SnitchSeeker.com - View Single Post

SilverTiger · 02-28-2011, 10:16 PM

Text Cut: close ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by PattyH.

Still on 'The Hunt for Hot Dogs' the Lion looked up expectantly at the Professor as she askd the students to Identify something, "Professor thats a Hazlenut."

A hazlenut not a Hot Dog, poo!

Listening to the second part of the Professor's question, the LionBoy had an idea, perhaps giving the right answer would mean he would get a hotdog as a reward.

"Perhaps very similarily to Osteomancy, we could cook the Hazlenuts and observe the cracks and divine from them."

Patroclus didn't like Roasted Hazlenuts.......but he did like hotdogs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi had thought about the same line as Patroclus, but seeing as he had already explained the idea, Kurumi picked her brain for another possibility. "Professor, aren't hazlenuts an object in Irish witchcraft? There was a divination practice where you put a flame between the two nuts to see how they reacted to one another as well as the flame. For example, if the nuts burnt quickly, then that was a very bad sign." When she thought about it, it really wasn't that much different from what Patroclus had said.

Great minds think a like!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roselyn

Let her know if she saw any? WELL...that was definitely a task the Slytherin will be willing to do! She would totally stare at the fire waiting for any ashwinders. Besides, who didn't like fire and snakes? Huuuh?

Smiling, Evelyn went and did just that. Stare at the fire. And wait for any ashwinders.

Until of course the professor picked up something and then asked something and then Evelyn forgot...something. That is, until someone said something about the something that she forgot. Hazelnut? Aww okay, they were using that as a form of divination? AND it was an amusing one? "Perhaps you're supposed to put the hazelnuts in the fire and wait until they're blazing hot and then eat them...and then you're supposed to tell the future or something by the way they burn your tongue."

...

Well, that was amusing to her.

When people started offering ideas as to what to do with the hazelnuts, Renée started feeling like things were back on track. Well, except for the fact Patroclus still seemed to be looking for something, and she nudged the container of hot dogs toward him again with her foot. Somebody wanted to eat them, at least, which meant less she'd need to send back to the kitchens later. But back to the actual responses, and she smiled at the first few, from Patroclus, Kurumi and Evelyn, who seemed to have found something new to focus on beyond the fire itself. "Yes, it is a hazelnut," she confirmed. "Although I can't say you've got the idea of what we're doing with them quite right. They're all interesting ideas, though. I'd imagine looking for cracks in one of these might be a bit more difficult than the larger bones and shells used in osteomancy and plastromancy, however."

She paused for a moment, idly glancing at the flames again before continuing. "Yes, Kurumi. You're correct there too. Hazelnuts are commonly used in witchcraft, as well as in various foods. That's another interesting practice as well, as it inherently assumes both the nuts and the flame might be sentient. But we aren't going to be trying that either." Letting some of the students play with direct flames seemed highly dangerous, actually, and Evelyn's answer fit with that idea nicely. "In fact yes, Evelyn. We will be putting the nuts at least near the fire, but unfortunately no. Burning your tongue isn't going to be part of things." Eating them was entirely their own decision, but she hoped they wouldn't be so eager as to burn themselves in the process.

Text Cut: no they don't have to eat them

Moving along, Renée smiled again as the Emilys offered their own opinions as to what they could be doing with the nuts. It seemed the idea of eating them wasn't as popular as Evelyn's response might have said. "No, we won't be eating them. Unless you'd like to," she replied, before turning to the Ravenclaw. "Like throwing anything into the flames, throwing a hazelnut would affect them at least for a moment. And the idea that they might change the color of the flame isn't as silly as you might think. There's oil in the nut, and chemical reactions aren't impossible." The little Gryffindor's idea wasn't as far off either, actually a bit closer to what was planned. The reaction the nut had gotten was curious, and the idea of eating it, but the activity suggestion was possible closer than the girl had thought. "Seeing how the nut would react when introduced to a flame . . . Do you think it would pop open like popcorn, or react differently?," she mused, somewhat rhetorically. It was entirely possible the nuts would just burn if left in the flames too long, but that was why she was looking at the activity idea as just an amusement.

Text Cut: :D

Hearing two more voices as she mused about nut reactions and the idea of hazelnut divination as an amusement, Renée's smile grew as she focused on the two Ravenclaws, and she nodded in response to Maddie's apology. Perhaps things weren't going to be as strange as they could have been, considering she hadn't gotten too many crazy ideas. Not to mention nobody had thrown anything into the bonfire quite yet. "Good ideas, Luin and Maddie," she replied. "And not far off from what I was leading toward. Carving the nut isn't exactly going to happen, but putting them by the fire is. In fact, Maddie seems to have gotten the idea down, although usually it's specific ideas that are assigned to the nuts." Redeeming herself a little, but then that was what could happen when one paid attention.

"Actually, the form of divination I was thinking of usually is done as a Hallowe'en activity. Part of those festivities, but I think the usual focus of it could apply to February as well," she thought aloud, letting the students think about what sorts of goals could be assigned to the nuts. They should get ideas given the month, but truly any sort of goal would probably work. Of course, in the same way, the focus of the hazelnut divination could veer from amusing to otherwise rather quickly, but she was hoping they could contain themselves. "Does anyone know anything about what I'm referring to?" If not, she could just keep talking, but she was aiming for more participation. She knew enough to know the students had to want the points that questions led to.

02-28-2011, 10:16 PM	#110 (permalink)
SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,233 Hogwarts RPG Name: Malachi Wild Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arienne Morgenstern Hufflepuff Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Simone Wild Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Noa LeCourt Gryffindor Second Year x5 x3	Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict Text Cut: close ^_^ Quote: Originally Posted by PattyH. Still on 'The Hunt for Hot Dogs' the Lion looked up expectantly at the Professor as she askd the students to Identify something, "Professor thats a Hazlenut." A hazlenut not a Hot Dog, poo! Listening to the second part of the Professor's question, the LionBoy had an idea, perhaps giving the right answer would mean he would get a hotdog as a reward. "Perhaps very similarily to Osteomancy, we could cook the Hazlenuts and observe the cracks and divine from them." Patroclus didn't like Roasted Hazlenuts.......but he did like hotdogs. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi had thought about the same line as Patroclus, but seeing as he had already explained the idea, Kurumi picked her brain for another possibility. "Professor, aren't hazlenuts an object in Irish witchcraft? There was a divination practice where you put a flame between the two nuts to see how they reacted to one another as well as the flame. For example, if the nuts burnt quickly, then that was a very bad sign." When she thought about it, it really wasn't that much different from what Patroclus had said. Great minds think a like! Quote: Originally Posted by Roselyn Let her know if she saw any? WELL...that was definitely a task the Slytherin will be willing to do! She would totally stare at the fire waiting for any ashwinders. Besides, who didn't like fire and snakes? Huuuh? Smiling, Evelyn went and did just that. Stare at the fire. And wait for any ashwinders. Until of course the professor picked up something and then asked something and then Evelyn forgot...something. That is, until someone said something about the something that she forgot. Hazelnut? Aww okay, they were using that as a form of divination? AND it was an amusing one? "Perhaps you're supposed to put the hazelnuts in the fire and wait until they're blazing hot and then eat them...and then you're supposed to tell the future or something by the way they burn your tongue." ... Well, that was amusing to her. When people started offering ideas as to what to do with the hazelnuts, Renée started feeling like things were back on track. Well, except for the fact Patroclus still seemed to be looking for something, and she nudged the container of hot dogs toward him again with her foot. Somebody wanted to eat them, at least, which meant less she'd need to send back to the kitchens later. But back to the actual responses, and she smiled at the first few, from Patroclus, Kurumi and Evelyn, who seemed to have found something new to focus on beyond the fire itself. "Yes, it is a hazelnut," she confirmed. "Although I can't say you've got the idea of what we're doing with them quite right. They're all interesting ideas, though. I'd imagine looking for cracks in one of these might be a bit more difficult than the larger bones and shells used in osteomancy and plastromancy, however." She paused for a moment, idly glancing at the flames again before continuing. "Yes, Kurumi. You're correct there too. Hazelnuts are commonly used in witchcraft, as well as in various foods. That's another interesting practice as well, as it inherently assumes both the nuts and the flame might be sentient. But we aren't going to be trying that either." Letting some of the students play with direct flames seemed highly dangerous, actually, and Evelyn's answer fit with that idea nicely. "In fact yes, Evelyn. We will be putting the nuts at least near the fire, but unfortunately no. Burning your tongue isn't going to be part of things." Eating them was entirely their own decision, but she hoped they wouldn't be so eager as to burn themselves in the process. Text Cut: no they don't have to eat them Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Emily looked up at the object Professor Bishop held in her hand. "Its a hazelnut", said Emily, mmm hazelnuts yummy. Emily was suddenly craving nutella. But how on earch was that related to pyromancy? Where they going to burn it?, eat it?.... this didn't seem to make much sense. "Um... does it perhaps react somehow to the flames- so that way we can divine by observing the flames?.. ooohh or does it change the colour of the flames?... no thats silly". Emily was ranting now, still not entirely sure about what was going on, or what could go on. "We're not going to eat them are we?" she asked. She wasn't really in a mood for charcoal flavoured hazelnuts. Quote: Originally Posted by Zebragirl Right. What was going on here? What was with the nut? "That's a hazelnut." Obviously. What they were supposed to do with it, Emily had no idea. "You don't have to eat it do you?" she blurted out. She hated nuts! "Um... do you... have to roast them or put them on the fire, and see what the nut does? Like, if it pops open or something like that?" Total guess. But that would be kind of fun! As long as the nut didn't get anywhere near her. She'd be fine. Moving along, Renée smiled again as the Emilys offered their own opinions as to what they could be doing with the nuts. It seemed the idea of eating them wasn't as popular as Evelyn's response might have said. "No, we won't be eating them. Unless you'd like to," she replied, before turning to the Ravenclaw. "Like throwing anything into the flames, throwing a hazelnut would affect them at least for a moment. And the idea that they might change the color of the flame isn't as silly as you might think. There's oil in the nut, and chemical reactions aren't impossible." The little Gryffindor's idea wasn't as far off either, actually a bit closer to what was planned. The reaction the nut had gotten was curious, and the idea of eating it, but the activity suggestion was possible closer than the girl had thought. "Seeing how the nut would react when introduced to a flame . . . Do you think it would pop open like popcorn, or react differently?," she mused, somewhat rhetorically. It was entirely possible the nuts would just burn if left in the flames too long, but that was why she was looking at the activity idea as just an amusement. Text Cut: :D Quote: Originally Posted by Luinevaug Luin looked around, the fire, having made herself a s'more now and found her spot again. she sat listening to her teacher talking. The teacher then pulled out a nut, hmm, she did recognize that, and she did rather enjoy eating those. She raised her hand without any of the marshmallow goo or chocolate on it (although she did have to first take some of that chocolate off, it was getting everywhere. "It is a hazelnut, Professor. I think I heard somewhere before that you could carve a question into it and put it by the fire. If it pops the answer is no, if it doesn't the answer is yes." Quote: Originally Posted by TeamHermioneGranger Maddie blushed. She'd obviously missed part of the question - the part that involved the pyromancy. She hadn't even noticed that all of the other students were naming things that involved fire. What an idiot. 'Sorry professor,' she said. 'I must've missed part of the question...' because she had been too busy looking for Justin, like an idiot. Anyway, swiftly moving on. She grabbed a marshmallow and a stick and began to toast it, waiting until it was perfectly crispy before eating it. Yum. She looked up and listened - closely, this time - as the professor asked another question. She put her hand up again, determined to redeem herself. 'It's a hazelnut, Professor. Don't you put them by the fire, and then assign a goal or an aim or something to each one. If the nut explodes, it's likely that the thing assigned to that nut will happen, and if it just smoulders it's likely not to happen?' Hearing two more voices as she mused about nut reactions and the idea of hazelnut divination as an amusement, Renée's smile grew as she focused on the two Ravenclaws, and she nodded in response to Maddie's apology. Perhaps things weren't going to be as strange as they could have been, considering she hadn't gotten too many crazy ideas. Not to mention nobody had thrown anything into the bonfire quite yet. "Good ideas, Luin and Maddie," she replied. "And not far off from what I was leading toward. Carving the nut isn't exactly going to happen, but putting them by the fire is. In fact, Maddie seems to have gotten the idea down, although usually it's specific ideas that are assigned to the nuts." Redeeming herself a little, but then that was what could happen when one paid attention. "Actually, the form of divination I was thinking of usually is done as a Hallowe'en activity. Part of those festivities, but I think the usual focus of it could apply to February as well," she thought aloud, letting the students think about what sorts of goals could be assigned to the nuts. They should get ideas given the month, but truly any sort of goal would probably work. Of course, in the same way, the focus of the hazelnut divination could veer from amusing to otherwise rather quickly, but she was hoping they could contain themselves. "Does anyone know anything about what I'm referring to?" If not, she could just keep talking, but she was aiming for more participation. She knew enough to know the students had to want the points that questions led to. __________________ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees ...It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero ♥ ♥ ♥ Last edited by SilverTiger; 02-28-2011 at 10:36 PM.