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Con_Stripes 
[color=#336600"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. [/color]
Sweet!
No more having to cause mass destruction with her wand. Mia tucked it back into her bag because she didn't have one of those holster thingy's and really she was liable to cause damage to herself if she did.
She listened carefully as the Professor spoke and gave instructions on what to do. When he had finished speaking, Mia got up and went and got herself a bruin and brought it back to her desk.
Now carving was something she had done before. Of course she usually did it without having to chant anything at the same time but she felt more confident with this then she did using her wand.
Placing the piece of wood in front of her, Mia held the burin at a slight angle, making sure that the sharp edge of the burin was against the wood. Taking a deep breath, she moved the burin along the wood while chanting her rune.
"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 repeated this method a few times until she was satisfied that she could see a definite carving in her wood. Yes she definitely liked this method better. But just to make sure that she had done this right, Mia raised her hand in the air. "Professor Truebridge, is this right?"