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Maxilocks · 09-12-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

Two points? He blinked rapidly at that and the whole 'take two'. It reminded him of his first feast at Hogwarts where two points were taken for his smart mouth. It was a moment before he realized she had been saying that to all the students who provided answers. So...he got two points. It wasn't the reason he had been asking, and he was a little flabbergasted by it. "Thank you...Professor."

He didn't leave just yet though. While the talk of Cryptography was absolutely fascinating, there was still one last question that poked to the surface. "So...if someone has a personalized set of runes, and another learns how that person interrpets them and gets the general basis of how to understand them, could they in turn mimic the owner of the runes, or anticipate the outcome rather? Like in the duel situation you were talking about, say perhaps to understand a fortune they are not supposed to know, or read a set of runes placed for protection or a trap?" He wasn't sure if he was even heading in a logical direction anymore.

"I'm afraid the analogy doesn't go that far," Di grinned. "Runes connect to the maker. That means there is nothing to mimic, simply because the runes have a connection to the maker."

"It is, however, possible to figure out a trap based on runic knowledge, if a person knows how the mind of the rune-caster that has set it up works - nothing a rune-caster can do about that. Personal runes can project more accurate results for the maker, but they can't grow teeth and bite his or her enemies!" Di smiled at the mental image of a two-toothed rune.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Combination of runes...that sounded rather interesting. She listened as the professor spoke with an older Gryffindor boy with great interest taking a few notes here and there. Runes were starting to sound more and more like a puzzle by the minute. Kurumi scratched her head for a moment thinking about combining runes. "Professor, is it possible to create an entirely new set of runes by combining already existing ones?" She wasn't sure if this was going to be covered in a class later or not. "Like...if you were to combine two runes that had opposite meanings, kind of like the notion of yin and yang, would that create a rune with a neutral meaning or something entirely different?" Kurumi's head was beginning to swirl a bit and she tried to make sense of the question she had just asked. Maybe she had eaten one too many smores. "I...well...I mean the three runes I used and overlapped, has their meaning changed because I did so? Are they any stronger or weaker because of it?"

Di turned to the other student. "Like I explained to Mr. Dakest earlier, runes interact with and contribute to each other," she said cheerfully. "The placement and combination of runes is an enormous topic but to put it simply, their forces can be combined. In the Runic tradition, there are specific things that must be kept in mind when doing so and the arrangement itself is what determines if the runes strengthen, complement or weaken each other."

"So to answer your question, yes indeed. The combination does effect the runes."

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Originally Posted by mellamaet

"Oh, now I get it!" Cass said enthusiastically, then she gestured to the rocks that she had collected from the riverside a while ago where she had painstakingly carved the runes that she had chosen to protect her tent "Will the runes that I carved earlier work better for me compared to the ones from a store?"

Di nodded. "Indeed," she said. "Creating runes oneself means one pours intent, strength and energy into them."

Right. Time to move on. Di pointed her wand at her throat to magnify the amplitude of her voice. "Time to use the runes to protect your tent is up, class. Homework..." She tapped the chalkboard that had previously announced the final scores of the Runes House Challenge. "Is now on the board. You may copy it down."

Quote:

Perplexity
is the beginning
of knowledge
♥

[] Name the runes you used, and explain why you chose them, to protect your tent. Six inches of parchment.

OOC: Six inches = two paragraphs minimum, three maximum. One paragraph must be at least four lines long. This assignment is worth eight individual house points [extra credit possible for outstanding or insightful homework] and is due exactly two weeks from the time and date of this post [Sept. 26, 3 PM GMT].

Please refer to this post for information on how to submit Runes homework.

Di stepped away from the chalkboard. "Since this lesson has officially ended, you may return to your common rooms." Yes, straight to your common rooms, kids. Because Di had Prefects to ensure that each student headed straight for his or her common room, and stayed out of trouble. "Alternatively, you may camp out here." Di was going to, at any rate. The day next being a Saturday and all.

"But before you decide if you wish to head back, please write your name and house on a piece of parchment and stick it to your tent if you want it graded." Sticking charms, such nifty things. "If there are two or more people to a tent, names and houses of all the people, please."

She paused. "Thank you for making this lesson... fun."

Um. Yes.

OOC: I'm going to leave this thread open for a while. You may RP your character staying behind ~~to have fun and eat chocolate and throw pillows at friends~~. Thaaaaaaanks for making this lesson awesome!

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Maxilocks SS Featured Author Türk Bilgini Bugbear Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: {in a leap of faith} Posts: 31,791 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sarani Glass Graduated x12	♥ Mrs. Itachi Uchiha™ & MAJNOO! : Bleach & Kyo & Natsume ♥ [ Maxh!Jesh ] Quote: Originally Posted by Tazenhani Two points? He blinked rapidly at that and the whole 'take two'. It reminded him of his first feast at Hogwarts where two points were taken for his smart mouth. It was a moment before he realized she had been saying that to all the students who provided answers. So...he got two points. It wasn't the reason he had been asking, and he was a little flabbergasted by it. "Thank you...Professor." He didn't leave just yet though. While the talk of Cryptography was absolutely fascinating, there was still one last question that poked to the surface. "So...if someone has a personalized set of runes, and another learns how that person interrpets them and gets the general basis of how to understand them, could they in turn mimic the owner of the runes, or anticipate the outcome rather? Like in the duel situation you were talking about, say perhaps to understand a fortune they are not supposed to know, or read a set of runes placed for protection or a trap?" He wasn't sure if he was even heading in a logical direction anymore. "I'm afraid the analogy doesn't go that far," Di grinned. "Runes connect to the maker. That means there is nothing to mimic, simply because the runes have a connection to the maker." "It is, however, possible to figure out a trap based on runic knowledge, if a person knows how the mind of the rune-caster that has set it up works - nothing a rune-caster can do about that. Personal runes can project more accurate results for the maker, but they can't grow teeth and bite his or her enemies!" Di smiled at the mental image of a two-toothed rune. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Combination of runes...that sounded rather interesting. She listened as the professor spoke with an older Gryffindor boy with great interest taking a few notes here and there. Runes were starting to sound more and more like a puzzle by the minute. Kurumi scratched her head for a moment thinking about combining runes. "Professor, is it possible to create an entirely new set of runes by combining already existing ones?" She wasn't sure if this was going to be covered in a class later or not. "Like...if you were to combine two runes that had opposite meanings, kind of like the notion of yin and yang, would that create a rune with a neutral meaning or something entirely different?" Kurumi's head was beginning to swirl a bit and she tried to make sense of the question she had just asked. Maybe she had eaten one too many smores. "I...well...I mean the three runes I used and overlapped, has their meaning changed because I did so? Are they any stronger or weaker because of it?" Di turned to the other student. "Like I explained to Mr. Dakest earlier, runes interact with and contribute to each other," she said cheerfully. "The placement and combination of runes is an enormous topic but to put it simply, their forces can be combined. In the Runic tradition, there are specific things that must be kept in mind when doing so and the arrangement itself is what determines if the runes strengthen, complement or weaken each other." "So to answer your question, yes indeed. The combination does effect the runes." Quote: Originally Posted by mellamaet "Oh, now I get it!" Cass said enthusiastically, then she gestured to the rocks that she had collected from the riverside a while ago where she had painstakingly carved the runes that she had chosen to protect her tent "Will the runes that I carved earlier work better for me compared to the ones from a store?" Di nodded. "Indeed," she said. "Creating runes oneself means one pours intent, strength and energy into them." Right. Time to move on. Di pointed her wand at her throat to magnify the amplitude of her voice. "Time to use the runes to protect your tent is up, class. Homework..." She tapped the chalkboard that had previously announced the final scores of the Runes House Challenge. "Is now on the board. You may copy it down." Quote: Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge ♥ [] Name the runes you used, and explain why you chose them, to protect your tent. Six inches of parchment. OOC: Six inches = two paragraphs minimum, three maximum. One paragraph must be at least four lines long. This assignment is worth eight individual house points [extra credit possible for outstanding or insightful homework] and is due exactly two weeks from the time and date of this post [Sept. 26, 3 PM GMT]. Please refer to this post* for information on how to submit Runes homework.* Di stepped away from the chalkboard. "Since this lesson has officially ended, you may return to your common rooms." Yes, straight to your common rooms, kids. Because Di had Prefects to ensure that each student headed straight for his or her common room, and stayed out of trouble. "Alternatively, you may camp out here." Di was going to, at any rate. The day next being a Saturday and all. "But before you decide if you wish to head back, please write your name and house on a piece of parchment and stick it to your tent if you want it graded." Sticking charms, such nifty things. "If there are two or more people to a tent, names and houses of all the people, please." She paused. "Thank you for making this lesson... fun." Um. Yes. OOC: I'm going to leave this thread open for a while. You may RP your character staying behind ~~to have fun and eat chocolate and throw pillows at friends~~. Thaaaaaaanks for making this lesson awesome! Last edited by Maxilocks; 09-12-2010 at 03:13 PM.