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Con_Stripes 
He looked around the class.
"You don't have to use blood today. However, you may wish to consider it when you create your own rune sets, and indeed if you are creating a particularly powerful runespell then blood is the best answer. For those of you who have coloured your runes magically, that is fine too. Much of it is a matter of symbolism, and indeed if you prefer not to do things the old ways I am fine with that," Obviously or he wouldn't have taught them the Intaglio method, "But it is still important for you to know the traditional and ancient methods, even if you put your own interpretations on them in the long run. So the last thing we will do before class ends is colour our runes. He set up some red ochre that had previously been mixed from powder with oils in bowls on each table, tiny brushes set for each group and a second bowl with water and a few cloths as well.
"No blood today." He wasn't in the mood to deal with any squeamish children, "But if anyone wishes to use blood for the seal next time, you may whenever you wish, come into the classroom and carve some more runes and use your blood by adding just a few drops into the red ochre mix."
He headed up to the board and gave it a tap. Startled, the blackboard began writing again. It had apparently dozed off.
"The homework will be up shortly. Finish painting the red ochre into the rune carvings you just made, and then you may leave."[/COLOR]
ooc: Class will close in 24 hours.
Salander took the bowl with the red ochre mixture and stared at his runes carving. Truthfully he wanted to use some of his blood
now. He was already satisfied with the runes he selected, and he wanted to seal the magic up with something that was truly his. Sort of like marking his territory.
Quietly, he lowered the bowl onto his lap, trying to avoid the squeamish ones from seeing what he was about to do. He pressed his thumb between his fingers tightly, touched it with the tip of his wand then softly uttered a cutting spell. Blood gushed from the tiny cut on his finger as the Slytherin lad pressed it even further to get a few more drops into the bowl.
When he thinks he's gotten enough in he stirred the mixture with the paint brush, then carefully painted the rune carvings until they were covered in the ocher-blood paint. Leaning back he examined his work. Yeah he's happy with it. And its his. Its really his.
He cleaned out the bowl and the tools and collected his things.
"Awesome lesson Professor Truebridge....oh and uh, thanks for the points!" he said, nodding his head in respect then made for the door.