When Laurel deemed that the majority of the students were done with the tasking of cleaning and drying both themselves and stones up she took a moment to go around among them and inspect their hands and stones. When she was satisfied she motioned the students to form a circle around her as she conjured up some cauldrons which she placed at her feet.

Letting her blue-eyed glance run over the faces she said excitedly "Let's get practical and do a hydromatic reading everyone! This will be fun! There are two ways to do the reading and you need to decide which one you want to do. Either you collect lake water in one of the provided cauldrons at my feet and drop your stones into it, or you drop the stones straight into the lake. Remember though if you choose to use a cauldron that it will affect the outcome of your reading."

"For the most accurate reading I suggest that you all, if you haven't already; roll up your trouser legs, kick of your shoes off and remove your socks and wade/paddle a little way out into the lake shallows. Be careful to not go out too far though or you might get a visit from a disturbed giant squid." Pondering she added as a second thought. "Cast a heating charm on your feet if you get cold easily." Laurel didn't want to give River frozen patients if she could avoid it.

"To perform the reading you drop the round stone first, then the triangle stone and lastly the square stone. Leave at least a 30 second interval between stone drops and study the shapes, forms and lines that the ripples make on the lake surface carefully. Try to be analytic, look past the physical object and try to interpret what the shapes, lines or forms mean for each everyone of you. You can do it solo or with a peer depending on how you feel is best.

Also if you wade out into the water it might be hard to write down your recordings so concentrate hard on remembering what you see so you can write it down when you've waded back out of the water. For your interpretations of the forms, shapes and lines then use your textbooks on page 30 for help since tea leaf symbols are as we learned earlier in the lesson very similar to hydromancy.

I think that's everything so get going, spread out into the lake and have fun! If you have any questions i'll be walking around." Laurel finished off.

OOC: The main activity has been set. Drop your three stones (round, triangular and square) at 30 sec intervals and interpret the shapes, forms and lines that the ripples form on the lake surface, or in your cauldron depending on your preference and use the link i provided above for symbols help with what your students see in the water ripples. You can pair up for the activity if you want or go solo, it's up to you all.

No post minimum, post as many or few posts you want. I only ask that you perform the full reading and interpretation to be able to get full activity points.

You will have till friday night at around 7pm GMT+1 to complete the activity. If you have any questions for professor Vance IC then say so in your post titles and i'll answer.

Be creative and most of all have fun with this!