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Nataly thinked about Profesor Lupa's question. Hmm....really-why?
After a few moments, the answer came to her, and she raised her hand to answer.
"I think runes are not used for divination because they simbolise things, like numbers, and don't divine anything, unlike Arithmacy."
She realised her answer sounded idiotic, but that was the best answer she could think of.
"Uhmmmm, no." She said now getting excited about teaching again. "You tried though." And a fork appeared by her cake.
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Deniiz Oh, so the questions were rewarded? If Evan had known before, he'd have asked! He made a face and eyed his cake next desk. It was yummeh! Hoping that answers would be reawarded as well, he raised his and answered "Because ancient runes are for help in our spells..?" He hoped his question tone would do its job of uncertainty if he was wrong. His mind on the cake, he didn't think long before answering.
"They do aid our spell casting... but No, that's not why they aren't divination." She said pointing at the next student. "Good though." And a fork appeared by his cake.
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Golden Monkey William couldn't keep the warm friendly smile off of his face. Seriously how could anyone not like professor Lupa? Well besides his mother but that was another story altogether. "Professor, some could argue that Ancient Runes and divination are very similar. In fact there's one form of Divination called Runecasting, which uses Runes from Ancient runes." He replied, putting his hand down. Well, he had no idea if he was right but he didn't want to look like a fool.
"Indeed some could... but Runecasting is not divination... Try again." she said smiling.
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unicornkeeper07 Rafe felt as though he was being ignored by Professor Lupa. He had waited outside her office on the bench for hours and then gave up and finally left. He still carried the note his mum wanted him to give her, but didn't think the classroom would be appropriate. He felt a little uncomfortable, but fascinated that she was a werewolf and had so many questions. But, again, this wasn't the time of the place. He could either remain bitter or bulk up and try and be his cheerful self. Oooh, cake.
He didn't know if they could eat it or not. Maybe it was a test to see if you could go the entire class without eating it. He could feel his mouth watering. He thought it was best to sit at the back of the class. He was ready for the lesson to begin. He was fascinated with Ancient Runes. It seemed like an interesting subject. He couldn't meet the professor's eyes. He didn't know how to act around her. He didn't know how to answer either.
"Well doesn't divination use ancient runes to predict the future, or perhaps to look at the past to see where we are going? So why wouldn't they be used in Divination?" He couldn't look at the professor, he hated his answer. The moment he said it, he wish he hadn't.
"Nope... they are not used to predict the future..." She said and winked at the boy. "Don't give up."
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bone_baud10 Thomas thought for a moment about the question and raised his hand," I think runes and Divination are used together because, divination was used a long time ago so probably they used ancient runes to 'summon' or 'ask' something." Probably his answer wasn't right but maybe, just maybe it made a little sense. He waited to hear what other people had to say.
"Well.. you are right, but that doesn't answer my question." She said and went to the next student. "Good try," another fork appeared by his cake.
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firenjen Lucille thought. It was worth a try.
"Im not totally sure about this," she said, "But could it be because Divination is indefinate, whereas runes are?" she thought more about her answer.
"Yes, Divination is an indefinate art, but that isn't the answer to my question." She smiled... "good try though..." A fork appeared by her cake.
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Tristin MENTAL BLOCK! MENTAL BLOCK! MENTAL BLOCK!
Gaaawwd, he really didn't know what to say. Guh! He didn't know what ancient runes was in the first place. Placing his chin on the desk, Blake poked the cake lightly with his quill and muttered, "I...don't...know." He was really awfully when a subject or question needed reasoning, sigh.
"You can't even try?" she said and conjured a fork in her hands... "Try..." she held it out for him, "Try and you can taste that cake..."
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stubbyone Sara didn't know what to say, so she simply sat quietly and occasionally knodded when she agreed with another student's answer.
Unless... Sara looked up and raised her hand. "Could it be because Runes are real and factual, while Divination is cloudy and open to interpretation?"
Sara lowered her hand and hoped for the best!
"Uhmmm, no." she said and handed her the fork she had been holding for Tristin.
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james_black "i think its because runes meaning is definate, where has divination is open to interpritation, runes is also a langauge, also runes are not use to interprit things or predict the future they are used to strenghten magic and also to interpirt the present sometimes" james hope that this was a good enough answer, "i thought that there was a type of runic divination"
"It is a phonetic alphabet, and you are close but no." she said and conjured another fork near his cake.
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AmbiguouslyMe Tibi considered the question He'd been reading a lot outside his text adn thought that maybe he knew the answer. But only maybe.
Timidly raising his hand, his voice shook slightly. "Professor? I think it's that divination attempts to decipher what will be... but runes are for interpreting what is? What I mean to say is that runes deal with the present, but divination the future?"
Tibi bit his bottom lip and waited for the professor's comments expectantly. His stomach flipped about crazily.
"Leave it to a Ravenclaw, that's the closest answer so far... Five points." She said with a nod and conjured a fork by his cake.
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Hollister Sylvia raised her hand slowly, even though she was quite unsure of her answer.
"Isn't Divination rather about seeing than giving us a general idea about the future? Runes are more explaining your future life paths, whereas Divination is more 'future-telling', you could say."
"Oooo that's also a very close answer... Two points." She said with a nod and conjured a fork by her cake.
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ginny37 "Professor, Ancient Runes are used to decipher spells from the past and Divination is used to see future events, correct?" Alexandra said.
"It's a transliterating tool, yes... but not the answer I was looking for." She conjured a fork for the girl.
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LilyLunaGinnyPotter Bonnie frowned.
The young girl raised her hand.
"In Divination don't you need to have I'll these thing-a-magigs?" Bonnie blushed as soon as the words escaped her lips.
"Uhmmm... I'm not sure what you are talking about Miss Campbell... but you tried..." and she conjured a fork for her too.
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Si "Um Professor I think Runes can be used in telling the future just like Divination can." Pie was very unsure of this answer for the simple fact that...well yeah Pietro was scared of the runes. The fear was kind of melting away as this class progressed. Who knows, maybe they'd actually end up interesting to him and not freaky like he always saw them as.
"Not really, Master Moretti..." She said. "And that's a disagreement with my question... not really an answer..." she conjured a fork and held it away from him, "try again." She winked.
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Orchideae Oh? Perhaps Professor Lupa was going to argue that the harder futhark runes were better than Rowling Runes, which is why she was reluctant to teach them the 'easy route'. Nodding at her answer though, he blinked when she conjured a fork by his plate.
"Thank you," Dominic murmured back in regards to her congrats, still confused by the fork, the cake, the plate... The cake that looked way TOO chocolaty for his taste.
Oh. Abby got a fork too.
"Divination is a method of fortune-telling that attempts to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a standardized process or ritual. There are many different categories and processes, but using Runes is not one of them." The seventh year answered in response to Lupa's queries on why runes weren't used for divination.
"Well... yes... but you didn't really answer the question." She shrugged.
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Kmaslytheringirl1278 K raised her hand, "Professor I think it is beause runes are from the past and divination is about what is going to happen in the future. We use other sources in divination." K really liked this class so she hoped she could get the anwser right on the frist question.
"That's a good try, but no." She said and she handed the fork she had held for Pietro to her.
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Flipper Eva thought about Miss Lupa's questions. Why isn't runes like divination?
She raised her hand in order to answer and waited for her turn:
"I think that you might say that, because Runes are not meant to predict the future like Divination. Runes are like..." she paused to give a good example. "... it is like an oracle for people who seek advice in their life. The more especific you are when thinking about what you want to know, the clear your answer might be. Am I right, Professor Lupa?" Eva wasn't enterily sure about her answer. She hadn't pick up a single to book to study over the summer vacations, so she was taking more time to 'get into' the subject again, as well as she needed a little more to remember the basics of Ancient Runes, being a subject she wasn't especially devoted to.
"Right? No, but you are on the right track..." and conjured a fork for her.
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Damon smirked a little bit as he leaned back in his chair. His attention then was placed on the various questions the other students said as answers. "They were never used for divination until quite recently, right? Like, the turn of the 20th century?" He really hoped he wasn't mixing up topics and going way off here. That would be embarrassing. He knew that some used runes to enhance magic, but these looked like entirely different runes. And why did they look like animals?
Well, regardless, it couldn't hurt to try. Even if this class would be the death of him. The chocolate cake was probably there to ease the pain of utter and hopeless confusion.
"Two points to Slytherin... you are also very close. They were never created for that purpose and runecasting, not divination, was only started in the 20th century..." she conjured a fork for him as well.
She looked at the class and said "While we do a rune reading by casting runes, in a similar way as Tarot cards, Tarots are used to foretell the future, runes are not. Remember, when you do a rune reading, you ask a question, address a particular issue, and it gives you a possible past, present and 'future', or rather what will be
if you follow the path you appears to be on. The future is always perceived as mutable, changeable. You need to be very familiar with the person you are doing the reading for." She took a breath. "and a rune reading is done as an evaluation process, not as fortunetelling."
She pointed to the ravenclaw, "As Master Pryce pointed out, runes are rooted in the present, because they do not answer the question you ask, but they guide you to that answer through the essence of it, as it exists now. It's true that sometimes, knowing the true essence of something will allow you to guess at what the future will bring, but that's all it is, guessing. For instance, if you know that a wand was made to harm," she decided to emphasize "was made specifically to cause harm, one can then infer that it will, in the future, indeed cause harm; but runes, futhark, or Rowling, or any other, can
not tell the future, only the present, and the reader is guided to their answer. So in essence using runes, you can merely examine cause and effect and be pointed to a likely outcome."
Did she lose them? That was long... maybe she should go back to the text book... no... questions... "Any questions?"