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Con_Stripes · 01-12-2011, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

"Sorry professor- a bit..."Adam did not say anymore. He wasn't weak and a little scratch was not going to stop him.

"Intalgio Anzus...Intalgio Anzus..."Adam watched as some symbol was being etched into the wood.

"That sounded a bit more right to me...Thanks Professor Truebridge."Adam

"Much better. Just be careful to pronounce the rune name correctly. If you're having trouble with that , refer to chapter six." Truebridge encouraged and moved on to the next table.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Seeing as Professor Truebridge had come to check on Adam, Kurumi nodded to the professor and grabbed her piece of wood that now had Kenaz carved into it despite it flying halfway across the room. Settling down at her seat once again, Kurumi set the piece of wood down and stared at it for a few moments before turning to her textbook again to see what rune to try next. Wunjo looked like it was pretty simple and would be useful as well.

OK, less passion. Focus was good, passion was a little too much. Got it.

Kurumi pointed her wand at the piece of wood and repeated the wand movement. "Intaglio wunjo...wunjo...wunjo...wunjo..." she said in a steady rhythm and in a much calmer voice this time. When the saw dust had cleared, Kurumi looked down to see Wunjo carved rather nicely next to her Kenaz rune. No flying wood. No smacking people in the head. No water all over the place.

Mission accomplished.

"Excellent work, Kurumi." Truebridge approved and then moved on.

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Originally Posted by grangerfan8

Arya was totally and completely aware of her best friend's presence. Totally. She just chose not to look to the left of her because the girl was SO focused on her work. SO FOCUSED. She wasn't put in the claw house and given a badge for no reason. That....and she knew she would probably get looks from the girl.

She'd save those looks for later.

Before she could really focus on her next rune, she heard Truebridge, and her brown eyes flicked over to Sabel before she turning slightly to look at the professor. "That's certain runes can be beautifully unique." She didn't specify which rune because....that detail wasn't really important now was it?

"Not always beautifully." Truebridge murmured, "If the magic invoked is malevolent, the beauty of its form is irrelevant." Much like women really.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Text Cut: Ev, Kurumi, Mia, Marie and everybody onthis table who caught fire/ got drenched/ fell down

As he doused the flames out, he could hear someone wail on their table-- Evelyn looked mortified. "I'm putting it out! I'm putting it out see?!?" he said, completely oblivious of the fact that he was getting rid of the flames that had the Slytherin girl all enthralled. When he as finally done he saw the sopping mess that was their group and started to tergeo the water from the table "Err... sorry guys..." he mumbled, grinning at Kurumi's suggestion and then hearing Mia's remark "Honestly I'm just about ready to try the pocket-knife version." Because in Hogwarts, wooden sticks are infinitely more dangerous than metal blades.

And before he knew it, Marie was yelling at him, using him as a towel then shoved him so hard he lost his balance, hit someone and fell backwards. He looked back up at the ~~dripping~~Slytherin blond. What came over her? She was just quiet and mope-y ~~and dry~~ one minute and now she actually got him on the ground.

He grappled the edge of the table and hauled himself back up. "Sorry..." he mumbled, then added sheepishly "You want me to vacuum you up?" Least he could do.

Then he turned his head at Professor Truebridge. Oh no! Fire, water, and this corner of the classroom looking like a mess and they arent even halfway done with the lesson. Salander winced, expecting to be told off and made an example of in front of the entire class....

....and get 5 points for Slytherin.

Wait. What?

His mouth still askew when the Professor started to move away "Oh, thank you Mr Truebridge sir." he called out. He looked at the Slytherin girls and the Hufflepuffs and beamed. 5 pts a piece for getting wet.

Do they want another shower?

"Make sure the classroom is as clean and tidy as it was when you arrived before you leave, Salander." Truebridge added as he walked over to the next table.

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Originally Posted by *AiryFairy*

Alice stopped to observe her first finished rune. Hmm it was sort of wibbly and wobbly…in fact it looked much more like...well two wibbly wobbly lines than a Rune. How had she even managed to get lines in wood to look like that? She sighed and decided to try again. Well what else could she do? She decided this time to try Wunjo. She began to carve” Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” Right, well this time nothing was happening. Hmm. Okay focus Alice thought, you need to focus. “Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” Alice now mainly focusing on how silly she felt saying the word wunjo over and over. Not good. She shook her head as if to clear it from thought and tried once more “Intanglio, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” She looked and there it was! The beginning of a line! It was only a very small line but it was progress and it was actually a straight line! Alice continued with her carving with a smile on her face. This class was turning out to be rather fun.

"A good start. Keep it up." The professor encouraged.

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Originally Posted by top94a

Raven nodded to professor, very nice professor --know how to encourage ickle firstie, Raven think.

Raven clear his mind. Concentrating in the rune Isa, then to its meaning to him, its reflection and reinforcement of his magic. He grip his wand firmly, focused on wood, and to the rune, thought of making a great reflection, he cast the spell loudly "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa" then the wand produced blade like light direct hit at the wood, like slicing it, leaving a more visible line, yes, is more likely rune Isa. Raven lightly hurt again but the gloves is intact with him, no visible would, he examine his hand, he saw a redish hand, but yes, it's okay, nothing to worry about.
Raven took on the gloves again, ready to cast again to finish the work. he give a deep breath and say loudly "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa" now he produce the rune Isa on wood visibly, Raven smile, let the professor assess his work. he wish it alright for the professor. "err, Professor, how about it?" Raven ask about his produce cut on the wood. He wish the professor say it okay or nice, because his hand hurt.

"Good. You're getting the hang of this." He noticed the boy was holding his hand a bit oddly. "See me after class, I can show you a few wand grips that you'll find more effective if you like."

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Originally Posted by Emily_Potter

Emily looked up as Professor Truebridge adressed the class.... she looked doewn at her handy work and was very impressed with her runes.
Deciding to practive one more time on a spare bit of the wood, Emily put her wand to the wood and traced the shape of the rune as she said the incantation "Intaglio anzus anzus anzus anzus...". Yet again another good carving.

Emily was now eager to learn the other method.

"Thats right. They look very good."

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Originally Posted by aussiegirl

"I don't know." She whined. "But anyway has got to be better than me trying to carve runes with my wand." Mia appreciated that Matty was trying to help her but her confidence always took a battering when she almost destroyed things.

Before she could say or do anything, Professor Truebridge was standing in front of them.

She was happy that both Sal and Matty had received points but she still felt like such a tosser and she sank down even further in her chair when the Professor stepped even closer.

He thought she could do it. None of the other Professor's had ever given her any encouragement before. Mia slid back up in her chair and she looked at Professor Truebridge, then to Matthias and then back to the Professor. "Okay." She squeaked out. "I will keep practicing the carving this way."

"Good." Truebridge stood nearby and waited.

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Originally Posted by Gabben

"Thank you sir."
*Once the professor left Matty pumped a fist in the air then turn to Mia and the Slytherin.*
"Looks like your a Slytherin firefighter. And Mia Prof has faith in you too. Here I'll do one with you-"
*Pointing his wand to the bit of wood he started to say Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo... This one was still faint but stronger then the first.*

He glanced at Matty's work but did not say anything, though he already noted an improvement.

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Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Watching the reactions from both Matty and Sal, Mia snorted and then burst out laughing. "It's five points, boys. Anyone would think you were just announced as the next Minister for Magic." She shook her head still chuckling under her breath as she pulled her piece of wood closer.

Right. She could do this. Both Matty and Professor Truebridge thought so. With another sweep of her wand across the wood, Mia once again said the incantation. "Intaglio...Thurisaz...Thurisaz...Thurisaz...Thuri saz...Thuris...oh hey!" She said looking down at her piece of wood. "I think I did it."

Okay so it was really faint and you had to squint to see it but it was there, she was sure of it.

"So you did." Truebridge commented from a little behind her. "Well done." He added simply. "The more you practice the better you will get as long as you take it slow and calm and center your thoughts and your intent."

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Originally Posted by PureBlood64

"Intalgio Uruz Uruz Uruz Uruz Uruz" She said, as she finished she looked at her practise wood, YAY. It was, there, buut you couldn't really see it, oh, but it was there! Yay! Katie smiled as she looked at the wood closely, yup it was Uuaz yup yup!

"Keep trying, that's a good start." Truebridge spoke up, nodding at Katie as he passed her table.

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

Sebastian finally took notice of her presence next to him. The little wave he did in her direction seemed a bit nervous but she could have imagined it. With a whisper she said to him when he had manged carving in two runes. "Good job!" Sophie then focused her attention back on her own wood. Touching it with her gloved hand she judged it to be cool enough to begin with the next rune. "Intaglio Thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz thuuuuuuuuurisaz." "AtchOO!" To sneeze on the last word was never good in any spell casting. Sophie looked down at her piece of wood her mood dropping. The second rune had totally damaged the first rune. A bit sad really Sophie asked Professor Truebridge "Sir, do you think I could get a new piece of practice wood? I sneezed and the result didn't exactly become pretty." The prefect held up her wood to show the professor so that he could see the jumbled mismatch of lines.

"Of course." Truebridge conjured a piece and handed it to Sophie in silence. But then gave the prefect a small smile before looking towards her table mate.

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Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

As he was done carving his second rune, he heard a 'good job' coming from Sophie and he gave a small smile. Hmm, maybe this could be easy? Seb watched as Sophie was about to carve another rune, but her sneeze had gotten into the words, messing up the rune.

*SNORRRTTT*

Oh goodness. "Sorry." He muttered to Sophie, trying to keep the laughter inside of him. Yeah, he wasn't going to laugh because he knew he could do much much worse. Alright so on to another rune...

The Gryffindor scanned through the runes and picked another one that seemed to benefit his liking. Okay, here was one. Algiz. Hmm, well he guessed he could put it on the wood. What it meant to him was that you are always protected from danger here at Hogwarts. "Intaglio, Algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz." He said pointing his wand at the wood while looking at his book to see if he was carving it correctly. One of the three stem things were a bit slanted to the side, but it looked alright he guessed.

"That's not bad for a start." Truebridge commented. "Good. Keep practicing."

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

He nearly jumped to the ceiling when Truebridge spoke as he passed around behind both him and Arya. Thankfully his carved rune was already such a mess of curvy lines and jagged, rough edges that the streak that went through the center of it made no difference. So there was a balance to be had between how focussed one was and how much attention was paid to the rest of the environment for safety reasons.

Blinking, he glanced back at the Professor and then over at Arya. Her explanation brought another question to mind and he turned his eyes back to Truebridge. "Do Runes have to look like near-exact replicates of the ones in the books or can they be like handwriting? Individual based on the caster while retaining their magical properties? Is the effectiveness of the Rune more based on the intent than the accuracy?"

"If it's recognizably the right rune then you are fine. The forms have been around since antiquity so there is less room for personal interpretation, particularly on those runes which are quite similar to others. Some prefer to draw them with a longer stave -that is, draw the main vertical lines longer- and others like them shorter. And too, we will cover in another lesson the concept of staveless runes. To be safe, start with your runes as close to the textbook as possible, but as long as it's recognizably the right rune, with vertical and horizontal lines making up it's form, you will be fine. The effectiveness is certainly based more on intent, and yet the form is still important, just as a wand movement is an important element to a spell." Truebridge answered.

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Originally Posted by Zebragirl

Emily did as the teacher suggested and kept thinking of the runes meaning.
"Intaglio Thurisaz, thurisaz, thurisaz..."
The rune slowly started to appear on the wood
"Oh, thanks for the advice professor!"
Emily then went for another rune
"Intaglio Daguz, daguz, daguz, daguz..."

Emily suddenly thought of something and raised her hand
"Professor, this may seem a silly question, but can you only carve runes in wood? Or can other things have runes carved into them, like stone?"
She thought she already knew the answer, but just wanted to check.

"Good work." Truebridge paused to listen to the question. "Yes you can carve into other surfaces, it is just more difficult. Runes are made to be carved in wood for several reasons, one being that when carving in wood, straight lines against the grain are the easiest marks to make, and the other being the natural aspect of the wood, of the tree it came from, and the way certain types of wood hold the magic differently. Stone is more permanent, but harder to get the magic to stick."

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Originally Posted by Destiny

Well, that was just WRONG!

Patroclus was totally teasing her now by doing that flexing or whatever he was doing. If they didn't have to carve the wood, she would have really ripped the badge off of his robes. Patroclus was indeed a lucky duck.

Or his badge was lucky. Or the front of his robes were lucky.

Something was lucky.

Waving a gloved hand at his thanks and his mention of going to get the stuff, Destiny continued to work on carving the rune on the wood. It didn't really look like the rune in the book, but at least it didn't say some random girl's name. Leaning away from her wood and just about to sneak a peek at the rune Patroclus had carved, NOT that she was going to cheat, pffft! There is no cheating in wood carving! when..

HEHADMENTIONEDTAKINGOFFHISBADGE and OMGSHEWANTEDTOWEARIT!

Sure, he didn't mention letting her wear it, but taking it was off was one step closer for her to wear it. Yup, she could swipe it off the table WHEN he took it off.

Mwaha!

Trying to keep the smirk off her face, she turned back to the wood she and gave a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. "I think you should. Wouldn't want you to have to go to you Head of House for a new one or anything."

That woman did seem worse than Lafay.

"Focus on your work Destiny." Truebridge murmured as he walked past the girl. Yes we see you are distracted.

Yes we know you get distracted easily.

Yes we do hold you to a higher standard.

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Originally Posted by Poisonedbyyou

Gaspy! That was a marvelous idea. Charisa nodded up at Professor Truebridge. "Yes, please!" She slipped the gloves off easily. Since they were big and all, of course.

Groan.

Truebridge obligingly took the gloves and shrunk them so that they'd fit the young Ravenclaw better. He passed them back with a wink and then moved on to the next table.

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Originally Posted by lemondrop13

With goggles on his face and gloves on his hands, Bennet held the wood piece against the table with the forefinger of his left hand on the top edge and thumb on the bottom edge. His wand lay lightly across the palm of his right hand as he contemplated which rune to carve - Wunjo or Thurisaz? Joy or Giant? Well, at least they look enough alike that if I screw up a little bit, maybe no one would be able to tell...

Bennet reviewed just the incantation lightly under his breath over and over, "Intaglio. Intaglio. Intaglio." Thinking he might be ready to give it a shot, Bennet gripped his wand a little more firmly and placed the tip against the top of the wood piece. He spoke clearly, "Intaglio. Wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo." A vertical line began to be etched, until he thought in the back of his mind, 'So glad I chose a rune that looks so much like another suitable rune 'cause I am bound to mess this up.' And with that thought, the etching stopped mid-vertical.

"Bah! That figures. Indecision never makes for good magic," Bennet spoke softly to himself. Resolving to focus only on Wunjo, Bennet began again with his wand tip against the mark where he left off, "Intaglio. Wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo." Ah, the vertical line was completed. Now for the trickier part. Placing the wand tip against the very top of the vertical line, Bennet incanted, "Intaglio, wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo" as he dragged his wand to the left at a downward 45 degree angle. Not too bad. Starting back at the middle of the vertical line, Bennet focused on finishing up this rune carving, "Intaglio, wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo" as he connected the vertical line to the end of the previous line by moving his wand up and to the right at a 45 degree angle. He overextended the last line by just under a millimeter, but it was barely noticeable. The carving clearly designated the Wunjo rune. "Niiiiiiiiice."

OOC: The word 'Intaglio' in dentistry refers to the surface of a denture that touches the gums and sits on the soft tissue.

[/random factoid]

"Good work." Truebridge commented, looking at the boy's work as he walked past.
ooc: I do miss your randomness and find your avvie amusing still

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Originally Posted by jengirls109

Ok, Jaina, you can do this. she thought to herself. Her first attempt had failed because she couldn't quite get her thoughtst totally on it. "Intaglio Fehu fehu fehu fehu fehu" ---this time she watched Fehu become carved in the piece of wood! Yeah me! she thought. She wanted to try again, so she flipped her piece of wood over. She poised her wand in her gloved hand and said "Intaglio Fehu fehu fehu fehu."

"It seems you're getting the hang of it." Truebridge commented. Nicely done really.

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Originally Posted by Herminny

Catching Up:

Chloe carefully picked out runes she thought would be best to help her with her classroom. In the the end she had 4. She was so busy deciding which runes to chose the time for explanation had come and gone. She wrote down the runes she wanted to use and the reasons why on a piece of parchment:

With her notes at hand and the incantation given it was time for application. Chloe took at her wand and waved it at her desk not thinking about any thing really, "Intanglio, fehu, fehu, fehu.". Nothing. She thought about why it did not work and realized concentration may be an issue. She tried it again this time concentrated a bit, "Inanglio, Fehu, Fehu, Fehu.". She saw sparks but nothing more. Chloe decided to put some real concentration on the meaning this time, "Intanglio, Fehu, Fehu, Fehu. Success. The rune was etched right into her desk. She repeated the process with her other three rune choices and before long all three were etched into her desk. Chloe smiled and then waited for the next activity.

ooc: do you mean etched into her piece of wood? I know that you've only just joined us but nobody is allowed to carve their desks yet.

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Originally Posted by amylee96

Beth opened the text book and began to look through the different runes and their meanings. She decided that the first rune she wanted to carve was Wunjo because of its meaning success, the thing she was going to need if she was going to get anywhere in this class. Beth concentrated on the shape of the rune and its meaning, success, success, success, she chanted it in her head. "Intaglio Wunjo, wunjo, wunjo," she said, watching in amazement as the rune began to carve. Slowly at first and then a little faster until the whole rune was there. Beth laughed slightly, happy with her work.

"Nicely done." Truebridge encouraged. "Good focus."

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Originally Posted by The Grey Lady

Pandora had been sitting closer to the front of the classroom, idly watching the other students in there. She had carved the rune Isa into her small piece of wood (having been something she had been working on before class, beings she missed the first lesson). She had a feeling she would enjoy this class; both her parents had succeeded in it, but of course, that didn't mean she would. Truly though she enjoyed reading books on the many different ancient runes there were; it fascinated her. Pandora opened her book up to chapter five, reading over the list, taking notes as she did so in her Runes notebook. Hmm, Kenaz looked like a good rune to carve into the table, beings it meant wisdom and in under magical uses one of the properties listed was study aid, it sounded reasonable to her. She raised her hand, her index finger on her other hand pointing to the rune. "Professor Truebridge, I think Kenaz would be an appropriate rune to carve into the desks because some of the rune's divinatory meaning is wisdom, insight, solution to a problem, inspiration, creativity and understanding." All if which she figured a student would need in a classroom. "Some of the rune's magical meanings are study aid, energy and passion." And she definitely had passion enough for runes, if nothing else (even if she was just a first year). She paused for a moment and looked over her list again. "And Wunjo, sir, for well, perhaps all of it's divinatory meanings and it's magical meanings of completion of tasks and motivation." She lowered her hand, though she continued to read over the page in the book.

ooc: this is the first lesson, so she can't have been working on it before class. Generally we just RP like we were there all along, even if we only just manage to post ourselves.

"Those are some good suggestions and reasons. Practice carving them in your piece of practice wood now, with the Intaglio spell we have been working on."

Truebridge looked around. It looked like most students had got the hang of that method.

"The next method does not use wands, so for those of you who are done practicing the Intaglio method, please holster your wand and listen."

Truebridge started with a question,

"Can anyone explain what a 'galdr' is?".

01-12-2011, 08:57 PM	#434 (permalink)
Con_Stripes Mooncalf Join Date: May 2008 Location: GMT +12 or 13 Posts: 7,031 Hogwarts RPG Name: Oz Thickey Sixth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Leon Odessa	The Eye of Sauron \| Zan-y \| Snake Charmer Quote: Originally Posted by Team ronmione "Sorry professor- a bit..."Adam did not say anymore. He wasn't weak and a little scratch was not going to stop him. "Intalgio Anzus...Intalgio Anzus..."Adam watched as some symbol was being etched into the wood. "That sounded a bit more right to me...Thanks Professor Truebridge."Adam "Much better. Just be careful to pronounce the rune name correctly. If you're having trouble with that , refer to chapter six." Truebridge encouraged and moved on to the next table. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Seeing as Professor Truebridge had come to check on Adam, Kurumi nodded to the professor and grabbed her piece of wood that now had Kenaz carved into it despite it flying halfway across the room. Settling down at her seat once again, Kurumi set the piece of wood down and stared at it for a few moments before turning to her textbook again to see what rune to try next. Wunjo looked like it was pretty simple and would be useful as well. OK, less passion. Focus was good, passion was a little too much. Got it. Kurumi pointed her wand at the piece of wood and repeated the wand movement. "Intaglio wunjo...wunjo...wunjo...wunjo..." she said in a steady rhythm and in a much calmer voice this time. When the saw dust had cleared, Kurumi looked down to see Wunjo carved rather nicely next to her Kenaz rune. No flying wood. No smacking people in the head. No water all over the place. Mission accomplished. "Excellent work, Kurumi." Truebridge approved and then moved on. Quote: Originally Posted by grangerfan8 Arya was totally and completely aware of her best friend's presence. Totally. She just chose not to look to the left of her because the girl was SO focused on her work. SO FOCUSED. She wasn't put in the claw house and given a badge for no reason. That....and she knew she would probably get looks from the girl. She'd save those looks for later. Before she could really focus on her next rune, she heard Truebridge, and her brown eyes flicked over to Sabel before she turning slightly to look at the professor. "That's certain runes can be beautifully unique." She didn't specify which rune because....that detail wasn't really important now was it? "Not always beautifully." Truebridge murmured, "If the magic invoked is malevolent, the beauty of its form is irrelevant." Much like women really. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen Text Cut: Ev, Kurumi, Mia, Marie and everybody onthis table who caught fire/ got drenched/ fell down As he doused the flames out, he could hear someone wail on their table-- Evelyn looked mortified. "I'm putting it out! I'm putting it out see?!?" he said, completely oblivious of the fact that he was getting rid of the flames that had the Slytherin girl all enthralled. When he as finally done he saw the sopping mess that was their group and started to tergeo the water from the table "Err... sorry guys..." he mumbled, grinning at Kurumi's suggestion and then hearing Mia's remark "Honestly I'm just about ready to try the pocket-knife version." Because in Hogwarts, wooden sticks are infinitely more dangerous than metal blades. And before he knew it, Marie was yelling at him, using him as a towel then shoved him so hard he lost his balance, hit someone and fell backwards. He looked back up at the ~~dripping~~Slytherin blond. What came over her? She was just quiet and mope-y ~~and dry~~ one minute and now she actually got him on the ground. He grappled the edge of the table and hauled himself back up. "Sorry..." he mumbled, then added sheepishly "You want me to vacuum you up?" Least he could do. Then he turned his head at Professor Truebridge. Oh no! Fire, water, and this corner of the classroom looking like a mess and they arent even halfway done with the lesson. Salander winced, expecting to be told off and made an example of in front of the entire class.... ....and get 5 points for Slytherin. Wait. What? His mouth still askew when the Professor started to move away "Oh, thank you Mr Truebridge sir." he called out. He looked at the Slytherin girls and the Hufflepuffs and beamed. 5 pts a piece for getting wet. Do they want another shower? "Make sure the classroom is as clean and tidy as it was when you arrived before you leave, Salander." Truebridge added as he walked over to the next table. Quote: Originally Posted by *AiryFairy* Alice stopped to observe her first finished rune. Hmm it was sort of wibbly and wobbly…in fact it looked much more like...well two wibbly wobbly lines than a Rune. How had she even managed to get lines in wood to look like that? She sighed and decided to try again. Well what else could she do? She decided this time to try Wunjo. She began to carve” Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” Right, well this time nothing was happening. Hmm. Okay focus Alice thought, you need to focus. “Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” Alice now mainly focusing on how silly she felt saying the word wunjo over and over. Not good. She shook her head as if to clear it from thought and tried once more “Intanglio, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo” She looked and there it was! The beginning of a line! It was only a very small line but it was progress and it was actually a straight line! Alice continued with her carving with a smile on her face. This class was turning out to be rather fun. "A good start. Keep it up." The professor encouraged. Quote: Originally Posted by top94a Raven nodded to professor, very nice professor --know how to encourage ickle firstie, Raven think. Raven clear his mind. Concentrating in the rune Isa, then to its meaning to him, its reflection and reinforcement of his magic. He grip his wand firmly, focused on wood, and to the rune, thought of making a great reflection, he cast the spell loudly "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa" then the wand produced blade like light direct hit at the wood, like slicing it, leaving a more visible line, yes, is more likely rune Isa. Raven lightly hurt again but the gloves is intact with him, no visible would, he examine his hand, he saw a redish hand, but yes, it's okay, nothing to worry about. Raven took on the gloves again, ready to cast again to finish the work. he give a deep breath and say loudly "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa" now he produce the rune Isa on wood visibly, Raven smile, let the professor assess his work. he wish it alright for the professor. "err, Professor, how about it?" Raven ask about his produce cut on the wood. He wish the professor say it okay or nice, because his hand hurt. "Good. You're getting the hang of this." He noticed the boy was holding his hand a bit oddly. "See me after class, I can show you a few wand grips that you'll find more effective if you like." Quote: Originally Posted by Emily_Potter Emily looked up as Professor Truebridge adressed the class.... she looked doewn at her handy work and was very impressed with her runes. Deciding to practive one more time on a spare bit of the wood, Emily put her wand to the wood and traced the shape of the rune as she said the incantation "Intaglio anzus anzus anzus anzus...". Yet again another good carving. Emily was now eager to learn the other method. "Thats right. They look very good." Quote: Originally Posted by aussiegirl "I don't know." She whined. "But anyway has got to be better than me trying to carve runes with my wand." Mia appreciated that Matty was trying to help her but her confidence always took a battering when she almost destroyed things. Before she could say or do anything, Professor Truebridge was standing in front of them. She was happy that both Sal and Matty had received points but she still felt like such a tosser and she sank down even further in her chair when the Professor stepped even closer. He thought she could do it. None of the other Professor's had ever given her any encouragement before. Mia slid back up in her chair and she looked at Professor Truebridge, then to Matthias and then back to the Professor. "Okay." She squeaked out. "I will keep practicing the carving this way." "Good." Truebridge stood nearby and waited. Quote: Originally Posted by Gabben "Thank you sir." Once the professor left Matty pumped a fist in the air then turn to Mia and the Slytherin. "Looks like your a Slytherin firefighter. And Mia Prof has faith in you too. Here I'll do one with you-" Pointing his wand to the bit of wood he started to say Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo...* This one was still faint but stronger then the first.* He glanced at Matty's work but did not say anything, though he already noted an improvement. Quote: Originally Posted by aussiegirl Watching the reactions from both Matty and Sal, Mia snorted and then burst out laughing. "It's five points, boys. Anyone would think you were just announced as the next Minister for Magic." She shook her head still chuckling under her breath as she pulled her piece of wood closer. Right. She could do this. Both Matty and Professor Truebridge thought so. With another sweep of her wand across the wood, Mia once again said the incantation. "Intaglio...Thurisaz...Thurisaz...Thurisaz...Thuri saz...Thuris...oh hey!" She said looking down at her piece of wood. "I think I did it." Okay so it was really faint and you had to squint to see it but it was there, she was sure of it. "So you did." Truebridge commented from a little behind her. "Well done." He added simply. "The more you practice the better you will get as long as you take it slow and calm and center your thoughts and your intent." Quote: Originally Posted by PureBlood64 "Intalgio Uruz Uruz Uruz Uruz Uruz" She said, as she finished she looked at her practise wood, YAY. It was, there, buut you couldn't really see it, oh, but it was there! Yay! Katie smiled as she looked at the wood closely, yup it was Uuaz yup yup! "Keep trying, that's a good start." Truebridge spoke up, nodding at Katie as he passed her table. Quote: Originally Posted by Nordic Witch Sebastian finally took notice of her presence next to him. The little wave he did in her direction seemed a bit nervous but she could have imagined it. With a whisper she said to him when he had manged carving in two runes. "Good job!" Sophie then focused her attention back on her own wood. Touching it with her gloved hand she judged it to be cool enough to begin with the next rune. "Intaglio Thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz thuuuuuuuuurisaz." "AtchOO!" To sneeze on the last word was never good in any spell casting. Sophie looked down at her piece of wood her mood dropping. The second rune had totally damaged the first rune. A bit sad really Sophie asked Professor Truebridge "Sir, do you think I could get a new piece of practice wood? I sneezed and the result didn't exactly become pretty." The prefect held up her wood to show the professor so that he could see the jumbled mismatch of lines. "Of course." Truebridge conjured a piece and handed it to Sophie in silence. But then gave the prefect a small smile before looking towards her table mate. Quote: Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR As he was done carving his second rune, he heard a 'good job' coming from Sophie and he gave a small smile. Hmm, maybe this could be easy? Seb watched as Sophie was about to carve another rune, but her sneeze had gotten into the words, messing up the rune. SNORRRTTT Oh goodness. "Sorry." He muttered to Sophie, trying to keep the laughter inside of him. Yeah, he wasn't going to laugh because he knew he could do much much worse. Alright so on to another rune... The Gryffindor scanned through the runes and picked another one that seemed to benefit his liking. Okay, here was one. Algiz. Hmm, well he guessed he could put it on the wood. What it meant to him was that you are always protected from danger here at Hogwarts. "Intaglio, Algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz." He said pointing his wand at the wood while looking at his book to see if he was carving it correctly. One of the three stem things were a bit slanted to the side, but it looked alright he guessed. "That's not bad for a start." Truebridge commented. "Good. Keep practicing." Quote: Originally Posted by Tazenhani He nearly jumped to the ceiling when Truebridge spoke as he passed around behind both him and Arya. Thankfully his carved rune was already such a mess of curvy lines and jagged, rough edges that the streak that went through the center of it made no difference. So there was a balance to be had between how focussed one was and how much attention was paid to the rest of the environment for safety reasons. Blinking, he glanced back at the Professor and then over at Arya. Her explanation brought another question to mind and he turned his eyes back to Truebridge. "Do Runes have to look like near-exact replicates of the ones in the books or can they be like handwriting? Individual based on the caster while retaining their magical properties? Is the effectiveness of the Rune more based on the intent than the accuracy?" "If it's recognizably the right rune then you are fine. The forms have been around since antiquity so there is less room for personal interpretation, particularly on those runes which are quite similar to others. Some prefer to draw them with a longer stave -that is, draw the main vertical lines longer- and others like them shorter. And too, we will cover in another lesson the concept of staveless runes. To be safe, start with your runes as close to the textbook as possible, but as long as it's recognizably the right rune, with vertical and horizontal lines making up it's form, you will be fine. The effectiveness is certainly based more on intent, and yet the form is still important, just as a wand movement is an important element to a spell." Truebridge answered. Quote: Originally Posted by Zebragirl Emily did as the teacher suggested and kept thinking of the runes meaning. "Intaglio Thurisaz, thurisaz, thurisaz..." The rune slowly started to appear on the wood "Oh, thanks for the advice professor!" Emily then went for another rune "Intaglio Daguz, daguz, daguz, daguz..." Emily suddenly thought of something and raised her hand "Professor, this may seem a silly question, but can you only carve runes in wood? Or can other things have runes carved into them, like stone?" She thought she already knew the answer, but just wanted to check. "Good work." Truebridge paused to listen to the question. "Yes you can carve into other surfaces, it is just more difficult. Runes are made to be carved in wood for several reasons, one being that when carving in wood, straight lines against the grain are the easiest marks to make, and the other being the natural aspect of the wood, of the tree it came from, and the way certain types of wood hold the magic differently. Stone is more permanent, but harder to get the magic to stick." Quote: Originally Posted by Destiny Well, that was just WRONG! Patroclus was totally teasing her now by doing that flexing or whatever he was doing. If they didn't have to carve the wood, she would have really ripped the badge off of his robes. Patroclus was indeed a lucky duck. Or his badge was lucky. Or the front of his robes were lucky. Something was lucky. Waving a gloved hand at his thanks and his mention of going to get the stuff, Destiny continued to work on carving the rune on the wood. It didn't really look like the rune in the book, but at least it didn't say some random girl's name. Leaning away from her wood and just about to sneak a peek at the rune Patroclus had carved, NOT that she was going to cheat, pffft! There is no cheating in wood carving! when.. HEHADMENTIONEDTAKINGOFFHISBADGE and OMGSHEWANTEDTOWEARIT! Sure, he didn't mention letting her wear it, but taking it was off was one step closer for her to wear it. Yup, she could swipe it off the table WHEN he took it off. Mwaha! Trying to keep the smirk off her face, she turned back to the wood she and gave a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. "I think you should. Wouldn't want you to have to go to you Head of House for a new one or anything." That woman did seem worse than Lafay. "Focus on your work Destiny." Truebridge murmured as he walked past the girl. Yes we see you are distracted. Yes we know you get distracted easily. Yes we do hold you to a higher standard. Quote: Originally Posted by Poisonedbyyou Gaspy! That was a marvelous idea. Charisa nodded up at Professor Truebridge. "Yes, please!" She slipped the gloves off easily. Since they were big and all, of course. Groan. Truebridge obligingly took the gloves and shrunk them so that they'd fit the young Ravenclaw better. He passed them back with a wink and then moved on to the next table. Quote: Originally Posted by lemondrop13 With goggles on his face and gloves on his hands, Bennet held the wood piece against the table with the forefinger of his left hand on the top edge and thumb on the bottom edge. His wand lay lightly across the palm of his right hand as he contemplated which rune to carve - Wunjo or Thurisaz? Joy or Giant? Well, at least they look enough alike that if I screw up a little bit, maybe no one would be able to tell... Bennet reviewed just the incantation lightly under his breath over and over, "Intaglio. Intaglio. Intaglio." Thinking he might be ready to give it a shot, Bennet gripped his wand a little more firmly and placed the tip against the top of the wood piece. He spoke clearly, "Intaglio. Wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo." A vertical line began to be etched, until he thought in the back of his mind, 'So glad I chose a rune that looks so much like another suitable rune 'cause I am bound to mess this up.' And with that thought, the etching stopped mid-vertical. "Bah! That figures. Indecision never makes for good magic," Bennet spoke softly to himself. Resolving to focus only on Wunjo, Bennet began again with his wand tip against the mark where he left off, "Intaglio. Wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo." Ah, the vertical line was completed. Now for the trickier part. Placing the wand tip against the very top of the vertical line, Bennet incanted, "Intaglio, wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo" as he dragged his wand to the left at a downward 45 degree angle. Not too bad. Starting back at the middle of the vertical line, Bennet focused on finishing up this rune carving, "Intaglio, wunjo wunjo wunjo wunjo" as he connected the vertical line to the end of the previous line by moving his wand up and to the right at a 45 degree angle. He overextended the last line by just under a millimeter, but it was barely noticeable. The carving clearly designated the Wunjo rune. "Niiiiiiiiice." OOC: The word 'Intaglio' in dentistry refers to the surface of a denture that touches the gums and sits on the soft tissue. [/random factoid] "Good work." Truebridge commented, looking at the boy's work as he walked past. ooc: I do miss your randomness and find your avvie amusing still Quote: Originally Posted by jengirls109 Ok, Jaina, you can do this. she thought to herself. Her first attempt had failed because she couldn't quite get her thoughtst totally on it. "Intaglio Fehu fehu fehu fehu fehu" ---this time she watched Fehu become carved in the piece of wood! Yeah me! she thought. She wanted to try again, so she flipped her piece of wood over. She poised her wand in her gloved hand and said "Intaglio Fehu fehu fehu fehu." "It seems you're getting the hang of it." Truebridge commented. Nicely done really. Quote: Originally Posted by Herminny Catching Up: Chloe carefully picked out runes she thought would be best to help her with her classroom. In the the end she had 4. She was so busy deciding which runes to chose the time for explanation had come and gone. She wrote down the runes she wanted to use and the reasons why on a piece of parchment: With her notes at hand and the incantation given it was time for application. Chloe took at her wand and waved it at her desk not thinking about any thing really, "Intanglio, fehu, fehu, fehu.". Nothing. She thought about why it did not work and realized concentration may be an issue. She tried it again this time concentrated a bit, "Inanglio, Fehu, Fehu, Fehu.". She saw sparks but nothing more. Chloe decided to put some real concentration on the meaning this time, "Intanglio, Fehu, Fehu, Fehu. Success. The rune was etched right into her desk. She repeated the process with her other three rune choices and before long all three were etched into her desk. Chloe smiled and then waited for the next activity. ooc: do you mean etched into her piece of wood? I know that you've only just joined us but nobody is allowed to carve their desks yet. Quote: Originally Posted by amylee96 Beth opened the text book and began to look through the different runes and their meanings. She decided that the first rune she wanted to carve was Wunjo because of its meaning success, the thing she was going to need if she was going to get anywhere in this class. Beth concentrated on the shape of the rune and its meaning, success, success, success, she chanted it in her head. "Intaglio Wunjo, wunjo, wunjo," she said, watching in amazement as the rune began to carve. Slowly at first and then a little faster until the whole rune was there. Beth laughed slightly, happy with her work. "Nicely done." Truebridge encouraged. "Good focus." Quote: Originally Posted by The Grey Lady Pandora had been sitting closer to the front of the classroom, idly watching the other students in there. She had carved the rune Isa into her small piece of wood (having been something she had been working on before class, beings she missed the first lesson). She had a feeling she would enjoy this class; both her parents had succeeded in it, but of course, that didn't mean she would. Truly though she enjoyed reading books on the many different ancient runes there were; it fascinated her. Pandora opened her book up to chapter five, reading over the list, taking notes as she did so in her Runes notebook. Hmm, Kenaz looked like a good rune to carve into the table, beings it meant wisdom and in under magical uses one of the properties listed was study aid, it sounded reasonable to her. She raised her hand, her index finger on her other hand pointing to the rune. "Professor Truebridge, I think Kenaz would be an appropriate rune to carve into the desks because some of the rune's divinatory meaning is wisdom, insight, solution to a problem, inspiration, creativity and understanding." All if which she figured a student would need in a classroom. "Some of the rune's magical meanings are study aid, energy and passion." And she definitely had passion enough for runes, if nothing else (even if she was just a first year). She paused for a moment and looked over her list again. "And Wunjo, sir, for well, perhaps all of it's divinatory meanings and it's magical meanings of completion of tasks and motivation." She lowered her hand, though she continued to read over the page in the book. ooc: this is the first lesson, so she can't have been working on it before class. Generally we just RP like we were there all along, even if we only just manage to post ourselves. "Those are some good suggestions and reasons. Practice carving them in your piece of practice wood now, with the Intaglio spell we have been working on." Truebridge looked around. It looked like most students had got the hang of that method. "The next method does not use wands, so for those of you who are done practicing the Intaglio method, please holster your wand and listen." Truebridge started with a question, "Can anyone explain what a 'galdr' is?".