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Originally Posted by Tegz

Well West knew right? He stuck his hand up.

"There aren't horizontal strokes because if you carved with the grain you could split the wood, and what you carved would be a lot harder to read too, especially as the wood warps and shrinks and all."

As for the tool, "That's a burin, also known as a cold chisel." Nod.

Well at least someone was fully awake and answering all of the Professor's questions. "Correct, Mr. Odessa. You're all going to need that information in your Gandr making in case you get a fragile body for your runic wand." He eyed the rest of the class for a moment before nodding again at the second half of West's answer.

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Originally Posted by jrtpuplvr

He inspected the tool again. It looked like a mushroom with a screwdriver attached to the stem. Asher figured it was for carving runes into things, such as wood, but had no idea what it would be called. "Maybe a mushroom rune carverer? I bet it's named after some old guy, but I can't remember who it would be."

He looked even more at the tool, thinking about how much pressure it would require to carve with it and how long it would take. Asher loved working with his hands, so this was really exciting to him.

... "Minus the mushroom part. If you look closely, you'll find that it's quite inedible." Harmful, even, if not handled correctly.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

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"Professor that looks like a tool you could use to carve pumpkins with or something like that!" he squinted to see and moved around. He was in the middle row, it was hard to see over the taller students.

Oh Merlin, he had to demolish the hopes of young Hufflepuffs. "Not pumpkins, son. It is to carve on what you have on your desk." The wood rectangular pieces, see?

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Originally Posted by Govoni

Dylan was taking notes...In fact, after diligently giving his own answer, he was jotting down all the others, too. It was his LAST Runes lesson. He would do all the things.

...And he'd read about these tools and had a serious question.

Pausing in his writing, he looked up at Professor Botros.

"Burins, yes. They're used to carve runes into surfaces like wood and stone." He looked over at Alec and nodded..."...and they are usually used with a galdr, carving with chanting, too...and those runes are sometimes stained with ochre..."

Now came the question...

"I know that desks were carved with this method...but are no longer here." He'd read books...and Hogwarts, a History. Ethan Truebridge had commissioned their creation. "Do you know where they are, sir?....Because I think they'd be highly invaluable...and really neat to sit in and look at..."

Botros had nodded to the Captain, "Yes, true." But the boy had more on his mind, the carved desks? Ab took a moment, scratching lightly at his bald spot on the back of his head, while trying to remember encountering any invaluable carved desks. HMM. "I'm afraid I'm not familiar with those carved desks, Mr. Montmorency. Perhaps they were moved somewhere by the house-elves." Or disposed of? HMMM. They were not going to carve their desks, though, if that was what the Captain was hoping.

Oops.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Could the Professor NOT stare at him? He had things he was trying to accomplish, like keeping this rhythm in an even four/four, and he couldn't very well accomplish that with him GAWKING at him. Old man, eyes go around the room. Not at HIS handsome face. Yeah?

Pfft.

But when he asked the next question Ascanius did look down at the toll, which he had thought had been a doorknob when he first walked in. Upon further inspection it STILL looked like a doorknob to him. 'Course it couldn't have been that. So he looked a little closer.

Part of it looked like it was for carving even if the handle was weird. And by process of captain obvious because they were in Runes, he gathered it was a RUNE carver. Shocker.

Hmm, maybe he'd just do triplets in 6/8 now. Cool.

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Originally Posted by Lollipop!

Ooh since he'd brought up the tool they were allowed play with it now, yes? It was extremely hard for this fourth year not to just start hammering her desk away with it. She lifted it up and sat it down with the mushroom-head thing on the table and twiiirled it like a spinning topper. 'Twas obliviously what everyone was saying it was, unless they were just a class full of idiots, which couldn't be true. There was really no need for her to add with the same points as everyone so instead she just gave Botros her cool-guy upwards nod instead.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

No matter what, rune stuff continued to just sorta go over her head. Penelope kept her hand down for the first question, not really sure how to answer, and the others' answers and the professor's response only helped a little. She continued to take a few moments trying to process it all before she considered what was on their desks. Yeah, probably a thing for carving runes. Were they gonna carve runes on the wood blocks? Maybe. She didn't feel like repeating answers though since most of the others had already said that, so she kept her hand down and just listened.

"..." Moving on.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella thought back to the first lesson and tapped her chin. What had they done during that lesson again? Oh...they'd carved runes! So if that weird looking tool had to do with that then, "It's a carving tool, Professor." She was sure of it. Did that mean they'd get to carve using this today? That was pretty neat, actually.

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What the tool is called and what it's used for?

Alec looked down at the tool on his desk and tilted his head. What was it called? And used for? He had no idea. And it certainly didn't help to know that Botros had mentioned it before this term. Had he mentioned a funny name at some point? Something that maybe sounded old and something Runes people would talk about excitedly?

Frowning slightly, he sat back and thought back to the previous lesson. They... had learnt... how to carve runes. Alec specifically remembered that bit because of the whole courage thing you needed when carving the runes. And then there was the part with the maze where they had heard creatures.

So... he was going to guess. Yep. "Erm... Professor?" he started, raising his hand in the air, "Can you use this tool as another way to carve runes? And you have to chant the Galdr of the rune as well?" You know, sort of like a wand substitute. Unless a wand was used to help this specific rune carving process too.

... He... really needed to study more Ancient Runes.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Yes, Kat was taking notes too. Brief notes. She wasn't copying the novel-length responses and answers her schoolmates were saying. She didn't have enough energy to write ALL of that. Maybe a Quick Quotes Quill would make her work in this easier but she didn't have one right now. She's never used one before, that is. Maybe she should give it a try soon? Just for the experience part of her life. Might be interesting even. You'll never know unless you try.

And the tool. Well... Kat wasn't paying attention much during the last lesson, sadly. She was usually scanning her textbook for an answer. That's what she ALWAYS does, unless she knew the answer by heart. This time was no exception. Kat still used her textbook because she didn't bother using her brain cells in this class. Lazy, sort of. And then... hey look. There is was. A burin. Whatever that is. Cold chisel. Some sort of tool for engraving. That made sense. The prefect raised her hand. "That's a burin, Professor." Yeah, like what West said. That dude knew everything. Like e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. "And it's used for engraving on wood and probably not just that." However it did look like a doorknob gone wrong.

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Originally Posted by Talikins

This was going to be a listening lesson, more than a speaking one and for one main reason. Ness didn't know too much about Runes and that was because she didn't like it and therefore didn't attempt to remember much of it. It would probably affect her badly now that she was a seventh year though.

After the Professor and everyone else had gone on about what Runes were Ness made sure to store it all in her brain this time, and even scribbled a few things on her parchment but she paused when the old man mentioned the tool. It looked interesting and hazarding a guess as to what it was didn't sound bad. Therefore her hand was raised. "Professor, it looks like some sort of carver, or chisel or something." Actually looked a bit like a smoke pipe, but that was just the shape and nothing else.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

Indeed. Theo KNEW his answer was correct.

As for the next question... well... he looked at the object in front of him all over, without touching it of course. It looked like some sort of chizel. And then it just clicked in his head. Theo raised his hand confidently. "I don't know what it's called, but is it a chizel that's used to carve runes?" GOLDEN ANSWERS from Theodore today.

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Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie

Notes.

Yes.

TOBY WAS TOTALLY MAKING NOTES. They were kinda scribbly and doodly but he was making notes for sure and being, like, a perfect student.

At the question, Tobias looked at the tool but still totally didn't prod it. The clue Botros gave them didn't really help, because in the last lesson Tobias was so totally zoned out like constantly SO it would have to be a guess.

"It's a pointy carve-y thing... for... carving runes? And probably other stuff. But the runes bit seems more like the answer you'd want."

Logic. Toby was good at that.

Sometimes.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Lex sat there blinking, she actually remembered something from the text and it was riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. She was now beaming and her shoulders might have raised a bit in anticipation of a pat. Cough. Cough. Hint. Hint.

No?

Okay, moving on anyway.

SIGH. She looked down at the tool, not having any idea what it was...'least not until they got that hint. "This is the tool you were telling me about when I asked that question, isn't it?" She rattled her brain for a minute, trying to remember the name. "The burin tool, I think?"

Yeah but don't ask her what it did. She had no idea and would have been fine enough with being allowed to sit here and poke people with it--they could even sword fight with them...no one would get hurt...in theory...maybe. Why? Did it matter?

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Yep, notes were being taken here too. And beaming was being done at the response to her anwser. Not to mention, she was really starting to think that, yes, she had been correct in guessing that they would be making jewelry. Especially with the emphasis on the words 'Inner Eye' like that. "They're burins, another tool that's used to carve runes."

For jewelry, hopefully.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

They were in Ancient Runes. so Nigel first guess was a carving too. Made for making runes that could not be made with a wand.

"A Tool to make Runes."

Nigel did not know exactly what it was. But making the answer vague enough works well too. Wonder what Runes they were going to be carving today?

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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE

Oakey quickly went down on his Notes and started write down everything that he could recall that was said. He lifted his head up for the next question a tad late as it seemed that everyone had given the answer to the question. Burin Tool. "Sometimes the Burin Tool is referred to as a Graver. I think it was it's old English name. Makes sense because it Engraves into Wood, and Metal and stuff"
That's all he really had to add to the subject at the moment. Oakey turned his head back down and then proceeded to start taking notes about the tool.

Botros clapped his hands twice. "Very good guesses, most of you got this right. This-" He turned around and grabbed the one on his desk. "-is called a Burin. It's a carving tool, used to carve runes onto wood. But to make them magical you're going to have to chant the galdr song for the rune you're carving." It was really simple to explain, but hard to apply considering the lack of carving skills of most kids, and the lack of patience too.

Ab took out his wand and levitated three boxes from under his desk that floated around the class, "Please take a pair of protective gloves, we are going to practice using these Burins. The tools we're using will not harm your skin but still try to be cautious when you hold them. I do not want to see anyone waving anything around." Eyes on the reckless loud Gryffindor Cambridge.

He waited for a moment for everyone to wear their gloves. "There are two pieces of wood on your desk. Take the smaller one and grab the Burin from its big handle." He demonstrated with his own Burin. "Then start carving any rune you desire onto that piece of wood." Easy as that. "Remember to chant the Galdr song affiliated with the chosen rune. And just like the spell we learned earlier this term, the rune will glow when you've done it right." He smiled encouragingly at them all, and lowered the Burin back to his desk.

The second piece of wood was for something more fun, but that was for later and once they had mustered the carving.... a bit. "You may begin now. If you have any question or need any help, please raise your hand and I will come over to your desk." His eyes just slightly landed on the youngest of his class. Maybe he should ask those ones to carve Isa?

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- Post your character raising their hand and asking for the professor if they need help or has any questions, I will reply as soon as I can.
- You have around 12-18 hrs to do this before we move on.