliarmus. Olive casts Lumos Spotifico. Alex tells Ron, "That's the spell that vanquished the Shade." Olive then casts Nox to put the light out. Masie says she's only good at repairing things. Olive offers to break something she can fix. Masie says yes. Alex asks to do it instead. Alex tells his wand that this one's really important. Alex casts Bombarda and a wooden dummy splinters. Masie casts Reparo, and the dummy reforms. Masie hugs Alex. Masie gives a tiny kiss on Alex's cheek. Barney casts Incendio. Alex applauds him. Clem tries to cast Fumos but nothing happens. SWOFF runs over immediately and give Clem a pep talk. Olive suggests that they go pretend to be captured by the wooden dummies so Clem can save them. Alex and Olive go over and pretend to be captured. Clem imagines last year when she failed to cast the spell that could've prevented her from being turned into stone, when she felt like she could do anything. Clem casts Diffindo. A rush of air hits the mannequin and lots of tiny scratches hit the mannequin. Olive gives Clem a congratulatory hug. Alex bumps the arm and it falls off. A metallic bell-like sound goes off and a speaker comes up. It's the same communication device that appeared before. They hear Harry ask Ron to let him in. Olive asks Ron to ask Harry a question only Harry would know as a safety measure. Ron asks, What was our first impediment to trouble? Harry says Draco Malfoy. Ron says he would've accepted Fluffy as well. They let Harry in. Harry says everything's alright, but he looks rather angry. He says the other Auror is a bit to eager. They ask her name, and he says Auror Wisteria. Harry moves his wand through the air like a conductor and the targets begin to move around the room, swaying and spinning. Harry makes one glow red to indicate which one Alex should hit. Alex casts Stupefy. Olive casts Incendio. Lily casts Reducto. Alex cheers for Masie, "Masie, Masie, you're a-Masie!" Masie casts Incendio but the end of her wand catches on fire. Rosie offers her soup to extinguish it. Masie puts out the fire in Rosie's soup. Alex and Clem comfort Masie. Clem casts Everte Statum. Rosie casts Spongify but accidentally turns her shoe into a sponge. Olive casts Finite Incantatum and restores Rosie's shoe. Barney casts Inflatus. They spend the next 30 minutes practicing spells. Harry tells them to start thinking about signature spells. Clem thanks Harry for not blowing her up like he did to his aunt for having a second cup of coffee. Harry says his aunt was one of the worst people he's ever met, but Clem is one of the best. Olive asks Masie if Clem will become Lily's step-mum. Masie notices that Clem is uncomfortable with the compliments but has no romantic feelings toward Harry.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Wacksteven - Headmaster of Doom
* Helloitskolo - Masie Skyler
* LuxieGames - Rosalina Earthcloud
* Mirggles - Clementine Goosanders
* Negaoryx - Olive Everglade
* Zcotticus - Alexander Pippin

## Characters

* Hermione Granger
* Alexander Pippin
* Rosalina Earthcloud
* Clementine Goosanders
* Harry Potter
* Olive Everglade
* Masie Skyler
* Lily Luna Potter
* Barney Dogwood
* Ron Weasley
* Luna Scamander
* Ashley Indigo (mentioned)
* Headmistress McGonagall (mentioned)
* Roger Bristlecomb (mentioned)
* Gail Greytwig (mentioned)
* Professor Longbottom
* Hannah Abbott
* James Sirius Potter (mentioned)
* Draco Malfoy (mentioned)
* Auror Wisteria

## Trait Changes

* Masie: None
* Rosalina: None
* Clementine: None
* Olive: None
* Alexander: None

## Relationships

* Masie: +1 Alex
* Rosalina: +1 Masie
* Clementine: +1 Masie
* Olive: +1 Alex
* Alexander: +1 Masie

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +5 points, rolled 9
* Rosalina: +10 points, rolled 12
* Clementine: +5 points, rolled 9
* Olive: +10 points, rolled 13
* Alexander: +10 points, rolled 14
* Cornelia: +10 points, rolled 10
* Lilian: +10 points, rolled 11

### Total

* Gryffindor: 265
* Hufflepuff: 135
* Ravenclaw: 185
* Slytherin: 170

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Clubs (Soul), 7 (partial success), unspecified club
* Rosalina: Potions (Mind), 7 (partial success), "Sleeping Draft" potion (works kinda - "Napping" Potion), Year 2, 80 minutes to craft, costs 15 Galleons
* Clementine: Social Activities (Heart), 6 (fail)
* Olive: Job (2d6), 7 (Galleons)
* Alexander: Social Activities (Heart), 8 (partial success)