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Magical Soul · 01-16-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes

"The galdr can not carve the wood on its own. The galdr is the incantation element of a spell, the other two elements, wand movement and intent are comparable to the shape and form of the rune, and of course the focus you need to carve. However, without a wand, you still need a tool to use to actually do the risting."

From a cupboard under the chalkboard, Truebridge withdrew a box containing enough burins for the entire class.

"These are engraving tools, a type of cold chisel that works fairly well for carving runes, particularly in wood. They're called Burins. Each burin has been charmed so that it will only carve wood, and therefore they are perfectly safe to use, and you need not worry about cutting your skin by accident. Naturally you will all still wear the gloves and goggles provided." Because Truebridge did not want another probation. No thank you. And already this class had proved themselves well able to injure themselves and others regardless of safety precautions.

"You will need to use the burin, and chant the galdr for the rune you are carving. You don't need to be exact about the galdr either, as you will see in your textbooks, chapter seven."

He placed the box on his desk at the front of the room.

"Come and get a burin and try it out on your test pieces of wood. If you need another piece of wood you can get one of those too." He placed a stack by the burins just in case. "When you think you have the hang of it and are ready to carve runes directly into the table, put your hand up and I will check your work and answer any questions you might have."

ooc: sorry for my absence, it was unexpected and unavoidable. Please have your character get a tool and practice carving runes into the test wood pieces. This is an ELBOW grease thing, physically carving the wood. The Burin won't do a thing without someone physically using it to carve the wood. Have fun and remember the tools are charmed not to hurt people, but any fooling around will result in Truebridge punishing the culprits. Remember, don't carve the tables yet! Burin image credit to index.

Louisa's eyes hang upon those fantastic tools that the Professor had just showed them. They reminded her of artifacts that existed in the Louvre; Woody, stick-like, and magical. Looking at her pierced piece of wood again, she threw it away and walked over to the Professor's table.

A pile of new wood pieces laid there, she took one (Tried to pick the thickest.. just in case) and then the Burin. She walked back to her seat turning the tool around in her hand. It did feel like an artifact as well. Oh, she liked those historical things- alas, it was not truly an ancient tool. Never mind that now.

Once seated in her chair, she opened the text book to chapter five and searched for the galdr that matched her rune. "Ansuz..Ansuz.." she was murmuring till she found it- not a very impressive look appeared on her face. "Err.. is this chanting or conjuring spirits?" She whispered to herself. That versus of hers looked CREEPY and she was not about to spell it!

Hmm.. how about hide behind a book and then carve the thing by the wand and pretend that it was all well with the artifact tool?

Sounded like a snake-idea but who cares! Slowly, she opened the big book of runes and put it in front of her on the table. Being young girl helped her to sink further into the chair and held her wand. "Intaglio Ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz..." She whispered moving her wand over on the piece of wood.

Almost perfectly the spell has worked. One minute later, the carvings were good enough to recognize the rune she was expressing. Louisa gazed into her piece of wood admiring her word when a low thud was heard.. the book has just fallen off. She stared up (nearly frightened) at the Professor with her wand in one hand and the other held on to the piece of wood. Her Burin? it was laid aside the parchment.. uselessly.

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Magical Soul Kappa Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GMT +3 Posts: 14,517 x6	My girl's a coward! Dalliesa \| Ab-Bot \| Hogwarts Trojan War \| Quote: Originally Posted by Con_Stripes "The galdr can not carve the wood on its own. The galdr is the incantation element of a spell, the other two elements, wand movement and intent are comparable to the shape and form of the rune, and of course the focus you need to carve. However, without a wand, you still need a tool to use to actually do the risting." From a cupboard under the chalkboard, Truebridge withdrew a box containing enough burins for the entire class. "These are engraving tools, a type of cold chisel that works fairly well for carving runes, particularly in wood. They're called Burins. Each burin has been charmed so that it will only carve wood, and therefore they are perfectly safe to use, and you need not worry about cutting your skin by accident. Naturally you will all still wear the gloves and goggles provided." Because Truebridge did not want another probation. No thank you. And already this class had proved themselves well able to injure themselves and others regardless of safety precautions. "You will need to use the burin, and chant the galdr for the rune you are carving. You don't need to be exact about the galdr either, as you will see in your textbooks, chapter seven." He placed the box on his desk at the front of the room. "Come and get a burin and try it out on your test pieces of wood. If you need another piece of wood you can get one of those too." He placed a stack by the burins just in case. "When you think you have the hang of it and are ready to carve runes directly into the table, put your hand up and I will check your work and answer any questions you might have." ooc: sorry for my absence, it was unexpected and unavoidable. Please have your character get a tool and practice carving runes into the test wood pieces. This is an ELBOW grease thing, physically carving the wood. The Burin won't do a thing without someone physically using it to carve the wood. Have fun and remember the tools are charmed not to hurt people, but any fooling around will result in Truebridge punishing the culprits. Remember, don't carve the tables yet! Burin image credit to index. Louisa's eyes hang upon those fantastic tools that the Professor had just showed them. They reminded her of artifacts that existed in the Louvre; Woody, stick-like, and magical. Looking at her pierced piece of wood again, she threw it away and walked over to the Professor's table. A pile of new wood pieces laid there, she took one (Tried to pick the thickest.. just in case) and then the Burin. She walked back to her seat turning the tool around in her hand. It did feel like an artifact as well. Oh, she liked those historical things- alas, it was not truly an ancient tool. Never mind that now. Once seated in her chair, she opened the text book to chapter five and searched for the galdr that matched her rune. "Ansuz..Ansuz.." she was murmuring till she found it- not a very impressive look appeared on her face. "Err.. is this chanting or conjuring spirits?" She whispered to herself. That versus of hers looked CREEPY and she was not about to spell it! Hmm.. how about hide behind a book and then carve the thing by the wand and pretend that it was all well with the artifact tool? Sounded like a snake-idea but who cares! Slowly, she opened the big book of runes and put it in front of her on the table. Being young girl helped her to sink further into the chair and held her wand. "Intaglio Ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz..." She whispered moving her wand over on the piece of wood. Almost perfectly the spell has worked. One minute later, the carvings were good enough to recognize the rune she was expressing. Louisa gazed into her piece of wood admiring her word when a low thud was heard.. the book has just fallen off. She stared up (nearly frightened) at the Professor with her wand in one hand and the other held on to the piece of wood. Her Burin? it was laid aside the parchment.. uselessly.