Whilst he was waiting for an answer, Jake scrutinised the table closely, running his fingers over the wood again. It wasn't until his pushed his chair back that he eyed the edge of the table, the part that usually faced his stomach and chest when he sat there, and could be seen properly by anyone else who sat somewhere behind when he and a chair were not there.

Perfect.

Taking his burin, Jake pushed his chair back again and leant one knee on the floor, looking straight ahead at the face of the table directed at him. After flexing his fingers, the boy got to work on the next rune: Sowilo.

"sowilo sowilo sowilo
s s s s s s s s s
s s s o o o l l l
su sa si se so
(sul sal sil sel sol)
us as is es os
si se su sa su
s s s s s s s s s"

Jake sang!chanted to the rune as he carved, finding it slightly harder to do when you weren't leaning and facing DOWN but were looking straight ahead.

In the end, he was faced with... well, it was Sowilo if you tilted your head juuuuuuuuust a smidge to the left. It was a cross between what the rue should have been had it been perfect, and that Harry Potter guy's scar.

It would do.

Now the last one... he only had to decide.

Flipping through her Ancient Runes textbook, Sierra came across something called The Third Aett. She didn't know what in Merlin's name that meant, of course, but it made no difference to her anyway. She wasn't looking for anything called Aetts; she was looking for Galdr chants.

Her eyes moved from side to side as she skimmed through the page, looking for a rune that would also help benefit her instruction in Professor Truebridge's class. Ah ha--Dagaz! According to the textbook, Dagaz meant happiness, success, awakening, and awareness. All of those words sounded like they'd help her understand Ancient Runes a big better than she already did. Well actually, learning anything was an improvement for her at this point.

Burin still positioned in her right hand, Sierra began work on the bow tie-looking figure.

"dagaz dagaz dagaz
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z
du da di de do
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
odh edh idh adh udh
od ed ud ad ud
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z,"

...she chanted, the burin etching into the wood as she spoke. Thoughts of clarity in runes came to her mind, and she smiled as she thought about how this rune might make that possible. Thinking herself to be finished, Sierra withdrew the burin and studied her rune. Yup. Sure enough, the little figure she'd ended up sort of resembled a bow tie...or maybe two triangles coming together at a point. Either way, Dagaz was now successfully etched into the table.

Charley looked over at JP to see how he was doing, smiling when she realised that he was carving the same runes as she.
Almost finished! she thought, looking down at her tabletop carving of Jera. Maybe I'll do more so I'm not bored. Is that allowed? Truebridge only said "please complete three".
She continued pressing her wand into the table as she focused on the third line in her current rune.

Sierra shook her hand a little, trying to relieve some of the pressure of having used it to carve twice into the wood and twice into the table. She glanced over at her book, looking to find a third rune to carve into the table. She absentmindedly twirled a lock of her hair as she read over the list of runes and what each of them meant.

Kenaz sounded promising, but then again, so did Jera. Both runes had qualities she'd hope for in a subject she rarely understood. In the end, though, it was Wunjo she went with. The symbol, which looked sort of like the letter P with very sharp points, seemed fairly easy to carve.

Which was definitely not the main reason she chose it. Wunjo stood for success, achievement of goals, and rewards, three qualities that would be, in her eyes, more than appropriate for this class.

Burin positioned over an empty area on the table, Sierra began.

"wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n,"

...she chanted, her mind filling with thoughts of succeeding and gaining rewards.

"wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n,"

...she chanted a second time, adding the two slanted lines toward the top. With that, she was done. Her hand ached, and she needed a short break. All this carving had been hard work!

Phew. Phew, phew. Charisa found two more runes to carve into her table. She looked over her selected runes again. Kenaz and wunjo. Both were promising runes that she had heard other students mention, and they made perfect sense to her. Who wouldn't want inspiration and motivation in class?

Charisa picked up her burin again after rereading the description of kenaz. She needed a clear understanding of its meaning to focus on it while performing the galdr. Then, she flipped to the section of the book where the galdr for the rune in question was listed. It looked like it would be more of a challenge than thurisaz, but Charisa charged forth. Positioning the tool over an empty space on the surface of the table, she proceeded with the chant.

"Kenaz kenaz kenaz
ku ka ki ke ko
kun kan kin ken kon
ok ek ik ak uk
kaunnnnnnnnn."

Charisa filled her mind with only thoughts of the energy brought to her by the kenaz rune, and slowly and carefully she carved the rune into the wood. Another run through the chant, and she finished off the second slanted line with a pleased smile.

Hmm...brushing a couple wood shavings off her the gloves she wore, the Slytherin glanced to her notebook once more to see what other runes she had written down that she had yet to do. Aw right, the wunjo rune.

Finding the galdr spell thing for it, she moved the wood carving tool a few centimeters over closer to herself from where the first rune was before she started on the 'P' shape of the wunjo rune. Galdr chant...where did'ya go?

"Wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n..."

Carve carve carve...

It wasn't a hard rune to carve, and it came out much better than the first one she carved onto the table. Blowing on the newly carved rune slightly to blow away the wood shavings, she ran a gloved finger over the rune and smiled. Hmm, that looked niiiice.

Glancing back to the runes book, she switched back to chapter five and took the time to look through the list of runes, trying to find another that she thought would be good enough. Hehe...

Hehehe, Tiwaz seemed like a good rune. GRIN.

Tiwaz it is then.

Finding a good spot on the desk, evenly spaced out from the other two runes, the Slytherin switched back to chapter seven to find the Galdr chant before starting to carve the arrow shaped rune onto the table.

"Tiwaz tiwaz tiwaz
t i i i i i r r r r r
tu ta ti te ter tor
tur tar tir ter tor
ot et it at ut
(Tyr Tyr)
T i i i i i r r r r r"

Trailing off the chant, the Slytherin once again blew on the table and sat back to look at her work.

Goodness, she was getting brilliant at this carving. That...definitely looked like an arrow to her!

Slipping her hand into her bag, Mia pulled out her wand and kind of glared at it for a moment. "Now listen to me Mr Wand, if you carve the rune into the desk without setting it on fire, I promise that I will give you a nice coat of polish." She looked around to make sure that no one was listening to her talk to her wand.

She then turned back to her wand and with a very deep breath, Mia swept her wand across the desk where she wanted to carve the rune and then said the incantation. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Mia looked down at the desk and was dismayed to see that she could see absolutely nothing on the desk where she was trying to carve her rune. Now usually she would give up by this point but seeing how she hadn't managed to set anything on fire and Professor Truebridge would probably be disappointed if she gave up now, Mia decided to try again.

With another sweeping motion of her wand, she repeated the incantation again. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..." Mia looked down at the desk and this time she was sure that there was something faint now etched on the desk.

Okay she could so do this.

Sweeping motion with wand. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Look at desk. Sigh.

Wand moves across desk. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Another sigh.

Another wand movement.

Another incantation.

...

....

.....

Mia had lost count at how many times she had been doing this spell with not much results but at least she hadn't given up...yet anyway. Taking another deep breath and focusing on the spot she was trying to carve, Mia concentrated really hard as she made yet another sweeping motion wth her wand and said the incantation again. "Inatglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wu...Oh my god! I did it." She yelled out excitedly and then quickly shut her mouth and gave a sheepish look. But on the inside she was jumping up and down in excitement.



Seems practice and perseverance does pay off.

Lucy went back to make some more runes, but this time she decided to use the second method that was the muggle method. So she took the burin in her hand and looked at chapter seven to get the chant of Ansuz and Uruz rune "There it is she said" she said and took a deep breath pointing the burin on the table besides the two runs she already carved and said

ansuz ansuz ansuz
aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw
aw aw aw aw aw aw s s s s s s
aw aw aw aw aw aw
aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw

And looked at the rune hmm this one is easy too and laughed. Ok i should make one more with the same method. Again she took a deep breath and said

uruz uruz uruz
u u u u u u u u u
u u u u u u r r r r r r
u u u u u u u u u

And looked at her rune ok, this is done too. This is pretty ease. she thought and looked at all of the runes she curved. I'm so very good at this. Should i try some more? now she was confused. I could be a Runes Teacher in future she thought and smiled.

Freya grinned widely when the Professor approved her work. She then preparing herself to carve runes on her table. She flipped her rune textbook to find a perfect runes that she'd carved on her table. She decided to do the first carved with the Intaglio spell. She took out her wand and touched it to her table "Intaglio Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo." she muttered and watched as the rune began to carve on her desk. Yaaaayyyy..she did the first one.

After the Slytherin done with her first rune craving on the desk, she decided to make another one this time she'll use the galdr method. She grabbed the burin. With her gloves and goggles still on, she hold the burin with her hand and stick it into her desk.

"berkano berkano berkano
bu ba bi be bo
b e e e e e r r r r r
(burk bark birk berk bork)
ob eb ib ab ub
b e e e e e r r r r r"

She looked at her desk as the Berkano rune began to carve on it. She smiled when she noticed that her second runes were succeed like the first one.

Having been fully paying attention to the class and practicing both methods as they were taught, Simon turned his attention back to Professor Truebridge when he spoke again. This time it was to send the class onto the final point of the lesson; the actual carving into the desks of the runes he had chosen for their purposes benefitial to learning. There was some hesitation for it was messing with school property but one...they had permisson of a professor and two...it wasn't like it would be hurting anything like the questionable tasks in Potions.

Simon turned back to the portion of the book that listed the runes as he prepared for the task at hand. Well Sowilo still seems like it would work, he thought to himself moving his wand to one corner of the top of the desk. "Intaglio...." he cast, visualizing the Sowilo rune and moving his wand along the surface, slowly but surely carving the rune into the wood remembering to do it against the grain as instructed.

Stopping the spell to look at his progress, the Gryffindor captain was quite satisfied with the work. Making a decision on the design he was going for, Simon repeated the process on all four corners of the desktop before he would move on the the next one.

Charisa had already decided on her third rune. She read the galdr for the wunjo rune over in her head, rubbing her left hand with a thumb. Maybe she wasn't so used to carving things, especially with these burins, and that was cause for a tad of soreness in her wand hand. Like carpal tunnel. Ouch.

Readying herself to carry out carving her third and final rune, Charisa positioned her burin over the empty space next to her previous two runes and filled her mind with thoughts of motivation and success. Then, she started the chanting.

"Wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n."

Well, this was the silliest chant Charisa had had to recite so far. Feeling foolish because of the final few syllables of the wunjo galdr, she broke concentration for a split second. Fortunately, her rune wasn't maimed as she lifted her burin from the table. Sighing, Charisa focused again.

"Wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n."

At last, she was finished, glad that she had used the burin instead of the Intaglio spell. Carving was more work than it seemed because of all the concentration, but Charisa was content with the results.

Deciding to switch tactics on his carving technique for the secone rune, Simon turned back to chapter seven once he had decided on what rune to carve; the ingwaz. His finger traced down the page until it landed on the matching galdr, reading it repeatedly to get a feel for the chant before he began. He then picked the burin back up and placed the tip to the center of the desk.

"ingwaz ingwaz ingwaz
i i i i n n n n g g g g
ung ang ing eng ong
ong eng ing ang ung
i i i i n n n n g g g g,"

Simon chanted the words in his familiar timbre, moving the burin as he did so and carving the wood with diamond symbol associated with the rune in question. The marks lightly glowing as the magic was infused with the mark.

Cass was ready for the table. She knew it!

Her eyes flew to her sleeve where her wand was hidden. She didn't know if she should use the burin or her wand instead...She looked at all the runes she had made and decided that she should stick with the burin, after all, it was what she was used to..

Again, she snapped on her goggles and positioned her burin on top of the table. Then she chanted...

"thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th"

Audrey grabbed her second piece of wood. She felt it's smooth texture as she ran her fingers along it. Audrey decided to do Thurisaz as her second rune because of its magical use for discipline, focus and as a study-aid. 'All of those things sound helpful in a classroom environment' she thought. She had also grabbed a burin, safety goggles, and gloves. She placed the goggles on around her eyes and blinked. 'These things are always dirty' she thought.
With the burin in hand Audrey began to chant:

thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th


She looked at it closely but wasn't sure it was right.
Her hand shot up.
"Professor! I was just wondering if you would kindly look at this for me please?"

Jaina knew that she hadn't done all that great with the galdr, so she decided that the Intaglio spell was the way to go. She raised her wand and pointed it at the desk.

"Intaglio fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu." ---Fehu appeared on the desk.

"Intaglio kenaz, kenaz, kenaz, kenaz, kenaz." ---Kenaz appeared on the desk.

"Intaglio algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz." ---Algiz appeared on the desk.

Jaina raised her gloved hand and asked, "How is this, professor?"

As Selina continued on with her carving she looked down at her progress. The raidho looked perfect. Everything that the book made it out to be was now ingrained on her desk for the rest of her school existence and would continue to inspire her in Ancient Runes until she graduated.

Once she was pleased with her work she went to completing her second rune Nauthiz. She then prepared her chant and raised her tool. At once she began to sing, "nauthiz nauthiz nauthiz, n n n n n n n n n, nu na nu ne no, nudh nadh hudh nedh niodh, un an in en on, n n n n n n n n n." The tool and the table seemed to be working in harmony to complete the rune. When it was done Selina flicked her wand and carved into the table so she would never forget- her name and year. These runes would always be a reminder of her first class at Hogwarts.

Usually, Salander would prefer to the feel and use of muggle tools such as the burin, but after having tried out both techniques, he set the carving tool aside and picked up his wand. With a quick flick of his wrist he cleaned out his workspace, pushed his sleeves up a bit more and started to work on his part of the desk.

"Intaglio Tiwaz... tiwaz... tiwaz... tiwaz" he rumbled through, carving the vertical line of the Tiwaz rune. He then moved on to carving the "arrow head" part, chanting the same spell as he went.

When he was happy with how the Tiwaz rune came out, he looked at the runes list. One caught is eye-- the Sowilo rune. "Energy and strength." he mumbled. Yeah definitely be needing this one for studying. Of course, the fact that the rune looked like an S may have swayed him to pick this one out too heh.

He aimed his wand again at the space next to the Tiwaz carving and uttered "Intaglio Sowilo... sowilo... sowilo..." Soon enough, the Sowilo rune started to form.

Alright, the third rune...

His eye caught the burin tool. He stared at it for a while before setting his wand aside and reached out for it. The Slytherin lad looked over the runes list again and read "....reinforcement of other magics...". Reinforcement of the two existing runes that he's carved. Yeah he liked that.

He started to chant a different spell this time as he set the burin point against the wood grain....

"Isa Isa Isa
i i i i i i i i i
i i i i i i s s s s s s
(s s s s s s i i i i i i)
i i i i i i i i i"

He angled his head. The Isa rune, although already visible, didnt run as deep as the first two runes he carved with his wand. Frowning, he chanted the spell again and ran the bruin through the rune, deepening it. He had to do this a few more times before the rune began looking like the first two carvings beside it. He straightened up and squeezed the crick out of his neck. It was a good thing this rune was so simple. He would've hated to use the burin on something more complicated than a vertical line.

Tapping his finger on the table, Jake gave a nod. After checking his safety equipment, namely his safety goggles (wouldn't want any sawdust or other such miniscule wood matter getting into his eye after all), Jake picked up his burin and ducked under the table, before reaching back up, his hand patting said table for a moment, and grabbing his textbook.

Once he had all he needed, Jake squinted at the small writing of the galdrs and tapped his lips with the tip of the burin. Hmmm... which to choose?

The rune was chosen and stuff, so now Jake only had to choose where to carve. Clearly the underside of the table was his general choice, but the boy had to peeeeeeeeer at the grain (it was moderately gloomy under there) to find the right 'direction'.

And then he was ready.

Jake had to get on his knees so his arm could get up and almost hug the desk so as to press it into the floor, otherwise the carving wouldn't work and the table would be jumping and flailing into the air.

With all that sorting, Jake starting to carve and chant!sing one more time.

"thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th"

Because of the angle, this one was harder to do. His chant was rather stop-start because he was concentrating, but more or less it was good.

Except when he had to spit out wood shavings, of course.

When he sat back and looked at the rune, Jake noted that it looked like a man doing the 'I'm a little teapot' dance and assuming the spout went up in the air.

It looked about right.

As Jake started to move out from under the desk, something else caught his eye. A little carving under the table that read 'Zan was here'. The young man smirked. Rock on, little rebel. He assumed that the author of that was now some boring ministry worker or something like that, but nonetheless appreciated it. He hugged the table towards the floor again again and, glad he was under cover of desk, added 'So was Jake'.

Funny how that was a lot simpler than runes to carve, possibly because he was used to these letters. He'd had to carve it at a weird angle 'cause of the letters and everything.

Pretending he'd done nothing else, and hoping Truebridge wouldn't check that rune, Jake came back to the 'surface' and took his seat again. With that, he set down his burin and raised his hand... keeping the safety gear on.

Hogwarts students WERE lethal, after all.

"Professor, my apologies if you already went over this; I must have been distracted if you were, but the Intaglio spell... can it be used to carve things other than runes, or is there another spell for that?"

If there was, Jake had to learn it.

Liking the look of his second attempt of the carving, the work of the burin, Simon decided that he would continue with it on the carving of his third and final rune creation. Choosing the Dagaz rune for it, he flipped between the list of runes and the coordinating galdrs, mentally rehearsing the chant for a few minutes. He switched from the top of the desk to the sides, the sixth year boy touched the burin to the wood and began to work.

"Dagaz dagaz dagaz
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z
du da di de do
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
odh edh idh adh udh
od ed ud ad ud
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z"

The galdr was repeated three times after as Simon moved around the desk, adding the cross-hatched rune to all four sides. Straightening up, the boy looked over his work before sitting down to await any further instructions from Professor Truebridge.

Marie looked through the list of runes in the book trying to decide which one she wanted to do next. She had chosen her first one, Perthro, because she truly was confused here today. Not just by the class itself but by some of the events that had taken place there.


Hmm, Uruz looked like a good one for her. Choosing that one for courage and understanding she started to carve it into the desk.

"Intaglio, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz"

With her wand touching the table she watched as the rune was carved into it. Heh, this was easier than she thought it would be. Before she knew it she had her second rune done.


Two down one to go. One rune, that's all she had left to carve and she had no idea what one she was going to do this time. She read through the list of runes several times before deciding on Wunjo. This one represented motivation and right now she needed all the motivation she could get to finish this assignment.

Wand in hand she started the carving process. "Intaglio, Wunjo, Wunjo, Wunjo." Before she knew it she had her final rune carved into the table.



Finally finished Marie reholstered her wand and looked at her work. Three runes, three different meanings for her. There was Perthro because she was confused, Uruz to give her the courage to understand that confusion and Wunjo to motivate her to continue working here.



Now that she was done she wanted class to be over with already. She needed to go find Jimmy and make sure he was alright. She looked over at Truebridge as if to say, 'Can we leave yet?'

Audrey began on her final rune:
"dagaz dagaz dagaz
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z
du da di de do
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
odh edh idh adh udh
od ed ud ad ud
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z,"
It was perfect! It literally looked like the picture in the book she had read.

While he waited for the answer to his question, and to give him more time to ponder what the answer might be himself, Sabel returned his eyes back to his desk. Tapping his fingers against the bottom right corner with the burin, he flipped through the pages in his textbook to search out his next Rune. 'Kenaz', with it's ability to aid in study and grant inspiration as well as to remove anxiety, it seemed to be an applicable rune to coincide with 'Thurisaz'. So, as with his first rune, he began carving with the burin and changing the galdr.

"Kenaz kenaz kenaz
ku ka ki ke ko
kun kan kin ken kon
ok ek ik ak uk
kaunnnnnnnnn"

He couldn't help but smile at the strange combination of sounds and letters that made up the enchantment, half getting distracted by the last line. As such, it seemed his rune was slightly less than adequate near the bottom, so he carved into it once again, detailing it with more precision.

"Kenaz kenaz kenaz
ku ka ki ke ko
kun kan kin ken kon
ok ek ik ak uk
kaunnnnnnnnn"

Once again, it wasn't perfect, but more adequate than the first few carvings he had done on the practice board. Tracing his fingers along the grooves of the rune, he turned his eyes back to his textbook for the last Rune he had to carve. 'Wunjo' popped up, a rune for completion, motivation and success.

Drawing his burin to the left corner of his desk, he found the incantation and once again started carving.

"wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n"

Unlike the first two, this one he didn't see the need for re-carving, it's depth and shape satisfactory. With a small smile, he leaned back in his chair, surveying his handiwork. This, had definitely been a good lesson.

She had been so focused on her chanting that she didn't notice that a rune had already carved itself on her table.

"Perfect!" She said happily as she smiled up at her work.

Onwards to the next rune!!

"ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz
e e e e h w a a a z
ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo
ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu
e e e e h w a a a z"

She continued on chanting with the burin still in hand. After a few minutes, she decided that it was perfect. Just as she wanted it to be.

LAST RUNE!!!

She took a deep breath and started on her last rune. She chose a spot on her table, positioned her burin and chanted

"isa isa isa
i i i i i i i i i
i i i i i i s s s s s s
(s s s s s s i i i i i i)
i i i i i i i i i"

After a few moments...It was carved! Yay! She set her burin down on the table and sighed. Finally.

OOC: I am truly sorry for my delay in posting. There was a death in my family and I had to help arrange a funeral as well as other family matters. But I'm here now and will close the class in 24 hours... theres one last task.

SPOILER!!: sweetpinkpixie

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Thank you, Professor Truebridge," she smiled picking up her piece of wood to examine her work.

Carving against the wood is easier than carving with it? Hm, that was a new way of thinking for sure. Kurumi had always been told that going against the grain made things harder, and not just in terms of carving runes into wood. Kurumi was beginning to like the wizarding world more and more. Going against the so called status quo was a good thing. Being different was equally as important.

Smiling to herself, Kurumi set her piece of wood to the side and decided to recarve the three runes she had practiced into her desk. Having carved them once with little trouble, there shouldn't be anything disastrous a second time around, right? Just had to remember to keep her voice calm and in a flowing rhythm. Since she had grown rather fond of the Burin tool and a galdr, Kurumi decided to use that one.

"kenaz kenaz kenaz
ku ka ki ke ko
kun kan kin ken kon
ok ek ik ak uk
kaunnnnnnnnn"
Kurumi sang as her tool danced across the surface of her desk as if she were painting on a canvas instead of carving. When the sawdust settled, Kurumi brushed over the area to check out her handy work. No lost fingers. No giant holes in the desk. Kenaz was looking rather pretty in the desk.

"Professor Truebridge," Kurumi asked looking over her shoulder when she saw him passing by again. "Is it alright if we use Pingo to add some color to the carving?"

"Ah and you have discovered the final step. Adding colour needs to be done by hand and in quite a specific way. We'll get to it in a moment. That Kenaz looks very good, Kurumi, well done."

SPOILER!!: top94a

Quote:

Originally Posted by top94a

"Yes, sir, I'll love to" Raven response. Now Raven think, what method, he will be used this time, he have difficulty using the first method, but he easily finish the second method, but, wait the professor say three runes will be finish by the end of the classes, Raven personally choose the Isa rune because it easy, what he will be chooses from the rune list, Raven revisit the book. "Algiz -A shield, protection, guardian, a ward against evil, channeling energies" Raven read. "it's okay to be added to be my second rune, what next" he murmur. "Wunjo --completion of tasks, motivation, success in any in any endeavour, joy, success, harmony, prosperity, ecstasy, going over the top ", Raven read. "Maybe this is my third", Raven said.

now, now, Isa is for Reflection and reinforcement of magic, Algiz is for protection and Guardian, and the Wunjo is for motivation and completion of task.

What next Raven, how do you carving it, what is the sequence, he think.
It may be Isa-Wunjo-Algiz or Algiz-Isa-Wunjo, Raven decided it will be the later

yes, it must be Algiz-Isa-Wunjo sequence, but before that, there is one things to be clarify first. "Professor, is it okay to use both method, isn't it?, I mean I used the wand method in one rune and using the burins method in the other two" Raven ask. It good to be sure before proceeding in the desk carving.

"Yes you can use whichever method you like, or both, as you please." Truebridge answered.

SPOILER!!: nogoodforyou

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Finally! thought Helena. She could finally carve on the table. Of course, after a lot of practice, the runes looked really good.

She took out her wand and started muttering "Intaglio Ansuz" and the rune slowly appeared on the table. Ansuz meant an authority figure, a leader. Well, she always wanted to be the best.

Next. "Intaglio Kenaz." Kenaz was for wisdom, creativity - even though she could be extremely creative sometimes - and understanding.

Okay, let's try a galdr as well, she thought, taking a burin. She started muttering the galdr for Wunjo, which meant success, achievement of goals and reward.

"wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n"

It worked! She raised her hand. "Professor? Can I remove the goggles and the gloves if I'm ready?" It's not the way she looked that bothered her, she just didn't feel comfortable wearing them. But anyway, they had to be protected somehow, especially someone clumsy like her.

"Yes you can, if you have finished carving. But if you intend to do more you'll need to put them back on." Truebridge agreed.

SPOILER!!: xMagicalMuggle

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Originally Posted by xMagicalMuggle

Katelynn was a bit nervous, but she though she'd have a go.

She picked up her wand again, and took a deep breath.
"Intaglio Dagaz... Dagaz... Dagaz... Dagaz... Dagaz... Dagaz..."
And - there it was!

Katelynn felt very exited; she did it!

She slowly raised her hand into the air. "Uhm - professor? Is - is it OK that I carved Dagaz into my table?" It properbly would have been better to ask him before.. oh well!
"It-it's for happiness, success and positive outcome. Is that correct?" She asked with a faint smile. What was she gonna do if he thought the rune was completely wrong!? oh no, oh no.....

Ethan went over to have a look.

"Yes thats a good reason to choose Dagaz. And nicely carved too. Good job."

SPOILER!!: Tazenhani

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

Sabel's expression knotted into a mixture of interest and confusion as Truebridge answered his question. There were further questions that came to mind with the answer, but he decided it was perhaps best if he mulled it over before rushing headlong into an answer he might decipher with a bit of thought.

So, after a bit of practice with galdr, and a bit of a better result due to his concentration and attention in having to recite the lines of the chant, he slipped his practice board away and ran his hand over his desk. While the Incantation from his wand seemed to be a bit easier, at least in the form of physical work, the muggle side of him could not help but want to use the burin. He turned the tool around in his fingers a few times as he considered which spot to place his runes. A triangle seemed like the best idea, with one at the top center of the desk and the other two at the bottom corners. That way one could put their work in the middle and, at least in his mind, receive a combination of the magic of all the runes; in the similar way a spider web conveyed vibrations to the center from each of it's extending strands.

Placing his burin to the wood at the top of his desk, he began carving, taking note of the progression of the chant in his textbook.

"thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th"

One time around didn't seem to extend long enough for him to finish the carving, so he repeated, hoping that it wouldn't be too much of a tongue twister that all that came out would be a mixture of attempted sounds. It reminded him a great deal of when he was a child and his friends and him would attempt to say a certain word several times fast. At least he had had practice?

"thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th"

Removing the burin, he blew gently on the desk to clear the shavings from within the grooves of the rune and about it. A small smile touched his lips. It was rough, but a great deal more discernible than his practice runes had been. Tracing his fingers along it, he considered once again what Truebridge had said, and found that his question had not become any more enlightened with the few minutes of carving.

Shifting a little in his seat, he tilted his head a little in question. "So, Professor Truebridge, the runes that muggles use...because they do not have the incantation or galdr, they are not magically endowed?" Which seemed a little strange. "They are used a great deal in divination, or is that just a basis of perception?"

"They can and do use the galdr." Truebridge corrected, "However, with little to no magical ability within themselves, the magical effect of the rune is certainly not as powerful, if it has any sort of magic to it at all. The nature of the rune allows them to be used for divinatory purposes by muggles and wizards alike, however, as with any magic, and with many forms of divination for example, full understanding is much harder for a muggle to reach." Sabel. Questioner.

But at least the boy's questions were good ones, and Truebridge was always willing to answer questions directed at him by students.

SPOILER!!: Zoerawrr

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

"What, like... you put it in an ice box or something before you use it?" Jake asked, feeling his burin properly. He couldn't remember if it was particularly cold earlier, but his hands had definitely warmed it up. Yet... it was still working. "What does 'Cold Chisel' mean?"

Rarrr.

Hmmm... the fact that Truebridge used his wand made Jake a leeeeeeeeettle wary. He liked the idea that they'd been done manually... it kind of enhanced the magic in a way. Ah well... maybe he'd try and carve some in his dormitory. Heh.

Taking note of what Truebs said (even though he recalled the bit about the grain anyway from their meeting in Diagon Alley), Jake took his burin and ran his fingertips over the table. Hmmm... the place up the right hand side near the edge was good enough for him.

Standing up and kneeling on his chair, Jake poked his tongue out of the corner of his mouth and frowned in concentration as he begain painstakingly carving his rune and chanting the galdr thingy.

"dagaz dagaz dagaz
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z
du da di de do
dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh
odh edh idh adh udh
od ed ud ad ud
d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z"

When he had a messy-ISH looking bow-tie kind of shape on his table, Jake smiled proudly. He had no lines going WITH the grain of the wood, so it hadn't been too tricky. As he sat back taking a little break, Jake raised his hand.

"Can we carved them underneath the table, like on the underside, or on the legs or something?"

He had his reasons.

"Cold chisel," Is a rock band, "Refers to tempered steel used to cut metals that are 'cold'. So not to be used in conjunction with heating tools or spells or in a forge." He offered in brief. It made sense that it'd be Jake asking that one.

"And yes. You can if you wish." Truebridge agreed. Anywhere on the table was fine by him.

SPOILER!!: vijaya

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Originally Posted by vijaya

Lucy looked at Professor as he approached to her and acknowledge her rune and said "Thank you Professor " and gave a smile.

The she stared with her work on rune on the table. Lucy was all very set to curve her runes on the table she was very excited too. As to start she decided on which method would she be using, she was very confused then finally she decided to go with the one she felt was easy for her and decided to curve it using her wand. So she took her wand in her hand and took a deep breath "Hmm so let's start" she said looking at the table and her wand.

She pointed her wand on the table and said "Intaglio Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu Fehu" saying that she also concentrated on the result. As this was said, she had completed doing on of her rune. "Ok, so one is done maybe I should go on with the other."

So she took her wand and pointed it to the table again and concentrated on the result of the rune and said "Intaglio Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo" saying this she stopped when she saw it was completed. "Hmm, this is done too, maybe now I should call the Professor to show my work." She thought and looked for Professor; she saw professor looking at everyone's work and said
"Professor, I've completed it." Saying this she smiled.

"Alright." Truebridge strode over and had a good look. "Very nicely done."

SPOILER!!: top94a

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Originally Posted by top94a

the professor seem busy in other, Raven decided to make a move, and because Raven found out, its more easy to used the galdr method than intaglio method, Raven choose it.

Now for the Algiz -- A shield, for protection, channeling energies. what to do next. try it first in the wood, Raven readied the burins, place it in the wood, and the chant begin.

algiz algiz algiz
z z z z z z z z z
uz az iz ez uz
oz ez iz az uz
z z z z z z z z z

after completing the chant Raven remove the burins and found out the carving is nice. now for the desk carving.

algiz algiz algiz
z z z z z z z z z
uz az iz ez uz
oz ez iz az uz
z z z z z z z z z

after the chant is finish, "Nice, beautiful one, haha" he said.

what next, the rune Isa --for reflection and reinforcement of magic , the rune he practice more, Raven think no need to produce another in the wood.

Raven placed the burins, to the right of rune Algiz, and the chant begin

isa isa isa
i i i i i i i i i
i i i i i i s s s s s s
(s s s s s s i i i i i i)
i i i i i i i i i

"this is easy, just a line" Raven said

now for the last rune Wunjo --completion of tasks, motivation, success in any in any endeavour.

Raven try it, first in the wood. he found it okay, proceed to the desk carving, using the chisel

wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n

"Whew, nice, i think, mission is accomplished" Raven say

Let the professor, see it, and ask him, how to activate the magic of the rune.

"Professor, what will we do next" Raven ask

Truebridge went over and had a look at Raven's work and nodded, quite pleased with the results.

"Good job. And there is one more step." He held up his finger. They'd get to it in a moment.

SPOILER!!: aussiegirl

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Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Slipping her hand into her bag, Mia pulled out her wand and kind of glared at it for a moment. "Now listen to me Mr Wand, if you carve the rune into the desk without setting it on fire, I promise that I will give you a nice coat of polish." She looked around to make sure that no one was listening to her talk to her wand.

She then turned back to her wand and with a very deep breath, Mia swept her wand across the desk where she wanted to carve the rune and then said the incantation. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Mia looked down at the desk and was dismayed to see that she could see absolutely nothing on the desk where she was trying to carve her rune. Now usually she would give up by this point but seeing how she hadn't managed to set anything on fire and Professor Truebridge would probably be disappointed if she gave up now, Mia decided to try again.

With another sweeping motion of her wand, she repeated the incantation again. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..." Mia looked down at the desk and this time she was sure that there was something faint now etched on the desk.

Okay she could so do this.

Sweeping motion with wand. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Look at desk. Sigh.

Wand moves across desk. "Intaglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo..."

Another sigh.

Another wand movement.

Another incantation.

...

....

.....

Mia had lost count at how many times she had been doing this spell with not much results but at least she hadn't given up...yet anyway. Taking another deep breath and focusing on the spot she was trying to carve, Mia concentrated really hard as she made yet another sweeping motion wth her wand and said the incantation again. "Inatglio...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wunjo...Wu...Oh my god! I did it." She yelled out excitedly and then quickly shut her mouth and gave a sheepish look. But on the inside she was jumping up and down in excitement.



Seems practice and perseverance does pay off.

"Excellent work, Mia." Truebridge nodded his approval in calm acceptance of the Hufflepuff's excitement.

SPOILER!!: aidan

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Originally Posted by aidan

Audrey grabbed her second piece of wood. She felt it's smooth texture as she ran her fingers along it. Audrey decided to do Thurisaz as her second rune because of its magical use for discipline, focus and as a study-aid. 'All of those things sound helpful in a classroom environment' she thought. She had also grabbed a burin, safety goggles, and gloves. She placed the goggles on around her eyes and blinked. 'These things are always dirty' she thought.
With the burin in hand Audrey began to chant:

thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th

She looked at it closely but wasn't sure it was right.
Her hand shot up.
"Professor! I was just wondering if you would kindly look at this for me please?"

ooc: took the link out due to it being directlinked. You need to upload to photobucket or similar

He did like it when they were polite and raised their hand.

"Certainly"

He took a good look and then nodded.

"Good work." He commented and then moved on.

SPOILER!!: jengirls109

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Originally Posted by jengirls109

Jaina knew that she hadn't done all that great with the galdr, so she decided that the Intaglio spell was the way to go. She raised her wand and pointed it at the desk.

"Intaglio fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu, fehu." ---Fehu appeared on the desk.

"Intaglio kenaz, kenaz, kenaz, kenaz, kenaz." ---Kenaz appeared on the desk.

"Intaglio algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz, algiz." ---Algiz appeared on the desk.

Jaina raised her gloved hand and asked, "How is this, professor?"

"Fehu, Kenaz and Algiz. Nicely done." Truebridge approved.

SPOILER!!: fanficfanatict

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

As Selina continued on with her carving she looked down at her progress. The raidho looked perfect. Everything that the book made it out to be was now ingrained on her desk for the rest of her school existence and would continue to inspire her in Ancient Runes until she graduated.

Once she was pleased with her work she went to completing her second rune Nauthiz. She then prepared her chant and raised her tool. At once she began to sing, "nauthiz nauthiz nauthiz, n n n n n n n n n, nu na nu ne no, nudh nadh hudh nedh niodh, un an in en on, n n n n n n n n n." The tool and the table seemed to be working in harmony to complete the rune. When it was done Selina flicked her wand and carved into the table so she would never forget- her name and year. These runes would always be a reminder of her first class at Hogwarts.

SPOILER!!: Desk

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Truebridge eyed the added carvings and then nodded. That was fine. He didn't mind at all. And for good reason.

He had certainly done his share of leaving his mark as a student too.

SPOILER!!: Zoerawrr

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

Tapping his finger on the table, Jake gave a nod. After checking his safety equipment, namely his safety goggles (wouldn't want any sawdust or other such miniscule wood matter getting into his eye after all), Jake picked up his burin and ducked under the table, before reaching back up, his hand patting said table for a moment, and grabbing his textbook.

Once he had all he needed, Jake squinted at the small writing of the galdrs and tapped his lips with the tip of the burin. Hmmm... which to choose?

The rune was chosen and stuff, so now Jake only had to choose where to carve. Clearly the underside of the table was his general choice, but the boy had to peeeeeeeeer at the grain (it was moderately gloomy under there) to find the right 'direction'.

And then he was ready.

Jake had to get on his knees so his arm could get up and almost hug the desk so as to press it into the floor, otherwise the carving wouldn't work and the table would be jumping and flailing into the air.

With all that sorting, Jake starting to carve and chant!sing one more time.

"thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thur ther thor
thu tha thu the tho
th th th th th th th th th"

Because of the angle, this one was harder to do. His chant was rather stop-start because he was concentrating, but more or less it was good.

Except when he had to spit out wood shavings, of course.

When he sat back and looked at the rune, Jake noted that it looked like a man doing the 'I'm a little teapot' dance and assuming the spout went up in the air.

It looked about right.

As Jake started to move out from under the desk, something else caught his eye. A little carving under the table that read 'Zan was here'. The young man smirked. Rock on, little rebel. He assumed that the author of that was now some boring ministry worker or something like that, but nonetheless appreciated it. He hugged the table towards the floor again again and, glad he was under cover of desk, added 'So was Jake'.

Funny how that was a lot simpler than runes to carve, possibly because he was used to these letters. He'd had to carve it at a weird angle 'cause of the letters and everything.

Pretending he'd done nothing else, and hoping Truebridge wouldn't check that rune, Jake came back to the 'surface' and took his seat again. With that, he set down his burin and raised his hand... keeping the safety gear on.

Hogwarts students WERE lethal, after all.

"Professor, my apologies if you already went over this; I must have been distracted if you were, but the Intaglio spell... can it be used to carve things other than runes, or is there another spell for that?"

If there was, Jake had to learn it.

ooc: you slay me. Boring little ministry worker? We laugh. Derisively.

He finished his rounds and passed Jake's desk again hust as the boy asked another question.

"Yes, you can use it to carve in general, but it is far more difficult to form the shapes with just the 'Intaglio' aspect, and there is an addition to the wand movement -two taps on the surface before moving your wand in a smooth line against the surface you are intending to carve. And of course it is a component part of several other specialty spells, like the one we used in Defense Class to conjure carved cucumbers for Kappa."

He cleared his throat.

"Alright now for the final part of the lesson. While it is not entirely necessary, there is one final step which will help to seal in the magic, and give your carved rune life. This is far more important when you are making a personal rune set than what it is to carve into other surfaces, as it will attune the runes to you on a personal level. Can anyone tell the class what is used to stain the runes, and what colour the runes are to be stained?"

Kurumi smiled at Professor Truebridge as he complimented her work.

Kurumi looked down at her now finished desk. What color? She sure hoped that crimson was appropriate because, well, that is the color she had stained her wood with. Timidly, Kurumi raised her hand. "Professor, would red or crimson be appropriate?" Then again, she supposed the color was more along the lines of maroon or rosewood, but no need to get that specific.